Movies like Dil Bole Hadippa! (2009)
The best movies like Dil Bole Hadippa! (2009) are Chéri (2009), A California Christmas: City Lights (2021) and I Met a Girl (2020). If Dil Bole Hadippa! hooked you with its romance and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedKabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001)7.7/10 from 645 votes
- NewestYoh! Bestie (2026)Released 2026
- In HindiRab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008)Also in Hindi
Chéri (2009)
The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA California Christmas: City Lights (2021)
Follows Callie and Joseph one year after they fell in love, now running a dairy farm and winery, but their romance is threatened when business and family obligations call Joseph back to the city.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Met a Girl (2020)
An aspiring musician struggling with schizophrenia falls for a mysterious woman who may be all in his head. When she suddenly vanishes, he takes off on a cross-country journey across Australia to find her, forcing his long-suffering brother to chase after him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008)
A boring, reserved husband secretly becomes a lively, confident stranger to woo his own unaware wife only to make her fall head over heels for his dashing alter ego.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJaadugar (2022)
A small-time magician with zero interest in football must lead his local team to the finals of a tournament if he wishes to marry the love of his life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA California Christmas (2020)
With his carefree lifestyle on the line, a wealthy charmer poses as a ranch hand to get a hardworking farmer to sell her family’s land before Christmas.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhich Brings Me to You (2023)
Two romantic burnouts, Jane and Will, are immediately drawn to each other at a mutual friend’s wedding. After a disastrous hookup in the coatroom, the two spend the next 24 hours together, trading candid confessions of messy histories and heartbreak, on the off chance that this fling might be the real thing.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNadaaniyan (2025)
A privileged Delhi socialite hires a middle-class student to pose as her boyfriend to maintain her social status. Their pretense becomes complicated when genuine feelings develop between them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisLove in Taipei (2023)
A young American woman is sent by her parents to a cultural immersion program in Taipei where she begins a new journey of self-discovery and romance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBachna Ae Haseeno (2008)
Raj is a heartbreaker. His love stories with Mahi, Radhika and Gayatri finally teach him about love and life in their own sweet, sexy and sassy way.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Life List (2025)
When her mother sends her on a quest to complete a teenage bucket list, a young woman uncovers family secrets, finds romance — and rediscovers herself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAtrangi Re (2021)
Runaway Rinku gets forcefully married to already engaged Vishu. Both don't want this marriage and make a deal to go on their separate ways. The equation gets weirder when Rinku's lover Sajjad shows up and Vishu starts developing feelings for her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHumpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014)
A girl from Ambala, Kavya Pratap Singh, is about to be married. When she visits Delhi to shop for her 'dhai lakh ka Ghagra'(wedding dress worth Rs. 2.5 Lakh), she meets Humpty Sharma, a carefree Delhiite, and falls in love with him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDil To Pagal Hai (1997)
Rahul, the director of a successful dance troupe, considers Nisha his best friend, though secretly, she is madly in love with him. He then falls for Pooja, who is engaged to Ajay.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHe Said, She Said (1991)
Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing their very different opinions alongside each other, which leads to a similarly combative local TV show. At the same time their initial indifference to each other looks like it may evolve into something more romantic.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisSidewalks of New York (2001)
The film follows the marital and dating lives of three men and three women who unknowingly form a tangled web of relationships. Interspersing "man on the street" interviews with scenes from the six characters' lives, the film weaves a humorous and biting commentary on the game of love -- easy to start, hard to finish.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFather of the Bride (2022)
A father comes to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhat's Love Got to Do with It? (2023)
Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Right Kind of Wrong (2013)
A stubborn idealist spies a bride on her way to her wedding and immediately falls in love with her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisYoh! Bestie (2026)
Thando is perpetually unlucky in love, but when her bestie returns from his travels with a fiancée in tow, she's forced to face a new emotion — jealousy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMonsoon Wedding (2001)
A stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMade In China (2019)
A struggling Gujarati businessman ventures into the world of China where he gets a brilliant business idea that could change his life forever.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama
Kaanchi (2014)
Kaanchi movie is a musical thriller with a love story. It is a story of the inner power of a woman who represents millions of suppressed youth against unjust in the country. It is also the story of an innocent rural beauty and her fight against power.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance
Hindi Medium (2017)
Mita and Raj Batra, an affluent couple from Delhi’s Chandni Chowk, are grappling with getting their daughter admission into an English medium school. But there is one big problem. Their zubaan is Hindi, and the elitist snobs won’t let the Hindi speaking hoi-polloi fit in.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSehra (1963)
Angara and Vikram fall in love despite their family being from different clans and having a feud.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance & drama
Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha (2017)
Natasha and her fiance, Sunny visit her ancestral property where she meets Devdhar, a man who she forms a passionate connection with.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001)
Years after his father disowns his adopted brother for marrying a woman of lower social standing, a young man goes on a mission to reunite his family.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Last Matinee Show (2021)
On Friday the 13th 1997, the audiences were in a frenzy to watch a super hit movie at a full house in Satkar Theatre. Aghast a fire breaks out and engulfs the closed auditorium to vanquish more than 100 innocent lives. Years later their relatives still grieve for their loss and hope for justice.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Cargo (2019)
Aboard a spaceship where souls of the deceased are readied for reincarnation, a lone crew member's rigid existence is disrupted by a spry new assistant.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Charandas The Thief (1975)
Charandas, a petty thief with a sense of integrity, ends up making four vows to his teacher that ultimately wreak havoc in his life.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Dil Bole Hadippa!?
The closest matches to Dil Bole Hadippa! are Chéri (2009), A California Christmas: City Lights (2021) and I Met a Girl (2020). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Dil Bole Hadippa!?
Start with Chéri (2009), the closest match to Dil Bole Hadippa!.
What is the highest-rated movie like Dil Bole Hadippa!?
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001), rated 7.7/10 by 645 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Dil Bole Hadippa!?
Yoh! Bestie (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like Dil Bole Hadippa!?
Yes: Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008), Jaadugar (2022) and Nadaaniyan (2025).
How are movies similar to Dil Bole Hadippa! chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Dil Bole Hadippa!, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.