Movies Like Aakatayi
If you liked Aakatayi (2017), a thriller and romance movie directed by Rom Bhimana, 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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What's Love Got to Do with It? (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedyTwo 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.
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Killers (2010)
★ 6/10Also comedy and thrillerWhen an elite assassin marries a beautiful computer whiz after a whirlwind romance, he gives up the gun and settles down with his new bride. That is, until he learns that someone from his past has put a contract out on…
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Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romanceAfter a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.
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The Dream Team (1989)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and thrillerFour mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperone, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, before the killers can find him and finish…
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Gotcha! (1985)
★ 6/10Also comedy and thrillerA student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.
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Deathtrap (1982)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and comedyA Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
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Hostile Takeover (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and thrillerFollows Pete, a professional hitman, as he faces a group of assassins after the boss of a crime syndicate suspects disloyalty due to his attendance at Workaholics Anonymous meetings.
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It Takes Two (1995)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romanceIdentical 9-year-olds from very different backgrounds: orphaned Amanda and wealthy Alyssa meet at summer camp and decide to switch places -- and play matchmaker between Alyssa's dad, Roger, and the kind social worker…
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Our Hospitality (1923)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and romanceA young man falls for a young woman on his trip home; unbeknownst to him, her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.
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Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
★ 6.5/10Also romance and thrillerRaimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for…
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Comet (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romanceWhen a chance encounter brings together the cynical Dell and the quick-witted Kimberly, the stage is set for a tempestuous love affair that unfolds like a puzzle. As the film zigzags back and forth in time — from a…
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Kissing Is the Easy Part (2026)
★ 7.3/10Also romance and comedySean's gunning for MIT. Flora's ditching the SAT. A secret deal with her tenured parents sparks a romance that challenges everything they believe in.
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Happy Together (1989)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romanceChristopher is an ambitious college freshman, striving to become a writer. Through a computer fault he's assigned the same room as Alex, a real party freak and... a girl! He's annoyed and tries to get a different room…
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Safe Haven (2013)
★ 7.2/10Also romance and thrillerA young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
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The Prince & Me (2004)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romanceA fairy tale love-story about pre-med student Paige who falls in love with a Danish Prince "Eddie" who refused to follow the traditions of his parents and has come to the US to quench his thirst for rebellion. Paige…
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Yoh! Bestie (2026)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedyThando 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.
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Wedding Season (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also romance and comedyPressured by their immigrant parents to find spouses, two Indian-Americans pretend to date in order to survive a summer of weddings – but find themselves falling for each other as they struggle to balance who they are…
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The Prince & Me 4: The Elephant Adventure (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romanceOne year after their royal wedding, King Edvard and Queen Paige of Denmark receive an invitation to attend the wedding of Princess Myra of Sangyoon. Upon their arrival, Paige finds Myra is unhappy with her arranged…
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The Kissing Booth 3 (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also romance and comedyIt's the summer before Elle heads to college, and she has a secret decision to make. Elle has been accepted into Harvard, where boyfriend Noah is matriculating, and also Berkeley, where her BFF Lee is headed and has to…
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Foul Play (1978)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and thrillerA shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.