10 Best Movies Like Essays
If you loved Essays, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

The Coach
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Essays for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Contemporary Russia. After he flubs a penalty kick, a humiliated national soccer player quits the game. He flees to a small town, where he decides to coach their local team....

Pride and Prejudice
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Essays 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...

Your Heart Will Be Broken
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Essays for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
High school student Polina is saved from bullying at her new school and makes a deal with the main bully Bars: he must pretend to be her boyfriend and protect her, and she must do ...

Ayka
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Essays for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A young Kyrgyz immigrant tries to eke out a living in Moscow after abandoning her newborn and fleeing the hospital....

Girl in the Box
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Essays for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as ...

Kisses
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Essays for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home on Christmas Day and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin....