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10 Best Movies Like Anthony

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

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#1
Nowhere Boy

Nowhere Boy

2009★ 7.2

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

A rebellious teenager, future Beatle John Lennon lives with his Aunt Mimi in working-class mid-1950s Liverpool, England. Mimi's husband suddenly dies, and John spies his mother Jul...

#2
Cheaters

Cheaters

2000★ 6.3

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

In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition....

#3
Borstal Boy

Borstal Boy

2001★ 6.2

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

Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old IRA foot soldier, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehen...

#4
The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give

2018★ 8.1

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

Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn...

#5
Rosewood

Rosewood

1997★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anthony for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923....

#6
Girl in the Box

Girl in the Box

2016★ 6.7

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

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as ...

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