Movies like Shool

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Shool (1999)
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Shool (1999)
Original name: शूल
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 of Police, as well as his subordinates and fellow officers.
Style: dark, exciting, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, tragic ending
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, police officer, revenge, cop, profanity, fighting the system, vigilantism, loss of daughter, vigilante, rebellion, injustice, rivalry, society, law enforcement, fighting crime, police corruption, workplace, dishonesty, corrupt law enforcer, honest law enforcer, unsupportive coworkers, violent content, murder, criminal, tragedy ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: india, asia

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Most similar movies to Shool

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and exciting films with plots about rivalry, police, bollywood, police officer, law enforcement, dishonesty and hindi mostly in Drama, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Shool: Indian (2001), Gangaajal (2003), Cop's Honour (1985), Anniyan (2005), Truth (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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
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100%
 7.8
 18K
Gangaajal (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story: An SP Amit Kumar who is given charge of Tezpur police station in Bihar. The area is full of corruption, inefficiency, bribery, nepotism, favoritism and crime with help from the local police. Gradually Amit realizes that the local politician Sadhu ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, inspirational ...
Plot: police station, law enforcement, fighting crime, police brutality, police corruption, rivalry, bribery, vigilantism, honest law enforcer, criminal's revenge, confession, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.6
 1K
Cop's Honour (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Cop's Honor (Parole de Flic) is a 1985 French crime movie directed by José Pinheiro and starring Alain Delon as retired police officer Daniel Pratt. His teenager daughter was killed by a gang of mysterious hooded killers so Pratt began his own ...
Style: neo noir, fast, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: guy, bad guy, vigilantism, police corruption, murder, violent content, heroes, law enforcement, violence spree, one man army, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france, africa, europe, congo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.3
 21K
Anniyan (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 181 min.
Story: Ambi, a meek lawyer, ends up being a vigilante named Anniyan, and a supermodel named Remo, after suffering with multiple personality disorder due to the society.
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, psychological thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: split personality, vigilante, lawyer, multiple personality disorder, alter ego, mental illness, unrequited love, punishment, vigilantism, anguish, love affair, psychiatrist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Truth (1998)
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 ⇓
100%
Satyameva Jayate (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story: DCP Shivansh has been tasked to catch Vir, the man behind police killings in the city. Both are eventually against the same enemy but divided by a fine line, the law.
Style: stylized, suspenseful, exciting, philosophical, intense ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: serial killer, police, police corruption, corruption, vigilante, police officer, moral ambiguity, mysterious character, revenge, life is a bitch, hate, vengeance ...
Place: mumbai india
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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 ⇓
44%
 7.4
 17K
The Uniform (2004)
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, rough, bleak, suspenseful, masala ...
Plot: terrorism, murder, muslim, dishonesty, rivalry, law enforcement, danger, vengeance, rookie, heroes, small town, small town life ...
Place: asia, mumbai india, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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If You Knew Me (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story: Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save Thenmozhi, a young woman who is the target of a criminal organ harvesting group, led by a ghost from his past.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, thrilling ...
Plot: police, vengeance, police investigation, rivalry, fighting crime, self discovery, law enforcement, uninhibited rivalry, murder, danger, genius, villain ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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 ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Family: Ties of Blood (2006)
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, vengeance, hostage, dishonesty, confined, danger, rivalry, vigilantism, dysfunctional family, chef, gangster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 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 ⇓
39%
 5.6
 502
Gang in Blue (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.
Style: tense, captivating, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: racism, serial killer, interracial, police, corruption, investigation, police corruption, special agent, violent content, dishonesty, rivalry, juvenile delinquency ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007)
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 ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, suspense thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, police shootout, criminal underworld, vengeance, society, rivalry, undercover, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, police investigation, danger, fighting crime ...
Time: year 2007, 90s, year 1991
Place: india, asia, mumbai india
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Dum Maaro Dum (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, USA
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
Plot: drug dealing, gangster, twists and turns, murder, drug bust, corruption, police, love, drug lord, rave party, couples, group of strangers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia, goa india
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.1
 2K
Knock Out (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A businessman in a phone-booth is held hostage by a sniper.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: criminal heroes, vigilantism, journalism, dishonesty, extortion, murder, infidelity, telephone call, bomb, cosa nostra, die hard, hostage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Colour of the Truth (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A man becomes a cop in order to take down the police superintendent who may have killed his father, and that of a vengeful Triad boss.
