
Movies that feel like Happy Gilmore (1996)
If you loved Happy Gilmore, the closest films we have are Good Bye, Lenin! (2003), Big Daddy (1999) and Life As We Know It (2010). All three share Happy Gilmore's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 5 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.
If Happy Gilmore hit the spot, these will too

One thread runs through both: grief
The difference: Reviewed even better

Dennis Dugan directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: None of the melancholy Happy Gilmore is built on

The same preoccupation in both: grief
The difference: Leans harder into romance than Happy Gilmore does

Witty and playful in the same breath

Both land melancholy and romance at once

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases
The difference: 36 years apart, and the 1960s show

Both keep coming back to the same thing: class differences
The difference: Not nearly as melancholy as Happy Gilmore

Both lean on play more than on comedy

Dennis Dugan working the same nerve twice

Melancholy comedy in both cases

Both sit in the same romantic register

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