Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Anima

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

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#1
Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS

Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS

1975★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anima for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Ilsa, a warden at a Nazi death camp that conducts experiments on prisoners, strives to prove that women can withstand more pain and suffering than men, and therefore should be allo...

#2
Despair

Despair

1978★ 6.5

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

Berlin, 1930, during the rise of Nazism. Hermann Hermann, a Russian emigrant and chocolate manufacturer, married to the capricious Lydia, loses his temper more and more every day w...

#3
The Boys from Brazil

The Boys from Brazil

1978★ 6.7

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

Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot, masterminded by Dr. Josef Mengele, to rekindle the Third Reich....

#4
Where Hands Touch

Where Hands Touch

2018★ 7.9

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

Germany, 1944. Leyna, the 15-year old daughter of a white German mother and a black African father, meets Lutz, a compassionate member of the Hitler Youth whose father is a promine...

#5
Mr. Skeffington

Mr. Skeffington

1944★ 6.8

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

A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty....

#6
45 Years

45 Years

2015★ 6.6

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

There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first l...

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