Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Happiness

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

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#1
Upstream

Upstream

2024★ 6.8

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

A moment of impulsiveness turns Gao Zhilei into a "stay-at-home" individual, but he never expected his life to take a turn in the opposite direction. A series of changes compel him...

#2
One Second

One Second

2020★ 7.3

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

A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond....

#3
Blind Massage

Blind Massage

2014★ 6.9

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

The employees of a massage parlour share a close bond with each other as they all share a trait in common, they are all visually impaired....

#4
Caught by the Tides

Caught by the Tides

2025★ 6.8

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

Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a journey to be reunited with him....

#5
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Happiness 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...

#6
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

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

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

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