20 movies like Firaaq, ordered by similarity : Rishtey(2002), Bhoothnath(2008), Bombay Talkies(2013), Chaahat(1996), Bioscopewala(2018), The Old Man & the Gun(2018), Shor in the City(2011), Hera Pheri(1975), Koshish(1972), Bow Barracks Forever(2004), Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki(1984), Wazir(2016) ...
Drama
India
2008
101 Minutes
Tisca Chopra Shahana Goswami Deepti Naval Paresh Rawal Naseeruddin Shah Sanjay Suri Raghubir Yadav
young man young woman husband son wife neighbor gripping intense suspenseful emotional endearing sad india gujarat, india house police station street patriotism riots religious fanaticism
Chronicles the devastating impact on vulnerable Muslims in Gujarat after riots.
Drama
India
2002
163 Minutes
Anil Kapoor Karisma Kapoor Shilpa Shetty Amrish Puri Jagdeep Sadashiv Amrapurkar Alok Nath Anjan Srivasatv Arjun Achyut Potdar Sharat Saxena
young man young woman wealthy woman father son intense gripping emotional endearing sad india indian village house bungalow courtroom love at first sight estrangement parental pressure misunderstanding husband/wife relationship
Suraj Singh (Anil Kapoor) is in love with the beautiful and wealthy Komal (Karisma Kapoor). They dream of their perfect family together but her arrogant father Yashpal Chaudhary (Amrish ... See full summary »
Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
India
2008
140 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Juhi Chawla Shah Rukh Khan Satish Shah Rajpal Yadav Aman Siddiqui Tejas Priyanshu Chatterjee
young man young woman husband wife child spirit emotional gripping intense suspenseful amusing hilarious house haunted house street spirit world haunted houses haunting sacrifice adventure
Moving into a new house, a family witnesses an unfriendly ghost who wants to drive them away from the house. However, he befriends a little boy who changes his outlook forever.
Drama
India
2013
127 Minutes
Zoya Akhtar Rani Mukherji Karan Johar Randeep Hooda Saqib Saleem Nawazuddin Siddiqui Ranvir Shorey Naman Jain
young man young woman husband wife intern gay man emotional endearing passionate gripping india city house office stories husband/wife relationship gay lifestyle love quest pursuit
One hundred years of Hindi cinema is celebrated in four short stories showcasing the power of film.
Drama, Comedy, Action, Romance
India
1996
151 Minutes
Naseeruddin Shah Shah Rukh Khan Pooja Bhatt Anupam Kher Ramya Krishnan Avtar Gill Mushtaq Khan
young man young woman singer doctor father hotel owner emotional passionate gripping intense suspenseful mumbai, india india rajasthan, india house bungalow hotel love triangle obsession fanaticism
Roop and his father come to the city for medical treatment where Reshma falls in love with Roop. However, Roop loves Pooja but when Reshma threatens to kill herself, Roop agrees to marry her.
Drama
India
2018
115 Minutes
Danny Denzongpa Geetanjali Thapa Adil Hussain Tisca Chopra Brijendra Kala Ekavali Khanna Simon Frenay Sahra Khan Sahibi
middle-aged man husband wife daughter neighbor emotional endearing moving sad disheartening gripping india kabul, afghanistan france house street desert unusual friendship bonding death of father
A woman meets her dead father's old friend, who was the operator of a Bioscope show that she loved in her childhood. Connecting India and Afghanistan, a story of love and cinema unfolds.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
prisoner prison guard bank robber wife detective escape artist amusing gutsy bleak suspenseful tense california san quentin penitentiary prison bank car escape bank heist life story prison
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
Crime, Drama
India
2011
112 Minutes
Sendhil Ramamurthy Krishna DK Tusshar Kapoor Radhika Apte Zakir Hussain Sundeep Kishan Amit Mistry Pitobash Tripathy Preeti Desai Nikhil Dwivedi Girija Oak
young man young woman friend girlfriend wife gangster intense confident engaging gripping shocking mumbai, india india house street bank restaurant extortion police work robbery
Various residents and career-criminals face challenges in crime-laden Mumbai.
Crime, Comedy, Drama, Action
India
1975
164 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Saira Banu Kimi Katkar Vinod Khanna Sulakshana Pandit Deepa Sahi Shilpa Shirodkar
young man young woman friend best friend father girlfriend amusing gripping thrilling intense emotional moving india city house bungalow restaurant street friendship best friends
Two friends Ajay and Vijay gets separated from each other when they discover secrets about their past in their own ways.
