Movies Like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

2023 • Rating 6.1 • comedy, drama, family

Gym-freak brat Rocky falls in love with Rani, who comes from a well-educated Bengali family. Being from polar opposite worlds, the two decide to switch their families to adjust to each other's cultures and backgrounds and to know if their marriage will survive. Rocky and Rani are trapped in a world where they are united by love but divided by families and the ultimate question is will they fit in?

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance

Style:

Audience: Date Night, Family

Plot: Musical, Nostalgia, Love Interest, Nostalgic, Wealthy Family, Gym-Freak Brat Rocky Falls In Love With Rani, Who Comes From A Well-Educated Bengali Family, Being From Polar Opposite Worlds, The Two Decide To Switch Their Families To Adjust To Each Other'S Cultures And Backgrounds And To Know If Their Marriage Will Survive, Rocky And Rani Are Trapped In A World Where They Are United By Love But Divided By Families And The Ultimate Question Is Will They Fit In

Time: Year 2023, 2020S, 2023-07-28

Place: India, Bengali, Hindi, English

Cast: Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Dharmendra, Aamir Bashir

1994 • Rating 8.5 • comedy, drama, romance

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Style: Psychological

Audience: Date Night, Family, Teens

Plot: New Year'S Eve, Vietnam War, Vietnam Veteran, Mentally Disabled, Friendship, Usa President, Washington Dc, Usa, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (Ptsd), Waitress, Based On Novel Or Book

Time: Year 1994, 1990S, 1994-06-23

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field, Mykelti Williamson, Michael Conner Humphreys

1997 • Rating 8.4 • comedy, drama

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Style: Dark, Suspenseful

Audience: Date Night, Teens

Plot: Dying And Death, Bookshop, Love Of One'S Life, Nazi, Self Sacrifice, Loss Of Loved One, Italy, Riddle, Mass Murder, Concentration Camp

Time: Year 1997, 1990S, 1997-12-20

Place: Italy

Cast: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric, Marisa Paredes

1994 • Rating 8.7 • drama, crime

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

Genre: Drama, Crime

Style: Dark, Gritty, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night, Family

Plot: Prison, Friendship, Police Brutality, Corruption, Based On Novel Or Book, Freedom, Hope, Prison Cell, Delinquent, Redemption

Time: Year 1994, 1990S, 1994-09-23

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows

2006 • Rating 7.4 • drama, comedy

A young woman from the Midwest gets more than she bargained for when she moves to New York to become a writer and ends up as the assistant to the tyrannical, larger-than-life editor-in-chief of a major fashion magazine.

Genre: Drama, Comedy

Style:

Audience: Date Night, Teens

Plot: New York City, Journalist, Paris, France, Based On Novel Or Book, Journalism, Fashion Journal, Assistant, Job Entrant, Job Interview, Editor In Chief

Time: Year 2006, 2000S, 2006-06-29

Place: United States Of America, English, French, New York, Paris France

Cast: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Simon Baker, Adrian Grenier

1999 • Rating 8.4 • drama, thriller

A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Style: Psychological, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Dual Identity, Rage And Hate, Based On Novel Or Book, Nihilism, Fight, Support Group, Dystopia, Insomnia, Alter Ego, Breaking The Fourth Wall

Time: Year 1999, 1990S, 1999-10-15

Place: Germany, United States Of America, English

Cast: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto, Zach Grenier

1999 • Rating 8.5 • fantasy, drama, crime

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.

Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Crime

Style: Gritty, Psychological, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night, Teens

Plot: Mentally Disabled, Death Penalty, Based On Novel Or Book, Southern Usa, Psychopath, Death Row, Jail Guard, Supernatural, Great Depression, Prison Guard

Time: Year 1999, 1990S, 1999-12-10

Place: United States Of America, French, English

Cast: Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Clarke Duncan, James Cromwell, Michael Jeter

1990 • Rating 8.5 • drama, crime

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

Genre: Drama, Crime

Style: Dark, Gritty, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Prison, Florida, New York City, Based On Novel Or Book, Gangster, Mass Murder, Drug Trafficking, 1970S, Irish American, Gore

Time: Year 1990, 1990S, 1990-09-12

Place: United States Of America, Italian, English, New York

Cast: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero

2000 • Rating 8.4 • comedy, drama, fantasy

The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the Devil and the Virgin Mary before they are admitted to paradise.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Style:

Audience: Date Night, Teens

Plot: Based On Play Or Musical, The Lively Jo, O Grilo And The Sly Chic, Are Poor Guys Living In The Hinterland Who Cheat A Bunch Of People In A Small Town In Northeastern Brazil, When They Die, They Have To Be Judged By Christ, The Devil And The Virgin Mary Before They Are Admitted To Paradise

Time: Year 2000, 2000S, 2000-09-15

Place: Brazil, Latin, Portuguese

Cast: Matheus Nachtergaele, Selton Mello, Fernanda Montenegro, Rogério Cardoso, Denise Fraga, Diogo Vilela

1986 • Rating 7.1 • action, drama, romance

For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.

Genre: Action, Drama, Romance

Style: Mind Bending, Surreal

Audience: Date Night, Teens

Plot: Dying And Death, Secret Love, Lovesickness, Airplane, Loss Of Loved One, Self Discovery, Hostility, Fighter Pilot, Pilot, Training Camp

Time: Year 1986, 1980S, 1986-05-16

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt, Michael Ironside

1988 • Rating 8.4 • drama, romance

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.

Genre: Drama, Romance

Style:

Audience: Date Night, Teens

Plot: Parent Child Relationship, Sicily, Italy, Movie Business, Kiss, Coming Of Age, Flashback, Magic Realism, Haunted By The Past, Censorship, Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

Time: Year 1988, 1980S, Past, 1988-11-17

Place: Italy, France, Italian

Cast: Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Marco Leonardi, Salvatore Cascio, Agnese Nano, Antonella Attili

2019 • Rating 8.5 • comedy, thriller, drama

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

Genre: Comedy, Thriller, Drama

Style: Dark, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Dark Comedy, Con Artist, Social Commentary, Working Class, Infiltration, Psychological Thriller, Class Differences, Family, Mysterious, Unemployed

Time: Year 2019, 2010S, 2019-05-30

Place: South Korea, English, German, Korean, Korea

Cast: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Lee Jung-eun

2004 • Rating 7.5 • drama

A graphic portrayal of the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life.

Genre: Drama

Style:

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Mission, Suffering, Roman Empire, Christianity, Jewry, Roman, Crucifixion, Apostle, Last Supper, Bible

Time: Year 2004, 2000S, 2004-02-25

Place: United States Of America, Hebrew, Latin

Cast: Jim Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern, Christo Jivkov, Francesco De Vito, Monica Bellucci, Mattia Sbragia

2003 • Rating 6.5 • comedy, romance

In Santiago, Chile, the schoolteacher Luisa proposes a debate about sex with the parents of her students with the intention of giving classes about sex education to the youngsters.

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Style:

Audience: Date Night

Plot: Cine Chileno, In Santiago, Chile, The Schoolteacher Luisa Proposes A Debate About Sex With The Parents Of Her Students With The Intention Of Giving Classes About Sex Education To The Youngsters

Time: Year 2003, 2000S, 2003-03-27

Place: Chile, Spanish

Cast: Álvaro Rudolphy, Sigrid Alegría, Patricio Contreras, María Izquierdo, Boris Quercia, Cecilia Amenábar

1998 • Rating 7.1 • mystery, drama, thriller

A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.

