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Movies that feel like Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)

If you loved Kal Ho Naa Ho, the closest films we have are Strictly Ballroom (1992), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001) and Igby Goes Down (2002). All three share Kal Ho Naa Ho'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.

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.

🍅 75% Rotten Tomatoes7.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Nikkhil Advaniwittyplayfulcontemplativeromantictender
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Strictly Ballroom
1992 · dir. Baz Luhrmann
7.2comedy · drama · romance

Both are built on the same subject: musical

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

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Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
2001 · dir. Karan Johar
🍅 100%7.4comedy · drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: loving

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

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.

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Igby Goes Down
2002 · dir. Burr Steers
🍅 75%6.8comedy · drama

The same city underneath both: New York City

The difference: None of the tenderness Kal Ho Naa Ho is built on

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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Jab We Met
2007 · dir. Imtiaz Ali
🍅 100%7.9drama · comedy · romance

The same mix in both: wit, then play

A depressed wealthy businessman and a spunky carefree young woman embark on an unexpected journey that changes their lives.

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How to Marry a Millionaire
1953 · dir. Jean Negulesco
🍅 81%6.8comedy · romance

Common ground: musical

The difference: 50 years apart, and the 1950s show

Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.

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Obvious Child
2014 · dir. Gillian Robespierre
🍅 90%6.7comedy · romance

Romantic where it counts, tender underneath

An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.

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The Girl on the Bridge
1999 · dir. Patrice Leconte
🍅 88%7.5drama · comedy · romance

Contemplative comedy, and it commits to that

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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Late Marriage
2001 · dir. Dover Koshashvili
🍅 88%7.1comedy · drama · romance

Drama with a pulse of wit, in both cases

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 divorcée 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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Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
2008 · dir. Aditya Chopra
🍅 78%7.2comedy · drama · romance

Both lean on play more than on romance

A boring, reserved husband secretly becomes a lively, confident stranger to woo his own unaware wife only to make her fall head over heels for his dashing alter ego.

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My Sassy Girl
2001 · dir. Kwak Jae-yong
7.9drama · comedy · romance

Contemplative comedy in both cases

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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Barfi!
2012 · dir. Anurag Basu
🍅 81%8.1drama · romance · comedy

Drama built on romance, twice over

The heartwarming tale of Barfi, a charming deaf-mute young man from 1970s Darjeeling, and two unalike women who can't help but fall for him.

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On the Town
1949 · dir. Gene Kelly
🍅 94%7.3comedy · romance

Both lean on tenderness more than on romance

Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.

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