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10 Best Movies Like Happiness for Beginners

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

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#1
Catch and Release

Catch and Release

2006★ 5.9

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

For a grieving fiancée, learning to love again requires the help of her late love's three best friends....

#2
Love in Taipei

Love in Taipei

2023★ 6.8

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

A young American woman is sent by her parents to a cultural immersion program in Taipei where she begins a new journey of self-discovery and romance....

#3
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

2025★ 6.4

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

Bridget Jones navigates life as a widow and single mum with the help of her family, friends, and former lover, Daniel. Back to work and on the apps, she's pursued by a younger man ...

#4
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

2010★ 5.9

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

Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with ...

#5
A California Christmas

A California Christmas

2020★ 6.4

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

With his carefree lifestyle on the line, a wealthy charmer poses as a ranch hand to get a hardworking farmer to sell her family’s land before Christmas....

#6
A California Christmas: City Lights

A California Christmas: City Lights

2021★ 6.6

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

Follows Callie and Joseph one year after they fell in love, now running a dairy farm and winery, but their romance is threatened when business and family obligations call Joseph ba...

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