Movies like Chembarathipoo (2017)
The best movies like Chembarathipoo (2017) are What's Love Got to Do with It? (2023), Let's Make Love (1960) and Premalu (2024). If Chembarathipoo hooked you with its comedy and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedEasy Virtue (2008)6.5/10 from 474 votes
- NewestPremalu (2024)Released 2024
- In MalayalamPremalu (2024)Also in Malayalam
What's Love Got to Do with It? (2023)
Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLet's Make Love (1960)
When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPremalu (2024)
Sachin, a carefree graduate, crosses paths with Reenu, a spirited IT professional, in Hyderabad. As their friendship deepens, unspoken feelings, career ambitions and life choices challenge their bond.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisI Love You Again (1940)
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEasy Virtue (2008)
A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Prince & Me 4: The Elephant Adventure (2010)
One year after their royal wedding, King Edvard and Queen Paige of Denmark receive an invitation to attend the wedding of Princess Myra of Sangyoon. Upon their arrival, Paige finds Myra is unhappy with her arranged marriage to the brooding and sinister Kah and is secretly in love with a young elephant handler named Alu.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGirl on a Bicycle (2013)
Paolo, an Italian tour bus driver living in Paris, has just summoned up the courage to propose marriage to his German girlfriend Greta. However, a chance encounter with a French woman on a bicycle the very next day turns Paolo's life upside down.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisLove Is in the Air (2023)
A fiercely independent pilot fighting to keep her family business afloat starts to fall for the man sent by corporate to ground her operation forever.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Hollywood Christmas (2022)
Jessica, a young, up-and-coming filmmaker in Hollywood has made a name for herself directing Christmas movies. But when handsome network executive Christopher shows up threatening to halt production on her latest movie, Jessica’s assistant, Reena, points out the irony: Jessica isn’t just trying to save her Christmas movie, she’s actually living in one. Jessica must now juggle all the classic tropes—her actors falling in and out of love, a wayward elf dog, and her own stirring romantic feelings for her perceived nemesis—in order to get her movie and her life to their happy endings.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGidget (1959)
Due to an accident while swimming in the sea, Francis meets the surfer Moondoggie. She's fascinated with his sport and starts to hang out with his clique. Although they make fun of her at first, they teach her to surf and soon she's accepted and given the nickname "Gidget". But it's hard work to become more than a friend to Moondoggie.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRelative Values (2000)
A comedy of discriminating taste and dirty little secrets. In 1952 England, Nigel, the Earl of Marshwood, woos Hollywood star Miranda, upsetting both Nigel's mother, Countess Felicity, and Miranda's former love fellow Hollywood star Don. Right before the engagement party at Marshwood, Moxie, the Countess's personal maid and best friend, reveals that Miranda is her estranged sister. Crestwell, the Countess's butler, devises a plan - but an inebriated Don's arrival at Marshwood to talk to Miranda causes all chaos to break loose.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Other End of the Line (2007)
An employee at an Indian call-center travels to San Francisco to be with a guy she falls for over the phone.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGood Advice (2001)
An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's really important in life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisProm Pact (2023)
It's prom season, and high school senior Mandy and her best friend and fellow outsider Ben are surrounded by over-the-top "promposals." Mandy is only focused on getting into her dream school Harvard, but as she starts tutoring basketball all-star Graham, she must re-evaluate whether her dream school is worth the cost of everything she believes in.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThis Little Love of Mine (2021)
Laura Price is a successful San Francisco lawyer on the cusp of promotion – a far cry from her childhood growing up on a tropical island with best friends Chip and Gem. When the firm’s biggest client – Chip’s grandfather – asks Laura to travel to the island and deliver a contract to make Chip his heir, she leaves behind her practice and fiancé Owen to convince her childhood friend to sign a contract that will make him a billionaire.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWatching the Detectives (2007)
Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his mundane world gets turned upside down and the line between reality and the movies quickly begins to blur.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhisky Galore (2016)
The story of the inhabitants of the isolated Scottish island of Todday, in the Outer Hebrides, where gloom sets in as their wartime rationing of whisky runs out. When cargo ship the SS Cabinet Minister runs aground the shrewd islanders run rings around the buffoonish English Home Guard commander Captain Waggett and conspire to hide away cases of the precious amber nectar.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisChristmas with You (2022)
Feeling career burnout, pop star Angelina escapes to grant a young fan's wish in small-town New York, where she not only finds the inspiration to revitalize her career but also a shot at true love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSilk Stockings (1957)
After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to complete their mission and to retrieve them. She starts out condemning the decadent West, but gradually falls under its spell—with the help of an American movie producer. A remake of Ninotchka (1939).
