Movies Like Life in a Metro

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

Metro... In Dino

2025·2h 39m·★ 6.5·Anurag Basu

Metro Anthology Collection4 shared themes: mumbai, romantic drama, anthology...Dir. Anurag Basu

Gangster

2006·2h·★ 7.2·Anurag Basu

2 shared crewBoth star Kangana Ranaut & Shiney AhujaDir. Anurag Basu

Ajeeb Daastaans

2021·2h 22m·★ 6.7·Neeraj Ghaywan

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Dolls

2002·1h 54m·★ 7.5·Takeshi Kitano

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Highway

2014·2h 13m·★ 7.6·Imtiaz Ali

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Five Times Two

2004·1h 30m·★ 6.6·François Ozon

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Kites

2010·2h 3m·★ 6.0·Anurag Basu

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Amores Perros

2000·2h 34m·★ 8.0·Alejandro González Iñárritu

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Hannah and Her Sisters

1986·1h 47m·★ 7.8·Woody Allen

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A History of Violence

2005·1h 36m·★ 7.4·David Cronenberg

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Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi

2003·2h·★ 7.9·Sudhir Mishra

Both star Kay Kay Menon & Shiney Ahuja

Toolsidas Junior

2022·2h 10m·★ 7.4·Mridul

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Mumbai Meri Jaan

2008·1h 59m·★ 7.7·Nishikant Kamat

Both star Irrfan Khan & Kay Kay Menon

Mother India

1957·2h 52m·★ 7.8·Mehboob Khan

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Coffee and Cigarettes

2004·1h 37m·★ 7.0·Jim Jarmusch

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Kaagaz

2021·1h 49m·★ 7.3·Satish Kaushik

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Mr. & Mrs. Smith

2005·2h·★ 6.5·Doug Liman

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Unfaithful

2002·2h 4m·★ 6.7·Adrian Lyne

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Lady Chatterley's Lover

2022·2h 6m·★ 6.6·Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre

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Hasee Toh Phasee

2014·2h 21m·★ 6.8·Vinil Mathew

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How Good Is Life in a Metro?

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