Genre: Mystery, Drama, Thriller

Style: Cerebral, Futuristic, Surreal, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: New York City, Hacker, Ark Of The Covenant, Insanity, Paranoia, Mathematics, Mathematician, Delusion, Helix, Headache

Time: Year 1998, 1990S, 1998-07-10

Place: United States Of America, English, New York, Future City

Cast: Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Pamela Hart, Stephen Pearlman, Samia Shoaib

2011 • Rating 5.9 • drama, romance

The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.

Genre: Drama, Romance

Style:

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Infidelity, London, England, Judge, Wife, Self Destruction, Pilot, Based On Play Or Musical, Flashback, Love, Love Affair

Time: Year 2011, 2010S, 2011-11-25

Place: United Kingdom, English, London

Cast: Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale, Harry Hadden-Paton, Jolyon Coy, Karl Johnson

2011 • Rating 6.5 • comedy, romance

Annie's life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she’ll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you’ll go for someone you love.

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Style:

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Jealousy, Parent Child Relationship, Fight, Competition, Materialism, Bridesmaid, Female Friendship, Sexual Humor, Wealth, Fear Of Commitment

Time: Year 2011, 2010S, 2011-05-13

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Chris O'Dowd, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey

2002 • Rating 8.4 • drama, crime

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

Genre: Drama, Crime

Style: Gritty, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night, Teens

Plot: Street Gang, Photographer, Gangster, Rio De Janeiro, Gang War, Ghetto, Based On True Story, Coming Of Age, Introspective, Conceited

Time: Year 2002, 2000S, 2002-08-30

Place: Brazil, France, Germany, Portuguese

Cast: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele

2014 • Rating 8.5 • adventure, drama, science fiction

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction

Style: Cerebral, Futuristic

Audience: Date Night, Teens

Plot: Rescue, Future, Spacecraft, Race Against Time, Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), Nasa, Time Warp, Dystopia, Expedition, Space Travel

Time: Year 2014, 2010S, Future, 2014-11-05

Place: United Kingdom, United States Of America, English, Space, Future City

Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, Jessica Chastain, Casey Affleck, Wes Bentley

2014 • Rating 8.4 • drama, music, thriller

Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

Genre: Drama, Music, Thriller

Style: Psychological, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: New York City, Jazz, Musician, Obsession, Music Teacher, Conservatory, Drums, Montage, Perfectionist, Perfection

Time: Year 2014, 2010S, 2014-10-10

Place: United States Of America, English, New York

Cast: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser, Melissa Benoist, Austin Stowell, Nate Lang

2026 • Rating 7.0 • romance, comedy, drama

A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.

Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama

Style: Dark

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Infidelity, Boston, Massachusetts, Dark Comedy, Romcom, Shocking, Engaged Couple, Trust Issues, Cautionary, A Happily Engaged Couple Is Put To The Test When An Unexpected Turn Sends Their Wedding Week Off The Rails

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-03-26

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Mamoudou Athie, Alana Haim, Jordyn Curet, Hailey Gates

2026 • Rating 6.5 • romance, drama

Tragedy strikes when Heathcliff falls in love with Catherine Earnshaw, a woman from a wealthy family in 18th-century England.

Genre: Romance, Drama

Style:

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Dying And Death, Infidelity, Based On Novel Or Book, Forbidden Love, Grief, Orphan, Period Drama, Biting, Sexual Sadism, Kinky

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-02-11

Place: United States Of America, United Kingdom, English

Cast: Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi, Hong Chau, Alison Oliver, Shazad Latif, Martin Clunes

1972 • Rating 8.7 • drama, crime

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

Genre: Drama, Crime

Style: Gritty, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Based On Novel Or Book, Loss Of Loved One, Love At First Sight, Italy, Gangster, Symbolism, Patriarch, Europe, Organized Crime, Mafia

Time: Year 1972, 1970S, 1972-03-14

Place: United States Of America, English, Italian, Latin

Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Richard S. Castellano, Diane Keaton

1975 • Rating 8.4 • drama

A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.

