Inspired by Vanya: 200 Chekhov spin-offs
by aqsd-30344 | created - 09 Jul 2017 | updated - 09 Oct 2022 | PublicDirect, indirect and marginal interpretations of Uncle Vanya and other Chekhov.
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1. Uncle Vanya (1970)
104 min | Drama
The ordinary life of the Russian provincial intellectuals seems to them gray and bleak. Are exceptions possible?
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Irina Anisimova-Wulf, Sergey Bondarchuk, Irina Kupchenko, Yekaterina Mazurova
Votes: 835 | Gross: $0.05M
2. Uncle Vanya (1963)
120 min | Drama
Retired Professor Alexander Serebryakov has returned to his estate to live with his beautiful young wife, Yelena. The estate originally belonged to his first wife, now deceased. Her mother ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Burge | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Robert Lang, Max Adrian, Lewis Casson
Votes: 194
3. Onkel Wanja (2017)
134 min | Drama
A revolution breaks out, caused by a financial crisis, business intrigues and corresponding natural disasters. Alexander flees from the uprising in the capital to Uncle Vanya's farm in the ... See full summary »
Director: Anna Martinetz | Stars: Martin Butzke, Korinna Krauss, Wolfgang Hübsch, Julia Dietze
Votes: 21
4. Onkel Vanja (1971 TV Movie)
126 min | Drama
A retired professor has returned to his estate to live with his beautiful young wife, Jelena. The estate originally belonged to his first wife, now deceased; her mother and brother still ... See full summary »
Director: Leon Feder | Stars: Aksel Erhardtsen, Lene Tiemroth, Henning Moritzen, Birgitte Price
5. Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
PG | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
New York actors rehearse Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" in a dilapidated theatre.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Wallace Shawn, Phoebe Brand, George Gaynes, Jerry Mayer
Votes: 5,161 | Gross: $1.75M
6. Country Life (1994)
PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, Romance
Adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" set in rural Australia in the 1920's. Jack Dickens and his niece Sally run the family farm to support brother-in-law Alexander as a (supposedly ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blakemore | Stars: Sam Neill, Greta Scacchi, John Hargreaves, Kerry Fox
Votes: 837 | Gross: $0.35M
7. Dachnaya zhizn (1979 TV Movie)
85 min | Comedy
Director: Pavel Reznikov | Stars: Konstantin Ageyev, Boris Avdyukhov, Yuriy Baginyan, Georgiy Burkov
Votes: 14
8. May Fools (1990)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Romance
During the events of May 1968 in France, different worldviews of conflicting relatives collide in their family estate.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Miou-Miou, Michel Piccoli, Michel Duchaussoy, Marcel Bories
Votes: 3,413 | Gross: $1.58M
9. August (1996)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Chekov's Uncle Vanya, transposed to turn-of-the-century North Wales, where the peace and tranquility of a country house is disturbed by the arrival of the estate's tyrannical owner and his ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Hopkins | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Leslie Phillips, Kate Burton, Gawn Grainger
Votes: 872
10. September (1987)
PG | 83 min | Drama
At a summer house in Vermont, neighbor Howard falls in love with Lane, who's in a relationship with Peter, who's falling for Stephanie, who's married with children.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Elaine Stritch, Denholm Elliott, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest
Votes: 10,419 | Gross: $0.49M
11. Late September (2012)
87 min | Drama
Late September takes place over a 24-hour period, in a beautiful Kent house and garden, and follows the course and aftermath of a birthday celebration organised by a middle-aged woman for ... See full synopsis »
Director: Jon Sanders | Stars: Anna Mottram, Bob Goody, Charlotte Palmer, Richard Vanstone
Votes: 50
12. Sof Shavua be-Galil (2007)
99 min | Drama
Autumn 1996. Avner, a highly-regarded Professor of Arts and his young wife, Ilana, come to visit the family farm run by Rachel and Shouki, (his children from a first marriage) and Menahem (... See full summary »
Director: Moshé Mizrahi | Stars: Sharon Alexander, Adva Bolla, Shiri Gadni, Danny Leshman
Votes: 9
13. Cold Souls (2009)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Paul is an actor who feels bogged down by his participation in a production of Chekov's play, Vanya.
