Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Happy New Year

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

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#1
A Whole Life

A Whole Life

2023★ 7.0

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

When Andreas arrives in the remote valley in the Austrian Alps, he is only about four years old - nobody knows for sure. He grows up to become a skilled farmhand and, as a young ma...

#2
Eleanor the Great

Eleanor the Great

2025★ 6.9

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

94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades....

#3
The Lives of Others

The Lives of Others

2006★ 8.0

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

In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the ...

#4
Remember

Remember

2015★ 7.4

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

With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family....

#5
Despair

Despair

1978★ 6.5

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

Berlin, 1930, during the rise of Nazism. Hermann Hermann, a Russian emigrant and chocolate manufacturer, married to the capricious Lydia, loses his temper more and more every day w...

#6
In the Aisles

In the Aisles

2018★ 6.9

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

Christian, a reclusive young man from Leipzig, gets a job working the night shift at a big-box store. He's trained to stocks goods and operate a forklift by Bruno, a wistful former...

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