Movies like Devasuram

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Devasuram (1993)
 8.7
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Devasuram (1993)
Original name: ദേവാസുരം
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 187 min.
Story: Neelakantan, heir to his father's fortunes, is an apparent menace to society. He once belittles a dancer but later they fall in love. Shekharan, an arch enemy, kidnaps his lover due to an old enmity.
Style: crying, weeping
Plot: revenge, murder, dancing, abduction, violence, hostage, tough guy, mother, inheritance, father daughter relationship, boat, dancer, rivalry, drunkenness, bastard, humiliation, assault, arrogance, feudalism, remorse, machete, ambush, secret, death of mother, brawl ...
Place: india

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Most similar movies to Devasuram

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, captivating, exciting and serious films with plots about murder, malayalam, revenge, police, fight, police officer and beating mostly in Action, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Devasuram: Kartavya (1995), Ghazab (1982), Aaram Thamburan (1997), Narasimham (2000), Shikkar (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Kartavya (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Story: Karan and his mother live a happy life and he is soon to be married to Kajal. But on the day of his engagement, he discovers his mother is not his biological mother.
Plot: insane asylum, mental institution, heroes, revenge, murder, escape, corrupt cop, torture, holi, shock treatment, evil man, insult ...
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Ghazab (1982)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Ajay alias Munna Babu is a semi-senile, gentle but naive young man who has a wealthy family estate. His employees and alleged well-wishers conspire against him and introduce him to his long-estranged mother, Shakuntala, and brother, Vijay. Munna is ...
Plot: impostor, good versus evil, dual role, strength, supernatural power, brother brother relationship, tough guy, inheritance, one against many, anger, twin brother, possession ...
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Aaram Thamburan (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story: Jagannathan faces several challenges when he goes to stay in Kanimangalam village. He promises the villagers that he will help in the preparations for the annual temple festival, but will his enemies leave him in peace?
Style: weeping, crying
Plot: festival, temple, palace, friend, secret, businessman, revelation, orphan, cat, feud, locked in a room, arrogance ...
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Narasimham (2000)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
Story: Poovalli Induchoodan (Mohanlal) is sentenced for six years prison life for murdering his classmate. Induchoodan, the only son of Justice Maranchery Karunakara Menon (Thilakan) was framed in the case by Manapally Madhavan Nambiar (Narayanan Nair) and ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, touching, captivating, crying ...
Plot: revenge, ex convict, murder, lawyer, feud, machismo, police, fight, false accusation, released from prison, frame up, father son relationship ...
Time: year 2000
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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 6.1
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Shikkar (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Story: The story of Shikkar takes place at Chittazha, a mountainous terrain where bamboo reeds flourish. After much wandering from place to place, Balraman (Mohanlal) a lorry driver has finally settled down with his daughter (Ananya) at Chittazha. Peace ...
Style: suspense, captivating, exciting, serious, tense
Plot: revenge, police officer, haunted by the past, one against many, daring rescue, starting over, father daughter relationship, daughter, truck, forest, hunting, police ...
Time: year 2010
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Ravanaprabhu (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story: Karthikeyan, a liquor baron, sets out to take back his ancestral house which was usurped by Shekharan. To seek revenge, Karthikeyan abducts Shekharan's daughter and ends up falling in love with her.
Style: captivating, exciting, tense
Plot: revenge, criminal's revenge, money problems, fight, blackmail, financial problem, showdown, family problems, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, social problems, battles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Spadikam (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Chacko Master is a school headmaster in Mathematics. He is a very strict teacher and does not go easy with his own son Thomas.When Thomas realizes that the school language headmaster was biased against him as told by Chacko in giving him a low ...
Plot: runaway, brawl, hindu, anti hero, muslim, flashback, christian, drinking, wedding, priest, dysfunctional family, husband wife relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Loham (2015)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story: 2015 Malayalam thriller film written and directed by Ranjith. It features Mohanlal as Raju and Andrea Jeremiah as Jayanthi in lead roles along with Ajmal Ameer, Siddique, Mythili, Tini Tom, Vijayaraghavan, Renji Panicker and V. K. Prakash in ...
