Movies Like Main Vaapas Aaunga
If you liked Main Vaapas Aaunga (2026), a romance and drama movie directed by Imtiaz Ali, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Heat and Dust (1983)
★ 6/10Also drama and romanceAnne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. As Anne delves into the history of her grand-aunt, she is led to reconsider her own life.
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Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2013)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and romanceRan and Leela are passionately in love with each other. The only problem is that their respective clans have been enemies for 500 years.
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A Jazzman's Blues (2022)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and romanceA tale of forbidden love and family drama unravels 40 years of secrets and lies against a soundtrack of juke joint blues in the Deep South.
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
★ 8.1/10Also drama and romanceJoel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and…
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Blue Valentine (2010)
★ 7/10Also drama and romanceDean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause…
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China Girl (1987)
★ 6/10Also romance and dramaTeenage lovers Tony and Tyan-Hwa tip the balance of power in New York's Little Italy and Chinatown.
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Blind (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romanceA novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.
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The Village (2004)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and mysteryWhen a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.
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The Piano (1993)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and romanceWhen an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited pre-teen daughter Flora to the wilderness of 19th-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband and a rugged…
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Ashes in the Snow (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceThe coming-of-age tale of 16-year-old Lina Vilkas who is deported to Siberia amid Stalin's reign of terror in the Baltic region during WWII. An aspiring artist, she secretly documents her harrowing journey with her…
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Atonement (2007)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and romanceA young girl irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
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“Wuthering Heights” (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also romance and dramaTragedy strikes when Heathcliff falls in love with Catherine Earnshaw, a woman from a wealthy family in 18th-century England.
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The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and mysteryOver the course of 12 years, and three stages of life, Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace.
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Maestro (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and romanceA towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic…
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My Policeman (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and romanceIn the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when…
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A Love Song (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceTwo childhood sweethearts, now both widowed, share a night by a lake in the mountains.
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The Edge of Love (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and romanceWhen the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his flirtatious wife Caitlin sweep into war-torn London, the last thing they expect is to bump into Dylan's childhood sweetheart Vera. Despite her joy at seeing Dylan after so many…
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Malcolm & Marie (2021)
★ 7/10Also drama and romanceAs a filmmaker and his girlfriend return home from his movie premiere, smoldering tensions and painful revelations push them toward a romantic reckoning.
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All the Bright Places (2020)
★ 7.6/10Also romance and dramaTwo teens facing personal struggles form a powerful bond as they embark on a cathartic journey chronicling the wonders of Indiana.
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Sylvie's Love (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and dramaWhen a young woman meets an aspiring saxophonist in her father’s record shop in 1950s Harlem, their love ignites a sweeping romance that transcends changing times, geography, and professional success.