Movies Like Anchor and Hope (2017)

Anchor and Hope is a 2017 comedy, drama, romance film from Carlos Marques-Marcet with a MovieMagicScore of 5.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Mom + Mom and The Switch.

Comedy Drama Romance

Mom + Mom

2018

Karole and Ali love each other and dream of starting a family together. They soon realize it won't be as simple as they'd hoped, and as their enthusiasm falters their love is challenged. In order to overcome the obstacles, they must believe in the power of their desire and support of their loved ones. If they can do that, miracles will happen…

4.6

MagicScore

The Switch

2010

Kassie is a smart, fun-loving single woman who, despite her neurotic best friend Wally’s objections, decides it’s time to have a baby – even if it means doing it herself… with a little help from a charming sperm donor. But, unbeknownst to her, Kassie’s plans go awry because of a last-minute switch that isn’t discovered until seven years later… when Wally gets acquainted with Kassie’s cute, though slightly neurotic, son.

6.2

MagicScore

Sex and the City

2008

A New York writer on sex and love is finally getting married to her Mr. Big. But her three best girlfriends must console her after one of them inadvertently leads Mr. Big to jilt her.

6.6

MagicScore

Prime

2005

A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.

6.0

MagicScore

Vicky Donor

2012

A man is brought in by an infertility doctor to supply him with his sperm, where he becomes the biggest sperm donor for his clinic.

6.8

MagicScore

Tomcats

2001

College buddies chip in and promise that the group's last unmarried man will collect a cash pot. Seven years later, the kitty is worth $500,000 -- money Michael needs to pay a gambling debt. Problem is, the only other single guy is a hopeless womanizer!

5.1

MagicScore

Angel Baby

1995

Two schizophrenics meet during therapy and fall in love. Unfortunately they are on a road to nowhere...

6.4

MagicScore

Nine Months

1995

When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much worse.

5.7

MagicScore

Starbuck

2011

David Wozniak is a perpetual adolescent who discovers that, as a sperm donor, he has fathered 533 children. He is advised that more than 100 of his offspring are trying to force the fertility clinic to reveal the true identity of "Starbuck," the pseudonym he used when donating his sperm. To make matters worse, his girlfriend Valérie is pregnant with his child, but doesn't feel that he is mature enough to be a father.

6.9

MagicScore

#10

Delivery Man

2013

An affable underachiever finds out he's fathered 533 children through anonymous donations to a fertility clinic 20 years ago. Now he must decide whether or not to come forward when 142 of them file a lawsuit to reveal his identity.

6.2

MagicScore

#11

Road Trip

2000

After an Ithaca College student films his one-night stand with a beautiful sorority girl, he discovers one of his friends has accidentally mailed the homemade sex tape to his girlfriend in Austin. In a frenzy, he must borrow a car and hit the road in a desperate bid to intercept the tape.

6.2

MagicScore

#12

Made in America

1993

A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that wasn't bad enough, he's white.

5.5

MagicScore

#13

Fonzy

2013

Set in Paris, a man working in fish delivery becomes involved in a legal battle with his sperm donations.

5.2

MagicScore

#14

The Babymakers

2012

After he flunks a fertility test, a man realizes that the only way he can get his wife pregnant is by robbing a sperm bank to take back the last of the deposits he made there years earlier.

5.0

MagicScore

#15

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

1992

A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The nail-biting suspense builds quickly in this chilling psychological thriller about deception and bitter revenge.

6.9

MagicScore

#16

The Assessment

2025

In a climate change-ravaged world, a utopian society optimizes life, including parenthood assessments. A successful couple faces scrutiny by an evaluator over seven days to determine their fitness for childbearing.

6.8

MagicScore

#17

Spencer's Mountain

1963

Clay Spencer and his wife, Olivia, live in a small town deep in the mountains. When Clay isn't busy drinking with his buddies or railing against the town minister, he's building the house he's always promised Olivia. He is overjoyed when he learns his eldest son will be the first Spencer to attend college, if he can resist the charms of a pretty local girl and rustle up the money for tuition.

6.7

MagicScore

#18

What We Wanted

2020

Alice and Niklas are a young couple who's biggest wish is to have a child of their own. After several failed attempts they decide to go on a holiday in Sardinia to clear their minds. There they meet a family from Austria that seems to have everything they ever wished for. But appearances can be deceiving...

5.8

MagicScore

#19

Malice

1993

A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.

6.3

MagicScore

#20

Shelter

2017

Naomi, an Israeli Mossad agent, is sent to Germany to protect Mona, a Lebanese informant recovering from plastic surgery to assume her new identity. Together for two weeks in a quiet apartment in Hamburg, the relationship that develops between the two women is soon exposed to the threat of terror that is engulfing the world today. In this game of deception, beliefs are questioned, choices are made, and their fate takes a surprising turn.

5.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Anchor and Hope?

The top films similar to Anchor and Hope by MovieMagicScore are Mom + Mom (4.6), The Switch (6.2), Sex and the City (6.6). Each shares comedy/drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Anchor and Hope worth watching?

Anchor and Hope holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.2/10 from 33 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Anchor and Hope?

Anchor and Hope (2017) is a comedy, drama, romance film directed by Carlos Marques-Marcet, starring Oona Chaplin, Natalia Tena, David Verdaguer.

Where can I find more recommendations like Anchor and Hope?

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About movies like Anchor and Hope

This ranked list pairs Anchor and Hope (2017), a comedy and drama and romance film from Carlos Marques-Marcet, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Oona Chaplin take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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