8 First Dates

8 First Dates (2012) is a Russian-Ukrainian romantic comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Vera is a TV celebrity. Nikita is a veterinarian. Both are in committed relationships — yet every morning they keep waking up in the same bed, with no memory of how they got there.

Directors David Dodson and Sasha Malarevsky build a light Groundhog Day riff around the leads played by Oksana Akinshina and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The time-loop gimmick stays in the background — mostly a premise for a gentle will-they-won't-they with a warm ending. Unassuming and exactly what it needs to be. Stream 8 First Dates online on iFILM.