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Love Li (2024)
15K
Original name: Love...ಲಿ
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
An orphan grows up to become a gangster who finds love. However, he faces a critical situation where he risks losing everything.
Style:
emotional, dark, crime drama, intense, suspense, noir, stylized, tragic
Plot:
orphan, gangster, male protagonist, loss, love story, underworld, anti hero, betrayal, mature, sacrifice, loyalty, power struggle, gang warfare, urban, redemption, city life, identity, family bonds, revenge, violence, coming of age, hopes, fate, police, forgiveness
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, intense, tense and crime drama films with plots about betrayal, revenge, redemption, urban, violence, loyalty and gangster mostly in Drama, Action and Romance genres. Some movies like Love Li: Mr. Kalyan (2023), Stolen Virginity (2016), Bhairathi Ranagal (2024), Retro (2025), Is This Love? (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 100 min.
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Duration: 121 min.
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Duration: 131 min.
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Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Country: India
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