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Maqbool (2003)
15K
Original name: मक़बूल
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Macbeth meets the Godfather in present-day Bombay. The Scottish tragedy set in the contemporary underworld of India's commercial capital; two corrupt, fortune telling policemen take the roles of the weird sisters, and "Duncan" is Abbaji, the head of a crime family.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult classic, tense, offbeat, suspense, dark, art film, suspense thriller ...
Plot:
gangster, shakespeare, gang, dishonesty, law enforcement, godparent, right hand man, macbeth, betrayal, corrupt cop, friendship, organized crime, greed, throne, muslim, death of protagonist, hindu, great escape, wedding, hooligan, wizards and magicians, love and romance, aging, underworld, gay ...
Time:
y2k, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
mumbai india, asia, india, bombay india
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about bollywood, hindi, murder, police, dishonesty, deadly and rivalry mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Maqbool: Chandni Bar (2001), Vaastav: The Reality (1999), Haider (2014), Truth (1998), Company (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
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Story:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Similarity:
27%
Movie in collections
10K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 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: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
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25%
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Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Country: India
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Style:
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Story:
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