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Jai Ho (2014)
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Jai Ho (2014)
Original name: जय हो
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Jai Ho is an upcoming Bollywood action Drama film starring Salman Khan and Tabu in lead roles. It is a remake of Telugu film Stalin starring Chiranjeevi in the lead role
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, fast, exciting, social
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroes, rivalry, fighting crime, against the odds, state affairs, righting the wronged, political corruption, tough heroes, good versus evil, machismo, corrupt politician, martial arts, war for independence, folk hero, dishonesty, outside help, violent content, police officer, motorcycle, tough guy, villain, suicide, politician, chase, injustice ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: india

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, exciting, serious and suspenseful films with plots about rivalry, heroes, violent content, one man army, tough heroes, violence and dishonesty mostly in Action, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Jai Ho: R... Rajkumar (2013), Dabangg (2010), Singham Returns (2014), Kaththi (2014), Aan: Men at Work (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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R... Rajkumar (2013)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Rajkumar (Shahid Kapoor) is an aimless youth who works for a drug baron named Shivraj (Sonu Sood). His latest mission is to kill a rival dealer named Manik Parmar (Ashish Vidyarthi). But Rajkumar's life changes forever when he claps eyes on the ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, exciting, realistic
Plot: rivalry, gang war, organized crime, crime boss, drug lord, vengeance, fall in love, uninhibited rivalry, love, damsel in distress, tough heroes, love and romance ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.2
 34K
Dabangg (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A troubled relationship with his younger half-brother and stepfather compels Chulbul Pandey to become a corrupt but fearless cop whose life changes when he locks horns with a corrupt political leader.
Style: exciting, serious, rough, stylized, masala ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: fight, police corruption, fall in love, corrupt officer, fighting crime, love affair, tough heroes, law enforcement, dishonesty, family relations, favoritism among siblings, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Singham Returns (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Singham Returns is an Indian action film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Reliance Entertainment. The sequel to the 2011 film Singham, actor Ajay Devgn reprises his role from the previous film, as well as co-producing the project, while ...
Style: semi serious, stylized, humorous, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroes, gangster, cop as target, fighting crime, dishonesty, love and romance, law enforcement, good versus evil, society, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, one man army ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 8.1
 30K
Kaththi (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story: Kathiresan aka Kaththi, a criminal, escapes from the Kolkata prison and comes to Chennai, where he comes across his doppelganger Jeevanandham, fighting for his life after being shot at by unknown men. Kathir decides to pass off as Jeeva and make ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, psychological, feel good ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rivalry, village, gangster, chase, save the day, corporation, danger, farming, dual role, escaped prisoner, farmer, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Aan: Men at Work (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story: Crime is at its highest peak in Mumbai with it split in three ways. Walia has one-third, Manik Rao has one-third and Roshni has a third of the Mumbai territory. The crime rate rises with more smuggling, trading and illegal activities soaring.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot: police corruption, gangster, fighting crime, law enforcement, dishonesty, master criminal, tough law enforcer, rivalry, society, love interest, police, fighting the system ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Singh Saab the Great (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A common man fights corruption and injustice.
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: sikh, one man army, revenge, corruption, redemption, remorse, heroes, rivalry, leader, loss of wife, false accusation, politician ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
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31%
 6.0
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Gulaab Gang (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A fearless woman fights social injustice; creating a sanctuary for abused women and battling a crooked politician.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, exciting
Plot: fighting the system, against the odds, ambition, society, social decay, rebelliousness, injustice, hopes, female politician, election, female protagonist, indian woman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 5.4
 3K
Indian (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 178 min.
Story: DCP Raksekhar Azad (Raj) is an invincible cop with a great aim. He arrests a terrorist by the name of Khan. But Khan lands in a prison cell that looks cushier than the Buckingham Palace. However, this gets Raj promoted, and he is congratulated by ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, vigilantism, one man army, arrest, terrorist, dishonesty, partners against crime, confined, danger, frame up, tough heroes, police investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Movie in collections
 4.9
 4K
Bullett Raja (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story: A common man who transforms into a gangster revolts against the very system he once obediently followed by declaring war on the police, the government, and the industrialists.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, master criminal, chase, rise to the top, ambition, criminal's revenge, rivalry, criminal heroes, gangster, police officer, government official, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 7.0
 26K
Gabbar is Back (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A vigilante network taking out corrupt officials draws the notice of the authorities.
