20 movies like My Name Is Khan, ordered by similarity : Such a Long Journey(1998), The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey(2007), Eeshwar(1989), The Karate Kid(2010), The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir(2018), Fences(2016), Momma's Man(2008), The Magnificent Ambersons(1942), A Screaming Man(2010), Pranzo di Ferragosto(2008), Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.(2003), Helicopter Eela(2018) ...
Drama
India|USA|United Arab Emirates|Hong Kong
2010
165 Minutes
Shah Rukh Khan Kajol Katie Amanda Keane Kenton Duty Benny Nieves Christopher B. Duncan Jimmy Sheirgill Zarina Wahab Sonya Jehan Parvin Dabas Arjun Mathur
autistic person single mother autistic indian heartwarming engaging san francisco abu dhabi mumbai religion racial profiling accusations transformation 2000s
An Indian Muslim man with Asperger's syndrome takes a challenge to speak to the President of the United States seriously and embarks on a cross-country journey.
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 »
Other, Drama
UK
2007
90 Minutes
Tom Berenger Joely Richardson Luke Ward-Wilkinson Lia Williams Jenny O'Hara Ronald Pickup Elliot Cowan Derek Riddell
woodworker mother son young boy dead person friend engaging emotional melodramatic heartwarming charming creative family home friendship relationships christmas emotion art adventure discovery
When a broken hearted boy loses the treasured wooden nativity set that links him to his dead father, his worried mother persuades a lonely ill-tempered woodcarver to create a replacement, ... See full summary »
Drama
India
1989
180 Minutes
Anil Kapoor Asha Sachdev Sadashiv Amrapurkar Saeed Jaffrey Gulshan Grover Vinod Mehra Bharati Achrekar Jayshree Gadkar Bal Dhuri Vikram Gokhale Rakesh Pandey
autistic person widow son artist mother airy charming moving india town street house autism abuse single mothers childhood love marriage love underdog
Ishwar is a simple-minded and honest young man, devout and religious, he cares for everybody. He meets with a young widow with a son and marries her. This story is about him and his trials and triumphs.
Kids & Family, Sports & Fitness, Drama
USA|China
2010
140 Minutes
Jaden Smith Jackie Chan Taraji P. Henson Wenwen Han Rongguang Yu Zhensu Wu Zhiheng Wang Jared Minns Shijia Lü Yi Zhao Bo Zhang
student son mentor mother martial arts master single mother engaging endearing inspiring touching heartwarming china beijing detroit sport tournament mountain temple bullying martial arts new love
Work causes a single mother to move to China with her young son; in his new home, the boy embraces kung fu, taught to him by a master.
Comedy, Adventure, Drama
France|India|Belgium|Singapore|USA
2018
92 Minutes
Dhanush Bérénice Bejo Erin Moriarty Barkhad Abdi Gérard Jugnot Ben Miller Abel Jafri Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse
artist mother young woman indian american magician emotional amusing inspiring creative charming heartwarming mumbai, india paris closet village city home family history death of mother
Ajatashatru Lavash Patel has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood tricking people with street magic and fakir stunts. He sets out on a journey to find his estranged father but instead gets dragged on a never-ending adventure.
Drama
USA|Canada
2016
133 Minutes
Denzel Washington Viola Davis Stephen McKinley Henderson Jovan Adepo Russell Hornsby Mykelti Williamson Saniyya Sidney Christopher Mele Leslie Boone Jason Silvis
sanitation worker son recruiter football player mother emotional engaging heartwarming touching american south house backyard bar failure family dysfunction success dreams deferred illiteracy escape growing up
A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.
Drama
USA
2008
99 Minutes
Matt Boren Ken Jacobs Flo Jacobs Dana Varon Richard Edson Piero Arcilesi Eleanor Hutchins
businessman son father mother wife brother charming sad profound new york city office family home bedroom kitchen los angeles aging nostalgia childhood responsibility family
A man who has avoided his wife and child at home has a change of heart after an imposed stay in his own parents' loft.
Drama
USA
1942
88 Minutes
Joseph Cotten Tim Holt Dolores Costello Anne Baxter Agnes Moorehead Richard Bennett Erskine Sanford J. Louis Johnson Don Dillaway Charles R. Phipps Dorothy Vaughan
wife mother son father carmaker aunt fascinating dense intense indiana mansion europe small town indianapolis family wealth aging love jealousy unrequited love
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
Drama
2010
92 Minutes
Youssouf Djaoro Diouc Koma Emile Abossolo M'bo Marius Yelolo Djénéba Koné Hadje Fatime N'Goua Heling Li Rémadji Adèle Ngaradoumbaye John Mbaiedoum
father son mother manager soldier gatekeeper disturbing disheartening sad tense chad resort swimming pool car desert generation gap civil war forced conscription loss of job guilt
A 60-year-old man in Chad, resentful of his lot in life, can only contribute his son's services to the war effort.
