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Ek Villain (2014)
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Ek Villain (2014)
Original name: एक विलन
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: rough, serious, suspenseful, romantic, sad, realistic, psychological thriller, tear jerker, tearjerker
Plot: serial killer, fall in love, vengeance, starting over, uncover truth, twists and turns, rivalry, chases and races, hopes, hunt down, love, psychopath, psycho, sociopath, revenge, heroes, love and romance, violent content, fight, police officer, murder, desire, hospital, jewelry, murder of wife ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: india, asia
Keyword: dutch

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about bollywood, hindi, rivalry, vengeance, love and romance, murder and fall in love mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Ek Villain: Ghajini (2008), Badlapur (2015), Romance 2 (2013), Ghajini (2005), Awarapan (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Ghajini (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 186 min.
Story: Sanjay a rich tycoon suffering from short term memory loss due to being hit by a metal pole when trying to intervene on his girlfriend's murder. Because of this his memory can only last for 15 minutes and he doesn't remember events or ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious ...
Plot: memory loss, diary, loss of loved one, revenge, rage, murder, fall in love, vengeance, uncover truth, disorder, haunted by the past, love affair ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: india, asia, mumbai india
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 7.4
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Badlapur (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story: After his wife and son are killed, a young man finds out the man behind the murder and fights against him, along committing some big mistakes.
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, rough, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, haunted by the past, rivalry, violence spree, life turned upside down, revenge, loss of son, private detective, widower, bank robbery, husband wife relationship, mission ...
Time: year 2015, 21st century
Place: india
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 7.1
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Romance 2 (2013)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A young woman meets a failing musician who launches her singing career, but their relationship is doomed when people assume he's with her for her fame and fortune.
Style: emotional, serious, touching, realistic, romantic ...
Plot: tragic love, love and romance, musician's life, follow your dream, artist, alcohol abuse, relationship vs career, artists and showbiz, family disapproval, couples, celebrity culture, singer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 7.5
 16K
Ghajini (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
Story: The film's story is around a rich business entrepreneur falling in love with an ad film actress. The entrepreneur and the actress fall in love, though she does not know that he is an entrepreneur. When she successfully saves a bunch of children ...
Style: tense, realistic, psychological, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: murder, memory loss, revenge, tragic event, injustice, obsessive quest, life is a bitch, uncover truth, haunted by the past, danger, fall in love, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Awarapan (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Awarapan is the story of man called Shivam (Emraan Hashmi) who searched for joy but found nothing but pain and loneliness. It is the journey of a godless heartbroken lover who in order to escape from the ghosts of his tragic past dedicates himself ...
Style: romantic, serious, bleak, rough, realistic ...
Plot: unrequited love, gangster, redemption, tragic love, hitman, atheist, love, love and romance, unfulfillment, criminal heroes, fall in love, tragic event ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
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Highway (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Right before her wedding, a young woman finds herself abducted and held for ransom. As the initial days pass, she begins to develop a strange bond with her kidnapper.
Style: sincere, realistic, serious, emotional, sad ...
Plot: stockholm syndrome, kidnapping, on the road, fall in love, self discovery, unlikely couple, freedom, character change, kidnapper kidnapped relationship, on the run, travel, troubled ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
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Born to Hate... Destined to Love (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story: While fighting for the political supremacy of their respective families, a Hindu man and a Muslim woman share a forbidden romance.
Style: emotional, realistic, serious, romantic, tense ...
Plot: family relations, forbidden love, rivalry, vengeance, hopes, clan, family feud, danger, friendship, tragic love, love and romance, parents and children ...
Place: india, asia
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Dushman (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story: According to police records, a daredevil, Gokul Pandit is on the loose. He would attempts to rape and kill young and beautiful girls who are alone.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Plot: psychopath, vengeance, serial killer, murder, twins, injustice, righting the wronged, police detective, rape, revenge, siblings relations, blindness ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Raavan (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story: This thrilling, allegorical drama follows the intricately interwoven lives of three people, delving into concepts of good and evil, and complex emotions. Ragini re-locates to distant Lal Matti along with her Superintendent of Police husband, Dev ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot: manhunt, love triangle, police, fall in love, romancing a criminal, vigilantism, twists and turns, haunted by the past, abduction, loss of sister, revenge, kidnapping ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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David (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story: The story is about two Davids living in different parts of India whose lives eventually come together in a twist of events., who are about to take a step which is going to change their lives forever.
Style: exciting, captivating, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Plot: gangster, musician, criminal heroes, hopes, love and romance, village, multiple storylines, unrequited love, fisherman, love, destiny, tamil ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: london, england, india, asia, goa india
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Darr: A Violent Love Story (1993)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 178 min.
Story: A woman is caught between one man's love and another man's obsession. She fears one and fears for the other. One stands for love and the other for life. Who will she choose?
Style: psychological thriller, romantic drama, entertaining, romantic, exciting ...
Plot: stalking, stalker, love triangle, obsession, love, tragic love, mysticism, psycho, hindu, sociopath, psychopath, loneliness ...
