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10 Best Movies Like Is Anybody There?

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

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#1
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

1993★ 6.3

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

Frank, a retired Irish seaman, and Walter, a retired Cuban barber, are two lonely old men trapped in the emptiness of their own lives. When they meet in a park Frank is able to sta...

#2
Digging to China

Digging to China

1997★ 6.4

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

Precocious young Harriet and her older sister Gwen live at their mother's motel in small-town New Hampshire. Harriet dreams of a life beyond her inattentive family and the stultify...

#3
The Father

The Father

2020★ 8.1

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

A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the...

#4
Mr. Church

Mr. Church

2016★ 7.4

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

A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fift...

#5
Mr. Turner

Mr. Turner

2014★ 6.5

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

Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequite...

#6
The Great Escaper

The Great Escaper

2023★ 6.6

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

In the summer of 2014, a World War II veteran sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings in Normandy....

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