Movies like Golmaal Returns (2008)
The best movies like Golmaal Returns (2008) are Phir Hera Pheri (2006), Chup Chup Ke (2006) and Khatta Meetha (2010). If Golmaal Returns hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedHera Pheri (2000)7.2/10 from 338 votes
- NewestKanjoos Makhichoos (2023)Released 2023
- In HindiPhir Hera Pheri (2006)Also in Hindi
- Same seriesGolmaal – Fun Unlimited (2006)Golmaal
Phir Hera Pheri (2006)
Raju, Shyam and Baburao are living happily after having risen from rags to riches. However, they lose it all after falling victim to a chit fund scam due to their greed for more money. Soon, they find themselves in new mess and encounter eccentric and dangerous characters in their quest for a shortcut to riches again.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChup Chup Ke (2006)
After surviving a suicide attempt in which his family and fellow villagers believe he drowned, a debt-ridden man decides to start his life afresh in another village. He pretends to be mute and starts working for a rich man where he falls in love with his mute daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKhatta Meetha (2010)
Sachin Tichkule, a struggling contractor whose failure in making peace with the corrupt bureaucracy in town as well as strained relation with his ex-girlfriend and his family leads to misadventures that deprive him of his closest relations. However, as he begins to mend his ways, justice comes knocking on his door.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisKhosla Ka Ghosla! (2006)
Kamal Khosla's (Anupam Kher) peaceful retirement plan doesn't go as planned when his land is grabbed by a land shark, Khurana (Boman Irani). In a bid to retrieve their land, the dysfunctional family hatches a clever plan to con Khurana with the help of their friends.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGaram Masala (2005)
Photographer and serial womaniser, Mac devises a scheme to keep three airhostesses, who are unaware of each other, as his live-in partners. Everything works fine as long as they only come home every third day. But changing schedules, a jealous friend and his fiancé might just break apart his elaborately structured life of deceit.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBheja Fry (2007)
Ranjeet Thadani is a bored and arrogant music producer who along with his friends hosts a party every Friday where they invite an 'idiot' to ridicule them and have fun at their expense. One day, he invites Bharat Bhushan, a kind hearted yet annoying Income Tax inspector, who ends up messing things for people when he tries to help them who makes Ranjeet regret inviting him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAtithi Tum Kab Jaoge? (2010)
The story of a happily married couple living in Mumbai whose lives take an interesting turn when a distant relative turns up unannounced at their doorstep from a far off village.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisF.A.L.T.U. (2011)
Three loser friends create a fake university to avoid working for their parents.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
C Kkompany (2008)
Akshay Kumar is a crime reporter, Mr. Joshi is a retired accountant trying to deal with his ungrateful son and Lambodar are friends. These three share their respective plight with one another and find solace in each others company. On one occasion, they play a harmless prank to tackle their problems. One thing leads to another, and before they realize, the incident becomes news. But things don’t stop there. They put their new founded fame to good use, and this in turn triggers off a series of incidents, which propel them to such heights that the three become the talk of the nation. Things get beyond their control, and the three are left with no choice but to be mute spectators to their newly acquired fame, especially since no one knows their identity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Golmaal – Fun Unlimited (2006)
Four runaway cons take shelter in a bungalow owned by an old blind couple.
