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10 Best Movies Like Anna Karenina

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

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#1
A Driver for Vera

A Driver for Vera

2004★ 6.1

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

The film is set during 1962 in Sevastopol, Crimea, then a secret Navy Base in the Soviet Union. General Serov hires Viktor, a cadet from the Kremlin Guard to work as his private ch...

#2
The Coach

The Coach

2018★ 6.6

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

Contemporary Russia. After he flubs a penalty kick, a humiliated national soccer player quits the game. He flees to a small town, where he decides to coach their local team....

#3
Hostages

Hostages

2017★ 6.1

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

Soviet Georgia, 1983. Preparations for Nika and Ana's wedding are in full swing and it's a big day for both of their elite families. For the newlyweds and their friends, however, t...

#4
Ayka

Ayka

2018★ 6.9

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

A young Kyrgyz immigrant tries to eke out a living in Moscow after abandoning her newborn and fleeing the hospital....

#5
Burnt by the Sun

Burnt by the Sun

1994★ 6.9

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

Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his dacha with his young wife and six-year-old daughter Nadia and other assorted family and friends....

#6
The Thief

The Thief

1997★ 7.1

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

Katya and her 6-year-old son Sanya, who, in 1952, meet a veteran Soviet officer named Tolyan. Katya falls in love with Tolyan, who turns out to be a small time criminal, but who al...

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