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10 Best Movies Like The Mattress Man

If you loved The Mattress Man, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Mattress Man Commercial

Mattress Man Commercial

2003★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mattress Man for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Paul Thomas Anderson spoofs the famous 1980s Mattress Man commercial outtake using Dean Trumbell, the character played by Philip Seymour Hoffman in Anderson's 'Punch-Drunk Love,’ a...

#2
Martin Eden

Martin Eden

2019★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mattress Man for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The tale of an individualist proletarian in a time marked by the rise of mass political movements. In early 20th-century Italy, illiterate sailor Martin Eden seeks fame as a writer...

#3
Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

2016★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mattress Man for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives....

#4
Grindhouse

Grindhouse

2007★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mattress Man for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action th...

#5
Overboard

Overboard

1987★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mattress Man for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overb...

#6
Boxcar Bertha

Boxcar Bertha

1972★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mattress Man for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

"Boxcar" Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, meets up with rabble-rousing union man "Big" Bill Shelly and the tw...

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