Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Hard Happiness

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

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#1
My Friend Ivan Lapshin

My Friend Ivan Lapshin

1985★ 6.7

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

Russian provincial town in the middle of the 1930s Stalin's Great Purge. Ivan Lapshin, the head of the local police, does what he has to do. And he does it well....

#2
The Road Dance

The Road Dance

2022★ 6.7

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

A young girl lives in the Outer Hebrides in a small village in the years just before WWI. Isolated and hard by the shore, her life takes a dramatic change when a terrible tragedy b...

#3
By the Bluest of Seas

By the Bluest of Seas

1936★ 6.3

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

Two men shipwrecked on an island in the Caspian Sea are saved by members of a collective farm, where they work on its fishing boats and woo the young woman leading the fishermen....

#4
Petrov's Flu

Petrov's Flu

2021★ 6.3

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

A day in the life of a comic book artist and his family in Russia. While suffering from the flu, Petrov is carried by his friend Igor on a long walk, drifting in and out of fantasy...

#5
The Coach

The Coach

2018★ 6.6

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

Contemporary Russia. After he flubs a penalty kick, a humiliated national soccer player quits the game. He flees to a small town, where he decides to coach their local team....

#6
The Boy with Green Hair

The Boy with Green Hair

1948★ 6.2

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

Peter, an orphaned boy, is adopted by Gramp Frye after his parents are killed in Europe while doing war relief work. The boy feels safe with his new caretaker, but when he is taunt...

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