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10 Best Movies Like A Happy Event

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

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#1
Aliyah

Aliyah

2012★ 6.1

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

Paris 2011. Alex is 27. He lives off dealing and pays the debts of his brother, Isaac, who after being his support has now become dead weight. When his cousin announces he's going ...

#2
The Art of Love

The Art of Love

2011★ 5.9

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

Several interconnected chapters follow a variety of Parisian couples navigating love, desire, and relationships. Isabelle, frustrated by a year of celibacy, rejects her friend Zoé’...

#3
Half a Chance

Half a Chance

1998★ 5.8

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

Alice Tomaso gets out of jail, and goes looking for Léo and Julien, one of whom, it appears, is her father. On the way, she steals the wrong car - one belonging to the Russian mafi...

#4
Thirst for Life

Thirst for Life

2017★ 7.4

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

Lisa, a mother of two, is gradually being consumed by her alcoholism while her husband Vincent is busy with his career and underestimates the gravity of the situation, simply avoid...

#5
Legend of the Red Reaper

Legend of the Red Reaper

2013★ 3.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Happy Event for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

For a thousand years, the Reapers guarded mankind from the demons that wait in the dark. Now, at the beginning of a new age, the Reapers are betrayed and slaughtered. Only one Reap...

#6
Mariage à Mendoza

Mariage à Mendoza

2013★ 5.6

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

Marcus and his brother Antoine head to Argentina for their cousin’s wedding. They plan to explore all that Buenos Aires has to offer before making the trip to Mendoza in the west. ...