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Movies that feel likeChennai Express (2013)

Rahul embarks on a journey to a small town in Tamil Nadu to fulfill the last wish of his grandfather: to have his ashes immersed in the Holy water of Rameshwaram. En route, he meets a woman hailing from a unique family down South. As they find love through this journey in the exuberant lands of South India, an unanticipated drive awaits them.

If you loved Chennai Express, the closest films we have are Dragons Forever (1988), Obvious Child (2014) and Lisbela and the Prisoner (2003). All three share Chennai Express' romantic and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Cold Comfort Farm (1995).

🍅 57% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Rohit Shettyromanticwittyplayfulkinetic
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Dragons Forever
1988 · dir. Sammo Hung
🍅 67%★ 7.1action · comedy · romance

Romantic where it counts, witty underneath

The difference: 25 years apart, and the 1980s show

A hot-shot lawyer is hired by a Hong Kong chemical plant to dispose of opposition to their polluting ways. But when he falls for a beautiful woman out to stop the plant, he is torn in a conflict of interest and asks his trusty friends Samo and Biao to help out at least until they discover the true purpose of the plant.

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Obvious Child
2014 · dir. Gillian Robespierre
🍅 90%★ 6.7comedy · romance

Romance with a pulse of play, in both cases

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.

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Lisbela and the Prisoner
2003 · dir. Guel Arraes
★ 7.6comedy · romance

Comedy built on romance, twice over

The difference: Takes it somewhere less kinetic than Chennai Express does

Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Leléu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some cheesy numbers, such as the woman who gets transformed into a gorilla. He gets involved with Linaura, a sexy and beautiful woman who happens to be the wife of the most frightening hitman of the place. The hitman finds out his wife's affair and goes after Leléu, who has to leave in a hurry. In another town, he meets and falls instantly in love with Lisbela, who is engaged to Douglas, a hillbilly who tries hard to pass for a cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro dweller.

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Cold Comfort Farm
1995 · dir. John Schlesinger
🍅 82%★ 7.2comedy · romance

Witty action, and it commits to that

In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. With a take-charge attitude and some encouragement from her mischievous friend, Mary, Flora changes the Starkadders' lives forever when she settles into their rustic estate, bringing the backward clan up to date and finding inspiration for her novel in the process.

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Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
2013 · dir. Ayan Mukerji
🍅 69%★ 7.3romance · comedyNetflixPrime Video

Common ground: romcom

On a trekking trip, an introverted Naina falls for a charming ex-classmate, whose thirst for adventure drives them apart. Years later, their paths cross again.

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The Fall Guy
2024 · dir. David Leitch
🍅 81%★ 6.8action · comedy · romanceRent or buy

Kinetic romance in both cases

Fresh off an almost career-ending accident, stuntman Colt Seavers has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job.

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Dilwale
2015 · dir. Rohit Shetty
🍅 24%★ 5.1crime · action · comedyNetflix

Rohit Shetty working the same nerve twice

The difference: Sits closer to crime than Chennai Express does

Raj is a Mafia member. One day he meet a girl (Meera) while chasing by his rival gang and falls in love with her. Later he finds out that this girl is the daughter of the leader of his rival gang. Yet their love story continues until he was shot by his girlfriend upon a deep misunderstanding. After that incident these two lovers lives separate until their siblings fallen in love. With this new love story their paths intertwines again.

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Minha Vida em Marte
2018 · dir. Susana Garcia
★ 6.5comedy · romance

Both lean on play more than on comedy

Fernanda is married to Tom, with whom she has a five-year-old daughter, Joana. The couple is in the midst of wear and tear caused by living together for many years, which generates constant friction. Who helps Fernanda to overcome the crisis is her partner Aníbal, inseparable partner during the arduous journey between saving the marriage or putting an end to it.

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Gorgeous
1999 · dir. Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu
★ 6adventure · action · comedy

Action with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into adventure than Chennai Express does

When Ah Bu, a girl from a small fishing town in Taiwan, finds a glass bottle with a romantic message, she travels to Hong Kong to find her prince charming. As it turns out, her prince charming, Albert, happens to be gay. But all is not lost when Ah Bu meets the dashing Chi Wu. Meanwhile, Ah Bu's boyfriend from Taiwan comes looking for her, as the action and romance follow Ah Bu back to Taiwan.

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Squared Love
2021 · dir. Filip Zylber
🍅 20%★ 5.1romance · comedyNetflix

Romantic romance in both cases

A celebrity journalist and renowned womanizer starts to rethink his life choices after he falls for a mysterious model who leads a double life.

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DJ Cinderella
2019 · dir. Bruno Garotti
★ 4.7romance · comedyRent or buy

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

Cintia is modern princess, she's connected, decided and loves music. This "pop" princess used to live with their parents in a huge castle with a nice view to the city. Every night she looked through the window and watch the view dreaming with a prince she didn't met yet. But one day her castle crumbles with everything around her, after her parents divorce she went to live with her aunt and stops believing in love. What she didn't knew was that there was a charming prince in her history, that wanted to break the ice around our modern day cinderella.

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Rich in Love
2020 · dir. Bruno Garotti
★ 6romance · comedyNetflix

Action built on play, twice over

Working incognito at his rich dad's company to test his own merits, Teto falls for Paula and tells her he grew up poor, a lie that spins out of control.

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