Movies like Pavithram

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Pavithram (1994)
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Pavithram (1994)
Original name: പവിത്രം
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story: A young man's relationship with his career, fiancee and brother is brought under stress by the birth of an unexpected sister.The film deals with the relationship between siblings Unnikrishnan (Mohanlal) and Meenakshi (Vinduja Menon) who have an almost 30 year age difference between them. The film won Mohanlal the 1994 Filmfare Award for Best Actor.
Style: sad
Plot: pregnancy, college, teenage girl, dream, family relations, brother sister relationship, pregnant woman, father son relationship, brother, breakup, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, rebelliousness, unplanned pregnancy, flashback, argument, little sister, death in childbirth, wooing, mother son relationship, malayalam, young

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, satirical, sad and semi serious films with plots about malayalam, family relations, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, satire, pregnancy and boyfriend girlfriend relationship mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Pavithram: Minnaram (1994), Dasharatham (1989), Vellanakalude Naadu (1988), Hitler (1996), Thanmathra (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Minnaram (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Bobby (Mohanlal) is about to marry Tina (Anju) when his old college girlfriend Nina (Shobhana) arrives with a baby that she claims is his child. Tina’s father calls off the wedding and Bobby eventually prepares to accept Nina. Fate, however, has ...
Style: sad
Plot: tragic love story, cooking, attempted murder, suspicion, eavesdropping, ambulance, illegitimate daughter, children, death of sister, broken engagement, club, misunderstanding ...
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100%
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Dasharatham (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story: This is one of the cult classic film of Mohanlal. A. K. Lohithadas won Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Script Writer. The movie is partly adapted from the Korean movie The Surrogate Woman.
Style: sad, tear jerker
Plot: surrogate mother, baby, adoption, compassion, pregnancy, alcoholic, artificial insemination, father, family relations, malayalam, kidney transplant
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37%
Vellanakalude Naadu (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Vellanakalude Nadu movie which is a political satire based against municipal mafia in the form of Buildings
Style: touching, satirical, political
Plot: satire, death of family, elephant, death of sister, mechanic, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, cover up, death, murder, flashback, corruption, malayalam ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Hitler (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story: This movie is about the life of Madhavankutty (locally known as Hitler), a bachelor protective brother of five younger sisters.
Plot: motorcycle, professor, anger, rape, death of father, father son relationship, cousin cousin relationship, estranged father, family feud, brother sister relationship, dysfunctional family, brother ...
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31%
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Thanmathra (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story: A man leading a happy life with his loving wife and two children suddenly starts getting forgetful and lost. Then, he is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease leaving his family devastated.
Style: captivating, psychological, sad, touching
Plot: father son relationship, student, changing lives, lifestyle, family problems, kids and family, family relations, lifestyle change, alzheimer's disease, dream, son, husband wife relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Bro Daddy (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story: John Kattady and his wife Annamma think about marrying off their son Eesho to Anna, who is the daughter of their long-time family friend Kurien. Eesho and Anna don’t act too impressed with each other, despite their parents’ interest in the ...
Style: feel good, satirical, semi serious, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot: family relations, husband wife relationship, changing lives, father son relationship, family problems, eccentric family, satire, family life, lifestyle change, relationships, escapades, lifestyle ...
Place: india
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30%
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Ulladakkam (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Reshma is a patient of psychiatrist Dr Sunny. She gets romantically obsessed with him even though this is not reciprocated by the doctor. The arrival of the doctor's fiancee Annie causes a lot of conflict in the mind of Reshma.
Plot: obsession, psychologist, psychopath, trauma, tragic event, fiance fiancee relationship, murder, love triangle, psychiatrist, mental illness, threesome, obsessive love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Kireedam (1989)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Sethumadhavan, the son of Achuthan Nair, a Police Constable who wishes to make his son an Inspector one day. Sethu, a recent college graduate, has many opportunities to enter different fields but he goes with his father's dream of becoming an ...
Style: sad, touching
Plot: murder, dream, fight, parent child relationship, police, thug, father, family relations, father son relationship, fistfight, police station, police officer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Ittymaani: Made In China (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 158 min.
Story: The son of a popular martial arts expert, Manikkunnel Ittymaani is an impulsive man who keeps landing into trouble.
