Movies Like Dreams

If you liked Dreams (2026), a fantasy movie directed by Jamal Moseley, 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
MirrorMask (2005)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasy
In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.
2
Bedtime Stories (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasy
Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up for entertainment inexplicably turn…
3
Paperhouse (1988)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasy
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.
4
Before I Wake (2016)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasy
An orphaned child's dreams—and nightmares—manifest physically as he sleeps.
5
Ruby Sparks (2012)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasy
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…
6
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
★ 7.2/10Also fantasy
A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.
7
Unicorn Store (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy
A woman named Kit moves back to her parent's house, where she receives a mysterious invitation that would fulfill her childhood dreams.
8
Dream Scenario (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also fantasy
Hapless family man Paul Matthews finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to…
9
Interstate 60 (2002)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasy
An aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America.
10
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasy
In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland, populated by even more fantastic characters.
11
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasy
A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.
12
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasy
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…
13
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasy
Sarah and David are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live…
14
Northfork (2003)
★ 6/10Also fantasy
The year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is about to be installed in the mountains above the town, ready to submerge the valley in the name of progress. It is the…
15
Peter Ibbetson (1935)
★ 7/10Also fantasy
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…
16
Ted (2012)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasy
John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear or his girlfriend, Lori.
17
Jabberwocky (1977)
★ 6/10Also fantasy
After the death of his father, young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his…
18
Every Day (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also fantasy
16-year old Rhiannon falls in love with a mysterious spirit named “A” that inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and “A” work each day to find each other, not knowing what the…
19
Wicked (2021)
★ 7.8/10Also fantasy
Ivy Morgan, a college student in New Orleans, falls for Ren Owens, the last person she expected to enter her rigidly controlled life.
20
Slumberland (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also fantasy
A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.