Movies like Sam (2015)
The best movies like Sam (2015) are Every Day (2018), Zerophilia (2005) and Goodbye Charlie (1964). If Sam hooked you with its comedy and fantasy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedEvery Day (2018)7.2/10 from 2,332 votes
- NewestMade for Each Other (2023)Released 2023
Every Day (2018)
16-year old Rhiannon falls in love with a mysterious spirit named “A” that inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and “A” work each day to find each other, not knowing what the next day will bring.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisZerophilia (2005)
Luke, a young man insecure about his masculinity, discovers he's a Zerophiliac, with the ability to change sex at will. Join Luke as he journeys into the extraordinary world of Zerophilia where so many crazy questions arise, only one question matters: "Whom do you love?"
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisGoodbye Charlie (1964)
When a cavorting Hollywood writer is killed by the angry husband of a woman he was having an affair with, he comes back as a spirit in the form of a beautiful woman and moves in with his/her best friend as a base operation for enacting sweet revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Penelope (2006)
Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soulmate when she's sequestered inside her family's estate with only her parents to keep her company? This untraditional fairy tale is about a girl who bucks convention to create her own happy ending.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIf I Were You 2 (2009)
Claudio and Helena are on the verge of breaking up, until the couple experiences another strange phenomenon that looks to help them understand one another more.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBad Johnson (2014)
With women practically throwing themselves at him, Rich can’t control himself. But he continually blames his penis, which seems to have a mind of its own. After ruining yet another promising relationship with Jamie, Rich has finally had enough and wishes his penis would just leave him alone. The next morning, Rich wakes up to find his wish has come true and his johnson is no longer on his body.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisMannequin (1987)
Jonathan Switcher, an unemployed artist, finds a job as an assistant window dresser for a department store. When Jonathan happens upon a beautiful mannequin he previously designed, she springs to life and introduces herself as Emmy, an Egyptian under an ancient spell. Despite interference from the store's devious manager, Jonathan and his mannequin fall in love while creating eye-catching window displays to keep the struggling store in business.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNine Lives (2016)
A stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of his family's cat.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like this13 Going on 30 (2004)
After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. Thanks to some magic wishing dust, Jenna's prayer has been answered. With a knockout body, a fabulous wardrobe, an athlete boyfriend, a dream job, and superstar friends, this can't be a better life. But soon Jenna realizes that adult life isn’t as easy as she hoped for.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDown to Earth (2001)
Struggling comic Lance Barton knows what it's like to die on stage. But when his life takes an unexpected turn - straight to heaven - Lance is sure there's been a mistake. Miraculously, he's right! An angel tells Lance he was taken prematurely but assures him he can be returned to Earth - in the aged body of a ruthless white billionaire. In this improbable reincarnation, Lance begins a hilarious quest to realize his showbiz dream...and, along the way, discovers the person he never imagined he could be.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisBedazzled (2000)
Elliot Richards, a socially awkward IT worker, is given seven wishes to get the girl of his dreams when he meets a very seductive Satan. The catch: his soul. Some of his wishes include being a 7 foot basketball star, a wealthy, powerful man, and a sensitive caring guy. But, as could be expected, the Devil puts her own little twist on each of his fantasies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhat Women Want (2000)
Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy when he can suddenly hear what women are thinking? Nick gets passed over for a promotion, but after an accident enables him to hear women's thoughts, he puts his newfound talent to work against Darcy, his new boss, who seems to be infatuated with him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLittle (2019)
Jordan Sanders, a take-no-prisoners tech mogul, wakes up one morning in the body of her 13-year-old self right before a do-or-die presentation. Her beleaguered assistant April is the only one in on the secret that her daily tormentor is now trapped in an awkward tween body, just as everything is on the line.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShallow Hal (2001)
After taking his dying father's advice, Hal dates only the embodiments of female physical perfection. But that all changes after Hal has an unexpected run-in with self-help guru Tony Robbins. Intrigued by Hal's shallowness, Robbins hypnotizes him into seeing the beauty that exists even in the least physically appealing women. Hal soon falls for Rosemary, but he doesn't realize that his gorgeous girlfriend is actually a 300-pound-not-so-hottie.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMiss Minoes (2001)
A cat who turns into a young woman helps a journalist protect their town from a factory boss with an evil plan.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhat Women Want (2011)
After an accident, a chauvinistic executive gains the ability to hear what women are really thinking.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Arthur (2011)
A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman that his family doesn't like.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisMade for Each Other (2023)
A sculptor uses magic to mold her ideal man into reality but begins to fall for her human friend and embraces the flaws that make love perfectly imperfect.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Just Like Heaven (2005)
Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Masterson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at will, David thinks she's a ghost, while Elizabeth is convinced she's alive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAlice (1990)
Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of her well-established rut.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBeauty and the Beast (2014)
Forced to face the cruel side of life, a devastated, bankrupt merchant chances upon the enchanted castle of a hideous creature, the mere sight of it chills the bone to the marrow. There, a fate worse than death awaits the poor father-of-six, who, after plucking a sweet-scented rose from the repulsive master's verdant garden, must do the impossible: permit his compassionate daughter, Belle, to take his place and pay for the sins of her parent. Now, an impenetrable mystery shrouds the haunted mansion, and, as repugnance gradually turns into affection, only true love could break the spell.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Invention of Lying (2009)
Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like this50 First Dates (2004)
Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLong Story Short (2021)
Teddy wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that he's jumped forward a year in his life to his first anniversary. Trapped in an endless cycle of time jumps, transported another year ahead every few minutes, he is faced with a race against time as his life crumbles around him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSplash (1984)
A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Sex Trip (2017)
After a shallow womanizer refuses a mysterious homeless woman's request for a kiss, he wakes up the next morning to discover he's been changed into a woman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisRepli-Kate (2002)
A scientist and his sidekick accidentally clone a journalist and decide to turn the mistake into Repli-Kate, their idea of the perfect woman, who loves, beer, football, and frat parties.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Brass Teapot (2012)
When a couple discovers that a brass teapot makes them money whenever they hurt themselves, they must come to terms with how far they are willing to go.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAll of Me (1984)
Just before stubborn millionaire Edwina Cutwater dies, she asks her uptight lawyer, Roger Cobb, to amend her will so that her soul will pass to the young, vibrant Terry Hoskins – but the spiritual transference goes awry. Edwina enters Roger's body instead, forcing him to battle Edwina for control of his own being.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According to her, it contains the locations of the Dutch crown jewels hidden since World War II. Soon, Mitty finds himself in the middle of a confusing conspiracy, where he has difficulty differentiating between fact and fiction.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & fantasy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Sam?
The closest matches to Sam are Every Day (2018), Zerophilia (2005) and Goodbye Charlie (1964). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Sam?
People who watched Sam most often go on to Every Day (2018), Zerophilia (2005) and Goodbye Charlie (1964).
What is the highest-rated movie like Sam?
Every Day (2018), rated 7.2/10 by 2,332 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Sam?
Made for Each Other (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Sam?
Yes: Every Day (2018), Zerophilia (2005) and Goodbye Charlie (1964).
How are movies similar to Sam chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Sam, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.