Movies Like Anathema

If you liked Anathema (2020), a drama and mystery movie directed by Paolo Antypas, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Special (2006)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
A lonely metermaid has a psychotic reaction to his medication and becomes convinced he's a superhero. A very select group of people in life are truly gifted. Special is a movie about everyone else.
2
The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and mystery
A three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated.
3
The Nines (2007)
★ 6/10Also drama and mystery
A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.
4
Pi (1998)
★ 7.1/10Also mystery and drama
A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.
5
K-PAX (2001)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and mystery
Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
6
Enemy (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also mystery
A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.
7
Enter the Void (2010)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda. When Oscar is killed by police…
8
Remember (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and mystery
With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
9
Inseparable (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and mystery
A troubled engineer faces pressure at work and problems at home with his moody wife. American expat Chuck, rescues him from the brink of despair and becomes an unlikely mentor.
10
Dark City (1998)
★ 7.3/10Also mystery
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
11
Three Christs (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are Jesus Christ.
12
The Ritual Killer (2023)
★ 5.8/10Also mystery and drama
Unable to process the death of his daughter, Detective Boyd embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles, an…
13
Donnie Darko (2001)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and mystery
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
14
Dogtooth (2009)
★ 7/10Also drama
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that…
15
Advantageous (2015)
★ 6/10Also drama
In a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter, Jules, do all they can to hold on to their joy, despite the instability surfacing in their world.
16
The Last Wave (1977)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and mystery
A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal people in a ritualised taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing truths about himself and premonitions.
17
The Sense of an Ending (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery and drama
A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.
18
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery
Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.
19
Hypnotic (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery
A detective becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program while investigating a string of reality-bending crimes.
20
Stay (2005)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery and drama
Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he…