Movies like Piku (2015)
The best movies like Piku (2015) are Queen (2014), Hindi Medium (2017) and Angrezi Medium (2020). If Piku hooked you with its comedy and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest rated3 Idiots (2009)8.0/10 from 2,904 votes
- NewestKaalidhar Laapata (2025)Released 2025
- In HindiQueen (2014)Also in Hindi
Queen (2014)
Rani, a 24-year-old homely girl, decides to go on her honeymoon alone when her fiancé calls off the wedding. Traveling around Europe, she finds joy, makes friends, and gains new-found independence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHindi 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: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAngrezi Medium (2020)
When his daughter decides to further her studies in London, a hardworking Haryanvi businessman does everything in power to make her dreams come true.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGulabo Sitabo (2020)
Set in present-day Lucknow, Gulabo Sitabo is a social satire about two impossibly peculiar human beings, Mirza Chunnan Nawab, who stays in a dilapidated mansion and one of the tenants, Bankey Rastogi.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSukhee (2023)
Sukhpreet ‘Sukhee’ Kalra, a 38-year-old Punjabi housewife, goes to Delhi to attend her school reunion. Sukhee relives the 17-year-old version of herself whilst going through a plethora of experiences in a span of just seven days, coming out rekindled, reborn and making the most difficult transition in her life – from being a wife and a mother to being a woman again.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
English Vinglish (2012)
In the United States for the first time, an Indian housewife with a limited command of English turns Manhattan into her personal language school.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisQarib Qarib Singlle (2017)
Yogi and Jaya, who have polar opposite personalities and sensibilities, meet via an online dating app. This encounter turns into so much more when the two travel to Rishikesh.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMast Mein Rehne Ka (2023)
A man chooses an old widower's home for his first robbery, kicking off a set of events that have them both look at life in a new way and with new companions in the starkness of the city of Mumbai.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Sharmaji Namkeen (2022)
Late Rishi Kapoor in his swansong plays B. G. Sharma, a 58-year old middle-class widower living in West Delhi. After being laid off from the company he has worked for his entire life, Sharmaji struggles to deal with the beast called retirement. His struggle to stay relevant in front of his two sons finally ends when he rekindles his love for cooking through a kitty party. A bunch of merry women rekindle in Sharma, a passion for cooking and chutzpah in general, that help him find his true calling.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
JugJugg Jeeyo (2022)
A marriage. A re-marriage. A pending divorce. It's been five years since Kukoo and Nainaa got married after knowing each other practically all their lives, and now they need to break it to their family that they want a divorce. Kukoo's parents, Bheem and Geeta, a couple that everyone looks up to, have no plans of making Kukoo and Naina's lives easier. They have their own plans and set of surprises in store for the young couple; all this in the middle of Kukoo's sister's wedding.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChhalaang (2020)
Chhalaang humorously addresses the value of Sports Education in the school curriculum. It follows a hilarious, yet an inspirational journey of a typical PT Master from a semi government-funded school in Northern India, Montu, for whom it’s just a job and is forced to do what he has never done - Teach.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGuest iin London (2017)
A young couple in London struggle to live with their estranged aunt and uncle, who overstay their welcome.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Axone (2019)
This bittersweet comedy follows North-east Indians in Delhi who are attempting to organize a wedding party, but soon find everything going wrong.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Kapoor & Sons (2016)
Returning home to visit their ill grandfather, two estranged brothers must confront their unresolved rivalry while their parents’ marriage frays.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBadhaai Ho (2018)
A 25-year-old man tries to suppress his embarrassment when his mother announces that she is pregnant.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisZindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)
Three friends who were inseparable in childhood decide to go on a three-week-long bachelor road trip to Spain, in order to re-establish their bond and explore thrilling adventures, before one of them gets married. What will they learn of themselves and each other during the adventure?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNewton (2017)
A government clerk on election duty in a conflict-ridden jungle of Central India tries his best to conduct free and fair voting despite the apathy of security forces and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks by communist rebels.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTu Hai Mera Sunday (2017)
Five friends struggle to find a place to play football in Mumbai.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Karwaan (2018)
Avinash, a dejected soul stuck in a dead-end job shares a strange relationship with his father. He holds him responsible for crushing his dreams. However, he is left pondering upon this longstanding hatred when he hears of his father’s untimely demise.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisVijay 69 (2024)
An adventurous, foul-mouthed former swimming coach reaches for record-breaking glory when he attempts a triathlon at 69 years old.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Barfi! (2012)
The heartwarming tale of Barfi, a charming deaf-mute young man from 1970s Darjeeling, and two unalike women who can't help but fall for him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Lunchbox (2013)
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. Gradually, this fantasy threatens to overwhelm their reality.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like this3 Idiots (2009)
Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius... You've never met a college student quite like "Rancho." From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish schemes turn the campus upside down—along with the lives of his two newfound best friends. Together, they make life miserable for "Virus," the school’s uptight and heartless dean. But when Rancho catches the eye of the dean's daughter, Virus sets his sights on flunking out the "3 idiots" once and for all.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisAnkhon Dekhi (2014)
Bauji resists his daughter's request to let her marry the man she loves as the neighbours incessantly shame him. However, his opinion changes after he meets him and he decides to change his viewpoint.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAll India Rank (2024)
Set in the 90s, seventeen-year-old Vivek is sent away from home to attend a rigorous program to prepare for the highly competitive IIT entrance exams. Over two years, Vivek goes through the motions of Indian adolescence, but it is his parents who do the growing up.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Wake Up Sid (2009)
Wake Up Sid! is the story of a lazy Mumbai college student who does absolutely nothing, with a turn of events will Sid realize his potential in this world and become a success in the fast-paced life of Mumbai.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDum Laga Ke Haisha (2015)
A slim uneducated guy is pressured into an arranged marriage with an overweight college girl. The mismatched couple is challenged to compete in the annual wife-carrying race.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLipstick Under My Burkha (2017)
Four ordinary women, inflicted by silly societal norms, have to steal, lie, cheat and hide in order to lead the lives that they rightfully deserve.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKaalidhar Laapata (2025)
An ageing Kaalidhar escapes his family after overhearing their plans to abandon him. He meets the free-spirited Ballu, and they embark on an adventure to tick things off Kaalidhar's bucket list.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (2023)
Three best friends juggle life as 20-somethings in Mumbai, where romance, ambition and heartbreak collide with the addictive draw of social media.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Piku?
The closest matches to Piku are Queen (2014), Hindi Medium (2017) and Angrezi Medium (2020). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Piku?
People who watched Piku most often go on to Queen (2014), Hindi Medium (2017) and Angrezi Medium (2020).
What is the highest-rated movie like Piku?
3 Idiots (2009), rated 8.0/10 by 2,904 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Piku?
Kaalidhar Laapata (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like Piku?
Yes: Queen (2014), Hindi Medium (2017) and Angrezi Medium (2020).
How are movies similar to Piku chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Piku, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.