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10 Best Movies Like Big Happiness

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

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#1
Salomé

Salomé

2013★ 6.2

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

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his k...

#2
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

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

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

#3
The Nest

The Nest

2020★ 6.1

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

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of the...

#4
The Padre

The Padre

2018★ 5.9

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

American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-...

#5
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#6
The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

2019★ 6.3

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

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who get...

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