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10 Best Movies Like Arul

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

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#1
The Nest

The Nest

2020★ 6.1

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

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of the...

#2
Kisses

Kisses

2008★ 7.1

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

Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home on Christmas Day and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin....

#3
Salomé

Salomé

2013★ 6.2

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

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his k...

#4
Padayappa

Padayappa

1999★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Arul for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Padayappa, a mechanical engineer whose father gives up his property to his foster brother, and then dies of shock soon after. Neelambari initially loves Padayappa, but plans to hum...

#5
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

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

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

#6
Meiyazhagan

Meiyazhagan

2024★ 8.0

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

Twenty-two years after losing his home, Arulmozhi Varman returns to his native Thanjavur to attend his cousin's wedding. Amidst the celebrations, Arul is reintroduced to an upbeat ...

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