Movies Like Thomas & Friends: The Best of Thomas

If you liked Thomas & Friends: The Best of Thomas (2010), a movie directed by David Mitton and Steve Asquith, 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
Julia (1977)
★ 6.5/10
At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
2
Drop Dead Fred (1991)
★ 5.8/10
An unhappy housewife gets a lift from the return of her imaginary childhood friend, Drop Dead Fred.
3
IF (2024)
★ 6.9/10
After discovering she can see everyone's imaginary friends, a girl embarks on a magical adventure to reconnect forgotten imaginary friends with their kids.
4
An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)
★ 7.7/10
Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles while wannabe producer Verity Lambert was frustrated by the TV industry's glass ceiling. Both of them were to find unlikely hope and unexpected…
5
Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie (2018)
★ 7.4/10
Thomas leaves Sodor to fulfil his dream of seeing the world. This heroic quest takes Thomas across deserts, through jungles and over dangerous mountains as he travels across five continents seeing sights he has never…
6
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020)
★ 7.2/10
Phineas and Ferb travel across the galaxy to rescue their older sister Candace, who has been abducted by aliens and taken to a utopia in a far-off planet, free of her pesky little brothers.
7
Ron's Gone Wrong (2021)
★ 7.8/10
In a world where walking, talking, digitally connected bots have become children's best friends, an 11-year-old finds that his robot buddy doesn't quite work the same as the others do.
8
Dishonored (1931)
★ 7/10
The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.
9
Viceroy's House (2017)
★ 6.7/10
In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people, living upstairs at the house which was the home of British rulers, whilst 500 Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants…
10
Cleopatra (1934)
★ 6.1/10
The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.
11
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (2007)
★ 7.6/10
When disaster hits the Titanic, the Doctor uncovers a threat to the whole human race. Battling alongside aliens, saboteurs, robot Angels and a new friend called Astrid, can he stop the Christmas inferno?
12
Bride Wars (2009)
★ 6.3/10
Two best friends become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally booked for the same day.
13
Robot & Frank (2012)
★ 6.9/10
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…
14
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
★ 6.9/10
In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent it, Hitler orders an all-out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of…
15
Where Is Anne Frank (2021)
★ 6.6/10
The film follows the journey of Kitty, the imaginary friend to whom Anne Frank dedicated her diary. A fiery teenager, Kitty wakes up in the near future in Anne Frank's house in Amsterdam and embarks on a journey to…
16
I Can't Think Straight (2008)
★ 7.5/10
Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla…
17
A Passage to India (1984)
★ 6.8/10
Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.
18
LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian (2026)
★ 6.7/10
The Mandalorian and Grogu join their misfit allies for an epic party, celebrating their heroism. As friends regale the crowd with tales of their adventures, a pirate threat looms.
19
The Lady Vanishes (2013)
★ 6.3/10
Young socialite Iris Carr befriends an older woman while traveling solo by train. When Iris wakes from a nap, the woman is gone and other passengers claim she never existed.
20
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
★ 7/10
An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on…