Movies Like Breathing Paintings

If you liked Breathing Paintings (2023), a movie directed by Radovan Hradil, 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.

1
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
★ 6.1/10
In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland, populated by even more fantastic characters.
2
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
★ 7.2/10
In Depression-era New York, painter Eben Adams despairs at his lack of success. One cold winter evening in Central Park, he meets enigmatic, old-fashioned Jennie Appleton, who captures his fancy when she asks him to…
3
Dalíland (2022)
★ 5.9/10
In 1973, a young gallery assistant goes on a wild adventure behind the scenes as he helps aging genius Salvador Dali prepare for a big show in New York.
4
Mr. Turner (2014)
★ 6.6/10
Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.
5
Dorian Gray (2009)
★ 6/10
Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton, handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray becomes obsessed with maintaining his youthful appearance, and commissions a special portrait that will weather the winds of…
6
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
★ 6.8/10
Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who…
7
Paperhouse (1988)
★ 6.5/10
A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book.
8
Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024)
★ 6.6/10
Inside of his book, adventurous Harold can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After he grows up and draws himself off the book's pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about…
9
Four Kids and It (2020)
★ 6.2/10
A group of kids on holiday in Cornwall meet a magical creature on the beach with the power to grant wishes.
10
Teen Spirit (2019)
★ 6/10
A 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.
11
The Last Unicorn (1982)
★ 7.3/10
A unicorn learns from a riddle-speaking butterfly that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the monstrous Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the…
12
Peter Ibbetson (1935)
★ 7/10
When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project…
13
Bogus (1996)
★ 5.8/10
Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.
14
Sarah's Oil (2025)
★ 7.9/10
Sarah Rector, a Black girl born in early 20th-century Oklahoma Indian Territory, believes there is oil beneath the barren land she’s allotted, and her faith proves right. As greedy oil sharks close in, Sarah turns to…
15
Aquamarine (2006)
★ 6.5/10
Two teenage girls discover that mermaids really do exist after a violent storm washes one ashore. The mermaid, a sassy creature named Aquamarine, is determined to prove to her father that real love exists, and enlists…
16
Winter's Tale (2014)
★ 6.3/10
A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
17
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
★ 6.5/10
Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret…
18
Ruby Sparks (2012)
★ 7.1/10
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby…
19
Inkheart (2008)
★ 6.3/10
The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.
20
Ophelia (2019)
★ 7.1/10
Ophelia comes of age as lady-in-waiting for Queen Gertrude, and her singular spirit captures Hamlet's affections. As lust and betrayal threaten the kingdom, Ophelia finds herself trapped between true love and…