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10 Best Movies Like Painting Anna

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

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#1
Mr. Turner

Mr. Turner

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Painting Anna 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...

#2
Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

1941★ 8.0

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

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive m...

#3
God Grew Tired of Us

God Grew Tired of Us

2006★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Painting Anna for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Filmmaker Christopher Quinn observes the ordeal of three Sudanese refugees -- Jon Bul Dau, Daniel Abul Pach and Panther Bior -- as they try to come to terms with the horrors they e...

#4
Mifune: The Last Samurai

Mifune: The Last Samurai

2016★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Painting Anna for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema....

#5
A Perfect Murder

A Perfect Murder

1998★ 6.5

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

Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial...

#6
Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

1992★ 7.3

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

Two drifters, one a gentle but slow giant, try to make money working the fields during the Depression so they can fulfill their dreams....

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