The Best Movies About People We Meet on Vacation
Bollywood and diaspora films depicted this trope with aplomb years before streaming dared to take it on.
If you’re super online, you can’t avoid the memes in light of Netflix’s latest streaming sensation, the adaptation of Emily Henry’s eponymous novel, People We Meet on Vacation. Brown Twitter has been posting stills of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, and more — highlighting films with characters who, yes, met each other on vacation.
Since it’s a gloomy, cold winter in New York City with no vacation in sight, we’re rounding up some of the most escapist Bollywood movies and diaspora films that nailed this phenomenon long before 2026.