Movies like The Favourite (1949)
The best movies like The Favourite (1949) are Fire with Fire (1986), Not Easily Broken (2009) and Ajeeb Daastaans (2021). If The Favourite hooked you with its drama and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedLife in a Year (2020)8.2/10 from 2,027 votes
- NewestGabriel's Redemption: Part I (2023)Released 2023
- In HindiAjeeb Daastaans (2021)Also in Hindi
Fire with Fire (1986)
A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNot Easily Broken (2009)
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAjeeb Daastaans (2021)
An anthology of four stories that explore the surprising ways in which unexpected catalysts inflame the uncomfortable emotions simmering under fractured relationships.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHeart of the Country (2013)
With her husband jailed for Wall Street-based fraud, Faith has to leave behind her luxury life in New York to return home to North Carolina and the widower father and dutiful older sister she left behind. Together, they have to deal with the buried emotions of sudden death of Faith’s mother years ago, and learn to be a family again.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNine Lives (2005)
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLife in a Year (2020)
A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisWander Darkly (2020)
New parents Adrienne and Matteo are forced to reckon with trauma amidst their troubled relationship. They must revisit the memories of their past and unravel haunting truths in order to face their uncertain future.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRaising Victor Vargas (2003)
Victor, a Lower East Side teenager, as he deals with his eccentric family, including his strict grandmother, his bratty sister, and a younger brother who completely idolizes him. Along the way he tries to win the affections of Judy, who is very careful and calculating when it comes to how she deals with men.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlind (2017)
A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisParineeta (2005)
Childhood sweethearts Lalita and Shekhar wish to get married someday. However, Shekhar's growing suspicions about Lalita coupled with his conniving father's antics threaten to tear them apart.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGabriel's Redemption: Part I (2023)
After leaving his prestigious post at the University of Toronto, Gabriel embarks on a new journey with Julia, and he is eager to become a father. However, Gabriel's idyllic vision is jeopardized when Julia's intensive program becomes all consuming. When Julia is granted a prestigious opportunity to deliver an academic lecture at Oxford, Gabriel challenges her about the subject of her presentation, which clashes with his own research. In Oxford, their past resurfaces, including an old nemesis determined to humiliate Julia and expose one of Gabriel's well-guarded secrets. Emotions run high, alliances are tested, and the couple must confront the shadows of their shared history in a battle for love, truth, and redemption.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Golden Bowl (2000)
Wealthy American widower Adam Verver and his daughter Maggie live a refined life in Europe, surrounded by art. Maggie marries impoverished Italian Prince Amerigo, while Adam marries Maggie's friend Charlotte Stant. The Prince and Charlotte are having an affair, which Maggie discovers and navigates through a silent, psychological battle of wills, ultimately using her cunning to preserve her marriage and protect her father.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTime Is Up (2021)
Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMaria's Lovers (1984)
A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisReally Love (2020)
A rising black painter tries to break into a competitive art world while balancing an unexpected romance with an ambitious law student.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAshes in the Snow (2018)
The coming-of-age tale of 16-year-old Lina Vilkas who is deported to Siberia amid Stalin's reign of terror in the Baltic region during WWII. An aspiring artist, she secretly documents her harrowing journey with her drawings.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKitty Foyle (1940)
A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNewness (2017)
In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like this1 Mile To You (2017)
After a teenager's friends die in an accident, he finds running allows him to remember them perfectly. Running, however, also brings him notoriety. He is caught between keeping the past alive and making new memories in the present.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTwo for the Seesaw (1962)
After leaving his wife, lawyer Jerry Ryan moves from Omaha, Nebraska to New York City to start a new life. While studying for the New York Bar Examination and working to finalize his divorce, Ryan meets dancer Gittel Mosca, and the two begin a cautious courtship. However, Ryan feels that he must come to terms with his failed marriage and overcome his lingering attachment to his ex-wife before he can redefine himself and embrace his budding romance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSide A Side B (2022)
