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Movies Like The Complexity of Happiness

If you liked The Complexity of Happiness (2015), a comedy and drama movie directed by Gianni Zanasi, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1The Distinguished Gentleman

    The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    A Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a last name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, the U.S. Congress, where the money flows…

  2. 2Kajillionaire

    Kajillionaire (2020)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedy

    Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their…

  3. 3The Hudsucker Proxy

    The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and drama

    A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.

  4. 4Little Big League

    Little Big League (1994)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    When the owner of the Minnesota Twins passes away, he bequeaths the team to his preteen grandson. The newly minted head honcho quickly appoints himself manager, causing unrest in an organization that struggles to take…

  5. 5Oscar

    Oscar (1991)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy

    Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets…

  6. 6Ugly, Dirty and Bad

    Ugly, Dirty and Bad (1976)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy and drama

    Giacinto lives with his wife, their ten children and various other family members in a shack on the hills of Rome. Some time ago he has lost his left eye while at work, and got a consistent sum of money from the…

  7. 7Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

  8. 8Madea's Witness Protection

    Madea's Witness Protection (2012)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and comedy

    For years, mild-mannered Wall Street banker George Needleman has meandered through life oblivious to his family's dysfunction and his company's malfeasance, but he's forced to wake up when he learns that he's been…

  9. 9Thunderstruck

    Thunderstruck (2012)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.

  10. 10Fast Girls

    Fast Girls (2012)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.

  11. 11The Comeback Trail

    The Comeback Trail (2020)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy

    Two movie producers who owe money to the mob set up their aging movie star for an insurance scam to try and save themselves. But they wind up getting more than they ever imagined.

  12. 12Glengarry Glen Ross

    Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office. Unscrupulous salesmen try to hawk dubious real estate to suckers.

  13. 13Michael Clayton

    Michael Clayton (2007)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.

  14. 14In the Name of the Italian People

    In the Name of the Italian People (1971)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and drama

    An obscure Italian magistrate suspects that a well-known industrialist commited murder, and decides to investigate him, and bring him to court, whatever it takes. But - will the magistrate have it in him to go against…

  15. 15Blank Check

    Blank Check (1994)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    Bullied by his siblings and nagged by his parents, 11-year-old Preston Waters is fed up with his family — especially their frugality. But he gets his chance to teach them a lesson when a money-laundering criminal…

  16. 16A King in New York

    A King in New York (1957)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

    A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subsequent HUAC hearings.

  17. 17Roman J. Israel, Esq.

    Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner – the firm's frontman – has a heart attack, Israel suddenly takes on that role. He soon…

  18. 18Greed

    Greed (1924)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    When housewife Trina wins the lottery, her comfortable life with her dentist husband John slowly deteriorates, in part by her own increasing paranoia and partly by the machinations of villainous acquaintance Marcus.

  19. 19Nothing in Common

    Nothing in Common (1986)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and comedy

    A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.

  20. 20The Honey Pot

    The Honey Pot (1967)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy

    In Venice, a millionaire hires an actor to help him prank three greedy exes into thinking he's dying and leaving his fortune to one of them.

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