20 best movies like Lipstick Under My Burkha (2017)

List of the best movies like Lipstick Under My Burkha (2017): Kai Po Che!, Chillar Party, The Man Who Knew Infinity, Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India, Manto, Uri: The Surgical Strike, Wazir, Mahanati, This Is Our Time, Dangal.

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Markimdb: 7.7
Genredrama, sport
CountryIndia

Three friends growing up in India at the turn of the millennium set out to open a training academy to produce the country's next cricket stars.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, drama, family
CountryIndia

A gang of innocent but feisty kids who lead carefree lives in Chandan Nagar colony, take on the big bad world of politics when one of their friend's life is endangered.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, India

Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genredrama, musical, adventure, sport
CountryIndia, USA, United Kingdom
Duration03:44

In 1890s India, an arrogant British commander challenges the harshly taxed residents of Champaner to a high-stakes cricket match.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama, biography
CountryIndia

In Bombay's seedy-shiny film world, Manto and his stories are widely read and accepted. But as sectarian violence engulfs the nation, Manto makes the difficult choice of leaving his beloved Bombay. In Lahore, he finds himself bereft of friends and unable to find takers for his writings.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genreaction, drama, military, history
CountryIndia
Duration02:24

Following the roguish terrorist attacks at Uri Army Base camp in Kashmir, India takes the fight to the enemy, in its most successful covert operation till date with one and only one objective of avenging their fallen heroes.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryIndia
Duration02:08

'Wazir' is a tale of two unlikely friends, a wheelchair-bound chess grandmaster and a brave ATS officer. Brought together by grief and a strange twist of fate, the two men decide to help each other win the biggest games of their lives. But there's a mysterious, dangerous opponent lurking in the shadows, who is all set to checkmate them.

Markimdb: 8.5
Genredrama, biography
CountryIndia

Mahanati depicts the life and career of one of Telugu cinema's greatest and most iconic starlets, the first Indian female super star, Savitri.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genredrama
CountryUSA, India
Duration01:44

After graduation, five friends set out to make a difference in the world for God. Their ambitions are high, their passions are strong but will they have the courage to fulfill their calling regardless of what comes their way. The sacrifice they are asked to pay may just be too high. Through Godly council from an outside source, the group realizes that this is not their time after all, it's all His.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genredrama, biography, sport
CountryIndia
Duration03:25

Dangal is an extraordinary true story based on the life of Mahavir Singh and his two daughters, Geeta and Babita Phogat. The film traces the inspirational journey of a father who trains his daughters to become world class wrestlers.

Markimdb: 5
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryIndia

Five friends meet a mystic in a forest who grants their wish — a newspaper from the future. They decide to get rich by using their knowledge of the future. They focus their efforts on Peter, a carefree youth from Royapuram, who is predicted by the newspaper to win a boxing match and present the prize money of Rs. 2 crores to the five friends. However, they are perplexed when they discover that Peter has absolutely no knowledge of boxing.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrethriller, comedy, drama
CountryIndia
Duration02:01

A film that celebrates the aspiration of Bobby, who wants to become the number one detective in the old city area of Hyderabad.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryIndia

John (Arya) and Regina (Nayanthara) are forced into wedlock against their wishes. Both undergo a rough patch initially in their marriage as they are not able to get over their past romances. Prior to their marriage, Regina was in love with Surya (Jai), while John romanced Keerthana (Nazriya). What leads to the Arya-Nayanthara wedding? How they forget their romantic past and finally come together forms the rest of the story.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredrama
CountryIndia

A sewerage worker's dead body is found inside a manhole in Mumbai. An ageing folk singer is tried in court on charges of abetment of suicide. He is accused of performing an inflammatory song which might have incited the worker to commit the act. As the trial unfolds, the personal lives of the lawyers and the judge involved in the case are observed outside the court.

Markimdb: 2.6
Genreaction, melodrama, drama, musical
CountryIndia

Based in Calcutta during its most unsettled times in the 1970s, the film deals with the inseparable life of Bikram and Bala. The story of 2 boys, boys who became refugees. Refugees who became gun couriers. Gun Couriers who became coal bandits, coal bandits who became Calcutta's Most Loved, Most Celebrated, Most Reckless, Most Fearless, Most Powerful! A story of two happy-go-lucky renegades who came to be known as...GUNDAY!

