Movies like Puzhu
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Puzhu (2022)
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Original name: പുഴു
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Kuttan, an annoyingly disciplined and a bigoted upper-caste retired police officer, is living with his son Kichu. After Bharati, Kuttan’s younger sister, falls in love with lower caste Kuttappan and elopes with him against her family’s wish, the attempts on Kuttan's life increases and his paranoia make the lives around him miserable.
Style:
psychological thriller, thrilling, tense, suspense, dark, intense
Plot:
father son relationship, father, family relations, family drama, paranoia, bigotry, class conflict, relationships, life is a bitch, father and son, dysfunctional family, relationship problems, problem, family problems, suspicion, confrontation, mistrust, character study, social commentary, betrayal, claustrophobia, isolation, secrets, small town, realism ...
Place:
india
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Most similar movies to Puzhu
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, psychological thriller and intense films with plots about moral ambiguity, isolation, revenge, slow burn, claustrophobia, betrayal and cat and mouse mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Puzhu: The Cry (2002), Mommy's Little Girl (2016), Udal (2022), Kurangu Bommai (2017), Theerppu (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 194 min.
Story:
Psychological thriller about a woman child-protection officer tramautized by her stillbirth who befriends a woman in hospital and then becomes convinced that the daughter is being abused.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
female protagonist, stillbirth, motherhood, trauma, mental disorder, life is a bitch, mother daughter relationship, family relations, kids in trouble, domestic violence, loss of child, child abuse ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of a dangerous little girl who is reunited with her natural mother after living with her controlling grandparents in a rural farmhouse in seclusion.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
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1K
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
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An honest driver tries to find the owner of a bag, supposedly containing money to fund the marriage of the man’s daughter, not realising that it was used by his own father to move a stolen idol.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, crime drama ...
Plot:
problem, smuggler, smuggling, criminal, bandit, honesty, blue collar, moral dilemma, loyalty, ethics, secrets, realism ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
Similarity:
31%
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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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29%
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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27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Ashley suspects her father's partner was behind a brutal home invasion.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, home invasion, family relations, problem, undercover, father daughter relationship, suspect, business partner, crooked businessman, suspicion, businessman, secret ...
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26%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Romania, Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Mircea, former Intelligence officer, finds out that his son from has gone missing in the mountains. He travels there to find him. After days of searches, Mircea put his own rescue team together, leading to conflict with the local squad.
Style:
tense, intense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
search and rescue, father son relationship, missing person, lost, mountain, rescue mission, father, rescue, tragic event, squad, family relations, manhunt ...
Place:
romania
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402
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
After learning that her new husband touches her daughter inappropriately, Morgan's plans to leave him unwittingly turn into the fight of her life.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
child abuse, protective mother, family drama, male female relationship, relationships, life is a bitch, family problems, violence, domestic violence, relationship problems, trauma, confrontation ...
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26%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Stranded on her way home, Sruthi hitches a long ride with KK who turns out to be her dad's buddy. Sruthi's mother seems to be reassured hearing that KK is with her daughter now. However her husband is troubled on hearing the news. ...
Style:
tense, dread, suspense, intense, psychological ...
Plot:
family drama, social commentary, moral ambiguity, confrontation, character study, ethical dilemma, mistrust, unsettling, coming of age, family honor, road trip, small town ...
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25%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Evading a scandal, a couple from Istanbul starts over in a town on the Aegean coast — but quickly discover the locals are determined to get rid of them.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
outsider, scandal, conflict, countryside, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, problem, relationships, family relations, threat, moral ambiguity, reputation ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
When Rasheed returns to Kozhikode from the Gulf, his friend locks him up in a commercial space with Thankam, a prostitute. Things go down the hill when his friend is unable to let him leave.
Style:
suspense, dark, tense, intense, captivating ...
Plot:
society, confined, claustrophobia, locked room, isolation, male female relationship, life is a bitch, problem, relationships, moral dilemma, secrets, family man ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
25%
107
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A 2012 Kannada film
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological thriller, intense ...
Plot:
revenge, father son relationship, identity crisis, father figure, family drama, father and son, mother and daughter, family problems, dysfunctional family, brother brother relationship, guilt, family relations ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jill strives to connect with her new teenage stepdaughter, Casey, who is struggling with a dark past that leads her down a path of destruction.
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, tense, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, father, family relations, relationships, intrigue, stepmother, stepmother stepdaughter relationship, family problems, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, relationship problems ...
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24%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jeremy Northam portrays a real estate tycoon, while Fionnula Flanagan plays the matriarch of the Lazarov family, in this psychological thriller.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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24%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Desperate for a child, a couple welcome a surrogate mother into their lives, only to discover she's a con artist who's out to steal their money.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Claire has everything - money, a loving husband and a desired child. But suddenly her life changes. Doubts and lies bring her to the edge of insanity.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
deception, husband wife relationship, family problems, mental breakdown, infidelity, relationships, male female relationship, marriage crisis, marital problem, family relations, changing lives, female protagonist ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A porn addict is threatened by a hacker, who orders the guy to witness him commit suicide online.
Style:
thrilling, psychological thriller, tension, intense, dark ...
Plot:
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Place:
india
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22%
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Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A topical yet timeless story about the parallel impacts of both bullying and friendship, Turner Risk focuses on a troubled young man who sets out to effectively reboot his world by clearing out all the negative forces in it.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, dark, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
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21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
teacher, privacy invasion, teacher student relationship, male female relationship, couple relations, life is a bitch, secret, relationship problems, relationships, problem, blackmail, suspicion ...
Place:
india
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21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A young couple working are out on a drive where they meet with an accident. It leaves them in a triangle between a cop who investigates the accident and the corrupt political hegemony who are in pursuit of them.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
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123
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A young girl returns to her hometown in search of her father, gradually her childhood memories returns; a childhood with incest and violence.
Style:
disturbing, psychological thriller, suspense, emotional, sinister ...
Plot:
incest, isolation, flashback, dark past, dysfunctional family, secrets, sexual abuse, abuse, family drama, trauma, female protagonist, childhood trauma ...
Place:
northern california
Similarity:
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Movie in collections
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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:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Shirley and Roy in the middle of an impending Covid lock-down and a personal financial crisis, leave their Mumbai home for Shirley's home in Pala where her father Ittyavira stays. Roy soon finds that her home is not what he thought it is.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
family drama, social problems, family problems, life is a bitch, relationships, family relations, problem, family secret, secrets, inheritance, homecoming, quarantine ...
Place:
india
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69
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A secluded island somewhere on a seas of the Northern Europe. A family of four has lived here for over ten years, perfecting the art of survival. They had moved onto an island to escape a falling civilization, to live in freedom, close to nature. ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
island, isolation, family relations, life, family drama, male female relationship, problem, relationships, social isolation, social problems, marital problem, social issues ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Tanveer, an aspiring actor, moves to the city after leaving a detention center. He meets Disha, his therapist, for mandatory counseling but hides dark secrets, posing a threat.
Style:
tension, suspense, psychological thriller, intense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
psychological manipulation, mental health, urban, character study, mature, cat and mouse, suspicion, manipulation, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, city life, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A criminal husband and his wife hide in a lone trailer. Exhausted by her husbands controlling ways, she decides to leave. But then a trailer arrives with a couple which creates dangerous consequences for them all.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, tension, suspense, thrilling ...
Plot:
criminal, relationship problems, marital problem, threat, family problems, problem, life is a bitch, hiding place, isolation, fear, manipulation, domestic violence ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
Two long-separated brothers end up in life-threatening situations. How do their lives intersect and what happens next?
Style:
suspense, captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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