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10 Best Movies Like Anemic Cinema

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

#1
Entr'acte

Entr'acte

1924★ 6.9

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

Stop-motion photography blends with extreme slow-motion in Clair's first and most 'dada' film, composed of a series of zany, interconnected scenes. We witness a rooftop chess match...

#2
Ballet Mécanique

Ballet Mécanique

1924★ 6.5

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

A pulsing, kaleidoscope of images set to an energetic soundtrack. This is a world in motion, dominated by mechanical and repetitive images, with a few moments of solitude in a gard...

#3
The Starfish

The Starfish

1928★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anemic Cinema for fans of Romance. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

The romantic relationship between a man and a woman....

#4
Sparrows

Sparrows

1926★ 7.0

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

Molly, the eldest child of a group of orphans being used as slaves on a farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be...

#5
An Optical Poem

An Optical Poem

1938★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anemic Cinema for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A dance of shapes. A title card tells us this is an experiment in conveying the mental images of music in a visual form. Liszt's "Second Hungarian Rhapsody" is the music. The shape...

#6
Erotique

Erotique

1982★ 5.1

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

One can determine a line in Tscherkassky’s oeuvre which turns around a game with filmic presentation, with degrees of recognisability — with the only-just and the not-any-more. Jus...