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10 Best Movies Like Looking for Happiness

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

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#1
Girl in the Box

Girl in the Box

2016★ 6.7

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

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as ...

#2
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#3
By the Bluest of Seas

By the Bluest of Seas

1936★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Looking for 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
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

#5
I Am David

I Am David

2003★ 6.8

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

A 12-year-old boy manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own, through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deli...

#6
SubUrbia

SubUrbia

1997★ 6.2

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

A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults....

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