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My Name Is Khan (2010)
123K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India, United Arab Emirates, USA, China
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
Rizwan Khan, a Muslim from the Borivali section of Mumbai, has Asperger's syndrome. He marries a Hindu single mother, Mandira, in San Francisco. After 9/11, Rizwan is detained by authorities at LAX who treat him as a terrorist because of his condition and his race.
Style:
inspirational, touching, sad, uplifting, thought provoking, romantic, sentimental, emotional, compassionate, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
asperger's syndrome, muslim, religion, disability, islam, autism, true love, prejudice, mental illness, journey, death, false accusation, indians, love, catastrophe, courage, life & death, culture clash, false arrest, racism, heartwarming, hindu, psychiatry, on the road, bittersweet ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, contemporary
Place:
mumbai india, usa, san francisco, india
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Most similar movies to My Name Is Khan
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, emotional and sentimental films with plots about love, love and romance, mentor, friendship, bittersweet, destiny and storytelling mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like My Name Is Khan: Forrest Gump (1994), Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Like Stars on Earth (2007), Tomorrow May Never Come (2003), Rain Man (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
2.5M
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events - in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. Yet, despite all the things he has attained, his one true love eludes ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, feel good, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, kids, teens ...
Plot:
life philosophy, philosophy, life, mentally challenged, destiny, storytelling, love, rise to the top, human spirit, selflessness, vietnam war, life & death ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 50s, 60s, 1950s ...
Place:
china, alabama, vietnam, america, savannah georgia ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indian values. Simran has left for India to be married to her childhood ...
Style:
touching, romantic, entertaining, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
wedding, fall in love, love and romance, love, patriarchy, trip, forbidden love, love story, wedding preparations and rituals, opposites attract, domineering father, tradition ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s
Place:
india, switzerland, england, london, middle east ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate. Colours, fish, dogs, and kites don't seem important to the adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks, and ...
Style:
touching, motivational, inspirational, captivating, educational ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
dyslexia, teacher, teachers and students, childhood, self discovery, coming of age, teaching the ways of the world, dedicated educator, shyness, young heroes, hopes, school ...
Time:
future, year 2007, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
india, middle east, asia, mumbai india, africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
Naina is a very serious girl with a very serious life. But one day, her soul is awakened by the happy-go-lucky Aman, who teaches her that life is meant to be lived. Naturally, she falls in love with him. But Aman is harboring a secret that keeps him ...
Style:
sincere, touching, romantic, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
terminal illness, love triangle, neighbor, young woman, tragic event, secret, family relations, diary, unfulfilled love, family life, best friend, young man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, middle east, usa, india
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
580K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.
Style:
road movie, inspirational, sincere, uplifting, touching ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
autism, road trip, redemption, disability, mentally challenged, brother brother relationship, siblings relations, runaway, self discovery, mathematics, psychiatry, life changing ...
Time:
20th century, year 1988, 80s
Place:
las vegas, california, ohio, cincinnati ohio, columbus ohio ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA, India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Jamal Malik is an impoverished Indian teen who becomes a contestant on the Hindi version of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ but, after he wins, he is suspected of cheating.
Style:
touching, uplifting, motivational, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
poverty, childhood, destiny, orphan, rags to riches, against the odds, love, street life, society, journey, true love, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 90s, year 2005 ...
Place:
india, mumbai india, asia, taj mahal, britain
Similarity:
56%
221K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
This experimental satire is a comedy of ideas about an alien in the city, who asks questions that no one has asked before. They are innocent, child-like questions, but they bring about catastrophic answers. People who are set in their ways for ...
Style:
funny, sentimental, inspirational, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
religion, islam, benign alien, meaning of life, satire, guru, alien on earth, society, supernatural, disorder, muslim, tv reporter ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
india, delhi, belgium, new delhi
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
An ex-army man, leading a double life in London, must choose between his wife and muse. Jab Tak Hai Jaan movie is a love triangle,and also marks the return of Yash Chopra as a director after eight years. In Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Shahrukh Khan plays ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, touching, romantic, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
true love, bomb, power of love, love triangle, unrequited love, love, rescue from drowning, diary, couples, soldier, love and romance, encounter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, london, kashmir, england
Similarity:
67%
Movie in collections
161K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Sam has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations start to become a problem and the ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, sad, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
lawyer, mentally challenged, father daughter relationship, single father, child custody, social services, custody, custody battle, disability, parents and children, foster child, love ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
50%
325K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.
Style:
touching, sad, emotional, philosophical, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
redemption, depression, life philosophy, self sacrifice, life changing experience, motivation, true love, sacrifice, existentialism, life & death, melancholy, love ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
80%
37K
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Zooni Ali Beg (Kajol) is a blind Kashmiri girl who travels without her parents for the first time with a dance troupe to Delhi to perform in a ceremony for independence day. On her journey, she meets Rehan Khan (Aamir Khan), a casanova and tour ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, feel good, emotional ...
Plot:
first love, blind character, terrorist, terrorism, hopes, muslim, self discovery, blindness and impaired vision, life changing experience, love and romance, tragic love, blindness ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
kashmir, india, new delhi, asia, delhi
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
Style:
touching, inspirational, emotional, motivational, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
teacher, childhood, single parent, life philosophy, death, boy, good deed, disfigurement, addiction, abusive husband, childhood trauma, teacher student relationship ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, 90s
Place:
tibet, usa, nevada, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
11K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An international soccer star is on his way to sign a multimillion dollar contract when something happens that brings his career to an abrupt end. A beautiful waitress, struggling to make it in New York City, discovers something about herself that ...
