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Movies like Chinna Poove Mella Pesu (1987)

The best movies like Chinna Poove Mella Pesu (1987) are Roja (1992), Supercross (2005) and Aandavan Kattalai (2016). If Chinna Poove Mella Pesu hooked you with its action and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Roja (1992)

    Roja, a simple girl from a village in Tamil Nadu, makes desperate efforts to find her husband, Rishi, after he is kidnapped by militants during a secret undercover mission in Kashmir.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & action

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  2. Supercross (2005)

    Faced with the suspicious death of their father, two brothers must motivate one another to get back on their bikes and take the Las Vegas Motocross Championships by storm.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & drama

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  3. Aandavan Kattalai (2016)

    A young man, on the advice of an agent, lies that he is married, to go to London. But his visa application is rejected and now, he has to follow-up with a string of lies to hide one lie.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & drama

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  4. Sahara (1983)

    Intent on winning a competition in place of her distinguished late father, beautiful young heiress Dale takes on the guise of a man and competes in his spot, embarking on a car race that crosses the unforgiving Sahara desert.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & drama

  5. Departure (2016)

    An English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his dawning sexuality and an increasing alienation from his mother, Beatrice. She in turn is confronted by the realisation that her marriage to his father, Philip, has grown loveless and the life she knows is coming to an end. When an enigmatic local teenager, Clément, quietly enters their lives, both mother and son are compelled to confront their desires and, finally, each other.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  6. A Valentine's Match (2020)

    Fired from her job as a reality TV host, Natalie returns home for Valentine's Day, only to find herself running the town festival's auction with her ex-fiancé thanks to two scheming mothers.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama

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  7. Paiyaa (2010)

    Shiva, an engineering graduate, is not serious about his job or future even when his friends advise him about life. He falls in love with a girl he saw at a bus stop and finally gets to ride with her in a car.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & romance

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  8. Peter Ibbetson (1935)

    When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project with the Duke and Duchess of Towers. When Peter and the duchess become great friends, she reveals that she is Mary — but the duke soon suspects his wife of infidelity and challenges Peter to a duel, threatening the pair's second chance.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  9. The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)

    Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  10. Autumn Leaves (1956)

    A woman falls for a younger man with severe mental problems.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  11. Vaaranam Aayiram (2008)

    A son deals with the death of his father and examines how their relationship influences him through growing up, romance, tragedy and adventure.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  12. Fallen Angel (1945)

    An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  13. Persuasion (2007)

    Anne Elliot was once in love with Frederick Wentworth, a commander in the Royal Navy who was rejected by her snobby parents eight years ago. When the family hits hard times and are forced to rent out their mansion to his brother-in-law, Frederick returns as a captain - but will he remember Anne?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  14. Home for Christmas Day (2017)

    Jane is a single mother dead set on protecting her teenage daughter Betsy from the harsh realities of life. When Betsy falls in love with an enlisted man, Jane tries her best to steer Betsy away from heartache. Little does Jane realize she and her daughter are about to learn important lessons of the heart and that taking chances can sometimes lead to the most extraordinary happy endings.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama

  15. Elephant Walk (1954)

    Colonial tea planter John Wiley, visiting England at the end of World War II, weds lovely English rose Ruth and takes her home to Elephant Walk, Ceylon, where the local elephants have a grudge against the plantation. Ruth's delight with the tropical wealth and luxury of her new home is tempered by isolation as the only white woman in the district; her husband's occasional imperious arrogance; a mutual physical attraction with plantation manager Dick Carver; and the hovering, ominous menace of the hostile elephants.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama

  16. Kaala (2018)

    Karikaalan consistently fights to keep the people of Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, safe from the clutches of mighty politicians and the land mafia don, Hari Dhadha.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & drama

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  17. The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)

    A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  18. Prescription for Love (2019)

    Claire’s life as a nurse in a busy hospital is complicated by a supervisor who is intent on making her miserable with tedious and extra tasks. Claire’s only relief is the patients she treats, and even that is not always a picnic. On a rare night off, she attends a dance performance and gets trapped in an elevator with a charming man. There is an instant connection between them, but as they are “rescued” from the elevator, they are pulled away from each other before they can exchange names and numbers.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama

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  19. The Lost Husband (2020)

    Trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, Libby and her children move to her estranged Aunt's goat farm in central Texas.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  20. Northanger Abbey (2007)

    A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama

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  21. Iyarkai (2003)

    Marudhu, a sailor, falls in love with Nancy, a fruit vendor. However, she waits for the captain who had promised that he would return and marry her.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance

  22. Wife vs. Secretary (1936)

    Linda, the wife of a publishing executive, suspects that her husband Van’s relationship with his attractive secretary Whitey is more than professional.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance

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  23. It Ends with Us (2024)

    When a woman's first love suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with a charming, but abusive neurosurgeon is upended, and she realizes she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance

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  24. The Big Country (1958)

    Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance

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  25. 20th Century Girl (2022)

    In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend – then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance & drama

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  26. Monster Thursday (2004)

    A quirky romantic drama set in remote coastal Norway takes the viewer on a tumultuous ride through surfing aspirations, extreme weather and love.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance

  27. Jane Eyre (1943)

    After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance

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  28. Hell's Angels (1930)

    As the Great War breaks out in Europe, English brothers Roy and Monte enlist in the Royal Flying Corps to fight for king and country, while their Oxford College friend Karl is ordered back to Germany. As a love triangle develops involving Monte, Roy, and Roy's girlfriend, Helen, the brothers' disparate personalities, and Monte's cowardice in the face of war soon threaten to compromise a top-secret bombing mission over German territory.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & action

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  29. The Passenger (2012)

    While searching for a condo in Berlin for his father, Nick meets Philipp, a young talented photographer and a gorgeous actress named Lilli. There is instant chemistry and both are easily seduced by Nick's charms. Lilli and Philipp begin to explore their relationship with the sexy visitor, succumbing to their passionate affections for him which intensifies their volatile emotional and physical bonds. But what Philipp and Lilli don't realize is that they are being lured into Nick's manipulative..and deadly, love game.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance

  30. The Tarnished Angels (1957)

    In the 1930s, once-great World War I pilot Roger Shumann performs as a daredevil barnstorming pilot at aerial stunt shows while his wife, LaVerne, works as a parachutist. When newspaper reporter Burke Devlin arrives to do a story on the Shumanns’ act, he quickly falls in love with the beautiful--and neglected--LaVerne.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Chinna Poove Mella Pesu?

The closest matches to Chinna Poove Mella Pesu are Roja (1992), Supercross (2005) and Aandavan Kattalai (2016). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Chinna Poove Mella Pesu?

Start with Roja (1992), the closest match to Chinna Poove Mella Pesu.

What is the highest-rated movie like Chinna Poove Mella Pesu?

20th Century Girl (2022), rated 8.2/10 by 873 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Chinna Poove Mella Pesu?

It Ends with Us (2024) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there Tamil movies like Chinna Poove Mella Pesu?

Yes: Roja (1992), Aandavan Kattalai (2016) and Paiyaa (2010).

How are movies similar to Chinna Poove Mella Pesu chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Chinna Poove Mella Pesu, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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