Movies like The Last Laugh
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The Last Laugh (2019)
7K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After moving to a retirement home, restless talent manager Al reconnects with long-ago client Buddy and coaxes him back out on the comedy circuit.
Style:
feel good, light, buddy comedy, sincere, humorous, entertaining, road movie, uplifting, heartfelt, light hearted ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, adult
Plot:
retirement home, escape, retired, senior citizen, obsessive quest, mentor protege relationship, buddy, father daughter relationship, escapades, aging, retirement, stand up comedy, depression, producer, friendship, showbiz, second chance, companionship, old friend, travel, personal growth, redemption, nostalgia, cross country, regret ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
america
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Most similar movies to The Last Laugh
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, humorous, realistic and feel good films with plots about friendship, bittersweet, nostalgia, slice of life, self discovery, intimate and redemption mostly in Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like The Last Laugh: Humdinger (2011), Youth in Oregon (2016), The Quitter (2014), Fancypants (2011), Ventoux (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An awkward introvert travels cross-country with a damaged stranger to reconcile with his terminally ill father - a philanderer who has devised a scheme to make amends.
Style:
sentimental, melancholic, indie film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
father son relationship, road trip, bittersweet, self discovery, second chance, forgiveness, terminal illness, estranged father, regret, redemption, personal growth, cross country ...
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95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A man is tasked with driving his embittered 80-year-old father-in-law cross country to be legally euthanized in Oregon, while along the way helping him rediscover a reason for living.
Style:
road movie, sincere, psychological, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
road trip, aging, cross country, mortality, family drama, father son relationship, meaning of life, father in law son in law relationship, father in law, self discovery, family relations, saving a life ...
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a failed baseball player's ex-girlfriend moves back to the neighborhood with her seven-year-old daughter, he realizes he carries more regrets than how he handled his baseball career.
Style:
sincere, semi serious, humorous, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
single parent, parents and children, family relations, homecoming, unfulfillment, baseball, love, fatherhood, relationships, second chance, redemption, regret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The engaging story of an over-the-hill professional wrestler who's afraid of conflict in real life, but agrees to face "The Darkness" in the ring in an attempt to regain his former glory in the eyes of his one remaining fan - an eight ...
Style:
humorous, independent film, captivating, light, sincere ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
self discovery, rivalry, athlete's life, contests and competitions, ambition, friendship, hopes, wrestler, redemption, professional wrestling, society, wrestling ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
81%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A group of friends reunite after 30 years to climb the Mont Ventoux again. Memories to a happy youth but also new discoveries from the past. One person is not present at the reunion. Why is that? What happened?
Style:
emotional, captivating, unusual plot structure, light, contemplative ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cycling, friendship, mountain, loss of friend, nostalgia, grief, memory, friends, flashback, escapades, aging, secrets ...
Time:
80s
Place:
france
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The friendship of cancer survivors Ben and Mark is tested when a piece of news forces each character to change their perspective. Old wounds are opened as they discover their true selves.
Style:
satirical, comedy drama, disturbing, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
friendship, changing lives, love, coping, fighting illness, satire, friends, love interest, travel, lifestyle change, personal growth, male bonding ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Five people embark on a motorhome road trip through Europe to fulfill an elderly man's last wish. "Day by Day" is a life-affirming comedy with a lot of humor and some seriousness. Friendships develop, love arises and life-changing ...
Style:
road movie, life affirming, emotional, uplifting, contemplative ...
Plot:
road trip, last wish, journey, self discovery, friendship, personal growth, heartwarming, bonding, second chance, compassion, slice of life, intimate ...
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A profoundly empathetic, unpretentious and droll account of a how a swarthy, Hemingway-like sailor upends the droning routines of a nursing home when he checks himself in. Though his subtle interactions with the other residents – including his ...
Style:
life affirming, uplifting
Plot:
retirement home, aging, sea captain, elderly man, empathy, friendship, intimate, character study, companionship, humanism, mortality, bittersweet ...
