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10 Best Movies Like Happenstance

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

#1
The Woman in Black

The Woman in Black

2012★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Happenstance for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s iso...

#2
Boarding School

Boarding School

2018★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Happenstance for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When troubled 12-year-old Jacob Felsen is sent away to boarding school, he enters every kid’s worst nightmare: a creepy old mansion, deserted except for six other teenage misfits a...

#3
Amélie

Amélie

2001★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Happenstance for fans of Romance & 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...

#4
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

2015★ 7.6

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

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But ...

#5
PK

PK

2014★ 7.7

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

A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before. Known only by his initials, the man's innocent questions and childlike curiosity take him on a journey of love, laugh...

#6
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....