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118 (2019)
1K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
While staying in a resort, an investigative journalist has a dream where he sees a woman being beaten to death. When he has the same dream once again in the same room of the resort, he begins to believe there might be some truth to it. He starts investigating and eventually faces physical challenges from someone who doesn't want him to uncover the truth.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, suspense, captivating, tense, atmospheric, dark, twist ending, detective, twisted ...
Plot:
nightmare, investigative journalism, murder, reporter, recurring dream, journalist, investigation, missing person, murder investigation, murder mystery, investigative reporter, repeated scene, dream, obsession, puzzle, violence, conspiracy, cat and mouse, paranoia, female victim, stalking, urban, male protagonist, slow burn, resort ...
Time:
2010s, contemporary
Place:
india
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Most similar movies to 118
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, noir and dark films with plots about investigation, urban, murder, moral ambiguity, conspiracy, cat and mouse and murder mystery mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Action genres. Some movies like 118: The Tiger (2005), Marionetes (2015), HIT: The 2nd Case (2022), Deja Vu (2022), Devil (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
423
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
The movie begins with the death of Varma a senior government official who was about to on the verge of making a major anti-corruption bust. The case is handed over to Chandrashekharan IPS who goes by the nickname of "The Tiger". A turning ...
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A journalist returns to a dark, virtually unrecognizable Athens to investigate his best friend's murder. The victim's girlfriend gives him a hand but they soon realize they either have to abandon their investigation or become cogs in a ...
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A state DGP's daughter goes missing as predicted by a crime novelist in his story. An undercover cop comes in to unravel the mystery.
Style:
crime thriller, psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A British secret agent takes up the job of solving a dark mystery. He is led into a web of love, deceit and betrayal. His success and failure can change the course of history.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspense, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
secret agent, deception, agent, secret, spy, espionage, british, investigation, special agent, relationships, love affair, spy thriller ...
Time:
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Place:
india, london
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A string of mysterious murders happen in an aristocratic mansion. The owners of the mansion seek CBI officer Sethurama Iyer's help to find the person responsible for the deaths.
Style:
tense, crime drama, detective, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
While searching for his missing brother, Max Kovak stumbles upon a secret society that seems to be preparing for a catastrophic event.
Style:
dark, suspense, detective, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
missing person, conspiracy, secret society, investigation, night, paranoid, underground, obsession, catastrophe, urban, moral ambiguity, private detective ...
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59%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing, enigmatic ...
Plot:
writers, novelist, investigative journalism, secret, investigative reporter, undercover, estrangement, investigation, murder mystery, murder, reporter, memory loss ...
Place:
kannada, india
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A journalist unearths a horrific conspiracy when she questions the events surrounding a celebrity’s death.
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, journalism, investigation, private investigation, crime investigation, who done it, investigative reporter, crime solving, murder investigation, uncover truth, secret, murder mystery ...
Similarity:
55%
10K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
When a high-ranking police officer is killed by his alleged rape victim, Sub-inspector Vikram Vasudev is entrusted with investigating what seems like an open-and-shut case. However, as he delves deeper, Vikram finds the case spiralling into a dark ...
Style:
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Plot:
murder mystery, rape victim, murder, murderer, murder investigation, police detective, police investigation, investigation, dishonesty, evidence, violence, law enforcement ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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159
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Venky, suspected of committing multiple murders, suffers from memory loss and finds himself entangled in a web of lies. However, the true identity of Venky and the person responsible for his predicament are complex and multi-layered, leading to the ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of The Partition, Byomkesh Bakshi and his assistant Ajit must solve the murder of the head of the dysfunctional Halder family.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
kolkata, india
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Luke Anthony comes to a village in search of his wife Sophia, who got lost in a nearby forest while traveling through the countryside. But, as the search operation progresses, doubts crop up on whether the woman has actually gone missing or even ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
revenge, epic battle, destruction, missing person, battles, secret, fight, vengeance, dark past, secret past, investigation, obsession ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: China
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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3K
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Bhanuchander, a cop gets murdered at a guest house. The investigating officer Vijay Shanker takes up the case and suspects it to be a possible homicide. Will Vijay and Bhanuchander's wife (Suhasini) be able to track the criminals?
Style:
suspense, detective, tense, dark, twisted ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
45%
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Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A young engineering student along with his friends unravels the mystery around his college where several girls go missing and dead.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, dark ...
Plot:
investigation, mysterious death, college, puzzle, amateur sleuth, college student, uncover truth, crime solving, murder investigation, teamwork, mysterious disappearance, crime investigation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
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325
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Horror novelist Luke Sinclair retreats to a small town to finish writing his latest book. A young woman is murdered in the woods nearby, in circumstances similar to those in his bestselling novel, "Reaper". Faced with increasing pressure ...
Style:
detective, tense, psychological, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
45%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Even though crime branch officer David Abraham is on suspension, he engages himself in the investigation of a case which is not yet recorded in the crime records.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, twisted ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: Taiwan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The story about an ambitious journalist who eagerly pursues a long-forgotten accident. When the sole survivor of the accident suddenly disappears, he realizes that nothing is what it seems, and the unimaginable dark truth will haunt him for the rest ...
Style:
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Plot:
murder, investigation, investigative journalism, cold case, ambitious man, secret, unsolved crime, murder mystery, mysterious disappearance, ambition, investigative reporter, journalist ...
Place:
taiwan
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Story:
Railway Anti-Criminal Task Force (RATs) investigates three unrelated murders happened in a train.
Style:
suspense, tense, detective, twisted, atmospheric ...
Plot:
whodunit, investigation, murder, train, railway, multiple murder, police procedural, interrogation, justice, deception, morality, conspiracy ...
Time:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
44%
609
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Reluctant New York City private eye P.J. Detweiler is hired as a bodyguard to protect Maureen Preble, the mistress of shady millionaire William Orbison. In truth, Orbison plans a deadly intrigue in which P.J. is to play a central part. Meanwhile, ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, crime drama, suspense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
private investigator, private detective, murder, conspiracy, bodyguard, mistress, moral ambiguity, danger, investigation, deception, love affair, city life ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, crime thriller, suspense, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A man’s body is found in the suburbs of Tokyo. The dead man was hit by a car and his head beaten by the reckless driver after the accident. The dead man had a wife named Noriko. She likes fancy things and she has a lover named Tsukada. It's ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, suspense, detective, dark, twist ending ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
conspiracy, money, intrigue, money problems, investigation, evidence, corruption, betrayal, fraud, power struggle, cat and mouse, paranoia ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
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