Movies like Raavan

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Raavan (2010)
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Raavan (2010)
Original name: रावण
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 Pratap Sharma, in order to enable him to apprehend a bandit, Beera Munda. Shortly thereafter her life is turned upside down when she is abducted by Beera and held captive. It is during this captivity that she is forced to experience myriad complex emotions, with her life in danger of ending within 14 hours. However, she also attempts to the real reason behind her abduction. What will she discover? How will justice be served? Will Ragini's life be spared, and if so, will she be happy to return to the safety of her husband's embrace?
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, bleak, realistic, surprise ending
Plot: manhunt, love triangle, police, fall in love, vigilantism, romancing a criminal, twists and turns, haunted by the past, abduction, loss of sister, revenge, kidnapping, fight, forest, mythology, stockholm syndrome, dancer, couples, waterfall, marriage, hindu mythology, jungle, village, forbidden love, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: india, asia

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Most similar movies to Raavan

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about bollywood, hindi, rivalry, love and romance, vengeance, love and danger mostly in Action, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Raavan: Villain (2010), Ek Villain (2014), Dum Maaro Dum (2011), Dhoom (2004), Dhoom:3 (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Villain (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Raavan story is about a Raavan (Vikram) who is waiting for a chance to take revenge on a police officer Ram (Prithviraj) who was responsible for the death of his sister. At the same time Ram gets married to his love Janaki (Aishwarya Rai).But on the ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating, epic ...
Plot: revenge, rebel, good versus evil, myth, abduction, search and rescue, husband wife relationship, tragic love, adventurer, amnesia, hindu mythology, kidnapping ...
Place: india
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95%
 6.6
 22K
Ek Villain (2014)
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: serious, rough, suspenseful, romantic, sad ...
Plot: serial killer, uncover truth, vengeance, fall in love, starting over, twists and turns, rivalry, hunt down, hopes, chases and races, psychopath, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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 ⇓
78%
 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 ⇓
77%
Movie in collections
 5.4
 49K
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 ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: motorcycle chase, rivalry, chases and races, fighting crime, chase, law enforcement, bank robber, brother brother relationship, fall in love, master criminal, circus, heist ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
 4.3
 5K
Players (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India, Russia
Duration: 163 min.
Story: Learning of a fortune in gold being secretly shipped to Romania, master thieves Charlie and Riya assemble a crack team to steal it.
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, tense, sexy ...
Plot: vengeance, gang, betrayal, partner, cons and scams, rivalry, safecracker, caper, heist, chases and races, dishonesty, criminal's revenge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
The Youth of the Land (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 161 min.
Story: Michael , Arjun and Lallan are three young men in Kolkata , with different ideals and objectives . Michael is an idealistic youth leader who dreams of a better India being created by the youth power . Arjun is a self-centered , opportunistic , ...
Style: captivating, sincere, realistic, serious, inspirational ...
Plot: politics, teenage boy, rise to the top, ambition, fall in love, leadership, social differences, culture clash, society, betrayal, idealism, social climbing ...
Time: year 2004
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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You Have My Heart (2000)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 165 min.
Story: Inspired by the Telegu (southern Indian) film, "Pelli Chuskundam," the plot follows the life of a rape victim (Aishwarya Rai). Now, a disgrace to her family, she is turned away from her house after the sexual assault. But she finds shelter ...
Style: realistic, touching, serious, melancholic, sincere ...
Plot: prostitute, life is a bitch, love and romance, love, rape victim, illegitimate child, adulterer, love triangle, mother son relationship, society, secret, ostracism ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
 6.1
 1K
Jungle (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Where beasts feared to tread, he made it his home; Where the scorching sun could not reach, he shined in the cold bloodedness. Where the police never managed to catch him, he always killed
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious
Plot: hostage, danger, rescue, lone wolves, love and romance, love triangle, chase, captive, police, terrorist, damsel in distress, moll ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
 7.7
 25K
Guru (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Gurukant Desai hails from Idhar, a small village in Gujarat, but dreams of setting up his own business in Mumbai. After he returns from Turkey, he marries Sujatha for getting the dowry and arrives in Mumbai to start his business. This film ...
Style: realistic, captivating, touching, serious, inspirational ...
Plot: couples, society, research, ambition, rise to power, industrialist, idealism, newspaper, success, doubts and hesitations, businessman, entrepreneurship ...
Time: 60s, 50s, year 2007, 70s, 20th century ...
Place: asia, india, istanbul turkey, mumbai india, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
 6.7
 3K
Call (2000)
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
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
 3.8
 6K
Style (2008)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Jeetendra Kumar Makwana is employed full-time at a Call Center and works part-time teaching English. He is recruited by an attractive young woman, Pooja, to teach her Hinglish-speaking boss, Bhaiyaji, English. Jeetendra agrees to do so, falls in ...
