Movies like Dhakshina
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Dhakshina (2024)
5K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Vizag city is horrified with brutal murders by a serial killer. A police officer arrests a crazy lady who is being spotted preceding at every murder scene. What is the shocking twist that the police officer knows from her investigation?
Style:
crime thriller, psychological thriller, suspense, twist ending, dark, tense, noir, detective, grim
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder mystery, police procedural, violence, cat and mouse, forensics, interrogation, psychosis, revenge, macabre, obsession, urban, cover up, survival, corruption, claustrophobia, chase, moral ambiguity
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Most similar movies to Dhakshina
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, suspense, noir and tense films with plots about investigation, moral ambiguity, urban, cat and mouse, police procedural, revenge and serial killer mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Dhakshina: Dark Figure of Crime (2018), Point Blank (2021), Abraham Ozler (2024), Atharva (2023), The Suspect (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Hyeong-min, a prominent police detective, and Tae-oh, a killer who has confessed to multiple murders, maintain a fierce psychological confrontation.
Style:
tense, twisted, crime drama, detective, crime thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, showdown, killing spree, investigation, murder victim, violence, danger, murder confession, cat and mouse, interrogation, mind game ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, busan, seoul
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Point Blank
Style:
tense, detective, suspense, psychological, twist ending ...
Plot:
murder, evidence, serial killer, investigation, police procedural, law enforcement, violence, obsession, cat and mouse, forensics, interrogation, urban ...
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44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
The story revolves around the personal and professional lives of veteran cop Abraham Ozler, ACP Trichur, who at one time has to take up a serial killing case and the mysterious hunt begins
Style:
suspense, detective, crime thriller, twisted, dark ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder mystery, investigation, cat and mouse, obsession, crime scene, police procedural, mature, forensic, evidence, morality, interrogation ...
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39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A policeman from the clues department tries to unravel murder mystery. When the investigation becomes more complex, it leads to a twisted path. Will he be able to unravel the chain of mystery?
Style:
crime thriller, twisted, suspenseful, twist ending, suspense ...
Plot:
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36%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Story:
The Suspect story is a Crime drama and Murder mystery, where every investigation step forward is leading towards a new suspect. Will the Inspector Arjun overcome the obstacles and reveal the truth, or will he unmask the real murderer?
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, tense, detective, twisted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
crime scene, murder mystery, investigation, murder investigation, police procedural, whodunit, interrogation, alibi, twists and turns, motive, conspiracy, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Musical, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A ruthless crime wave-A relentless investigator-As the bodies pile up, the line between justice and obsession begins to blur. City is gripped by fear as a series of brutal murders surface. A determined detective takes on the case, unaware that the ...
Style:
detective, suspense, psychological thriller, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
murder mystery, serial killer, investigation, obsession, urban, chase, secrets, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, fear, fate, underworld ...
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30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Detective Katrine Ries Jensen and legal psychiatrist Thomas Schaeffer form a special unit at the Copenhagen Police investigating serial killings. A case from Schaeffer’s past crops up. As a young psychologist, he held back from sending a patient, ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, mentally unstable, homicidal maniac, police officer, manhunt, serial killer, soldier, murder mystery, police procedural, mind game, violent ...
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
A serial killer targets brides, while a magnate's son infiltrates a news channel, leading to a tense showdown between hunter and hunted.
Style:
tension, suspense, crime thriller, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
cat and mouse, serial killer, female victim, confrontation, investigation, media manipulation, investigative journalism, urban, obsession, moral ambiguity, undercover, stalker ...
Place:
india
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29%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A serial killer targets and murders successful women without leaving any trace. ACP Kiran, a bold and determined police officer, goes beyond the set of rules to follow her gut feeling to bring the killer to justice.
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, dark, psychological thriller, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, female protagonist, investigation, cat and mouse, justice, suspicion, police procedural, law enforcement, obsession, moral ambiguity, female empowerment, urban ...
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28%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Dwitiyo Purush is a sequel of Baishe Srabon were Prosenjit Chatterjee dies at the end. In this film we will see Parambrata chattopadhyay as a police inspector who follows the path that Prasenjit Chatterjee showed him in Baishe Srabon to fight with ...
