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10 Best Movies Like Motives

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

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#1
Caveman

Caveman

1981★ 6.5

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

Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world...

#2
The Bounce Back

The Bounce Back

2016★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Motives for fans of Romance. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

Father, author and relationship expert, Matthew Taylor is on a whirlwind book tour promoting his new best seller, The Bounce Back. He's got it all figured out until he meets the ac...

#3
Motives 2 : Retribution

Motives 2 : Retribution

2007★ 5.9

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

Vivica A. Fox and Shemar Moore return for this thrilling sequel to Motives that picks up three years after the events of the original film. Innocent convict Emery Simms is serving ...

#4
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#5
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#6
The Return

The Return

2024★ 6.5

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

After twenty years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The king has finally returned home, but much has changed in his kingdom since he le...