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10 Best Movies Like Don’t Worry, Be Happy!

If you loved Don’t Worry, Be Happy!, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Imperial Dreams

Imperial Dreams

2014★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don’t Worry, Be Happy! for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Ang...

#2
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don’t Worry, Be Happy! for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#3
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don’t Worry, Be Happy! for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#4
A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season

1989★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don’t Worry, Be Happy! for fans of Drama. 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....

#5
ATL

ATL

2006★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don’t Worry, Be Happy! for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskati...

#6
Real Women Have Curves

Real Women Have Curves

2002★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don’t Worry, Be Happy! for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee...

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