Style: serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, betrayal, gangster, murder, vengeance, gang, dishonesty, fall in love, crime gone awry, rivalry, master criminal, criminal's revenge ...
Place: india, asia, mumbai india
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
 2.7
 60K
Gunday (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story: Based in Calcutta during its most unsettled times in the 1970s, the film deals with the inseparable life of Bikram and Bala. The story of 2 boys, boys who became refugees. Refugees who became gun couriers. Gun Couriers who became coal bandits, coal ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, romantic drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: love triangle, gangster, friendship, train robbery, love and romance, rivalry, escapades, fall in love, coal, two man army, bangladesh liberation war, tough heroes ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
 6.7
 8K
Sarkar Raj (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story: The politically influential Shankar Nagre agrees to back a power plant scheme presented by corporate hotshot Anita Rajan; providing their enemies, which include upcoming political firebrands, an embezzling facilitator and shady businessmen with a ...
Style: captivating, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: politics, hitman, assassination, conspiracy, gangster, cons and scams, proposal, dishonesty, gang, parents and children, family problems, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, mumbai india, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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 ...
Plot: narcolepsy, vengeance, vigilantism, fall in love, rivalry, love and romance, disability, murder, danger, sleep disorder, revenge, rape ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
 6.5
 30K
Dhoom 2 (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India, South Africa, Brazil
Duration: 152 min.
Story: In the second installment of the Dhoom series, Jai and Ali are back as the buddy cops on their toughest job so far. "Mr.A" is an international thief who has planned to steal a priceless artifact in Mumbai and the police have got to nab ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: buddy cop, disguise, robbery, danger, chases and races, gang, master criminal, criminal heroes, working undercover, partner, race against time, betrayal ...
Time: year 2006, future, 21st century
Place: rio de janeiro, india, asia, namibia, mumbai india
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Shaapit: The Cursed (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story: The story of a girl who is trapped in a generational curse, which does not allow her love & marriage and her lover who vows to conquer this curse.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, tense, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot: curse, haunted by the past, good versus evil, danger, fall in love, supernatural, ghost, couples, riddles and clues, exorcism, love, possession ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
 3.2
 8K
Roy (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story: A love triangle revolving around the lives of a filmmaker, a thief and their mutual love interest.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: love and romance, filmmaking, love triangle, dual role, thief, muse, writer's block, mysterious character, bollywood, hindi, cigar smoking, scotch whiskey
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
 6.2
 3K
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 7.2
 4K
Citizen (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 172 min.
Story: Three prominent members of society, a judge, a police official and a district collector are kidnapped in broad daylight by a man who calls himself 'Citizen'. As CBI Officer Sarojini (Nagma) follows his trail she finds clues to a shocking ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: vigilantism, dishonesty, law enforcement, vengeance, rivalry, uncover truth, fake identity, manhunt, justice, secret, investigation, corrupt official ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 6.1
 11K
Josh (2000)
Genre: Action, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Shah Rukh Khan and Sharad Kapoor are the leaders of the two rival gangs. Aishwarya Rai is Shah Rukh Khan's twin sister. Shah Rukh is in love with Priya Gill. Chandrachur Singh is Sharad Kapoor's younger brother who studies in a catering ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, melancholic, exciting ...
Plot: gang, street gang, rivalry, family relations, love affair, siblings relations, twins, love and romance, fall in love, secret, attempted murder, inheritance ...
Time: 90s
Place: india, goa india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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 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 ⇓
70%
 4.6
 3K
Kidnap (2008)
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 ⇓
70%
 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 ⇓
70%
 5.3
 10K
Baaghi (2016)
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Baaghi is the story of Ronny, a rebellious 23-year-old from Delhi. Fearing his unruly and angry temperament his father sends him to a disciplinary academy set in a sleepy town in Kerala. While traveling to the academy he meets Siya who also carries ...
Style: exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, tense
Plot: martial arts, rebel, kidnapping, love, young love, martial artist, murder, revenge, danger, couples, death, friendship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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 ⇓
69%
 4.6
 726
Blackmail (2005)
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 ⇓
69%
 7.2
 7K
Gangster (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Simran drowns her misery in booze. Her one friend in Seoul, is Aakash, a singer in an Indian restaurant. One night, Simran tells Aakash of her past and the reasons for her loneliness. Originally a bar dancer in Mumbai, Simran is the girlfriend of a ...
Style: serious, touching, captivating, romantic, suspense thriller ...
Plot: gangster, pregnancy, dangerous attraction, on the run, love affair, couple relations, fall in love, haunted by the past, family relations, couples, death in the family, stripper ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: asia, india, seoul
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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