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10 Best Movies Like Anna and the King

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

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#1
Black Mass

Black Mass

2015★ 6.5

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

The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Ma...

#2
Visitor Q

Visitor Q

2001★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anna and the King for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

In a dysfunctional family where the mother is a heroin addict and prostitute, beaten by her son, and the father is an ex-TV reporter, sleeping with his daughter and filming his son...

#3
Waking Ned

Waking Ned

1998★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anna and the King for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money....

#4
Me, Myself and Mum

Me, Myself and Mum

2013★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anna and the King for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

How to become a man when your mother and your closed circle have decided otherwise? This is the challenge Guillaume took up. The film recounts Guillaume's tragicomic battle from th...

#5
Shotgun Stories

Shotgun Stories

2007★ 6.9

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

Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas,...

#6
GO

GO

2001★ 7.4

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

Sugihara, a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean teenager struggles to find a place in a society that will not accept him....