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating, satirical, semi serious
Plot: son, escapades, master warrior, fight, male protagonist, relationship problems, martial arts, satire, father son relationship, malayalam
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Thenmavin Kombath (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 164 min.
Story: The story revolves around Manikyan (Mohanlal), Sreekrishnan(Nedumudi Venu) and Karthumbi (Shobana) and the love triangle between them. Manikyan works for Sreekrishnan and Sreekrishnan sees him like a brother. Once when they both are returning from a ...
Plot: village, misunderstanding, love triangle, language barrier, rural setting, countryside, jealousy, feud, argument, celebration, honor, attraction ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Jomon's Gospels (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story: A wayward youth of a rich father, Jomon is a carefree youngster who doesn’t care about ‘being responsible enough’ for his age. When the family lands in a financial soup out of the blue, a different side of the youngster surprisingly emerges. ...
Style: satirical, disturbing, captivating, semi serious, inspirational
Plot: rich man, satire, father son relationship, family business, wealthy family, businessman, family relations, eccentric family, relationships, motorcycle, parent child relationship, financial problem ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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 2K
Spirit (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 165 min.
Story: Raghunandan (Mohanlal) is a TV show host and a budding novelist. He is a loner and a compulsive alcoholic, the latter of which resulted in his divorce from Meera (Kaniha). Despite this Meera and her husband Alexy (Shankar Ramakrishnan) are his best ...
Style: satirical
Plot: alcoholic, police station, writers, hidden camera, tragic event, alcoholism, divorce, interview, journalist, interviewer, plumber, ex husband ex wife relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Sandesham (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story: After his retirement, Raghavan Nair (Thilakan) is back at his home. His long cherished dream to spend his retired life along with his family is thwarted after seeing his two sons brawling each other over their political differences.
Style: political, cult classic
Plot: brother vs brother, political party, social satire, politician, lawyer, communist, family relations, satire, marriage, father son relationship, cigarette smoking, argument ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Summer in Bethlehem (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Summer in Bethlahem movie tells the story is all set in a hill station (Ooty) where a rich man comes with his five grand daughters for vacation. The fifth girl Abhirami(Manju Warrier) who is very smart, and she is the favourite of the grandfather. ...
Style: romantic
Plot: country estate, death row, friends, secret admirer, kitten, gift, delivery man, friend, train, prison, farm, convict ...
Time: year 1998
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Chithram (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story: Kalyani (Ranjini) is the daughter of a wealthy NRI Ramachandra Menon (Poornam Vishwanathan) who resides in the United States. Kalyani, brought up in Chennai by her father's friend Kaimal (Nedumudi Venu), falls in love with another man and ...
Style: touching, sad, romantic, crying, tragic ending ...
Plot: hiding, airport, lie, voyeur, canceled wedding, flashback, prison warden, estate, father daughter relationship, singing, photographer, office ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Mazhayethum Munpe (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Nandakumar is a college professor who wants to get the best treatment for his paralyzed fiancee, Uma Maheshwari. Trouble starts brewing when Shruthi, Nandakumar's student falls in love with him. Will Shruti let Uma unite with Nandakumar weaves ...
Plot: woman, love, flashback, suicide, marriage, college, love triangle, prank, professor, dysfunctional marriage, paralysis, depression ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Peace by Chocolate (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After the bombing of his father's chocolate factory, a young Syrian refugee struggles to settle into his new Canadian small-town life, caught between following his dream and preserving his family's chocolate-making legacy. Based on the ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, satirical
Plot: dream, family relations, bigger dreams, refugee, problem, follow your dream, father son relationship, lifestyle change, satire, family business, immigrant, young
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Nadodikkattu (1987)
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 158 min.
Story: After loosing their jobs, Dasen and Vijayan don't see any chances to get work in Kerala. So both escape to Gulf , but can they find luck there?
Style: satirical, cult classic, detective
Plot: unemployed, timebomb, politician, bow and arrow, drug dealer, misunderstanding, fired from the job, gangster, friendship, disguise, bicycle, bachelor ...
Place: dubai
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Sadayam (1992)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story: The story is about convict Sathyanathan (Mohanlal) sentenced to death following multiple murders (of two adult men and two girl-children) he has committed and his subsequent prison life till death. The film focuses on his past and the chain of ...
