Movies like Laughter of ''Water Margin'' - Treasure Quest (2003)
The best movies like Laughter of ''Water Margin'' - Treasure Quest (2003) are Article 20 (2024), Happy Times (2000) and SubUrbia (1997). If Laughter of ''Water Margin'' - Treasure Quest hooked you with its drama and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)7.4/10 from 1,709 votes
- NewestSavage House (2026)Released 2026
- In ChineseArticle 20 (2024)Also in Chinese
Article 20 (2024)
Tells the story of prosecutor Han Ming who is involved in a difficult case where the intentional injury of people is turned into a legitimate defense.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHappy Times (2000)
Zhao is an ageing bachelor, who has not been fortunate in love. Believing that he has finally met the female of his dreams, Zhao makes her believe that he is opulent and consents to a lavish wedding.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSubUrbia (1997)
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGetting Home (2007)
A black comedy about a farmer who tries to bring home the body of his friend, who died far from their town.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHail the Judge (1994)
Pao Lung Sing, a descendant of the legendary Judge Pao Ching Tin, is a 9th degree corrupt judge who changes his tune when he tries to champion a woman Chi Siu-Lin, who was framed for killing her husband. As a result, Pao is forced to flee and through a series of events becomes a 1st degree judge and comes back to wreak havoc and justice on the guilty.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLady Windermere's Fan (1925)
A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Am Not Madame Bovary (2016)
Li Xuelian, a woman from the countryside is falsely accused by her husband of having an affair. To defend herself, Li moves from her small town to the big city until she reached the capital.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCell Phone (2003)
Follows the story of a television host who's hidden so much personal and secret information on his phone, that when it gets out, catastrophe strikes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJuniper (2021)
When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTreasure (2024)
A music journalist accompanies her father, a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland. While she's eager to make sense of her family's past, her dad has an agenda of his own.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMr. Donkey (2016)
In order to pay for the donkey that brings them water, a countryside village registers it as a teacher at its local school. But when the charity group that funds the school visits for an inspection, the village has to find ways to hide their secret.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJohnny Keep Walking! (2023)
A simple technician at a rural factory is mistakenly promoted to a high-level managerial position at corporate headquarters due to a series of clerical errors and a bribery scheme gone wrong.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisUncorked (2020)
Elijah must balance his dream of becoming a master sommelier with his father's expectations that he carry on the family's Memphis BBQ joint.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOn Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024)
On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAlmost Friends (2017)
A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a serious boyfriend. As they become closer, the line between friendship and intimacy is blurred, and the situation forces both to examine where they are in their lives.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisClassmates Minus (2020)
Four school buddies — a director, a temp worker, an insurance salesman and a paper craftsman — grapple with unfulfilled dreams amid middle age ennui.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBig Shot's Funeral (2001)
Don Tyler, a famous film-maker, falls ill on the sets of his movie. Fascinated by the funereal traditions of China, he requests a cameraman named Yoyo to arrange a grand, comedic funeral for him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe House of Tomorrow (2019)
The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSavage House (2026)
Against the backdrop of 18th century England, a massive pox outbreak, and Jacobite uprising – Sir Chauncey Savage and Lady Savage blindly pursue a better life. It's not without a tinge of irony that their family name is the Savages, for this is a Savage House indeed, filled with duels, decadence, and bloodshed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAn Irish Goodbye (2022)
In rural Northern Ireland, following the untimely death of their mother, a young man with Down syndrome and his estranged brother discover her unfulfilled bucket list.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
A down-on-his-luck crab fisherman embarks on a journey to get a young man with Down syndrome to a professional wrestling school in rural North Carolina and away from the retirement home where he’s lived for the past two and a half years.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisColossal Youth (2018)
When his dream girl returns to school a hopeless romantic teen tries to win her heart, until he hits rock bottom and realizes his true love has been there all along.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama
Buy (2021)
A touching, at the same time funny and sad story of love and separation, which fit into one broadcast of the program "Shop on the couch". What is it – a vivid cross-section of modern trends or an old-as-the-world history of the relationship between a man and a woman? He is not ambitious enough, she is not romantic enough, and, of course, there is someone third between them. A story of one love, sold in the "Shop on the couch" for the price of one sweater.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & comedy
Lottery (2022)
A husband and wife have won the lottery, but they can't spend the money. Every time they make a purchase, they get hurt.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & comedy
BEYOND SIGHT (2025)
In Beyond Sight, Dália is a teenager desperate to belong, even if it means adopting the cruel prejudices of her toxic group of friends. But when an unexpected accident leaves her blind, Dália finds herself on the other side of the judgment she once inflicted. Struggling to adapt, she crosses paths with a mysterious doctor who offers her a chance to regain her sight—through an experimental substance that promises not just vision, but a transformation into her best self: Zoe.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & comedy
Cecilia (1954)
Teenage Cecilia comes from a working class family. She lives with her mother, three brothers, and alcoholic father. Cecilia finds emotional relief and security with Tore, an older girl at her school.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Say! Young Fellow (1918)
A lost film. "The Young Fellow"(Fairbanks), has recently been hired as a cub newspaper reporter for the New York Herald. His editor tasks him with unearthing "the facts concerning a scheme to defraud a group of minor stockholders in the town of Melford. Unless certain papers in the possession of an old bachelor(Neill) are delivered to a board meeting, the villainous financier(Campeau) will win complete control of a local company, and the stockholders will lose their investments. The Young Fellow enlists the help of his spinster landlady(Chapman) and the old bachelor's beautiful secretary(Daw) to thwart the evil millionaire.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Crazy Crooks (1980)
Slapstick movie about 2 swindlers, Kong Kun Chat (Karl Maka) and Moo Pi Chide (Dean Shek) who gambled with fake money with someone else to get back real money. At least Kong and Moo thought it was real money. Turned out the money was also fake, and a death warrent is issued for them. Luckily, a little kid Mak Tau saves their lives. - Yellow Hammer
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
My Favorite Wedding (2017)
Potential Northwestern fellow Tess Harper lasers through her best friend's wedding planning like the star doctor she hopes to soon become. In fact, Tess puzzles through any problem - provided it's not her own. When she meets divorce lawyer and groom's best friend, Michael, Tess maneuvers around him like a gurney in the emergency room until she discovers this best man has a few moves of his own.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHomesick Scientists (2011)
Four field researchers want to go home. Unfortunately, one of them apparently lost his mind. Since the return is not possible, as long as they remain in this state, ignited a controversy about what to do with him. Where do they come back and what was the object of their research, now becomes a much more important question.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Laughter of ''Water Margin'' - Treasure Quest?
The closest matches to Laughter of ''Water Margin'' - Treasure Quest are Article 20 (2024), Happy Times (2000) and SubUrbia (1997). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Laughter of ''Water Margin'' - Treasure Quest?
Start with Article 20 (2024), the closest match to Laughter of ''Water Margin'' - Treasure Quest.
What is the highest-rated movie like Laughter of ''Water Margin'' - Treasure Quest?
The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019), rated 7.4/10 by 1,709 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Laughter of ''Water Margin'' - Treasure Quest?
Savage House (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Chinese movies like Laughter of ''Water Margin'' - Treasure Quest?
Yes: Article 20 (2024), Happy Times (2000) and Getting Home (2007).
How are movies similar to Laughter of ''Water Margin'' - Treasure Quest chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Laughter of ''Water Margin'' - Treasure Quest, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.