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Thala (2025)
5K
Original name: తల
Genre: Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A young man determined to reunite his estranged parents, embarking on an emotional journey to mend his family. The film delves into themes of love, sacrifice, and the strength of familial bonds.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, sentimental, dramatic, poignant, realistic, tear jerker, inspirational, tearjerker, nostalgic
Plot:
parent child relationship, family drama, family reunited, reconciliation, family bonds, love, house, forgiveness, healing, sacrifice, families, family secret, second chance, redemption, homecoming, empathy, intimate, urban, coming of age, slow burn, family secrets
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Thala
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, realistic, melancholic and sentimental films with plots about family drama, intimate, small town, empathy, redemption, sacrifice and slow burn mostly in Mystery, Drama and Family genres. Some movies like Thala: Mann Kasturi Re (2022), Pogumidam Vegu Thooramillai (2024), Mom Tane Nai Samjay (2025), Simbaa (2024), Satham Indri Mutham Tha (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Mystery, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
poignant, emotional, melancholic, realistic
Plot:
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Genre: Family
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Devoted mother Aashka sacrifices her career to raise Meera and Kabir while husband Kunal gets consumed by work. Feeling neglected, she leaves but mentors students needing maternal care. Her absence makes the family realize her worth.
Style:
heartfelt, emotional, sentimental, realistic
Plot:
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Genre: Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Environmental activist Purushottam Reddy, alias Simbaa, wages a battle against industrial pollution. Saving three lives sparks their gratitude journey, fueling a quest to bring justice against nature's adversaries.
Style:
inspirational, tense, emotional, action drama
Plot:
contamination, environmental activism, justice, toxic waste, social justice, revenge, moral dilemma, corporate corruption, protest, rescue, conservation, anti establishment ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A woman is hit by a car and rescued by a stranger. Suffering amnesia, he takes her in while police search for the missing wife at her husband's behest. Will her memory return before the relentless inspector cracks the mystery?
Style:
tense, twisted, suspenseful, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
amnesia, memory loss, missing person, identity, investigation, identity crisis, police procedural, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, betrayal, manhunt, empathy ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
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Genre: Romance, Drama, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
yesha a physical training teacher and makes a good bond with her fellow teacher and falls for his kindness. Soon She Finds Out that Ram has a psychological disorder caused by past. What Ayesha did to make ram a better person is the rest
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, sentimental, uplifting, realistic
Plot:
compassion, empathy, mental health, female protagonist, bonding, psychological disorder, love story, friendship, intimate, male protagonist, communication, redemption ...
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Genre: Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
The letters "Circle of Death," "Circle of Love," and "Circle of Fate" are inscribed on the camera lens, creating curiosity. It indicates the involvement of love and destiny amidst the conflicts in the path of love.
Style:
romantic drama, tense, suspense
Plot:
fate, love triangle, destiny, symbolism, passion, betrayal, obsession, jealousy, tragic romance, bittersweet, obsessive love, secrets ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
An uncle's deep connection with his nephew is broken, when their family experiences personal differences.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, tear jerker, realistic, entertaining
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Arati Sarkar suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. The family realises that they are gradually losing her. They celebrate the bond that parents share with their children and other members of the family.
Style:
emotional, sentimental, heartfelt, melancholic, realistic ...
Plot:
relationships, family drama, parent child relationship, family values, empathy, aging, memory loss, compassion, introspection, siblings, family reunited, memories ...
Place:
kolkata
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Genre: Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Ten years after being thrown out of her parental home, Nur hears that her mother is at death's door. Taking her young daughter with her, Nur hurries back to her father's world to see, and reconcile with her mother before it is too late. ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, tension, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, incest overtones, family drama, reconciliation, female protagonist, family secret, getting home, intimate, small town, motherhood, coming of age, redemption ...
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50%
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A Thriller Sentimental Story dealing with a son's love to a single mother. An unimaginable sacrifice done between friendship and love in this decade.
Style:
emotional, sentimental, heartfelt, melancholic, intense ...
Plot:
sacrifice, single mother, mother son relationship, moral dilemma, family drama, intimate, male protagonist, loyalty, family secret, slow burn, urban, unrequited love ...
Similarity:
49%
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
A couple's struggle with infertility takes a complicated turn when an ex-partner offers to be their surrogate.
Style:
heartfelt, emotional, romantic drama, reflective, realistic ...
Plot:
self discovery, personal growth, family drama, sacrifice, parent child relationship, family values, identity, healing, bittersweet, moral dilemma, intimate, redemption ...
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682
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Away from home in a boarding school, 18-year-old Dhruv is ignorant about the ongoing crisis in his family. His life takes an unexpected turn as he gets the news of his father’s death in a car accident. As he copes with the tragedy, hidden truths ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
father son relationship, grief, family secret, family drama, secrets, bereavement, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, loss of family member, grownups, loss of father, mother son relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
india, mumbai india
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
This film to be a family drama based on the theme of parenting. The film revolves around the upbringing of a young boy by his grandparents and his working parents and also deals with the legal fight over parenting as the plot unfolds. His grandpa ...
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, sentimental
Plot:
family bonds, custody battle, family drama, family values, parenting, parent child relationship, house, intimate, empathy, slice of life, urban, moral dilemma ...
Place:
kolkata
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A mysterious stranger befriends a middle class family.
Style:
poignant, emotional, uplifting, allegory
Plot:
family drama, social issues, class differences, humanism, compassion, social commentary, bittersweet, redemption, character study, morality, identity crisis, community ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
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490
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Norway
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Singel mother, Elin, experiences her worst nightmare when her son dies in a drowning accident. She tries to get her life back on track after the tragedy together with her daughter Storm (10), but there are rumours around school that somebody saw ...
Style:
sad, emotional, tense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
family tragedy, mother daughter relationship, drowning, family drama, grief, single mother, trauma, guilt, intimate, protective mother, parenting, empathy ...
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Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
parenthood, sacrifice, family bonds, family drama, storytelling, train travel, empathy, grief, loneliness, estrangement, loss, reconciliation ...
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Country: India
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
heartfelt, romantic, emotional, sentimental
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: UK, Pakistan
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, melancholic
Plot:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young woman's visit to her grandparents' home leads to the discovery of what's brought them happiness, a revelation that will lead her to question her choices, sanity and reality itself.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A son, his father and his grandfather lead a happy life in a village in Kerala. One day, a girl from Tamil Nadu comes to their village. Their world turns upside down when she and the son fall in love with each other and decide to elope.
Style:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, heartfelt, tear jerker, sentimental, touching
Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: South Korea
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Eun Sang-Chul (Lee Sung-Jae) and his four children encounter difficulties after the sudden death of his wife. Then, a suspicious housekeeper named Park Bok-Nyeo (Choi Ji-Woo) appears. Because of the housekeeper, Eun Sang-Chul and his children faces ...
Style:
sincere, psychological, emotional, captivating, disturbing
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Sweden
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Nora is 15 years old. Her parents died when she was young and now she lives with Anders and Karin and their son Dag. They move into an old apartment in an old house in Enköping. Behind a wall they find some old items from people who lived there a ...
Style:
atmospheric, mysterious, enigmatic, tension, creepy ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, orphan, ghost story, haunting, family secret, paranormal, investigation, macabre, coming of age, memory, small town ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In Anugrahan , an 11-year-old boy travels to the past to befriend his young father and help him chase his dreams, creating a magical bond across time through love, music, and sacrifice.
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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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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Country: India
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Story:
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