Movies like Darling Child

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Darling Child (1971)
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Darling Child (1971)
Original name: Guddi
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Family
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A teenage girl will not accept her family's attempt to arrange a marriage for her, as her heart is currently too full of love for the movies and heartthrob actor "Dharmendra."
Style: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot: indians, teenage love, obsession, youth, family relations, parents and children, love and romance, fall in love, teenage life, actor's life, artists and showbiz, actor, schoolgirl, girl, crush, bollywood, actor playing himself, family, romance
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: india, asia

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Most similar movies to Darling Child

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and touching films with plots about family relations, love and romance, fall in love, youth, parents and children, bollywood and coming of age mostly in Comedy, Drama and Family genres. Some movies like Darling Child: The Chef (1972), Seeta and Geeta (1972), King Uncle (1993), We Are Family (2010), Trader (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Chef (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Squabbling Sharma family has a dubious reputation of not having any cook last there for more than a few months. Word spreads out about this family to such an extent that no person wants to be employed as a cook in this household, ironically named ...
Style: entertaining, light, inspirational, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: indians, family relations, dysfunctional family, society, master and servant, love and romance, family problems, power relations, eccentric family, parents and children, family life, disagreement ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: india, asia
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95%
Seeta and Geeta (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story: The story is about identical twins (played by Hema Malini) who are separated at birth and grow up with different temperaments. The twins then swap places.
Style: semi serious, humorous, sentimental, realistic
Plot: disorder, family relations, twins, twin sister, revenge, women, female protagonist, dishonesty, fall in love, mistaken identity, love and romance, siblings relations ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
The Jasmine Vine in Seethamma's Courtyard (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story: Brothers Peddodu and Chinnodu are unemployed and do not get along well due to their contrasting natures. They have problems marrying the women they love before an accident changes their lives.
Style: feel good, realistic, humorous, touching, semi serious ...
Audience: pre-teens, family outing
Plot: sibling relationship, family relations, love and romance, fall in love, siblings relations, village, parents and children, village life, wedding, brother, brother brother relationship, family drama ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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King Uncle (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story: Ashok Bansal has a traumatic childhood which teaches him that money matters most to people, even more than their kids. Ashok starts hating poor people & starts working hard to get out of poverty, at the expense of his own family. However, ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous
Audience: family outing
Plot: orphan, family problems, family relations, rich and poor, adoption, alcohol abuse, womanizer, youth, domestic disturbance, love and romance, society, obnoxious boss ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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We Are Family (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India, Australia
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Maya is the perfect mother. Her life revolves around her three childerens, Aleya ( Aachal Munjal ), Ankush ( Nominath Ginsberg ), and Anjali ( Diya Sonecha ). Who thinks nothing much then the world of her. Despite being divorced from her husband, ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, uplifting, touching, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: couples, family problems, family relations, family life, parents and children, rivalry, couple relations, dysfunctional family, photographer, cancer, youth, household ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Trader (1973)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Moti is a merchant who sells jaggery in the market, with the help of an older woman, Mahjubhi, who makes exemplary jaggery. He is in love with a village girl, but cannot afford to pay the dowry/marriage expenses to her father. So he decides to marry ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching
Plot: love and romance, dishonesty, supportive spouse, society, couples, social relations, family relations, infidelity, village, false accusation, village life, couple relations ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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M.K.B.K.M. (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story: Harry is an industrialist who loves his daughter Bijlee, and the bond they share with Harry's man friday, Matru. Bijlee's plan to wed the son of a politician, however, brings twists and turns in the lives of Matru, Bijlee and Mandola.
Style: humorous, captivating, feel good, light, realistic ...
Plot: supportive parent, couples, parents and children, on the road, family relations, social relations, politician, landowner, alcohol abuse, father daughter relationship, class struggle, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Wild About Harry (2009)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: British widower Harry Goodhart (Tate Donovan) decides to make a fresh start and moves with his teenage daughters (Danielle Savre and Skye McCole Bartusiak) to Cape Cod in 1973. But Harry can't leave behind the secret that threatens to tear his ...
Style: humorous, touching, realistic, semi serious, sexy ...
