Movies like Varsham 2014
If you like "Varsham" you are looking for emotional, realistic and tense movies about / with small business, resilience, middle class, struggle, character study, family bonds and survival themes of Drama genre shot in India.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
Varsham (2014)
1K
Original name: വർഷം
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The film narrates the tale of Venu, owner of a small finance company in Thrissur. His life is shaken up after some unprecedented events leaving him at a dead end. This movie is about how he finds a purpose to live.
Style:
emotional, realistic, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
small business, resilience, middle class, struggle, character study, family bonds, survival, competition, rivalry, fatherhood, redemption, everyday life, identity, social issues, hopes, betrayal, corruption, mature, community, grief, loss, business ethics, slow burn, finance, doctor ...
Movie in categories
Most similar movies to Varsham
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, realistic, tense and intense films with plots about hopes, resilience, slow burn, redemption, loss, survival and malayalam mostly in Drama, Thriller and Adventure genres. Some movies like Varsham: Jai Ganesh (2024), Parole (2018), Sunny (2021), Dhumketu (2025), Manamantha (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In the unforgiving shadows of sympathy, Ganesh Gangadharan, a paraplegic designer, wrestles with his inner demons, striving for a semblance of normalcy.
Style:
thought provoking, emotional, intense, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
disability, paraplegic, resilience, introspection, character study, healing, isolation, identity, redemption, empathy, grief, loss ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Alex is a comrade and an active communist leader. Due to some unfortunate events, Alex gets arrested and is imprisoned but is compelled to come out on Parole to solve a mystery he left behind.
Style:
tense, intense, crime thriller, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
parole, political activism, investigation, power struggle, political conspiracy, secrets, social justice, moral dilemma, corruption, suspicion, betrayal, loyalty ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
71%
6K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The life of a failed musician, sunny takes a dramatic turn as he smuggles himself back from Dubai to Kerala in midst of a global pandemic and shuts himself from the society.
Style:
emotional, intense, melancholic, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
pandemic, desperation, character study, survival, regret, redemption, isolation, homecoming, secrets, getting home, resilience, hopes ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india, dubai
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Megh is a married person, who works as manager of a tea estate in North Sikkim. In a certain crisis he became jobless and struggles to make ends problems of his life because there are not many options for livelihood around in the hills. He fights to ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, scenic, melancholic
Plot:
struggle, resilience, empathy, poverty, hopes, unemployment, perseverance, family bonds, slice of life, sacrifice, parenting, recovery ...
Place:
kolkata
Similarity:
59%
Movie in collections
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
Sairam, an assistant manager in a supermarket treads on an unethical path for a promotion, leading to dire consequences. Gayatri a thrifty housewife manages her middle class household. Mahitha's friend, a street child goes missing and she goes ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, anthology, suspense ...
Plot:
social issues, lifestyle, social problems, love affair, family relations, relationships, middle class, slice of life, moral dilemma, social realism, urban, everyday life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Rajakumaran, a talented teacher and also a trainer for other teaching staff. His way of communication and the method he adopts while teaching, makes him everybody's favorite. The story takes a turn when two women from two different generations ...
Style:
emotional, inspirational, sentimental, comedy drama
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
teaching, teacher, family drama, education, school, heartwarming, high school life, personal growth, generation gap, coach, mentor, conflict ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Nepal
Story:
Radha, a young pregnant woman from a village in Nepal, embarks on a journey to find her husband, a migrant worker in Doha, who's gone missing, but discovers instead an intriguing web of lies, deceit and fraud behind his disappearance and of ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
female protagonist, poverty, desperation, pregnancy, immigration, social realism, gender issues, resilience, family drama, missing husband, village life, corruption ...
Place:
nepal
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
After losing his job at a publishing firm, Immanuel, joins a private insurance company, where he struggles to meet targets. Soon he is exposed to the ruthless inner workings of his new company, which follows various unethical practices and denies ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
corporation, workplace, publishing house, integrity, insurance, ethical dilemma, ethics, struggle, humanity, morality, social problems, problem ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
49%
Movie in collections
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Following the death of his father, the past catches up with Dublin taxi driver, Frank Burke.
