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10 Best Movies Like The Happy Ending

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

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#1
Faces

Faces

1968★ 7.1

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

Middle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a night on the town with her fr...

#2
Niagara

Niagara

1953★ 6.8

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

Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. P...

#3
The Ice Storm

The Ice Storm

1997★ 6.9

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

In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hood family is skidding out of control. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century....

#4
Deep Water

Deep Water

2022★ 5.8

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

A well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers....

#5
Crime of Passion

Crime of Passion

1956★ 6.1

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

Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's...

#6
Sleeping with the Enemy

Sleeping with the Enemy

1991★ 6.5

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

A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband....

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