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10 Best Movies Like Salaam Bombay!

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

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#1
To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema

2007★ 6.5

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

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces ex...

#2
Game Over

Game Over

2019★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Salaam Bombay! for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Swapna, a nyctophobic game designer on a turbulent road to recovery from an incident that scarred her deeply, has to fight her inner demons to stay alive in the game called life....

#3
Udaan

Udaan

2010★ 7.2

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

Upon returning to his industrial hometown, a young man must decide whether to follow his own dreams or acquiesce to his father's plans for his future....

#4
In the Heart of the World

In the Heart of the World

2019★ 6.1

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

The inhabitants of the Brazilian city of Contagem yearn for a better life. At the core of it all is Selma, a woman dreaming about the heart of the world: it could be anywhere, as l...

#5
Cargo

Cargo

2019★ 4.8

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

Prahastha, a lonely astronaut, works in a spaceship. Every morning, his spaceship comes close to Earth and Cargos are delivered at the arrival bay. These Cargos are people who have...

#6
Kamla Ki Maut

Kamla Ki Maut

1989★ 8.5

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

The film is set in a lower middle class chawl, an apartment building in Mumbai, a 20-year-old and unmarried Kamla, unable to handle the news of her pregnancy commits suicide. This ...