MovieMagicScore

Stories Best Of

Sign In Sign Up

Feed Movies TV World Cinema Stories Best Of Top Rated In Theaters

Weekly Movie Picks, every Friday to your inbox

Discover

Home
Movies
TV Shows
World Cinema
Best TV Shows
Top Rated
In Theaters
Upcoming

Best Of

Best Movies
Best Action
Best Comedy
Best Drama
Best Horror
Top Actors
Top Directors

Tools

Getting Started
Taste Card
Movie Night Poll
Import from Letterboxd
Import from TV Time
How Ranking Works

Community

Community
Stories
Users

About Us

About Us
Contact
Feedback
Terms of Service
Privacy Policy

Download on the

© 2026 MovieMagicScore. All rights reserved.

Movie data by TMDb|Some links may earn us a commission

Home/The Happy Housewife/Similar Movies

The Happy Housewife

Movies Like The Happy Housewife (2010)

The Happy Housewife is a 2010 drama, romance film from Antoinette Beumer with a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Straight Outta Compton and Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father.

Straight Outta Compton poster

Straight Outta Compton

2015

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father poster

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

2008

In 2001, Andrew Bagby, a medical resident, is murdered not long after breaking up with his girlfriend. Soon after, when she announces she's pregnant, one of Andrew's many close friends, Kurt Kuenne, begins this film, a gift to the child.

How to Train Your Dragon 2 poster

How to Train Your Dragon 2

2014

Five years have passed since Hiccup and Toothless united the dragons and Vikings of Berk. Now, they spend their time charting unmapped territories. During one of their adventures, the pair discover a secret cave that houses hundreds of wild dragons -- and a mysterious dragon rider. Now, Hiccup and Toothless find themselves at the center of a battle to protect Berk from a power-hungry warrior.

Annihilation poster

Annihilation

2018

A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.

Miracles from Heaven poster

Miracles from Heaven

2016

When 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 three stories, a miracle unfolds in the wake of her dramatic rescue that leaves medical specialists mystified, her family restored and their community inspired.

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi poster

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

2016

An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.

Little Women poster

Little Women

1994

With their father away as a chaplain in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a close family who inevitably have their squabbles and tragedies. But the bond holds even when, later, male friends start to become a part of the household.

Italian for Beginners poster

Italian for Beginners

2000

Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School poster

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

2006

Frank Keane, a baker by trade, has been consumed by grief over his wife's untimely death. But everything changes when he pulls his bread truck over on a rural highway to help a dying stranger entangled in a car wreck, who was on his way to a fateful reunion.

Under the Volcano poster

Under the Volcano

1984

Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.

The Savages poster

The Savages

2007

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams poster

Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams

2006

A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Balkan war.

The Quiet poster

The Quiet

2005

After her widowed father dies, deaf teenager Dot moves in with her godparents, Olivia and Paul Deer. The Deers' daughter, Nina, is openly hostile to Dot, but that does not prevent her from telling her secrets to her silent stepsister, including the fact that she wants to kill her lecherous father.

Moms' Night Out poster

Moms' Night Out

2014

Yearning for an evening without their kids, some friends plan a night out. But to do this, their husbands need to watch the kids. What can go wrong?

Close to the Horizon poster

Close to the Horizon

2019

Jessica knows exactly what her life is supposed to look like and where it takes her. But then she meets Danny. He has a complicated past and could confuse all their plans. Jessica has to decide.

Prozac Nation poster

Prozac Nation

2001

When talented young writer Elizabeth Wurtzel earns a scholarship to Harvard, she sees it as her chance to escape the pressures of her working-class background and concentrate on her true talent. But what starts out so promising leads to self-destructive behavior and paralyzing depression that reflects an entire generation's struggle to navigate the effects of divorce, drugs, sex, and high expectations.

Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine poster

Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine

2014

An intimate portrait of Matthew Shepard, the gay young man murdered in one of the most notorious hate crimes in U.S. history. Framed through a personal lens, it's the story of loss, love, and courage in the face of unspeakable tragedy.

Little Children poster

Little Children

2006

The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.

The Color of Time poster

The Color of Time

2012

A poetic road trip through Pulitzer prize-winning CK Williams' life over the course of 40 years.

Soul Surfer poster

Soul Surfer

2011

The true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith.

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Happy Housewife?

The top films similar to The Happy Housewife by MovieMagicScore are Straight Outta Compton (7.8), Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (8.0), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (7.7). Each shares drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Happy Housewife worth watching?

The Happy Housewife holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10 from 42 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Happy Housewife?

The Happy Housewife (2010) is a drama, romance film directed by Antoinette Beumer, starring Carice van Houten, Waldemar Torenstra, Joke Tjalsma.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Happy Housewife?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more drama recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

Keep exploring

Movies like Straight Outta Compton Movies like Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father Movies like How to Train Your Dragon 2 Movies like Annihilation Movies like Miracles from Heaven Movies like 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

About movies like The Happy Housewife

This ranked list pairs The Happy Housewife (2010), a drama and romance film from Antoinette Beumer, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Carice van Houten take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

← Back to The Happy Housewife