Movies like Muriel's Wedding: 20 to watch next
If you loved Muriel's Wedding (1994) — a comedy, drama and romance film directed by P.J. Hogan — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Muriel's Wedding most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like daughter, individual and friendship. 7 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Bachelors 2017★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
After the early death of his wife, a mourning father moves with his teenage son across the country for a private school teaching job. Their lives begin to transform due to two unique women, who help them embrace life and love again
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Chéri 2009★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, Comedy, Romance
The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Happiness for Beginners 2023★ 6.2
Shares: Romance, Comedy, Drama
At a crossroads after her divorce, a schoolteacher ventures toward a fresh start in life — and love — when she signs up for a grueling group hiking trip.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Still Breathing 1997★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two lost souls: she a con-artist in L.A.; he a puppeteer in San Antonio have the same dream linking each with the other. He travels to L.A. to find this woman he has become obsessed with. She resists, afraid of his kooky ideas until she travels with him to San Antonio and meets his wise grandmother. Story of two disparate people linked by "fate" gets increasingly interesting as it rolls along.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Love in Taipei 2023★ 6.8
Shares: Romance, Comedy, Drama
A young American woman is sent by her parents to a cultural immersion program in Taipei where she begins a new journey of self-discovery and romance.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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The Myth of the American Sleepover 2011★ 6.0
Shares: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Four young people navigate the suburban wonderland of metro-Detroit looking for love and adventure on the last weekend of summer.
Stream in India on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
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Anywhere but Here 1999★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When Adele decides to pack up and move the two of them from the Midwest to Beverly Hills, Calif., to pursue her dreams of Hollywood success, Ann grows frustrated with her mother's irresponsible and impulsive ways.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger 2010★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with a call girl. His wife, Helena, reeling from abandonment, decides to follow the advice of a psychic. Sally, the daughter of Alfie and Helena, is unhappy in her marriage and develops a crush on her boss, while her husband, Roy, falls for a woman engaged to be married.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Smart People 2008★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Professor Lawrence Wetherhold might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giant -- but when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and family, he's as downright flummoxed as the next guy.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Submarine 2011★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, Comedy, Romance
15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents' marriage begins to fall apart, similar problems arise in his relationship with Jordana.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Other People's Money 1991★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a corporate raider threatens a hostile takeover of a 'mom and pop' company, the patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's attractive daughter—who is a lawyer—to stop the takeover. However, the raider soon becomes infatuated with her, and enjoys the legal manoeuvring as he tries to win her heart.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Eat Pray Love 2010★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Romance
A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".
Stream in India on Sony Liv, Sony Pictures Amazon Channel, Sonyliv Amazon Channel
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A California Christmas: City Lights 2021★ 6.6
Shares: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Follows Callie and Joseph one year after they fell in love, now running a dairy farm and winery, but their romance is threatened when business and family obligations call Joseph back to the city.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Jersey Girl 2004★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single fatherhood, a defunct career and having to move in with his father. To bounce back, it takes a new love and the courage instilled in him by his daughter.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Just Friends 2005★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Romance
While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with – a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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I Met a Girl 2020★ 6.4
Shares: Romance, Drama, Comedy
An aspiring musician struggling with schizophrenia falls for a mysterious woman who may be all in his head. When she suddenly vanishes, he takes off on a cross-country journey across Australia to find her, forcing his long-suffering brother to chase after him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Peace, Love & Misunderstanding 2011★ 5.8
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husband asks for a divorce.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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He Said, She Said 1991★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing their very different opinions alongside each other, which leads to a similarly combative local TV show. At the same time their initial indifference to each other looks like it may evolve into something more romantic.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Coyote Ugly 2000★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at Coyote Ugly. The "Coyotes" as they are affectionately called tantalize customers and the media alike with their outrageous antics, making Coyote Ugly the watering hole for guys on the prowl.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Jerry Maguire 1996★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what he's really doing. When he voices these doubts, he ends up losing his job and all of his clients, save Rod Tidwell, an egomaniacal football player.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Sony Liv, VI movies and tv