Style: humorous, exciting, realistic, semi serious
Plot: corruption, vigilantism, investigation, abduction, confession of crime, police officer, law enforcement, fighting crime, tough law enforcer, dishonesty, criminal heroes, tragic event ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Challenge of the Masters (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The Wong family kung fu school gets smacked around by a rival school. Wong Fei-hong gets fed up with the abuse and goes to learn from his fathers master. After one of the rival schools members kills some of the towns people Wong Fei-hong becomes ...
Style: fast, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wong fei hung, kung fu classic, fight, violent content, best friend, hopes, ambition, heroes, rivalry, one man army ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 7.7
 4K
Shool (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Police Inspector Samar Pratap Singh is transferred to Motihari, in the Indian state of Bihar, along with his wife, Manjari and a daughter. He is honest and diligent and these attributes sets him up against his superior - the District Superintendent ...
Style: dark, captivating, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, police officer, cop, revenge, vigilantism, fighting the system, loss of daughter, profanity, vigilante, injustice, unsupportive coworkers, workplace ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
New Fists of Fury (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A brother and sister escape from Japanese-occupied Shanghai to Japanese-occupied Taiwan, to stay with their grandfather who runs a Kung-Fu school there. However, the master of a Japanese Kung-Fu school in Taiwan has designs on bringing all other ...
Style: action adventure, cult classic, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
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Place: taiwan, asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Bruce Lee: A Dragon Story (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Bruce Li plays a young kung fu expert (and waiter) who is trying to live peacefully in San Francisco with his marital arts-challenged friend. But they run afoul of some American thugs, and the fight is on...right!
Style: independent film, captivating, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 2.7
 418
Lethal (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A sexy and lethal female mercenary takes on an international syndicate of weapons smugglers run by the Russian Mafia.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Legend (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story: Legend’s (Balakrishna) family Vs Jitender’s (Jagapthi Babu) family. Jitender & Co belongs to cruel and wicked political family who don’t mind killing people. Jitender visits Vizag for wedding match. On his return trip, his car ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Legend of Bruce Lee (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 80 min.
Story: The young Bruce Lee (Ho Tsung-Tao AKA Bruce Li) has studied the philosophy and art of kung fu since boyhood, but his girlfriend says that he lives in a world of his own and all he thinks of is fighting. She begs him to change his ways, yet after a ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious
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Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Puncture Wounds (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After returning home from a traumatic tour of duty in Iraq, John finds himself struggling with PTSD. What little peace he had managed to build around him is shattered one fateful day when he rescues a local call girl from a group of violent Aryan ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough, suspense ...
Plot: gang, heroes, gangster, post traumatic stress, criminal, saving a life, showdown, post traumatic stress disorder, changing lives, lifestyle change, fighting crime, ex soldier ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Wushu Warrior (2011)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: China, 1862: Lord Lindsey rules the opium trade and enslaves the innocent. The only hope for the oppressed nation, is a covert group of trained Wushu Warriors - The Red Lotus Society – who will fight to restore justice to its people.
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, entertaining, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: wu shu, martial arts, hopes, rebellion, good versus evil, drug dealing, rivalry, society, righting the wronged, escapades, danger, battles ...
Time: 19th century
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 5.0
 748
Bounty Tracker (1993)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Almost the whole staff of a tax consultant office is slayed by a team of professional killers, only Paul Damone can escape. He didn't know that his partner used to wash gangster Louis Sarazin's money and had to testify as chief witness ...
Style: suspense, independent film, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, police protection, revenge, one man army, vigilante, gangster, murder, master warrior, heroes, bounty hunter, cop, killer ...
Time: 90s
Place: boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 7.5
 25K
Fist of Legend (1994)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Chen Zhen, a Chinese engineering student in Kyoto, who braves the insults and abuse of his Japanse fellow students for his local love Mitsuko Yamada, daughter of the director, returns in 1937 to his native Shangai, under Japanse protectorate -in ...
