Movies like East Is East: 20 to watch next
If you loved East Is East (1999) — a drama and comedy film directed by Damien O'Donnell — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of East Is East most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like daughter, jealousy and muslim. 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Infidel 2010★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Based in a London suburb Mahmud Nasir lives with his wife, Saamiya, and two children, Rashid and Nabi. His son plans to marry Uzma, the step-daughter of Egyptian-born Arshad Al-Masri, a so-called 'Hate Cleric' from Waziristan, Pakistan. Mahmud, who is not exactly a devout Muslim, he drinks alcohol, and does not pray five times, but does agree that he will appease Arshad, without whose approval the marriage cannot take place. Shortly thereafter Mahmud, while going over his recently deceased mother's documents, will find out that he was adopted, his birth parents were Jewish, and his name is actually Solly Shimshillewitz.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Four Lions 2010★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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American Pastoral 2016★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Driving Lessons 2006★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A shy teenage boy trying to escape the influence of his domineering mother, has his world changed when he begins to work for a retired actress.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Cemetery Junction 2010★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Comedy
In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce and lovable loser Snork are happy with life the way it is. When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie, the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives for ever.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Nest 2020★ 6.1
Shares: Drama
Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban surroundings, the family is plunged into the despair of an archaic '80s Britain and their unaffordable new life in an English manor house threatens to destroy the family.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Treasure 2024★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Comedy
A music journalist accompanies her father, a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland. While she's eager to make sense of her family's past, her dad has an agenda of his own.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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20th Century Women 2016★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie, a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour – to help with Jamie's upbringing.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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Boogie Nights 1997★ 7.6
Shares: Drama, Comedy
In 1977, an idealistic porn producer and his promising protege try to catch up with the end of an era before their never-ending party collides with cold, hard reality.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Soul Food 1997★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Traditional Sunday dinners at Mama Joe's turn sour when sisters Teri, Bird and Maxine start bringing their problems to the dinner table in this ensemble comedy. When tragedy strikes, it's up to grandson Ahmad to pull the family together and put the soul back into the family's weekly gatherings.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Family Weekend 2013★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Magpie 2024★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
A couple's lives are thrown into disarray when their daughter is cast opposite a controversial major star.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Twin Town 1997★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Jeremy and Julian Lewis, the "Lewis Twins", are two unruly brothers who terrorise the city of Swansea from the caravan park where they live with their family. When their father, Fatty, is injured while working on a roof for local kingpin Bryn Cartwright, they try in vain to claim compensation. Thus begins a campaign of terror, which local policemen Terry and Grayo are ill-equipped to prevent, involved as they are in a drugs deal with Cartwright.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Fish Tank 2009★ 6.9
Shares: Drama
Fifteen-year-old Mia is in a constant state of war with her family and the world around her. When she meets her party-girl mother’s charming new boyfriend Connor, she is amazed to find he returns her attention, and believes he might help her start to make sense of her life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Disgrace 2008★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
Disgrace is the story of a South African professor of English who loses everything: his reputation, his job, his peace of mind, his good looks, his dreams of artistic success, and finally even his ability to protect his cherished daughter. After having an affair with a student, he moves to the Eastern Cape, where he gets caught up in a mess of post-apartheid politics.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Single Moms Club 2014★ 6.0
Shares: Drama, Comedy
A group of single moms are brought together in the aftermath of an incident at their children's school.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Secrets We Keep 2020★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Adults 2023★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Eric returns home for a short visit and finds himself caught between reuniting with his sisters and chasing a victory with his old poker group. As the trip extends, Eric finds it increasingly difficult to avoid confrontations and revelations as his carefully constructed façade of his adulthood gives way to old childhood conflicts.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Juniper 2021★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Comedy
When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Dry White Season 1989★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel