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10 Best Movies Like Sweet Dreams

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

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#1
Bianca

Bianca

1984★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sweet Dreams for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Eccentric and full of manias, Michele is a young high school professor who defines himself as “not used to happiness”. He realizes his life is meaningless if he doesn’t have a woma...

#2
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others

Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others

1974★ 7.0

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

Three friends navigate mid-life crises: a blocked writer, a disillusioned doctor, and a charming man facing bankruptcy and divorce. As their struggles strain friendships, a younger...

#3
I Am Self-Sufficient

I Am Self-Sufficient

1976★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sweet Dreams for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Michele Apicella lives in Rome, in an apartment paid for by his father. Abandoned by his wife and his son Andrea, he occupies his time acting in an experimental theater company und...

#4
The Thing

The Thing

1990★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sweet Dreams for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

1989. Amidst the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, the largest communist party in Western Europe—Italy's PCI—announces it's going to change name, vowing to become a new 'thing'. This f...

#5
Il ragazzo di campagna

Il ragazzo di campagna

1984★ 6.8

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

A man is forced to completely change his habits when he decides to move from the country to the city....

#6
Mistress America

Mistress America

2015★ 6.5

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

A college freshman cures her disappointment and loneliness by allowing herself to be pulled into the wacky schemes of her future stepsister....