Plot: missing husband, taxi driver, transformation, investigation, smuggling, gold, flying, murder, malayalam, gun, coffin
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Lucifer (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
Story: In God's own country, the supreme leader of the ruling party dies, leaving a huge vacuum, not only in the electoral and leadership sphere of the party but also that of the state. In the inevitable succession squabble and the power struggle that ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, political ...
Plot: politics, fight, revenge, murder, betrayal, police officer, husband wife relationship, violence, family relations, fire, father daughter relationship, father son relationship ...
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Adwaytham (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 181 min.
Story: Advaitham is a 1991 Malayalam film directed by Priyadarshan. The film stars Mohanlal, Jayaram, Revathi Menon and Srividhya in lead roles.
Plot: death, flashback, love, dog, love triangle, prison, bomb, murder, friend, attempted murder, false accusation, communist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Kireedam (1989)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Sethumadhavan, the son of Achuthan Nair, a Police Constable who wishes to make his son an Inspector one day. Sethu, a recent college graduate, has many opportunities to enter different fields but he goes with his father's dream of becoming an ...
Style: sad, touching
Plot: murder, dream, fight, parent child relationship, police, thug, father, family relations, father son relationship, fistfight, police station, police officer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Big Brother (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 165 min.
Story: After getting released for serving a double life sentence, Sachidanandan returns to connect and live with his family until his past catches up to him, forcing him to protect his loved ones.
Style: captivating
Plot: drug lord, fight, fighting crime, battles, war on drugs, protector, drug traffic, drug, murderer, one against many, showdown, criminal ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 7.1
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Nirnayam (1995)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 165 min.
Story: Dr. Roy (Mohanlal) is a surgeon who works in a private hospital. He falls in love with his colleague Dr. Annie (Heera Rajgopal). When Annie discovers a frightening organ-smuggling operation in her hospital, it proves to be a turning point in the ...
Plot: revenge, fugitive, killer, false accusation, bus, escape, police, hospital, on the run, murder, doctor, malayalam ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Christian Brothers (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Story: When the daughter of a minister gets kidnapped, Christy is called upon to rescue her. Although he manages to save her, he himself gets embroiled in the kidnapper's murder.
Style: suspense, unusual plot structure, tense, contemplative, captivating
Plot: murder, false accusation, police, chase, snitch, father son relationship, accusation, falsely accused, relationships, police investigation, danger, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mumbai india
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Chenkol (1993)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story: The sequel to Kireedam (1989), Chenkol continues the story of Sethumadavan who hopes to regain his lost life after 8 years in prison.
Style: touching, tragic ending
Plot: alcoholism, death of protagonist, anguish, violence, suicide, murder, main character dies, tragedy, prostitution, suicide by hanging, ex convict, tragic event ...
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Maanthrikam (1995)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Maanthrikam is a 1995 Malayalam film directed by Thampi Kannanthanam. The film stars Mohanlal, Priya Raman, Jagadish and Vinita in lead roles.
Plot: attempted murder, assassination attempt, man with glasses, car chase, nightmare, muslim, abduction, missile, shootout, cigarette smoking, village, malayalam ...
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Mahaan (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story: A man's family leaves him when he strays from the path of ideological living in his search for personal freedom. However, as he realizes his ambitions, he also misses the presence of his son in his life. Having fulfilled his dream of becoming a ...
Style: surprise ending, cult classic, independent film, epic, masterpiece
Plot: violence, friendship, gangster, mafia, revenge, father son relationship, fight, gang, mob boss, crime family, patriarch, brutality ...
Time: 2020s, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Twenty 20 (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 195 min.
Story: Advocate Ramesh saves Devan from a murder case. Later, he realize Devan was the actual culprit. Ramesh tries for a payback, unaware of Devan's real intentions and the reason for the murder.
Style: tense, psychological, suspense, exciting, suspenseful
Plot: revenge, murder, police officer, sibling relationship, thief, chase, police, coma, murder of brother, gunfight, brother brother relationship, rape ...
