Movies Like Pesarattu

If you liked Pesarattu (2015), a movie directed by Kathi Mahesh, 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
Mr. Perfect (2011)
★ 6.5/10
Vicky breaks his engagement with Priya, his childhood friend, after he learns that she is making many compromises for his sake. However, time makes him realise the need for compromises in life.
2
3 Women (1977)
★ 7.1/10
Two co-workers, one a vain woman and the other an awkward teenager, share an increasingly bizarre relationship after becoming roommates.
3
Yoh! Bestie (2026)
★ 6.3/10
Thando is perpetually unlucky in love, but when her bestie returns from his travels with a fiancée in tow, she's forced to face a new emotion — jealousy.
4
Picture This (2025)
★ 6/10
Single and without a man on the horizon, Pia runs a failing photography studio in London with her best friend Jay. As her sister Sonal prepares for marriage and her mother Laxmi urges her to partner up, a spiritual…
5
The Wedding Year (2019)
★ 5.9/10
A commitment-phobic 27-year old’s relationship is put to the test when she and her boyfriend attend 7 weddings in the same year.
6
Afterlife of the Party (2021)
★ 6.7/10
A social butterfly who dies during her birthday week is given a second chance to right her wrongs on Earth.
7
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.
8
Ex Machina (2015)
★ 7.6/10
Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote…
9
¿Quieres ser mi hijo? (2023)
★ 8.4/10
Lu, a conformist woman in her forties, learns that her 15-year partner has been having extramarital affairs. Starting from scratch, she gets involved in an unexpected relationship with a young womanizer.
10
Sometimes I Think About Dying (2024)
★ 6.8/10
Fran likes to think about dying. It brings sensation to her quiet life. When she makes the new guy at work laugh, it leads to more: a date, a slice of pie, a conversation, a spark. The only thing standing in their way…
11
The Experiment (2010)
★ 6.4/10
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
12
Before I Fall (2017)
★ 7/10
Samantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped into reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her…
13
Zip Wire (2026)
★ 7.4/10
When her ground-breaking pharmaceutical discovery is stolen and partner murdered, researcher Amy must face her fear of heights to escape nefarious attackers, with the only path to salvation being a treacherous aerial…
14
Happy (2006)
★ 6.4/10
A politician refrains his daughter from finishing college as it would affect his politics. He decides to get her married to a police officer of the same caste, but things don't go as planned.
15
What's Love Got to Do with It? (2023)
★ 6.1/10
Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.
16
Obsession (2026)
★ 8.2/10
After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.
17
Dangerous (2021)
★ 6/10
A reformed sociopath heads to a remote island after the death of his brother. Soon after his arrival, the island falls under siege from a deadly gang of mercenaries, and when he discovers their role in his brother’s…
18
Point Blank (2019)
★ 6/10
A nurse is forced to spring a wounded murder suspect from the hospital when the man’s brother kidnaps his pregnant wife and wants to make a trade.
19
A Nice Indian Boy (2025)
★ 7.3/10
When Naveen brings his fiancé Jay home to meet his traditional Indian family, they must contend with accepting his white-orphan-artist boyfriend and helping them plan the Indian wedding of their dreams.
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
★ 6.5/10
Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.