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10 Best Movies Like Bombay Dreams

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

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#1
Mother and Child

Mother and Child

2009★ 6.6

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

The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for adoption. Elizabeth was an adopte...

#2
Laggies

Laggies

2014★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bombay Dreams for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think abou...

#3
Seven Minutes in Heaven

Seven Minutes in Heaven

1986★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bombay Dreams for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Natalie allows her classmate Jeff, who has run away from home, to stay at her place while her father is away on a business trip. Natalie soon starts dating Jeff's friend James Case...

#4
Trishna

Trishna

2011★ 5.9

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

When her father is killed in a road accident, Trishna's family expect her to provide for them. The rich son of an entrepreneur starts to restlessly pursue her affections, but are h...

#5
Joy Ride

Joy Ride

2023★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bombay Dreams for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When Audrey's business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo, her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat, her college friend tur...

#6
Secrets & Lies

Secrets & Lies

1996★ 7.6

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

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white wo...

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