Time: year 2008
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Jigarwala (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Murder and political intrigue kick off a chain reaction of revenge in a small Indian village when the local zamindar, Dhurjan Singh (Amrish Puri), is convicted and jailed for killing Ranjeet (Biswajeet), a villager who opposed his policies. The ...
Plot: death of brother, revenge, widow, humiliation, feud, village, arrogance, homecoming, villain, honor, brother in law sister in law relationship, heroes ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Rajavinte Makan (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The film follows underworld don Vincent Gomas (Mohanlal) and his rivalry against the Kerala Home minister N. Krishnadas (Ratheesh).
Plot: main character dies, anti hero, female lawyer, betrayal by friend, single mother, anger, politician, gangster, betrayal, massacre, attempted murder, assassination attempt ...
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23%
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Odiyan (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
Story: With the arrival of electricity in the region under the British rule, the Odiyan clan that possesses the supernatural powers to assume animal form find it difficult to survive as they are ruthlessly captured and killed by the British. How the last ...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: black magic, clan, criminal, murder, organized crime, bandit, murderer, gang, gangster, hitman, malayalam
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Sadayam (1992)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story: The story is about convict Sathyanathan (Mohanlal) sentenced to death following multiple murders (of two adult men and two girl-children) he has committed and his subsequent prison life till death. The film focuses on his past and the chain of ...
Style: sad
Plot: murder, painter, priest, flashback, death row, prostitution, death sentence, death penalty, child murder, malayalam
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Pathar Ke Insan (1990)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Story: Two sisters, Asha and Lata, want to be successful singers and dancers, but a competition drives their rivalry to tragic consequences.
Plot: insanity, attempted murder, grief, suicide, singer, police inspector, flashback, truck, hit and run, doctor, lie detector, villain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Krishna (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story: Sunil lives a poor life-style with his mom and sister. His passion is to pilot plane and he goes for training to become a successful pilot, but in the process he got himself entangled in a drug deal which changes his entire concept of life and ...
Style: epic
Plot: bitterness, waiter, rivalry, humiliation, assassin, truck, drug dealer, tough guy, hitman, decapitation, fake identity, brother sister relationship ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.0
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The Fire (1999)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story: Karan is a former soldier. One day when Karan finds out that his father committed suicide in prison after he is falsely charged with a crime, he suspects Ravi Verma, a city attorney who has a wife and a kid. When Karan spots Ravi on the street with ...
Plot: guilt, crooked lawyer, murder disguised as suicide, redemption, grief, shootout, soldier, courtroom, corruption, violence, revenge, death of wife ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Thandavam (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Story: Thandavam movie tells about the love and bond between the brothers Kashi Nathan (Mohanlal) and SwamiNathan(Nedumudi Venu) and it takes a turn when Saminathan is killed in an accident.Kashinathan realises Dasappa Kaundar(Manoj K Jayan) and minister ...
Style: tense, exciting, serious, suspense
Plot: revenge, death of brother, politician, murder, blackmail, heroes, brother brother relationship, crooked politician, fight, businessman, village, anti capitalism ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.6
 7K
Sarrainodu (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story: Only one man can stop a villain who, backed by his father, brutally murders anyone who gets in the way of his unscrupulous real estate deals.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, serious, telegu
Plot: murder, conspiracy, violence, courage, villain, ex soldier, corrupt politician, heroes, politician, woman in danger, genius, entertainment ...
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Rocky Handsome (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Two bruised hearts, 8-year-old Naomi and Kabir find solace in each other. They are both lonely and nursing psychological scars and mysterious tragedy. Naomi’s mother is a drug addict-peddler and Kabir loses the only person he loves. The talkative ...
Style: action thriller, crying
Plot: child, kidnapping, revenge, hitman, friendship, abduction, police, investigation, violence, vengeance, drug, rage ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Avatharam (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Madhavan Mahadevan, who comes into the city from a village to see off his sister-in-law and her daughter after the death of his elder brother, an upright Customs Officer (KB Ganesh Kumar). While running around to claim the insurance money, he comes ...
Plot: revenge, murder, rape, accident, brother, gang war, insurance, death, malayalam, death certificate
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.9
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Grandmaster (2012)
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 ⇓
20%
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