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10 Best Movies Like Substitute Happiness

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

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#1
I Am Heath Ledger

I Am Heath Ledger

2017★ 7.4

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

The life and career of an actor, artist, and icon. His own journey through his own camera....

#2
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

2013★ 6.9

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

An impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor Harry Dean Stanton comprised of intimate moments, film clips from some of his 250 films and his renditions of American folk songs....

#3
Home Again

Home Again

2017★ 6.1

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

Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her....

#4
Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon

1976★ 6.1

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

In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become i...

#5
The Play House

The Play House

1921★ 6.8

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

Upon waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works....

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Overnight

Overnight

2003★ 6.3

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

Alternately hilarious and horrifying, Overnight chronicles one man's misadventures of making a Hollywood movie. It starts out as a rags to riches story as Troy Duffy, a Boston-bred...

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