Movies like Tadka (2022)
The best movies like Tadka (2022) are Karwaan (2018), Tumhari Sulu (2017) and The Lunchbox (2013). If Tadka 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 ratedThe Lunchbox (2013)7.4/10 from 861 votes
- NewestDo Deewane Seher Mein (2026)Released 2026
- In HindiKarwaan (2018)Also in Hindi
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 thisTumhari Sulu (2017)
A happy-go-lucky Mumbai suburban housewife Sulochana, fondly known as Sulu, lands the role of a night RJ, resulting in drastic changes to her routine life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisQueen (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 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 thisIndia Sweets and Spices (2021)
A college freshman confronts her parents’ values in order to understand her own evolving identity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Ustad Hotel (2012)
When his father refuses to support his choice of a career, an aspiring chef tries to fulfil his dream by helping his grandfather run his small eatery.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies 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
Nadaaniyan (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: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisJab Harry Met Sejal (2017)
A middle-aged tour guide develops profound affection for a bubbly traveller while helping her search for a lost engagement ring across various picturesque European destinations.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDo Deewane Seher Mein (2026)
Two socially awkward millennials in Mumbai find love while struggling with self-acceptance. As they battle insecurities and societal pressure, their journey takes them from city chaos to mountain serenity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Aap Jaisa Koi (2025)
Shrirenu lives by tradition. Madhu lives unapologetically. When their paths cross, a tender romance unfolds — awkward, sweet but shadowed by patriarchy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Kaalidhar 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
The Sky Is Pink (2019)
After succumbing to her terminal illness, a teenager posthumously narrates her parents’ tenacious relationship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAngry Indian Goddesses (2015)
A photographer invites her closest friends to vacation at her family's home in Goa in celebration of her upcoming marriage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Persian Version (2023)
When a large Iranian-American family gathers in New York City for the patriarch’s heart transplant, a family secret is uncovered and catapults the estranged mother and daughter into an exploration of the past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
My Favourite Cake (2024)
Mahin lives alone in Tehran since her husband’s death and her daughter’s departure for Europe, until an afternoon tea with friends leads her to break her solitary routine and revitalize her love life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Queen of My Dreams (2024)
Azra is worlds apart from her conservative Muslim mother. When her father suddenly dies on a trip home to Pakistan, Azra finds herself on a Bollywood-inspired journey through memories, both real and imagined; from her mother’s youth in Karachi to her own coming- of-age in rural Canada.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Cheese in the Trap (2018)
Hong Seol, a student from a poor family, meets a rich Yoo Jung, who is her senior at her university. They both develop a rather inconvenient relationship after knowing each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
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 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 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 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 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 thisSmart People (2008)
Professor Lawrence Wetherhold might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giant -- but when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and family, he's as downright flummoxed as the next guy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Other Sister (1999)
A mentally challenged girl proves herself to be every bit as capable as her "perfect" sister when she moves into an apartment and begins going to college.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChéri (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 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 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 thisHappiness for Beginners (2023)
At a crossroads after her divorce, a schoolteacher ventures toward a fresh start in life — and love — when she signs up for a grueling group hiking trip.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Tadka?
The closest matches to Tadka are Karwaan (2018), Tumhari Sulu (2017) and The Lunchbox (2013). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Tadka?
People who watched Tadka most often go on to Karwaan (2018), Tumhari Sulu (2017) and The Lunchbox (2013).
What is the highest-rated movie like Tadka?
The Lunchbox (2013), rated 7.4/10 by 861 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Tadka?
Do Deewane Seher Mein (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like Tadka?
Yes: Karwaan (2018), Tumhari Sulu (2017) and The Lunchbox (2013).
How are movies similar to Tadka chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Tadka, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.