20 movies like Bioscopewala, ordered by similarity : Kaala(2018), Rockstar(2011), Firaaq(2008), Badrinath Ki Dulhania(2017), Bombay Talkies(2013), Rishtey(2002), Viceroy's House(2017), Ek Nai Paheli(1984), Khoya Khoya Chand(2007), Koshish(1972), Dil Vil Pyar Dyar(2002), Insaniyat Ke Devta(1993) ...
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.
Crime, Drama, Action
2018
162 Minutes
Huma Qureshi Rajinikanth Nana Patekar Anjali Patil Pankaj Tripathi Sakshi Agarwal Samuthirakani Sayaji Shinde Yatin Karyekar
middle-aged man middle-aged woman gangster leader neighbor ex-lover gripping emotional endearing moving thrilling india city mumbai slum house office criminal past land ownership land dispute
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.
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.
Romance, Drama
India
2017
138 Minutes
Varun Dhawan Alia Bhatt Sahil Vaid Ritu Raj Singh Yash Sinha Shweta Basu Prasad Anupama Kumar Gauhar Khan Gaurav Pandey
father daughter young man young woman mother family member amusing charming emotional endearing heartwarming moving india town city college wedding reception chasing dreams marriage proposal love-hate relationship
Badrinath Bansal from Jhansi and Vaidehi Trivedi from Kota belong to small towns but have diametrically opposite opinions on everything. This leads to a clash of ideologies, despite both of them recognizing the goodness in each other.
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
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 »
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.
Drama
India
1984
120 Minutes
singer young man young woman love interest bleak moving emotional endearing sad shocking india city house bungalow hospital true love love-hate relationship family relationships family ties love
Bhairavi, a renowned singer, sees a revolutionary Sandeep badly injured and takes him home for treatment. Sandeep had left his father Upendra as Sandeep had taken to terrorism. He hated ... See full summary »
Drama, Romance
India
2007
129 Minutes
Shiney Ahuja Anil Chaudhary Soha Ali Khan Rajat Kapoor Sushmita Mukherjee Sonya Jehan Vinay Pathak
author wife second wife actress director bleak brooding sad disheartening emotional moving india city mumbai movie set house bungalow stardom depression yearning for love
Circa 1960s Lucknow-based author Zafar Ali Naqvi, who has issues with his father and his four wives, including the 4th one who lusts after him, re-locates to Bombay, starts writing for ... See full summary »
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
India
2002
180 Minutes
Madhavan Jimmy Sheirgill Sanjay Suri Namrata Shirodkar Sonali Kulkarni Hrishita Bhatt Raqesh Vashisth
friend handicapped person sister wife husband singer emotional endearing moving touching heartwarming india dubai house bungalow love jealousy love-hate relationship sacrifice changed priorities
Tells the story of three friends Krish Kumar, Hrithik Mittal and Devdarshan Suri alias Dev, who all are from different walks of life as they strive to win the battle of life consisting of ... See full summary »
Drama, Crime, Action
India
1993
180 Minutes
Vinod Khanna Rajnikant Vikas Anand Rakesh Bedi Rita Bhaduri Avtar Gill Jayapradha Satyendra Kapoor
young man best friend love interest lover tycoon emotional endearing gripping sad inspiring india house town jail friendship difficult choices business corruption land dispute love
Balbir and Anwar are close friends who are both honest and brave, and always willing to lend a helping hand to any one who is in need, including the people behind a Ashram (resthouse for ... See full summary »
Drama, Romance
India
1981
180 Minutes
orphan young woman aunt uncle blind man servant emotional bleak disheartening heartwarming sad house indian village bungalow room street husband/wife relationship ex-boyfriends blindness unconditional love
After the passing away of her parents, Mangala moves in with her maternal uncle, his wife, and five cousins, who all live a poor lifestyle in a small town. She has a sweetheart in Anoop and... See full summary »
Musical, Drama
India
2011
Minutes
Vidya Balan Emraan Hashmi Imran Hasnee Tusshar Kapoor Anju Mahendru Naseeruddin Shah
young woman mother aspiring actress actor director producer emotional endearing disheartening gripping sad moving india city mumbai movie set movie premiere village chasing dreams career aspirations
The love story between an actress and a director, inspired by the life of the late south Indian actress Silk Smitha.
Drama
USA
2018
95 Minutes
Brett Dier Brooke Adams Piper Laurie Max Adler Emily Baldoni Shannon Collis Cathy DeBuono Emily Goss Christopher McVay Shana Sarin
matriarch daughter granddaughter husband grandmother love interest sultry emotional endearing moving touching house kitchen lake living room family love relationships friendship secret love
When a grandmother's secret past collides with her granddaughter's secret future and her daughter's angry present, can the love of three generations be enough to accept decades of deceit. With a simple roll of film it begins.
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
Mexico|USA
2018
135 Minutes
Yalitza Aparicio Marina de Tavira Marco Graf Fernando Grediaga Daniela Demesa Carlos Peralta Nancy García Jorge Antonio Guerrero Enoc Leaño Diego Cortina Autrey
maid nanny wife husband child lover emotional moving sad tense endearing mexico city house beach shop theater apartment pregnancy family relationships
A year in the life of a middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
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.
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.
Romance, Drama
India
2013
136 Minutes
Ranveer Singh Sonakshi Sinha Vikrant Massey Arif Zakaria Adil Hussain Prince Hayer Shirin Guha
young man young woman father landlord archaeologist con man emotional endearing sad gripping india calcutta house archaeological dig true love difficult choices criminals fugitives deception love
An aristocrat's daughter falls in love with a visiting archaeologist, but he holds a secret that could drive them apart.