Director: Sophie Barthes | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Emily Watson, Dina Korzun, Armand Schultz
Votes: 10,228 | Gross: $0.90M
14. Drive My Car (2021)
Unrated | 179 min | Drama
A renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with a big personal loss when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tôko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Masaki Okada
Votes: 65,929
15. Onkel Vanja (1994 TV Movie)
166 min | Drama
A retired professor has returned to his estate to live with his beautiful young wife, Yelena. The estate originally belonged to his first wife, now deceased; her mother and brother still ... See full summary »
Director: Björn Melander | Stars: Thommy Berggren, Marie Richardson, Lars-Erik Berenett, Katarina Bothén
Votes: 16
16. Uncle Vanya (1957)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
A retired professor has returned to his estate to live with his beautiful young wife, Yelena. The estate originally belonged to his first wife, now deceased; her mother and brother still ... See full summary »
Directors: John Goetz, Franchot Tone | Stars: Franchot Tone, Clarence Derwent, Dolores Dorn, Shirley Gale
Votes: 69
17. Uncle Vanya (2020)
130 min | Drama
The Professor retires and moves back into his estate with his young wife, turning the lives of those who have been maintaining it in his absence upside down.
Directors: Ross MacGibbon, Ian Rickson | Stars: Roger Allam, Richard Armitage, Anna Calder-Marshall, Rosalind Eleazar
Votes: 723
18. The Seagull (I) (2018)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In the early twentieth century, an aging actress and her lover visit the estate of her elderly brother.
Director: Michael Mayer | Stars: Annette Bening, Corey Stoll, Glenn Fleshler, Billy Howle
Votes: 3,973 | Gross: $1.25M
19. The Sea Gull (1968)
G | 141 min | Drama, Romance
Film adaptation of Anton Chekhov's story of life in rural Russia during the latter part of the 19th century.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: James Mason, Vanessa Redgrave, Simone Signoret, David Warner
Votes: 1,089
20. I Am a Seagull (2017)
85 min | Documentary, Drama
An experimental reworking of Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULL.
Directors: Brian Mertes, Alex Harvey | Stars: Annie Baker, Glen Berger, Lila Blue, Guy Boyd
21. The Seagull (II) (2018)
125 min | Comedy, Drama
A modern adaption of Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULL: a famous actress pays summer visits to her brother and her son on their country estate, and one year she brings along her lover, a ... See full summary »
Director: Christiaan Olwagen | Stars: Sandra Prinsloo, Marius Weyers, Albert Pretorius, Rolanda Marais
Votes: 52
22. Chayka (1964 TV Movie)
132 min | Drama
Director: Aleksandr Belinsky | Stars: Nina Olkhina, Igor Ozerov, Yuriy Tolubeev, Iya Savvina
23. Chayka (1974 TV Movie)
173 min | Comedy, Drama
Chekhov's play about the existential conflicts of young playwright Konstantin, his girlfriend, his mother and her younger lover. Made for TV based on the stage production of the Moscow Art Theater, directed by Sergey Desnitsky.
Directors: Sergei Desnitsky, Mariya Muat | Stars: Angelina Stepanova, Oleg Strizhenov, Galiks Kolchitskiy, Svetlana Korkoshko
Votes: 10
24. La petite Lili (2003)
104 min | Drama, Romance
A group of cinematic spend a holiday in the French countryside. The film provides insight in their relationships, including that between a young man and a local girl, Lili. She uses the ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Miller | Stars: Nicole Garcia, Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Ludivine Sagnier
Votes: 1,787 | Gross: $0.03M
25. Days and Nights (2014)
Unrated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
Reckless desire wreaks havoc over Memorial Day weekend as a family confronts the volatile and fragile nature of love. Inspired by Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull," set in rural New England in 1984.
Director: Christian Camargo | Stars: Katie Holmes, William Hurt, Allison Janney, Jean Reno
Votes: 1,117 | Gross: $0.01M
26. The Seagull (2020)
120 min | Drama
Actors rehearse the classic Chekhov play and are immersed in a world that straddles the line between the theater and reality.