Genre: Drama

Style: Psychological

Audience: Adult, Date Night, Family

Plot: Mentally Disabled, Friendship, Based On Novel Or Book, Nurse, Lunatic Asylum, Affectation, Insane Asylum, Oregon, Usa, Hospital, Medication

Time: Year 1975, 1970S, 1975-11-19

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Jack Nicholson, Brad Dourif, Louise Fletcher, Danny DeVito, William Redfield, Scatman Crothers

2026 • Rating 7.2 • romance, drama

When Diem's custodial grandparents adamantly refuse Kenna's attempts to see her daughter, Kenna discovers unexpected compassion, and then something truer and deeper, with former NFL player and local bar owner Ledger. As their secret romance develops, so do the dangers for both of them, leading Kenna toward heartbreak and, ultimately, the hope for a second chance.

Genre: Romance, Drama

Style:

Audience: Date Night, Teens

Plot: Wyoming, Usa, Based On Novel Or Book, Loss Of Loved One, Release From Prison, Mistake, Car Accident, Second Chance, Ex Con, Child Custody, Return To Hometown

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-03-11

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Maika Monroe, Tyriq Withers, Rudy Pankow, Bradley Whitford, Lauren Graham, Zoe Kosovic

1984 • Rating 8.4 • drama, crime

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

Genre: Drama, Crime

Style: Dark, Gritty, Mind Bending, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: New York City, Regret, Lovesickness, Rape, Life And Death, Sexual Abuse, Street Gang, Corruption, Based On Novel Or Book, Prohibition Era

Time: Year 1984, 1980S, 1984-05-23

Place: United States Of America, Italy, English, Hebrew, Yiddish

Cast: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams, Tuesday Weld, Joe Pesci

1994 • Rating 8.5 • thriller, crime, comedy

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

Genre: Thriller, Crime, Comedy

Style: Dark, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult

Plot: Drug Dealer, Drug Crime, Stolen Money, Crime Boss, Redemption, Los Angeles, California, Theft, Nonlinear Timeline, Multiple Storylines, Neo Noir

Time: Year 1994, 1990S, 1994-09-10

Place: United States Of America, English, Spanish, French, Los Angeles

Cast: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Harvey Keitel

2004 • Rating 7.2 • drama

A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Genre: Drama

Style:

Audience: Date Night, Teens

Plot: Ladykiller, Pilot, Biography, Based On True Story, Womanizer, Phobia, Aviation, Period Drama, U.S. Congress, Flying Boat

Time: Year 2004, 2000S, 2004-12-17

Place: Germany, United States Of America, English

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda

2026 • Rating 6.9 • romance, drama

High school student Polina is saved from bullying at her new school and makes a deal with the main bully Bars: he must pretend to be her boyfriend and protect her, and she must do everything he says. During this game, the couple develops real feelings, but her family and classmates have reasons to separate the lovers.

Genre: Romance, Drama

Style:

Audience: Date Night

Plot: Based On Novel Or Book, High School Student Polina Is Saved From Bullying At Her New School And Makes A Deal With The Main Bully Bars, He Must Pretend To Be Her Boyfriend And Protect Her, And She Must Do Everything He Says, During This Game, The Couple Develops Real Feelings, But Her Family And Classmates Have Reasons To Separate The Lovers

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-03-26

Place: Russia, Spanish

Cast: Daniel Vegas, Veronika Zhuravleva, Ivan Trushin, Maksim Saprykin, Alya Mayer, Evgeniya Loza

1974 • Rating 8.6 • drama, crime

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

Genre: Drama, Crime

Style: Dark, Gritty, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: New Year'S Eve, New York City, Based On Novel Or Book, Italian American, Cuba, Italy, Gangster, Praise, Blackmail, Symbolism

Time: Year 1974, 1970S, 1974-12-20

Place: United States Of America, English, Italian, Latin, Spanish

Cast: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, John Cazale, Talia Shire