20 movies like My Son the Fanatic, ordered by similarity : Jeans(1998), Jerry Maguire(1996), Keep the Change(2017), Yeh Dillagi(1994), The Christmas Wife(1988), Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.(2003), Sleepless in Seattle(1993), Sky Without Stars(1955), My Worst Nightmare(2011), The Lady Eve(1941), Free and Easy(1941), The End of Summer(1962) ...
Romance
UK|France
1998
87 Minutes
Om Puri Rachel Griffiths Stellan Skarsgård Akbar Kurtha Gopi Desai Harish Patel Sarah Jane Potts Bhasker Patel Judi Jones Geoffrey Bateman Bernard Wrigley
cab driver son prostitute islamic fundamentalist police chief businessman cheeky dark tender cab household restaurant basement religion race relations father/son relationship cross-cultural romance interracial conflict forbidden love underdog
Pakistani taxi-driver Parvez and prostitute Bettina find themselves trapped in the middle when Islamic fundamentalists decide to clean up their local town.
Romance
India
1998
175 Minutes
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Lakshmi Nassar Senthil Raju Sundaram Geeta Raadhika Sarathkumar
impostor twin brother fiancée father son amusing madcap lighthearted tender los angeles restaurant california hospital family home marriage deception assumed identity love triangle father/son relationship
The father of twin brothers wants to get them married to only twin sisters. But one of the brothers falls in love with a woman does not have a twin sister.
Romance
USA
1996
138 Minutes
Tom Cruise Cuba Gooding Jr. Renée Zellweger Kelly Preston Jerry O'Connell Jay Mohr Regina King Bonnie Hunt Jonathan Lipnicki Todd Louiso Mark Pellington
agent single mother football player wife son charming emotional passionate los angeles office household stadium aspirations romance love disillusionment parenthood football love transformation
When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent agent with the only athlete who stays with him and his former colleague.
Romance
USA
2017
94 Minutes
Brandon Polansky Samantha Elisofon Jessica Walter Tibor Feldman Christina Brucato Jennifer Brito Sondra James Johnathan Tchaikovsky Macy Cassera Tommy Beardmore Alex Emanuel
autistic person disabled person filmmaker friend group leader mother amusing endearing charming offbeat quirky uplifting new york city community center street brooklyn bridge restaurant cab relationships love
A New York City romantic comedy, Keep the Change is the unlikely love story of two people who meet in a support group.
Drama, Romance
India
1994
155 Minutes
Akshay Kumar Saif Ali Khan Kajol Saeed Jaffrey Reema Lagoo Achyut Potdar Neena Softa Deven Verma Karisma Kapoor
father son brother businessman driver daughter amusing charming cool emotional hilarious melodramatic house bungalow office garage car love at first sight love interest love triangle
A poor girl is rebuked by a rich boy. She leaves town to return successful and rich. He falls for her but his brother is already in love with the girl.
Other, Romance
Italy|USA
1988
73 Minutes
Jason Robards Julie Harris Don Francks James Eckhouse Patricia Hamilton Deborah Grover David Gardner Tom Harvey
widower father son companion woman escort charming emotional tender mountain cabin restaurant house holidays family dysfunction loneliness companionship family traditions unusual romance quest
When a meteorite lands near his family farm during a storm in Tennessee, the son of a struggling farmer believes it's connected to strange plague-like events afflicting the crops, the farm animals and even the family themeselves.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
India
2003
146 Minutes
Sunil Dutt Sanjay Dutt Gracy Singh Arshad Warsi Rohini Hattangadi Boman Irani Jimmy Sheirgill
father mother son gangster childhood friend doctor india village city house bungalow hospital wish fulfillment cheating lying college admission doctor-patient relationship father/son relationship love rivalry
A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.
Romance
USA
1993
104 Minutes
Tom Hanks Meg Ryan Bill Pullman Ross Mallinger Rosie O'Donnell Rob Reiner Gaby Hoffmann Victor Garber Rita Wilson Barbara Garrick Carey Lowell
widower young boy reporter manager sister tender endearing amusing melodramatic charming seattle baltimore new york city family home romance love father/son relationship grief discovery love
A recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner.
Drama, Romance
West Germany
1955
105 Minutes
Eva Kotthaus Erik Schumann Horst Buchholz Georg Thomalla Gustav Knuth Camilla Spira Erich Ponto Lucie Höflich Siegfried Lowitz Otto Wernicke Wolfgang Neuss
german woman son border patrol officer love interest great-grandmother emotional melodramatic engaging heartwarming passionate charming east germany germany west germany border mother/son relationship east/west clash family relationships father/son relationship
A border police officer helps a woman cross between West and East Germany with her son. Despite being increasingly united by love, the distance between them increases as border security tightens.
