Movies Like The Man Who Could Not Dream

If you liked The Man Who Could Not Dream (2012), a comedy and drama movie directed by Kasimir Burgess and James Armstrong, 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 Swan (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and drama
Two large, ignorant bullies ruthlessly pursue a small, brilliant boy in this young adult Roald Dahl short story.
2
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and fantasy
A documentary filmmaker interviews the now-famous Trevor Slattery from behind bars.
3
The House of Tomorrow (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and comedy
The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school.
4
Code 3 (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and drama
A burned-out paramedic tries to survive his last 24 hours on the job while training a new recruit.
5
Party Central (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and fantasy
Mike and Sulley are back at Monsters University for a fun-filled weekend with their Oozma Kappa fraternity brothers. The gang is throwing their first party, but no one’s showing up. Luckily for them, Mike and Sulley…
6
Real Women Have Curves (2002)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama
In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned…
7
Afterlife of the Party (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasy and comedy
A social butterfly who dies during her birthday week is given a second chance to right her wrongs on Earth.
8
DC Showcase: Death (2019)
★ 8.4/10Also fantasy and drama
Vincent, an artist with unresolved inner demons, meets a mysterious girl who helps him come to terms with his creative legacy… and eventual death.
9
In the Soup (1992)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and drama
An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.
10
Chips Ahoy (1956)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and fantasy
Chip and Dale are starving in their tree home when they notice a plentiful supply of acorns on an island in a lake. To get to the island, they borrow a miniature model ship of Donald's to sail on. The irate Donald…
11
Slumberland (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and 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.
12
Family Weekend (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama
A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.
13
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and comedy
Although Jo Jo Dancer has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. After receiving severe burns in a narcotics-related incident, Jo Jo remains in a coma, and, while in this state, he looks…
14
Lou (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also fantasy and comedy
A lost-and-found box holds a mysterious and unseen monster within.
15
CQ (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama
A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi…
16
Dead Like Me: Life After Death (2009)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and fantasy
When George and her colleagues get a new boss whose focus is on moving souls quickly and enjoying life without consequences, the team begins to break the strict reaper rules. While her friends fall victim to their…
17
Thru the Mirror (1936)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and fantasy
Mickey has been reading Alice in Wonderland, and falls asleep. He finds himself on the other side of the mirror, where the furniture is alive.
18
Landline (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama
A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
19
Kermit's Swamp Years (2002)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy and comedy
At 12 years old, Kermit the Frog and best friends Goggles and Croaker travel outside their homes in the swamps of the Deep South to do something extraordinary with their lives.
20
Sketch (2025)
★ 7/10Also fantasy and comedy
When a young girl’s sketchbook falls into a strange pond, her drawings come to life—chaotic, real, and on the loose. As the town descends into chaos, her family must reunite and stop the monsters they never meant to…