Style: exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, gangster, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, undercover, police corruption, snitch, law enforcement, police, police shootout, revenge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 7.8
 10K
56 So Far (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Sadhu Agashe, a police officer in Mumbai, makes a name for himself by killing criminals in sting operations instead of locking them up in prison. The film follows his method of working, gives an insight into the Mumbai Police Crime Branch, and ...
Style: tense, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, experimental ...
Plot: dirty cop, law enforcement, dishonesty, police corruption, police officer, police, duel, hindu, cop, gangster, police department, treatment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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 8.0
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Company (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Mallik is a henchman of Aslam Bhai, a Mumbai underworld kingpin. He inducts local hothead Chandu into the gang, and the two of them soon form a formidable faction within the gang, eventually displacing Aslam. As the empire grows, however, the two of ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, neo noir, realistic ...
Plot: gangster, organized crime, gang war, criminal underworld, crime boss, gang, criminal syndicate, love and romance, rivalry, friendship, vengeance, underworld ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, mumbai india, hong kong, asia, switzerland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Moonshine Highway (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The plans of a moonshine runner trying to make a better life by becoming a stock car racer go awry when the local sheriff is determined to kill the driver over an affair with his wife.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: tough heroes, profanity, estrangement, heist, police corruption, love affair, working undercover, rivalry, heroes, society, couple relations, introspection ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, France
Duration: 321 min.
Story: Shahid Khan is exiled after impersonating the legendary Sultana Daku in order to rob British trains. Now outcast, Shahid becomes a worker at Ramadhir Singh's colliery, only to spur a revenge battle that passes on to generations. At the turn of ...
Style: realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: gangster, revenge, organized crime, macabre, small town, brutality, greed, mafia, abuse, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time: year 2012, y2k, year 1979, year 1990, year 1989 ...
Place: india, middle east, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 8.0
 59K
Special 26 (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story: In the early 1980s in India, a group of con artists rob well-known businessmen and politicians by posing as officers of the Central Bureau of Intelligence or income tax officials. The gang stages fake raids during which they steal great amounts of ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, suspense, twist ending ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: heist, robbery, cons and scams, caper, corruption, partners in crime, dishonesty, embezzler, organized crime, criminal, gang, bandit ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 8.1
 27K
Martyr (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 174 min.
Story: Ajay Rathore is a no-nonsense police officer from Mumbai Crime Branch. Long time ago his elder brother was killed by terrorists which caused him to quit his medical studies and join Indian Police Service. He is a great admirer of Pakistan-based ...
Style: inspirational, patriotic, entertaining, political, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, terrorist, terrorism, muslim, fall in love, police officer, islam, perfectionist, war on terror, patriot, cop, politics ...
Time: 90s
Place: asia, india, middle east, pakistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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 5.8
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Unglee (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Four friends Kalim (Angad Bedi), Gautam (Neil Bhoopalam), Maya (Kangana Ranaut) and Abhay (Randeep Hooda) form a gang called the "Ungli" gang which fights against corruption prevailing in society. Their job is to target corrupt people and ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: vigilantism, friendship, gang, dishonesty, fighting the system, unlikely criminals, righting the wronged, disorder, law enforcement, rebellion, undercover, corrupt cop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 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 ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.0
 10K
Arrambam (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story: The film's plot is set in the backdrop of 26/11 serial blasts in Mumbai, and revolves around Ashok Kumar (Ajith), who is on a mission to expose a scam regarding faulty bullet proof jackets that are provided to security forces, which resulted in ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hacker, vengeance, law enforcement, fighting the system, corruption, rivalry, society, rebellion, government, buddy cop, dishonesty, righting the wronged ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia, jordan, dubai
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 4.5
 365
Officer Down (2005)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A policewoman unwittingly puts her family in danger when she uncovers corruption in her department.
Style: serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilantism, vigilante, uncover truth, fighting the system, police detective, rivalry, danger, vengeance, law enforcement, police corruption, society, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.8
 2K
The Loner (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A cop is looking for the killer of his friend.
Style: rough, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, loss of partner, fighting crime, police detective, law enforcement, police chase, revenge, guy, boy, police officer, bad guy, violent content ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.0
 4K
Anger (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Three friends from Delhi go missing in a small village - Jhanjhar, in Bihar. It's 2 months and there is no clue about their disappearance. The media and students movement demand action from the authorities. It's then that the government ...
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Plot: police corruption, injustice, uncover truth, state affairs, police investigation, political corruption, medieval, partner, society, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new delhi, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.6
 22K
Dhoom (2004)
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
Plot: heist, motorcycle, leadership, obsessive quest, law enforcement, rivalry, criminal heroes, chase, biker, motorcycle chase, hindu, exploitation ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: asia, india, goa india
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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