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Pottel (2024)
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Original name: పోటెల్
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
An underprivileged villager and a victim of caste-driven politics in his village, forced to run away with his daughter Saraswati, but returns after undergoing a spiritual reincarnation, which in turn changes how the village receives him.
Style:
emotional, inspirational, melancholic, art house
Plot:
village life, social injustice, reincarnation, poverty, father daughter relationship, getting home, class struggle, redemption, family drama, oppression, small town, social commentary, religion, faith, healing, moral dilemma, resilience, identity, hopes, sacrifice, empowerment, return home
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, melancholic, tense and realistic films with plots about hopes, redemption, family drama, small town, moral dilemma, resilience and identity mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Pottel: Dashavatar (2025), Hubballi (2006), Vishwak (2022), Rebel (2022), Olessia (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
When evil rises, divinity manifests to defeat it. An aging Dashavatar folk theater performer faces life's storms, guided by the wisdom of this traditional Konkan art form blending myth, music, and dance.
Style:
art house, inspirational, melancholic, meditative
Plot:
good versus evil, mythology, hinduism, faith, loyalty, symbolism, ritual, spiritual journey, village life, redemption, identity, legacy ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
An unidentified person is badly injured but is saved by retired army man and his daughter. He recovers slowly but losses his memory. Will they able to bring back his lost memory?
Style:
emotional, suspense, psychological, tense
Plot:
amnesia, memory loss, identity, father daughter relationship, identity crisis, secrets, protective parent, compassion, healing, recovery, rescue, redemption ...
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
Young graduate, who has inventive concepts, wants to launch a business and relocate to his hometown. He is advised to relocate abroad by his father and potential investors. What would his next step be?
Style:
inspirational, emotional, tension, realistic
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Kamal resolves to change his life for the better, and so leaves Belgium to help victims of the war in Syria. But when he arrives, he is forced to join a militia and is left stranded in Raqqa. Back home, his younger brother Nassim quickly becomes ...
Style:
emotional, tense, heartbreaking, realistic, political drama
Plot:
family drama, mother, brotherhood, loss, trauma, desperation, resilience, extremism, moral dilemma, suffering, militia, refugee ...
Place:
syria, belgium
Similarity:
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113
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Film with a soundtrack featuring G. Venugopal and Chitra
Style:
emotional, bleak, melancholic, dramatic
Plot:
depression, loneliness, neglect, family drama, struggle, motherhood, mental health, isolation, divine intervention, resilience, hopes, healing ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Megh is a married person, who works as manager of a tea estate in North Sikkim. In a certain crisis he became jobless and struggles to make ends problems of his life because there are not many options for livelihood around in the hills. He fights to ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, scenic, melancholic
Plot:
struggle, resilience, empathy, poverty, hopes, unemployment, perseverance, family bonds, slice of life, sacrifice, parenting, recovery ...
Place:
kolkata
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446
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Vanajan hails from a modest household and lives with his ailing father, wife and children. One day, he finds himself at a crossroads when his moneylender makes him an unusual offer.
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, intense, tense
Plot:
loan shark, poverty, family drama, small town, empathy, moral dilemma, survival, working class, sacrifice, slice of life, desperation, intimate ...
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71%
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:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Venkob Rao, a widower suffering from Alzheimer's disease, is moved to an old-age home by his son. When he goes missing one day, he crosses swords with criminals.
Style:
suspense, emotional, realistic, tense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
missing person, memory loss, father son relationship, family drama, compassion, social commentary, loneliness, social issues, loss, fatherhood, bonding, character study ...
Place:
kannada
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67%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
A fraudster gets to fulfill his childhood dream of being a superhero when he takes on a ruthless businessman whose business strategy is to crush the dreams of children.
Style:
captivating, inspirational, emotional, action drama, suspense ...
Plot:
superhero, business, education, society, fighting crime, heroes, educational program, fighting the system, social justice, hopes, justice, determination ...
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64%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A city teacher finds alcoholism and lack of faith among the locals in his new rural posting.
Style:
emotional, realistic, heartfelt, uplifting, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Three girls find themselves accused of attempt to murder after escaping molestation. Their only hope is an alcoholic lawyer who agrees to take up the case.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, emotional, tense, inspirational ...
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
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61%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When her father unexpectedly falls terminally ill, exotic dancer Jessica "Jesse" Brown returns home for the first time in more than a decade. Her father's dying wish - that she take over as head of Mount Olive Baptist Church - turns ...
Style:
emotional, inspirational, uplifting, sentimental, sincere
Plot:
redemption, church, getting home, pastor, family drama, faith, second chance, last wish, forgiveness, spiritual journey, parent child relationship, reconciliation ...
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60%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
To please his dying daughter, a father tries to create the Durga Puja festival, usually held in October, during the month of April, in Kolkata.
Style:
emotional, poignant, tear jerker, melancholic, uplifting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
terminal illness, family drama, compassion, sacrifice, hopes, celebration, religion, grief, bereavement, intimate, resilience, ethical dilemma ...
Place:
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Similarity:
53%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
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Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The life of a failed musician, sunny takes a dramatic turn as he smuggles himself back from Dubai to Kerala in midst of a global pandemic and shuts himself from the society.
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emotional, intense, melancholic, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, dramatic, period piece, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
betrayal, curse, drought, oppression, hopes, family honor, redemption, tyrant, justice, religion, resilience, despot ...
Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Story:
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Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
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Plot:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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