Markimdb: 6
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:52

Set in suburban New Jersey in the 1960s, a group of friends form a rock band and try to make it big.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama
CountryIsrael, France

The film captures the daily duality of three young Palestinian women in Tel Aviv, caught between hometown tradition and big city abandon, and the price they must pay for a lifestyle that seems obvious to many: the freedom to work, party, fuck, and choose.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryIndia
Duration01:58

A deliciously romantic coming together of Gulrez “Gullu” Qadir a Hyderabadi shoe-sales girl disillusioned with love because of her encounters with dowry-seeking men; and Tariq “Taru” Haidar a Lucknawi cook who can charm anybody with the aroma and flavours of his biryani and kebabs.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genredrama, sport
CountrySweden
Duration01:23

When Emma meets Cassandra, they initiate a relationship filled with physical and psychological challenges. Emma does whatever it takes to master the rules of the game. Lines are crossed and the stakes get higher and higher. Despite this, Emma can't resist the intoxicating feeling of total control.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryAustralia
Duration02:23

    In 1950s Australia, beautiful, talented dressmaker Tilly returns to her tiny hometown to right wrongs from her past. As she tries to reconcile with her mother, she starts to fall in love while transforming the fashion of the town.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genreaction, drama, sport
    CountryUSA, India
    Duration03:18

    A biographical drama based on the life of fictional Haryana based wrestler & mixed martial arts specialist Sultan Ali Khan.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance, Belgium, Algeria, USA

    A convict is released from prison in a small town in New Mexico. 18 years ago he killed a deputy. The then-and-now sheriff seeks revenge.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genredrama
    CountryRussia
    Duration02:25

    Alevtina Romanova is a warden in the woman's colony, and the only thing that is different from her «iron lady» image is her voice - a voice which even a notable opera diva would envy. However, Alevtina has been ashamed of her talent since the times she was a kid and nowadays, preliminarily making sure no one's around, she rarely sings for herself. Despite the fact that Alevtina is trying to stay invisible, one of the prisoners secretly records her singing on video by a cellphone and puts it online. The tape becomes a real sensation, and soon Alevtina is invited to Moscow to participate in the main singing show on national television. A sincere desire to change her life awakens inside Alevtina but she's not ready to compete in the show at all. The only person who could train her voice and prepare her for the performance is that very prisoner, who recorded the video, who turns out to be a singer in the past.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:00

    Siddharth, Omi, and Jai are close friends and roommates who are studying at Delhi University. Siddharth has completed M.A in Economics and is preparing for Ph.D. Siddharth is very studious and spends most of his time with books whereas Omi and Jai are busy in chasing girls, watching movies or dramas; only common thing among them is smoking. One day Omi and Jai see a girl who is new to their neighborhood and try to impress her by their tricks; they give up when both of them experience shameful events. After some days, Neha shows up as Chamko washing powder salesgirl to their flat, upon seeing whom Jai and Omi hide quickly. Siddharth sees Neha for the first time and a love story begins. But when his two friends find out, they decide to put an end to their relationship as a revenge to the embarrassment inflicted upon them by the girl. Initially, they succeed in separating Siddharth and Neha but later on repent

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:43

    A married couple die in an accident, leaving behind a son. As he grows up and becomes successful, he comes across reincarnations of his father and mother as youngsters, and vows to bring them back together.

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryIndia

    A fun roller coaster ride about three young people, Aju, Divya and Kuttan who are cousins, reach Bangalore to dream, discover & explore!

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryMexico

    Julia, Lucas, Aaron, Nora and Lola live in a building in the chaotic Mexico City, . Everything changes when Felix moves to the unoccupied apartment next to them. Félix comes to know their neighbors and this changes the dynamics of the lives of the characters.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genreaction, drama, crime
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:18

    A common man who transforms into a gangster revolts against the very system he once obediently followed by declaring war on the police, the government, and the industrialists.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryIndia

    Akaash Vani is a romance film directed by Luv Ranjan, and produced by Kumar Mangat Pathak and Abhishek Pathak under the banner Wide Frame Pictures. After the cult hit Pyaar Ka Punchnama, AkaashVani is the second film from this producer-director duo.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama
    CountryIndia