Director: Saddiq Abubakar | Stars: Siena D'Addario, Jeanette Dilone, Emmanuel Elpenord, Madison Fae
27. Hollywood Seagull (2013)
95 min | Drama
A Russian actress looking for love and stardom finds herself caught in a nest of Hollywood vipers.
Director: Michael Guinzburg | Stars: Biff McGuire, Lara Romanoff, Will Poston, Barbara Williams
Votes: 45
28. Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime
In New York in 1928, a struggling playwright is forced to cast a mobster's talentless girlfriend in his latest drama in order to get it produced.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Tilly, Chazz Palminteri
Votes: 41,813 | Gross: $13.38M
29. Rehearsal (I) (2015)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
An aging British theatre director is forced to hire a young Hollywood action star to guarantee an audience for the Anton Chekhov play he is mounting.
Director: Carl Bessai | Stars: Bruce Greenwood, Deborah Kara Unger, Rob Morrow, Rhian Rees
Votes: 86
30. Little Men (2016)
PG | 85 min | Drama
A new pair of best friends have their bond tested by their parents' battle over a dress shop lease.
Director: Ira Sachs | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle, Paulina García, Theo Taplitz
Votes: 7,815 | Gross: $0.70M
31. Afternoon (2007)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
A family spends three summer days in a beautiful lake mansion close to Berlin. Together with her new lover, Irene visits her brother Alex, who still inhabits the house with her writer son Konstantin.
Director: Angela Schanelec | Stars: Jirka Zett, Miriam Horwitz, Angela Schanelec, Fritz Schediwy
Votes: 507
32. The Seagull (1977)
132 min | Comedy, Drama
This quintessential Chekhov drama--his first success--is both comic and tragic. A group of friends and relations gather at a country estate to see the first performance of an experimental ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Laura Betti, Giulio Brogi, Pamela Villoresi, Remo Girone
Votes: 99
33. The Seagull (1972)
100 min | Drama
Based on Chekhov's homonymous play, "The Seagull" narrates the story of a disturbed family and their acquaintances during summertime in the countryside.
Director: Yuli Karasik | Stars: Alla Demidova, Vladimir Chetverikov, Nikolai Plotnikov, Lyudmila Saveleva
Votes: 175
34. The Cherry Orchard (1999)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama
Abandoned by her lover, the aristocratic Madame Lubov Ranevskaya returns to Russia, only to see her fragrant cherry orchard in full bloom: a painful reminder of her dire economic state and the imminent foreclosure of the enviable property.
Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, Tushka Bergen, Frances de la Tour
Votes: 710 | Gross: $0.14M
35. Sad (2008)
96 min | Comedy
Based on Anton Chekhov's classic play, The Orchard is an eccentric comedy about class struggles in Russia at the turn of the 20th century. An aging aristocratic lady returns home to face ... See full summary »
Director: Sergei Ovcharov | Stars: Roman Ageev, Evgeniy Baranov, Anna Brenner-Vartanyan, Boris Dragilev
Votes: 61
36. The Orchard (2018)
Comedy, Drama
A modern adaptation of 'The Cherry Orchard' by Anton Chekhov.
Director: Mary Sellers | Stars: Douglas Dean, Mary Sellers, Michael Golab, Paudge Behan
37. Vishnyovyy sad (1993)
78 min | Drama
Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocratic lady who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial... See full summary »
Director: Anna Tchernakova | Stars: Tatyana Lavrova, Aleksandr Feklistov, Yelena Kolchugina, Vladlen Davydov
Votes: 23
38. Vishnevii sad (1976 TV Movie)
167 min | Comedy, Drama
Mme Ranevskaya, her daughter Anya, and their servants return to their ancestral home in Russia from a sojourn in Paris. Their estate contains a beautiful and famous cherry orchard, which ... See full summary »
Director: Leonid Heifetz | Stars: Rufina Nifontova, Elena Koreneva, Tamara Torchinskaya, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Votes: 25
39. Il giardino dei ciliegi (1978 TV Movie)
Drama
Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocratic lady who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial... See full summary »
Director: Carlo Battistoni | Stars: Valentina Cortese, Monica Guerritore, Giulia Lazzarini, Renato De Carmine
40. Kirsebærhaven (1969 TV Movie)
94 min | Drama
At a Russian manor house around the turn of the century everyone is waiting for the owner of the estate. Mrs Lyuba Ranjevskaya (Bodil Kjer) is returning home after several years in Paris.
