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Kaanekkaane (2021)
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Original name: കാണെക്കാണെ
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Paul’s daughter Sherin is no more and her husband Allen has remarried. When he visits the new couple, who is also taking care of his grandson, a few doubts pop up in his mind, regarding his daughter’s death.
Style:
emotional, tense, suspense, melancholic, suspenseful, dramatic, psychological
Plot:
family drama, relationships, father daughter relationship, family secret, grief, loss, investigation, parenthood, suspicion, mourning, remarry, betrayal, mature, moral dilemma, small town, confrontation, slow burn, redemption, identity, town, malayalam, family secrets
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Most similar movies to Kaanekkaane
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, tense, suspense and psychological films with plots about small town, betrayal, family drama, investigation, moral dilemma, grief and slow burn mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Kaanekkaane: Punorjonmo (2021), Ullozhukku (2024), Abandoned Man (2025), True (2021), Malayankunju (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
Rafsan Haq is a famous chef of Bangladesh. After disappearing for three years, one day his wife Neela suddenly shows up in a local police station. Everyone around Rafsan including the police became skeptical of this miraculous event and started ...
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, suspense, intense, twist ending ...
Plot:
identity crisis, missing person, moral dilemma, investigation, family conflict, suspicion, betrayal, secret past, small town, obsession, loneliness, police procedural ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
bangladesh
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
tension, intense, melancholic, suspense, grim
Plot:
lie, family drama, family secret, loss, grief, betrayal, guilt, moral dilemma, confrontation, tradition, isolation, claustrophobia ...
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58%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After serving time in prison for his brother's crime, a man warily reunites with family, finding hope and healing in a life-changing bond with his niece.
Style:
dramatic, emotional, realistic, melancholic, suspense
Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The mysterious circumstances around the death of Vignesh's father leads him down a path filled with unexpected twists and turns. Nothing is as it seems, but will the truth finally set him free?
Style:
suspenseful, dark, twist ending, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
secrets, investigation, deception, family secret, family drama, conspiracy, betrayal, loss, grief, obsession, moral ambiguity, slow burn ...
Place:
india
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55%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Anikkuttan is an ill-tempered electronics technician who leads a quiet life with his mother. His daily routines are disrupted when his next door neighbour's new born baby stirs up undesirable memories from his past. What will happen next?
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, confronting the past, tragic past, troubled past, lifestyle change, life is a bitch, changing lives, memory, trauma, grief, character study, isolation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
A beautiful father-son duo navigates love, betrayal, and redemption amidst a betting mafia and police chase, unveiling a heartfelt journey of debts and dreams.
Style:
emotional, dramatic, sentimental, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
family drama, father son relationship, family honor, redemption, male protagonist, grief, forgiveness, moral dilemma, responsibility, mourning, loyalty, police chase ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
An unidentified person is badly injured but is saved by retired army man and his daughter. He recovers slowly but losses his memory. Will they able to bring back his lost memory?
Style:
emotional, suspense, psychological, tense
Plot:
amnesia, memory loss, identity, father daughter relationship, identity crisis, secrets, protective parent, compassion, healing, recovery, rescue, redemption ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three years ago, a father saved his daughter's life. After she's involved in a car accident, it looks like he'll have to do it again, no matter how many attempts it takes.
Style:
suspense, emotional, tense, bleak, intense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
What is an eternity without the ones you love? Iris has lived a life of secrets, but with the imminent death of her last living relative, she has left herself open to new feelings while still longing for her lost true love.
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, melancholic, existential, independent film ...
Plot:
loss, grief, relationships, family bonds, secret revealed, loneliness, secret past, identity, intimate, memory, uncertainty, support group ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
Four friends, Ramkumar, Kalyan, Parameshwaran and Abdulla, who share a troubled history and familial strife, meet at a place owned by Ramkumar. This happenstance get-together ends up in fresh tension, leading to unforeseen consequences.
Style:
dark, suspense, tense, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
confrontation, conflict, family conflict, revenge, moral ambiguity, betrayal, vengeance, revenge motive, mistrust, secrets, family drama, payback ...
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48%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Reeling from the news of his sister's suicide, Beau McCammon returns home to his family after a long absence. His father, who has just barely won another term as senator, doesn't take things well when Beau approaches him with the sinking ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, political thriller, dramatic, melancholic ...
Plot:
corruption, family secret, family drama, senator, cover up, investigation, suspicion, grief, father son conflict, politics, small town, suicide ...
Time:
90s
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Family, Thriller
Country: Greece, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A middle-aged fisherman living with his wife and daughter on Greece’s northern border, who is drowning in debt, starts to smuggle migrants across the border lake, in exchange for a hefty fee. Until a tragic incident strikes the family, pushing the ...
Style:
melancholic, tense, bleak, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
illegal immigration, desperation, social realism, family drama, human trafficking, family tragedy, moral dilemma, grief, loss, debt, poverty, small town ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, suspenseful, tense, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
motherhood, hospital, obsession, social issues, grief, kidnapping, loss, family secret, female protagonist, social commentary, trauma, family drama ...
Place:
serbia, balkan
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
One day, Sedat, who works as a prison guard in Konya, is given the duty to take one of the prisoners, Musa, to his hometown. Musa does not intend to return until he finds out why his daughter was killed.
Style:
psychological, emotional, dramatic, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
prison guard, investigation, prisoner, liar, lie, uncover truth, life is a bitch, hidden truth, loss, tragedy, father daughter relationship, getting home ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Movie MARTIN is a Suspense Thriller which is new experiment in the Konkani film industry. "It's a story about a person who comes to Goa after 8 years, and how his life turns upside down is the crux of the movie.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tension, experimental, tense ...
Plot:
secrets, revenge, homecoming, conflict, slow burn, mature, identity, mistrust, betrayal, small town, moral ambiguity, loss ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Three distanced, discordant brothers strive to put aside their differences as they reunite after decades at their ancestral home to give their dying mother a peaceful send off, but soon are at loggerheads as the house brings up painful memories of ...
Style:
emotional, serious, intense, realistic
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
intense, suspenseful
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Happy and accomplished, Ellias becomes the new artistic director of a famous French Haute Couture house. When he learns that his father, whom he has not seen for many years, has just died of a heart attack, Ellias goes to Quebec to settle the ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, tense, suspense
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Story:
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Audience:
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Country: India
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