Movies Like It's Such a Beautiful Day

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Everything Will Be OK

2006·17m·★ 8.0·Don Hertzfeldt

Themes: nightmare, adult animation, dark comedy2 shared crewDir. Don Hertzfeldt

World of Tomorrow

2015·17m·★ 8.1·Don Hertzfeldt

4 shared themes: narration, stick figures, immortality...2 shared crewDir. Don Hertzfeldt

It's Such a Beautiful Day

2011·23m·★ 8.5·Don Hertzfeldt

2 shared crewBoth star Don Hertzfeldt & Sara CushmanDir. Don Hertzfeldt

Rejected

2000·9m·★ 7.9·Don Hertzfeldt

2 shared crewDir. Don HertzfeldtDP: Don Hertzfeldt

Wisdom Teeth

2010·6m·★ 6.7·Don Hertzfeldt

2 shared crewDir. Don HertzfeldtDP: Don Hertzfeldt

I Am So Proud of You

2008·22m·★ 8.1·Don Hertzfeldt

2 shared crewDir. Don HertzfeldtDP: Don Hertzfeldt

Ah, l'Amour

1995·2m·★ 7.1·Don Hertzfeldt

2 shared crewDir. Don HertzfeldtDP: Don Hertzfeldt

World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime

2020·34m·★ 8.2·Don Hertzfeldt

2 shared crewDir. Don HertzfeldtDP: Don Hertzfeldt

World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts

2017·23m·★ 8.0·Don Hertzfeldt

2 shared crewDir. Don HertzfeldtDP: Don Hertzfeldt

The Meaning of Life

2005·12m·★ 7.2·Don Hertzfeldt

2 shared crewDir. Don HertzfeldtDP: Don Hertzfeldt

Brazil

1985·2h 23m·★ 7.8·Terry Gilliam

TMDB recommendsThemes: surrealism, dark comedy

Delicatessen

1991·1h 39m·★ 7.5·Jean-Pierre Jeunet

TMDB recommendsThemes: surrealism, dark comedy

The Shining

1980·2h 24m·★ 8.4·Stanley Kubrick

Themes: psychological drama, surrealism

How to Train Your Dragon 2

2014·1h 42m·★ 7.8·Dean DeBlois

Themes: philosophical, comforting

Black Swan

2010·1h 48m·★ 8.0·Darren Aronofsky

Themes: nightmare, mental illness

Sinners

2025·2h 18m·★ 7.5·Ryan Coogler

Themes: immortality, surrealism

Toy Story 2

1999·1h 32m·★ 7.9·John Lasseter

TMDB recommendsAnimation & Comedy

Perfect Blue

1998·1h 22m·★ 8.0·Satoshi Kon

Themes: mental illness, adult animation

A Clockwork Orange

1971·2h 17m·★ 8.2·Stanley Kubrick

Themes: philosophical, dark comedy

The Animation Show / Intermission in the Third Dimension / The End of the Show

2003·8m·★ 7.1·Don Hertzfeldt

Starring Don HertzfeldtDir. Don HertzfeldtAnimation & Comedy

How Good Is It's Such a Beautiful Day?

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