Director: Hans-Henrik Krause | Stars: Bodil Kjer, Helle Hertz, Hanne Borchsenius, Jørgen Reenberg
41. The Orchard (1998)
91 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The Orchard is an eerie suspense film about the dark side of the American dream. As the Webbs struggle to save their family apple orchard, the bank begins the process of foreclosure. Then ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Martin Crouse | Stars: Chay Lentin, Irma Sandrey, Janet Sovey, Carla Orlandi
Votes: 11
42. Mansion by the Lake (2002)
106 min | Drama
Very loosely based on Anton Chekov's the Cherry Orchard, the film follows a family of formerly wealthy, expatriate Sri Lankan landowners, now impoverished, as they return from England to ... See full summary »
Director: Lester James Peries | Stars: Malini Fonseka, Vasanthi Chathurani, Sanath Gunathilake, Paboda Sandeepani
Votes: 70
43. The Cherry Orchard (2020)
Drama
Director: Garry Hynes | Stars: Derbhle Crotty, Ian Lloyd Anderson, Megan Cusack, Siobhán Cullen
44. The Orchard (2016)
103 min | Comedy, Drama
His life changes when Los Angeles talent agent Max Roth inherits an orchard in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley and finds that there's more to the real estate than its selling price.
Director: Kate Twa | Stars: Matt Angel, Morgan Taylor Campbell, Chris McNally, Sean MacLean
Votes: 110
45. Pomegranate Orchard (2017)
90 min | Drama
Gabil returns home to the humble family farmstead, surrounded by an orchard of venerable pomegranate trees; since his sudden departure twelve years ago he was never once in contact. However... See full summary »
Director: Ilgar Najaf | Stars: Hasan Agayev, Samimi Farhad, Ilaha Hasanova, Gurban Ismailov
Votes: 290
46. Chereshova gradina (1979)
86 min | Drama
There are essentially two types of people: those who think with their stomachs, and those who think with their hearts. Conflict between them is inevitable, says the writer Nikolai Haitov. ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Andonov | Stars: Petar Slabakov, Nikola Todev, Maria Statulova, Stoyan Gudev
Votes: 20
47. Mastera stseny (1947)
81 min | Documentary
Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocratic lady who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial... See full summary »
Director: Vladimir Yurenev | Stars: Ivan Moskvin, Klavdiya Yelanskaya, Mikhail Bolduman, V.A. Orlov
48. Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
This moving story was the swan song of actress Viveca Lindfors, who died unexpectedly soon after completing it. It's a fitting tribute, as the film explores the last performance in the ancestral home of a large family of actors.
Director: Henry Jaglom | Stars: Victoria Foyt, Viveca Lindfors, Jon Robin Baitz, Savannah Smith Boucher
Votes: 442 | Gross: $0.40M
49. Smert v pensne ili Nash Chekhov (2010)
105 min | Drama
After a long absence, ageing theatre director Sorin returns to Moscow to resurrect his legendary staging of The Cherry Orchard. His discovery of a grave stone bearing his own name makes him... See full summary »
Director: Anna Tchernakova | Stars: Aleksandr Adabashyan, Alyona Babenko, Pavel Belozerov, Sergey Bezrukov
Votes: 34
50. Turné (1990)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
Two actors leave on a theatrical tour, but there is a matter to be settled: one has become the lover of the other's girl-friend and since they are very good friends, cannot bring himself to tell him.
Director: Gabriele Salvatores | Stars: Diego Abatantuono, Laura Morante, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Luigi Montini
Votes: 1,047
51. Maestro (I) (2014)
81 min | Comedy, Drama
Henry, a young actor, finds himself involved in a film by cinema superstar, Cédric Rovere. Charmed by his benevolence, feelings hitherto unknown are aroused, while Rovere, intrigued by Henry's dream, lives this shoot as an unexpected gift.