Comedy, Drama
2008
75 Minutes
Gianni Di Gregorio Valeria De Franciscis Marina Cacciotti Maria Cali Grazia Cesarini Sforza Alfonso Santagata
middle-aged man mother elderly woman landlord doctor amusing lighthearted charming heartwarming rome condo kitchen midlife crisis debt caregiving aging mother/son relationship responsibility underdog sacrifice
In order to work off a debt, a man (Gianni Di Gregorio) takes care of four elderly women during an important Italian holiday.
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.
Drama
India
2018
150 Minutes
Kajol Riddhi Sen Tota Roy Chowdhury Neha Dhupia Amitabh Bachchan Shataf Figar
singer son husband mother friend offbeat inspiring emotional spirited hilarious india college hospital mumbai love chasing dreams faith forgiveness discovery sacrifice
Eela is an aspiring playback singer and single mother. She has given up all her dreams to raise her only son. But now her baby son 'Vivan' is all grown up and being a typical young ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
2001
98 Minutes
Eleanor Hutchins Larry Fessenden Holly Ramos Jonah Leland Barbara Sicuranza Amanda Vogel Macha Ross Kristin Di Spaltro Will Keenan Michael Joseph Buscemi
single mother son artist writer roommate old friend endearing engaging amusing emotional new york city apartment brooklyn, n.y. bar parenthood music friendship drug addiction responsibility temptation
Five "disreputable" women from Brooklyn meet in the late-afternoon hours to throw back half-price drink specials and bitch uninhibitedly about life, libidos and lactation.
Sci-Fi, Drama
2003
172 Minutes
Hrithik Roshan Preity Zinta Rekha Rajat Bedi Mukesh Rishi Prem Chopra Rakesh Roshan
scientist mother mentally challenged boy alien young woman childhood friend amusing moving touching heartwarming inspiring thrilling india valley village house school basketball court alien landing alien/human relationship
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
2005
93 Minutes
Bonnie Hunt Kip Pardue Tess Harper Chris Sarandon Michael Learned Michael Kelly Robin Weigert
reverend mother daughter wife hotel owner son emotional heartwarming tender church beach motel house north carolina abandonment adoption aids religion maternal instinct reunion
Three stories revolve around a troubled woman (Bonnie Hunt) searching for her child, a minister and his wife (Tess Harper) and an HIV-positive drifter (Kip Pardue).
Drama
France
2012
111 Minutes
Michel Bouquet Christa Théret Vincent Rottiers Thomas Doret Michèle Gleizer Laurent Poitrenaux Solène Rigot Hervé Briaux
artist painter young woman son beautiful woman sick person engaging emotional melodramatic heartwarming charming creative house spain relationships jealousy romance creative process art family
Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir -- son of the Impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste -- returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his ... See full summary »
Drama
India
2005
116 Minutes
Shabana Azmi Konkona Sen Sharma Rahul Bose Kanwaljit Singh Shifaali Shah Waheeda Rehman Dhritiman Chatterjee Soumitra Chatterjee Parag Bhatnagar Yama Shroff
sister mother father fiancé doctor schizophrenic emotional uneasy engaging house city college india schizophrenia sisterhood family rape guilt delusions discovery
An exploration of the impact of schizophrenia on a young woman and her family in today's Calcutta. The narrative pivots around the relationship of two sisters, older sister Anjali is a ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA|India|United Arab Emirates
2014
122 Minutes
Helen Mirren Om Puri Manish Dayal Charlotte Le Bon Amit Shah Farzana Dua Elahe Dillon Mitra Aria Pandya Michel Blanc Clément Sibony Vincent Elbaz
ingénue chef indian proprieter frenchwoman family member charming creative cool emotional heartwarming kitchen restaurant house india france yard talent cooking indian life
The Kadam family leaves India for France where they open a restaurant directly across the road from Madame Mallory's Michelin-starred eatery.
Comedy, Action, Drama
India
2013
150 Minutes
Ajay Devgn Tamannah Mahesh Manjrekar Paresh Rawal Zarina Wahab Riteish Deshmukh Anil Dhawan Rajendra Gupta Leena Jumani Chunky Pandey Vindu Dara Singh
father mother son family member priest murderer emotional bleak disheartening intense inspiring india indian village mumbai city murder threats left for dead revenge revenge
When a temple priest commits suicide after being dishonored by an evil landlord, his son returns to his native village on a mission of vengeance.
Drama
USA
1953
101 Minutes
Jane Wyman Sterling Hayden Nancy Olson Steve Forrest Elisabeth Fraser Martha Hyer Walter Coy Richard Beymer Tommy Rettig Roland Winters Jacques Aubuchon
mother husband son composer artist surrogate child engaging moving rousing illinois farm chicago parenthood career family mother/son relationship art aspirations growing up transformation
In the late 1890s, a young widowed woman becomes a successful farmer and can send her son, nicknamed 'So Big', to college. After graduating, he finds a job as an architect, but forgoes his dream in favor of an immediate financial success.