Movies like Udaan (2010)
The best movies like Udaan (2010) are Wake Up Sid (2009), Swades (2004) and Chand Mera Dil (2026). If Udaan hooked you with its 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
- NewestChand Mera Dil (2026)Released 2026
- In HindiWake Up Sid (2009)Also in Hindi
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 drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSwades (2004)
A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChand Mera Dil (2026)
Aarav and Chandni's passionate college romance is struck by adulthood far too soon, forcing the two young lovers to balance their ambitions with responsibility and realize the evolved meaning of love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Rang De Basanti (2006)
After a group of friends graduate from Delhi University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker casts them in a film she's making about freedom fighters under British rule. Although the group is largely apolitical, the tragic death of a friend owing to local government corruption awakens their patriotism. Inspired by the freedom fighters they represent in the film, the friends collectively decide to avenge the killing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDear Zindagi (2016)
Kaira, a young girl, faces problems in her relationships. She meets Dr Jehangir, who helps her resolve her issues with her parents and get a new perspective on life, which leads to her following her passion and an improvement in her love life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGully Boy (2019)
Murad, an underdog, struggles to convey his views on social issues and life in Dharavi through rapping. His life changes drastically when he meets a local rapper, Shrikant alias MC Sher.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDil Bechara (2020)
Kizie and Manny, two ordinary people brought together by a tragic twist, embark on a bittersweet and extraordinary journey into the heart of that crazy little thing called 'life'.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMasaan (2015)
Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy in hopeless love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hapless father with fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family, long to escape the moral constructs of a small-town.
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
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisWaqt (2005)
A chronic illness leaves Ishwar with only a few months to live. His son Aditya is extremely reckless. To make him realise his responsibilities, Ishwar throws his son out of the house.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLast Film Show (2022)
A 9-year-old boy in a remote village in India begins a lifelong love affair with cinema when he bribes his way into a rundown movie palace and spends a summer watching movies from the projection booth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDhobi Ghat (2010)
Arun is a reclusive and lonely modern art painter. Shai is an American banker who is on a visit to Mumbai. Munna is a washerboy also living near Arun and Yasmin. The movie is about these four characters from different class of society and how the lives of four characters are intertwined.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHomebound (2025)
Two childhood friends from a small North Indian village chase a police job that promises them the dignity they’ve long been denied. But as they inch closer to their dream, mounting desperation threatens the bond that holds them together.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPaan Singh Tomar (2012)
Paan Singh Tomar goes from celebrated runner to star brigand and rebel when life after sports fails to unfold as planned.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChaman Bahaar (2020)
An ambitious young man, in a small town in Central India, sets up a paan shop to a floundering start. His fortunes start to change dramatically when a family shifts in the house across the road. Hordes of boys start following the teenage girl from the family and set up an "adda" at Billu's shop. His business flourishes tremendously but Billu is now more unhappy than ever, as he has fallen for the girl himself!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Manjhi: The Mountain Man (2015)
After his wife passes away trying to cross a mountain, Manjhi, out of sheer rage, sets on a quest to carve a road through the treacherous mountain.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChippa (2020)
At midnight on his 10th birthday, a boy scours the lesser-known Kolkata streets in search of a father he’s never met, carrying a letter he can’t read.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Pool (2007)
A boy in abject poverty works in a hotel and becomes obsessed with a swimming pool in the opulent hills of Panjim, Goa, India. His life gets turned upside-down when he attempts to meet the mysterious family who lives at the house.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Sanju (2018)
Sanju explores some of the most crucial chapters from movie star Sanjay Dutt’s dramatic and controversial real life. It gives a lowdown on his tryst with drugs and his trials and tribulations in the Arms Acts case and the 1993 Mumbai blasts.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLike Stars on Earth (2007)
Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate. Colours, fish, dogs, and kites don't seem important to the adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks, and neatness. Ishaan cannot seem to get anything right in class; he is then sent to boarding school, where his life changes forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisDarbaan (2020)
Based on the 1891 short story by Rabindranath Tagore, follows life of a caretaker whose life is disturbed due to a single act of carelessness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
My Brother... Nikhil (2005)
Nikhil, a bright young swimmer, finds his life falling apart after getting diagnosed with HIV. In his troubled times, he finds the support of his sister, Anamika, and his boyfriend, Nigel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Iqbal (2005)
This is all about chasing your dreams, no matter what the obstacles. The story involves a young deaf and dumb boy who is crazy about cricket.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCourt (2015)
A sewerage worker's dead body is found inside a manhole in Mumbai. An ageing folk singer is tried in court on charges of abetment of suicide. He is accused of performing an inflammatory song which might have incited the worker to commit the act. As the trial unfolds, the personal lives of the lawyers and the judge involved in the case are observed outside the court.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBaghban (2003)
After dedicating their whole life in upbringing their children, elderly couple Raj Malhotra and Pooja gets homeless. Instead of caring, their children treat them as a burden.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRashmi Rocket (2021)
Born in the small-town of Kutch, Rashmi overcomes all societal barriers to become a national-level athlete. But her glory is hindered when she is asked to undergo a gender test.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Dor (2006)
Two woman, from different backgrounds and living miles apart, are linked by tragedy. Their new-found friendship is tested as one holds the fate of the other's husband in her hands.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Siddharth (2013)
A chain-wallah from Delhi travels across India in search of his missing son, in the hopes that whoever took him, returns him unharmed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Ship of Theseus (2012)
Three stories about persons forced to think about the ethics and moral issues raised by medical advances.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRiceboy Sleeps (2023)
In the 1990s, an immigrant single mother raises her teenage son in the Canadian suburbs, determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind in South Korea.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Udaan?
The closest matches to Udaan are Wake Up Sid (2009), Swades (2004) and Chand Mera Dil (2026). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Udaan?
People who watched Udaan most often go on to Wake Up Sid (2009), Swades (2004) and Chand Mera Dil (2026).
What is the highest-rated movie like Udaan?
3 Idiots (2009), rated 8.0/10 by 2,904 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Udaan?
Chand Mera Dil (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like Udaan?
Yes: Wake Up Sid (2009), Swades (2004) and Chand Mera Dil (2026).
How are movies similar to Udaan chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Udaan, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.