Movies like Ambition
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Ambition (2005)
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Original name: Elaan
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
Elaan (Hindi: एलान, translation: Manifesto) is a 2005 Bollywood action thriller film. Elaan is a mission film about five characters and their plan against one man. Produced by Ganesh Jain and Ratan Jain and directed by Vikram Bhatt, the film stars Rahul Khanna, Arjun Rampal, John Abraham, Amisha Patel, Lara Dutta and Mithun Chakraborty. The film marked the return of Mithun Chakraborty to the Bollywood film industry after starring in low budget productions based at Ooty, known as Mithun's Dream Factory for a decade. It managed to do well and was a 'average' grosser at the Box-office.
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting
Plot:
vengeance, murder, prison, vigilantism, betrayal, rivalry, danger, parents and children, chases and races, justice, businessman, terrorism, family relations, law enforcement, confined, siblings relations, master villain, prison escape, widower, good versus evil, exotic dancer, female journalist, shootout, gunfight, bollywood ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
italy, india, asia, europe, venice, switzerland, zurich switzerland
Most similar movies to Ambition
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about rivalry, danger, deadly, chases and races, vengeance, murder and law enforcement mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Ambition: Karma (1986), Race 2 (2013), D-Day (2013), Blackmail (2005), Family: Ties of Blood (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 193 min.
Story:
When senior police inspector Vishwa Pratap Singh arrests Dr. Michael Dang, the leader of the international terrorist group PSO, the group blast the jail Dang is lodged in killing huge numbers of inmates including two of Vishwa's sons and his ...
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Plot:
revenge, death row, prison, terrorism, false accusation, prison life, disability, vigilantism, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, on the run, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
india
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80%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Ranveer Singh (Saif Ali Khan) travels to exotic locales and confronts the Turkish mafia on a mission to avenge the death of his lover Sonia in this action-packed sequel. In the process of seeking her killers, Ranveer crosses Armaan Mallick (John ...
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realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
dishonesty, rivalry, law enforcement, chases and races, siblings relations, shrewd, police detective, family relations, betrayal, vengeance, twists and turns, car ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, istanbul turkey, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
10K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
9 years ago Wali Khan (Irrfan Khan) was sent into Karachi, Pakistan by the Chief of RAW Ashwini Rao (Nasser) to report the activities of The Most Wanted Man in India. 9 days ago Rudra Pratap Singh (Arjun Rampal) Indian Armed Forces, MARCOS unit, ...
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serious, tense, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, terrorism, danger, mission gone awry, working undercover, terrorist, rivalry, islam, revenge, agent, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, pakistan, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
726
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Inspector Abhay Rathod is a honest and diligent Police Inspector employed with Bombay Police. He was assigned the case of racketeer and criminal don, Shekhar Mohan. Abhay successfully entraps and arrests him, and has him sentenced to a long jail ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
criminal, prison, police, law enforcement, friendship, parents and children, tough heroes, family relations, criminal's revenge, danger, tough law enforcer, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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 ⇓
28%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Kazakhstan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A highly skilled bodyguard avenging his brother's untimely death uncovers a ring of corruption extending to the highest levels of society and government (IMDb.com).
Style:
realistic, exciting, suspenseful, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, vigilantism, murder, vengeance, danger, secret movement, government, corruption, conspiracy, chases and races, rivalry, espionage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kazakhstan
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Germany, Spain, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A burned-out bodyguard is hired to protect the man he hates the most: an international assassin who destroyed his career and ruined his life. Forced to put his personal feelings on hold, the bodyguard must use all his skills and years of experience ...
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Plot:
assassin, hitman, danger, vigilantism, rivalry, murder, gunfight, violent content, vengeance, heroes, profanity, shootout ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, China
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A fortnight before her eighteenth birthday, Sonia goes missing. Her family receives a call informing them that she has been kidnapped and her estranged father, a US-based businessman, must now follow the kidnapper’s instructions to the letter if ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
stockholm syndrome, woman in danger, kidnapping, hostage, chase, vengeance, family relations, rivalry, rescue, danger, confined, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
CBI Officer Akram Sheikh (Sunil Shetty) is on the verge of nabbing three dreaded Pakistan-backed arms dealers , the brothers Ali (Arbaaz Khan) and Abbas (Sanjay Kapoor) and their common moll Laila (Isha Koppikar) . When Sheikh busts an important ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terrorism, prison, terrorist attack, danger, daring rescue, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, dishonesty, criminal heroes, rivalry, heroes, confined ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, russia, pakistan, mumbai india
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Chandrashekhar lives alone in a dark and violent city. Even with crime occurring all around him, he withdraws from all responsibility and lives quietly. Soon, change is forced upon him in order to catch a serial killer. Like a grandmaster who ...
