Shows like FLAMES: 20 to watch next
If you loved FLAMES (2018) — a comedy and drama series created by Kunal Aneja and Apoorv Singh Karki — these 20 shows are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of FLAMES most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like new love, friendship and romance. 13 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Every Year After 2026★ 8.2
Shares: Drama
Six summers to fall in love. One moment to fall apart. A week to get it right. A fun, sweeping, romantic story that asks the question, what if your first love actually was your soulmate?
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Mismatched 2020★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama
After a disastrous set-up by their families, two teens strike up a tentative friendship at their summer program - but deeper feelings aren't far behind.
Stream in India on Netflix
- 3
With Love 2021★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
The Diaz siblings, Lily and Jorge, are on a mission to find love and purpose. They cross paths with seemingly unrelated residents during some of the most heightened days of the year—the holidays.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- 4
High Fidelity 2020★ 7.6
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Rob Brooks, a female record store owner in the rapidly gentrified neighborhood of Crown Heights, Brooklyn revisit past relationships through music and pop culture, while trying to get over her one true love.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 5
Sex and the City 1998★ 7.3
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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In the Dark 2019★ 7.7
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Murphy is a flawed and irreverent woman who just happens to be blind and is the only “witness” to the murder of her drug-dealing friend, Tyson. When the police dismiss her story, she sets out with her dog, Pretzel, to find the killer while also managing her colorful dating life and the job she hates at Guiding Hope, the guide-dog school owned by her overprotective parents.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
- 7
Love Life 2020★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A romantic comedy anthology series which follows a different protagonist each season on the journey from first love to last love, with each half-hour episode chronicling one of their relationships.
Stream in India on Netflix, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel, Movie Sphere+
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The Game 2006★ 7.6
Shares: Drama, Comedy
When her boyfriend Derwin Davis is chosen as the new third-string wide receiver for the San Diego Sabers, Melanie Barnett decides to attend a local college so she can be with him. While Derwin worries about the plays on the field, Melanie adjusts to her new lifestyle. She gets a play-by-play account of the lives and relationships among NFL wives, girlfriends and mom/managers who use their best game to help their men stay on the field and on their arm.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Man Seeking Woman 2015★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy
Josh Greenberg is a naive romantic on a desperate quest for love. When his longtime girlfriend dumps him, Josh enters the dating scene, a nightmarish hellscape of untold horror. Despite the agony, Josh continues his search in the hopes of finding someone who will make all the misery worth it.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 10
Four More Shots Please! 2019★ 5.8
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Four unapologetically flawed women live, love, blunder and discover what really makes them tick through friendship and tequila in millennial Mumbai.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- 11
The Four Seasons 2025★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy
The decades-long friendship between three married couples is tested when one divorces, complicating their tradition of quarterly weekend getaways.
Stream in India on Netflix
- 12
Mr Inbetween 2018★ 8.3
Shares: Drama
Ray Shoesmith is a father, ex-husband, boyfriend and best friend: tough roles to juggle in the modern age. Even harder when you’re a criminal for hire.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 13
Chemistry 2011★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy, Drama
The scandalous lives of Liz and Michael, a cop and a lawyer who meet in a near-fatal coincidence. Drama and comedy with inevitable and powerful chemistry between a man and woman that completely alter a destined life plan.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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From Scratch 2022★ 7.5
Shares: Drama
An artist finds romance with a chef in Italy and embarks on a life-changing journey of love, loss, resilience and hope across cultures and continents.
Stream in India on Netflix
- 15
Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse 2011★ 7.3
Shares: Comedy
Follow the ups-and-downs of Angela Williams, the owner of a successful beauty salon, and her husband of 13 years, Marcus, a former professional football player who has recently partnered with Richard Ellington and Joseph Jetson on a new sports news program called "C-Sports Now."
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Girls 2012★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Comedy
The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something girls: Hannah, an aspiring writer; Marnie, an art gallery assistant and cousins Jessa and Shoshanna.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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56 Days 2026★ 7.4
Shares: Drama
When an unidentified body is found in a luxury apartment linked to Oliver Kennedy and his girlfriend Ciara Wyse, Detectives Lee Reardon and Karl Connolly reconstruct the couple's deadly romance across the past 56 days.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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And Just Like That… 2021★ 7.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama
This new chapter of “Sex and the City” follows Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Phony 2026★ 7.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama
After waking up from a freak car accident, Sonny discovers that his mother has been replaced by an impostor.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
- 20
Tyler Perry's Zatima 2022★ 7.9
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Zac and Fatima take a huge step to strengthen their bond, but new friends and past actions interfere with their blossoming relationship.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now