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Toby (2023)
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Original name: ಟೋಬಿ
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
An estranged man deemed to be a beast vows to break free from the evil world and transform himself for his foster daughter.
Style:
tense, realistic, intense, melancholic, suspenseful
Plot:
revenge, father daughter relationship, second chance, redemption, family drama, self discovery, forgiveness, healing, reformation, transformation, dark past, identity, moral ambiguity, estrangement, confrontation, social outcast, anti hero, isolation, grief, urban, violent, vengeance, custody, rape, smuggling ...
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Most similar movies to Toby
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, dark and intense films with plots about revenge, moral ambiguity, violent, urban, redemption, betrayal and corruption mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Toby: Second Chance (2016), Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana (2021), Saindhav (2024), Gharshana (2004), Hammer (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After a home invasion goes terribly wrong, Oscar tries to help the girl whose life he helped to ruin.
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, tense, dark, intense ...
Plot:
second chance, redemption, home invasion, remorse, guilt, moral dilemma, forgiveness, regret, confrontation, violent, revenge, reconciliation ...
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95%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Shiva and Hari, two friends who are polar opposites in demeanour, are the terror in Mangaladevi. What happens when ego, ambition and jealousy creeps in between their strong friendship?
Style:
dark, crime drama, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
betrayal, coastal town, enemy, battles, fight, rise and fall, jealousy, revenge, ambition, power struggle, gangster, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
kannada, india
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The father of a sick child takes on a criminal gang running a pharmaceutical racket.
Style:
suspenseful, emotional, intense, dark, neo noir
Audience:
adult
Plot:
underworld, family drama, sick child, revenge, corruption, sacrifice, single father, gang warfare, vigilante, urban, redemption, violent ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
Rama Chandra (played by Daggubati Venkatesh) is the Deputy Commissioner of Police of Hyderabad City. His upbringing as an orphan, and the special nature of his job as a policeman, have left him reluctant to form relationships with women. He ...
Style:
action thriller, dark, intense, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police, revenge, gangster, organized crime, male protagonist, vigilante justice, violent, corruption, urban, police procedural, moral ambiguity, family drama ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A father faces a personal crisis when he discovers his estranged son fleeing a botched drug deal. The two men embark on a violent odyssey that grapples with themes of fatherhood, family and fate.
Style:
tense, intense, dark drama, crime thriller, grim ...
Plot:
father son relationship, drug deal, violence, fatherhood, violent, family drama, estrangement, guilt, regret, escape, moral ambiguity, confrontation ...
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A hardened debt-collector goes on a 24-hour rampage through London in an attempt to avenge the brutal attack on his teenage daughter.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
revenge, debt collector, criminal gang, sociopath, teenage daughter, hitman, contract killer, daughter, manhunt, retribution, father daughter relationship, assault ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The story revolves around victims who have been brutally raped, murdered and then burnt using Kerosene. While investigating the case, Vaibhav comes across a few more cases with the same Modus Operandi committed.
Style:
dark, suspense, crime drama, disturbing, detective ...
Plot:
murder, violent, rape, arson, investigation, law enforcement, police procedural, trauma, serial killer, justice, grief, evidence ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An immigrant travels from Sedona to Los Angeles to seek revenge against the immigration lawyer who ruined her life.
Style:
tense, psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, immigrant, lawyer, attorney, vengeance, revenge motive, immigration, life is a bitch, social problems, criminal, threat to kill, female protagonist ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
''Vigilante Style'' is an exploitation feature with a very gritty 1990's feel focusing on underground vigilante crews within the seedy and sinister underworld of Britain. The film conveys a message of standing up against ...
Style:
dark, neo noir, tense, brutal, independent film ...
Plot:
exploitation, corruption, justice, vigilante, vigilante justice, revenge, social commentary, british, urban, violent, underground, anti hero ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
52%
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:
brothers, caste system, problem, life is a bitch, brother brother relationship, intrigue, threat, family drama, confrontation, identity crisis, revenge, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A lone, struggling addict takes on a dangerous underground criminal ring in his small Southern town to retrieve a stolen pendant he believes will save his marriage.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, independent film, disturbing ...
Plot:
addiction, redemption, small town, hopes, life is a bitch, obsessive quest, danger, drug, desperation, loss, regret, anti hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A former covert assassin seeks redemption by hunting the people responsible for his sinful past.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, crime thriller ...
Plot:
assassin, hitman, secret identity, professional killer, redemption, revenge, problem, husband wife relationship, hidden identity, secret, threat, murder ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two brothers, Carmelo and Gino, are raised by their mob boss grandfather Salvatore Gianni. After the murder of their grandfather the two must join forces to track down the killer. No one is ruled out as a suspect, including one of the family. How ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, organized crime, mafia, family relations, drug abuse, crime family, mob boss, crime boss, cosa nostra, brothers, family drama, criminal underworld ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, los angeles
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, USA, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After his wife's suicide, Detective Jeff Anderson becomes convinced that she has been murdered. Obsessed with his investigation, he finds out that his wife was the victim of a team of father-and-son serial killers and sets out to stop them.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
team, danger, police detective, heist, violence, partners in crime, serial killer, murder investigation, perfect crime, trauma, revenge, police ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A young women is raped while on her way home. When she is rejected by the police, because they don't believe her, she sets out revenge. But not only on her rapist, but also the police and everybody who did not believe her.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, crime drama ...
