20 movies like Mississippi Masala, ordered by similarity : Finding Your Feet(2017), Parched(2015), Marley & Me(2008), Good Posture(2019), La La Land(2016), Arizona Dream(1992), Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself(2002), Terms of Endearment(1983), Less Sugar(2007), Big Eden(2000), Waiting to Exhale(1995), Stuck in Love(2012) ...
Comedy, Drama
USA|UK
1991
118 Minutes
carpet cleaner cleaning lady refugee emotional inspiring passionate touching greenwood, mississippi uganda interracial romance tradition unlikely romance racism family running away forbidden love discovery 1990s
An ethnic Indian family is expelled from Idi Amin's Uganda in 1972 and lives in Mississippi 17 years later. The dad sues Uganda to get his property back. The grown daughter falls in love with a black man.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
UK
2017
111 Minutes
Joanna Lumley Celia Imrie Timothy Spall Imelda Staunton David Hayman John Sessions Josie Lawrence Indra Ové Victoria Wicks Marianne Oldham Sian Thomas
jilted lover husband best friend sister man amusing charming emotional touching mansion apartment dance hall park rome divorce starting over romance dancing family dysfunction family relationships
On the eve of retirement a middle class, judgmental snob discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend and is forced into exile with her bohemian sister who lives on an impoverished inner-city council estate.
Drama
India|UK|USA
2015
116 Minutes
Radhika Apte Sayani Gupta Adil Hussain Surveen Chawla Tannishtha Chatterjee Sumeet Vyas Mahesh Balraj Chandan Anand Riddhi Sen Lehar Khan Tanya Sachdeva
young woman indian father mother friend man intense emotional melodramatic inspiring disturbing heartwarming india big city family traditions religious traditions women's rights confrontation friendship love
In the arid landscape of Rajasthan, four women navigate their way through personal and cultural difficulties.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2008
116 Minutes
Owen Wilson Jennifer Aniston Eric Dane Kathleen Turner Alan Arkin Nathan Gamble Haley Bennett Ann Dowd Clarke Peters Finley Jacobsen Lucy Merriam
reporter journalist child dog newlywed dog trainer emotional charming mushy touching amusing heartwarming florida office beach family home pennsylvania family pregnancy deception
A family learns important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2019
91 Minutes
Emily Mortimer Norbert Leo Butz Ebon Moss-Bachrach Condola Rashad Grace Van Patten Nat Wolff Mary Holland John Early Timm Sharp
woman man family amusing charming touching spirited positive inspiring brooklyn, n.y. responsibility self-discovery creative process love growing up 2010s
Set in current day Brooklyn, Good Posture is the gentle comedy story of a lazy but charming and beautiful young woman who has got used to using men to make her life easier, but after finally pushing one man too far, is forced to discover that she can live a happier life by taking responsibility for herself and not rely on those around her as easy props.
Musical, Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA|Hong Kong
2016
128 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Emma Stone John Legend Rosemarie DeWitt J.K. Simmons Finn Wittrock Meagen Fay Callie Hernandez Sonoya Mizuno Jessica Rothe Tom Everett Scott
pianist actress friend family member casting director singer charming emotional brooding touching heartwarming los angeles office audition observatory restaurant street dreams passion struggle
While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.
Comedy, Drama
1992
119 Minutes
Johnny Depp Jerry Lewis Faye Dunaway Lili Taylor Vincent Gallo Paulina Porizkova Candyce Mason Alexia Rane Polly Noonan Ann Schulman Michael J. Pollard
salesman stepdaughter eccentric uncle older woman cousin dreamy passionate offbeat amusing arizona household desert new york city car dealership dreams romance death family coming of age
Called to Arizona by his Cadillac-dealer uncle (Jerry Lewis), a fish-and-game warden (Johnny Depp) meets a kooky widow (Faye Dunaway) and an heiress.
Comedy, Drama
Denmark|UK|Sweden|France
2002
106 Minutes
Jamie Sives Adrian Rawlins Shirley Henderson Lisa McKinlay Mads Mikkelsen Julia Davis Susan Vidler Robert McIntosh Lorraine McIntosh Gordon Broem
shop owner brother cleaning lady daughter doctor older brother dark offbeat touching amusing bookstore hospital glasgow, scotland suicide romance family depression death relationships discovery
The chronically suicidal Wilbur and his good-hearted big brother Harbour are in their thirties, when their father dies, leaving them with nothing but a worn down second-hand bookshop in Glasgow.
