Movies like Venky
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Venky (2004)
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Original name: వెంకీ
Genre: Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Venky is headed to Hyderabad to join the police force. However, he ends up embroiled in a double murder on the train. When he joins the academy, he realises that their boss is the murderer.
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, suspenseful, tension, entertaining, buddy comedy, heroic, action comedy
Plot:
murder, police academy, train travel, police, train, justice, investigation, friendship, corrupt official, betrayal, conspiracy, corruption, false accusation, moral dilemma, revenge, vigilante, coming of age, campus, mistaken identity, identity, dark humor, fight, beach, astrology, cell phone ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, suspenseful and captivating films with plots about investigation, revenge, murder, friendship, moral ambiguity, corruption and justice mostly in Mystery, Comedy and Thriller genres. Some movies like Venky: Ready (2008), 7 Secretaries: The Movie (2022), Who Killed My Husband (2016), The Confidence Man (2001), The Pasta Killer! (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 165 min.
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Always one for helping the course of true love, college student Chandu decides to steal away a friend's sweetheart from her unwanted arranged marriage. But instead of reuniting the lovers, Chandu abducts the wrong bride! However, this bride, ...
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
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Place:
japan
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Sophie's husband is killed in the line of duty as a police officer, now she goes undercover to solve his last case as she deals with her gravely ill daughter.
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suspenseful, tense, crime drama, dramatic, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Policeman Stevie Grimes never lost his trust in the police force but has been suspended a few months for accidentally shooting and killing a young boy. Because of lack of evidence in court and with some help from his former partner, Stevie soon ...
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Plot:
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Canada
Story:
Now a disgraced P.I., Marius M. Quick is forced to relive the past he's desperately tried to forget when a murderer dubbed 'The Pasta Killer' begins assassinating his friends, connections and contacts.
Style:
neo noir, crime thriller, detective, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
private investigator, investigation, serial killer, killing spree, crime scene, cat and mouse, obsession, revenge, violence, moral ambiguity, corruption, urban ...
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35%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Unfair was the first full-fledged mystery drama in a long time. It was aired in January 2006 and enjoyed support from a wide spectrum of fans and high viewer ratings. Support was especially high among viewers in the same age group as Ryoko ...
Style:
tense, suspense, crime drama, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, forensics, code breaking, code, killing, who done it, murder mystery, sleuth, murder investigation, crime investigation, crime solving, uncover truth ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Young public prosecutor Keiichiro Okino is assigned to the department of the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office that deals with violent cases, where he will work with Takeshi Mogami, whom he admires. When a money lender is killed and it is suspected ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
prosecutor, murder, courtroom, murder suspect, murderer, accused of murder, investigation, murder mystery, mentor protege relationship, criminal justice, framed for murder, felony ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tokyo
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34%
Genre: Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Richard is a private detective. He makes a good money from marital infidelity: the deceived husband and wife generously paid him for proof of their infidelity "halves"...
Style:
crime thriller, noir, suspenseful, twisted, existential ...
Plot:
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Genre: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After recovering from a coma, private investigator Bud Fox finds himself implicated in the murder of a businessman he's convinced he's never met. Investigating the man's murder, Bud realizes he can't trust a soul.
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suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, detective ...
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investigation, private investigator, murder, betrayal, murder investigation, framed for murder, crime investigation, waking up from a coma, murder mystery, uncover truth, sleuth, frame up ...
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Story:
Korean foreign exchange student Kim Yong-Dong (Seung-Ri) studies in Hong Kong and works part-time at a hotel. A murder then takes place in the hotel and Kim Yong-Dong is the prime suspect. Hajime Kindaichi (Ryosuke Yamada) works to uncover the truth.
Style:
tense, detective, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
murder, investigation, whodunit, protagonist as suspect, murder suspect, problem, suspicion of murder, murder investigation, murder mystery, suspect, crime solving, uncover truth ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
hong kong
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32%
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
A murder happens at Ananthapuram Kottaram and DYSP Aana Esthappan is assigned to investigate the case. The initial investigation hints that Kallan Pavithran will be able to help in finding the murderer and DYSP Aana Esthappan requests one month ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
india
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32%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
Events take place on the outskirts of Moscow in 1965. In the center - the story of the exposure of a woman executioner who, during the war, at the behest of the Germans, shot prisoners, partisans, and civilians. This is actually a separate civil war ...
