Movies like Malayankunju
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Malayankunju (2022)
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Original name: മലയൻകുഞ്ഞ്
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:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, realistic, melancholic, tense, suspense
Plot:
mother son relationship, life is a bitch, changing lives, lifestyle change, tragic past, confronting the past, troubled past, memory, grief, character study, trauma, isolation, newborn baby, regret, moral ambiguity, small town life, neighbor, minimalism, mature, redemption, flashback, identity, slow burn, dark humor, life ...
Place:
india
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, suspense and tense films with plots about slow burn, moral ambiguity, isolation, life is a bitch, redemption, character study and troubled past mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Malayankunju: Sheltering Season (2022), Sunny (2021), Eden (2022), Udal (2022), Chappa Kurishu (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A woman finds herself isolated in her remote home with her brother who is seeking forgiveness for the darkest moment in their family history.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
brother sister relationship, dark past, isolation, psychopath, forgiveness, trauma, family secret, family history, guilt, life is a bitch, relationship problems, family problems ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The life of a failed musician, sunny takes a dramatic turn as he smuggles himself back from Dubai to Kerala in midst of a global pandemic and shuts himself from the society.
Style:
emotional, intense, melancholic, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
pandemic, desperation, character study, survival, regret, redemption, isolation, homecoming, secrets, getting home, resilience, hopes ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india, dubai
Similarity:
84%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It follows Marina, a young girl that has been trying to escape the ghosts that follow her after a tragic event. She goes to Edén, a clandestine company located in the middle of nature to put an end to her suffering.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
female protagonist, nature, trauma, mental health, grief, tragic past, traumatic past, introspection, troubled past, confronting the past, life is a bitch, self discovery ...
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73%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A woman, looking after her ailing mother-in-law is at breaking point. What happens when she can't take any more?
Style:
psychological, captivating, psychological thriller, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, breaking point, problem, family problems, murderer, domestic drama, moral dilemma, character study, family conflict, female protagonist, intimate, claustrophobia ...
Place:
india
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71%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The film revolves around the lives of two people: Arjun (Fahad Fazil), a wealthy man in the construction business in Kochi who has an affair with his subordinate Sonia (Remya Nambeesan), even though he is preparing to be engaged to his family ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
society, class conflict, life is a bitch, social problems, bonding, lost, battles, anonymous telephone call, fight, white trash, social misfits, chance meeting ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Thampan and Antony are a long time best friends and business partners who owned a saw mill at Kattappana in the past. A family tragedy and its falling-out separates them for good. But now Antony and his family faces a grievous situation, and he is ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, family drama, friends, battles, social problems, problem, life is a bitch, fight, family feud, betrayal, tragedy, loyalty ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Tormented by the memories of her late-husband's suicide, Vanessa's life is further complicated by the arrival of her step-son, who will soon inherit all of his father's wealth.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, melancholic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
grief, female protagonist, tragic past, problem, troubled past, inheritance, confronting the past, life is a bitch, guilt, mourning, character study, isolation ...
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61%
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, suspense, dramatic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
family drama, relationships, family secret, father daughter relationship, loss, grief, remarry, suspicion, investigation, parenthood, mourning, slow burn ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jimmy meets Anu on an online dating website and decides to marry her. Jimmy's mother entrusts his cousin Kevin to get details about Anu. Now it's Kevin's turn to search for his cousin's fiancee who vanished without a trace, only ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
online dating, found footage, dating, deception, dangerous attraction, computer, secret identity, secret, secret revealed, investigation, missing person, identity ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Kevin is obsessed with finding a girl who can help him forget his unpleasant past. However, all his encounters with the opposite sex inevitably go afoul. As the rejections mount, Kevin's futile search for happiness and love becomes ...
Style:
psychological horror, psychological thriller, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
relationships, lonely, photographer, memory, trauma, obsession, male female relationship, dealing with the past, troubled past, life is a bitch, confronting the past, isolation ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Avinash wants to quit his marketing job at a top cigarette company, but it comes with consequences
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Dr Vijay Nambiar (Suresh Gopi) is a famous neurosurgeon. His wife Dr Nalini Nambiar (Abhirami) is a gynecologist in the same hospital. They lead a contented and busy family life. 'Appothikkiri' plots the intriguing issues that affect their ...
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
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A maverick, vigilante cop who is forced to misbehave the limits of law when the system fails. It weaves across past and present whilesolving the motives and moral bruises that shape his actions.
Style:
crime thriller, captivating, thrilling, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cop, vigilante, criminal, breaking the law, police officer, troubled past, fighting the system, confronting the past, tragic past, gang, lawlessness, bandit ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young man, Stevie, awakes on a wasteland overlooking Bradford, still bleeding from a brutal attack that has left him with severe memory loss. Recent events are a total blank; his more distant memories are a blur. He slowly begins to piece together ...
Style:
psychological, dark, thrilling, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
identity, amnesia, memory loss, character study, repressed memory, tragic past, confronting the past, assault, amnesiac, life is a bitch, memory lapse, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
india, pakistan
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A Parisian couple decides to sell an unsanitary basement in their building. A very ordinary, nondescript man, Mr. Fonzic, shows up to buy it. Nothing unusual there, until the man moves into the cellar and makes it his permanent residence. The couple ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
basement, anti semitism, domestic drama, tragic past, confronting the past, dark past, troubled past, life is a bitch, problem, changing lives, manipulation, threat ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Marco and Anita discover they are expecting a child. Finally a ray of light in Marco’s life after his heartbreak following the loss of Leo, his first born with his former wife Clara. Suddenly, however Perla, the new owner where the couple lived ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Three men, one place and one event that will change the life of each one of them.
Style:
tense, psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
social issues, villager, changing lives, social relations, social problems, society, village life, life is a bitch, lifestyle change, male protagonist, crisis, mature ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Kuntol and Sudarshan meet at the railway track where they have come to commit suicide.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
life, desperation, suicide attempt, problem, game, escapades, threat, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, suicide, fatalism, isolation ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Quawntay “Bosco” Adams. Sentenced to 35 years for attempted possession of marijuana, Adams miraculously escaped from a Federal maximum-security prison while under 24-hour surveillance in solitary confinement with the ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
prison escape, prisoner, life is a bitch, troubled past, confronting the past, surveillance, isolation, claustrophobia, solitary, social commentary, moral ambiguity, redemption ...
Time:
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Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A sensitive and manipulated video clip is circulated amongst the co-workers of the factory where the couple work, which unleashes unexpected emotional, social and marital imbalances in their relationship.
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
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Place:
india
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Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
india
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41%
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Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
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Place:
india
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Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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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 ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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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:
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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Time:
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Place:
india
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Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Audience:
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