Movies Like Bhale Pellam

If you liked Bhale Pellam (1994), a movie directed by Kranthi Kumar, 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
Crazy/Beautiful (2001)
★ 6.6/10
At Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from the affluent neighborhood.
2
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.
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
The Crush (1993)
★ 6.7/10
A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.
5
The Kissing Booth 3 (2021)
★ 6.8/10
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…
6
After (2019)
★ 7.1/10
Tessa Young is a dedicated student, dutiful daughter and loyal girlfriend to her high school sweetheart. Entering her first semester of college, Tessa's guarded world opens up when she meets Hardin Scott, a mysterious…
7
The Right Kind of Wrong (2013)
★ 5.9/10
A stubborn idealist spies a bride on her way to her wedding and immediately falls in love with her.
8
Pretty in Pink (1986)
★ 6.7/10
Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at…
9
Only the Lonely (1991)
★ 6.2/10
Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna, whose father owns the local funeral parlour. Naturally, his mother objects to the…
10
Circle of Friends (1995)
★ 6.3/10
Three girlhood friends now at college share first loves, first kisses and first betrayals. At the center of it all is the best-looking boy on campus. Can a self-conscious dreamer hook the biggest fish in the pond?
11
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.
12
Miller's Girl (2024)
★ 6.3/10
A talented young writer embarks on a creative odyssey when her teacher assigns a project that entangles them both.
13
Do Revenge (2022)
★ 6.4/10
A dethroned queen bee at a posh private high school strikes a secret deal with an unassuming new student to enact revenge on one another’s enemies.
14
The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)
★ 7.5/10
Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.
15
The Kissing Booth 2 (2020)
★ 7.6/10
With college decisions looming, Elle juggles her long-distance romance with Noah, changing relationship with bestie Lee and feelings for a new classmate.
16
Finding Emily (2026)
★ 6.9/10
When a lovesick musician is given the wrong number for his dream girl, he teams up with a driven psychology student to find her. Together, they spark a hilarious campus-wide frenzy that tests their own hearts and…
17
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…
18
The Best of Me (2014)
★ 7.5/10
A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.
19
Tall Girl (2019)
★ 6.3/10
Jodi, the tallest girl in her high school, has always felt uncomfortable in her own skin. But after years of slouching, being made fun of, and avoiding attention at all costs, Jodi finally decides to find the…
20
Heatwave (2022)
★ 6.2/10
A woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she falls for her boss's wife. She must soon defend herself as she becomes entangled in a web of malice.