Movies like Flames of the Sun
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Flames of the Sun (1975)
63K
Original name: शोले
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Musical, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
A Police Officer, whose family was killed by a bandit named Gabbar Singh, decides to fight fire with fire and recruits two convicts, Jai & Veeru, to bring Gabbar Singh to jail alive, but will they succeed in their mission and get their reward? Come and watch the action-packed super-hit Sholay to find out!!
Style:
cult classic, epic, freeze frame, exciting, suspenseful, retro, entertaining, semi serious, touching, romantic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, fight, revenge, bandit, villain, bounty hunter, friendship between men, best friend, widow, death of friend, flashback, harmonica, martial arts, partner, redemption, criminal heroes, village, police, murder, indians, hindu, criminal's revenge, love, karate, violence ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1975, year 1970
Place:
india, asia
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Most similar movies to Flames of the Sun
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about rivalry, bollywood, revenge, gangster, murder, hindi and vengeance mostly in Action, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Flames of the Sun: The Chain (1973), Trident (1978), Agneepath (2012), God Is My Witness (1992), Wall (1975). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The world erodes around Vijay, an honest police officer. He is jailed for 6 months on false charges, trapped by gang leader Teja. When Vijay is released from jail, he plans to take revenge.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
childhood trauma, frame up, hide and seek, revenge, gangster, police, cemetery, frustration, murder of parents, police station, memory, loneliness ...
Time:
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Place:
india, asia
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100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
In a small Indian village Mandwa, Vijay Dinanath Chauhan is taught about the path of fire (Agneepath) by his principled father. His life is shattered when the evil drug lord Kancha Cheena hangs his father. Vijay leaves for Mumbai with his pregnant ...
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Plot:
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Time:
year 1977, 70s, 21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 193 min.
Story:
Baadshah Khan falls in love with Benazir, a member of a rival clan who has defeated him in a game of buzkashi. Benazir will not marry him unless he brings back the head of her father's killer, Habibullah, from India. He is successful, but he ...
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serious, realistic, epic, crying, weeping
Audience:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
Reflecting the tumultuous politics of the early ’70s in India, Deewar tells the story of a pair of impoverished brothers who, after their family is betrayed by the misplaced idealism of their father, struggle to survive on the streets of Mumbai. ...
Style:
inspirational, serious, realistic, poliziottesco
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 184 min.
Story:
Tiger works for the local Don Bhaktawar but never hesitates to revolt against him if he harms his friends or family. When his girlfriend Jumma's brother Gonsalves is killed by Bhakhtawar for revolting against him, Tiger promises revenge.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
An intelligent young man and a timid cop team up to catch a criminal who wants revenge after a foiled bank robbery.
Style:
exciting, humorous, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: India
Duration: 184 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
553
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
The 7th film of Ramesh Sippy.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, f word
Plot:
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Place:
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30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
Nasik-based Heerendra Dhaan and Raj Ranade are bodyguards of a politician, but after their employer is implicated in a scam, they end up assaulting a police officer and flee to Mumbai. Once there they meet with Rambhabhai, who in turn, gets them ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india, middle east, iraq, asia
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
A scrupulously honest cop refuses kidnappers' demands at grave risk to the life of his son. The son is rescued but lives forever scarred by his father's willingness to sacrifice his own son for the sake of his principles. This works out to ...
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exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
A ruthless gangster named Don is killed during a scuffle with the police. Since only DSP DeSilva knows of this incident, he recruits another person named Vijay who is a spitting image of Don. Vijay is planted in Don's place in Don's gang ...
Style:
fast, realistic, serious, exciting, stylized ...
Plot:
woman fights a man, dual role, gangster, on the run, gang, undercover, mistaken identity, lookalikes, underworld, child kidnapping, shootout, fugitive ...
