Movies like The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
The best movies like The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) are Two of a Kind (1983), Bedtime Stories (2008) and Love Potion No. 9 (1992). If The Secret Life of Walter Mitty hooked you with its comedy and fantasy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedSlumberland (2022)7.2/10 from 999 votes
- NewestFANTASIA (2026)Released 2026
Two of a Kind (1983)
God has had enough of the bad behavior and attitude of humankind, and has decided to start it all over. It is up to a struggling inventor and a bank teller, both with very amateur criminal minds, to save the world by falling in love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBedtime Stories (2008)
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 into reality. Can a bewildered Skeeter manage his own unruly fantasies now that the outrageous characters and situations from his mind have morphed into actual people and events?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove Potion No. 9 (1992)
Unlucky in love, chemist Paul Matthews visits gypsy Madame Rosa for help. Quickly realizing he is a hopeless nerd, she gifts him with Love Potion No. 8, which makes anyone who wears it irresistible to the opposite sex for four hours. Paul and animal psychologist coworker Diane Farrow decide to test it on themselves. The awkward pair suddenly find themselves alluring to anyone they approach, but soon realize they are most attracted to each other.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKiss Me Goodbye (1982)
Not until three years after the death of her husband Jolly, Kay dares to move back into their former home, persuaded by her new fiancée Rupert. But soon her worst expectations come true, when not only her old memories haunt her, but also Jolly's ghost, who doesn't approve of her new mate. Invisible to anyone but Kay, he tries to prevent the wedding.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSlumberland (2022)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCandy Cane Lane (2023)
Determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest, family man Chris makes a pact with an elf to help him out-do the competition. However, the elf casts a spell bringing the twelve days of Christmas to life, unleashing chaos on the small unsuspecting town.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChristmas with You (2022)
Feeling career burnout, pop star Angelina escapes to grant a young fan's wish in small-town New York, where she not only finds the inspiration to revitalize her career but also a shot at true love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisKermit's Swamp Years (2002)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisWatching the Detectives (2007)
Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his mundane world gets turned upside down and the line between reality and the movies quickly begins to blur.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove Is in the Air (2023)
A fiercely independent pilot fighting to keep her family business afloat starts to fall for the man sent by corporate to ground her operation forever.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBoot Camp (2024)
Unathletic Whitney Carmichael signs up for an intense summer boot camp to reinvent herself and falls for her personal trainer. She then finds the strength to embrace her true self and ignore the others' expectations.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisScooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010)
Scooby-Doo and the gang are on the case when a mysterious lake monster starts scaring the guests at a summer resort in Erie Point, where Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy have taken on seasonal jobs to pay for a barn they accidentally burned down. But in addition to sneaking suspicions, there's some romance in the air.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShorts (2009)
A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisGodmothered (2020)
A young and unskilled fairy godmother that ventures out on her own to prove her worth by tracking down a young girl whose request for help was ignored. What she discovers is that the girl has now become a grown woman in need of something very different than a "prince charming."
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSecret Society of Second-Born Royals (2020)
A rebellious teenage princess discovers she has superhuman abilities and joins a secret society of extraordinary second-born royals tasked with protecting the world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHeartbreakers (2001)
Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city and the next easy mark.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Favorite Brunette (1947)
Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay, Ronnie finds himself agreeing. Several days later he is on death row whiling away the hours until his execution by recounting to a group of reporters the bizarre tale of how he ended up there.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Prince & Me 4: The Elephant Adventure (2010)
One year after their royal wedding, King Edvard and Queen Paige of Denmark receive an invitation to attend the wedding of Princess Myra of Sangyoon. Upon their arrival, Paige finds Myra is unhappy with her arranged marriage to the brooding and sinister Kah and is secretly in love with a young elephant handler named Alu.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYoh! Bestie (2026)
Thando is perpetually unlucky in love, but when her bestie returns from his travels with a fiancée in tow, she's forced to face a new emotion — jealousy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSometimes I Think About Dying (2024)
Fran likes to think about dying. It brings sensation to her quiet life. When she makes the new guy at work laugh, it leads to more: a date, a slice of pie, a conversation, a spark. The only thing standing in their way is Fran herself.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFANTASIA (2026)
Diana is an imaginative girl who constantly runs and builds her own world out of domestic trauma. She doesn't believe in love until she encounters the anonymous who called themself as "Dewa Eros" in a note on a romance novel. This journey leads Diana to meet Cinta, the true embodiment of love.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance & fantasy
Glenn & Gloria (1989)
Glenn and Gloria are a couple who seek escapism via their daydreams.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & romance
Max Distance (2025)
Stuck in endless droning Zoom meetings, a programmer daydreams about the stranger next door—until she finally gets a chance at love.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance & comedy
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAll Monsters Attack (1969)
Ichiro Miki is a child living in the industrial district of Kawasaki, where his parents' constant struggle to make ends meet often leaves the schoolboy alone. Constantly teased by a bully nicknamed Gabara, his only friends are toy consultant Shinpei and fellow classmate Sachiko. Ichiro turns to escapist dreams of Monster Island where he befriends the equally bullied Minilla.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Fantastic World of D.C. Collins (1984)
Gary Coleman plays the son of a U.S. diplomat who imagines himself in fantastic situations.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
The Little Ranger (1938)
Alfalfa imagines himself as a western movie hero battling with Butch for Darla's heart.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
Amy, the young, friendless daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed, befriends her father's late first wife and an aging, reclusive actress.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both fantasy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?
The closest matches to The Secret Life of Walter Mitty are Two of a Kind (1983), Bedtime Stories (2008) and Love Potion No. 9 (1992). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?
Start with Two of a Kind (1983), the closest match to The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?
Slumberland (2022), rated 7.2/10 by 999 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?
FANTASIA (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?
Yes: Two of a Kind (1983), Bedtime Stories (2008) and Love Potion No. 9 (1992).
How are movies similar to The Secret Life of Walter Mitty chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.