Movies like Anugrahan

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Anugrahan (2025)
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Anugrahan (2025)
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story: In Anugrahan , an 11-year-old boy travels to the past to befriend his young father and help him chase his dreams, creating a magical bond across time through love, music, and sacrifice.
Style: sentimental, touching, emotional, inspirational, dramatic, tear jerker, period piece, tearjerker
Audience: family friendly
Plot: family drama, heartwarming, travel, child protagonist, sacrifice, bittersweet, self discovery, second chance, nostalgia, coming of age, children, portal, magic realism, reminiscence, intimate, small town

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, sentimental, heartfelt and melancholic films with plots about coming of age, family drama, bittersweet, small town, nostalgia, intimate and second chance mostly in Drama, Romance and Family genres. Some movies like Anugrahan: Hi Nanna (2023), Surabhi 70mm (2022), Thala (2025), Telusu Kada (2025), Family Padam (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Hi Nanna (2023)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
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Style: emotional, heartfelt, tear jerker, sentimental, touching
Audience: adult
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 7.4
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Surabhi 70mm (2022)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
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Style: emotional, sentimental, tear jerker, realistic
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Thala (2025)
Genre: Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
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 5.2
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Telusu Kada (2025)
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Duration: 160 min.
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Family Padam (2024)
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Being a Middle Class Family That Can Afford Movie Tickets, They Dream of Producing a Whole New Movie to Fulfill Their Younger Son's Wish to Rediscover Himself Which Brings Grave Challenges
Style: heartfelt, realistic, emotional, inspirational, independent film ...
Plot: family drama, middle class, self discovery, perseverance, slice of life, bittersweet, coming of age, social realism, sibling relationship, intimate, small town, casting ...
Time: 2020s
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Dilse (2023)
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Duration: 99 min.
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56%
Dear Mr. Cash (2005)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: poignant, emotional, melancholic, independent film
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Time: 2000s
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Duration: 123 min.
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In His Father's Shoes (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A fortyish cancer-stricken, emaciated Frank Crosby and his fifteen-year-old son Clay, who is the healthful, youthful image of his father, are spending an afternoon enjoying the atmosphere of Venice Beach. They enter Oddities, a store where the gypsy ...
Style: sentimental, emotional, tear jerker, reflective, semi serious ...
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Similarity:
49%
 6.7
 98
Mr. Theertha (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama, Family
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Duration: 137 min.
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Style: emotional, sentimental, inspirational
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The Magic of Lemon Drops (2024)
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Duration: 84 min.
Story: When Lolly’s aunt gives her three magical lemon drops, she gets to experience what her life would have been like if she had made different choices and lived those unfulfilled dreams.
Style: heartfelt, emotional, feel good, whimsical
Audience: family friendly
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Similarity:
47%
Lucky Lakshman (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
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Snap (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 97 min.
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Style: romantic drama, heartfelt, sentimental, melancholic, emotional ...
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Similarity:
44%
 7.4
 2K
Pa Paandi (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Musical, Romance
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43%
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Genre: Family, Sci-Fi, Sport
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Duration: 85 min.
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Style: funny, exciting, captivating, entertaining, uplifting ...
Audience: family friendly
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 7.4
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43%
 5.8
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Duration: 84 min.
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 6.5
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38%
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 6.2
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