Director: Léa Fazer | Stars: Pio Marmaï, Michael Lonsdale, Déborah François, Alice Belaïdi
Votes: 661
52. The Cherry Orchard (1990)
96 min | Drama
At an all-girls school, a group of girls prepare for a stage performance of Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard".
Director: Shun Nakahara | Stars: Hiroko Nakajima, Miho Tsumiki, Yasuyo Shirashima, Miho Miyazawa
Votes: 272
53. The Cherry Orchard (1981 TV Movie)
130 min | Drama
Madame Ranevsky (Dame Judi Dench) is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Judi Dench, Bill Paterson, Anton Lesser, Harriet Walter
Votes: 143
54. Three Sisters (1970)
G | 165 min | Drama, Romance
Nearly a thousand miles away from their beloved Moscow, Chekhov's Three Sisters live in virtual exile. Olga, a schoolmistress, attempts to support her siblings and the home that is the sole legacy of their late father.
Directors: Laurence Olivier, John Sichel | Stars: Jeanne Watts, Joan Plowright, Louise Purnell, Derek Jacobi
Votes: 494
55. Les trois soeurs (2015 TV Movie)
110 min | Drama
Olga, Masha, and Irina Prozoroff lead lonely and purposeless lives following the death of their father who has commanded the local army post. Olga attempts to find satisfaction in teaching ... See full summary »
Director: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Stars: Eric Ruf, Bruno Raffaelli, Florence Viala, Coraly Zahonero
Votes: 61
56. Tri sestry (2017)
133 min | Drama
Three sisters are living in a village. They dream about moving to a big city, but have to always put it off because of different events.
Director: Yuri Grymov | Stars: Lyudmila Polyakova, Anna Kamenkova, Irina Mazurkevich, Vladimir Nosik
Votes: 37
57. Tri sestry (1994)
106 min | Drama
In a small Russian town at the turn of the century, three sisters (Olga, Irina, and Masha) and their brother Andrei live but dream daily of their return to their former home in Moscow, ... See full summary »
Director: Sergey Solovyov | Stars: Olga Belyayeva, Kseniya Kachalina, Elena Korikova, Sergei Agapitov
Votes: 49
58. The Three Sisters (1964)
112 min | Drama
In a small Russian town at the turn of the century, three sisters (Olga, Irina, and Masha) and their brother Andrei live but dream daily of their return to their former home in Moscow, ... See full summary »
Director: Samson Samsonov | Stars: Lyubov Sokolova, Margarita Volodina, Tatyana Malchenko, Leonid Gubanov
Votes: 46
59. Three Sisters (1988)
112 min | Drama, Romance
Roberto and his three sisters don't know what to do with their lives.
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Greta Scacchi, Valeria Golino, Peter Simonischek
Votes: 326
60. Tri Sestry (1984 TV Movie)
192 min | Drama
Chekhov's immortal classic about three sisters who live in a provincial town, in 19th century Russia, but dream of going back to Moscow and rewriting their own story.
Director: Sergei Desnitsky | Stars: Irina Miroshnichenko, Vladlen Davydov, Yelena Kondratova, Evgeniy Evstigneev
Votes: 14
61. The Three Sisters (1981 TV Movie)
210 min | Drama
Olga, Masha, and Irina Prozoroff lead lonely and purposeless lives following the death of their father who has commanded the local army post. Olga attempts to find satisfaction in teaching ... See full summary »
Director: Trevor Nunn | Stars: Suzanne Bertish, Janet Dale, Patrick Godfrey, Rose Hill
Votes: 14
62. Interiors (1978)
PG | 92 min | Drama
Three sisters find their lives spinning out of control in the wake of their parents' sudden, unexpected divorce.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Diane Keaton, Geraldine Page, Kristin Griffith, Mary Beth Hurt
Votes: 20,944
63. The Hill Where Lionesses Roar (2021)
83 min | Drama
Three young and free-spirited women decide to escape their daily lives and form a gang.
