Movies like Sandharbham (1984)
The best movies like Sandharbham (1984) are Hungry Hearts (2015), Inside I'm Dancing (2004) and Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004). If Sandharbham hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedDoctor Who: A Christmas Carol (2010)8.0/10 from 251 votes
- NewestEleanor the Great (2025)Released 2025
- In MalayalamIratta (2023)Also in Malayalam
Hungry Hearts (2015)
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInside I'm Dancing (2004)
Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)
The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisEleanor the Great (2025)
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWon't Back Down (2012)
Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The two women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBattleground (1949)
Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their own, Roderigues, perish under enemy fire. The men try to rebuff another series of Nazi attacks, but what they really need is a change in the weather. Without clear skies, they'll never get the air support they need.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlue Chips (1994)
Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
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 drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDoctor Who: A Christmas Carol (2010)
Amy Pond and Rory Williams are trapped on a crashing space liner, and the only way the Eleventh Doctor can rescue them is to save the soul of a lonely old miser. But is Kazran Sardick, the richest man in Sardicktown, beyond redemption? And what is lurking in the fogs of Christmas Eve?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Christmas Shoes (2002)
Two separate stories mesh - in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, begins dying of a heart condition and her son Nathan tries to get a pair of Christmas shoes for her before she dies. In the second, lawyer Robert Layton and his wife Kate are slowly drifting apart and the matter comes to a head during Christmas when Kate takes over for Maggie for the school choir.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Color of Friendship (2000)
Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums is the daughter of a US congressman from California and who lives in a nice home in Washington DC. When Mahree is chosen to spend a semester at the Dellums' house, she doesn't expect that her host family would be black. Nor do her hosts suspect that she is not a black South African.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Question of Faith (2017)
When Tragedy Strikes three Families, their Destiny forces them on a coverging path and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIratta (2023)
After a cop is found dead, a policeman's investigation sparks a chilling search for the truth connected to his estranged twin and their fraught past.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLove Finds You In Sugarcreek (2014)
Will a mysterious stranger's past wreak havoc on a quiet Amish community after they've opened their doors -- and hearts -- to him and his son?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Locket (1946)
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhere the Red Fern Grows (2003)
Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in God as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with "Old Dan" and "Little Ann."
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTrue Grit (1969)
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisExtortion (2017)
A doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bahamas takes an unexpected turn.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLittle Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American. But after the death of the Earl's remaining son, he decides to accept Cedric as his heir.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSusanna (2000)
Susanna, a sex worker, earns money by being with five different men at the same time. Fortunately, the people around her do not judge her actions and find solace in her presence.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Ustaad (1999)
Parmeshwaran aka Ustaad leaves behind a life of crime and goes to his hometown with his sister Padmaja. But the demons of his past life come back to haunt him after Padmaja falls in love with a boy.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum (1999)
Ramu, a visually impaired man, leads a happy life with his sister and his lover. However, his happiness dissipates soon after he gets cheated by a rich businessman.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Sarpayagam (1991)
A doctor turns into a serial killer to avenge the rape and murder of his daughter but he is running out of time as the police close in on him.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Kodama Simham (1990)
Chiranjeevi has to get back the treasures hidden by his father by fighting the bad guys to release his mother from jail.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Gharana Mogudu (1992)
Gharana Mogudu is a remake of tamil movie Mannan and it is a drama based movie in which, Raju (Chiranjeevi) is a do-gooder who helps his fellow co-workers while working in Visakhapatnam shipyard, but when his mother suffers a paralytic stroke, he moves back to Hyderabad and looks for a job.Uma Devi (Nagma) daughter of industrialist Bapineedu (Raogopal Rao) takes over the business from her father and helps it to reach new heights which also sees her head strongness reach new heights as well. In this scenario, she not only rejects Ranganayakulu
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
The Dolphins (2014)
The Dolphin Bar is a Malayalam drama film directed by Diphan, starring Suresh Gopi and Anoop Menon in the lead role, which is produced by Arun M C and written by Anoop Menon
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Intiguttu (1984)
Inti Guttu is family based movie in which, VijayKumar (Chiranjeevi), who helps his lover in saving her father. Chakrapani (rao Gopalrao), who is already married to yashoda (annapurna), trying to remarry kantam. On opposing his marriage, his wife yashoda and kid daughter (nalini) are forcefully drowned by chakrapani. But, they are saved and they live far away from chakrapani’s life. Nalini, after growing up, joins her father chakrapani as his PA. Her father never knows her true identity. He is already under assumption that his wife and elder daughter are dead and is living with his second daughter Suhasini. Suhasini is in love with Chandramohan.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Anpodu Kanmani (2025)
A newlywed couple faces the amusing challenges of balancing their modern lifestyle with traditional family expectations in Kerala, leading to a series of heartwarming and comedic situations.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Sandharbham?
The closest matches to Sandharbham are Hungry Hearts (2015), Inside I'm Dancing (2004) and Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Sandharbham?
Start with Hungry Hearts (2015), the closest match to Sandharbham.
What is the highest-rated movie like Sandharbham?
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol (2010), rated 8.0/10 by 251 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Sandharbham?
Eleanor the Great (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Malayalam movies like Sandharbham?
Yes: Iratta (2023), Susanna (2000) and Ustaad (1999).
How are movies similar to Sandharbham chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Sandharbham, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.