Drama, Comedy
USA
1983
132 Minutes
Shirley MacLaine Debra Winger Jack Nicholson Jeff Daniels Danny DeVito John Lithgow Betty King Lisa Hart Carroll Huckleberry Fox Troy Bishop
mother daughter professor astronaut touching emotional sad small town midwest family home family romance cancer mother/daughter relationship love growing up 1980s
Follows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love, and her daughter's family problems.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
India|UK
2007
140 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Tabu Paresh Rawal Zohra Segal Vinay Jain Krishna Bhatt Kanwal Toor Nikhil Ratnaparkhi Pradeep Shukla Jameel Khan
older man mother restaurant owner young woman fiancée restaurant employee offbeat emotional london family home restaurant kitchen india city courtship family dysfunction romance journey relationships disapproval
An egotistical 64-year-old chef and confirmed bachelor falls for a woman 30 years his junior.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2000
119 Minutes
Arye Gross Eric Schweig Tim DeKay Louise Fletcher George Coe O'Neal Compton Corinne Bohrer Veanne Cox
gay man grandfather native american artist friend emotional charming touching small town montana new york city homosexuality coming out romance homecoming family small-town life love discovery 2000s
Big Eden is a small, fictional northwestern Montana town.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
1995
121 Minutes
Whitney Houston Angela Bassett Lela Rochon Loretta Devine Gregory Hines Dennis Haysbert Mykelti Williamson Michael Beach Leon Wendell Pierce Donald Faison
television producer single mother executive mistress lover husband amusing witty emotional household office salon infidelity romance friendship family career love forbidden love pursuit
Based on Terry McMillan's novel, this film follows four very different African-American women and their relationships with the male gender.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2012
97 Minutes
Greg Kinnear Jennifer Connelly Lily Collins Logan Lerman Nat Wolff Patrick Schwarzenegger Liana Liberato Kristen Bell Michael Goodwin
author child parent father daughter son neighbor love interest romantic interest ex-wife engaging lighthearted inspiring playful mushy positive united states house beach bar
An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.
Drama
USA
1995
85 Minutes
Jerry Barone Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Al Pacino Joe Grifasi Joanna Merlin Andy Romano Ron McLarty Patrick Borriello Donna Mitchell Mary Lou Rosato Rosemary DeAngelis
boy child grandfather family family member charming emotional heartwarming melodramatic moving sad united states city suburb slum movie theater economic crisis family life family tragedy family secrets
Gennaro lives with his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding tight to his last quarter. But grandpa's not ready to die, he has some unfinished business with a woman from his past and he enlists Gennaro to act as his emissary.
Romance, Comedy, Drama, Music
Ireland|UK
2016
106 Minutes
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo Lucy Boynton Jack Reynor Aidan Gillen Maria Doyle Kennedy Mark McKenna Kelly Thornton Ian Kenny Ben Carolan Percy Chamburuka Karl Rice
teen boy teen girl friend band member parent older brother amusing charming cheeky confident engaging inspiring uplifting dublin harbor street city home high school band
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
85 Minutes
Jesse Wakeman Kris Avedisian Louisa Krause Ted Arcidi Shawn Contois Kate Fitzgerald Patrick Languzzi Robby Morse Levy Alexander Cook Kyle Espeleta
man childhood friend neighbor family member co-worker businessman cheeky emotional creative new york city wall street rhode island train boat funeral going home childhood friends loss memories self-discovery
With sudden passing of his grandmother, Peter Latang returns to his hometown and encounters his long lost, childhood friend, Donald Treebeck. What begins as a simple favor, turns into a long day's journey into the past.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2001
108 Minutes
Julia Stiles Sean Patrick Thomas Kerry Washington Fredro Starr Terry Kinney Bianca Lawson Vince Green Garland Whitt Mekdes Bruk
teen girl father teacher sister dancer boyfriend inspiring gritty emotional moving chicago high school street store rehearsal space dance death interracial romance teen angst jealousy
A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past.
Drama
Canada
1994
92 Minutes
Sandra Oh Stephen Chang Alannah Ong Frances You Johnny Mah Callum Keith Rennie Donald Fong Claudette Carracedo Barbara Tse
actress student mother father emotional passionate touching canada family home culture clash love tradition father/daughter relationship acting discovery growing up forbidden love 1990s
Story of a young Chinese-Canadian woman caught between traditional and modern societies.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
UK
1961
100 Minutes
teenager daughter mother sailor boyfriend gay/lesbian bleak emotional england household love friendship mother/daughter relationship emotional abuse pregnancy family dysfunction growing up love discovery 1960s
A pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support.
Comedy, Drama
1995
98 Minutes
Jack Mulcahy Mike McGlone Ed Burns Connie Britton Maxine Bahns Elizabeth P. McKay Shari Albert Jennifer Jostyn Catharine Bolz
man brother girlfriend love interest amusing playful endearing long island, n.y. relationships religion family identity roman catholicism discovery love growing up 1990s
Three Irish-American brothers (Jack Mulcahy, Mike McGlone, Edward Burns) ponder women and one another while living together on Long Island.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
India
2008
145 Minutes
Saif Ali Khan Rani Mukherji Rishi Kapoor Amisha Patel Akshat Chopra Shriya Sharma Rachit Sidana Ayushi Burman Sharat Saxena
industrialist orphan angel nanny airy emotional amusing heartwarming touching india bollywood fate love family adventure fall rise forbidden love love rescue
An angel, a man and 4 orphans come together to bring you a story filled with fun, excitement, tears, love and magic.