Style:
emotional, reflective, tense, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
taxi driver, mourning, grief, loss, father son relationship, character study, working class, secrets, family secret, regret, urban, social realism ...
Place:
dublin ireland
Similarity:
49%
446
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Vanajan hails from a modest household and lives with his ailing father, wife and children. One day, he finds himself at a crossroads when his moneylender makes him an unusual offer.
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, intense, tense
Plot:
loan shark, poverty, family drama, small town, empathy, moral dilemma, survival, working class, sacrifice, slice of life, desperation, intimate ...
Similarity:
48%
4K
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A middle-class family battles financial hurdles and personal setbacks while pursuing their dream of owning a home in the bustling city.
Style:
realistic, heartfelt, emotional, sentimental
Plot:
middle class, family drama, aspiration, city life, family bonds, city, slice of life, working class, sacrifice, social issues, perseverance, hopes ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Paul’s daughter Sherin is no more and her husband Allen has remarried. When he visits the new couple, who is also taking care of his grandson, a few doubts pop up in his mind, regarding his daughter’s death.
Style:
emotional, suspense, dramatic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
family drama, relationships, family secret, father daughter relationship, loss, grief, remarry, suspicion, investigation, parenthood, mourning, slow burn ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
In a remote village, over a single day, four characters respond differently to the death of an upper-caste man named Shivaji.
Style:
emotional, poignant, tense, political, bleak ...
Plot:
death, village, human spirit, social commentary, class conflict, grief, moral ambiguity, community, resilience, hopes, morality, justice ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Karine, a housekeeper of 34, is the full-time mother of 17 year-old Ziggy. When the company that employed her is taken over, subject to the laws of capitalism, Karine will have to choose between being true to herself, or lie to protect herself and ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, tense
Plot:
moral dilemma, motherhood, female protagonist, parent child relationship, empathy, social realism, domestic drama, moral ambiguity, single mother, capitalism, housekeeper, working class ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A twelve-year-old bright schoolboy, Sivanandhan, his mother, sister, and with his friend Sekhar works during his school holidays carrying banana stalks, a task he dreads. As he navigates life's challenges, poverty, friendship, and the ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic
Plot:
coming of age, poverty, childhood, social realism, village life, friendship, resilience, sibling relationship, mother son relationship, determination, labor, slice of life ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The film narrates how two guys, Sathyanath and Adv. Nandan Menon, who never had anything to do with one another, come into each others lives and what all things happen consequently.
Style:
tense, suspense, political thriller, crime drama, emotional ...
Plot:
kidnapping, conspiracy, suspicion, corruption, justice, investigation, politics, investigative reporter, framed for murder, journalism, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
india
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Phillip Fielder is a man who is struggling to rise up in his competitive career. Then his sister passes away leaving him custody of her 8 year old autistic son. Soon Fielder learns responsibilities of being a father.
Style:
heartfelt, emotional, realistic, independent film, inspirational
Plot:
autism, responsibility, parent child relationship, family drama, parenting, single father, healing, loss, grief, personal growth, empathy, sacrifice ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The lives of six individuals across the city change just as the city is reeling under floods. Will they all make it safely to the other side?
Style:
emotional, realistic, bleak, inspirational, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
city life, family drama, urban, survival, deafness, social issues, sacrifice, motherhood, natural disaster, realism, resilience, slice of life ...
Similarity:
37%
Movie in collections
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Srinu, a civil aspirant, struggles with failure in love and ends up with an addiction to alcohol. Will he fight his inner demons to cure his addiction?
Style:
realistic, emotional, bleak, intense, melancholic ...
Plot:
alcoholism, addiction, mishap, self destructing, character study, redemption, regret, heartbreak, young adult, personal growth, desperation, loss ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A couple mutually decide to give their baby up for adoption to go back to living their separate lives.
