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Happy Death Day

Happy Death Day: 2017 Blumhouse horror-comedy directed by Christopher Landon, written by Scott Lobdell, starring Jessica Rothe as Tree Gelbman, a college student reliving her murder; Groundhog Day-style time-loop slasher, PG-13, $55.7M US gross, sequel Happy Death Day 2U.

Happy Death Day 2U

Happy Death Day 2U is a 2019 American horror-comedy science fiction film written and directed by Christopher Landon, the sequel to Happy Death Day, with Jessica Rothe returning as Tree Gelbman.

Happy End (2017 film)

Happy End (2017) is a 107-minute drama by Michael Haneke, starring Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, and Mathieu Kassovitz, about a wealthy Calais family amid the migrant crisis; it competed at Cannes 2017 without winning a major prize.

Happy Endings (TV series)

Happy Endings is an American ABC sitcom (2011–2013) created by David Caspe about six Chicago friends after Alex leaves Dave at the altar; 57 episodes, three seasons, canceled despite critical praise.

Happy Face (TV series)

Happy Face is a 2025 Paramount+ crime drama, also called the Happy Face Killer series, adapted from Melissa Moore's 2018 podcast and Shattered Silence memoir; eight episodes starring Annaleigh Ashford and Dennis Quaid, canceled after one season in July 2025.

Happy Feet

Happy Feet is a 2006 computer-animated musical comedy directed by George Miller, following Mumble, a young Emperor penguin in Antarctica who cannot sing but tap dances.

Happy Feet Two

Happy Feet Two, also known as Happy Feet 2, is a 2011 computer-animated musical comedy directed by George Miller and a sequel to his 2006 film Happy Feet.

Happy Ghost (开心鬼)

Happy Ghost (开心鬼) is a 1984 Hong Kong comedy-fantasy film directed by Clifton Ko for Cinema City, starring Raymond Wong as a Qing scholar's ghost; it cost HK$2 million, earned over HK$17 million, and spawned a five-film series (1984–1991).

Happy Gilmore

Happy Gilmore (1996) is a Universal sports comedy directed by Dennis Dugan, written by Adam Sandler and Tim Herlihy, about a hockey player turned golfer saving his grandmother's house; it grossed $41.4 million and spawned a 2025 Netflix sequel.

Happy Gilmore 2

Happy Gilmore 2 is a 2025 Netflix sports comedy sequel to the 1996 Adam Sandler film, directed by Kyle Newacheck, written by Sandler and Tim Herlihy, released July 25, 2025, with 46.7M global views and mixed reviews.

Happy Hour (2015 film)

Happy Hour (ハッピーアワー) is Ryusuke Hamaguchi's 2015 Japanese drama, 317 minutes long, about four Kobe women in their late thirties whose friendship is tested by a divorce and a disappearance; cast from his Kobe improvisational workshop, it won Locarno Best Actress and a script Special Mention.

Happy Madison Productions

Happy Madison Productions, also known as Happy Madison, is an American production company founded by Adam Sandler in December 1999, named after his hits Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison.

Happy New Year (हैप्पी न्यू ईयर) (2014 film)

Happy New Year (हैप्पी न्यू ईयर) is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language heist comedy-dance film directed by Farah Khan, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone.

Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos

Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos (हैप्पी पटेल: खतरनाक जासूस) is a 2026 Hindi spy comedy, Vir Das's directorial debut with Kavi Shastri, produced by Aamir Khan Productions, released January 16, 2026, streaming on Netflix from April 1, 2026.

Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi (हैप्पी फिर भाग जाएगी)

Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi (हैप्पी फिर भाग जाएगी) is a 2018 Hindi comedy, sequel to Happy Bhag Jayegi, directed by Mudassar Aziz, starring Sonakshi Sinha and Diana Penty as two Harpreet "Happy" Kaurs in a Shanghai mistaken-identity plot; it flopped against a ₹30 crore budget.

Happy Raj

Happy Raj (ஹேப்பி ராஜ்) is a 2026 Tamil comedy drama, the debut of director Maria Raja Elanchezian, starring GV Prakash Kumar, Sri Gouri Priya, George Maryan, and a returning Abbas; released 27 March 2026, streaming on Prime Video from 24 April 2026.

