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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
Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

1935★ 6.5

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

In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attrac...

#2
Unfaithful

Unfaithful

2002★ 6.7

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

A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling....

#3
The Man from Elysian Fields

The Man from Elysian Fields

2001★ 5.9

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

A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husb...

#4
Notes on a Scandal

Notes on a Scandal

2006★ 7.1

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

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go ...

#5
The French Lieutenant's Woman

The French Lieutenant's Woman

1981★ 6.5

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

In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both acto...

#6
The Pillow Book

The Pillow Book

1995★ 6.4

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

Nagito has a fetish for calligraphy on the human body and meets her ideal soulmate Jerome, an English translator sent to Japan. However, once Nagiko's father's gay publisher rejoin...

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