Movies like Main Vaapas Aaunga: 20 to watch next
If you loved Main Vaapas Aaunga (2026) — a romance, drama and mystery film directed by Imtiaz Ali — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Main Vaapas Aaunga most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like dementia, forbidden love and musical. 10 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Heat and Dust 1983★ 6.0
Shares: Drama, Romance
Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. As Anne delves into the history of her grand-aunt, she is led to reconsider her own life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Jazzman's Blues 2022★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, Romance, Mystery
A tale of forbidden love and family drama unravels 40 years of secrets and lies against a soundtrack of juke joint blues in the Deep South.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela 2013★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, Romance
Ran and Leela are passionately in love with each other. The only problem is that their respective clans have been enemies for 500 years.
Stream in India on Eros Now Select Apple TV channel
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China Girl 1987★ 6.0
Shares: Romance, Drama
Teenage lovers Tony and Tyan-Hwa tip the balance of power in New York's Little Italy and Chinatown.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Life in a Metro 2007★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Romance
A group of Mumbai up-and-comers search for love and struggle for success in this ensemble drama that centers on an eager young call centre executive.
Stream in India on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Kabir Singh 2019★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Romance
Kabir, a highly intelligent but short-tempered medical surgeon spirals into addiction after his intense relationship with his girlfriend turbulently ends.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, JioHotstar
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004★ 8.1
Shares: Drama, Romance
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Ajeeb Daastaans 2021★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, Romance
An anthology of four stories that explore the surprising ways in which unexpected catalysts inflame the uncomfortable emotions simmering under fractured relationships.
Stream in India on Netflix
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“Wuthering Heights” 2026★ 6.6
Shares: Romance, Drama
Tragedy strikes when Heathcliff falls in love with Catherine Earnshaw, a woman from a wealthy family in 18th-century England.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Blue Valentine 2010★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Romance
Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Patch of Blue 1965★ 7.6
Shares: Drama, Romance
A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.
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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Ashes in the Snow 2018★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Romance
The coming-of-age tale of 16-year-old Lina Vilkas who is deported to Siberia amid Stalin's reign of terror in the Baltic region during WWII. An aspiring artist, she secretly documents her harrowing journey with her drawings.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate 1923★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Romance
When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she is reunited with Jean by chance. This leaves her with the choice between a glamorous life in Paris, and the true love she left behind.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
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The Piano 1993★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, Romance
When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited pre-teen daughter Flora to the wilderness of 19th-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Village 2004★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Mystery
When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Atonement 2007★ 7.6
Shares: Drama, Romance
A young girl irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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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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Wander Darkly 2020★ 6.0
Shares: Romance, Drama
New parents Adrienne and Matteo are forced to reckon with trauma amidst their troubled relationship. They must revisit the memories of their past and unravel haunting truths in order to face their uncertain future.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Maestro 2023★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Romance
A towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.
Stream in India on Netflix