Why it matches: Same series: Golmaal · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIt's Entertainment (2014)
Akhil, an underdog and a failure, comes to know that his real father is a rich diamond merchant who has just passed away. When he goes to retrieve his wealth, he learns that a dog has inherited it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisKyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta (2001)
Inpired from the movie "Liar Liar", this movie is about a lawyer (Govinda) who lies his way through marriage and career. His wife (Sushmita Sen) falls in love with him because of his honesty and when she finds out of his dishonesty she threatens to divorce him. Their son, to avoid the divorce, wishes on a shooting star that his father should lose the ability to lie. What happens after that is an enjoyable journey.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisMalamaal Weekly (2006)
After one of his customers dies from the shock of winning a lottery, lottery ticket seller Lilaram hatches a plan to have that money all for himself. But others from the village have also got their eyes on the money.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOne Two Three (2008)
Laxminarayan lives a poor lifestyle in Mumbai along with his widowed mother, Kanta, who wants him to be a successful gangster like Batlabhai, and would like him to kill a few people, make enough money, then get married to Khujli's daughter, Meena. In order to fulfill his mother's wish, Laxminarayan accepts a contract to kill D'Mello Yadav, a Pondi-based gangster, who has stolen a diamond from Batl
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Dhamaal (2007)
Four friends meet an underworld don who, on his deathbed, clues them in on hidden treasure buried in Goa. The group race towards Goa, not knowing that their plans will soon be foiled, albeit hilariously, by a police officer, who is also after the money.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDhol (2007)
Four young loafers wish to simplify their life by wooing a loaded heiress. Unfortunately, there's only one rich girl in the neighbourhood. The boys scamper to woo her first, not knowing that their efforts would lead them right into a murder mystery.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHungama (2003)
A case of mistaken identities featuring a young woman, an electronics business owner and an aspiring musician which leads to chaotic yet hilarious situations.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHera Pheri (2000)
Two tenants and a landlord, in desperate need of money, chance upon a ransom call via a cross connection. They hatch a plan to claim the ransom for themselves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBhagam Bhag (2006)
After their lead actress quits their drama troupe; Bunty, Babla and their boss Champak search for a new heroine in London where they have just arrived, and get embroiled in a murder case involving a mysterious woman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMasti (2004)
Three henpecked friends try to escape their unhappy marriages by seeking out some extramarital fun, only to end up being blackmailed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisNo Entry (2005)
Kishan has always been faithful to his wife, Kaajal, who constantly suspects him of having affairs. Meanwhile, Kishan's friend Prem frequently cheats on his doting wife, Pooja, without getting caught, incurring the disapproval of Kishan and photographer Sunny. Tired of listening to his moralistic pals, Prem introduces Kishan to Bobby, an attractive escort.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWelcome (2007)
Two gangsters meet Rajiv, who belongs to a respectable family, and want to fix their sister's wedding with him. However, when Rajiv's uncle refuses to the match, a series of hilarious situations occur.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThank You (2011)
Three married womanisers cheat on their wives. In order to catch them red-handed, their sceptic wives enlist a detective who specialises in investigating extramarital relationships.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisTere Bin Laden (2010)
Ali Hassan (Ali Zafar), a reporter with a downmarket TV channel in Karachi, is keen to go to USA for a better life, but his visa has been refused six times in seven years. In desperation, he gets hold of an Osama Bin Laden look alike and makes a fake Osama tape which he sells to the owner of his channel to raise money for a false identity, a new passport and better luck with US visa. As one can expect, it is far from smooth sailing for him and his friends, as they get into a series of comic situations.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisApna Sapna Money Money (2006)
Kishan is a young man from Goa whose brain is full of every conceivable trick to make a quick buck. He cons people by slipping into different outfits and by assuming many guises. Julie, is a sexy club dancer with quite a local reputation, but behind her raunchy exterior is a compassionate, kind-hearted woman who goes out of her way to help the needy...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
De Dana Dan (2009)
Two down on their luck men try to kidnap a wealthy businesswoman's dog to demand a hefty ransom from her. But things go haywire when the dog goes missing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisGolmaal 3 (2010)
Cupid strikes when Pritam, a single father, comes across his college sweetheart, Geeta, in Goa. However, when their respective children go to war with each other, the two find it difficult to reunite.
Why it matches: Same series: Golmaal · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisKanjoos Makhichoos (2023)
Jamnaprasad, a renowned miser, secretly saves all his money to fulfill his father's wish to go on the Char Dham Yatra. Hell breaks loose when his parents go missing during the tour due to heavy floods.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Ghanchakkar (2013)
A safe cracker claims he has lost his memory when two criminals come calling for their cut of the bank heist loot.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Brain Donors (1992)
Three manic idiots—a lawyer, a cab driver and a handyman—team up to run a ballet company to fulfil the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow and her scheming big-shot lawyer, who also wants to run the ballet.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Golmaal Returns?
The closest matches to Golmaal Returns are Phir Hera Pheri (2006), Chup Chup Ke (2006) and Khatta Meetha (2010). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Golmaal Returns?
People who watched Golmaal Returns most often go on to Phir Hera Pheri (2006), Chup Chup Ke (2006) and Khatta Meetha (2010).
What is the highest-rated movie like Golmaal Returns?
Hera Pheri (2000), rated 7.2/10 by 338 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Golmaal Returns?
Kanjoos Makhichoos (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Golmaal Returns part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Golmaal, which includes Golmaal – Fun Unlimited (2006) and Golmaal 3 (2010).
Are there Hindi movies like Golmaal Returns?
Yes: Phir Hera Pheri (2006), Chup Chup Ke (2006) and Khatta Meetha (2010).
How are movies similar to Golmaal Returns chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Golmaal Returns, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.