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Movies Like Anaesthetics

If you liked Anaesthetics (2004), a movie directed by Hussein Chalayan, 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. 1The Giver

    The Giver (2014)

    ★ 6.6/10

    In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.

  2. 2Before I Fall

    Before I Fall (2017)

    ★ 7/10

    Samantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped into reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her…

  3. 3Franklyn

    Franklyn (2008)

    ★ 6/10

    Set between the parallel worlds of contemporary London and the futuristic faith dominated metropolis of Meanwhile City, Franklyn weaves a tale of four souls, whose lives are intertwined by fate, romance and tragedy. As…

  4. 4Senseless

    Senseless (1998)

    ★ 6.2/10

    A student gets his senses enhanced by an experimental drug. But abuse is not an option.

  5. 5The Invisible

    The Invisible (2007)

    ★ 6.4/10

    After an attack leaves him in limbo -- invisible to the living and also near death -- a teenager discovers the only person who might be able help him is his attacker.

  6. 6Sightless

    Sightless (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10

    After an attack renders her blind, Ellen withdraws from the world to recover. But soon she plunges into paranoia, unable to convince anyone that her assailant has returned to terrorize her by hiding in plain sight.

  7. 7I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

    I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)

    ★ 5.9/10

    A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.

  8. 8Fallen

    Fallen (2016)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Lucinda Price is sent to a reform academy under the assumption that she has killed a boy. There, she meets two mysterious boys, Cam and Daniel, to whom she feels drawn to both. But as the love triangle unfurls, it is…

  9. 9Real Women Have Curves

    Real Women Have Curves (2002)

    ★ 6.1/10

    In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned…

  10. 10Batman

    Batman (1989)

    ★ 7.2/10

    Having witnessed his parents' brutal murder as a child, millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne fights crime in Gotham City disguised as Batman, a costumed hero who strikes fear into the hearts of villains. But when a…

  11. 11Donnie Darko

    Donnie Darko (2001)

    ★ 7.8/10

    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.

  12. 12The Girl in the Book

    The Girl in the Book (2015)

    ★ 5.8/10

    The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

  13. 13Guilty by Suspicion

    Guilty by Suspicion (1991)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Owing to his alleged involvement with communist parties, film director David Merrill is forbidden from working in Hollywood. He decides to fight for his rights and faces numerous challenges.

  14. 14Suicide Squad

    Suicide Squad (2016)

    ★ 5.9/10

    From DC Comics comes the Suicide Squad, an antihero team of incarcerated supervillains who act as deniable assets for the United States government, undertaking high-risk black ops missions in exchange for commuted…

  15. 15Scent of a Woman

    Scent of a Woman (1992)

    ★ 7.8/10

    Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after…

  16. 16Hollow Man

    Hollow Man (2000)

    ★ 6/10

    Cocky researcher Sebastian Caine is working on a project to make living creatures invisible. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine pushes his team to move to the next phase — using himself as the…

  17. 17The Shadow

    The Shadow (1994)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is put up against his archenemy Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "the power…

  18. 18The Truth About Emanuel

    The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

    ★ 6/10

    A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

  19. 19Scaramouche

    Scaramouche (1952)

    ★ 7/10

    In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.

  20. 20Vesper

    Vesper (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10

    After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking…

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