Musical, Drama
India
1972
180 Minutes
Sanjeev Kumar Jaya Bhaduri Asrani Seema Deo Om Shivpuri Dina Pathak Atam Prakash Nitin Sethi
young man young woman son mother sister amusing hilarious emotional moving endearing india city house school deafness husband/wife relationship bonding the past true love love
A speech and hearing-impaired couple persists through unforgiving obstacles to be accepted by society and live a life of dignity.
Drama, Action
India
2004
118 Minutes
Lillete Dubey Clayton Rodgers Neha Dubey Sabyasachi Chakraborty Sohini Pal Moon Moon Sen
young man young woman husband wife family member emotional gripping engaging powerful calcutta, india india city house apartment identity crisis confusion quest pursuit adventure 2000s
Bow Barracks Forever is a film about the triumph of the human spirit. It is not easy to fight back the march of progress. And progress brings with it change-change that is often painful, ... See full summary »
Drama, Action
India
1984
180 Minutes
Mithun Chakraborty Smita Patil Salma Agha Amrish Puri Karan Razdan Yunus Parvez
young woman son father criminal sad emotional gripping intense tense india house estate murder marriage mother/son relationship revenge child abuse quest pursuit transformation
Aarti lives with her only son Avinash. When Avinash falls in love and decides to get married, she tells him the truth about his father's death.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
India
2016
102 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Farhan Akhtar Aditi Rao Hydari Neil Nitin Mukesh John Abraham
young man young woman husband wife crippled man chess grandmaster gripping thrilling shocking intense emotional moving india city house bungalow police station death of child fight for justice unlikely friendship
A grief-stricken cop and an amputee grandmaster are brought together by a peculiar twist of fate as part of a wider conspiracy that has darkened their lives.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Drama, Romance
India
1958
163 Minutes
Dilip Kumar Vyjayanthimala Johnny Walker Pran Jayant Ramayan Tiwari Misra Baij Sharma Bhudo Advani Jagdish Sagar
engineer wife child friend caretaker tribeswoman emotional gripping intense suspenseful sad india village city house street estate rebirth reincarnation revenge
A young man takes shelter in a mansion when a landslide blocks his route to the railway station. Then, he finds the mansion familiar and soon learns about the story of his previous birth.
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Crime, Drama
India
2005
124 Minutes
gangster son wife daughter-in-law henchman bleak intense suspenseful thrilling emotional moving mumbai, india house bungalow street office police station gangsters family relationships brotherhood
The authority of a man, who runs a parallel government in Mumbai, is challenged. His son rises to face his enemies.
Drama, Romance
India
2001
190 Minutes
young man young woman driver muslim music teacher bleak brutal disheartening emotional heartwarming patriotic india pakistan bungalow house college love family patriotism riots
Set during the Partition of India in 1947, a Sikh truck driver falls in love with a Muslim girl belonging to an aristocratic family.
Drama
India
1984
180 Minutes
Ashok Kumar Dilip Kumar Rishi Kapoor Amrita Singh Prem Chopra Amrish Puri
husband wife friend daughter ex-convict gripping engaging emotional india city house apartment prison imprisonment revenge murder justice love quest pursuit
Mohan Kumar's diligence and honesty lands him in trouble with Balwant Singh Kalra, Jugal Kishore Ahuja, and Mr. Bhandari. Together the trio frame and imprison Mohan and make him watch ... See full summary »
Drama
2000
91 Minutes
Mariam Parvin Almani Nargess Mamizadeh Fareshteh Sadr Orafai Monir Arab Elham Saboktakin Fatemeh Naghavi Mojgan Faramarzi Fereshteh Sadr Orafai Maryiam Palvin Almani Solmaz Panahi
woman friend husband prostitute prisoner pregnant woman suspenseful disheartening profound emotional iran prison hospital street city bus pregnancy prison life iranian society journey
Three Iranian women (Mariam Parvin Almani, Nargess Mamizadeh, Fareshteh Sadr Orafai) battle oppressive governmental regulations that affect all areas of their lives.
Drama
UK|Canada
1998
112 Minutes
Roshan Seth Soni Razdan Om Puri Naseeruddin Shah Ranjit Chowdhry Sam Dastor Kurush Deboo Pearl Padamsee Vrajesh Hirjee Shazneen Damania Kurush Dastur
husband wife father son daughter artist engaging uplifting india neighborhood household indian independence movement religion family struggle life lessons war transformation quest 1970s
Circa 1971, Gustad Noble lives in a one bedroom hall rented apartment in Byculla, Bombay. He travels to work everyday by Central Railway to Victoria Terminus and walks to Flora Fountain to ... See full summary »