Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 15, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Anja

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

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#1
Stonehearst Asylum

Stonehearst Asylum

2014★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anja for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying sta...

#2
Patch Adams

Patch Adams

1998★ 7.3

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

The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant ...

#3
Awakenings

Awakenings

1990★ 7.8

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

Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversia...

#4
A Farewell to Arms

A Farewell to Arms

1957★ 5.9

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

An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit....

#5
Semmelweis

Semmelweis

2023★ 7.8

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

Set in 19th century Vienna, Ignac Semmelweis, a short-tempered but passionate doctor, delivers babies and carries out autopsies on a daily basis while looking for the cause of puer...

#6
Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream

2000★ 8.0

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

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep....

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