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10 Best Movies Like Checkerboard

If you loved Checkerboard, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
What the Day Owes the Night

What the Day Owes the Night

2012★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Checkerboard for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Algeria, the 1930s. Younes is nine years old when he is put in his uncle's care in Oran. Rebaptized Jonas, he grows up among the Rio Salado youths, with whom he becomes friends. Em...

#2
Return to Peyton Place

Return to Peyton Place

1961★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Checkerboard for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Residents of the small town of Peyton Place aren't pleased when they realize they're the characters in local writer Allison MacKenzie's controversial first novel. A sequel to the h...

#3
Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

1940★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Checkerboard for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In early 19th century England, Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters vie for the affections of rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, who ha...

#4
Fatima

Fatima

2020★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Checkerboard for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and...

#5
The Fugitive Kind

The Fugitive Kind

1960★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Checkerboard for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued ...

#6
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

1972★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Checkerboard for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea ro...

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