Time:
year 1970
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Old friends reunite to accompany a friend on a road trip to rehab.
Style:
road movie, independent film, realistic, emotional, comedy drama ...
Plot:
road trip, friendship, rehabilitation, addiction, female friendship, on the road, journey, conflict, confrontation, bittersweet, intimate, personal growth ...
Place:
san francisco, san diego california
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After a long awaited reunion, a group of friends must travel to a coastal town in order to save one of their own from trouble.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, funny, feel good, exciting ...
Plot:
road trip, friendship, friend, friendship between men, best friend, friends, sea voyage, travel and leisure, travel, group of friends, journey, camaraderie ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Nina is a 20 years old girl from Valladolid who lives with her divorced father, an autoritarian and conservative man. Trini is of the same age and has lost her mother. For both Valladolid and their families have nothing to offer and therefore they ...
Style:
road movie, captivating, humorous, light, feel good ...
Plot:
self discovery, friendship, travel, youth, society, lifestyle, coming of age, female friendship, life philosophy, beautiful scenery, human nature, escapades ...
Time:
90s
Place:
spain, madrid
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A comedy about Edward - a father, husband, and corporate employee weighed down by everyday struggles, who discovers the ultimate beauty in life, and becomes a free, happy man. He also shows that the most important things - love, happiness, ...
Style:
feel good, uplifting, humorous, life affirming, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family relations, optimism, happiness, heartwarming, fatherhood, friends, lifestyle, friendship, humour, family life, life, redemption ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In between caring for her mother, a young woman works part time at a prison. The rookie guard gets a chance to prove her mettle when she's tasked with accompanying a hell-raising inmate on an emergency furlough to visit her dying mother. But ...
Style:
touching, road movie, thought provoking, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
road trip, escape, rookie, dementia, sibling relationship, mother, strong female character, living with parents, jail, female prisoner, elderly man, female friendship ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Frank Mollard, divorced but still attached, can't move on and also can't sell a house in a property boom, much less connect with his teenage son. One night Frank gets a phone call from his mother. Nothing out of the ordinary there – ...
Style:
psychological, independent film, unusual plot structure, humorous, melancholic ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, friendship, real estate agent, father son relationship, grief, family relations, loss, loneliness, character study, mother son relationship, death of mother, reincarnation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three octogenarians set out on a trip in order to fulfill the dying wish of a lifelong friend, in spite of the disapproval of their families and the limitations of their advanced age. Along the way, they find themselves embroiled in a series of ...
Style:
life affirming, road movie, humorous, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
road trip, friendship, elderly man, last wish, elderly, aging, satire, friends, wish fulfillment, desire, escapades, wish come true ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A dying Doctor, who plans to check out on his own terms, takes a reluctant detour when he inadvertently winds up on the lam with an 'anything-but-normal' 22-year-old girl.
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, road movie, sincere ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
terminal illness, friendship, on the run, introspection, on the road, life is a bitch, orphan, road trip, self discovery, aspiring writer, odd couple, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, winnipeg, vancouver
Similarity:
58%
294
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Members of a once-promising hip-hop group, now in their late 30s, struggle with regret, disappointment, and change on Election Night 2008.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
friendship, bittersweet, hip hop, friends, introspection, once promising, unfulfillment, urban, midlife crisis, regret, frustration, nostalgia ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, africa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After leaving his small Georgia town behind to start a new life in Los Angeles, aspiring businessman Carter quickly becomes a success. But when he loses his girlfriend and his job in the same morning, he decides to return to his old town with hopes ...
Style:
heartfelt, romantic drama, humorous, family comedy, uplifting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
small town, self discovery, personal growth, getting home, breakup, fish out of water, second chance, coming of age, nostalgia, identity crisis, old love, reconciliation ...
