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10 Best Movies Like Ji Chahta Hai

If you loved Ji Chahta Hai, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Love at Twenty

Love at Twenty

1962★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ji Chahta Hai for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Love at Twenty unites five directors from five different countries to present their different perspectives on what love really is at the age of 20. The episodes are united with the...

#2
Water and Fire

Water and Fire

2013★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ji Chahta Hai for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A pretty young girl falls for an enigmatic, shy man who sweeps her off her feet. She becomes pregnant but is not allowed to tell him. His advisers are adamant. Back home, they have...

#3
Max Dugan Returns

Max Dugan Returns

1983★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ji Chahta Hai for fans of Drama & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life....

#4
Jackie & Ryan

Jackie & Ryan

2014★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ji Chahta Hai for fans of Drama & Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A modern day train hopper fighting to be a successful musician and a single mom battling to maintain custody of her daughter defy their circumstances by coming together in a relati...

#5
The Seal: Number 10 from the Street

The Seal: Number 10 from the Street

2020★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ji Chahta Hai for fans of Drama & Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of famous Peruvian soccer player Jefferson Farfán is recounted from his troubled childhood to the World Cup in 2018....

#6
Little Fugitive

Little Fugitive

1953★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ji Chahta Hai for fans of Drama & Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After a prank makes Joey Norton believe he killed his older brother, he runs away from home and spends the day at Coney Island while his brother tries to find him before their moth...