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Cheekatilo (2026)
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Original name: చీకటిలో
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
When crime anchor Sandhya’s best friend is found dead under suspicious circumstances, she embarks on a dangerous investigation that collides with a dark past. As secrets unravel, Sandhya must face her trauma and rise as a fearless voice for the silenced.
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, psychological thriller, tense, noir
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigative journalism, female protagonist, obsession, sexual abuse, fear, cat and mouse, dark past, female empowerment, trauma, revenge, friendship, urban, paranoia, surveillance, violent, haunting, blood, social justice, mourning, cold case, newsroom
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, psychological thriller, dark and noir films with plots about moral ambiguity, revenge, cat and mouse, urban, obsession, investigation and serial killer mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Cheekatilo: Psycho (2020), Artiste (2025), Eleven (2025), The Lost Choices (2015), #Unknown (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Duration: 134 min.
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A young women is raped while on her way home. When she is rejected by the police, because they don't believe her, she sets out revenge. But not only on her rapist, but also the police and everybody who did not believe her.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
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Duration: 97 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, USA, France
Duration: 84 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 94 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 100 min.
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Audience:
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 139 min.
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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.
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
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Duration: 117 min.
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Country: India, South Korea
Duration: 146 min.
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
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Duration: 90 min.
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Audience:
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Time:
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