20 movies like English Vinglish, ordered by similarity : The Hundred-Foot Journey(2014), Less Sugar(2007), The Weather Man(2005), Wish I Was Here(2014), After Darkness(2018), Big Night(1996), Charulata(1964), Drishyam(2013), The Anniversary(1968), All Is True(2018), Happy End(2017), Dulhe Raja(1998) ...
Drama
India
2012
133 Minutes
Sridevi Adil Hussain Mehdi Nebbou Priya Anand Sulabha Deshpande Sujatha Kumar Navika Kotia Shivansh Kotia Cory Hibbs
indian housewife family amusing restaurant manhattan fun transformation
A quiet, sweet tempered housewife endures small slights from her well-educated husband and daughter every day because of her inability to speak and understand English.
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, 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.
Comedy, Drama
USA|Germany
2005
102 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Michael Caine Hope Davis Michael Rispoli Gil Bellows Gemmenne de la Peña Nicholas Hoult Judith McConnell David Darlow Mike Bacarella Robyn Moler
weather forecaster father author wife daughter boyfriend amusing heartwarming quirky emotional suspenseful chicago newsroom household family home city apartment redemption family dysfunction career vs. family midlife crisis
A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
107 Minutes
Zach Braff Kate Hudson Mandy Patinkin Josh Gad Joey King Pierce Gagnon Donald Faison Ashley Greene Jim Parsons Michael Weston Alexander Chaplin
actor father son daughter wife brother uplifting tender confident los angeles house hospital synagogue desert beach family dysfunction family history family relationships faith growth
A struggling actor, father and husband finds himself at a major crossroads, which forces him to examine his life, his family and his career.
Sci-Fi, Drama
Mexico|USA
2018
98 Minutes
Kyra Sedgwick Tim Daly Natalia Dyer John Patrick Amedori Valorie Curry Sam Daly Roberto Aguire Jeremy Childs Christina Mandrell
family family member father child dark disheartening engaging emotional frightful gripping intense uneasy earth apocalypse relationships family dysfunction family feud family fall escape
As the SUN burns out, an American family gathers at the end of the world, their hopes for rescue slowly crumbling as they also confront long lasting divides amongst each other.
Drama
USA
1996
107 Minutes
Stanley Tucci Minnie Driver Ian Holm Isabella Rossellini Tony Shalhoub Stanley Tucci Marc Anthony Allison Janney Caroline Aaron Campbell Scott Larry Block
chef restaurant manager restaurant owner girlfriend wife brother winsome engaging spirited new jersey seaside restaurant american dream restaurant competition family small business rivalry quest 1950s
New Jersey, 1950s. Two brothers run an Italian restaurant. Business is not going well as a rival Italian restaurant is out-competing them. In a final effort to save the restaurant, the brothers plan to put on an evening of incredible food.
Drama
India
1964
117 Minutes
Soumitra Chatterjee Madhabi Mukherjee Sailen Mukherjee Shyamal Ghosal Gitali Roy Bholanath Koyal Suku Mukherjee Dilip Bose Joydeb Bankim Ghosh Subrata Sensharma
wife husband cousin writer newspaper owner brother-in-law somber calm touching sad india forest family home bedroom loneliness marital problems art infidelity betrayal family dysfunction
The lonely wife of a newspaper editor falls in love with her visiting cousin-in-law, who shares her love for literature.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
India
2013
164 Minutes
Mohanlal Meena Kalabhavan Shajon Siddique Roshan Basheer Irshad Kunchan Baiju V.K. Ansiba Hassan Esther Asha Sarath
cable installer operator wife daughter police officer husband gripping brutal intense incredible thrilling moving india village house police station bus station bus protection family relationships
A man goes to extreme lengths to save his family from punishment after the family commits an accidental crime.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1968
95 Minutes
Bette Davis Jimmy Sangster Sheila Hancock Jack Hedley James Cossins Elaine Taylor Christian Roberts Timothy Bateson Arnold Diamond
widow son fiancée pregnant woman transvestite wife dark amusing emotional campy house bedroom england living room family dysfunction family secrets blackmail transsexuality emasculation emigration
Three sons who work in the family construction business help their overbearing mother celebrate her anniversary to her late husband.
Drama, History
UK
2018
101 Minutes
Kenneth Branagh Judi Dench Lydia Wilson Hadley Fraser Jack Colgrave Hirst John Dagleish Sean Foley Ian McKellen Gerard Horan Sam Ellis Kathryn Wilder
william shakespeare wife daughter husband family member amusing tense emotional moving creative england house estate theater william shakespeare family retirement starting over writing storytelling
A look at the final days in the life of renowned playwright William Shakespeare.