Plot: family relations, teenage life, parents and children, couples, youth, love and romance, gender, gay parent, single father, secret, widower, teenage girl ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place: massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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 698
Humble Pie (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: At nearly 400 pounds, Tracy Orbison is a wide target. When he sets out to pursue his dream of acting, the grocery clerk finds an assortment of people waiting to dash his dreams. Through it all, Tracy remains irrepressibly upbeat, convinced he's ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, whimsical
Plot: rise to the top, optimism, follow your dream, humble, society, youth, family relations, hopes, social misfits, teenage love, physical appearance, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Hero No. 1 (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Rajesh Malhotra (Govinda) is the son of a wealthy businessman Dhanraj Malhotra (Kader Khan). However, he is not happy at his home since his father does not let him live his life his way. He escapes from his home and reaches Europe. Meena (Karishma ...
Style: funny, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: father, love and romance, parents and children, fall in love, couple relations, family relations, meet the parents, couples, shrewd, father son relationship, insurance agent, love ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Namastey London (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Indian-born Manmohan Malhotra decided to re-locate to London, England, established himself, returned to India, got married to Bebo, and after a period of 4 years got a visa for her so that she could live with him. Shortly thereafter she gave birth ...
Style: romantic, realistic, feel good, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: culture clash, couples, family relations, love triangle, arranged marriage, looking for love, parents and children, love and romance, fall in love, couple relations, diaspora, love story ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, london, europe, england, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale (2010)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Elle wants to be a singer/songwriter, but her dreams are cut short by the sudden death of her parents. She moves in with her adoptive uncle, who runs a small independent record label whose biggest act, Sensation, is also Elle's biggest pain.
Style: semi serious, realistic, sentimental, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: teenage love, cinderella story, musician's life, cinderella, follow your dream, youth, fall in love, family relations, teenage life, love and romance, artists and showbiz, ambition ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Always Kabhi Kabhi (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Sameer Khanna lives a wealthy lifestyle along with his dad, Adesh, and mom, Suman, and studies in St. Marks High School. He is attracted to statuesque London-returned student, Aishwarya Dhawan, while his close friend, Tariq Naqvi, likes Nandini ...
Style: humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, youth, high school student, teenage love, coming of age, best friends, friendship, family relations, teacher, police corruption, teenager, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia, new delhi, goa india
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Sixten (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 78 min.
Story: 13 year old Sixten really wants his father to meet someone he can marry. Without telling his father, he and his friends write an ad for the personal sections.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching
Plot: single parent, family relations, disorder, coming of age, youth, dishonesty, love and romance, hidden identity, mistaken identity, looking for love, teenage love, teenage life ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Let's Be Friends! (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story: Raj has always had a unrequited childhood crush on a friend named Tina, but Tina's best friend Pooja has always had a crush on Raj. When Raj's family move to England to get involved in an internet business, Raj promises Tina that he will ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, touching, romantic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: love triangle, friendship, mistaken identity, fall in love, nothing goes right, starting over, youth, disorder, comedy of errors, true love, tragic love, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, asia, india, england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Stanley Ka Dabba (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Stanley studies in the all-boys Holy Family High School in Andheri East, Mumbai. While his class-mates bring their own tiffin-boxes, Stanley does not do so on the pretext that his mother is away. His friends share their food with him, much to the ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: school, social relations, power relations, teachers and students, food, teacher, student, elementary school, teenager, professor, youth, cooking ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Intrepido: A Lonely Hero (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A middle-aged man tries to get by in Milan while trying to retain his dignity.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching, feel good ...
Plot: family relations, parents and children, fall in love, bittersweet, workplace, love and romance, society, workplace situations, modern life, father son relationship, loneliness, kindness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Goreyan Nu Daffa Karo (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A conservative Indian family experiences a culture shock when it agrees to participate in a Canadian wedding.
Style: feel good, realistic, humorous, semi serious
Audience: date night
Plot: forbidden love, fall in love, wooing, culture clash, social differences, family relations, society, siblings relations, love and romance, culture, bollywood, punjabi
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Movie in collections
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Just Peck (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: At 104 pounds dripping wet, baby-faced sophomore Michael Peck (age 15) is not exactly the coolest guy at American High. Peck’s teachers make him feel like an idiot, his classmates make him feel like a geek and his home life is just as bad, with ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: high school, friendship, teenage love, high school life, parents and children, love and romance, lifestyle, youth, ambition, family relations, disorder, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Anand (1971)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Dr. Bhaskar Bannerjee struggles with his patients' suffering and the darkness and poverty he confronts daily. He treats cancer patient Anand , who upon learning of his impending death, determines to use the time he has left to the absolute ...
