Movies like Hideous Kinky: 20 to watch next
If you loved Hideous Kinky (1999) — a romance and drama film directed by Gillies MacKinnon — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Hideous Kinky most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like hippie, culture clash and arabian. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Lonely Planet 2024★ 6.1
Shares: Romance, Drama
At an idyllic writers retreat in Morocco, a newly single novelist finds an unexpected connection with a younger man who's reevaluating his life choices.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Breezy 1973★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Romance
A free-spirited young woman, Breezy, hitches a ride with an aging real estate salesman, Frank. Sensing that she just wants to use him he tries to have nothing to do with her. She's not that easy to shake, however, and over time a bond forms between them.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Morocco 1930★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Romance
Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disillusioned Parisian cabaret singer.
Stream in India on Artiflix, Plex
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Newness 2017★ 6.1
Shares: Romance, Drama
In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Wind and the Lion 1975★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers, and the attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure to military intervention.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Brideshead Revisited 2008★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Romance
Befriended by aristocrat Sebastian Flyte, Oxford student Charles Ryder finds that the power and privilege experienced by the family is seductive. On a visit to the ancestral home, Brideshead, he falls in love with his friend's sister, Julia. However, as his ties to the Flytes deepen, Ryder finds himself at odds with their strong Roman Catholicism.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Fire with Fire 1986★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Romance
A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Blue Story 2019★ 7.3
Shares: Drama, Romance
Blue Story is a tragic tale of a friendship between Timmy and Marco, two young boys from opposing postcodes. Timmy, a shy, smart, naive and timid young boy from Deptford, goes to school in Peckham where he strikes up a friendship with Marco, a charismatic, streetwise kid from the local area. Although from warring postcodes, the two quickly form a firm friendship until it is tested and they wind up on rival sides of a street war. Blue Story depicts elements of Rapman's own personal experiences and aspects of his childhood.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Doors 1991★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Sylvie's Love 2020★ 6.2
Shares: Romance, Drama
When a young woman meets an aspiring saxophonist in her father’s record shop in 1950s Harlem, their love ignites a sweeping romance that transcends changing times, geography, and professional success.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Winter Spring Summer or Fall 2024★ 7.3
Shares: Romance, Drama
Remi and Barnes, two very different teenagers, meet by chance in the winter of their senior year, then spend four days together over the course of a year that will change their lives forever.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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In My Country 2004★ 6.0
Shares: Romance, Drama
An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Sheltering Sky 1990★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
An American couple drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Allied 2016★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Romance
In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Killer Heat 2024★ 5.8
Shares: Drama, Romance
An expat PI is hired to investigate a suspicious death in Crete, Greece, where jealousies run deep amongst the victim's powerful family.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Two for the Seesaw 1962★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Romance
After leaving his wife, lawyer Jerry Ryan moves from Omaha, Nebraska to New York City to start a new life. While studying for the New York Bar Examination and working to finalize his divorce, Ryan meets dancer Gittel Mosca, and the two begin a cautious courtship. However, Ryan feels that he must come to terms with his failed marriage and overcome his lingering attachment to his ex-wife before he can redefine himself and embrace his budding romance.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Five Fingers 2006★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
Martijn, an idealistic Dutch pianist, travels to Morocco to help start a food program for malnourished children. Within moments of his arrival, however, Martijn is abducted by a group of terrorists, injected with a debilitating drug, and imprisoned. Under threat of death, the young man engages in a mental chess match with Ahmat, trying to learn his captor's true objective and avoid a horrible fate.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv, Eros Now Select Apple TV channel
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Breath 2017★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
A pair of teenagers in Western Australia looking to escape the monotony of life in a small town take up surfing lessons from a guy named Sando.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Empire of Light 2022★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Romance
The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England in the 1980s.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Edge of Love 2008★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Romance
When the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his flirtatious wife Caitlin sweep into war-torn London, the last thing they expect is to bump into Dylan's childhood sweetheart Vera. Despite her joy at seeing Dylan after so many years, Vera is swept off her feet by a dashing officer, William Killick, and finds herself torn between the open adoration of her new found beau and the wily charms of the exotic Welshman.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now