Director: Luàna Bajrami | Stars: Luàna Bajrami, Andi Bajgora, Era Balaj, Flaka Latifi
Votes: 406
64. Moskva (2000)
139 min | Drama
The film centres on Mike, a businessman in decidedly the new Russian mould. When Mike gets stung on a deal, his suspicions immediately fall on Lev, who receives the customary torture to make him reveal where the money has gone.
Director: Aleksandr Zeldovich | Stars: Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Tatyana Drubich, Natalya Kolyakanova, Aleksandr Baluev
Votes: 448
65. The End of the Season (2019)
95 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Three sisters happen to live out of Russia, in s small Baltic city. Like Chekhov's three sisters, they're desperate to move to Moscow. But the fate has its own plans.
Director: Konstantin Khudyakov | Stars: Yuliya Peresild, Yulia Snigir, Anya Chipovskaya, Evgeniy Tsyganov
Votes: 77
66. Sorelle mai (2010)
105 min | Drama
The film, a nostalgic fantasy documentary, depicts in six episodes a family story in Bobbio between 1999 and 2008. We discover the 5 years-old Elena being brought up by her aunts (Marco ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Elena Bellocchio, Donatella Finocchiaro, Letizia Bellocchio
Votes: 248
67. Faces of Love (1977)
90 min | Drama
The director Victor decides to bring Chekhov's play 'The Three Sisters' to the screen. He summons his actresses to rehearse in a city near Lake Geneva.
Director: Michel Soutter | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Delphine Seyrig, Lea Massari, Valérie Mairesse
Votes: 76
68. Esli by znat... (1993)
87 min | Drama
Olga, Masha, and Irina Prozoroff lead lonely and purposeless lives following the death of their father who has commanded the local army post. Olga attempts to find satisfaction in teaching ... See full summary »
Director: Boris Blank | Stars: Andrey Tashkov, Yuliya Menshova, Marina Bakina, Elena Drobysheva
Votes: 16
69. The Sisters (2005)
R | 113 min | Drama
Based on Anton Chekov's "The Three Sisters" about siblings living in a college town who struggle with the death of their father and try to reconcile relationships in their own lives.
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Elizabeth Banks, Maria Bello, Erika Christensen, Steven Culp
Votes: 1,055
70. Three Sisters (2021)
96 min | Drama
Set in a remote town dominated by an army base, the action takes place in the Prozorov family home over a span of several years. Born&bred in a thriving metropolis, the Prozorovs came to this small town when their father was made commander
Director: Monika Gossmann | Stars: Christian Carlson, Nina Dramer, Zack Gropper, Aaron Kienstra
71. The Three Sisters (1966)
168 min | Drama
In a small Russian town at the turn of the century, three sisters (Olga, Irina, and Masha) and their brother Andrei live but dream daily of their return to their former home in Moscow, ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Luther Adler, William Paul Burns, Tamara Daykarhanova, Sandy Dennis
Votes: 147
72. Ivanov (2010)
Not Rated | 170 min | Drama
The film is based on the play by Anton Chekhov. Nikolai Alekseyevich Ivanov is a man who brings misfortunes to all who surround him. He is experiencing a crisis and acutely feeling the ... See full summary »
Director: Vadim Dubrovitskiy | Stars: Aleksandr Burmistrov, Anna Dubrovskaya, Vladimir Ilin, Yuri Kalinnikov
Votes: 45
73. Iwanow (1971 TV Movie)
105 min | Drama
Director: Oswald Döpke | Stars: Herbert Fleischmann, Andrea Jonasson, Herbert Steinmetz, Günter Strack
74. Úteky domu (1980)
84 min | Drama
The three main characters are Michal, an airplane mechanic, Marie, a fashion designer, and ten-year-old Honzík, who form a seemingly happy, well-adjusted family. Michal goes out with his ... See full summary »
Director: Jaromil Jires | Stars: Jana Brejchová, Jan Kanyza, Tomás Holý, Vlastimil Hasek
Votes: 33
75. Platonow (2015 TV Movie)
96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A wedding. A bride. A husband. A former lover.
Director: Andreas Morell | Stars: Florian Bartholomäi, Robert Besta, Hermann Beyer, Elisabeth Biegai
Votes: 29
76. The Disinherited (2014)
100 min | Drama
"The Disinherited," after the fragment "Platonov" by Anton Chekhov, is a live cinema performance adaptation of Chekhov's first full-length play chronicling an emotionally bankrupt society ... See full summary »
Director: Jay Scheib | Stars: Sarita Choudhury, Mikeah Jennings, Laine Rettmer, Tony Torn
77. The Shooting Party (1978)
105 min | Drama, Romance
A romantic drama in which a beautiful but poor young woman has to choose between three suitors: an old widower, a decadent nobleman and a handsome but poor young man.
Director: Emil Loteanu | Stars: Galina Belyaeva, Oleg Yankovskiy, Kirill Lavrov, Leonid Markov
Votes: 1,194
78. Gone to Earth (1950)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama, Romance
A beautiful, superstitious, animal-loving Gypsy is hotly desired by a fox-hunting squire even after she marries a clergyman.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Jennifer Jones, David Farrar, Cyril Cusack, Sybil Thorndike
Votes: 1,491
79. Summer Storm (1944)
Passed | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In this filmed Chekhov adaptation, Olga is an alluring peasant woman who lures cynical aristocrat Fedor away from his milquetoast fiancée, with tragic consequences.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Anna Lee, Edward Everett Horton
Votes: 676
80. The Rules of the Game (1939)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély
Votes: 31,344
81. The Shooting Party (1984)
98 min | Drama, Romance
While Europe stands on the brink of World War I in Autumn 1913, Sir Randolph Nettleby hosts a weekend of shooting on his estate for European aristocrats.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: James Mason, Edward Fox, Dorothy Tutin, John Gielgud
Votes: 1,526
82. The Black Monk (1988)
88 min | Drama, Music, Mystery
Man who talks with a ghost called Black Monk is forced to see a doctor. After the treatment, he loses his ability to communicate with the ghost, becoming angry, violent and utterly unhappy.
Director: Ivan Dykhovichnyy | Stars: Tatyana Drubich, Stanislav Lyubshin, Pyotr Fomenko, Lyubov Selyutina
Votes: 149
83. The Black Monk (2017)
105 min | Drama, Romance
Inspired by the eponymous short story by Anton Chekhov, a filmmaker struggling with sanity encounters a legendary monk and uncovers the meaning of life and a lost love.
Director: Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno | Stars: Jack Berenholtz, Drew Dix, Emily Gardner Xu Hall, Tim Nicolai
84. Dean Spanley (2008)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric Indian, they start a strange journey that eventually allows the old man to find his heart.
Director: Toa Fraser | Stars: Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Peter O'Toole
Votes: 3,824
85. The Lady with the Dog (1960)
89 min | Drama, Romance
A love story among the nobility of the Russian Empire: a man and a woman, both married, fall in love.
Director: Iosif Kheifits | Stars: Iya Savvina, Aleksey Batalov, Nina Alisova, Dmitriy Zebrov
Votes: 1,126
86. Oci ciornie (1987)
118 min | Comedy, Romance, Drama
An Italian tells his story of love to a Russian. In a series of flashbacks, Romano Patroni leaves his wife to visit a spa where he falls in love with a Russian woman. He returns to Italy resolved to leave his wife and marry his love.
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Silvana Mangano, Marthe Keller, Elena Safonova
Votes: 3,516 | Gross: $2.20M
87. Kisa (1972)
74 min | Drama, Romance
A short love affair of young married woman and police inspector in winter resort will turn into fatal love after chance meeting. Inspired by Chekhov's story "The Lady with the Dog".
Director: Mladomir 'Purisa' Djordjevic | Stars: Dusica Zegarac, Dragomir Cumic, Irena Prosen, Radmilo Curcic
Votes: 33
88. Gurov and Anna (2014)
100 min | Drama, Romance
With his marriage to Audrey almost at an end, Ben begins a torrid affair with Mercedes, a young French student in his writing class. The affair soon spins out of control, their emotions and Ben and Audrey's family hanging in the balance.
