Movies like Karwaan (2018)
The best movies like Karwaan (2018) are Tadka (2022), Tumhari Sulu (2017) and Piku (2015). If Karwaan hooked you with its adventure and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedHindi Medium (2017)7.4/10 from 225 votes
- NewestWild Wild Punjab (2024)Released 2024
- In HindiTadka (2022)Also in Hindi
Tadka (2022)
A middle-aged Tukaram is passionate about food and archaeology but it’s a misplaced call from Madhura that adds the tadka to his life. While love simmers, Nicole and Sidharth’s story spices up too.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Tumhari 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPiku (2015)
A taxi driver is caught between a dysfunctional relationship between a woman and her father as he drives them to Kolkata.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
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
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 comedy
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
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGhoomketu (2020)
An aspiring writer from a small town in U.P. runs away to Mumbai. He gives himself 30 days to try and prove his worth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Blackmail (2018)
When Dev finds about his wife's affair, he starts blackmailing her and her lover but the blackmail game backfires on him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies 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
Sukhee (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
Mitron (2018)
Jai, born and brought up with middle-class values, has a ‘take it easy’ approach to life. Since he doesn't believe in herd mentality, he and his two best friends, Raunak and Deepu start looking for unique ways to make it big in the world. During this trial and error phase, Jai realizes his dream. But his decision of choosing an unprofitable career path doesn’t go down too well with his father , who has bigger aspirations for him. Therefore, in order to bring stability in his life, his father decides to get him married. Destiny, however, has something else in store for Jai, when he accidentally meets Avni , an ambitious, MBA graduate, who wants to start her own business. Set in the backdrop of the Gujarati milieu, the film traces Jai and Avni’s personal journey, as they both find themselves and discover the true meaning of friendship in the bargain.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
A Death in the Gunj (2016)
Life for a shy young Indian student slowly falls to pieces during a family road trip.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
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 comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisKathal (2023)
When two prized jackfruits disappear from a politician's garden, a spirited cop's investigation takes an unexpected turn as she digs for the truth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKaalakaandi (2018)
Unfolding through a course of a night in Mumbai, Kaalakaandi showcases three parallel tracks — a man who discovers he has terminal illness decides to let go of his principles and live a little; a woman involved in a hit-and-run seeks redemption and two goons must decide if they can trust each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Shubh Mangal Saavdhan (2017)
A couple fall in love but then the groom discovers that he suffers from erectile dysfunction.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSharmaji 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
Badhaai 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
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRajma Chawal (2018)
A father attempts to reconnect with his estranged son through social media, a new world for him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
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 comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan (2020)
Partners Karthik and Aman don't have it easy in their road to achieving a happy ending, while Aman's family tries to get him married to someone else, Karthik doesn't step down unless he marries Aman. A sequel to the 2017 film, titled Shubh Mangal Saavdhan.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWild Wild Punjab (2024)
Four friends road-trip across Punjab to help one of them get over an ex-girlfriend, but are quickly caught in a fiasco like no other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & adventure
October (2018)
Dan, a 21-year-old carefree boy is always surrounded by a bunch of friends and fellow hotel interns who feed off each other's everyday moments, their ups and downs. Shiuli is also an intern working in the same hotel, who at times is at a receiving end of Dan's audaciousness. Everything was normal in their life until a sudden turn of events smashes Dan and Shiuli's lives together, into a bond.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRamprasad Ki Tehrvi (2021)
Ramprasad's entire family gathers under one roof for 13 days after his death, to perform and observe the Hindu traditions and rituals called the tehrvi. During the course, the family’s dynamics, politics, and insecurities come out, and then they realise that the importance of people and things are only evident in retrospect.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Gamak Ghar (2019)
In a north Indian village, a family reunites at their ancestral home to celebrate a new birth in the family. It’s a joyous, carefree occasion. Over the next two decades, through festivals and feasts, births and deaths, the film observes one house as it ages and falls to neglect.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
India Lockdown (2022)
The Indian government announces a country-wide lockdown for 21 days due to the pandemic. India Lockdown encapsulates the story of four out of lakhs of individuals whose lives came to a standstill.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure
Brahman Naman (2016)
This homage to 1980s teen sex comedies follows a college quiz bowl champion who knows almost everything -- except how to talk to women.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisDouble Threat (2022)
With ruthless mobsters on her tail, a young woman with a split personality becomes entangled with a man on a pilgrimage across the country to scatter his brother's ashes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)
The maniacal baby of the Griffin family, Stewie, meets his future self. In doing this he discovers that his future image is not what he has anticipated because of a near death experience.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMinions & More Volume 1 (2022)
This collection of 10 short films produced by Illumination includes: From the "Despicable Me" franchise: Puppy (2013); Minion Scouts (2019); Training Wheels (2013); The Secret Life of Kyle (2017); Santa's Little Helpers (2019). From the "Grinch" franchise: The Dog Days of Winter (2019). From the "Secret Life of Pets" franchise: Norman Television (2016); Weenie (2016). From the "Sing" franchise: Love at First Sight (2017). From the "Lorax" franchise: Forces of Nature (2012).
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Karwaan?
The closest matches to Karwaan are Tadka (2022), Tumhari Sulu (2017) and Piku (2015). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Karwaan?
People who watched Karwaan most often go on to Tadka (2022), Tumhari Sulu (2017) and Piku (2015).
What is the highest-rated movie like Karwaan?
Hindi Medium (2017), rated 7.4/10 by 225 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Karwaan?
Wild Wild Punjab (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like Karwaan?
Yes: Tadka (2022), Tumhari Sulu (2017) and Piku (2015).
How are movies similar to Karwaan chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Karwaan, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.