Movies like Rain Man: 20 to watch next
If you loved Rain Man (1988) — a drama film directed by Barry Levinson — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Rain Man most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like mentally disabled, individual and loss of loved one. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Dancer in the Dark 2000★ 7.8
Shares: Drama
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her young son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life becomes increasingly difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.
Stream in India on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
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The Life of Chuck 2025★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Zee5, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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21 2008★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 tuition as he comes from a poor, working-class background. But one evening, Ben is introduced by his unorthodox math professor to a small but secretive club of five students, Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Fisher, who are being trained by Professor Rosa to count cards at blackjack.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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Premonition 2007★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
A depressed housewife who learns her husband was killed in a car accident the day previously awakens the next morning to find him alive and well at home, and then awakens the day after to a world in which he is still dead.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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After Yang 2022★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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My Dinner with Hervé 2018★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
- 7
Paris, Texas 1984★ 8.1
Shares: Drama
A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps 2010★ 6.1
Shares: Drama
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out who was responsible for the death of the young trader's mentor.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Detachment 2011★ 7.6
Shares: Drama
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Something the Lord Made 2004★ 8.0
Shares: Drama
A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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Digging to China 1997★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
Precocious young Harriet and her older sister Gwen live at their mother's motel in small-town New Hampshire. Harriet dreams of a life beyond her inattentive family and the stultifying town. A mentally disabled man named Ricky comes to stay at the motel, and Harriet finds him kinder and more interesting than anyone she has ever met. After tragedy strikes, Harriet and Ricky cling to each other ever more tightly.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Replicas 2018★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
A scientist becomes obsessed with returning his family to normalcy after a terrible accident.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Rabbit Hole 2010★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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You're Not You 2014★ 7.4
Shares: Drama
When an accomplished pianist is diagnosed with the devastating and incurable disease ALS, she hires a directionless young woman who becomes her full-time caregiver. Complete opposites, the strangers form a life-changing bond inspiring each other to live life to fullest, while being brought together by the most challenging of circumstances.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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More Beautiful for Having Been Broken 2020★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
Three women’s lives intersect at a lakeside resort and are forever changed by the love of a special needs boy.
Stream in India on Plex
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The Man Who Haunted Himself 1970★ 6.1
Shares: Drama
Executive Harold Pelham suffers a serious accident after which he faces the shadow of death. When, against all odds, he miraculously recovers, he discovers that his life does not belong to him anymore.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Nell 1994★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell — a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Dominick and Eugene 1988★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
Dominick and Eugene are twins, but Dominick is a little bit slow due do an accident in his youth. They live together, with Dominick working as garbage man to put Eugene through medical school. Their relationship becomes strained when Eugene must decide between his devotion to his brother, or his need to go away to complete his training. Things are also not helped by Dominick's co-worker, or Eugene's budding romance.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Sling Blade 1996★ 7.5
Shares: Drama
Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, he is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Where Hope Grows 2014★ 7.9
Shares: Drama
Calvin Campbell is a former professional baseball player sent to an early retirement due to his panic attacks at the plate. Even though he had all the talent for the big leagues, he struggles with the curveballs life has thrown him. Today, he mindlessly sleepwalks through his days and the challenge of raising his teenager daughter. His life is in a slow downward spiral when it is suddenly awakened and invigorated by the most unlikely person – Produce, a young-man with Down syndrome who works at the local grocery store.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now