15 Movies Like Chekhovian Motifs
Loved Chekhovian Motifs? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
#1
You Drive Me Crazy
Alisa moves into a spacious apartment in St. Petersburg, where the mirror starts to malfunction, showing the young lodger a parallel reality of the same apartment. Only it is not Alisa who lives in this parallel reality, but the party animal Ivan. Will the young people be able to recognize true love and will they be able to unite their worlds in order to meet in reality and simply touch each other?
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Chekhovian Motifs.
#2
Joy Ride
When Audrey's business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo, her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat, her college friend turned Chinese soap star; and Deadeye, Lolo's eccentric cousin. Their no-holds-barred, epic experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Chekhovian Motifs.
#3
Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years
In what might be his most personal and introspective hour yet, Bill offers hilarious takes on everything from male sadness to dating advice.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Chekhovian Motifs.
#4
Ricky Gervais: Mortality
Ricky Gervais tackles life, death and the state of the world in a brutally honest special that spares no topic, even his own mortality.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Chekhovian Motifs.
#5
Hard to Die
While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series of killings six months previously, is at the bottom of the whole thing. Little do they know the real horror that they face in the end.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Chekhovian Motifs.
#6
The Killer's Game
When top hitman Joe Flood is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he decides to take matters into his own hands – by taking a hit out on himself. But when the very hitmen he hired also target his ex-girlfriend, he must fend off an army of assassin colleagues and win back the love of his life before it's too late.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Chekhovian Motifs.
#7
A Bad Moms Christmas
Amy, Kiki and Carla – three under-appreciated and over-burdened women – rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for mothers: Christmas. And if creating a more perfect holiday for their families wasn’t hard enough, they have to do all of that while hosting and entertaining their own mothers.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Chekhovian Motifs.
#8
How High
Jamal and Silas, two ordinary guys who smoke something magical, pass their college entrance exams with flying colors and end up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas and Jamal take it in a stride -- until their supply of supernatural smoke runs dry. That's when they have to start living by their wits and rely on their natural resources to make the grade.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Chekhovian Motifs.
#9
Old Dads
A cranky middle-aged dad and his two best friends find themselves out of step in a changing world of millennial CEOs and powerful preschool principals.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Chekhovian Motifs.
#10
Like a Boss
Two female friends with very different ideals decide to start a beauty company together. One is more practical, while the other wants to earn her fortune and live a lavish lifestyle.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Chekhovian Motifs.
#11
The New Moscow
A comedy about a naive young architect and his wild designs for a “New Moscow.” The Soviet censors weren't at all amused and shelved it.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Chekhovian Motifs.
#12
The Foundling
A little girl is lost in Moscow and hits the road making fun (not intentionally) of everybody she meets. She'll be back home soon but she will change the life of at least one man forever...
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Chekhovian Motifs.
#13
Guardians
During the Cold War, an organization called "Patriot" created a superhero squad, which includes members of multiple Soviet republics. For years, the heroes had to hide their identities, but, in hard times, they must show themselves again.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Chekhovian Motifs.
#14
Babes
After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, a single woman leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her through gestation and beyond.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Chekhovian Motifs.
#15
Pretty Persuasion
A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Chekhovian Motifs.