Movies like Anything (2018)
The best movies like Anything (2018) are The Last Movie Star (2018), Blind (2017) and The Year of Spectacular Men (2018). If Anything hooked you with its drama and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedMy Policeman (2022)7.5/10 from 799 votes
- NewestMy Policeman (2022)Released 2022
The Last Movie Star (2018)
An aging screen icon gets lured into accepting an award at a rinky-dink film festival in Nashville, Tenn., sending him on a hilarious fish-out-of-water adventure and an unexpectedly poignant journey into his past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlind (2017)
A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Year of Spectacular Men (2018)
In the year after graduating college, Izzy struggles to navigate the seemingly incessant failures of adulthood, the reality of a substandard dating pool and a debilitating fear of top-sheets, all in between X-Files marathons. Comically unsuccessful in love over the course the year, including five half-hearted relationships with astoundingly self-centered men, Izzy resigns herself to the support of her mother and sister, who are struggling with their own relationship problems. Seeing herself in them, Izzy gradually gains the confidence to be honest and vulnerable.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisStealing Cars (2016)
A rebellious teenager navigates his way through the juvenile court system.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Tribes of Palos Verdes (2017)
When the situation at her idyllic Palos Verdes home turns volatile, young Medina attempts to surf her way to happiness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisBeyond the Lights (2014)
Noni Jean is a hot new rising star. But not all is what it seems, and the pressure causes Noni to nearly fall apart - until she meets Kaz Nicol, a promising young cop and aspiring politician who's been assigned to her detail. Can Kaz's love give Noni the courage to find her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSubmergence (2018)
While James More is held captive by terrorists in Somalia, thousands of miles away on the Greenland Sea, his lover Danny Flinders prepares to dive herself in a submersible into the deep bottom of the ocean, tormented by the memories of their brief encounter in France and her inability to know his whereabouts.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies 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
SnoozefestMovies like thisPremature (2020)
The summer before she leaves for college, Ayanna meets handsome and mysterious outsider Isaiah; her entire world is turned upside down as she navigates the demanding terrain of young love against a changing Harlem landscape.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
One Percent More Humid (2017)
A pair of childhood friends reunite during their summer break from college and deal with a traumatizing experience from their past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Life Itself (2018)
As a young New York couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLUV (2013)
Over the course of one day, a shy 13-year-old forms a bond with his troubled uncle.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisGolden Exits (2018)
An intersectional narrative of two families in Brooklyn and the unraveling of unspoken unhappiness that occurs when a young foreign girl spending time abroad upsets the balance on both sides.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisForever (2015)
An investigative reporter finds the will to live again after discovering an enigmatic commune.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Where Is Kyra? (2018)
Pushed to the brink after losing her job, a woman struggles to survive. As the months pass and her troubles deepen, she embarks on a perilous and mysterious journey that threatens to usurp her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Family Fang (2016)
A brother and sister return to their family home in search of their world famous parents who have disappeared.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisEverything But a Man (2016)
Comedic, dramatic and sexual tensions collide when a man and a woman from two different worlds meet, fall in love, and then discover they have totally opposite beliefs and ideas about life, love and what it takes to be happy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
The Ticket (2016)
A blind man who regains his vision finds himself becoming metaphorically blinded by his obsession for the superficial.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Bachelors (2017)
After the early death of his wife, a mourning father moves with his teenage son across the country for a private school teaching job. Their lives begin to transform due to two unique women, who help them embrace life and love again
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Song of Sway Lake (2019)
In the wake of his father’s suicide, young record collector Ollie Sway returns to the family lake house with his friend Nikolai in tow to lay claim to an invaluable jazz recording. An unexpected visit from Ollie’s estranged grandmother and a chance encounter with a girl from across the lake derail their search, forcing them to confront the Sway family history and a suffering that has resounded through generations.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Love Is War (2019)
Love is war is an intense drama about a husband and wife battling for governorship of Ondo State.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Shot (2017)
One bullet. Three lives. Everyone pays. On an average Los Angeles day, a couple on the verge of divorce and a bullied teenager find their lives desperately changed when the boy's illegal gun goes off.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
1 Chance 2 Dance (2014)
When a 17-year old aspiring dancer is uprooted in her high school senior year, she finds herself divided between two boys, and she will have one last shot at making her dream a reality.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCherry (2010)
Ivy League Freshman, Aaron Milton (17) gets a different kind of education when he falls for Linda (34) a vivacious former wild-child who has returned to college to straighten out her life. The curriculum gets more challenging when Aaron meets Linda's sarcastic 14 year-old daughter, Beth - who quickly develops a crush on him. The math doesn't work in either direction but the dysfunctional triangle becomes a learning experience for all involved.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChuck (2017)
A drama inspired by the life of heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNigerian Prince (2018)
After being sent to Nigeria against his will, a stubborn Nigerian-American teenager joins forces with an internet scammer in order to return to the United States.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Newness (2017)
In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Man from Elysian Fields (2001)
A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisFire with Fire (1986)
A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Policeman (2022)
In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Anything?
The closest matches to Anything are The Last Movie Star (2018), Blind (2017) and The Year of Spectacular Men (2018). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Anything?
People who watched Anything most often go on to The Last Movie Star (2018), Blind (2017) and The Year of Spectacular Men (2018).
What is the highest-rated movie like Anything?
My Policeman (2022), rated 7.5/10 by 799 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Anything?
My Policeman (2022) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Anything?
Yes: The Last Movie Star (2018), Blind (2017) and The Year of Spectacular Men (2018).
How are movies similar to Anything chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Anything, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.