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Sila Nodigalil (2023)
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Original name: சிலநொடிகளில்
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
What happens when your fate is messed up and you are trapped in your past? When a married cosmetic surgeon Raj Varadhan from London falls in love with his model girlfriend Maya Pillai who accidentally dies due to drug overdose, his life takes him on an unexpected ride! Will he be able to hide his secrets from his wife Medha?
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, dark, noir, tragic
Plot:
secrets, guilt, obsession, death, deception, memory, cover up, betrayal, infidelity, grief, moral dilemma, identity crisis, flashback, drug overdose, moral ambiguity, investigation, addiction, urban, slow burn, domestic drama, nightlife, unreliable narrator, flashbacks
Place:
london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, dark and psychological thriller films with plots about investigation, obsession, moral ambiguity, urban, isolation, guilt and slow burn mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Sila Nodigalil: Dream Lock (2024), Dead Write (2007), Recalled (2021), Redrum (2022), Nerve (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 99 min.
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 132 min.
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Jakob Evans suffers an emotional breakdown after the death of his wife in a car accident. His loss and pain runs deep as he claims to have found her in bed with another man just before she died. Unable to accept her death and her infidelity, Jakob ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Alexandre finds out his wife Juliette is cheating on him. They quarrel with each over, Juliette runs away during the night, and has a fatal fall. The next day, torrential rain have taken her body away. The police force is investigating and Patrick, ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 99 min.
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 96 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
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Duration: 163 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Duration: 91 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Duration: 87 min.
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Duration: 72 min.
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Duration: 96 min.
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Audience:
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Story:
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