Time:
70s
Place:
asia, india, bombay india
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Musical, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Kaakha Kaakha is a 2003 Tamil crime thriller film written and directed by Gautham Menon. The film released to highly positive reviews in August 2003 and went on to become the first Biggest Blockbuster in Suriya's career, and was considered a ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, vengeance, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, corrupt law enforcer, organized crime, criminal heroes, danger, murder, betrayal, hostage, criminal ...
Time:
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Place:
india
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25%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
india, asia, mumbai india
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25%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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25%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
masala, serious, exciting, rough, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The story is on the concept of karma and bad deeds. It follows Viren Sahai (Amitabh Bachchan), underworld don who rules over India. His son Abhir (Sushant Singh) is spoilt and believes he can do anything due to his father's power. When ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
betrayal, kidnapping, hostage, rivalry, danger, dishonesty, confined, vigilantism, dysfunctional family, chef, gangster, violent content ...
Time:
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Place:
india, asia, thailand
Similarity:
24%
44K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
A huge South Asian law enforcement contingent embarks on a dangerous cat-and-mouse game of capturing DON (Shah Rukh Khan) - high-ranking member of the ruthless drug mafia in Malaysia. When DON gets seriously injured in a police encounter, the word ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Plot:
mission, jealousy, on the run, mistaken identity, undercover, drug dealing, gang, chase, vengeance, danger, twists and turns, criminal's revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia, goa india, malaysia
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
Just as he is preparing for his daughter's wedding, a veteran policeman is assigned to a crack team transporting a Pakistani secret agent to trial.
Style:
exciting, bleak, rough, suspenseful, masala ...
Plot:
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Place:
asia, mumbai india, india
Similarity:
23%
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Country: India, France
Duration: 321 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Plot:
revenge, gangster, macabre, organized crime, vengeance, brutality, gang, blood, abuse, greed, small town, criminal heroes ...
Time:
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Place:
india, middle east, asia
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, rough
Plot:
ship, cripple, police inspector, mechanic, revenge, attempted rape, cousin cousin relationship, greed, tough cop, flirting, gangster, police station ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
goa india, india
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mine, revenge, rebel, anti hero, injustice, daring rescue, save the day, danger, heroes, escapades, fighting the system, haunted by the past ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India, Germany
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
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exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
policewoman, heroes, master criminal, confined, chase, law enforcement, danger, interpol, slick, tough heroes, escapades, chases and races ...
Time:
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Place:
india, asia, europe, malaysia, berlin germany
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Vikram decides to elope with his girlfriend Mini for a better life. For this purpose he decides to steal the money collected by his business partners for a drug deal. Everything goes horribly wrong when the partner carrying the money, Shiva, is ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india, goa india, asia
Similarity:
21%
29K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Radhe is a hardcore gangster. A sharpshooter with a sharp brain, he works for Gani Bhai, the dreaded Mafioso, but on his own terms. Totally fearless, Radhe single handedly eliminates Gani Bhai's enemies one by one; making more enemies than he ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, rough, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, gangster, gang war, fall in love, hitman, danger, vigilantism, rivalry, dishonesty, criminal heroes, crime boss, blackmail ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
india, asia, bangkok thailand, mumbai india, california
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
When his lover becomes the latest victim of a serial killer, Guru blurs the line between good and evil in his pursuit of revenge.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, romantic, sad ...
Plot:
fall in love, vengeance, starting over, uncover truth, rivalry, twists and turns, chases and races, hopes, hunt down, death of wife, psycho, psychopath ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
On a calm summer day in 1991, in the bustling Lokhandwala Complex, five criminals including Maya and Dilip were counting 70 lakhs in flat no. 32 B, when 286 policemen, headed by ACP Khan, took strategic positions around their building. A gunfire ...
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, police detective, terrorist, police shootout, criminal underworld, vengeance, civil rights, police corruption, society, police investigation, criminal's revenge, fighting crime ...
Time:
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Place:
asia, india, mumbai india
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
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Country: India, Czech Republic, Thailand
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
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Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, exciting, scenic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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