Style: inspirational, emotional, entertaining, sad, light ...
Plot: doctor, self awareness, indians, life lesson, cancer, hospital, beach, nurse, bittersweet, diary, changing lives, friendship ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Treading Water (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: At first glance, Mica seems a perfectly normal boy. But first glances can often be deceiving... For one, Mica's house is now a museum honouring Guillermo Garibai, the legendary Mexican crooner. Mica spends most of his time there, giving guided ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, stylized ...
Plot: first love, love and romance, fall in love, youth, traumatic childhood, family relations, parents and children, high school, coming of age, misfit, self acceptance, boy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Shaukeens (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Three friends in their 60s try to do everything that they couldn't do in their younger days - before death arrives.
Style: humorous, realistic, not serious
Plot: buddies, friends, escapades, elderly, disorder, golden years, fall in love, love and romance, parents and children, couple relations, friend, bollywood
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Summer of Flying Fish (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Chile, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Manena is the headstrong adolescent daughter of Pancho, a rich Chilean landowner who devotes his vacation to one thing : the invasion of his artificial lagoon by carps. While he employs increasingly radical methods, Manena has her first romantic ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: obsession, parents and children, family relations, youth, siblings relations, teenage life, countryside, landowner, fish, animal abuse, coming of age, pet dog ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chile, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Chal Mere Bhai (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story: The wealthy Oberoi family consists of dad, Balraj, his mother, and two sons, namely Vicky and Prem. Vicky is in love with a beautiful young woman...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic
Plot: love triangle, family business, workplace, fall in love, parents and children, siblings relations, love and romance, family relations, brother brother relationship, workplace situations, car accident, flashback ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Grown Ups (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Sweden
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Every year, Albert buys his daughter an initiatory journey to a European country. For her 17th birthday he chooses a trip to Sweden to look for a Viking's treasure. When they arrive in the rented house, it is occupied by Anika and Christine, ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, art house
Plot: single parent, coming of age, teenage life, family relations, love and romance, youth, parents and children, teenage love, couples, summer, disorder, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: sweden, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Nanhe Jaisalmer: A Dream Come True (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A childhood encounter with actor Bobby Deol leaves an indelible mark on the mind of Nanhe who idolizes the actor.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, surprise ending
Audience: kids
Plot: coming of age, youth, family relations, wedding, desert, schizophrenia, illiteracy, camel, fan, actor playing himself
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.4
 461
Turning Green (2005)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Set in late 1970s Ireland, it tells the story of 16-year-old James Powers, an American who finds himself lost after his mother dies and he is forced to live with his three Irish aunts. Displaced and depressed, he longs for a way to make it back to ...
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, semi serious, humorous
Plot: follow your dream, teenage life, family relations, overnight success, getting home, society, youth, love and romance, juvenile delinquency, hopes, fall in love, small town ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Children on Their Birthdays (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Havoc is created in a small Southern community when a 12-year-old shows up, causing a couple 13-year-old friends to fall in love with her, thus possibly jeopardizing their friendship.
Style: touching, feel good, sentimental, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: coming of age, youth, love triangle, friendship, small town, teenage life, teenage love, fall in love, social relations, society, mute, single mother ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1947
Place: alabama, usa, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Game of Love (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story: Sapna, the daughter of the Saigal family's driver is a simple fun-loving girl, but her dreams are not as simple. She dreams about riches and day-dreams about her dream man. Vijay Saigal and Vicky Saigal, both heirs to Saigal Industries have ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous, touching ...
Plot: couples, family relations, vengeance, womanizer, rivalry, on the run, drug dealing, love and romance, siblings relations, mistaken identity, fall in love, chauffeur ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Student of the Year (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Several alumni reminisce about their final year at St. Theresa's College and the events that shaped their lives.
Style: sentimental, semi serious, realistic, humorous, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: high school, love triangle, friendship, ambition, teenage life, fall in love, teenage love, lifestyle, contests and competitions, youth, rivalry, friends ...
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%