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Neru (2023)
11K
Original name: നേര്
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
'Neru' is an enthralling legal and emotional drama that delves into the life of Sara, a blind sculpture artist on a quest for justice following a harrowing incident. Against the backdrop of the Indian legal system, this gripping story takes viewers through a rollercoaster of emotions, unveiling layers of deceit and ultimately exploring themes of redemption.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, realistic, suspense, intense
Plot:
justice, resilience, visual impairment, trauma, blind man, life is a bitch, blindness, blind woman, blindness and impaired vision, personal growth, female protagonist, redemption, moral dilemma, courtroom, investigation, deception, sculptor, acquittal, social commentary, revenge, tragedy, human rights, family conflict, slow burn, courtroom drama ...
Time:
2020s, contemporary
Place:
india
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out intense, captivating, psychological and realistic films with plots about revenge, investigation, moral ambiguity, slow burn, moral dilemma, social commentary and problem mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Neru: Udal (2022), Chithha (2023), He Ain't Heavy (2024), The Teacher (2022), Meppadiyan (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Easwaran, a young government employee gets the shock of his life when his niece Sundari goes missing. When Easwaran gets to know that a child abuser has kidnapped her, after coming to terms with the ghastly reality of being him being wrongly accused ...
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
PE teacher Devika and her husband have been trying to be pregnant for four years. Their equation changes after she becomes pregnant and when she reveals that she has been abused by four students during a sports meet.
Style:
suspenseful, emotional, captivating, dramatic, tense ...
Plot:
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Place:
india
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72%
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Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
While there is an old-fashioned feel to the story telling, it moves along new paths that are twisted enough to keep us interested and also has us clenching our fists.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
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Place:
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978
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Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A middle-aged, narcissistic, angry, rich man is abusive to the young girl he has married, who is half his age, but then the tables turn when he is incapacitated by an accident.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, domestic abuse, abusive relationship, emotional abuse, social problems, social issues, life is a bitch, relationship problems, society, resilience, manipulation, empowerment ...
Place:
india
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70%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
We lead our lives in ways where we do not think much before doing something, which may or may not have a huge impact on other people. How our small actions can create big ripples in someone else`s life is the idea on which the film is based.
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, thrilling, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
village, criminal, life is a bitch, countryside, village life, satire, social problems, battles, conflict, fight, justice, investigation ...
Place:
india
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61%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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Style:
medical drama, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
guilt, doctor, accident, ethical dilemma, hospital, life is a bitch, doctors and patients, problem, physician, medical, guilty conscience, medicine ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
After a party amongst a theatre group, their sole actress, Anjali is subjected to a crime from one of the men in the group. A meeting is called for. In trying to reach a consensus, stories unravel, suspicions surface and clamour ensues.
Style:
intense, tension, suspense, psychological, dark ...
Plot:
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Place:
india
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57%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A fearless commando arrives home at the news of his brother's suicide until he starts to deeply investigate the reason behind his mysterious demise.
Style:
action thriller, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
india, kannada
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A young couple working are out on a drive where they meet with an accident. It leaves them in a triangle between a cop who investigates the accident and the corrupt political hegemony who are in pursuit of them.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
india
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55%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, intense, tense, suspense, thrilling ...
Plot:
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Duration: 151 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
nigeria
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, suspense, thrilling, captivating, detective ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, twisted ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
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Style:
political, political thriller, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Plot:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
india
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Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, tense, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating ...
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