20 movies like Aligarh, ordered by similarity : Boys(2018), Boy Erased(2018), A Single Man(2009), Parched(2015), Husband Material(2018), Loving(2016), Professor Marston & the Wonder Women(2017), Carol(2015), The Sea Inside(2004), Rockstar(2011), Philadelphia(1993), Woodpeckers(2017) ...
Biography, Drama
India
2015
114 Minutes
Sukhesh Arora Manoj Bajpayee Balaji Gauri Sumit Gulati Dilnaz Irani Sachin Parikh K.R. Parmeshwar Rajkummar Rao Ishwak Singh Nutan Surya Suman Vaidya
professor gay man journalist lawyer intense emotional brooding profound india university flat court gay rights homophobia homosexuality fight for justice friendship morality underdog love
A gay, linguistic professor living in a small orthodox city must deal with the aftermath of a sting operation that puts his sexual orientation in front of the entire nation.
Drama, Romance
2018
82 Minutes
Aure Atika Nicolas Bauwens Tommy Lee Baïk Ilian Bergala Pierre Cartonnet Marie Denarnaud Félix Maritaud
young man man gay man classmate concierge boyfriend intense brooding suspenseful melodramatic emotional profound hotel club school past homosexuality partnership first love trust
Gay & Lesbian, Biography, Drama
Australia|USA
2018
115 Minutes
Lucas Hedges Nicole Kidman Joel Edgerton Russell Crowe Flea Joe Alwyn Xavier Dolan Troye Sivan Britton Sear Jesse LaTourette David Ditmore
gay man young man father mother therapist preacher emotional powerful somber uplifting house high school church office homosexuality homophobia family love religion self-discovery
The son of a Baptist preacher unwillingly participates in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2009
99 Minutes
Colin Firth Julianne Moore Nicholas Hoult Matthew Goode Jon Kortajarena Paulette Lamori Ryan Simpkins Ginnifer Goodwin Teddy Sears Aaron Sanders Lee Pace
professor homosexual lover student friend male prostitute brooding emotional profound cheeky suburb house college beach gas station suicide grief friendship homosexuality teaching
An English professor, one year after the sudden death of his boyfriend, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.
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, Romance, Drama
India
2018
150 Minutes
Tapsee Pannu Abhishek Bachchan Vicky Kaushal Jasmin Bajwa Ashnoor Kaur Abdul Quadir Amin Saurabh Sachdeva
young woman dj bank employee father mother emotional intense melodramatic inspiring heartwarming charming india disco love triangle loveless marriage wedding true love unconditional love forbidden love love
A love triangle between a spirited young woman, her outgoing boyfriend and a fiance who's husband material.
Biography, Drama, History
UK|USA
2016
123 Minutes
Joel Edgerton Ruth Negga Marton Csokas Nick Kroll Terri Abney Alano Miller Jon Bass Michael Shannon Chris Greene Sharon Blackwood
black woman white man husband wife police officer supreme court justice brooding emotional intense virginia washington, d.c. house prison office courtroom interracial relationship racism bullying courage justice
The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme Court's historic 1967 decision.
Drama, History, Biography
USA
2017
108 Minutes
Luke Evans Rebecca Hall Bella Heathcote Connie Britton Monica Giordano JJ Feild Chris Conroy Oliver Platt Maggie Castle Alexa Havins Sharon Kubo
professor writer inventor lover wife emotional sultry powerful passionate intricate inspiring harvard university massachusetts house stage classroom womanhood comic books threesome marriage
The story of psychologist William Moulton Marston, and his polyamorous relationship with his wife and their mistress who would inspire his creation of the superheroine, Wonder Woman.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Biography, Drama
Spain|France|Italy
2004
125 Minutes
Javier Bardem Belén Rueda Lola Dueñas Mabel Rivera Celso Bugallo Clara Segura Joan Dalmau Alberto Jiménez Tamar Novas Francesc Garrido Josep Maria Pou
patient lawyer friend quadriplegic emotional gripping inspiring spain ocean courtroom injury court battles love right-to-die love sacrifice 2000s
The factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a thirty-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.
