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Prayashaha (2022)
3K
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In the midst of Surya's journey of becoming an actor and fighting for his love, a crime takes place. The police investigation makes its way through puzzling questions. What happened? Who is the culprit? Forms the crux of story.
Style:
tense, emotional, suspense, mysterious, realistic, romantic drama
Plot:
whodunit, aspiring actor, police investigation, suspicion, twists and turns, personal growth, ambition, secrets, coming of age, police procedural, crime scene, moral dilemma, red herring, love triangle, betrayal, urban, small town, young adult, celebrity culture, courtroom drama, police, investigation, journey, hindi, general
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, psychological and emotional films with plots about investigation, urban, betrayal, suspicion, secrets, moral ambiguity and moral dilemma mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Prayashaha: Punorjonmo (2021), Oka Chinna Viramam (2020), The Suspect List (2024), The Trial (2023), Lalbagh (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: Bangladesh
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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219
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tension, tense, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Michael Carlin, a teacher, has been having an affair with a much younger fellow teacher Carolyn Warmus. When his wife is murdered, the police suspect him due to inconsistencies in his alibi, and no evidence points to anyone else.
Style:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime thriller, tense, suspense, emotional
Plot:
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24%
2K
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The mysterious circumstances around the death of Vignesh's father leads him down a path filled with unexpected twists and turns. Nothing is as it seems, but will the truth finally set him free?
Style:
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Plot:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, twist ending, twisted, dark
Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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Country: India
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Plot:
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