Style:
emotional, realistic, independent film, sincere, melancholic
Plot:
adoption, parenthood, intimate, character study, separation, loss, bonding, ethical dilemma, bittersweet, introspection, slice of life, grief ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
Deepak Pradhan, a young police officer, gets transferred to North Bengal where his junior officers are involved in corrupt practices. When disturbing events from the past start to surface and the pressure builds, will Deepak be able to hold on to ...
Style:
suspenseful, dramatic, tense, intense, emotional ...
Plot:
corruption, corrupt system, integrity, justice, ethics, moral dilemma, small town, betrayal, power struggle, investigation, social issues, whistleblower ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Story:
Simon, a police officer, accidentally kills a man, unaware that he is a local goon. To take revenge against Simon, a gang of thugs kidnap his son, but he is determined to save him.
Style:
semi serious, thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
cricket, father son relationship, sports fan, kidnapping, escapades, family relations, problem, police officer, teamwork, police detective, abduction, fatherhood ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
india
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Three distanced, discordant brothers strive to put aside their differences as they reunite after decades at their ancestral home to give their dying mother a peaceful send off, but soon are at loggerheads as the house brings up painful memories of ...
Style:
emotional, serious, intense, realistic
Plot:
brothers, family drama, dying mother, sibling rivalry, bereavement, domestic drama, painful memories, estrangement, memory, grief, family secret, parent child relationship ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
The lives of two boys - one the son of a cop and the other the son of a thief.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, suspense, emotional, dramatic ...
Plot:
police, true love, friendship, forbidden love, father son relationship, rivalry, family drama, family honor, love, friendship between men, friends, drug smuggling ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
'Collision' centres on a married couple, Leo and Olivia. As they are facing a crisis in their marriage, their nine-year-old daughter, Liv, becomes a messenger between her mother and father. The film explores the break-up of a family and ...
Style:
emotional, bleak, realistic, intense, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
daughter, parent child relationship, marriage crisis, family drama, loss, desperation, custody battle, parents, social issues, grief, moral dilemma, hopes ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Story:
The daily struggles and hopes of an entire group of Mexican actors: Freddy, Sandra, Jonathan, Karina and Jorge, show us what "being an actor" really means on a daily basis.
Style:
independent film, emotional
Plot:
actor, real life, everyday life, behind the scenes, struggle, character study, aspiration, slice of life, intimate, perseverance, film industry, hopes ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
latin america, mexico city, cannes
Similarity:
34%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A woman grieving her daughter's death in the Christchurch earthquakes, becomes a substitute teacher at an elite private school. Unexpectedly, she discovers students lacking guidance and care, prompting her to provide inspiration and support.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, contemplative, realistic, uplifting
Plot:
substitute teacher, bereavement, grief, motherhood, private school, healing, resilience, female protagonist, coming of age, loss, community, intimate ...
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
In his pursuit of employment, a reformed thief encounters a setback and seeks an elderly man who then becomes the linchpin in his journey toward a fresh start.
Style:
crime drama, realistic, emotional, tense, heartfelt ...
Plot:
second chance, redemption, corruption, bribery, character study, moral dilemma, poverty, desperation, resilience, humanity, hopes, social realism ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A refugee struggles hard to find an identity for himself in order to accomplish his dreams.
Style:
emotional, poignant, melancholic, realistic, road movie ...
Plot:
refugee, identity, character study, humanity, resilience, empathy, soul searching, social issues, migration, journey, hopes, realism ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Pathemari features the life of Pallikkal Narayanan who migrated to the Middle-East in the early 1980s, when the Kerala Gulf boom was at its peak.
Style:
period piece, emotional, captivating, dramatic, serious ...
Plot:
immigration, hardship, immigrant, migration, homesickness, coping, family history, indian history, foreigner, happiness, country, nostalgia ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 60s
Place:
dubai
Similarity:
32%
Related movie lists
