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Dhoomam (2023)
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Original name: ധൂമം
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, suspenseful, thrilling, tense, dark, bleak, suspense, intense, neo noir
Plot:
marketing, advertising, tobacco, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, job, changing lives, problem, lifestyle change, corruption, manipulation, ambition, public health, character study, social commentary, investigation, betrayal, addiction, conspiracy, risk, power struggle, urban, realism, guilt, media manipulation ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
india
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, tense and suspense films with plots about revenge, moral ambiguity, urban, corruption, betrayal, investigation and malayalam mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Dhoomam: Night Drive (2022), One (2021), Kalaga Thalaivan (2022), Ramaleela (2017), Rudhran (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
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Plot:
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Place:
india
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Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Story of Kadakkal Chandran, the Chief Minister of Kerala whose uncompromising attitude towards corruption and his dictatorial actions has gained him a lot of enemies. The events gets more intense when he faces an allegation.
Style:
political, political thriller, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political intrigue, minister, corruption, problem, political unrest, politics, corrupt system, power struggle, political scandal, social commentary, character study, investigation ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A corporate behemoth hires a ruthless hit man to find out the identity of a whistleblower in the organization. Who wins in the end - the hunter or the hunted?
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, tension, tense, thrilling ...
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Place:
india
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89%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Ramanunni, who was the MLA of revolutionary party CDP, crosses over to the opposition as their candidate for the by-election. He procures a revolver and when one of his arch-enemies is gunned down, Ramanunni becomes the suspect. The ...
Style:
political thriller, political, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
india
Similarity:
76%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Rudhran is a happy IT man living with his family until the moment his life is turned upside down. He comes upon a major criminal network including a businessman, Rudhran embarks on a mission to expose him the criminal network.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, action thriller, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
conspiracy, fight, intrigue, changing lives, lifestyle change, corporate conspiracy, battles, corruption, justice, corrupt businessman, investigation, revenge ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
74%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A young man kidnaps the chief minister and sends the state into a tizzy. What is his motive?
Style:
political thriller, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
kidnapping, social problems, kidnapped, problem, politics, abduction, conspiracy, corruption, social commentary, power struggle, hostage situation, ethical dilemma ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Chandraprakash, a well-known TV news anchor, comes under undue pressure from his higher-ups to bring competitive exclusives, which urges him to leave the job. When a rival media group offers him a new job, he rebrands himself into a loud, tyrannical ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, intense
Plot:
media, news anchor, ethical dilemma, journalism, social commentary, social problems, problem, tv host, anchorman, workplace, job, workplace situations ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india
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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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72%
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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:
69%
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
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69%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young wife hopes to convince her husband to change his short-tempered attitude toward life, but an incident on a remote highway may finally decide the matter.
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
young couple, revenge, anger management, lifestyle change, social problems, love story, love affair, changing lives, love interest, character study, domestic drama, confrontation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
68%
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:
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Place:
india
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67%
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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:
21st century
Place:
india, london
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
Two childhood friends end up on opposite extremes of morality, and face each other in a good vs evil war.
Style:
tense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
rivalry, friendship, betrayal, good versus evil, friends, relationship problems, competitor, friendship between men, social problems, betrayal by friend, life is a bitch, escalation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
A young man with a rebellious nature relocates from Madurai to Chennai following a series of incidents. However, he unknowingly gets embroiled in a murder conspiracy and his life spirals out of order.
Style:
intense, tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police corruption, problem, battles, changing lives, social problems, corruption, social issues, fight, life is a bitch, corrupt cop, lifestyle change, mistaken identity ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
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Style:
bleak, tense, realistic, intense, dark ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
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Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional, crime thriller ...
Plot:
falsely accused, wrongful imprisonment, frame up, relationships, framed for a crime, couples, couple relations, male female relationship, love affair, relationship problems, conspiracy, social justice ...
Time:
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Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, crime thriller, tense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
vigilante, revenge, relationship problems, male female relationship, changing lives, problem, relationships, lifestyle change, justice, corruption, moral dilemma, social commentary ...
Time:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, detective, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, police procedural, political corruption, police, battles, sleuth, murderer, homicide detective, crime investigation, murder mystery, murder investigation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
After losing his job, Aby and his wife, Priya, move back to the latter's family estate in Kerala. However, things go from bad to worse for the couple as they encounter a new set of challenges..
Style:
dark, suspense, tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
home invasion, revenge, moral ambiguity, isolation, vigilantism, domestic drama, male protagonist, violence, survival, machismo, social conflict, social commentary ...
Similarity:
49%
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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:
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Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Vyshali, the assistant superintendent of police, is forcefully tasked to deal with unknown kidnapper Godse, who holds some high-profile personalities as hostages. Why did he kidnap them, what are his demands, and what does he want to achieve?
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, intense ...
Plot:
justice, student, government, fight, kidnapping, corruption, hostage situation, fighting the system, social problems, fight for justice, reunited friends, lifestyle change ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, crime drama, action drama ...
Plot:
gang, battles, bandit, escapades, criminal gang, troubled past, criminal underworld, life is a bitch, fight, confronting the past, criminal, conflict ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Jayarajan (Mohanlal), an over-enthusiastic assistant manager at a tea plantation plans to loot a huge amount. He lures two debt-ridden subordinates, Chandran (Rahman) and Johnny (Nedumudi Venu), into his conspiracy.
Style:
crime drama, intense, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, betrayal, ambition, manipulation, greed, moral ambiguity, debt, ethical dilemma, guilt, corruption, power struggle, scandal ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
While there is an old-fashioned feel to the story telling, it moves along new paths that are twisted enough to keep us interested and also has us clenching our fists.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
business, betrayal, corruption, money, money problems, investor, investments, fraud, politics, real estate, working class, greed ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Aditya is a Police Constable who's life takes a turn when a murder and robbery that take place while he is on duty. Can Aditya manage it all?
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
police, murder, robbery, problem, murderer, police detective, criminal, lifestyle change, police officer, changing lives, murder investigation, investigation ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A man on the run looks back on his crime-filled life, the people who have shaped it up, his sins and his one last hope at redemption.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
shadow, rivals, guilty conscience, life is a bitch, battles, social problems, self discovery, fight, introspection, moral ambiguity, guilt, mature ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
We lead our lives in ways where we do not think much before doing something, which may or may not have a huge impact on other people. How our small actions can create big ripples in someone else`s life is the idea on which the film is based.
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, thrilling, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
village, criminal, life is a bitch, countryside, village life, satire, social problems, battles, conflict, fight, justice, investigation ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A budding journalist passionate about ethical, noble, hard-hitting journalism understands the more flourishing ghetto of sensationalism & news fabrication that the Entertainment TV Channel he belongs to, thrives on. When caught in a dilemma ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
india
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