Place:
georgia, los angeles
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In this feel-good apocalyptic comedy, Liza embarks on a hilarious journey through LA in hopes of making it to her last party before it all ends, running into an eclectic cast of characters along the way.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, psychological, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
end of the world, satire, humour, absurd humor, asteroid, apocalypse, pain, house party, social satire, self discovery, dark humor, road trip ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Thailand, Singapore
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
On a chance encounter, a disenchanted architect bumps into his long-lost elephant on the streets of Bangkok. Excited, he takes his elephant on a journey across Thailand in search of the farm where they grew up together.
Style:
independent film, road movie, contemplative, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
elephant, road trip, journey, friendship, human animal relationship, loss, memory, self discovery, bittersweet, character study, nostalgia, midlife crisis ...
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Alessandro, a forty-year-old widower pediatrician, lives with his teenage son, leading a monotonous and insipid existence. After a call from an old friend in Brazil, the man has his tired stability tested.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
father son relationship, friendship, caper, friends, single father, money, cons and scams, satire, father and son, escapades, humour, single parent ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
During a holiday get-a-way to Palm Springs, two fifty year-old men find unexpected results while trying to re-live their younger days in this comic coming of age story about the coming of age.
Style:
feel good, humorous, sincere, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
starting over, midlife crisis, friendship, aging, friends, unfulfillment, buddies, hopes, golf, middle aged, second chance, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, palm springs california, los angeles
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Days before Eid, a salesman fired from his job drives to meet his girlfriend's family, but the trip goes astray due to his zany travel buddy.
Style:
satirical, road movie, buddy comedy, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
friendship, road trip, odd couple, escapades, ambition, satire, friends, travel, humour, slice of life, personal growth, male friendship ...
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young woman is forced to return to her hometown to take care of her ailing father and, in turn, finds herself living a life she never imagined for herself.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, contemplative, captivating ...
Plot:
homecoming, introspection, friendship, terminal illness, parents and children, drastic change of life, youth, student life, self discovery, bowling, small town, society ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A directionless, young campus bus driver and a punk rock Samoan security guard named Pineapple form an unlikely kinship as they navigate the unpredictable late shift known as the "drunk bus." Together, they break out of their endless loop ...
Style:
road movie, dark comedy, captivating, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot:
friendship, punk, punk rock, coming of age, driver, satire, adult humor, friends, silly humor, escapades, unlikely friendships, college campus ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Dominican Republic
Story:
Sometimes the comedy of life turns into a tormenting drama. Aurelio is a comedian who's paying in full the price of fame. His indiscipline and the way he managed his career have encouraged his exclusion from the stage. Now, locked in his house ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, psychological, comedy drama, dark comedy ...
Plot:
suicide attempt, loss, fame, depression, isolation, regret, loneliness, nostalgia, abandonment, intimate, bittersweet, realism ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Old and forgotten, comedian Aldo is brought by his sons into a nursing home called Reuma Park where he finds his old friends and partners Giovanni and Giacomo.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, satirical, feel good, humorous ...
Plot:
escape, satire, friendship, retirement home, sanitarium, escapades, elderly man, elderly, problem, old man, mortality, nostalgia ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Now in his fifties, Vagn leads a solitary life and plays football with a group of similarly aged men, some even older. After being left behind at a petrol station by his teammates on their way to a match in Sweden, he encounters a young habitual ...
Style:
realistic, comedy drama, road movie, melancholic, uplifting ...
Plot:
loneliness, road trip, aging, male bonding, second chance, intergenerational friendship, self discovery, bittersweet, humanism, empathy, character study, hitchhiking ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When Jeff discovers that the bowling alley he manages is being sold, he must do everything he can to save the place he's come to call home.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
bowling, manager, problem solving, depression, lifestyle, satire, coping, sport team, problem, friendship, community, second chance ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After twenty years, five high school classmates meet again at Daniele's wedding, the only one who has built a career for himself. During a long weekend in Switzerland, the five friends rediscover the affection and complicity of the past, and ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, humorous, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
wedding, friendship, marriage for money, marriage ceremony, couple relations, old friends reunited, humour, wealthy family, reunited friends, escapades, wedding party, absurd humor ...
Place:
switzerland
Similarity:
41%
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