Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Happening

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

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#1
Story of Women

Story of Women

1988★ 7.3

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

France, World War II. In order to somehow make ends meet, the mother of two children, Marie Latour, does underground abortions and rents a room to a familiar prostitute. She doesn'...

#2
Vera Drake

Vera Drake

2004★ 7.2

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

Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family....

#3
Unplanned

Unplanned

2019★ 6.8

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

As one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the nation, Abby Johnson was involved in upwards of 22,000 abortions and counseled countless women on their reproducti...

#4
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#5
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#6
I Shot Andy Warhol

I Shot Andy Warhol

1996★ 6.1

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

Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 1960s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warho...

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