Style: harsh, intense, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, sword fight, violence, martial artist, fight scenes, fight, brutality, samurai, wuxia, master warrior, kung fu classic ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 4.0
 117
Quiet Fire (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Jesse Palmer, is a Vietnam Veteran who must discomfit his ex-commanding officer turned crooked senate candidate named Whalen from conspiring to turn over part of the U.S. Government to terrorists. Whalen has all the help that he can afford. ...
Style: independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: woman with a gun, vietnam veteran, one man army, political corruption, terrorism, female bodybuilder, corrupt politician, false accusation, murder, political intrigue, chases and races, investigation ...
Time: 90s
Place: asia, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 4.6
 9K
Veer (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: India
Duration: 169 min.
Story: Circa 1920 British India, Pindari leader, Prithvi Singh, narrates his story to a Report from London Times about betrayal and deceit at the hands of the British and Madhavgarh's Raja Gyanendra Singh which led to the massacre of 4500 Pindaris. ...
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, romantic drama, saga ...
Plot: battles, political unrest, fight for supremacy, rivalry, military, uninhibited rivalry, state affairs, war, heroes, conquering, love and romance, master warrior ...
Time: 19th century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Target of Opportunity (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Jim Jacobs and Nick Carlton, childhood friends, are CIA operatives on a sting operation in Chechnya. The raid of a rebel militia group goes bad and the entire teams gets wiped out except for Jim and Nick, who manages to save them both. Five years ...
Style: realistic, exciting, serious, rough, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cia, espionage, friendship, rescue, escapades, dishonesty, danger, political intrigue, spy, conflict, secret agent, special agent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: bulgaria, europe, chechnya
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.6
 7K
Sarrainodu (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story: Only one man can stop a villain who, backed by his father, brutally murders anyone who gets in the way of his unscrupulous real estate deals.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, serious, telegu
Plot: murder, conspiracy, violence, courage, villain, ex soldier, corrupt politician, heroes, politician, woman in danger, genius, entertainment ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 4.4
 2K
Army (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story: Arjun and Geeta are a young couple, who are deeply in love with each other. They get married, and soon are proud parents. Arjun gets in the bad books of a notorious gangster named Nagraj, and is brutally killed. When Geeta finds out she decides to ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: murder, death of husband, good versus evil, revenge, widow, villain, death row, prison, female protagonist, heroine, evil man, gangster ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Kill the Shogun (1975)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Action-drama set during the 1904 occupation of Korea (by Japan). An incident is sparked when the Japanese force the Korean soldiers to strip off their uniforms. Two of the Korean soldiers refuse and go on a rampage against the Japanese, forcing them ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, rough ...
Plot: martial arts, violent content, battles, rivalry, against the odds, confined, heroes, military, heroic mission, vengeance, violence, kung fu master ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: hong kong, china, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 4.9
 2K
Dhammu (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story: Ramachandra (NTR) - an orphan wants to helps out people and make enough bank balance so that he can settle in life by marrying a girl of his choice. He falls in love with Ashwini (Trisha) at the first sight. He comes to know that a royal family from ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, emotional
Plot: adoption, orphan, danger, social differences, fall in love, village life, love and romance, heroes, social relations, society, save the day, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Blades of Blood (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In the 16th century in Chosun dynasty, HWANG Jung-hak and LEE Mong-hak create the “Grand Alliance” with the united dream of a better world. While the new leader LEE dreams of eradicating this world of all its corruption and becoming king ...
Style: captivating, exciting, serious, tense, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, rivalry, political unrest, danger, sword fight, medieval, vengeance, assassination attempt, politics, dishonesty, escapades, sword ...
Time: 16th century
Place: korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Max Havoc - Ring of Fire (2006)
Genre: Action
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Max, having forsaken his life as a former world kick-boxing champion to redefine himself as a world class photographer, is on his way to photograph top tennis star and athlete Suzy Blaine. While on assignment, Max uncovers a crime ring and relies on ...
Style: exciting, serious, tense, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: martial arts, gangster, resort, gang, tough heroes, rivalry, kickboxing, criminal, showdown, fighting crime, heroes, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c., seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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