Style:
touching, melancholic, independent film, sentimental, serious ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
catholic, abortion, pregnancy, destiny, life philosophy, parenthood, stereotypes, honest, existentialism, love affair, lifestyle, self discovery ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and ...
Style:
thought provoking, inspirational, sincere, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
redemption, african american, psychiatrist, child abuse, destiny, family reunited, hopes, u.s. navy, human spirit, loneliness, changing lives, therapist ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
usa, mexico, san diego california, cleveland ohio, africa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 193 min.
Story:
Dev and Maya are both married to different people. Settled into a life of domestic ritual, and convinced that they are happy in their respective relationships, they still yearn for something deeper and more meaningful, which is precisely what they ...
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, realistic, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
true love, infidelity, family relations, couple relations, love affair, couples, family problems, crumbling marriage, fall in love, lifestyle, love and romance, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, india
Similarity:
28%
525K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, feel good, thought provoking, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, kids, date night ...
Plot:
racism, friendship, civil rights, discrimination, writers, women, master and servant, racial segregation, maid, feminist, racial issues, blacks and whites ...
Time:
60s, year 2011, year 1963, 1900s, 50s ...
Place:
mississippi, usa, america, southern usa, africa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India, UK
Duration: 210 min.
Story:
Orthodox Indian, Raichand, would like his two sons to live together with him and his wife, and get married to girls' of his choice. One of his sons, Rahul, is adopted, while Rohan is his real son. Rahul falls in love with a poor Indian girl ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
forbidden love, brother brother relationship, reconciliation, love, wealth, father son relationship, separation from family, unrequited love, arranged marriage, estrangement, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
50%
131K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his sights on becoming the Navy's first African-American master diver in this uplifting true ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, motivational, sincere, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
racism, african american, courage, u.s. navy, racial discrimination, military, navy, racial segregation, human spirit, dream come true, diving, underdog ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 2000, y2k, 60s ...
Place:
america, africa, usa, pacific ocean, cuba ...
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
93K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
He is cute. He's shrewd. The girls love him. The cops hate him. He can't speak but is always talked about. His naughty antics will make you scream, but he will never listen. Cos he can't! Next summer ride a rollercoaster of emotions ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, inspirational, sweet, sad ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
mute or deaf, true love, happy ending, lovers, love and romance, autism, wedding, beautiful scenery, wedding planning, love triangle, young man, society ...
Time:
future, year 2012, y2k, 70s, 20th century
Place:
india, middle east, asia
Similarity:
50%
213K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Australia, France, Canada, Germany, Brazil, UK, China
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost the previous five years of memories, including those of her beloved Leo, her wedding, a confusing ...
Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, inspirational, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
love story, amnesia, memory loss, marriage, love and romance, love, true love, relationships, couple relations, power of love, wooing, destiny ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
23%
329K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds ...
Style:
touching, romantic, emotional, tear jerker, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night
Plot:
love, disability, love story, fall in love, love and romance, caregiver, quadriplegic, death, enemies to lovers, euthanasia, handicapped, relationships ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, usa, paris france, switzerland, mallorca ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.
Style:
touching, uplifting, inspirational, compassionate, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, teens, chick flick
Plot:
genius, disability, love, cambridge university, physicist, mathematics, husband wife relationship, prodigy, supportive spouse, handicapped, against the odds, relationships ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 20th century, 60s, 70s ...
Place:
oxford university, england, united kingdom
Similarity:
50%
15K
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A love story of a good-hearted Hindu man and a beautiful devout Muslim woman who leave their village to marry against the wishes of their parents and move to Bombay to start a fresh life. There they have twin sons and a daughter. But turmoil engulfs ...
Style:
romantic drama, patriotic, romantic, inspirational, social ...
Plot:
forbidden love, politics, family reunited, hindu, interfaith relationship, islam, war crime, indians, integration, music, twins, journalism ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, year 1993
Place:
mumbai india, asia, india, bombay india
Similarity:
21%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship.
Style:
sweet, emotional, touching, inspirational, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
asperger's syndrome, autism, mental illness, mathematics, taxi driver, hopes, couple relations, disability, eccentricity, loneliness, bird, support group ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
37K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sincere, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, preschool
Plot:
autism, asperger's syndrome, fall in love, shyness, love, happy ending, neighbor, disability, lovers, first love, mental illness, depression ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
new york, california, new jersey, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. ...
Style:
psychological, philosophical, emotional, sentimental, intellectual ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
mathematics, genius, professor, prodigy, life, life philosophy, psychology, philosophy, mentor, psychotherapy, university, life lesson ...
Time:
year 1997, 20th century, 90s, 2010s
Place:
boston, harvard university, america, persia, massachusetts ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood cancer. Slowly, they fall in love, but they always know ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, inspirational, sad, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
cancer, life & death, love story, love, forbidden love, leukemia, beautiful scenery, doctor, human nature, unfulfillment, parents and children, social differences ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
oakland california
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.
Style:
romantic, touching, emotional, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
love story, love and romance, death, terminal illness, couples, loss of spouse, starting over, lost love, letter, grief, life philosophy, widow ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
ireland, seattle, europe, usa, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
19%
162K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws ...
Style:
sad, romantic, touching, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
love story, 9/11, relationships, death in the family, family drama, love, suicide, young love, loss of sibling, love and romance, dealing with death, death ...
Time:
year 2010, september 11 2001, 2010s, 2000s, 90s ...
Place:
new york, iran, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Ethan, a magician rendered paralyzed in an accident, sets off a furor when he makes a petition to the court to end his own life.
Style:
thought provoking, touching, contemplative, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
quadriplegic, disability, human spirit, legal action, life is a bitch, love affair, love, protest, legal, media, lawyer, magic ...
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
19%
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