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPlatinum Blonde (1931)
Ann Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to her highfalutin ways. The husband chafes at the confinement of high society, though, and yearns for a creative outlet. He decides to write a play and collaborates with a fellow reporter.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVellimoonga (2014)
Mamachan is a forty-year-old man, who gets involved in politics due to his father. He becomes a national leader and contests for elections. In the course of his work, he meets a young girl and falls in love with her. As fate would have it, she turns out to be the daughter of the woman he loved in his youth.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & romance
Oru Bilathi Pranayam (2016)
Oru Bilathi Pranayam is a Malayalam movie directed by Canatious Athipozhiyil and produced by Garshom Media. Letesia Kuncheria, Kuriakose, Lawrence Larckin are doing the lead roles in this film. Music has been composed by Canatious Athipozhiyil and the screenplay was by Jinson Iritty
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & romance
Match Box (2017)
Ambu, a college student, develops romantic feelings for a woman he sees at a bus stop. However, things get complicated before he can profess his love to her.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & romance
Hey Jude (2018)
Jude, a mathematical genius with poor social skills, visits Goa with his parents after the demise of his aunt. There, his life changes completely after he meets Crystal, a moody musician.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
God Say (2017)
The film which is set in the background of early nineties of Kozhikode portrays the life of Harischandran (Vinay Forrt), an anarchist and a drunkard, who is an employee at the Aakashvani radio station. His life changes totally when he starts anchoring the programme named "Gandhimargam" and starts following Gandhism
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Chicken Kokkachi (2017)
Kallu, who hails from a middle-class family, living in a village, is forced to abscond from his village given the problems his family and he starts facing following his sister's marriage. Facing innumerable struggles in the city, Kallu's life highlights the multiple issues a middle-class man faces in the society.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Gold Coins (2017)
Achu (Gopal) and Kichu (Vasudev), hailing from a hamlet in Kumarakom live by their dream of owning a geared bicycle. In their journey towards their dream, the boys gets separated in the city and face unseen challenges. Gold coins portrays the journey of these two young brothers through a test of human values, conviction and perseverance.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Pokkiri Simon (2017)
Simon and his group of friends highly admire the Tamil superstar Vijay. However, their lives take an unexpected turn when their love for the actor makes them clash with two local criminals.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Nairu Pidicha Pulivalu (1958)
Chandran, a circus performer, and Thankam are in love. The circus team borrows some money from Thankam's father, Paithal Nair. When they are unable to repay, Paithal Nair takes away their animals.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Kaly (2018)
Sameer, Bejoy, Aneesh, Shanu, Paul and Abu are the best of friends. They all wanted to dress up in branded outfits and look stylish in all manner. As they hail from a middle-class family, seldom do they afford the luxury brands. The hankering for luxury brands led them to steal dresses, shoes, and accessories. The turn of events starts when they broke into a villa and get stuck inside. How does this incident change the lives of these 6 friends and inmates of the villa is what the film is about.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Chembarathipoo?
The closest matches to Chembarathipoo are What's Love Got to Do with It? (2023), Let's Make Love (1960) and Premalu (2024). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Chembarathipoo?
Start with What's Love Got to Do with It? (2023), the closest match to Chembarathipoo.
What is the highest-rated movie like Chembarathipoo?
Easy Virtue (2008), rated 6.5/10 by 474 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Chembarathipoo?
Premalu (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Malayalam movies like Chembarathipoo?
Yes: Premalu (2024), Vellimoonga (2014) and Oru Bilathi Pranayam (2016).
How are movies similar to Chembarathipoo chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Chembarathipoo, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.