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

The Banishment
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mendel's Joke for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
While vacationing in the countryside at his childhood home, a woman suddenly reveals to her husband that she is expecting a child – but not his....

The Coach
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mendel's Joke 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....

My Joy
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mendel's Joke for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Georgy is driving a load of freight into Russia when, after an unpleasant encounter with the police at a border crossing, he finds himself giving a lift to a strange old man with d...

A Driver for Vera
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mendel's Joke for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The film is set during 1962 in Sevastopol, Crimea, then a secret Navy Base in the Soviet Union. General Serov hires Viktor, a cadet from the Kremlin Guard to work as his private ch...

Breathe
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mendel's Joke for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed....

Girl in the Box
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mendel's Joke 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 ...