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10 Best Movies Like Happenstance

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

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#1
Strictly Sexual

Strictly Sexual

2008★ 6.1

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

Two successful women, sick and tired of dating and relationships, decide to keep two young men in their pool house for strictly sexual purposes....

#2
XX/XY

XX/XY

2002★ 5.8

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

Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later....

#3
Chéri

Chéri

2009★ 6.1

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

The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love....

#4
(Untitled)

(Untitled)

2009★ 6.4

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

A fashionable contemporary art gallerist in Chelsea, New York falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic satire of the state of contemporary art....

#5
Night Owls

Night Owls

2015★ 6.2

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

After workaholic Kevin has a drunken one night stand with the beautiful train-wreck Madeline, he's horrified to discover that she's actually his boss' jilted ex-mistress. When she ...

#6
The Elder Son

The Elder Son

2006★ 5.9

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

A thief on the run convinces a single father that he is his long-lost son. Complications ensue when he falls in love with his newfound "sister"....

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