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.

American Dreamer
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...

Fun with Dick and Jane
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....

Brain Donors
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...

Puff, Puff, Pass
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 ...

Mr. Bones
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....

Cold Feet
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 ...