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Movies that feel like Dangal (2016)

If you loved Dangal, the closest films we have are Paper Planes (2014), A Letter to Momo (2012) and Tolo Tolo (2020). All three share Dangal's contemplative and warm feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

Dangal is an extraordinary true story based on the life of Mahavir Singh and his two daughters, Geeta and Babita Phogat. The film traces the inspirational journey of a father who trains his daughters to become world class wrestlers.

🍅 89% Rotten Tomatoes8.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Nitesh Tiwaricontemplativewarmcozywittyplayful
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Paper Planes
2014 · dir. Robert Connolly
🍅 85%6.2comedy · family · drama

Both land stillness and warmth at once

Dylan discovers he has a talent for making paper planes. He has a chance to compete in a world championship, but he'll have to face bullies and self-doubt to do so.

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A Letter to Momo
2012 · dir. Hiroyuki Okiura
🍅 80%7.2comedy · fantasy · animation

Both keep coming back to the same thing: parents and children

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than Dangal does

A shy 11-year-old's life takes a strange turn when she discovers three hungry goblins living in the attic of her new house. She misses her old life. She misses her father so very much. Until she makes some new ghoulish friends.

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Tolo Tolo
2020 · dir. Checco Zalone
5.7comedy · drama · family

Cozy where it counts, witty underneath

Checco is a young Apulian entrepreneur dreamer who has opened a sushi restaurant in his Apulia. However, after one month, the restaurant went bankrupt and he chose to emigrate to Africa to escape from debt. Here he adapts to being a waiter in a resort in Kenya, but at the outbreak of a civil war he decides to embark on a stowaway trip on a boat for migrants to Europe and chooses to do it with his African friends. However, he would not like to return to Italy, but rather to go to Liechtenstein where banking secrecy is in force and there is a lower tax burden than in Italy.

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English Vinglish
2012 · dir. Gauri Shinde
🍅 83%7.8comedy · drama · family

Playful drama in both cases

In the United States for the first time, an Indian housewife with a limited command of English turns Manhattan into her personal language school.

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Fala Sério, Mãe!
2017 · dir. Pedro Vasconcelos
6.1comedy · family

Family built on warmth, twice over

The difference: Missing the stillness of Dangal

Ângela Cristina, mother of teenager Maria de Lourdes, has to deal with the difficulties and delights of guiding her daughter during one of the most complicated stages of life.

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Alibi.com
2017 · dir. Philippe Lacheau
🍅 67%6.5comedy · family

Comedy with a pulse of comfort, in both cases

Greg founded a company called Alibi.com that creates any type of alibi. With his associate, Augustin, and Medhi his new employee, they devise unstoppable stratagems and stagings to cover their clients. But meeting Flo, a pretty blonde who hates men who lie, will complicate Greg's life, which begins by hiding the true nature of his activity. During the presentation to parents, Greg understands that Gérard, the father of Flo, is also one of their clients.

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Miracle on 34th Street
1947 · dir. George Seaton
🍅 96%7.9comedy · drama · family

One thread runs through both: parents and children

The difference: Made in the 1940s, in a different era of the craft

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016 · dir. Taika Waititi
🍅 97%7.8adventure · comedy · drama

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

The difference: Sits closer to adventure than Dangal does

Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.

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Just Another Christmas
2020 · dir. Roberto Santucci
6.7comedy · drama · fantasy

Witty family, and it commits to that

After taking a very nasty fall on Christmas Eve, grinchy Jorge blacks out and wakes up one year later, with no memory of the year that has passed. He soon realizes that he’s doomed to keep waking up on Christmas Eve after Christmas Eve, having to deal with the aftermath of what his other self has done the other 364 days of the year.

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Housekeeping
1987 · dir. Bill Forsyth
🍅 92%7.2comedy · drama

Common ground: small town life

In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world and its conventions don't quite live up to most people's expectations.

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Help! I'm a Fish
2000 · dir. Michael Hegner
6adventure · animation · comedy

Comedy with a pulse of play, in both cases

Three children are accidentally transformed into fish after consuming a potion made by an eccentric scientist. The kids end up in the sea, with one problem: they must find and drink the antidote within 48 hours, or forever remain as fish.

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Red Dog
2011 · dir. Kriv Stenders
🍅 84%7.3drama · comedy · family

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

The legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master.

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