Movies like Meiyazhagan (2024)
The best movies like Meiyazhagan (2024) are Gulmohar (2023), Tribhanga (2021) and Peranbu (2019). If Meiyazhagan hooked you with its family and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedUdaan (2010)7.3/10 from 241 votes
- NewestThaai Kizhavi (2026)Released 2026
- In TamilPeranbu (2019)Also in Tamil
Gulmohar (2023)
Batra family has just four days left to vacate their house of 34 years. Amidst the mayhem and uncertainties of the future, insecurities and secrets surface.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & drama
Tribhanga (2021)
When her estranged mother falls into a coma, a self-made single mom grapples with regret and resentment while reflecting on their strained relationship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
Peranbu (2019)
A single father tries to raise his daughter, who has cerebral palsy, even as she is beginning to wake up to her sexuality.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
Worth the HypeMovies like this3BHK (2025)
A middle-class family battles financial hurdles and personal setbacks while pursuing their dream of owning a home in the bustling city.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & drama
Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi (2021)
Ramprasad's entire family gathers under one roof for 13 days after his death, to perform and observe the Hindu traditions and rituals called the tehrvi. During the course, the family’s dynamics, politics, and insecurities come out, and then they realise that the importance of people and things are only evident in retrospect.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
Tourist Family (2025)
A quirky Sri Lankan family seeking a fresh start in India transforms a disconnected neighborhood into a vibrant community with their infectious love and kindness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDil Dhadakne Do (2015)
On a cruise to celebrate their parents' 30th wedding anniversary, a brother and sister deal with the impact of family considerations on their romantic lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPannaiyarum Padminiyum (2014)
A kind and respected village landlord acquires a vintage Premier Padmini car from his friend and cherishes it more than anything else. Over time, the entire village grows attached to the car, forming an emotional bond with it. His wife, however, refuses to ride in it until he learns to drive, so he decides to surprise her with a ride on their wedding anniversary. But before he can fulfill his promise, the car is taken away due to unforeseen circumstances. Will they ever get it back? A deeply emotional tale of love, nostalgia, and the heartfelt connection between an elderly couple and their cherished car.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & drama
Udaan (2010)
Upon returning to his industrial hometown, a young man must decide whether to follow his own dreams or acquiesce to his father's plans for his future.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Blue Umbrella (2007)
Young Biniya lives a poor lifestyle in a small village in the mountainous and snowy region of Himachal Pradesh in India along with her widowed mom and wrestler brother. She entertains various tourists, and while doing so with some tourists from Japan, trades in her bear-tooth amulet with a blue umbrella...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
Kudumbasthan (2025)
Naveen's relationship with his parents becomes strained after he marries a oppressed-caste girl. Though they eventually reconcile, his sudden unemployment puts him in a difficult position. As financial pressures mount, Naveen must navigate societal challenges and personal struggles to regain stability and rebuild harmony within his middle-class family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & drama
Viruddh... Family Comes First (2005)
An ordinary 60 plus couple - Vidhyadhar Patwardhan and his wife are forced to search for their faith in human values and society after the death of their only son Amar. In the process they undergo the most testing struggle of their lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
Belaseshe (2015)
A story of relationships that explores the intricacies of the married life, of life-long companionship, of promises and expectations and love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & drama
Thaai Kizhavi (2026)
An elderly and feared moneylender from a village near Madurai falls seriously ill, prompting her estranged sons and extended family to reunite after years of separation. As tensions rise inside the household, hidden motives, family conflicts, and expectations over her wealth turn her uncertain condition into the center of a chaotic family drama.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Masaan (2015)
Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy in hopeless love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hapless father with fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family, long to escape the moral constructs of a small-town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSita Ramam (2022)
Afreen, a rebellious Pakistani student sets ablaze the car of an Indian in London. Angered Afreen returns to Pakistan to ask for money from her grandfather that she has to pay in a month's time as damages. However, she gets to know that he is no more and the only thing he has left for her is a letter-delivering task, written by Ram to Sita. As Afreen sets out to find Ram, there begins her journey of discovering the secret behind the 20-year-old letter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisVaanam Kottatum (2020)
A simple father's life whose one mistake breaks him away from his dear family. Even after many years, when he finally meets his family, the same mistake haunts him back in a different form.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
Kapoor & Sons (2016)
Returning home to visit their ill grandfather, two estranged brothers must confront their unresolved rivalry while their parents’ marriage frays.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisUtsab (2000)
Family tension runs high when four grown siblings reunite at their elderly mother’s home. When the mother reveals that she might sell off the estate, the announcement stirs up painful memories and uncovers a long-buried secret.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
Fandry (2013)
Set in contemporary times, Fandry ('Pig') tells the story of teenager Jabya and his family, who are Dalits. While Jabya is struggling in his love life, having fallen for Shalu, a rich upper caste girl in his class, his family is on the lookout for a way to hunt down a wild pig to earn some money.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
Virasat (1997)
After completing his studies in London, England, Shakti Thakur returns home to India in a small town where his family resides.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
English Vinglish (2012)
In the United States for the first time, an Indian housewife with a limited command of English turns Manhattan into her personal language school.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMinari (2020)
A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSeethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2013)
An exuberant and evocative family drama, that primarily revolves around the close bond between two brothers with radically different personalities, highlighting the complex process of choosing an ideal life partner for each of them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGamak Ghar (2019)
In a north Indian village, a family reunites at their ancestral home to celebrate a new birth in the family. It’s a joyous, carefree occasion. Over the next two decades, through festivals and feasts, births and deaths, the film observes one house as it ages and falls to neglect.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
Chintu Ka Birthday (2019)
During US invasion of Iraq some illegal migrants are waiting to get back home to India. As one such family prepares to celebrate the 6th birthday of their youngest member Chintu, their kind-hearted Iraqi landlord lends them a helping hand.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil (2024)
Vinu, who is still grieving over his breakup from five years ago, develops a strong relationship with Anandan, his prospective brother-in-law, but his attempts to resolve Anandan's problems have some unexpected consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFlicka (2006)
Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. The headstrong 16 year old then sets her mind to tame a mustang and prove to her father she can run the ranch. But when tragedy happens, it will take all the love and strength the family can muster to restore hope.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Believe (2019)
A 9 year old boy experiences God's power in a supernatural way.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhere the Red Fern Grows (1974)
Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for two years to achieve his dream of buying two red-bone coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in life as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with his dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & family
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Meiyazhagan?
The closest matches to Meiyazhagan are Gulmohar (2023), Tribhanga (2021) and Peranbu (2019). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Meiyazhagan?
People who watched Meiyazhagan most often go on to Gulmohar (2023), Tribhanga (2021) and Peranbu (2019).
What is the highest-rated movie like Meiyazhagan?
Udaan (2010), rated 7.3/10 by 241 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Meiyazhagan?
Thaai Kizhavi (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Tamil movies like Meiyazhagan?
Yes: Peranbu (2019), 3BHK (2025) and Tourist Family (2025).
How are movies similar to Meiyazhagan chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Meiyazhagan, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.