Movies like Anesthesia (2016)
The best movies like Anesthesia (2016) are Fierce People (2006), Bleeding Heart (2015) and El Cortez (2006). If Anesthesia hooked you with its drama and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedHesher (2010)6.8/10 from 783 votes
- NewestSeberg (2019)Released 2019
Fierce People (2006)
A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the Yanomani people, moves in with a wealthy ex-client in New Jersey.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBleeding Heart (2015)
Reserved yoga instructor May's peaceful, clean-living life is thrown out of balance by the arrival of her long-lost sister Shiva, a street-smart yet naive young woman trapped in an abusive relationship. May feels compelled to rescue the hapless Shiva, but she finds herself increasingly drawn out of her sedate world and deeper into Shiva's chaotic one.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisEl Cortez (2006)
A man just released from a mental institution gets involved in a gold mine scheme while trying to avoid the cops, a wrathful drug dealer, and a sultry femme fatale.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Mean Dreams (2016)
When two youngsters meet and fall for each other, they must go on the run from the girl's corrupt father, who is also the sheriff of the town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Single Shot (2013)
The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater criminals out for his blood.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisHiding (2012)
New York City teenager Jo (Ana Villafañe) witnesses the gruesome murder of both her parents and is sent to rural Montana as part of the Witness Protection Program. On top of having no cell phone, email or any contact with her past life, plus hiding from a dangerous hitman out to finish her off, Jo must also deal with the drama of being the new kid in the small town's high school (www.tribute.ca).
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Inconceivable (2017)
A mother looks to escape her abusive past by moving to a new town where she befriends another mother, who grows suspicious of her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisSweet Virginia (2017)
A former rodeo star, now a motel manager, meets a young man who is responsible for the violence that suddenly has seized his small town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisUna (2017)
When a young woman unexpectedly arrives at an older man's workplace, looking for answers, the secrets of the past threaten to unravel his new life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTake (2008)
The lives of two strangers - a struggling mother and a gambling addict - meet in tragedy. Years pass, and they must come to terms with themselves, and one another.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Exposed (2016)
After witnessing a miracle, a young Latina woman experiences strange things as a police detective searches for the truth behind his partner's death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Benefactor (2015)
A newly married couple are forced to navigate the all-consuming interest of a powerful, mysterious, and possessive philanthropist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisEden (2015)
After their plane crashes off the coast of a deserted Pacific island, the surviving members of an American soccer team find themselves in the most dire of circumstances with limited resources, dwindling food supply and no rescue coming any time soon. Team spirit evaporates as disagreements cause the group to separate into factions - a violent one lead by an unbalanced ruler, and a compassionate one led by a selfless player.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like this96 Minutes (2011)
The story of 4 lives slammed together in a shocking moment. Intercutting between a carjacking and the separate stories of the 4 kids, we watch as they hurtle toward a life-changing end.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisJamie Marks Is Dead (2014)
No one seemed to care about Jamie Marks until after his death. Hoping to find the love and friendship he never had in life, Jamie’s ghost visits former classmate Adam McCormick, drawing him into the bleak world between the living and the dead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisCamp X-Ray (2014)
A young woman joins the military to be part of something bigger than herself and her small-town roots. Instead, she ends up as a new guard at Guantanamo Bay, where her mission is far from black and white. Surrounded by hostile jihadists and aggressive squadmates, she strikes up an unusual friendship with one of the detainees.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Narrows (2008)
A 19 year old Brooklyn boy who is torn between two worlds when his photography portfolio wins him a partial scholarship to NYU. He must figure out how to balance his Italian neighborhood roots with the expansive, sophisticated world on the other side of the East River. Based on Tim McLoughlin's novel "Heart of the Old Country".
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisFirst Snow (2006)
A psychic's ominous reading sends a man into a tailspin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHesher (2010)
A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHammer (2019)
A father faces a personal crisis when he discovers his estranged son fleeing a botched drug deal. The two men embark on a violent odyssey that grapples with themes of fatherhood, family and fate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
White Rabbit (2013)
A bullied student sees visions of a rabbit he was forced to kill as a child, and those visions propel him into a state where his imagination causes him to carry out violent acts.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCustody (2016)
When a hard-working single mother, Sara Diaz, has her children taken from her after she is suspected of injuring her son, Ally Fisher, a recent law school graduate, is assigned to represent her case before Judge Martha Schulman, a veteran of the Family Court System.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSeberg (2019)
An ambitious young FBI agent is assigned to investigate iconic actress Jean Seberg when she becomes embroiled in the tumultuous civil rights movement in late 1960s Los Angeles.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisComplete Unknown (2016)
Tom’s birthday dinner party is turned upside down by the unexpected arrival of Alice, an old flame who changed her identity and vanished without a trace 15 years prior.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisMolly Maxwell (2013)
At Phoenix Progressive School, students take notes lying on parlor couches and are encouraged to explore their gifts through electives like break-dancing and graphic-novel writing. In the midst of all this liberal pedagogy and budding talent, Molly Maxwell feels unexceptional, until she falls for her attractive English teacher, Ben.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMap of the Sounds of Tokyo (2009)
A Japanese assassin falls in love with the Spanish wine seller she was hired to kill.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe American Side (2016)
Following a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by enigmatic scientist, Nikola Tesla.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisStuck (2007)
A young woman commits a hit-and-run, then finds her fate tied to her victim.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Crooked Somebody (2018)
An attention-seeking psychic is kidnapped and tries to use the situation to boost his popularity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBreathe In (2013)
When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Anesthesia?
The closest matches to Anesthesia are Fierce People (2006), Bleeding Heart (2015) and El Cortez (2006). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Anesthesia?
People who watched Anesthesia most often go on to Fierce People (2006), Bleeding Heart (2015) and El Cortez (2006).
What is the highest-rated movie like Anesthesia?
Hesher (2010), rated 6.8/10 by 783 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Anesthesia?
Seberg (2019) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Anesthesia?
Yes: Fierce People (2006), Bleeding Heart (2015) and El Cortez (2006).
How are movies similar to Anesthesia chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Anesthesia, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.