Romance, Drama
India
2011
160 Minutes
Ranbir Kapoor Shammi Kapoor Aditi Rao Hydari Piyush Mishra Nargis Fakhri Shikha Jain Jaideep Ahlawat
young woman young man father mother singer love interest gripping intense emotional moving sad india house bungalow valley wedding reception love interest love at first sight friendship relationships
Janardhan Jakhar chases his dreams of becoming a big Rock star, during which he falls in love with Heer.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
1993
125 Minutes
Tom Hanks Denzel Washington Jason Robards Antonio Banderas Joanne Woodward Mary Steenburgen Ron Vawter Robert Ridgely Charles Napier Roger Corman John Bedford Lloyd
lawyer gay man wife husband homophobe boyfriend tender emotional profound office library courtroom apartment philadelphia homophobia worker's rights law friendship court battles aids
When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.
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.
Comedy, Drama
India
2017
128 Minutes
Rajkummar Rao Shruti Haasan Gautam Gulati Darshan Jariwala Ninad Kamat Ranjeet
young man young woman neighbor love interest friend indian amusing charming playful lighthearted engaging cheeky india neighborhood love interest young love first love expedition tradition family
Gattu (Rajkummar Rao) has a problem, he loves Binny (Shruti Haasan) who lives in their neighborhood. But everyone says that the girls of the neighborhood should be treated as own sister or ... See full summary »
Drama
Afghanistan|France
2013
85 Minutes
Haji Gul Aser Wajma Bahar Mustafa Abdulsatar Brehna Bahar Assib Ibrahim Saleha Ibrahim Tahera Hashemi
afghan woman man love interest student pregnant woman disheartening thrilling tense intense moving melodramatic afghanistan kabul, afghanistan love sex unwanted pregnancy secret love family honor family relationships
It's snowing in Kabul, and gregarious waiter Mustafa charms a pretty student named Wajma. The pair begins a clandestine relationship - they're playful and passionate but ever mindful of the... See full summary »
Drama, History
UK|India|Sweden
2017
105 Minutes
Hugh Bonneville Gillian Anderson Manish Dayal Huma Qureshi Om Puri Denzil Smith Neeraj Kabi Michael Gambon Simon Callow Lily Travers Jaz Deol
lord viceroy wife daughter servant staff member moving emotional profound patriotic rousing inspiring india palace town street indian culture indian history indian independence movement british culture
The final Viceroy of India, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (Hugh Bonneville), is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.
Biography, Drama
Australia
1988
121 Minutes
Meryl Streep Sam Neill Bruce Myles Dale Reeves David Hoflin Jason Reason Michael Wetter Kane Barton
mother pastor lawyer suspenseful emotional melodramatic australia outback courtroom loss media court battles fall mystery rescue 1980s
A mother whose child was killed in a dingo attack in the Australian Outback fights to prove her innocence when she is accused of murder.
Gay & Lesbian, Biography, Drama, History
UK|USA
2014
113 Minutes
Benedict Cumberbatch Keira Knightley Matthew Goode Rory Kinnear Allen Leech Matthew Beard Charles Dance Mark Strong Alex Lawther
scientist mathematician gay man military official government official emotional powerful moving united kingdom laboratory government building london apartment computers world war ii espionage homosexuality homophobia blackmail forbidden love
During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians.
Gay & Lesbian, Biography, Drama
USA
1999
119 Minutes
Hilary Swank Chloë Sevigny Peter Sarsgaard Brendan Sexton III Alison Folland Alicia Goranson Matt McGrath Rob Campbell Jeannetta Arnette
transsexual love interest friend criminal bleak emotional lincoln, neb. falls city, neb. bar apartment gender identity troubled youth violence growing up transformation forbidden love fall 1990s
A young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska.
Biography, Drama
USA
2016
96 Minutes
Tom Hanks Aaron Eckhart Valerie Mahaffey Delphi Harrington Mike O'Malley Jamey Sheridan Anna Gunn Holt McCallany Ahmed Lucan Laura Linney Wayne Bastrup
pilot airline employee passenger rescue worker wife investigator brooding emotional intense airport airplane hudson river new york city conference room house emergency landing rescue heroism investigation stress
The story of Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger (Tom Hanks), an American pilot who became a hero after landing his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew.
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.