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10 Best Movies Like Happy Endings

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

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#1
The Burning Plain

The Burning Plain

2008★ 6.6

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

A trailer is burning in the middle of a plain. The bodies of two adulterous lovers are found. Scenes from both families, before and after the dramatic events, suggest an unusual co...

#2
Solitary Man

Solitary Man

2009★ 5.9

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

A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions....

#3
Heartburn

Heartburn

1986★ 6.0

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

She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give...

#4
Young Adult

Young Adult

2011★ 5.8

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

A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family....

#5
Carbon Copy

Carbon Copy

1981★ 5.8

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

A middle-aged married wealthy white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a working-class black teen-age son who wants to be adopted into the almost-exclusively-...

#6
Mighty Aphrodite

Mighty Aphrodite

1995★ 6.7

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

When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brill...

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