Drama
France|Austria|Germany
2017
107 Minutes
Isabelle Huppert Jean-Louis Trintignant Mathieu Kassovitz Fantine Harduin Franz Rogowski Laura Verlinden Aurélia Petit Toby Jones Hille Perl Hassam Ghancy Nabiha Akkari
family wife husband refugee suicidal person grandson engaging emotional melodramatic charming heartwarming sad france refugee camp restaurant family home family dysfunction immigrants helping others happiness
A well-to-do French family deals with a series of setbacks and crises.
Comedy, Drama
India
1998
149 Minutes
restaurant owner restaurant employee young man young woman hotel owner daughter amusing hilarious hysterical madcap outlandish india city house bungalow hotel restaurant love triangle fighting greed
Poor Raja opens a fast food restaurant right opposite a five star hotel run by it's owner Singhania, earning his wrath. The wealthy hotel owner uses all his influence to remove Raja, but in... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
Canada
2017
86 Minutes
Kathleen Turner Kevin Zegers Jessica Paré Frances Fisher Jacob Tierney Jessica Parker Kennedy David La Haye Cristina Rosato Luke Kirby Wallace Shawn
bride groom brother father mother family member amusing hilarious emotional tense unrestrained outlandish hotel wedding restaurant coffee shop van wedding family dysfunction parent/child relationship
A fractured family is forced to confront what tore them apart at the eldest son's wedding.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2001
92 Minutes
Lili Taylor Courtney Love Spalding Gray Noah Emmerich Mischa Barton Gideon Jacobs Patrick Fitzgerald Kelley Hill
housewife husband son daughter best friend lesbian amusing gutsy inspiring emotional new jersey hoboken, n.j. community college house domestic life self-discovery family dysfunction lesbianism sexual awakening triumph over adversity
A woman attempts to realize the dreams she never knew she had.
Drama
USA
2012
115 Minutes
Chris Pine Elizabeth Banks Olivia Wilde Jon Favreau Michelle Pfeiffer Michael Hall D'Addario Philip Baker Hall Mark Duplass Devin Brochu Barbara Eve Harris Dean Chekvala
salesman sister son girlfriend family member emotional touching inspiring funeral los angeles household bar family dysfunction alcoholism inheritance brother/sister relationship family secrets discovery transformation 2010s
While settling his recently deceased father's estate, a salesman discovers he has a sister whom he never knew about, leading both siblings to re-examine their perceptions about family and life choices.
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.
Comedy, Drama
India
1999
160 Minutes
Sunil Shetty Priya Gill Paresh Rawal Archana Puran Singh Satish Kaushik Ranjeet
police officer wife waitress lottery winner family member amusing charming intense gripping hilarious india city house restaurant street husband/wife relationship greed lottery lottery ticket love triangle
A police officer Ram (Sunil Shetty), a man of his word. His wife Manthara (Archana Puran Singh) is obsessed with money and neglects her family in pursuit of getting rich quick. She forces ... See full summary »
Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
USA|India
2017
120 Minutes
Dennis Quaid Peggy Lipton Bryce Gheisar KJ Apa Juliet Rylance Luke Kirby Gabrielle Rose Michael Bofshever Britt Robertson Logan Miller Kirby Howell-Baptiste
dog husband wife son girlfriend police officer endearing heartwarming moving passionate amusing house park field carnival neighborhood family pets life lessons reincarnation
A dog looks to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes and owners.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1998
93 Minutes
Drew Barrymore Luke Wilson Catherine O'Hara Jake Busey Shelley Duvall Kim Robillard Daryl Mitchell Lanny Flaherty Chris Ellis Blue Deckert
restaurant employee son mother stepfather mistress brother amusing dark quirky restaurant family home airplane hangar helicopter bedroom infidelity pregnancy family dysfunction murder mother/son relationship love
Pregnant Sally unknowingly falls for the stepson of the deceased father of her baby and has to deal with his homicidal family.
Comedy, Drama
USA|Canada
1990
97 Minutes
Dabney Coleman Matt Frewer Teri Garr Barry Corbin Joe Pantoliano Xander Berkeley Rob Roy Kaj-Erik Eriksen Dee Jay Jackson Shawn Clements
police detective wife son partner police captain doctor amusing thrilling madcap playful police station doctor's office family home seattle restaurant misdiagnosis life insurance dangerous assignment family lifestyle changes
When a police detective thinks he is dying and learns that his life insurance pays out more if he dies in the line of duty, he tries to make that happen.