Movies Like Baduku Bangaravayitu

If you liked Baduku Bangaravayitu (1976), a movie, 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
Let Me In (2010)
★ 6.8/10
A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was an adaptation of a book.
2
River of Blood (2024)
★ 6.4/10
Four kayakers take the wrong river into a jungle inhabited by a tribe of merciless cannibals.
3
Poison (2023)
★ 6.8/10
When a poisonous snake slithers onto an Englishman's stomach in India, his associate and a doctor race to save him.
4
Gold (2016)
★ 6.6/10
Kenny Wells, a modern-day prospector, hustler, and dreamer, is desperate for a lucky break. Left with few options, Wells teams up with an equally luckless geologist to execute a grandiose, last-ditch effort: to find…
5
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
★ 8.3/10
George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas…
6
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible (2021)
★ 7.3/10
In 2019, Nepalese mountain climber Nirmal “Nims” Purja set out to do the unthinkable by climbing the world’s fourteen highest summits in less than seven months. (The previous record was eight years). He called the…
7
Desert Flower (2009)
★ 7.6/10
The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital…
8
Citizen Kane (1941)
★ 8/10
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life…
9
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
★ 7.5/10
When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.
10
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011)
★ 6.5/10
When Sid accidentally destroys Manny's heirloom Christmas rock and ends up on Santa's naughty list, he leads a hilarious quest to the North Pole to make things right and ends up making things much worse. Now it's up to…
11
The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
★ 6/10
Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to…
12
Ice Road: Vengeance (2025)
★ 6.2/10
Big rig ice road driver Mike McCann travels to Nepal to scatter his late brother’s ashes on Mt. Everest. While on a packed tour bus traversing the deadly 12,000 ft. terrain of the infamous Road to the Sky, McCann and…
13
Beethoven's Christmas Adventure (2011)
★ 6/10
A Christmas elf accidentally takes off in Santa's sleigh, crash lands in a small town, and loses the magic toy bag. Beethoven must rescue the elf, recover the bag from greedy crooks, and return the sleigh to Santa in…
14
Doodlebug (1997)
★ 6.5/10
There's something in his apartment. A man looking for an insect-like thing devolves into a bout of insanity as his subconscious mind begins to strangle his waking one.
15
Shadow Force (2025)
★ 6.3/10
Kyrah and Isaac were once the leaders of a multinational special forces group called Shadow Force. They broke the rules by falling in love, and in order to protect their son, they go underground. With a large bounty on…
16
Secret of the Incas (1954)
★ 5.9/10
Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is a tourist guide determined to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an Inca treasure.
17
Tarzan & Jane (2002)
★ 6/10
With the first anniversary of her wedding to Tarzan beckoning, Jane ponders how to make it the perfect English celebration.
18
Bird Box (2018)
★ 6.8/10
Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.
19
Almost Christmas (2016)
★ 6/10
A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since the death of their matriarch.
20
Monster (2005)
★ 6.7/10
A mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.