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10 Best Movies Like For the Matches

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

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#1
Don't Tempt Me

Don't Tempt Me

2001★ 5.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to For the Matches for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two angels, one from the heaven and one from the hell, come to earth to save the soul of a boxer....

#2
Chasing Two Hares

Chasing Two Hares

1961★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to For the Matches for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Based on the Ukrainian vaudeville by Mykhailo Starytskyi, the famous Ukrainian writer. The leading character, Svyryd Petrovych Holokhvosty has his own barbershop in town and a repu...

#3
Kin

Kin

1981★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to For the Matches for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The story follows Maria Konovalova who travels from her rural village to visit her daughter Nina in the city. Maria's arrival exposes the stark contrasts between rural and urban li...

#4
It Can't Be!

It Can't Be!

1975★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to For the Matches for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The film includes three short stories based on the stories of Mikhail Zoshchenko: "Crime and Punishment", "Fun Adventure", and "Wedding Event" about the negative phenomena of the p...

#5
The African

The African

1983★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to For the Matches for fans of Comedy & Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Charlotte flies to East Africa to build a tourist center near Lake Williams where the pygmies live. Here she meets her husband Victor, a devoted conservationist who left her three ...

#6
Incognito from St.Petersburg

Incognito from St.Petersburg

1978★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to For the Matches for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A comedy based on a classic play 'Revizor' by Nikolai Gogol....