Movies Like Don't Cry for Salim the Lame

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Naseem

1995·1h 25m·★ 7.1·Saeed Akhtar Mirza

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Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai

1981·1h 50m·★ 7.1·Saeed Akhtar Mirza

2 shared crewDir. Saeed Akhtar MirzaDP: Virendra Saini

Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan

1978·1h 58m·★ 7.1·Saeed Akhtar Mirza

2 shared crewDir. Saeed Akhtar MirzaDP: Virendra Saini

Gangster

2006·2h·★ 7.2·Anurag Basu

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The Son

2019·2h·★ 6.0·Anup Singh

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American Skin

2019·1h 30m·★ 7.0·Nate Parker

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Above the Rim

1994·1h 36m·★ 6.6·Jeff Pollack

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Omkara

2006·2h 35m·★ 8.0·Vishal Bhardwaj

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Gulaal

2009·2h 27m·★ 8.0·Anurag Kashyap

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Violent Saturday

1955·1h 30m·★ 6.9·Richard Fleischer

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Siberian Education

2013·1h 50m·★ 6.3·Gabriele Salvatores

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The Parts You Lose

2019·1h 34m·★ 5.8·Christopher Cantwell

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Amar Prem

1972·2h 23m·★ 8.1·Shakti Samanta

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Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!

1994·3h 27m·★ 7.5·Sooraj Barjatya

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The Blue Umbrella

2007·1h 30m·★ 7.3·Vishal Bhardwaj

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Mob Town

2019·1h 30m·★ 4.7·Danny A. Abeckaser

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The Preppie Connection

2016·1h 35m·★ 6.1·Joseph Castelo

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A Crooked Somebody

2018·1h 42m·★ 6.2·Trevor White

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Òlòtūré

2019·1h 46m·★ 5.6·Kenneth Gyang

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Panic

2000·1h 28m·★ 6.6·Henry Bromell

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How Good Is Don't Cry for Salim the Lame?

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