Movies Like The Anchorite

If you liked The Anchorite (2016), a movie directed by Aviv Rubinstien, 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
Love Me Love Me (2026)
★ 6.1/10
After her brother's death, June moves to Milan for a fresh start, finding comfort in Will, the perfect honor student at her new international school. But when his troubled best friend James—hiding a dangerous life in…
2
Crossroads (1986)
★ 7.4/10
A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.
3
About a Boy (2002)
★ 6.7/10
Will Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a…
4
Clika (2026)
★ 8.3/10
Aspiring small-town musician Chito is determined to make it big. When a clip of him performing one of his songs goes viral, he seizes the opportunity and pushes to carve out a place for himself in the new wave of…
5
Star (1993)
★ 6.1/10
When Crystal Wyatt was 16 her father passed away. From that time her life would never be the same. Crystal is banished from the family ranch, and starts a new life as a singer in a San Francisco nightclub.
6
Sometimes Always Never (2019)
★ 6.4/10
Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. He has spent years searching tirelessly for his missing son Michael who stormed out over a game of Scrabble. With a body to identify and his family torn apart…
7
The High Note (2020)
★ 7/10
Set in the dazzling world of the LA music scene comes the story of Grace Davis, a superstar whose talent, and ego, have reached unbelievable heights. Maggie is Grace’s overworked personal assistant who’s stuck running…
8
My Sassy Girl (2008)
★ 6.8/10
A guy has his life planned out until he is wooed, groomed and then dumped by an elusive woman.
9
I Used to Be Famous (2022)
★ 6.9/10
A former boy band star unexpectedly gets a second shot at success when he forms a bond with a gifted young drummer.
10
My Fault: London (2025)
★ 7.4/10
18-year-old Noah moves from America to London, with her mother who's recently fallen in love with William, a wealthy British businessman. Noah meets William’s son, bad-boy Nick, and soon discovers there is an…
11
Life in a Year (2020)
★ 8.2/10
A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.
12
Snoopy Presents: It's the Small Things, Charlie Brown (2022)
★ 7.3/10
Charlie Brown is determined to win the big baseball game. But things turn into a fiasco right before the matchup, when Sally bonds with a little flower on the pitcher's mound and vows to protect it at all costs.
13
Prom (2011)
★ 6.1/10
At “Prom,” every couple has a story and no two are exactly alike. As the big dance approaches for Nova Prescott, it’s a battle of wills as she finds herself drawn to the guy who gets in the way of her perfect prom…
14
(Untitled) (2009)
★ 6.3/10
A fashionable contemporary art gallerist in Chelsea, New York falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic satire of the state of contemporary art.
15
We Are Your Friends (2015)
★ 6.8/10
Young Cole Carter dreams of hitting the big time as a Hollywood disc jockey, spending his days and nights hanging with buddies and working on the one track that will set the world on fire. Opportunity comes knocking…
16
A Journal for Jordan (2021)
★ 6.9/10
Based on the true story of First Sergeant Charles Monroe King, a soldier deployed to Iraq begins to keep a journal of love and advice for his infant son. Back at home, senior New York Times editor Dana Canedy revisits…
17
Sex Appeal (2022)
★ 6.6/10
Avery, a teenager with a tendency towards perfectionism, enlists her friend Larson to help her prepare for her first time with her long-distance boyfriend.
18
Clouds (2020)
★ 8.2/10
Young musician Zach Sobiech discovers his cancer has spread, leaving him just a few months to live. With limited time, he follows his dream and makes an album, unaware that it will soon be a viral music phenomenon.
19
Ruth & Boaz (2025)
★ 7.4/10
A talented singer leaves the Atlanta music scene and starts over in small-town Tennessee, where she finds love and new purpose but can't escape the past.
20
I Can Only Imagine 2 (2026)
★ 8.3/10
Following the breakout success of the song 'I Can Only Imagine', MercyMe's Bart Millard is living the dream—sold-out arenas, a devoted fanbase, and a thriving career. But behind the spotlight, Bart's past threatens the…