Movies Like Baghban

If you liked Baghban (1938), a movie directed by Abdul Rashid Kardar, 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.

1
Abigail (2024)
★ 6.6/10
A group of criminals kidnap a teenage ballet dancer, the daughter of a notorious gang leader, in order to obtain a ransom of $50 million, but they discover that she is not just an ordinary girl.
2
White Heat (1949)
★ 7.7/10
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
3
Monkey Man (2024)
★ 6.9/10
Kid is an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed…
4
Monsoon Wedding (2001)
★ 6.8/10
A stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India.
5
Water (2005)
★ 6.8/10
In 1938, Mahatma Gandhi's groundbreaking philosophies sweep across India, but 8-year-old Chuyia, newly widowed, must go reside with other outcast widows on an ashram. Her presence transforms the ashram as she befriends…
6
The Beautician and the Beast (1997)
★ 6.7/10
A New York City beautician is mistakenly hired as the school teacher for the children of the president of a small Eastern European country.
7
Restless (2011)
★ 6.5/10
Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love.
8
Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000)
★ 6.7/10
Sonia and Rohit love each other but Rohit is mysteriously killed. When Sonia moves to New Zealand, she meets Raj, Rohit's lookalike who helps her trace Rohit's killer.
9
Sanam Teri Kasam (2016)
★ 7.9/10
Tough ex-convict Inder and traditional mousy Saraswati fall in love and get married, but a tragedy changes their lives forever. The film is a modern rendition of the legends of Shiva-Sati and the novel "Love Story" by…
10
Parineeta (2005)
★ 6.5/10
Childhood sweethearts Lalita and Shekhar wish to get married someday. However, Shekhar's growing suspicions about Lalita coupled with his conniving father's antics threaten to tear them apart.
11
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
★ 7.5/10
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby…
12
Deadlier Than the Male (1967)
★ 5.8/10
British agent Bulldog Drummond is assigned to stop a master criminal who uses beautiful women to do his killings.
13
Skin (2009)
★ 6.4/10
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
14
Black Box (2020)
★ 6.4/10
After losing his wife and his memory in a car accident, a single father undergoes an experimental treatment that causes him to question who he really is.
15
Fire with Fire (1986)
★ 6.2/10
A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison…
16
Ballistic (2026)
★ 5.8/10
When a soldier's mother discovers the bullet that killed her son in Afghanistan was made at the factory where she works, she sets out on a path of revenge against those responsible.
17
Where Hope Grows (2014)
★ 7.9/10
Calvin Campbell is a former professional baseball player sent to an early retirement due to his panic attacks at the plate. Even though he had all the talent for the big leagues, he struggles with the curveballs life…
18
Monster's Ball (2001)
★ 6.8/10
A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.
19
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
★ 6.4/10
An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role…
20
Girl in the Basement (2021)
★ 7.6/10
Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.