Movies like The Beautician and the Beast: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Beautician and the Beast (1997) — a comedy, romance and family film directed by Ken Kwapis — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Beautician and the Beast most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like parent child relationship, culture clash and dictator. 7 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Thunderstruck 2012★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Family
After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before 2018★ 7.6
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control when her secret letters to every boy she's ever fallen for are mysteriously mailed out.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Candy Cane Lane 2023★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy, Family
Determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest, family man Chris makes a pact with an elf to help him out-do the competition. However, the elf casts a spell bringing the twelve days of Christmas to life, unleashing chaos on the small unsuspecting town.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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My Spy 2020★ 6.9
Shares: Family, Comedy
A hardened CIA operative finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play
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This Means War 2012★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Two top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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D.E.B.S. 2005★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy, Romance
The star of a team of teenage crime fighters falls for the alluring villainess she must bring to justice.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Heartbreakers 2001★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city and the next easy mark.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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The Gnome-Mobile 1967★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Family
An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe. While helping them, the millionaire is suspected of being crazy because he's seeing gnomes! He's committed, and the niece and nephew and the gnomes have to find him and free him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Chasing Papi 2003★ 6.7
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Playboy Thomas Fuentes has so far been able to skate by in life on good looks and charm alone. But when his duplicitous relationships with three women -- impassioned waitress Cici, meticulous lawyer Lorena and bored socialite Patricia -- spiral out of control, he suffers a mental breakdown. His doctor recommends that he choose just one girlfriend -- but can he choose in time before they discover his deception?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Only the Lonely 1991★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna, whose father owns the local funeral parlour. Naturally, his mother objects to the relationship, and Danny and Theresa must either overcome her objections or give up the romance.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Whisky Galore 2016★ 5.9
Shares: Romance, Comedy
The story of the inhabitants of the isolated Scottish island of Todday, in the Outer Hebrides, where gloom sets in as their wartime rationing of whisky runs out. When cargo ship the SS Cabinet Minister runs aground the shrewd islanders run rings around the buffoonish English Home Guard commander Captain Waggett and conspire to hide away cases of the precious amber nectar.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Spymate 2006★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Family
Amelia, a young genius and daughter of a top secret agent, unknowingly invents a contraption that makes her the target of an evil scientist.
Stream in India on Plex
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Shorts 2009★ 5.9
Shares: Family, Comedy
A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Superintelligence 2020★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Romance
When an all-powerful Superintelligence chooses to study the most average person on Earth, Carol Peters, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As the A.I. decides to enslave, save or destroy humanity, it’s up to Carol to prove that people are worth saving.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Crossing Delancey 1988★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Thirty-something Isabelle spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to that of her grandmother on the Lower East Side. While her grandmother plots to find her a romantic match, Isabelle is courted by a married, worldly author, Anton, yet can't seem to shake the down-to-earth appeal of Sam, a pickle vendor.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Man of the Year 2006★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy, Romance
The irreverent host of a political satire talk show decides to run for president to mock the political system and expose corruption in Washington. What begins as a publicity stunt quickly gathers unexpected momentum as his message resonates with frustrated voters.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Wedding Season 2022★ 6.3
Shares: Romance, Comedy
Pressured by their immigrant parents to find spouses, two Indian-Americans pretend to date in order to survive a summer of weddings – but find themselves falling for each other as they struggle to balance who they are with who their parents want them to be.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Love Jacked 2018★ 6.1
Shares: Romance, Comedy
Maya, a headstrong 28-year-old with artistic ambitions – a strong contrast to what her father Ed wants: a dutiful daughter to run the family store. Ed is shocked when Maya takes her assertions of independence a step further and decides to travel to Africa for inspiration and returns with a fiancé who is not quite what he seems.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Date with an Angel 1987★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Aspiring composer Jim Sanders is engaged to spoiled rich girl Patty. But the morning after his bachelor party, Jim wakes up to discover a beautiful, broken-winged angel in his pool. When everyone finds out about his heavenly houseguest, Jim must cope with a dangerously jealous fiancée, an exploitive future father-in-law and a group of buddies with an outrageous business plan!
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Kristin's Christmas Past 2013★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Family
Kristin, a cynical 34-year-old, drinks a mysterious champagne on Christmas Eve and wakes up seventeen years in the past, sharing a room with her 17-year-old self. Given the chance to change the worst Christmas of her life, she attempts to fix past mistakes, only to discover surprising truths about her family that may help her mend her present-day relationships.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now