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Officer on Duty (2025)
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Original name: ഓഫീസര് ഓണ് ഡ്യൂട്ടി
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A demoted police inspector investigates a counterfeit jewelry racket, becoming entangled in a dangerous web of crime that puts his life at stake.
Style:
crime thriller, suspenseful, tension, dark, grim
Plot:
investigation, police procedural, suspicion, twists and turns, betrayal, corruption, urban, male protagonist, moral ambiguity, criminal syndicate, underworld, criminal conspiracy, cat and mouse, surveillance, urban decay, revenge, investigative journalism
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, tense, noir and crime thriller films with plots about moral ambiguity, investigation, revenge, urban, cat and mouse, corruption and betrayal mostly in Thriller, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Officer on Duty: The Shadow's Edge (2025), Oomai Sennai (2021), Others (2025), Coolie (2025), Zebra (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, crime thriller, suspense, neo noir
Audience:
adult
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
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Duration: 168 min.
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Deva, once living a quiet life, is shaken when his close friend dies under suspicious circumstances. Determined to uncover the truth, he infiltrates a powerful gang operating in the shadows. As he investigates, Deva becomes entangled in a dangerous ...
Style:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 164 min.
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Surya is a street-smart bank employee, in a bid to protect his loved one, gets entangled in a complex multi-crore scam. He must do whatever it takes to prove his innocence.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Romance, Thriller
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Duration: 45 min.
Story:
During his investigations in an increasingly criminal metropolis, detective Jimmy Cloud gets into a world of gangsters, espionage, murder, prostitution and drugs, in which a terrorist group also targets his girlfriend to stop him.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
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Duration: 154 min.
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After being in jail for 14 years, Thilagavarman gets out of prison on parole. A cat-and-mouse chase unfolds as Nandhini, a tainted police officer zeroes in on him as suspect in a spate of murders
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Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
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Duration: 102 min.
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Style:
detective, crime drama, tension, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
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Style:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Time:
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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:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
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