Movies Like Dreams of G

If you liked Dreams of G (1970), a movie directed by Madubuko Diakité, 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 Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
★ 7.2/10
A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.
2
Pink Narcissus (1971)
★ 6.3/10
An outrageous erotic poem focusing on the daydreams of a beautiful boy prostitute who, from the seclusion of his ultra-kitsch apartment, conceives a series of interlinked narcissistic fantasies populated by matadors…
3
Blink Twice (2024)
★ 6.7/10
When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. But despite the epic setting, beautiful…
4
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
★ 8/10
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
5
Malignant (2021)
★ 6.7/10
Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities with a mysterious tie to her past.
6
The Lighthouse (2019)
★ 7.5/10
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
7
The Cell (2000)
★ 6.3/10
A psychotherapist journeys inside the mind of a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
8
Explorers (1985)
★ 6.3/10
Middle schooler Ben spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comic books. Surprisingly, his affinity for all things fantastical yields a real result – when he has a vivid dream about…
9
Still Breathing (1997)
★ 6.5/10
Two lost souls: she a con-artist in L.A.; he a puppeteer in San Antonio have the same dream linking each with the other. He travels to L.A. to find this woman he has become obsessed with. She resists, afraid of his…
10
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013)
★ 6.6/10
In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
11
Possessor (2020)
★ 6.4/10
Tasya Vos, an elite corporate assassin, uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies to terminate high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment, Vos becomes trapped…
12
Strange Days (1995)
★ 7/10
In the last days of 1999, ex-cop turned street hustler Lenny Nero receives a disc which contains the memories of the murder of a prostitute. With the help of bodyguard Mace, he starts to investigate and is pulled…
13
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.
14
Alien: Containment (2019)
★ 6.1/10
Aboard a small escape pod, four survivors try to discover what caused the destruction of their spaceship.
15
Vertigo (1958)
★ 8.1/10
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
16
Tomorrowland (2015)
★ 6.3/10
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…
17
Past Lives (2023)
★ 7.7/10
After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.
18
Cast Away (2000)
★ 7.7/10
Chuck Noland, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor…
19
MirrorMask (2005)
★ 6.4/10
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.
20
The Zero Theorem (2013)
★ 6.1/10
A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.