Happy Sugar Life (ハッピーシュガーライフ)

Happy Sugar Life (ハッピーシュガーライフ), also known via its prototype title White Sugar Garden, Black Salt Cage, is Tomiyaki Kagisora's psychological horror manga serialized in Monthly Gangan Joker 2015–2019 (10 volumes plus Extra Life), adapted into a 2018 twelve-episode Ezo'la anime that reached an anime-original ending before the manga concluded.

Happy Texas

Happy, Texas (1999) is a Mark Illsley comedy, also called Happy Texas, about escaped convicts posing as gay beauty-pageant consultants; a Sundance 1999 Grand Jury Prize nominee bought by Miramax for about $2.5 million.

Happy Times (幸福时光)

Happy Times (幸福时光) is Zhang Yimou's 2000 Chinese comedy-drama, adapted from Mo Yan's novella, starring Zhao Benshan and debutante Dong Jie as a blind girl; released 31 December 2000, a Zhang Weiping production that underperformed commercially.

Happy Together (春光乍泄) (1997 film)

Happy Together (春光乍洩, Chun gwong cha sit) is Wong Kar-wai's 1997 Hong Kong drama starring Leslie Cheung and Tony Leung as lovers in Buenos Aires; it won Best Director at Cannes 1997 and was rated Category III in Hong Kong.

Happy Tree Friends

Happy Tree Friends is a Mondo Media adult Flash-animated black comedy by Kenn Navarro, Rhode Montijo, and Aubrey Ankrum, online from 2000, with dialogue-free shorts showing cute forest animals dying graphically.

Happy Valley (TV series)

Happy Valley is a BBC crime drama (2014-2023) written and partly directed by Sally Wainwright, starring Sarah Lancashire as West Yorkshire sergeant Catherine Cawood pursuing Tommy Lee Royce; it won BAFTAs for its first two series.

Happy-Go-Lucky

Happy-Go-Lucky is a 2008 British comedy-drama written and directed by Mike Leigh, starring Sally Hawkins as a relentlessly cheerful London schoolteacher whose optimism collides with her furious driving instructor, played by Eddie Marsan.

Happy! (TV series)

Happy! is a Syfy dark-comedy crime fantasy drama (2017–2019, 18 episodes) based on Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson's comic, starring Christopher Meloni as hit man Nick Sax and Patton Oswalt as the imaginary blue winged unicorn Happy.

Happy's Place

Happy's Place is an NBC sitcom (2024–) starring Reba McEntire as Bobbie, who inherits a Knoxville tavern and shares it with half-sister Isabella (Belissa Escobedo); a Reba reunion created by Kevin Abbott.

Happyend (ハッピーエンド)

Happyend (ハッピーエンド) is Neo Sora's 2024 Japanese-American debut fiction feature, a near-future Tokyo coming-of-age drama in which a prank on a principal triggers AI school surveillance; premiered at Venice Orizzonti 2024 and won multiple festival awards.

Haq (हक़) (2025 film)

Haq (हक़) is a 2025 Hindi courtroom drama by Suparn Varma starring Yami Gautam Dhar and Emraan Hashmi, inspired by the Shah Bano maintenance case, based on Jigna Vora's book, released 7 November 2025 and streaming on Netflix.

Haq Se

Haq Se is a 2018 Hindi ALTBalaji drama web series, an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women about the four Mirza sisters in Kashmir, directed by Ken Ghosh, 20 episodes, starring Rajeev Khandelwal and Surveen Chawla.

Haqeeqat (हकीकत)

Haqeeqat (हकीकत, Reality) is a 1964 Hindi war film by Chetan Anand on the 1962 Sino-Indian War in Ladakh, starring Balraj Sahni and Dharmendra, with Madan Mohan music and Kaifi Azmi lyrics; it won the 1965 National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film.

Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega (हर दिल जो प्यार करेगा)

Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega (हर दिल जो प्यार करेगा), also Har Dil Jo Pyaar Karega, is a 2000 Hindi romantic comedy directed by Raj Kanwar, starring Salman Khan, Rani Mukerji, and Preity Zinta in a mistaken-identity love triangle, adapted from While You Were Sleeping.