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10 Best Movies Like Annie

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

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#1
Annie

Annie

1999★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Annie for fans of Comedy & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Things seem pretty bad for a young girl living a "hard-knock life" in an orphanage. Fed up with the dastardly Miss Hannigan, Annie escapes the run-down orphanage determined to find...

#2
The Midnight Snack

The Midnight Snack

1941★ 7.4

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

Jerry takes a midnight snack from the fridge unaware that Tom is watching him....

#3
Prince of the City

Prince of the City

1981★ 7.0

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

New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn...

#4
The Devil Bat

The Devil Bat

1940★ 5.3

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

Dr. Paul Carruthers is frustrated because he thinks his employers, Mary Heath and Henry Morton, have cheated him out of the company's profits. He decides to get revenge by altering...

#5
Out of Thin Air

Out of Thin Air

2017★ 5.9

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

Set within the stark Icelandic landscape, OUT OF THIN AIR examines the 1976 police investigation into the disappearance of two men in the early 1970s....

#6
Summer of the Monkeys

Summer of the Monkeys

1998★ 5.4

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

One summer, Jay finds four chimps on the prairie who have fallen off a circus cart....