10 Best Movies Like Anansi
If you loved Anansi, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Night Crossing
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anansi for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Two men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they can take their families with them. Based on a true story....

True Spirit
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anansi for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
When the tenacious young sailor Jessica Watson sets out to be the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world, many expect her to fail. With the support o...

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anansi for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine....

Georgetown
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anansi for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Ulrich Mott is an eccentric and versatile social climber with grandiose plans to affect United States foreign policy. Encouraged in his attempts by his strategically chosen (and ...

The Aftermath
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anansi for fans of War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In the aftermath of World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German widower who ...

All Quiet on the Western Front
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anansi for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities o...