Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Happy Birthday

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

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#1
The Nest

The Nest

2020★ 6.1

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

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of the...

#2
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#3
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#4
A Question of Faith

A Question of Faith

2017★ 7.3

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

When Tragedy Strikes three Families, their Destiny forces them on a coverging path and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs...

#5
Skin

Skin

2009★ 6.4

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

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era....

#6
Hellion

Hellion

2014★ 5.9

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

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father m...

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