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10 Best Movies Like The Optimist

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

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#1
American Dreamer

American Dreamer

2022★ 5.8

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

In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy...

#2
Fun with Dick and Jane

Fun with Dick and Jane

1977★ 6.6

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

When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation....

#3
Brain Donors

Brain Donors

1992★ 6.1

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

Three manic idiots—a lawyer, a cab driver and a handyman—team up to run a ballet company to fulfil the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit th...

#4
Puff, Puff, Pass

Puff, Puff, Pass

2006★ 5.8

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

Danny Masterson (TV's 'That '70s Show') leads a hilarious ensemble cast in a tale about two hapless stoners who get involved in a scheme to rip off a shady character named Mr. Big ...

#5
Mr. Bones

Mr. Bones

2001★ 6.0

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

A medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament....

#6
Cold Feet

Cold Feet

2018★ 6.6

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

Although he actually just wanted to steal money, the crook Denis finds himself in the position of caretaking for the stroke patient Raimund. When Raimund's granddaughter Charlotte ...

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