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Dharmadurai (2016)
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Original name: தர்மதுரை
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
A doctor turns into an alcoholic, and becomes an embarrassment for his brothers. What caused this descent, and can he redeem himself?
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, heartfelt, sentimental, realistic, entertaining, cult film
Plot:
doctor, redemption, family drama, alcoholism, medicine, physician, medical, countryside, doctors and patients, village, brothers, forgiveness, second chance, reconciliation, recovery, resilience, struggle, medical profession, shame, loss, moral dilemma, guilt, family honor, small town life, social realism ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
india
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, emotional and thrilling films with plots about family drama, redemption, moral dilemma, loss, tamil, relationships and life is a bitch mostly in Drama, Comedy and Action genres. Some movies like Dharmadurai: Ka Pae Ranasingam (2020), The Lion Standing in the Wind (2015), Rail (2024), Aramm (2017), Kadaisi Vivasayi (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
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Duration: 139 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
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Country: India
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Maayandi, the only farmer in a village that has abandoned farming, is charged with a petty case that leads to his imprisonment.
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psychological, semi serious, satirical, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 151 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The anguish that negligent children can cause is depicted here from the parents' perspective. Raghavaraju (Prakash Raj) is a farming landlord in Atreyapuram village of Andhra Pradesh. He lives with his wife Janakamma (Jayasudha), along with ...
Style:
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Plot:
children, family drama, family values, parenthood, lifestyle, family life, mischievous children, parents and children, parents, kids and family, homecoming, reconciliation ...
Place:
india
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46%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
In a village with greedy property fights among the families, Jagadish carries on his father's legacy to reform all the property issues in his village while trying to reunite his family, which is also split due to property issues.
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
A young man, on the advice of an agent, lies that he is married, to go to London. But his visa application is rejected and now, he has to follow-up with a string of lies to hide one lie.
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A life shattering tragedy sends three people on vastly different paths to a similar goal of redemption and understanding.
Style:
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Plot:
redemption, loss, trauma, grief, guilt, multiple storylines, problem, life is a bitch, tragic event, tragedy, forgiveness, family drama ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, dramatic ...
Plot:
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Time:
future
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, poignant ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Country: New Zealand, India
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Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
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Country: India
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Story:
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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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Story:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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