Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
1998India★ 7.55 pt match
What ties these together is grief, longing, and all-consuming love. They share the same lens on family duty and family wounds passed down. Same energy: warm, melancholic, episodic, and escalating.
Crazy, Stupid, Love
2011USALanguage: EnglishDirected by Glenn Ficarra, John Requa★ 7.3
Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a divorce. Over 40 and suddenly single, Cal is adrift in the fickle world of dating. Enter, Jacob Palmer, a self-styled player who takes Cal under his wing and teaches him how to be a hit with the ladies.
Themes and style
Tone
dark comedywarmmelancholichopefulwhimsical
Pacing
episodicescalating
Story
unravelingreunionjourney
Emotion
grieffiguring out who you areall-consuming loveredemptionbelonginglonging
Themes
men and women navigating expectationsfamily dutyfamily wounds passed down
Feel
crowd pleasercatharticrewatchablefun scary
Violence
noneWhere to watch
Foreign films like Crazy, Stupid, Love
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as Crazy, Stupid, Love. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
2013India★ 7.35 pt match
What ties these together is longing, all-consuming love, and figuring out who you are. They share the same lens on family wounds passed down and family duty. Both move the same way too, warm, hopeful, episodic, and escalating.
Through My Window: Across the Sea
2023Spain★ 6.64.5 pt match
Like Crazy, Stupid, Love, this one is rooted in all-consuming love, longing, and figuring out who you are. The world both films live in revolves around men and women navigating expectations. Both move the same way too, warm, melancholic, and episodic.