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Movies like In Search of Anna (1979)

The best movies like In Search of Anna (1979) are Head Full of Honey (2018), Adopt a Highway (2019) and Omaha (2025). If In Search of Anna hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Head Full of Honey (2018)

    A young girl tries to help her grandfather, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, navigate his increasing forgetfulness, and ends up going on a remarkable adventure with him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  2. Adopt a Highway (2019)

    Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t recognize – including trying to learn how to use the internet – he finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the fast food restaurant where he works as a dishwasher. Unsure of what to do, and caught between impulses of kindness and panic, Russ soon realizes this could be his chance at redemption.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  3. Omaha (2025)

    A young girl and her brother are awoken by their father and loaded into the car on an early morning in 2008. As they road trip across the American West, she discovers the truth about their seemingly spontaneous journey.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  4. Gigi & Nate (2022)

    A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  5. Won't Back Down (2012)

    Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The two women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  6. Eleanor the Great (2025)

    94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  7. TalhotBlond (2012)

    Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  8. Tigertail (2020)

    A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  9. Come Sunday (2018)

    Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

  10. Home (2021)

    An ex-felon returns home from prison and must confront the demons of his past.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  11. Sky (2016)

    A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  12. The Pumpkin Eater (1964)

    Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  13. The River (1984)

    Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  14. The Last Rifleman (2023)

    A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  15. Nothing Personal (2009)

    Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her final gesture of taking a ring off her finger signals she is leaving her previous life in Holland behind. She goes to Ireland, where she chooses to lead a solitary, wandering existence, striding through the austere landscapes of Connemara. During her travels, she discovers a house that is home to a hermit, Martin.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  16. My Dinner with Hervé (2018)

    An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  17. Parked (2010)

    Fred Daly returns to Ireland with nowhere to live but his car. Then dope-smoking 21-year-old Cathal parks beside him, and brightens up his lonely world. Encouraged by Cathal, Fred meets attractive music teacher Jules. Growing closer, these three outsiders are set on a course that will change their lives forever.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  18. Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)

    A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  19. The Last Bus (2021)

    Widower Tom, on the recent passing of his wife Mary, uses his free bus pass to travel the length of Britain from John O'Groats in Caithness to Land's End in Cornwall, their shared birthplace, using only local buses. It's an incident-fuelled nostalgia trip and his encounters with local people make him a media phenomenon. Tom is totally unaware and to his surprise on arrival at Land’s End he’s greeted as a celebrity.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  20. F.I.S.T. (1978)

    Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  21. Until the End of the World (1991)

    In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way, she runs into another fugitive from the law — an American doctor on the run from the CIA. They want to confiscate his father's invention – a device which allows anyone to record their dreams and visions.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  22. Όνειρα από Χαλκό (TBA)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  23. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

    A driver and mechanic drag racing for money cross paths with a female hitchhiker and a drifter who challenges them to a cross-country race.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  24. 25 km/h (2018)

    A road movie about two very different brothers who have not seen each other for 20 years: city manager Christian and cabinetmaker Georg, who never left their hometown and took care of their father until his passing. After their fathers funeral, the brothers decide on a whim, and with some help from the alcohol, to fulfil their old dream: travel trough Germany together on their mopeds.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  25. Eldorado (2008)

    Yvan finds a burglar in his house. After some consideration, Yvan decides not to call the police and to drop the lad near the nearby city but he ends up giving him a lift home to his parents. Together, they travel through Belgium and meet some extraordinary people and find themselves in ditto situations.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  26. Have Dreams, Will Travel (2007)

    West Texas, in the 1960's. A tale of two 12-year-olds who embark on an adventure to find new parents in order to escape their unhappy and emotionally unsatisfying family life.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  27. Monday or Tuesday, Never Sunday (2020)

    Gregoria is a young peasant from the Venezuelan Andes, Lucia is a frivolous middle-aged city dweller. Forced by the circumstances they must travel together to reach their destinations. One will discover the past, the other will discover her present. Both discover the strength of love.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  28. Drifting (2026)

    Hye-ja, who is struggling with her job in Seoul, dreams of moving up from a semi-basement flat to a studio apartment. Working at an insurance company's call center, she faces challenges at work due to her rough dialect and fiery personality. To borrow money for the move, Hye-ja travels to Busan to see her mother, but no matter how hard she knocks on the door, her mother does not answer.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  29. Il Sorpasso (1962)

    Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  30. The Journey to Gyeong-ju (2026)

    Eight years ago, the youngest daughter, Gyeong-ju, disappeared during a school field trip to Gyeongju and never came home alive. On what would have been her birthday, her mother Ok-sil and her three daughters—Jang-ju, Young-ju, and Dong-ju—put on matching family T-shirts and set off for Gyeongju, the place where Gyeong-ju vanished, in what appears to be a family trip to honor her memory. But beneath the cheerful façade lies a deadly secret. In the trunk of their van is a bound and unconscious man zipped inside a plastic bag.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like In Search of Anna?

The closest matches to In Search of Anna are Head Full of Honey (2018), Adopt a Highway (2019) and Omaha (2025). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after In Search of Anna?

Start with Head Full of Honey (2018), the closest match to In Search of Anna.

What is the highest-rated movie like In Search of Anna?

Il Sorpasso (1962), rated 8.2/10 by 877 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like In Search of Anna?

Drifting (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like In Search of Anna?

Yes: Head Full of Honey (2018), Adopt a Highway (2019) and Omaha (2025).

How are movies similar to In Search of Anna chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside In Search of Anna, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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