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Nenu Lenu (2019)
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Original name: నేను లెను
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Eeshwar, an orphan who falls for Parvati's honesty in the first sight and convinces her to marry him after much effort. In time, a gang of goons hunt for him and take him away. Later, news comes out that Eeshwar killed three of them and one is missing. Cops find Eeshwar under mysterious circumstances and are shocked when he claims to be already dead.
Style:
suspenseful, tension, crime thriller, psychological, emotional, twist ending, intense, romantic drama, dark, mystical ...
Plot:
investigation, moral dilemma, guilt, gang violence, identity, suspicion, ambiguity, revenge, supernatural, honesty, redemption, loss, empathy, vigilante justice, survival, isolation, small town, underdog, police procedural, haunting, fate
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out intense, dark, emotional and suspenseful films with plots about revenge, investigation, redemption, moral ambiguity, urban, small town and guilt mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. Some movies like Nenu Lenu: Parole (2018), BORDER Redemption (2017), Geetasakshigaa (2023), Shivan (2020), Njaan Ippo Entha Cheyya? (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Country: Ireland
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
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Style:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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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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Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Country: India
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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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Country: India
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