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Movies that feel like Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001)

If you loved Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, the closest films we have are Igby Goes Down (2002), Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998). All three share Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham's witty and playful 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 MGM Plus and others, checked against today's data.

Years after his father disowns his adopted brother for marrying a woman of lower social standing, a young man goes on a mission to reunite his family.

πŸ… 100% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Karan Joharwittyplayfulcontemplativeromantic
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Igby Goes Down
2002 Β· dir. Burr Steers
πŸ… 75%β˜… 6.8comedy Β· drama

Common ground: parents and children

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sarcastic 17-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of old money privilege he was born into. With a schizophrenic father, a self-absorbed, distant mother, and a shark-like young Republican big brother, Igby figures there must be a better life out there -- and sets about finding it.

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Kal Ho Naa Ho
2003 Β· dir. Nikkhil Advani
πŸ… 75%β˜… 7.9comedy Β· drama Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: loving

The difference: Leans harder into romance than Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham does

An uptight MBA student falls for the charismatic new neighbor who charms her troubled family – but he has a secret that forces him to push her away.

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Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
1998 Β· dir. Karan Johar
πŸ… 67%β˜… 7.5romance Β· drama Β· comedy

Karan Johar directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

Per her mother's last wish, an 8 year old girl sets out to reunite her father with his college best friend who was in love with him.

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Home for the Holidays
1995 Β· dir. Jodie Foster
πŸ… 63%β˜… 6.6comedy Β· drama Β· romance

One thread runs through both: family conflict

After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson faces spending the holiday with her unhinged family.

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Little White Lies
2010 Β· dir. Guillaume Canet
πŸ… 41%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· drama

Both are built on the same subject: parents and children

Despite a traumatic event, a group of friends decide to go ahead with their annual beach vacation. Their relationships, convictions, sense of guilt and friendship are sorely tested. They are finally forced to own up to the little white lies they've been telling each other.

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Strictly Ballroom
1992 Β· dir. Baz Luhrmann
β˜… 7.2comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Witty and playful in the same breath

Brave new steps put Scott's career in jeopardy. With a new partner and determination, can he still succeed?

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Late Marriage
2001 Β· dir. Dover Koshashvili
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Both land stillness and romance at once

Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's parents, Yasha and Lily drag Zaza to meet potential brides and their families. Zaza has no choice. He plays along with his family, advocates of the suffocating traditions of their Georgian Jewish heritage. But Zaza always manages to somehow get out of being engaged. What his parents don't know is that Zaza is already in love. Judith is sensuous, strong and intriguing. She's also a divorcΓ©e with a 6-year-old daughter. So Zaza has kept Judith a secret from his family. He will have to choose between respect of the strict confines of family and tradition, or the love of his life.

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The Girl on the Bridge
1999 Β· dir. Patrice Leconte
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.5drama Β· comedy Β· romance

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The girl, Adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. So she follows him. They travel along the northern bank of the Mediterranean to perform.

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The Farewell
2019 Β· dir. Lulu Wang
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· drama

Playful drama in both cases

A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.

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My Sassy Girl
2001 Β· dir. Kwak Jae-yong
β˜… 7.9drama Β· comedy Β· romance

Both lean on stillness more than on comedy

A young man’s world is turned upside down when a female force of nature takes his life by storm in this outrageous and uplifting ode to true love.

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Pieces of April
2003 Β· dir. Peter Hedges
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7comedy Β· drama

Drama built on wit, twice over

The difference: Not nearly as romantic as Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.

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Whisky
2004 Β· dir. Juan Pablo Rebella
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· drama

Playful comedy, and it commits to that

When his long-lost brother resurfaces, Jacobo, desperate to prove his life has added up to something, looks to scrounge up a wife. He turns to Marta, an employee at his sock factory, with whom he has a prickly relationship.

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