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, detective, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
gay, serial killer, police procedural, investigation, lgbt, psychopath, cat and mouse, urban, obsession, evidence, dark past, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
kolkata
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A series of murders takes place in the Metropolis in a span of three weeks, the latest of which happens on the night Junior, a taxi driver, makes love to a prostitute...
Style:
crime thriller, tense, suspense, psychological thriller, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, killing spree, investigation, violence, rescue mission, threat, hostage situation, cat and mouse, police procedural, moral ambiguity, survival, obsession ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An Obsession is Aoyama's remake for the 1990s of Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog ("Nora inu," 1949). The basic plot situation is the same: a cop, after losing his gun to a killer, sets out on a search for the criminal who in the end ...
Style:
detective, suspense, dark, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, obsession, investigation, trauma, violence, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, police procedural, loss, crime spree, guilt, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Krishna Dev aka KD, a laidback cop working in Andhra Pradesh State HIT, takes on a gruesome murder case. As KD unravels the layers of the crime, the stakes rise unbelievably high and the threat comes unusually close.
Style:
tense, detective, crime thriller, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A serial killer wreaks havoc across a town, leading a bereaved man to seek retribution.
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, dark, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder mystery, cat and mouse, vigilante, investigation, psychopath, obsession, revenge, violent, haunting, moral ambiguity, urban ...
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25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Inspector Mugilan investigates the disappearance of a prominent Coimbatore businessman, Aadhavan, and his wife Malavika after their servant is found murdered in their home.
Style:
suspense, tense, detective, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, disappearance, murder, police procedural, businessman, family secret, suspicion, mature, servant, betrayal, cat and mouse, power ...
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24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The formerly revered journalist Frank Molina finds himself in hiding, with his career shattered. However, he continues to write anonymously hidden in the shadows. Frank’s sense of calm is abruptly interrupted when a pair of severed eyes and a ...
Style:
crime thriller, psychological thriller, suspense, dark, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder mystery, trauma, serial killer, journalism, investigation, hidden identity, obsession, paranoia, blood, violent, moral ambiguity, isolation ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime thriller, detective, suspense, tense, grim ...
Plot:
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24%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Jason Shepherd awakens in hospital in an amnesiac state. Discovering that he is a police detective he tries to solve the mystery of how he came to lose his memory and uncovers some shocking truths.
Style:
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Plot:
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868
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A cop catches a serial killer who murdered his sister but never finds her body. The lack of closure torments him and drives his brother-in-law insane, who makes a deal with the mafia for revenge.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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11K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
A sketch artist and a cop work together to unravel the identity of an elusive killer using the descriptions of his face, etched into the memory of an eye-witness to the brutal crime
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, detective, psychological thriller, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, identity, murder mystery, crime scene, identity crisis, trauma, cat and mouse, serial killer, moral ambiguity, obsession, psychological manipulation, urban ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A brutal crime has repercussions seven years later.
Style:
psychological, crime drama, emotional, intense, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
china
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young detective seeks the help of a discharged police officer, giving him the chance to reclaim his old life in exchange for solving a bank raid case.
Style:
tense, crime thriller, suspense, tension, dark ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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2K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Bangladesh, India
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime thriller, suspense, detective, dark, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
22%
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Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Arjun, a tough cop along with his friend Andrew embark on a mission to track down a truly gruesome psychopathic killer called Bhramma a.k.a The Smiley Man. They eventually manage to apprehend Bhramma at the cost of losing Andrew makes Arjun resign ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, detective, crime thriller, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After a series of murders throughout the state, single-mother, Amanda, discovers that she is the muse of the infamous serial killer known as, the "Infinity Killer." Every woman killed looks like her and with every death she is sent a photo ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, intense, tension, dark ...
Plot:
serial killer, stalker, female protagonist, obsession, kidnapping, psychological manipulation, serial murder, murderer, murder investigation, murder, killing spree, homicidal maniac ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
A CBCID officer investigates an eccentric series of crimes happening in the city. His investigation leads him to unexpected crime perpetrators.
Style:
suspense, dark, suspenseful, crime thriller, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
ADGP Dhruv, a seasoned high-ranking police officer haunted by a tragic past, grapples with a labyrinthine case, where every clue unearths a darker secret. As he uncovers clues linking to a mysterious swimmer, he races against time to stop a cunning ...
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crime thriller, suspenseful, psychological thriller, tense, dark ...
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Place:
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