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Saala (2024)
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Original name: சாலா
Genre: Action
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A power struggle unfolds over the reopening of a famous 'Parvathy Bar' in Royapuram, pitting two rival factions against each other and a passionate anti-alcohol activist.
Style:
intense, tension, suspenseful, emotional
Plot:
power struggle, gang warfare, social activism, social commentary, urban, moral dilemma, protest, political corruption, violent, revenge, betrayal, loyalty, nightlife, legacy, underdog, machismo, bar, tamil, prestige
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out intense, suspenseful, emotional and dark films with plots about revenge, betrayal, corruption, power struggle, urban, tamil and moral ambiguity mostly in Action, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Saala: Shooter (2022), Bheema (2024), Shaunki Sardar (2025), El Brujo (2015), Bhooloham (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
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Duration: 130 min.
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Country: Philippines
Story:
A man whose "agimat" enables him to be invincible becomes at odds with another member of his gang who wants to rise to the seat of the group leader.
Style:
intense, dark, suspenseful
Audience:
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Genre: Action
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Action
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Genre: Action
Country: India
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Time:
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Place:
india
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Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
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Genre: Action
Country: India
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Story:
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Duration: 77 min.
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Style:
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Duration: 147 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
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Genre: Action
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Country: India
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Country: India
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