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

Julia
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Motive for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany....

The Words
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Motive for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's only one catch - he didn'...

Resurrecting the Champ
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Motive for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to ...

Hardball
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Motive for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

Newness
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Motive for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries....

Following
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Motive for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Bill, an idle, unemployed aspiring writer, walks the crowded streets of London following randomly chosen strangers, a seemingly innocent entertainment that becomes dangerous when h...