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10 Best Movies Like Happy and Glorious

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

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#1
Layer Cake

Layer Cake

2004★ 6.9

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

When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save...

#2
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

2009★ 7.1

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

After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journal...

#3
The Poet of the Castle

The Poet of the Castle

1959★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Happy and Glorious for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A 10-minute portrait of modernist poet and de Andrade’s godfather, Manuel Bandeira, is clear in its affection for it subject, though like many New-Waveish films of the time, depict...

#4
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#5
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

2015★ 7.6

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

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But ...

#6
Interstellar

Interstellar

2014★ 8.5

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

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an in...