Movies like The Last Laugh (2019)
The best movies like The Last Laugh (2019) are The Guilt Trip (2012), The Last Word (2017) and Road Hard (2015). If The Last Laugh hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedA Man Called Ove (2015)7.6/10 from 1,399 votes
- NewestEenie Meanie (2025)Released 2025
The Guilt Trip (2012)
An inventor and his mom hit the road together so he can sell his latest invention.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Last Word (2017)
A retired businesswoman – who tries to control everything around her – decides to write her own obituary. A young journalist takes up the task of finding out the truth, and the result is a life-altering friendship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRoad Hard (2015)
After his movie and television career has run dry, Bruce Madsen (Adam Carolla) is forced to go back on the road playing one dingy comedy club after another, spending endless nights in budget hotel rooms and always flying coach. Amidst trying to revitalize his career, rekindle his love life and put his daughter through college, Bruce knows one thing for sure - he must get off the road. ROAD HARD is the story of that journey.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
The Leisure Seeker (2018)
A runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey from Boston to Key West, recapturing their passion for life and their love for each other on a road trip that provides revelation and surprise right up to the very end.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHalf Brothers (2020)
Mexican aviation exec Renato is shocked to learn that he has an American half-brother he never knew about: free-spirited Asher. They are forced on a road trip together, tracing the path their father took from Mexico to the U.S.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNebraska (2013)
An aging, booze-addled father takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim what he believes to be a million-dollar sweepstakes prize.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Comedian (2016)
An aging comic icon, Jackie Burke, has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to know him as the former television character he once played. Already a strain on his younger brother and his wife, Jackie is forced to serve out a sentence doing community service for accosting an audience member. While there, he meets Harmony, the daughter of a sleazy Florida real estate mogul, and the two find inspiration in one another, resulting in surprising consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Opening Act (2020)
The film follows Will Chu whose true life passion is to become a stand-up comedian. He is given the opportunity to emcee a comedy show, opening for his hero, Billy G. Chu has to decide if he wants to continue the life he has set up or to pursue his dream, the life of a comedian.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Fool's Paradise (2023)
A down-on-his-luck publicist discovers a recently released mental health patient who looks just like a misbehaving movie star. The publicist subs him into a film, creating a new star. But fame and fortune are not all they are cracked up to be.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisWin It All (2017)
A gambling addict faces a conflict when entrusted with keeping a bunch of money that isn't his.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Last Movie Star (2018)
An aging screen icon gets lured into accepting an award at a rinky-dink film festival in Nashville, Tenn., sending him on a hilarious fish-out-of-water adventure and an unexpectedly poignant journey into his past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHow to Be a Man (2013)
When former comedian Mark McCarthy is faced with a rare form of cancer, he hires a young, impressionable cameraman to document his crude and comical lessons on what it means to be a man for his unborn son.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLast Vegas (2013)
Aging pals Billy, Paddy, Archie, and Sam have been best friends since childhood. When Billy finally proposes to his much-younger girlfriend, all four friends go to Las Vegas to celebrate the end of Billy's longtime bachelorhood and relive their glory days. However, the four quickly realize that the intervening decades have changed Sin City and tested their friendship in ways they had not imagined.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWho Invited Charlie? (2023)
Phil Schreiber, a self-involved hedge fund manager living in New York City, escapes to the Hamptons with his wife and son at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Making an already fraught situation worse is the surprise arrival of Phil’s college roommate Charlie, an exemplar of Falstaffian excess. As Charlie makes himself at home, secrets are revealed that threaten to do more harm than the virus they’re all trying to avoid.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Hello Ladies: The Movie (2014)
When Stuart learns that his British ex-girlfriend is planning to visit Los Angeles with her husband, he sets out to impress them with his glamorous lifestyle, enlisting a flaky Russian model he’s just met to play the role of his beautiful girlfriend. What could go wrong?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJerry & Marge Go Large (2022)
The remarkable true story of how retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery and, with the help of his wife, Marge, wins $27 million dollars and uses the money to revive their small Michigan town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAbe & Phil's Last Poker Game (2018)
Dr. Abe Mandelbaum has just moved into a retirement home. After forming an unlikely friendship with a womanizing gambler, their relationship is tested when they each try to convince a mysterious nurse that they are her long-lost father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
St. Vincent (2014)
A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Squeeze (2015)
A humble young man with uncommon skills from a small southern town gets caught up in high stakes golf matches between big-time gamblers until the game becomes life and death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Funny Cow (2018)
A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern England's working men's clubs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
The true story of Forrest Tucker, from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are a detective, who becomes captivated with Forrest’s commitment to his craft, and a woman, who loves him in spite of his chosen profession.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Humbling (2014)
Following a breakdown and suicide attempt, an aging actor becomes involved with a much younger woman but soon finds that it's difficult to keep pace with her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisStan & Ollie (2018)
With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable double act in their own right – the pair's love of performing, as well as for each other, endures as they secure their place in the hearts of their adoring public
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Man Called Ove (2015)
Despite being deposed as president of his condominium association, grumpy 59-year-old Ove continues to watch over his neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she accidentally backs into Ove’s mailbox, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGoing in Style (2017)
Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMel Brooks: Unwrapped (2018)
At the age of 91, Mel Brooks is unstoppable, with his musical "Young Frankenstein" opening to great critical acclaim in London in late 2017. Alan Yentob visits Mel at home in Hollywood, at work and at play.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
The Hero (2017)
Lee, a former Western film icon, is living a comfortable existence lending his golden voice to advertisements and smoking weed. After receiving a lifetime achievement award and unexpected news, Lee reexamines his past, while a chance meeting with a sardonic comic has him looking to the future.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLive from New York! (2015)
Saturday Night Live has been reflecting and influencing life in the United States for forty years. LIVE FROM NEW YORK! goes deep inside this television phenomenon exploring the laughter that pulses through American politics, tragedy, and pop culture.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Eenie Meanie (2025)
A former teenage getaway driver gets dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMe, Myself & Irene (2000)
Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene after Charlie loses his medication.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Last Laugh?
The closest matches to The Last Laugh are The Guilt Trip (2012), The Last Word (2017) and Road Hard (2015). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Last Laugh?
People who watched The Last Laugh most often go on to The Guilt Trip (2012), The Last Word (2017) and Road Hard (2015).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Last Laugh?
A Man Called Ove (2015), rated 7.6/10 by 1,399 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Last Laugh?
Eenie Meanie (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Last Laugh?
Yes: The Guilt Trip (2012), The Last Word (2017) and Road Hard (2015).
How are movies similar to The Last Laugh chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Last Laugh, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.