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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.

  1. 1What's Love Got to Do with It?

    What's Love Got to Do with It? (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy

    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.

  2. 2Killers

    Killers (2010)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and thriller

    When 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…

  3. 3Memoirs of an Invisible Man

    Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romance

    After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.

  4. 4The Dream Team

    The Dream Team (1989)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and thriller

    Four 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…

  5. 5Gotcha!

    Gotcha! (1985)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and thriller

    A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.

  6. 6Deathtrap

    Deathtrap (1982)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller and comedy

    A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.

  7. 7Hostile Takeover

    Hostile Takeover (2025)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and thriller

    Follows 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.

  8. 8It Takes Two

    It Takes Two (1995)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romance

    Identical 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…

  9. 9Our Hospitality

    Our Hospitality (1923)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy and romance

    A 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.

  10. 10Night Train to Lisbon

    Night Train to Lisbon (2013)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance and thriller

    Raimund 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…

  11. 11Comet

    Comet (2014)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romance

    When 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…

  12. 12Kissing Is the Easy Part

    Kissing Is the Easy Part (2026)

    ★ 7.3/10Also romance and comedy

    Sean'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.

  13. 13Happy Together

    Happy Together (1989)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romance

    Christopher 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…

  14. 14Safe Haven

    Safe Haven (2013)

    ★ 7.2/10Also romance and thriller

    A 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.

  15. 15The Prince & Me

    The Prince & Me (2004)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romance

    A 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…

  16. 16Yoh! Bestie

    Yoh! Bestie (2026)

    ★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedy

    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.

  17. 17Wedding Season

    Wedding Season (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also romance and comedy

    Pressured 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…

  18. 18The Prince & Me 4: The Elephant Adventure

    The Prince & Me 4: The Elephant Adventure (2010)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romance

    One 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…

  19. 19The Kissing Booth 3

    The Kissing Booth 3 (2021)

    ★ 6.8/10Also romance and comedy

    It'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…

  20. 20Foul Play

    Foul Play (1978)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and thriller

    A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.

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