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, suspense thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, chess, police detective, law enforcement, rivalry, police, murder, danger, police officer, genius, whodunit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Special ops interrogation officer Jimmy Vickers (Danny Dyer) tracks down a gang who slaughtered his parents while at the same time avoiding being tracked down by his old unit and the cops. With police closing in and his old unit on his trail, he has ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, vigilante, police, vendetta, murder, vigilantism, revenge, rivalry, gang, violence spree, wartime, violent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A rookie cop becomes the chief suspect in the killing of some of his crooked cohorts.
Style:
erotic, independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police, die hard, nudity, profanity, police detective, serial killer, chases and races, survival, rivalry, dishonesty, investigation, vigilantism ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
Satya is given a different face after he suffers burn-related injuries. After being released from the hospital, he deals with the murderer of his lover Deepti. But his new face has given him new foes.
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serious, tense, captivating, suspense, rough ...
Plot:
gangster, vengeance, mistaken identity, physical appearance, rivalry, murder, transformation, hidden identity, danger, undercover, genius, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
U.S. Army sniper Charlie Snow finds himself at the other end of the crosshairs when the brother of an Eastern European arms dealer whom he killed decides to take vengeance on Charlie and his family in L.A.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough
Plot:
terrorism, sniper, rivalry, soldier, danger, state affairs, chases and races, law enforcement, hostage, kidnapping, save the day, undercover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
532
Genre: Action
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Luke is viciously attacked and his fiancée is raped and murdered, he pledges to train himself in deadly hand to hand combat and use it against any wrong doers who dare to cross his path.
Style:
rough, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
martial arts, murder, vengeance, rivalry, assassination, vigilantism, dishonesty, good versus evil, police corruption, frame up, violence, vigilante ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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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, 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 ⇓
21%
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 ⇓
21%
11K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
David Billa a refugee comes to Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu and his journey begins into crime. Initially he starts as a local diamond smuggler. He eventually meets Abbasi, an underworld don in Goa and helps him out in a deal and wins his favor. For one ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting
Plot:
gangster, criminal, gang, danger, fighting crime, tough law enforcer, vigilantism, partners against crime, rivalry, criminal's revenge, battles, indian mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
goa india, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
687
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A family man (Jan-Michael Vincent) and a mob witness (Leo Rossi) hunt a mob hit man (Lance Henriksen) who has mistakenly kidnapped the family man's son.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, organized crime, mafia, missing person, disorder, vengeance, rescue, investigation, mistaken identity, drug dealing, danger, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
A blind man with his 'Echolocation' power takes on a revenge mission.
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blindness, chase, revenge, murder, betrayal, blind character, danger, rivalry, blind man, dishonesty, chases and races, mastermind ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia, new delhi, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Detective Johnny Modine gets his Christmas celebration spoiled with news of his father's death, which seems the work of psychopathic junkies ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India, Germany
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
In 2006, with the ever looming dangers of the underworld in Malaysia, Don broke the morale of his associates by infiltrating the gang with an alias and taking advantage of the enmity of Singhania & Vardhaan. He rose to become the undisputed King ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, India
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The story revolves around a set of Indians, fighting to get what is their own, while another set of Indians working for the Scotland Yard Police chase them hard to stop them from spreading terror. The film in entirety has been been shot in London, ...
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Plot:
race against time, train, terrorism, vengeance, immigrant, swat, uninhibited rivalry, life is a bitch, danger, bomb, die hard, subway ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
330
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Detective Ian 'Shotgun' Jones hunts a sadistic misogynistic maniac.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Terror from within by Yury Felshtinsky and Alexander Litvinenko, representing them as parts of the plan masterminded and sponsored by exiled tycoon Pokrovsky (obvious hint at Boris Berezovsky in real life) and aimed to discredit Russian security ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
russia, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
It should have been a simple murder. But a botched job, an old flame, and too many loose ends can spell just one thing for businessman Colin Wentworth: chaos!
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rough, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The intertwined stories of an international Don in Malaysia, David Billa, chased by the cops, an Indian police officer, a woman who wants to avenge the death of her brother, and a lowly thief, Velu who shares with Billa, an unusual connection.
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exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
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law enforcement, rivalry, working undercover, twists and turns, danger, disorder, hidden identity, criminal heroes, master criminal, chases and races, gangster, switching roles ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, malaysia
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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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 ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 178 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 ...
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Story:
A federal agent, Kate Parker arrives in a small rural town to extradite Claire Scott, a young woman suspected of murdering a government scientist. Kate is prevented from delivering her prisoner as the mysterious John Lawson, a rouge agent, now ...
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serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, stylized ...
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injustice, danger, chases and races, law enforcement, isolation, female criminal, woman with a gun, spy, special agent, fugitives, confined, escapee ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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