Movies Like Be Happy
If you liked Be Happy (2025), a drama and music movie directed by Remo D'Souza, 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.
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Teen Spirit (2019)
★ 6/10Also music and dramaA shy teenager living on the Isle of Wight dreams of pop stardom. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a singing competition that will test her integrity, talent, and ambition.
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Bravetown (2015)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and musicAfter an accidental drug overdose, a talented teenage DJ goes to live with his estranged father in a small Army town, where he gets to the bottom of his own pain and learns empathy for others.
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Grace Unplugged (2013)
★ 6/10Also drama and musicA talented young singer and aspiring songwriter’s Christian faith and family ties are tested when she defies her worship-pastor father and pursues pop-music stardom in GRACE UNPLUGGED, a moving and inspiring new film…
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The Jazz Singer (1927)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and musicA young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first full length feature film to use synchronized sound, and is the…
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Goal! (2005)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and familyLike millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer... However, living in the Barrios section of Los Angeles, he thinks it is only that—a dream. Until one day an…
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The Good Witch (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also family and dramaA mysterious woman comes in to town and inhabits the local haunted mansion, making everyone wonder if she's a witch or "The Grey Lady".
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Hoovey (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also family and dramaThe true and inspiring story of the Elliott family, who refused to surrender, instead turning to one another and their faith in the worst of circumstances, to rebuild their lives, their boy, and their dreams…
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Twitches Too (2007)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and familyReunited witch twins Camryn and Alex adjust to their new life as supernatural beings while at the same time trying to maintain a normal existence in this sequel to the magical Disney Channel original movie Twitches…
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The Unbreakable Boy (2025)
★ 7.9/10Also family and dramaWhen Scott and Teresa LeRette learn that their son Austin is both autistic and has brittle bone disease, they initially worry for their son’s future. But with Scott’s growing faith and Austin’s incredible spirit, they…
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Little Man Tate (1991)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and familyDede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, she is determined to ensure that Fred has all the opportunities that he needs, and that he is not taken advantage of…
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Janie Jones (2010)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and musicWhen a fading musician (Alessandro Nivola) learns he has a teenage daughter (Abigail Breslin) from a long-ago tryst, he’s forced to take her on tour after her mother checks into rehab.
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Jack of the Red Hearts (2016)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and familyA teenage con artist tricks a desperate mother into hiring her as a live-in companion for her autistic daughter.
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An American Girl: McKenna Shoots for the Stars (2012)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and familyA young girl struggles to maintain her school grades while competing as a gymnast.
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Cowgirls n' Angels (2012)
★ 6/10Also drama and familyA group of rodeo trick-riders recruits a young girl to join them.
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The Good Witch's Destiny (2013)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and familyAs Cassie's birthday approaches, Lori discovers disturbing parallels between Cassie and her great aunt, who disappeared years before on her birthday. When signs of a curse appear, Cassie conjures up a little magic to…
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Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987)
★ 6/10Also drama and familyUnder the watch of his unkind realtives, lonely Bosse's luck is changed when he is sent to the land where his real father is the King. In that country, he sets out on a quest, together with his new friend, to destroy…
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Where Is Anne Frank (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and familyThe film follows the journey of Kitty, the imaginary friend to whom Anne Frank dedicated her diary. A fiery teenager, Kitty wakes up in the near future in Anne Frank's house in Amsterdam and embarks on a journey to…
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Miracles from Heaven (2016)
★ 7.5/10Also family and dramaWhen Christy discovers her 10-year-old daughter Anna has a rare, incurable disease, she becomes a ferocious advocate for her daughter’s healing as she searches for a solution. After Anna has a freak accident and falls…
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The Shack (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and familyA grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called 'The Shack'.
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Born to Dance (2015)
★ 6.2/10Also music and dramaComing of age tale told through the eyes of 'Tu', an ambitious young man from Auckland who dreams of being a professional hip-hop dancer.