Movies like Vaaranam Aayiram: 20 to watch next
If you loved Vaaranam Aayiram (2008) — a drama and romance film directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Vaaranam Aayiram most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like drug abuse and tragic love. 2 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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3 2012★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Romance
Ram and Janani are high school sweethearts who eventually get married. However, Janani is mystified when Ram commits suicide all of a sudden and she tries to find out the truth behind his death.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Restless 2011★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Romance
Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Lost Husband 2020★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Romance
Trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, Libby and her children move to her estranged Aunt's goat farm in central Texas.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Departure 2016★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Romance
An English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his dawning sexuality and an increasing alienation from his mother, Beatrice. She in turn is confronted by the realisation that her marriage to his father, Philip, has grown loveless and the life she knows is coming to an end. When an enigmatic local teenager, Clément, quietly enters their lives, both mother and son are compelled to confront their desires and, finally, each other.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Nobody Has to Know 2022★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Romance
After a stroke and no memories from his past, Phil encounters Millie who inhabits a desert part of Isle of Lewis. She will shortly entrust him with his deepest secret : they were in love.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Secret: Dare to Dream 2020★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, Romance
A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Flamingo Road 1949★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Romance
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Roja 1992★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Romance
Roja, a simple girl from a village in Tamil Nadu, makes desperate efforts to find her husband, Rishi, after he is kidnapped by militants during a secret undercover mission in Kashmir.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Zee5, Sun Nxt
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Collateral Beauty 2016★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, Romance
Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her 2014★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Romance
Told from the woman's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Valentine's Match 2020★ 7.0
Shares: Romance, Drama
Fired from her job as a reality TV host, Natalie returns home for Valentine's Day, only to find herself running the town festival's auction with her ex-fiancé thanks to two scheming mothers.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Peter Ibbetson 1935★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Romance
When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project with the Duke and Duchess of Towers. When Peter and the duchess become great friends, she reveals that she is Mary — but the duke soon suspects his wife of infidelity and challenges Peter to a duel, threatening the pair's second chance.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Love Song 2022★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Romance
Two childhood sweethearts, now both widowed, share a night by a lake in the mountains.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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My Brilliant Career 1979★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Romance
A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Truth About Emanuel 2013★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Lovely, Still 2009★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Romance
A holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him 2014★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Romance
Told from the man's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Tim 1979★ 6.3
Shares: Romance, Drama
Handsome but backward gardener Tim Melville has a new woman in his life. She is Mary, his widowed employer, a woman who had given up on love until she had found Tim. At first they are friends. But soon they become lovers, as Mary, drawn to Tim's innocence and magnetism, begins to teach him all about life - and love.
Stream in India on Plex
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Salome 1953★ 5.8
Shares: Drama, Romance
In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but Herod fears to harm him due to a prophecy. Enter beautiful Princess Salome, Herod's long-absent stepdaughter. Herodias sees the king's dawning lust for Salome as her means of bending him to her will. But Salome and her lover Claudius are–contrary to Scripture–nearing conversion to the new religion.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa 2010★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, Romance
A young, aspiring filmmaker falls in love with a girl who moves into the house above his, but her sophisticated nature does more harm than good to him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now