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Movies that feel likeBhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)

The true story of the "Flying Sikh" world champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh who overcame the massacre of his family, civil war during the India-Pakistan partition, and homelessness to become one of India's most iconic athletes.

If you loved Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, the closest films we have are After the Wedding (2006), The Quiet Girl (2022) and Yi Yi (2000). All three share Bhaag Milkha Bhaag's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Lilting (2014).

🍅 75% Rotten Tomatoes★ 8.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehracontemplativeromantic
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After the Wedding
2006 · dir. Susanne Bier
🍅 87%★ 7.7drama

Both are built on the same subject: family

A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.

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The Quiet Girl
2022 · dir. Colm Bairéad
🍅 97%★ 7.7drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: love

A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.

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Yi Yi
2000 · dir. Edward Yang
★ 8.1drama

One thread runs through both: family

Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes him money, his mother is in a coma, his wife suffers a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank and his business partners make bad decisions.

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The Sea Inside
2004 · dir. Alejandro Amenábar
🍅 85%★ 7.9drama

The same preoccupation in both: biography

Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident. Ramón fought for 30 years for the legal right to end his own life. He develops close relationships with his long-term lawyer Julia and his friend Rosa, who tries to convince him that his life is worth living. Despite his situation, Ramón manages to inspire those around him to live life to the fullest.

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When We Were Kings
1996 · dir. Leon Gast
🍅 100%★ 7.9documentaryMax

Common ground: sports documentary

The difference: Reviewed even better

It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept, King has only to come up with the money. He finds a willing backer in Mobutu Sese Suko, the dictator of Zaire, and the "Rumble in the Jungle" is set, including a musical festival featuring some of America's top black performers, like James Brown and B.B. King.

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Floating Weeds
1959 · dir. Yasujirō Ozu
🍅 96%★ 7.9dramaMax

One thread runs through both: love

The difference: 54 years apart, and the 1950s show

A theater troupe master's visit with his old flame unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences.

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East of Eden
1955 · dir. Elia Kazan
🍅 86%★ 7.8drama

Contemplative and romantic in the same breath

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.

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Black Narcissus
1947 · dir. Emeric Pressburger
🍅 100%★ 7.7dramaMax

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.

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Lilting
2014 · dir. Hong Khaou
🍅 82%★ 7.2drama

Both lean on romance more than on drama

A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his lover of four years. Though the two don't share a language, they grow close through their grief.

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I Don't Want to Go Back Alone
2011 · dir. Daniel Ribeiro
★ 8.2drama · romance

Contemplative drama in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into romance than Bhaag Milkha Bhaag does

The arrival of a new student in school changes Leonardo's life. This 15 year-old blind teenager has to deal with the jealousy of his friend Giovana while figuring out the new feelings he's having towards his new friend, Gabriel.

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Sidewalls
2011 · dir. Gustavo Taretto
🍅 70%★ 7.5drama · romance

Both run romantic where it counts

Martin is a neurotic web designer taking baby steps out of the isolation of his one-room apartment and his virtual reality. Mariana is an artist fresh out of a long relationship. They are perfect for each other, live on the same street, in opposite buildings, but they never meet. Can the movement of a modern city of three million people bring them together?

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Right Now, Wrong Then
2015 · dir. Hong Sang-soo
🍅 92%★ 7.1drama · romance

Both know what they want from drama

By mistake, film director Ham Chunsu arrives in Suwon a day early. With time to kill before his lecture the next day, Chunsu stops by a restored, old palace and meets an artist named Yoon Heejung. Together, they go to Heejung's workshop to look at her paintings, have Sushi with Soju for dinner, and get close. Later, they go to another café and have more drinks with Heejung's acquaintances. When asked if he is married, Chunsu is forced to reveal the fact that he is, and Heejung gets deeply disappointed...

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