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10 Best Movies Like Madras

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

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#1
Padayappa

Padayappa

1999★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Madras for fans of Drama & Action. 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...

#2
Kaala

Kaala

2018★ 6.5

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

Karikaalan consistently fights to keep the people of Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, safe from the clutches of mighty politicians and the land mafia don, Hari Dhadha....

#3
The Truth About Emanuel

The Truth About Emanuel

2013★ 6.0

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

A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother....

#4
Hereafter

Hereafter

2010★ 6.1

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

Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways....

#5
Nine Lives

Nine Lives

2005★ 6.1

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

Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life....

#6
I Am David

I Am David

2003★ 6.8

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

A 12-year-old boy manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own, through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deli...

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