Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Happiness

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

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#1
Female Yakuza Tale

Female Yakuza Tale

1973★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Happiness for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, ...

#2
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

1973★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Happiness for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Me...

#3
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

#4
White Elephant

White Elephant

2022★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Happiness for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An ex-marine enforcer must battle his conscience and code of honor when he is forced to do things for the mob....

#5
Funeral Parade of Roses

Funeral Parade of Roses

1969★ 7.5

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

In 1960s Tokyo, Gonda owns a bar in which the gay, cross-dresser, and trans scenes meet. Gonda is in a relationship with the madam of the bar, Leda. As the younger Eddie starts a p...

#6
Mr. Long

Mr. Long

2017★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Happiness for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Long is a Taiwanese killer known for his sword skills. After Long fails a Tokyo mission, he moves to a small town where no one knows about him....

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