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Blackmail (2025)
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Original name: பிளாக்மெயில்
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Trapped in escalating blackmail, Mani faces mounting danger as crime, passion, and greed intertwine, exposing hidden truths and changing allegiances throughout his ordeal.
Style:
tense, suspense, tension, crime thriller, psychological, dark, twisted, noir, grim
Plot:
blackmail, danger, escalation, betrayal, corruption, intrigue, greed, moral ambiguity, betrayal of trust, revenge, obsession, power struggle, urban, cat and mouse, investigation, domestic drama, tamil
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, suspense, tense and noir films with plots about investigation, urban, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, revenge, corruption and betrayal mostly in Thriller, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Blackmail: Out of Annie's Past (1995), Va Varalam Va (2023), Plot (2023), Enai Sudum Pani (2025), Siren (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Annie's got a secret past she's eager to hide from her husband and her family. An iconclastic bounty hunter blackmails her to keep that past a secret. As the stakes increase, though, so do the ruthless and brutal actions of all those ...
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Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
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Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
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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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
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Genre: Crime
Country: India
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Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
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Style:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
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Audience:
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Musical, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 111 min.
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Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
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Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
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Country: India
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Place:
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Country: India
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
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Audience:
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Country: India
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Genre: Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 100 min.
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Duration: 118 min.
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