When young musicians Joel and Shivi go on a 44-hour long train ride from Guwahati to Mumbai, they realise it might be their last time together. Side A Side B is a musical love story that captures eight musical moments from that life changing journey.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance & drama
Do Dilon Ke Khel Mein (2010)
Patiala-based, London-returned Rohit Singh decides to re-locate to Mumbai in order to avoid getting married to Lovely, the daughter of Ballu Singh. Assisted by his paternal uncle, and accompanying his cousin's friend, Isha, he travels there by car. The duo start squabbling resulting in an accident, and compelling them to hitch a ride on a lorry. They end up driving it, and eventually in police custody as it was carrying weapons. Inspector Babloo Bajrangi is convinced of their innocence, releases them, and they continue squabbling all the way to Borivali, Mumbai. Hoping to have got rid of each other - the duo will be in for a surprise when they find out they live in the same colony.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance
Sadiyaan: Boundaries Divide... Love Unites (2010)
While waiting at Attari Railway Station circa 1968, Rajveer Singh and his wife, Amrit Kaur, recall the turbulent years of partition, how they fled from their hometown in Lahore, and of being separated from their only son, Ehsaan. They arrive near Amritsar and take over the vacant house of Pervez Shahbudin - with it's lone occupant, a male child, left behind by his parents. Amrit gets to adopt him after Rajveer is unable to locate his parents, and they call him Ehsaan - who soon grows up to excel in studies and sports. On a trip to Kashmir, he meets with and falls in love with Chandni rather dramatically, and is overjoyed to learn that she also is from Amritsar.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance
Ladies vs Ricky Bahl (2011)
A smooth and charming conman, Ricky Bahl, cons girls for a living but finally meets his match is this fun-filled "ROM-CON."
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAngel (2011)
D.N. Nagar Police are summoned to a Chawl where they arrest Abhay Chawla, who was recently discharged from jail after serving a two-year sentence for running over a man. While being held in the prison cell, Abhay reflects on his life - his acrimonious relationship with his mom, Aarati; brother Rohan; and Bhabi Priya. Not only did they never visit him in prison but they also moved without informing him. Upon being dramatically re-united, Rohan permits him to live with them and even hires him in his garage. Abhay brings a wheelchair-bound physically challenged woman, Sonal Mahajan, to a family gathering, and Rohan asks both to leave. But nothing will prepare the Chawla family for the shock when they will be told that Abhay has been arrested again - this time for Sexual Molestation. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance
Lust Stories (2018)
An anthology of four stories that sheds light on modern relationships from the viewpoint of the Indian woman.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCargo (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
Bhavesh Joshi Superhero (2018)
A young man who stands for the right discovers that he's destined to do bigger things, which will transform him from a common man into a Superhero.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJeete Hain Shaan Se (1988)
Three close friends, Johnny, Govinda, and Iqbal, team up to help the people of their community. But, when a secret tears Johnny and Govinda apart, Iqbal tries to find a solution to reunite them.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Bal Bramhachari (1996)
Professor Vijay Tripathi and Bhujbal Choudhury have a small land dispute between themselves forcing Bhujbal and his men to mercilessly kill Vijay making his death look as though lightning struck him. In the process Vijay's pregnant wife, Anju runs for safety only to take aid in a temple belonging to Bhagwan Bajrangbali where-by she gives birth to a baby boy who is blessed with magical powers belonging to Bhagwan Bajrangbali.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Favourite?
The closest matches to The Favourite are Fire with Fire (1986), Not Easily Broken (2009) and Ajeeb Daastaans (2021). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Favourite?
Start with Fire with Fire (1986), the closest match to The Favourite.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Favourite?
Life in a Year (2020), rated 8.2/10 by 2,027 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Favourite?
Gabriel's Redemption: Part I (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like The Favourite?
Yes: Ajeeb Daastaans (2021), Parineeta (2005) and Side A Side B (2022).
How are movies similar to The Favourite chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Favourite, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.