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10 Best Movies Like Happy Now

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

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#1
Lucky Them

Lucky Them

2013★ 6.0

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

More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-st...

#2
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#3
Hellion

Hellion

2014★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Happy Now for fans of Thriller. 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...

#4
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#5
My Brilliant Career

My Brilliant Career

1979★ 6.2

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

A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married....

#6
A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season

1989★ 6.7

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

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody....

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