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Woman Times Seven
6.2

Woman Times Seven

1967

Seven mini-stories of adultery: a widow misbehaves at her husband's funeral, a wife turns to streetwalking for revenge, a prudish girl surprises, a neglected wife vies for her husband's attention, a fight over a dress, a death pact, and a detective revealed as a jealous husband's spy.

Flesh and the Devil
7.2

Flesh and the Devil

1926

When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo meets the stunning Felicitas at a railway station and is mesmerized by her beauty. A scandal follows, for which Leo is sent away. Returning home three years later, he discovers that much has changed.

What's Love Got to Do with It?
6.0

What's Love Got to Do with It?

2023

Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.

Edge of the City
7.1

Edge of the City

1957

A male army deserter and a black male dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager, in a corrupt environment, and as their connection blossoms they must face the oppressive and morally decaying city they live in.

Chhichhore
7.7

Chhichhore

2019

Following a group of friends from university as they progress into middle-age life and go their own separate ways.

Strangers When We Meet
6.3

Strangers When We Meet

1960

A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.

Mujhse Dosti Karoge!
6.3

Mujhse Dosti Karoge!

2002

A man falls in love with his childhood friend, but another friend is the one who reciprocates his feelings.

Desi Boyz
6.3

Desi Boyz

2011

When two cash-strapped UK-based Indians become male escorts amid an economic downturn, money flows right in but everything else in their lives starts falling apart.

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Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai
6.7

Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai

2000

Sonia and Rohit love each other but Rohit is mysteriously killed. When Sonia moves to New Zealand, she meets Raj, Rohit's lookalike who helps her trace Rohit's killer.

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
7.1

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

2008

A lonely 40-ish man, likely to remain a bachelor, has a chance to find the love of his life when he falls for a vivacious young woman.

Merrily We Go to Hell
6.4

Merrily We Go to Hell

1932

A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.

Bachna Ae Haseeno
6.1

Bachna Ae Haseeno

2008

Raj is a heartbreaker. His love stories with Mahi, Radhika and Gayatri finally teach him about love and life in their own sweet, sexy and sassy way.

Reflections in a Golden Eye
6.5

Reflections in a Golden Eye

1967

Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post.

Dil To Pagal Hai
6.9

Dil To Pagal Hai

1997

Rahul, the director of a successful dance troupe, considers Nisha his best friend, though secretly, she is madly in love with him. He then falls for Pooja, who is engaged to Ajay.

Fukrey Returns
6.5

Fukrey Returns

2017

A year after the first movie, the four friends are enjoying their lives to the fullest, get in trouble once again with Bholi, who is released from prison earlier than expected and is broke.

Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
6.2

Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

2009

When his love interest doesn't show up for a meeting, a man and his friends go to Goa in order to find her, where they discover she loves someone else.

Watching the Detectives
6.3

Watching the Detectives

2007

Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his mundane world gets turned upside down and the line between reality and the movies quickly begins to blur.

Pyaar Ka Punchnama
6.8

Pyaar Ka Punchnama

2011

Nishant starts dating Charu while his roommates Rajat and Vikrant already have girlfriends in Neha and Rhea respectively. Trouble starts when the guys feel that their girlfriends are dominating them.

Dhadak
6.9

Dhadak

2018

Madhukar and Parthavi fall head over heels in love with each other, but the fact that they belong to different castes of society, becomes an obstacle in their romance. The lovers dare to go against societal norms and battle all odds for the sake of love.

Dil Chahta Hai
6.9

Dil Chahta Hai

2001

Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.

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