Time: 90s
Place: middle east, switzerland, asia, india
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36%
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Fida (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Fida tells the story of Jai who one day happen to meet a young and beautiful woman called Neha and he falls in love with her at first sight.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, surprise ending
Plot: unrequited love, bank, best friend, fall in love, redemption, buddies, love and romance, murder, femme fatale, gangster, dream girl, betrayal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, south africa
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 176 min.
Story: Major Jaidev Rajvansh (Anil Kapoor) and his fellow officer Hussein (Om Puri) manage to rescue a leading politician as well as capture his kidnapper, Abhrush (Danny Denzongpa). The terrorist has been wanted for years and he is finally captured by the ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, romantic ...
Plot: unrequited love, love and romance, criminal's revenge, danger, vengeance, rivalry, master villain, unfulfilled love, love triangle, betrayal, friendship, terrorist ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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 7.2
 30K
Holiday (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story: A soldier on vacation finds himself hunting down a terrorist. A military officer attempts to hunt down a terrorist, destroy a terrorist gang and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, tense, patriotic ...
Plot: terrorism, soldier, one against many, special agent, love and romance, heroes, fall in love, tough heroes, vengeance, couples, military, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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 6.5
 8K
Force (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story: A vengeful drug-dealer/gangster targets and terrorizes an entire police unit and their families.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, fighting crime, law enforcement, tough heroes, rivalry, tough law enforcer, love affair, good versus evil, murder, brother brother relationship, organized crime, betrayal ...
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Duration: 128 min.
Story: ACP Vishnu is sent on a mission to investigate and clean the underbelly of Goa. During his investigation, he uncovers a huge racket and discovers the involvement of various politicians.
Style: exciting, tense, entertaining, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia, goa india
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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
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Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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 6.3
 8K
Murder 2 (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A former police officer gets hired by a gangster to trace missing call girls and their abductor.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, erotic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, murder, model, prostitute, false accusation, woman in danger, infidelity, couple relations, ex-cop, pimp, couples, dangerous attraction ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: india, asia
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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
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Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
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Aatish: Feel the Fire (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story: Baba and Avinash are brothers who lives in a shanty house with their widowed mother, who makes a living as a housemaid. When a stalker attempts to rape their mother, Baba knives him to death, and the three, along with an orphan named Nawab, take ...
Style: heroic, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: heroic bloodshed, gangster, friendship, family relations, hitman, urban ghetto, disagreement, murder, down on your luck, frame up, siblings relations, urban ghetto life ...
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Place: india
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Shakti (1982)
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 ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
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Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.3
 3K
Soldier (1998)
Genre: Action, Drama, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story: The story follows a young man (Bobby Deol) who flees India and arrives in Australia seeking vengence for something that started in India. In Australia he meets and falls in love with the daughter of a rich and powerful man(Suresh Oberoi). The story ...
Style: romantic, suspense, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Plot: chase, elevator, flashback, revenge, death of father, yacht, desert, massacre, death of husband, tough guy, mother son reunion, traitor ...
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Style: inspirational, patriotic, entertaining, political, action thriller ...
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 8.3
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story: A young man named Satya comes to Mumbai from South India in search of a job. Jailed for something he did not do, the once-honest young man meets an underworld boss, Bhiku Mhatre in jail and joins his gang.
Style: cult classic, experimental, dark, black comedy, neo noir ...
Plot: underworld, gangster, mafia, revenge, anti hero, death of protagonist, crime boss, indian mafia, hindu, gang, rivalry, criminal underworld ...
Time: 90s
Place: india, asia, mumbai india
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.6
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A gang of bikers headed by the cool-headed and arrogant Kabir is on a robbing spree in Mumbai. They rob establishments and then zip away on their superbikes. ACP Jai Dixit is the case in-charge and he recruits a bumbling bike mechanic and racer ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, rough, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: asia, india, goa india
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Naan Sigappu Manithan (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story: Indran suffers from narcolepsy, a sleep disorder that makes him fall asleep at the slightest excitement. He meets Meera and they fall in love but one night, they are attacked by unknown persons. Indran panics and goes into sleep, while Meera is ...
Style: serious, tense, captivating, psychological, exciting ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Dhoom:3 (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story: To avenge his father's death, a circus entertainer trained in magic and acrobatics turns thief to take down a corrupt bank in Chicago. Two cops from Mumbai are assigned to the case.
Style: realistic, serious, stylized, retro, action thriller ...
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Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Half Girlfriend (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Madhav Jha, a rustic boy from Bihar who is drawn to his college-mate, Riya Somani, an affluent English-speaking girl from Delhi. There’s just one hitch here. Riya is willing to go thus far and no further; Madhav continues being obsessed with her. ...
Style: romantic, touching, psychological, disturbing, sweet ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Bombay Velvet (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
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Style: realistic, sentimental, stylized, touching, serious ...
Plot: jazz, organized crime, against the odds, musician's life, destiny, love affair, love and romance, hopes, urban, music, ambition, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia, bombay india
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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