Style:
suspenseful, enigmatic, suspense, tense, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
ussr
Similarity:
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a struggling young maid wakes up next to her client’s pool covered in blood, she discovers the owner dead in the water and her eight-year-old son’s life is in jeopardy. With no memory of what happened, she races to uncover the truth. ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Nancy and her faithful sidekicks Bess and George just entered River Heights University, where she tackles the mystery of a football star's drug-induced coma.
Style:
realistic, exciting, suspense, teen, lighthearted ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
amateur detective, investigation, young heroes, false accusation, best friend, youth, female protagonist, female detective, college life, friendship, young adult, crime solving ...
Place:
usa
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31%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Newly married couple Gowtham and Sruthi meet with an accident one night and Sruthi goes missing. Gowtham with the help of his friends and Meena, decides to track down the four men he believes are responsible. .
Style:
suspense, tense, noir
Plot:
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Genre: Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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tense, crime thriller, suspense, fast paced, neo noir
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Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Genre: Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When a priceless crown is stolen during a benefit gala held by the Lawrenceton library, Aurora and the Real Murders Club must investigate who would kill to get their hands on it.
Style:
mysterious, captivating, suspense, psychological
Plot:
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In 1983 an English journalist travels to Italy to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a young vatican girl.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
investigative journalism, investigation, kidnapping, vatican, missing person, investigative reporter, private investigation, crime investigation, mysterious disappearance, catholic church, secrets, justice ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
29%
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Country: Italy
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
When Luca's girlfriend Mirna (Erna Schurer) inexplicably dumps him, he finds solace in the arms of two fashion models, Stefania and Claudia. When Stefania mysteriously disappears after photographing herself having rough sex with Luca, Mirna ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, crime thriller, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A young, beautiful and rich girl, Dimpy Singh, approaches Samrat Tilakdhari, a private investigator, with a strange case. Their garden got ruined for reasons that appear natural but are not known; leading horticulturists have examined the fading ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, detective, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
whodunit, investigation, private detective, murder, mansion, private investigator, murder mystery, friendship, partner, crime scene, danger, mysterious character ...
Place:
india
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Country: Sweden
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, crime thriller, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Similarity:
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A soba restaurant owner dies mysteriously on D. Street. The police rule it as a suicide, but detective Akechi Kogoro and his wife Fumiyo think otherwise and launch their own investigation. As they delve deeper, they discover relationships twisted by ...
Style:
tense, detective, suspense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, undercover, serial killer, secret, murderer, murder mystery, obsession, whodunit, jealousy, revenge, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
70s, 1930s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The latest edition of Alex McPherson’s true crime podcast leads her and most of the Chronicle staff to nearby Macklin, where they investigate the death of a vintner that was ruled an accident by the local police.
Style:
tension, suspense, suspenseful, psychological
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
murder mystery, vineyard, mysterious death, justice, investigative journalism, whodunit, family secret, betrayal, curiosity, intimate, female detective, sibling rivalry ...
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Genre: Mystery
Country: India
TV show
Story:
Vyom, the school principal's a nerdy teenager son is disliked by most of his classmates, has only four friends, and a crush, Tara. When Tara goes missing and found dead, Vyom decides to solve the mystery behind her death.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenage protagonist, murder mystery, investigation, murder investigation, murder, sleuth, homicide detective, teenager, uncover truth, private investigator, private investigation, crime solving ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india
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Genre: Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, twisted, grim, sinister, dark ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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830
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: India
Story:
The story revolves around four friends who decide to get back to studies, after a gap of fourteen years. But, what happens when four of them unravel a mystery which was underneath for long time?
Style:
suspense, disturbing, semi serious, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
friendship, college, investigation, satire, college life, campus, crime investigation, escapades, high school life, friends, school, past ...
Place:
india
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Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime drama, dark, suspense, intense, tense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
detective, crime drama, tension, suspense, rom com
Plot:
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