Romance
France|Belgium
2011
99 Minutes
Isabelle Huppert Benoît Poelvoorde André Dussollier Virginie Efira Corentin Devroey Donatien Suner Aurélien Recoing Eric Berger Philippe Magnan Bruno Podalydès Samir Guesmi
frenchwoman gallery owner art gallerist son father boyfriend amusing engaging hilarious witty charming playful france paris gallery apartment father/son relationship relationships happiness fun
Agathe lives with her husband and son in a posh apartment in front of the Jardin du Luxembourg. Patrick lives with his son in the back of a van. She is the head of an important contemporary... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1941
97 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Henry Fonda Charles Coburn Eugene Pallette William Demarest Eric Blore Melville Cooper Martha O'Driscoll Janet Beecher Robert Greig Dora Clement
con artist father heir cardsharp amusing charming winsome witty ship train new york city household love deception romance crime father/daughter relationship love rivalry revenge
A trio of classy card sharks targets the socially awkward heir to brewery millions for his money, until one of them falls in love with him.
Romance
USA
1941
56 Minutes
Bob Cummings Ruth Hussey Judith Anderson C. Aubrey Smith Nigel Bruce Reginald Owen Tom Conway Forrester Harvey Charles Coleman Theresa Maxwell Conover Frederick Worlock
father son swindler heiress widow wealthy man amusing melodramatic outlandish concert hall mansion party racetrack marrying for money father/son relationship morality love triangle high society debt transformation
Max Clemington (Robert Cummings) and his father are both looking to marry wealthy women. The task would be far easier if either one of them had any money of their own. Max decides on Martha... See full summary »
Drama, Romance
Japan
1962
103 Minutes
Ganjirô Nakamura Setsuko Hara Yoko Tsukasa Keiju Kobayashi Michiyo Aratama Chieko Naniwa Daisuke Kato
father daughter mistress son-in-law grandson emotional melodramatic kyoto, japan household brewery aging father/daughter relationship family deception sister relationship romance love discovery 1960s
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.
Drama, Romance
South Africa|India
2016
98 Minutes
Nicola Breytenbach Andrew Govender Leleti Khumalo Deon Lotz Terwadkar Rajiv Rolanda Marais Quentin Krog Paul Eilers Bobby Van Jaarsveld
woman indian man love interest family rival police officers major terrorist disheartening disturbing emotional gripping moving powerful south africa town hometown love forbidden love
A random act of kindness sparks a forbidden love affair between a white girl and an Indian man during the Apartheid system in South Africa.
Romance
India
1998
160 Minutes
Bobby Deol Neha Shammi Kapoor Johnny Lever Saurabh Shukla Abhay Chopra Moushumi Chatterjee
young man young woman lover love interest thief emotional endearing heartwarming moving india house bungalow hospital first love forbidden love domineering father father/son relationship love forbidden love sacrifice
Birju is a young man who lives with his mom, dad, elder brother, Bhabhi and nephew in an upper middle class home. His father would like him to work as well as accept some responsibility, ... See full summary »
Romance, Action
1990
117 Minutes
Salman Khan Mohnish Bahl Arun Bakshi Beena Dinesh Hingoo Kiran Kumar
army colonel son father mother prostitute emotional endearing moving inspiring incredible powerful india brothel house bungalow love at first sight forbidden love parental pressure forced prostitution love
Romance
France
1998
112 Minutes
Marie Rivière Béatrice Romand Alain Libolt Didier Sandre Alexia Portal Stéphane Darmon Aurelia Alcais Mathieu Davette Yves Alcais
widow best friend bachelor son girlfriend daughter witty tender calm amusing south of france vineyard wedding party house matchmaking misunderstanding aging dating loneliness
A widow's best friend tries to find her a new husband, but the ad posted in the newspaper attracts more than one possibility.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
Kenya|South Africa|Germany|Netherlands|France|Norway|Lebanon|UK
2018
83 Minutes
Samantha Mugatsia Sheila Munyiva Neville Misati Nice Githinji Charlie Karumi Muthoni Gathecha Vitalis Waweru Mellen Aura Jimmy Gathu Nini Wacera Dennis Musyoka
best friend father lesbian love interest family member emotional touching cool tender passionate solemn nairobi kenya house bar forbidden love lesbianism secret love secret life forbidden love
"Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives," but Kena and Ziki long for something more. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.
Romance, Biography, Drama
USA
2016
81 Minutes
Tika Sumpter Parker Sawyers Vanessa Bell Calloway Jerod Haynes Alex Zelenka Donald Paul Gabrielle Lott-Rogers Jeremy Michael Pereira Deanna Reed-Foster Phillip Edward Van Lear TayLar
couple law student president adviser first lady man woman african-american african-american woman family charming cheeky emotional endearing heartwarming lighthearted chicago city romance first date
Chronicles the 1989 summer afternoon when the future President of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady, Michelle Obama, on a first date across Chicago's South Side.
Musical, Romance
USA
1953
92 Minutes
Dan Dailey June Haver Dennis Day Billy Gray Cara Williams Natalie Schafer Clinton Sundberg Hayden Rorke Mary Jane Saunders Donna Lee Hickey Lyn Wilde
entertainer illustrator single father son widower classmate emotional lighthearted playful creative new york city house school romance comic books broadway fame grief father/son relationship love
Attorney's daughter falls for one of his gangster clients.
Romance, Drama
Germany
2008
98 Minutes
Ursula Werner Horst Rehberg Horst Westphal Steffi Kühnert
woman man couple lover cheeky confident emotional engaging heartwarming germany home apartment lake love love triangle loveless marriage lovers old age love forbidden love
A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.