Plot:
rape, revenge, rape and revenge, violent, rape victim, incompetent police, violence against women, sexual abuse, violence, vengeance, social problems, trauma ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on true events. A disgraced police detective seeking redemption goes undercover to expose a violent crime syndicate. But as he sinks deeper into the mob, the price for absolution may be higher than he can afford.
Style:
crime drama, detective, tense, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
criminal underworld, redemption, organized crime, undercover, ethical dilemma, law enforcement, moral ambiguity, covert operation, corruption, violence, city, investigation ...
Time:
year 1983
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Hoffa floats ashore in Estonia after his stolen getaway boat has exploded. He tries to begin a new life in Estonia, but the longing for his family back home becomes too big and he decides to get back to Sweden. Now a tough struggle begins to get ...
Style:
crime drama, captivating, emotional, dramatic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
getting home, fugitive, family drama, criminal, new life, problem solving, family problems, swedish, new job, separation, desperation, bank robbery ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
estonia
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
The story of the Indian immigrant community in Detroit, where a garage mechanic gets unwillingly involved in the criminal world as a getaway driver.
Style:
crime drama, tense, intercultural, realistic, intense ...
Plot:
organized crime, underworld, redemption, moral ambiguity, friendship, identity, second chance, violence, outsider, working class, gang, urban decay ...
Place:
detroit
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
To rescue his daughter, an unstable Special Forces veteran unleashes his inner beast as he pursues her kidnappers — and soon becomes a suspect himself.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, kidnapping, ex soldier, war veteran, child abduction, vigilante, ptsd, post traumatic stress disorder, criminal, fighting crime, kidnapped, family problems ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A violent outlaw takes a job as a personal driver in order to protect the life of a little girl.
Style:
dark, tense, suspenseful, emotional
Plot:
outlaw, anti hero, criminal underworld, violent, revenge, survival, gangster, violence, power struggle, showdown, moral ambiguity, protector ...
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Raised by a criminal father, Paarivel Kannan leaves behind his adoptive family to build a quiet life with his love, Rukmini. But his violent past won't let him go.
Style:
dark, crime drama, tense, intense, emotional ...
Plot:
revenge, moral ambiguity, mature, gangster, betrayal, father son relationship, redemption, retribution, anti hero, violent, family drama, character study ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Parviz has as its increasingly horrifying anti-hero the 50-year-old hulk of a passive-aggressive bachelor son (theater director/activist Haftvan), whose free ride in life screeches to a halt when his miserly widowed father forms a plan to remarry.
Style:
intense, realistic, tense, existential, melancholic ...
Plot:
passive aggressive behavior, family conflict, middle aged man, character study, loneliness, anti hero, alienation, father son relationship, isolation, unsettling, small community, domestic drama ...
Place:
iran, middle east
Similarity:
41%
256
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Alex appartient à une unité d’élite de la police de Genève. Lorsque Victor, son ancien coéquipier, sort de prison, Alex est rattrapé par son passé. Il a témoigné contre Victor, et craint des représailles. L’ex-flic est engagé comme ...
Style:
suspenseful, intense, tense, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
male protagonist, ex cop, police procedural, moral ambiguity, mafia, organized crime, revenge, betrayal, suspicion, cat and mouse, corruption, father daughter relationship ...
Place:
switzerland, geneva switzerland
Similarity:
41%
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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 ...
Similarity:
40%
189
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Logan, an ex-gang leader, has left the gang life to raise his daughter Tori. But when Tori is murdered by an opposing gang in town, Logan must choose forgiveness or revenge.
Style:
crime drama, tense, dark, crime thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
forgiveness, revenge, grief, gang violence, redemption, retribution, loss, vigilante justice, father daughter relationship, child murder, moral dilemma, protective parent ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Colombia, Argentina
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A father is imprisoned after committing a brutal revenge crime. During his confinement he must adapt to a new life of abuse, including injury and humiliation by guards and other prisoners.
Style:
captivating, suspense, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, violence, male protagonist, prison, imprisonment, prisoner, violent, jail, bandit, confined, murderer, abuse ...
Similarity:
38%
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 ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
Set in Sokulapalem, bound by a promise to his mother, Surya, an LIC agent leads a normal life on six days, maintains a careful ledger of everyone made him angry,unleashing his anger only on Saturdays, solely for justifiable reasons. A tragic ...
Style:
action thriller, crime drama, dark, intense, tense ...
Plot:
vigilante, vigilante justice, con artists, revenge, justice, corruption, moral dilemma, cat and mouse, retribution, brutality, small town, anti hero ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Following the brutal rape and murder of his teenage daughter, a single father seeks revenge against the responsible youths. His pursuit for justice becomes a deadly cat-and-mouse game with both the perpetrators and the police.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime thriller, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
rape and murder, revenge, gang rape, single parent, juvenile delinquency, single father, death of child, murder, vigilante, violence, rape and revenge, life is a bitch ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Stefan is a man with a violent past. His skills come in handy when he tries to help a Bosnian stripper find her father who is hiding somewhere in Sweden.
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspense, intense, psychological ...
Plot:
ex soldier, dark past, criminal underworld, moral ambiguity, refugee, search for father, violent, urban, mature, anti hero, mercenary, betrayal ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
bosnia, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
37%
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