Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 16, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Happy New Year

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

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#1
One Night at McCool's

One Night at McCool's

2001★ 5.8

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

On an ordinary night, in an ordinary part of town, a beautiful young woman walks into a bar. Her name is Jewel, and before long she is chatting to bartender Randy. The pair leave t...

#2
Thérèse Raquin

Thérèse Raquin

1953★ 6.6

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

Star-crossed lovers Thérèse and Laurent think they've gotten away with murder after Thérèse's weakling husband "falls" from a speeding train. But when forced to contend with a blac...

#3
Small Apartments

Small Apartments

2012★ 5.8

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

When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved br...

#4
Intermission

Intermission

2003★ 6.2

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

A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconcepti...

#5
The Trouble with You

The Trouble with You

2018★ 6.0

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

Detective Yvonne is the widow of police chief Santi, a local hero in a town on the French Riviera. When she learns he was in fact a crooked cop, she tries to right his wrongs. Cros...

#6
Above the Rim

Above the Rim

1994★ 7.0

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

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now empl...

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