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10 Best Movies Like Happiness Must Be Protected

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

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#1
A Driver for Vera

A Driver for Vera

2004★ 6.1

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

The film is set during 1962 in Sevastopol, Crimea, then a secret Navy Base in the Soviet Union. General Serov hires Viktor, a cadet from the Kremlin Guard to work as his private ch...

#2
The Coach

The Coach

2018★ 6.6

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

Contemporary Russia. After he flubs a penalty kick, a humiliated national soccer player quits the game. He flees to a small town, where he decides to coach their local team....

#3
An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano

An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano

1977★ 7.0

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

On a summer day in late 19th century Russia, a group of bourgeois friends and acquaintances gather at a dilapidated country estate....

#4
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Happiness Must Be Protected 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...

#5
My Joy

My Joy

2010★ 6.3

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

Georgy is driving a load of freight into Russia when, after an unpleasant encounter with the police at a border crossing, he finds himself giving a lift to a strange old man with d...

#6
That Evening Sun

That Evening Sun

2009★ 6.7

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

An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm....

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