Movies Like Naya Raasta

If you liked Naya Raasta (1970), a movie directed by Khalid Akhtar, 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
Homebound (2025)
★ 7.7/10
Two childhood friends from a small North Indian village chase a police job that promises them the dignity they’ve long been denied. But as they inch closer to their dream, mounting desperation threatens the bond that…
2
Masaan (2015)
★ 7.1/10
Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy in hopeless love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hapless father with fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for…
3
Swades (2004)
★ 7.4/10
A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.
4
Tumbbad (2018)
★ 7.6/10
India, 1918. On the outskirts of Tumbbad, a cursed village where it always rains, Vinayak, along with his mother and his brother, care of a mysterious old woman who keeps the secret of an ancestral treasure that…
5
Dick Tracy (1990)
★ 6.2/10
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
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Tamara Drewe (2010)
★ 5.9/10
A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.
7
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
★ 7.3/10
The year is 1893 and India is under British occupation. In a small village, the tyrannical Captain Russell has imposed an unprecedented land tax on its citizens. Outraged, Bhuvan, a rebellious farmer, rallies the…
8
The Judge (2014)
★ 7.3/10
A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
9
Baraka (1992)
★ 8.2/10
A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life.
10
Monkey Man (2024)
★ 6.9/10
Kid is an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed…
11
The Chamber (1996)
★ 5.9/10
Idealistic young attorney Adam Hall takes on the death row clemency case of his racist grandfather, Sam Cayhall, a former Ku Klux Klan member he has never met.
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Home (2021)
★ 6.7/10
An ex-felon returns home from prison and must confront the demons of his past.
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The Dark Knight (2008)
★ 8.5/10
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The…
14
Home Run (2013)
★ 6.2/10
A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties for a misfit Little League team
15
Karan Arjun (1995)
★ 6.7/10
Karan and Arjun reincarnate in the different parts of the country. But the faith of their previous mother brings them together in order to avenge their death.
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The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
★ 7.1/10
A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area…
17
Mansfield Park (1999)
★ 6.7/10
Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford.
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The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)
★ 6.3/10
Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography…
19
Peepli Live (2010)
★ 7.3/10
Natha decides to commit suicide to get the farmers' compensation. However, the media and politicians learn about his intentions and descend on their village to capture the rare event.
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Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)
★ 6.4/10
A young singer falls in love with his teacher’s daughter, but their romance is tested when the girl’s parents arrange her marriage with Vanraj, which takes three of them into an unexpected journey of love, sacrifice…