Movies Like Diary of a Butterfly

If you liked Diary of a Butterfly (2012), a movie directed by Vinod Mukhi, 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
The Sound of Silence (2019)
★ 5.9/10
A successful "house tuner" in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people's homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a client with a problem he can't solve.
2
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025)
★ 6.1/10
Sarah and David are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live…
3
The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026)
★ 7/10
Andy Sachs returns to Runway as Miranda Priestly navigates a new media landscape and Runway's position within. The duo reconnect with former assistant Emily Charlton, now the head of a luxury brand that possesses…
4
Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
★ 6.4/10
New York fashion designer Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But her past holds many secrets—including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who…
5
New York Stories (1989)
★ 6.2/10
Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In "Life Without Zoë" (Francis Ford Coppola)…
6
Radium Girls (2020)
★ 6.6/10
Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.
7
The House on Carroll Street (1988)
★ 5.9/10
A reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house…
8
Other People's Money (1991)
★ 6.1/10
When a corporate raider threatens a hostile takeover of a 'mom and pop' company, the patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's attractive daughter—who is a lawyer—to stop the takeover. However, the raider…
9
Nightfall (1956)
★ 6.9/10
An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
10
My Mother's Wedding (2025)
★ 6.1/10
Three sisters return to their home for the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother. But the mother and daughters are forced to revisit the past and confront the future, with help from a colorful group of unexpected…
11
Endless Love (2014)
★ 6.9/10
A privileged girl and a charismatic boy's instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.
12
An Autumn Romance (2021)
★ 7/10
When librarian Taylor Harris suddenly loses her job, she decides to visit her brother in a small town in Montana. There, she gets involved in the fight to help save her brother's hotel from tycoon Joel Sheenan, who…
13
The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)
★ 5.9/10
A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.
14
Munich - The Edge of War (2021)
★ 6.9/10
At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.
15
The Words (2012)
★ 6.7/10
The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's only one catch - he didn't write it. As the past comes back to…
16
The Girl in the Book (2015)
★ 5.8/10
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
17
The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)
★ 7.4/10
A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.
18
The Unhealer (2021)
★ 5.8/10
A botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to…
19
The Age of Innocence (1993)
★ 7/10
In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
20
Love Sarah (2020)
★ 6.2/10
A young woman wishes to fulfill her mother's dream of opening her own bakery in Notting Hill, London. To do this, she enlists the help of an old friend and her grandma.