Director: Rafaël Ouellet | Stars: Sophie Desmarais, Andreas Apergis, Marie Fugain, Éric Bruneau
Votes: 278
89. Ward Six (1978)
97 min | Drama
A doctor from provincial town in Tsardom of Russia meets his former student in Ward 6, where the story takes place. Impressed by his rebellious spirit and clever remarks, he tends to spend ... See full summary »
Director: Lucian Pintilie | Stars: Slobodan 'Cica' Perovic, Zoran Radmilovic, Slavko Simic, Pavle Vuisic
Votes: 223
90. Ragin (2004)
93 min | Drama
Based on a short story Room number 6 by Chekhov. A doctor taking particular interest in his mental health patients ends up institutionalized himself.
Director: Kirill Serebrennikov | Stars: Aleksey Guskov, Aleksandr Galibin, Dmitriy Mulyar, Natalya Nikulenko
Votes: 115
91. Sala nr 6 (1987 TV Movie)
81 min | Drama
Director: Krzysztof Gruber | Stars: Jerzy Binczycki, Henryk Bista, Adam Ferency, Grzegorz Warchol
Votes: 18
92. Paviljon broj VI (1973 TV Movie)
89 min | Drama, Horror
A study of the mental breakdown of a doctor in a remote rural village. He believes himself intellectually superior to everyone except for a political prisoner in a mental ward. This is a ... See full summary »
Director: Lucian Pintilie | Stars: Slobodan 'Cica' Perovic, Zoran Radmilovic, Slavko Simic, Pavle Vuisic
Votes: 45
93. Mirror (1975)
Not Rated | 107 min | Biography, Drama
A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Margarita Terekhova, Filipp Yankovskiy, Ignat Daniltsev, Oleg Yankovskiy
Votes: 52,292 | Gross: $0.18M
94. Ward No. 6 (2009)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama
Simultaneously nihilistic and heartening, Ward No. 6 is based on a story by Chekov, in which a psychiatric doctor becomes a patient in his own asylum. Updated to contemporary Russia, the ... See full summary »
Directors: Aleksandr Gornovskiy, Karen Shakhnazarov | Stars: Vladimir Ilin, Aleksey Vertkov, Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy, Evgeniy Stychkin
Votes: 813
95. Il matrimonio (1954)
87 min | Comedy
An Italian historical comedy film consisting of three segments, based on three stage plays by Anton Chekhov.
Director: Antonio Petrucci | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Silvana Pampanini, Alberto Sordi, Valentina Cortese
Votes: 98
96. Marriage (1944)
64 min | Comedy
Petty bourgeois Zhigalovs, whose daughter-in-law Dasha is being extradited, find out to their horror that the official Aplombov (Erast Garin), who had lunch with them daily and proved ... See full summary »
Director: Isidor Annensky | Stars: Aleksey Gribov, Faina Ranevskaya, Zoya Fyodorova, Erast Garin
Votes: 370
97. Plokhoy khoroshiy chelovek (1973)
98 min | Drama, History
Dramatic story about two young men, two intellectuals of the 1890th. It is a story about a complex human character. Being tortured by ignorance and boredom of life, clerk Laevsky is longing... See full summary »
Director: Iosif Kheifits | Stars: Oleg Dal, Vladimir Vysotskiy, Lyudmila Maksakova, Anatoliy Papanov
Votes: 355
98. Duel (1961)
93 min | Drama
The plot of the film is based on the confrontation between two outstanding personalities - Laevsky and von Koren. Each of them has its own principles, its own position in life.
Directors: Tatyana Berezantseva, Lev Rudnik | Stars: Oleg Strizhenov, Vladimir Druzhnikov, Lyudmila Shagalova, Aleksandr Khvylya
Votes: 31
99. Jeden ze souboju (1971 TV Movie)
66 min | Drama
Director: Eva Sadková | Stars: Josef Abrhám, Jana Brejchová, Vlastimil Brodský, Jaroslava Brousková
Votes: 16
100. Anton Chekhov's the Duel (2010)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
In ANTON CHEKHOV'S THE DUEL, escalating animosity between two men with opposing philosophies of life is played out against the backdrop of a decaying seaside resort along the Black Sea ... See full summary »
Director: Dover Koshashvili | Stars: Andrew Scott, Fiona Glascott, Tobias Menzies, Niall Buggy
Votes: 726
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