Movies like Ved (2022)
The best movies like Ved (2022) are Sairat (2016), Natrang (2010) and Cactus Pears (2025). If Ved hooked you with its drama and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedLife in a Year (2020)8.2/10 from 2,026 votes
- NewestCouple Friendly (2026)Released 2026
- In MarathiSairat (2016)Also in Marathi
Sairat (2016)
Archi, a local politician’s daughter, and Parshya, a fisherman’s son, fall in love resulting in violence between the families due to the stringent casteism in the village.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNatrang (2010)
Guna is a village labourer in the hinterlands of Maharashtra. Holding a passion for the 'tamasha' theatre shows, he decides to start his own troupe. Instead of the prestigious role of the king he always dreamed of, he ends up having to play a 'nachya', an effeminate, homosexual man. He goes ahead with the decision, which forever changes him and his family, as he ends up torn between his artistic passion and his societal prestige.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Cactus Pears (2025)
Anand, a 30-something city dweller compelled to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in the rugged countryside of western India, tenderly bonds with a local farmer who is struggling to stay unmarried. As the mourning ends, forcing his return, Anand must decide the fate of his relationship born under duress.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Sir (2018)
A prosperous young Indian man falls in love with his servant, a widow with the dream of becoming a fashion designer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like this15 August (2019)
On India's Independence Day, a zany mishap in a Mumbai chawl disrupts a young love story while compelling the residents to unite in aid of a little boy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Lady Chatterley's Lover (2015)
An early-20th-century tale of love across class boundaries which tells the legendary and romantic story of Lady Chatterley’s affair with her gamekeeper. Jed Mercurio’s adaptation of DH Lawrence’s classic.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFandry (2013)
Set in contemporary times, Fandry ('Pig') tells the story of teenager Jabya and his family, who are Dalits. While Jabya is struggling in his love life, having fallen for Shalu, a rich upper caste girl in his class, his family is on the lookout for a way to hunt down a wild pig to earn some money.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Gehraiyaan (2022)
Alisha Khanna, 30, ambitious, now finds herself at crossroads in life. Her six year long relationship has grown monotonous, her career seems to be going nowhere. But just when she had begun to accept this reality as unchangeable, her life is usurped by the arrival of her cousin, Tia and her fiancé, Zain, with whom she bonds over a troubled past and a common wish to break from its confines.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisKamali from Nadukkaveri (2021)
Kamali is a happy-go-lucky girl from a small town. She is a weak student who is hardly interested in studies when she falls in love with a studious boy in Chennai who aspires to make it to IIT Madras. She decides to take her studies seriously and convinces her father to go for higher studies. With the help of a retired professor in her village, she starts preparing for exams to join IIT Madras if only to meet her love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Natsamrat (2016)
A veteran Shakespearean actor steps off the stage and into the painful tragedy of old age, facing ungrateful family and his fleeting legacy. Based on a play of the same name written by playwright Kusumagraj (V. V. Shirwadkar).
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Pyaasa (1957)
Vijay, a destitute poet, searches for true love while attempting to get his work published. With the assistance of two women in his life, his dream comes true - but at a cost that causes Vijay to rethink his worldview.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe 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 thisKabir Singh (2019)
Kabir, a highly intelligent but short-tempered medical surgeon spirals into addiction after his intense relationship with his girlfriend turbulently ends.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPhotograph (2019)
A struggling street photographer, pressured to marry by his grandmother, convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée. The pair develops a connection that transforms them in ways that they could not expect.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPadi Padi Leche Manasu (2018)
A young couple navigates through the highs and lows of a budding relationship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Killa (2014)
An 11-year-old boy struggles to cope with the death of his father while trying to make new friends in an unfamiliar place, after his mother gets a job transfer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Charulata (1964)
In 1870s India, Charulata is an isolated, artistically inclined woman who sees little of her busy journalist husband, Bhupati. Realizing that his wife is alienated and unhappy, he convinces his cousin, Amal, to spend time with Charulata and nourish her creative impulses. Amal is a fledgling poet himself, and he and Charulata bond over their shared love of art.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDhadak 2 (2025)
When Neelesh, an idealistic law student from a marginalised section of society, steps into a prestigious institution, he is thrust into a world that doesn't reflect his own. His friendship with Vidhi offers hope-until a wave of tragedy exposes the deep-rooted hierarchies he tried to outrun. He must confront the invisible forces that shape who we are allowed to become and who we are allowed to love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Court (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 thisShiddat (2021)
Love-struck Jaggi can cross the seven seas for his dream girl, Kartika. Even if it means stopping her wedding as he doesn't want to be friend-zoned.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisManmarziyaan (2018)
A spirited girl finds herself caught in a complicated love triangle while burdened with societal and familial pressures.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGeethanjali (1989)
Prakash, who is diagnosed with terminal cancer, and Geethanjali, an equally ill patient, fall in love with each other. However, when she learns about his illness, she decides to move out of his life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Couple Friendly (2026)
Couple Friendly follows the journey of a Telugu boy and girl who both reside in Chennai. Their paths cross under unique circumstances, and the story deals with the challenges they face in their careers and relationship. Set in a city where they don't speak their mother tongue, the film explores the emotional highs and lows of navigating life and love in an unfamiliar environment.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Lootera (2013)
In a village, a young archaeologist falls in love with a landlord's daughter. Their union seems doomed. But destiny brings them together a year later. Will they live happily ever after?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisC/o Kancharapalem (2018)
From a schoolboy’s crush to a middle-aged bachelor’s office romance, four love stories spanning age, religion and status unfold in a small Indian town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSatyaprem Ki Katha (2023)
A middle-class boy in Ahmedabad, Satyaprem falling in one-sided love with Katha, who is coping with her breakup with Tapan. Through the journey, they discover each other's life and complement in accomplishing what was left halfway.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNot Easily Broken (2009)
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove Everlasting (2016)
Bridger is a young outsider who's always wanted more. He and his mother flee an abusive home, eventually finding a small town in the middle of nowhere. Once there, Bridger finds true acceptance with another misfit.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLife in a Year (2020)
A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)
A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Ved?
The closest matches to Ved are Sairat (2016), Natrang (2010) and Cactus Pears (2025). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Ved?
People who watched Ved most often go on to Sairat (2016), Natrang (2010) and Cactus Pears (2025).
What is the highest-rated movie like Ved?
Life in a Year (2020), rated 8.2/10 by 2,026 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Ved?
Couple Friendly (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Marathi movies like Ved?
Yes: Sairat (2016), Natrang (2010) and Cactus Pears (2025).
How are movies similar to Ved chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Ved, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.