Movies Like The Tin Man

If you liked The Tin Man (1935), a comedy and adventure movie directed by James Parrott, 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
The Electric State (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure
An orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick.
2
Robot & Frank (2012)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy
Curmudgeonly old Frank lives by himself. His routine involves daily visits to his local library, where he has a twinkle in his eye for the librarian. His grown children are concerned about their father’s well-being and…
3
The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)
★ 7.8/10Also adventure and comedy
A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.
4
A-X-L (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure
The life of a teenage boy is forever altered by a chance encounter with cutting edge military technology.
5
The Creator (2023)
★ 7/10Also adventure
Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive…
6
D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure
Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a…
7
Robots (2005)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Bigweld Industries. Now, Rodney's dreams – and those of his friends – are in danger of…
8
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)
★ 7.5/10Also adventure and comedy
Gromit’s concern that Wallace is becoming too dependent on his inventions proves justified, when Wallace invents a “smart” gnome that seems to develop a mind of its own. When it emerges that a vengeful figure from the…
9
Weird Science (1985)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a…
10
Short Circuit (1986)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does…
11
Tomorrowland (2015)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure
Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic…
12
Love and Monsters (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure and comedy
Seven years since the Monsterpocalypse began, Joel Dawson has been living underground in order to survive. But after reconnecting over radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee, Joel decides to venture out to reunite…
13
F.R.E.D.I. (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure
An intelligent, lovable robot known as "F.R.E.D.I." is stolen from a secret research facility by the project's lead scientist. The robot is found by a 15 year old teenager, James. Soon the two begin to communicate and…
14
Beetlejuice (1988)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.
15
Stitch Head (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and comedy
A mad scientist ignores each of his creations when he shifts his attention to the next monster. His first creation, Stitch Head, searching for purpose, takes it upon himself to look after all the other monsters.
16
The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
★ 7/10Also adventure
A group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek out their eight year old 'master'.
17
Scary Movie 2 (2001)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy
A group of students visit a mansion called "Hell House," and murderous high jinks ensue.
18
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
★ 7/10Also adventure
12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but is just as perplexed as he is that he hasn't aged…
19
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole (2024)
★ 8.1/10Also adventure
When an evil contractor goes to extreme measures to evict a testy tenant who is standing in the way of his new project, he fails to take into account that this seemingly harmless old woman is a trained killer and will…
20
Bumblebee (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and…