Movies like Raiding The Happy Village (2021)
The best movies like Raiding The Happy Village (2021) are Pale Rider (1985), Being Frank (2019) and High Heels and Low Lifes (2001). If Raiding The Happy Village hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedThe Night of the Hunter (1955)7.8/10 from 1,944 votes
- NewestBad Education (2019)Released 2019
Pale Rider (1985)
A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBeing Frank (2019)
A seventeen-year-old boy blackmails his father after discovering his secret second family
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHigh Heels and Low Lifes (2001)
Two friends are drawn into a seedy underworld of extortion and violence when they try to blackmail a gang of bank robbers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Man Who Would Be King (1975)
Tired of life as soldiers, Peachy Carnehan and Danny Dravot travel to the isolated land of Kafiristan, where they are ultimately embraced by the people and revered as rulers. After a series of misunderstandings, the natives come to believe that Dravot is a god, but he and Carnehan can't keep up their deception forever.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFirewall (2006)
State-of-the-art security system creator Jack Stanfield has cemented his reputation as a man who's thought of everything. But when a criminal finds a way into his personal life, everything Jack holds dear is suddenly at stake.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Player (1992)
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Night of the Hunter (1955)
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBad Education (2019)
A superintendent of a school district works for the betterment of the student’s education when an embezzlement scheme is discovered, threatening to destroy everything.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDogville (2003)
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBig Nothing (2006)
A frustrated, unemployed teacher joins forces with a scammer and his girlfriend in a blackmailing scheme.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStruck by Lightning (2013)
After being struck and killed by lightning, a young man recounts the way he blackmailed his fellow classmates into contributing to his literary magazine.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Woman's Face (1941)
A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDespicable Me (2010)
Determined to prove he's the world's greatest supervillain, Gru hatches an audacious plan to steal the Moon. To pull it off, he adopts three orphaned girls—Margo, Edith, and Agnes—intending to use them as pawns in his scheme. But the unexpected bond they form forces him to question the criminal life he's always known.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Ride (2018)
The story of John Buultjens, who has dedicated his life to the sport of BMX.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like this52 Pick-Up (1986)
Harry Mitchell is a successful Los Angeles manufacturer whose wife is running for city council. His life is turned upside down when three blackmailers confront him with a videotape of him with his young mistress and demand $100,000. Fearing that the story will hurt his wife's political campaign if he goes to the police, Harry pretends that he will pay the men, but does not follow through.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHeist (2001)
Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman, reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant. Moore and his partner, Bobby Blane, and their utility man, Pinky Pincus, find themselves broke, betrayed, and blackmailed. Moore is forced to commit his crew to do one last big job.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Reflecting Skin (1990)
In 1950s rural Idaho, a young boy watches helplessly as his friends and brother fall under the spell of a mysterious widow living up the road and becomes convinced that she is a vampire.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGhost (1990)
After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Miracle Woman (1931)
After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind former aviator restore her faith and happiness?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Raiding The Happy Village?
The closest matches to Raiding The Happy Village are Pale Rider (1985), Being Frank (2019) and High Heels and Low Lifes (2001). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Raiding The Happy Village?
Start with Pale Rider (1985), the closest match to Raiding The Happy Village.
What is the highest-rated movie like Raiding The Happy Village?
The Night of the Hunter (1955), rated 7.8/10 by 1,944 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Raiding The Happy Village?
Bad Education (2019) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Chinese movies like Raiding The Happy Village?
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How are movies similar to Raiding The Happy Village chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Raiding The Happy Village, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.