Movies like Pagglait (2021)
The best movies like Pagglait (2021) are Kathal (2023), Angrezi Medium (2020) and Kaagaz (2021). If Pagglait hooked you with its drama 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
- NewestVijay 69 (2024)Released 2024
- In HindiKathal (2023)Also in Hindi
Kathal (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 & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisKaagaz (2021)
Kaagaz (transl. Paper) is a biographical drama about a farmer, Lal Bihari's 19-year struggle to make himself come alive again when he is declared dead in Government records by interests keen to take over his assets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Chopsticks (2019)
A gifted but insecure woman is in for a transformative experience when she enlists the help of an enigmatic con artist to recover her stolen car.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDoor Ke Darshan (2020)
When the matriarch of a dysfunctional family wakes up after a long induced coma, the members of the household set aside their differences to help her adapt to the changes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Mimi (2021)
An aspiring actress in a small town in Rajasthan agrees to bear a child for a visiting couple seeking a surrogate mother, but her experience takes an unexpected turn when they refuse to have the child anymore.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisUjda Chaman (2019)
A balding 30-year-old bachelor in search of a beautiful wife is given a deadline to find one or remain celibate forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Sherni (2021)
A jaded forest officer leads a team of trackers and locals intending to capture an unsettled tigress while battling intense obstacles and pressures, both natural and man-made.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Ghoomketu (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 & drama
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 & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDolly Kitty and Those Twinkling Stars (2020)
A disillusioned Delhi wife (Dolly), and her new-in-town cousin (Kitty), navigate damning secrets, dreams and their thorny dynamic on their respective roads to freedom.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Piku (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 & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKaamyaab (2020)
The human drama is based on an interesting premise of a seasoned character actor who decides to come out of retirement and begin a quest for a record of some sorts, that elusive 500th role, the one for which he shall be remembered forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Thappad (2020)
A young woman's life is shattered into pieces when her husband slaps her at a party, causing her to question what this relationship stands for.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJugJugg 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 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
Mrs. (2023)
A newly wed finds herself in an overcooked and tasteless happily ever-after laced with patriarchal traditions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Ankhon 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 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 thisMatru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola (2013)
Harry is an industrialist who loves his daughter Bijlee, and the bond they share with Harry's man friday, Matru. Bijlee's plan to wed the son of a politician, however, brings twists and turns in the lives of Matru, Bijlee and Mandola.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisDoctor G (2022)
Uday Gupta, a medical college student wanted to specialise in Orthopaedic, but is stuck in an all-female class of Gynaecology. Will he change his department, or will the department change him?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKho 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
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 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
Chhatriwali (2023)
Sanya is an unemployed chemistry genius looking for a job. However, she also wants to use her knowledge of chemistry to help young minds move beyond the taboos of sex with the right education.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Selfiee (2023)
RTO officer Om Prakash strikes a golden opportunity to meet his icon, Vijay Kumar. Bhut when his love gets spurned by the superstar, a clash of egos ensues.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
It Runs in the Family (2003)
This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNothing in Common (1986)
A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisBest Man Down (2012)
A newlywed couple cancels their honeymoon and returns to the snowy Midwest to make the funeral arrangements for their best man, who died unexpectedly after their ceremony.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Pagglait?
The closest matches to Pagglait are Kathal (2023), Angrezi Medium (2020) and Kaagaz (2021). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Pagglait?
People who watched Pagglait most often go on to Kathal (2023), Angrezi Medium (2020) and Kaagaz (2021).
What is the highest-rated movie like Pagglait?
Hindi Medium (2017), rated 7.4/10 by 225 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Pagglait?
Vijay 69 (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like Pagglait?
Yes: Kathal (2023), Angrezi Medium (2020) and Kaagaz (2021).
How are movies similar to Pagglait chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Pagglait, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.