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10 Best Movies Like A Happy Man

If you loved A Happy Man, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Adieu Philippine

Adieu Philippine

1962★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Happy Man for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Michel is a young technician in the fledgling TV industry and is due for military service in two months at the time of the Algerian War. Juliette and Liliane are inseparable best f...

#2
Blue Is the Warmest Color

Blue Is the Warmest Color

2013★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Happy Man for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, ...

#3
Before Sunset

Before Sunset

2004★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Happy Man for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and...

#4
Violette

Violette

2013★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Happy Man for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Born out of wedlock early in the last century, Violette Leduc meets Simone de Beauvoir in postwar Saint-Germain-des-Près. An intense lifelong relationship develops between the two ...

#5
Amélie

Amélie

2001★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Happy Man for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, a...

#6
Shall We Kiss?

Shall We Kiss?

2007★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Happy Man for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they spend the evening talking, laughing and getting along famously. At the end of the night, Emilie declines Gabr...

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