Movies Like The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 2013 adventure, comedy, drama, fantasy film from Ben Stiller with a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Bliss and Validation.

Adventure Comedy Drama Fantasy

Bliss

2021

A mind-bending love story following Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is just a computer simulation. Doubtful at first, Greg eventually discovers there may be some truth to Isabel’s wild conspiracy.

5.5

MagicScore

Validation

2007

A cheerful parking attendant considers it his job to do more than validate parking. He wants to validate the customers themselves, delivering compliments about their appearances and the inner qualities behind them. Everyone who comes up to him with a ticket walks away validated as a worthwhile human being. Soon, the parking attendant becomes so popular that people line up for validation...

7.2

MagicScore

Maheshinte Prathikaaram

2016

Mahesh, a studio photographer and owner of the studio. As the story moves on, Mahesh encounters an anonymous fight ending up with taking revenge that leads to certain realizations in his life.

7.7

MagicScore

High Art

1998

When Syd, a young editor at an influential art magazine, becomes involved with her neighbor, a drug-addicted lesbian photographer, both seek to exploit each other for their respective careers while slowly falling in love with each other.

6.2

MagicScore

What a Woman!

1956

A photographer named Corrado snaps a picture of Antonietta. When it shows up on the front page of a magazine, she wants to take him to court over it.

6.0

MagicScore

Paparazzi

1998

Franck shows up in a gossip magazine photo behind a brawling TV star at a football match.

4.9

MagicScore

Autumn Lights

2016

An American photographer adrift in a remote Icelandic community becomes entangled in the lives of a mysterious European couple.

5.1

MagicScore

Shakedown

1950

Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the success ladder. On the strength of his sheer tenacity, he gets a job with a major newspaper, and it's not long before he's made a name for himself by charming a notorious crime boss, Nick Palmer, into allowing himself to be photographed. Palmer takes him under his wing, but Early decides to bite the hand that feeds him and sets Palmer and another crime boss, Colton, against one another.

6.2

MagicScore

Brilliantlove

2010

Manchester is a struggling photographer with charm to spare who falls for Noon, a sweet but spunky woman who works as a taxidermist. Noon is also drawn to Manchester, and together they enjoy a wildly enthusiastic sexual relationship that reflects their innocent but deeply passionate love for one another.

4.9

MagicScore

#10

Finding Vivian Maier

2014

Vivian Maier's photos were seemingly destined for obscurity, lost among the clutter of the countless objects she'd collected throughout her life. Instead these images have shaken the world of street photography and irrevocably changed the life of the man who brought them to the public eye. This film brings to life the interesting turns and travails of the improbable saga of John Maloof's discovery of Vivian Maier, unravelling this mysterious tale through her documentary films, photographs, odd collections and personal accounts from the people that knew her. What started as a blog to show her work quickly became a viral sensation in the photography world. Photos destined for the trash heap now line gallery exhibitions, a forthcoming book and this documentary film.

7.6

MagicScore

#11

Léolo

1992

The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato upon which his mother accidentally fell.

7.1

MagicScore

#12

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

2012

A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.

6.4

MagicScore

#13

The Hourglass Sanatorium

1973

Josef visits a dilapidated Sanatorium to see his father. Josef undertakes a strange journey through the many rooms of the sanatorium, each which conjures worlds composed of his memories, dreams and nightmares.

7.5

MagicScore

#14

The Greatest Showman

2017

The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

7.9

MagicScore

#15

Safety Not Guaranteed

2012

Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.

6.8

MagicScore

#16

The Chase

1994

Jack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he takes a girl as hostage and drives off in her car. The girl happens to be the only daughter of one of the richest men in the state. In a while the car chase is being broadcast live on every TV-channel.

5.8

MagicScore

#17

Tomorrowland

2015

Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomorrowland."

6.3

MagicScore

#18

Distracted

1970

A comedy about an absent-minded man who works at a advertising company and topples from one problem to another.

6.0

MagicScore

#19

The 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.

6.8

MagicScore

#20

Sometimes 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.

6.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?

The top films similar to The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by MovieMagicScore are Bliss (5.5), Validation (7.2), Maheshinte Prathikaaram (7.7). Each shares adventure/comedy/drama/fantasy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Secret Life of Walter Mitty worth watching?

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10 from 7,952 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) is a adventure, comedy, drama, fantasy film directed by Ben Stiller, starring Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Sean Penn.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?

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About movies like The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

This ranked list pairs The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013), a adventure and comedy and drama and fantasy film from Ben Stiller, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Ben Stiller take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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