Style: sad
Plot: murder, painter, priest, flashback, death row, prostitution, death sentence, death penalty, child murder, malayalam
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Varane Avashyamund (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A divorced woman trying to get hired as a French tutor and teaching classical dance, and she has a daughter. Her brother Manuel also resides in a flat in Chennai. Their next door neighbours are Unnikrishnan, a retired Major who has a pet dog, ...
Style: captivating, satirical, psychological, disturbing
Plot: neighbor neighbor relationship, satire, lifestyle, lifestyle change, relationships, changing lives, slice of life, living together, neighbor, flatmate, teacher, malayalam ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 158 min.
Story: Vijayan, the village school teacher, believes that his degree in economics is sufficient for him to succeed in the business ventures he undertakes. Taking long leaves of absence from work, he roams around with his schemes, all of which turn out to ...
Plot: alienation, delusion, husband wife relationship, teacher, irresponsible, family relations, change of heart, abandonment, spirituality, pilgrimage, hypocrite, wife ...
Time: year 1998
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20%
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Parenthood (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the "black sheep" of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the ...
Style: touching, humorous, realistic, funny, emotional ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: dysfunctional family, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, brother sister relationship, pregnancy, father daughter relationship, brother brother relationship, single mother, teenage girl, little girl, husband wife relationship, birthday party ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: missouri, st. louis missouri
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20%
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 867
After Class (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A dysfunctional family attempts to work together to support their grandmother during her final days of life.
Style: independent film
Audience: date night
Plot: wanting to die, family relations, pregnancy, teacher student relationship, grandmother granddaughter relationship, father son relationship, birthday party, brother brother relationship, cell phone, nanny, boy, radiation ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
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19%
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The Bad Mother's Handbook (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 71 min.
Story: Karen Cooper wants to domineer her family and believes she's its pillar. In fact she does everything wrong. Thus she messes up all their lives and futures, rather then help her loved-ones.
Style: humorous, semi serious, touching, emotional, captivating ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, lifestyle, family relations, parents and children, youth, single parent, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage life, couples, wooing, love and romance, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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 38K
Badhaai Ho (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A 25-year-old man tries to suppress his embarrassment when his mother announces that she is pregnant.
Style: funny, light, entertaining, captivating, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gossip, pregnancy, family relations, wedding, middle class, mother, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, estrangement, father, hindu, mother son relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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19%
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Madambi (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story: In a village named Ilavattam there lives a man by the name of Gopalakrishna Pillai. He is a man with diverse qualities. Basically he is a moneylender, but not the avaricious kind. He lends money at very low interest-rates but makes it a point to get ...
Plot: sibling relationship, village, banker, debt, suicide, bank, money, family relations, brother brother conflict, money lender, brother brother relationship, marriage ...
Time: year 2008
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Sathyam Paranja Viswasikkuvo ? (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Geetha, Suni's wife, bears the brunt of his negligent lifestyle and often quarrels with him over it. After witnessing a gruesome accident, Suni and his friends find their lives taking some really unexpected turns.
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, rough
Plot: lifestyle, society, family relations, changing lives, husband wife relationship, friendship between men, dishonesty, danger, rivalry, love and romance, malayalam
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Vijay Superum Pournamiyum (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Vijay and Pournami are two very different sort of people who first meet because of a misunderstanding. Vijay is a lazy engineering graduate unwilling to follow his passions and Pournami is an unlucky bold girl who doesn't give up on her dreams. ...
Style: satirical, psychological, semi serious, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot: food, student, ambition, dreaming, dream, family disapproval, family problems, satire, chef, friendship, coming of age, malayalam
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Home (2005)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: On a hot summer night in Brooklyn, singles and couples converge in a brownstone apartment to flirt, fight, hook up and break up. A dreamy comedy-drama about sex, love and freedom, "Home" packs a lot of stories into just two floors.
Style: independent film
Plot: breakup, love, jealousy, cigarette smoking, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, pregnancy, nerd, pianist, ex boyfriend, party, kitchen, beer drinking
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: pre-teens, family outing
Plot: family relations, sibling relationship, fall in love, love and romance, family drama, parents and children, village life, siblings relations, wedding, brother, village, telugu
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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