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10 Best Movies Like Anathema

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

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#1
The Barber of Siberia

The Barber of Siberia

1998★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anathema for fans of History. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, experimental steam-driven timber harvester in the wilds of Siberia. Jane is his assi...

#2
War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky

War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky

1966★ 7.5

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

In 1805 St. Petersburg, Pierre Bezukhov, illegitimate son of a rich nobleman, is introduced to high society. His friend, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, joins the Imperial Russian Army as...

#3
Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

2012★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anathema for fans of History. 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...

#4
War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov

War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov

1967★ 7.4

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

As Moscow is set ablaze by the retreating Russians, the Rostovs flee their estate, taking wounded soldiers with them, and unbeknownst to them, also Andrei. Pierre, dressed as a pea...

#5
Outlaws - For Greater Glory

Outlaws - For Greater Glory

2012★ 6.8

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

A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country....

#6
Napoleon

Napoleon

2023★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anathema for fans of History. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship ...

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