    Widowed soon after marriage, a young woman grapples with an inability to grieve, quirky relatives and a startling discovery about her late husband.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genredrama, music, biography
    CountryIndia

    A coming-of-age story based on the lives of street rappers in Mumbai.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genreaction, thriller, drama
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:27

    On the request of his friend Kabir, SP Adil Sends him to the Naxal group as an informer. When Kabir finds the truth he becomes one of their gang leader.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryFrance, Lebanon, Egypt, Italy, Qatar
    Duration01:50

    On a remote, isolated, unnamed Lebanese village inhabited by both Muslims and Christians. The village is surrounded by land mines and only reachable by a small bridge. As civil strife engulfed the country, the women in the village learn of this fact and try, by various means and to varying success, to keep their men in the dark, sabotaging the village radio, then destroying the village TV.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryIndia

    Based on the life story of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and his journey to being the world cup winning captain of the Indian cricket team.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryIndia

    A story based on real-life human-rights and criminal lawyer, Shahid Azmi, who was slain while defending the wrongly accused by the law in terrorist activities.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration02:28

    The continuing adventures of the Portokalos family. A follow-up to the 2002 comedy, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genredrama
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:31

    Katya, a young girl from a good family, a student of philology is awarded a grant to study archives in Paris but instead of heading to Paris she travels to the Arab Emirates to start international modeling career…

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
    CountryIndia

    Five friends from Goa get lost during a journey to discover the lot of the childhood sweetheart of an old postman.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:22

    Four young friends decide to work together when one of them comes up with an innovative and lucrative business plan. But their lives begin to deteriorate when their personal issues surface.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:59

    Dangerous Liaisons is the film based on the novel of the same name by Choderlos de Laclos set in 18th century France. Marquise de Merteuil’s asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned in this love triangle drama.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryIndia, Germany

    Frieda, a fashioncommercial photographer trying to find her own art, gathers her closest girlfriends from all over India to travel to Goa for a surprise announcement: she’s getting married! Thus begins an impromptu bachelorette celebration that lasts for a full week. A riotous roller-coaster ride of girl bonding; friendships, break ups, make ups, fuck ups, passion, devastation, hesitation, terrorization and self realization. Amidst the fun and frenzy, heartbreak and heartache, passion and obsession, youth and innocence, secrets tumble out, tensions emerge, bonds are formed and emotions run high. Soon events will take a more serious turn, but for the moment these women are determined to seize the day.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama
    CountryIndia

    An 11-year-old boy struggles to cope with the death of his father while trying to make new friends in an unfamiliar place, after his mother gets a job transfer.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:32

    Prabhas (Prabhas) has a childhood sweetheart named Nandini (Kajal Agarwal) and they are separated during their childhood. Nandini migrates to Swiss along with her father. Meanwhile Prabhas rejects love proposals from other girls as his heart belongs to Nandini. Prabhas gets a chance to meet Nandini for the first time after the separation during the reunion of their respective parents who have studied together. The rest of the story is all about how Prabhas wins the love of Nandini.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, military, history
    CountryIndia, Fiji
    Duration01:38

    In 1948, a cross-fire erupts at an isolated stretch of Indo-Pak border, leaving only two soldiers alive. One is an Indian soldier of Pakistani origin while the other happens to be a Pakistani soldier of Indian origin. An ironic story of pride and survival begins when - in an attempt to evade danger, they bump into each other. And amidst continuous exchange of bullets, altercations and murkier situations, it evolves into a journey of human connection with an unforeseeable end.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA

    Tells the incredible true story of Amberley Snyder, a nationally ranked rodeo barrel racer who defies the odds after barely surviving a car accident that leaves her paralyzed from the waist down.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:35

    In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce and lovable loser Snork are happy with life the way it is. When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie, the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives for ever.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:22

    Hum Tum (Hindi: हम तुम, translation: You and Me, Urdu: ہم تم) is a Bollywood movie, released in India on May 28, 2004, directed by Kunal Kohli and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra. The movie stars Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji in the lead roles.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:58

    Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, adventure, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:44

    Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested, who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate named Ronny Heaslop. She and Ronny's mother, Mrs. Moore, befriend an Indian doctor, Aziz H. Ahmed.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genreaction, drama
    CountryIndia

    A fearless woman fights social injustice; creating a sanctuary for abused women and battling a crooked politician.




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