Movies Like The Last Laugh

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Tartuffe

1926·1h 2m·★ 7.1·F. W. Murnau

2 shared crewDir. F. W. MurnauDP: Karl Freund

The Finances of the Grand Duke

1924·1h 20m·★ 6.2·F. W. Murnau

2 shared crewDir. F. W. MurnauDP: Karl Freund

The Burning Soil

1922·1h 38m·★ 6.9·F. W. Murnau

2 shared crewDir. F. W. MurnauDP: Karl Freund

Variety

1925·1h 44m·★ 7.4·E.A. Dupont

3 shared cast incl. Emil Jannings & Maly DelschaftDP: Karl Freund

Faust

1926·1h 56m·★ 8.1·F. W. Murnau

Themes: german expressionism, silent filmDir. F. W. MurnauStarring Emil Jannings

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

1927·1h 34m·★ 8.1·F. W. Murnau

Themes: german expressionism, silent filmDir. F. W. Murnau

Nosferatu

1922·1h 29m·★ 7.8·F. W. Murnau

Themes: german expressionism, silent filmDir. F. W. Murnau

The Blue Angel

1930·1h 48m·★ 7.6·Josef von Sternberg

TMDB recommendsStarring Emil Jannings

The 400 Blows

1959·1h 39m·★ 8.0·François Truffaut

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Anatomy of a Murder

1959·2h 41m·★ 8.0·Otto Preminger

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Wings of Desire

1987·2h 8m·★ 7.9·Wim Wenders

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All Quiet on the Western Front

1930·2h 13m·★ 8.1·Lewis Milestone

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A Streetcar Named Desire

1951·2h 5m·★ 7.9·Elia Kazan

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Dirty Dancing

1987·1h 40m·★ 7.1·Emile Ardolino

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Stolen Kisses

1968·1h 30m·★ 7.5·François Truffaut

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Murder at the Gallop

1963·1h 21m·★ 7.2·George Pollock

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October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

1928·1h 55m·★ 7.4·Sergei Eisenstein

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Italian for Beginners

2000·1h 58m·★ 7.0·Lone Scherfig

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Priceless

2006·1h 44m·★ 7.0·Pierre Salvadori

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Waxworks

1924·1h 23m·★ 6.5·Leo Birinski

Both star Emil Jannings & Georg John

How Good Is The Last Laugh?

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