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10 Best Movies Like How to Become Happy

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

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#1
Real Men

Real Men

1987★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How to Become Happy for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A womanizing CIA agent and an insecure insurance agent are paired together to make sure a deal goes through with aliens for the future of mankind....

#2
Relax, I'm from the Future

Relax, I'm from the Future

2023★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How to Become Happy for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Casper is a time traveller who arrives in the 2020s in an attempt to prevent a major future catastrophe. He meets Holly, a queer black woman he befriends and draws into his plan by...

#3
Amazon Women on the Moon

Amazon Women on the Moon

1987★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How to Become Happy for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Centered on a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contempo...

#4
2073

2073

2024★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How to Become Happy for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Inspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominan...

#5
Dark Star

Dark Star

1974★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How to Become Happy for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intell...

#6
The Man in the White Suit

The Man in the White Suit

1951★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How to Become Happy for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the materi...

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