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Talaash: The Answer Lies Within (2012)
 7.2
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Talaash: The Answer Lies Within (2012)
Original name: तलाश
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A cop, investigating the mysterious death of a filmstar, meets a sex-worker, while he faces some personal problems psychologically. The mystery connects these people in a way, that ultimately changes their lives.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense thriller, psychological thriller, neo noir, suspense, surprise ending, mind bending, psychedelic ...
Plot: murder, police investigation, uncover truth, couple relations, life is a bitch, law enforcement, haunted by the past, dishonesty, murder investigation, great ending, twists and turns, investigation, murder mystery, heartwarming, drowning, prostitute, brothel, car accident, train station, arrest, red light district, death of son, accident, housewife, urban ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century, contemporary
Place: india, asia

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, suspense and serious films with plots about murder, investigation, bollywood, deadly, dishonesty, murder mystery and law enforcement mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Talaash: The Answer Lies Within: 36 China Town (2006), Ghajini (2008), Talvar (2015), Johnny Gaddaar (2007), Story (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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36 China Town (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Sonia [Isha Koppikar] is the owner of a casino in Goa. A successful entrepreneur, the only love in her life is her son. When the toddler suddenly goes missing, the lady is distraught and distressed. She offers a huge reward [Rs. 25 lacs] to anyone ...
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Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, investigation, murder suspect, on the run, couple relations, fighting crime, dishonesty, missing child, casino, gambling, whodunit, murder mystery ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: goa india, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
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Ghajini (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 186 min.
Story: Sanjay a rich tycoon suffering from short term memory loss due to being hit by a metal pole when trying to intervene on his girlfriend's murder. Because of this his memory can only last for 15 minutes and he doesn't remember events or ...
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Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: india, asia, mumbai india
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.1
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Talvar (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A hardened cop deals with three conflicting perspectives involving a brutal double murder. The case is complicated as the prime suspects are the parents who supposedly killed their teenage daughter.
Style: suspense, suspense thriller, social, captivating, tense ...
Plot: murder, investigation, police detective, twists and turns, suspect, police, crime scene, domestic servant, planting evidence, danger, plot twist, murder mystery ...
Time: year 2015, year 2008
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.9
 13K
Johnny Gaddaar (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Vikram decides to elope with his girlfriend Mini for a better life. For this purpose he decides to steal the money collected by his business partners for a drug deal. Everything goes horribly wrong when the partner carrying the money, Shiva, is ...
Style: neo noir, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, drug dealing, gangster, murder, dishonesty, thief, vengeance, theft, heist, underdog, train, traitor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, goa india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Story (2012)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Vidya Bagchi (Vidya Balan) arrives in Kolkata from London to find her missing husband Arnab Bagchi. Seven months pregnant and alone in a festive city, she begins a relentless search for her husband. With nothing to rely on except fragments from her ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: terrorism, investigation, missing person, pregnancy, uncover truth, who to trust, couples, law enforcement, danger, nobody believes, medieval, riddles and clues ...
Time: year 2012, y2k, 21st century
Place: middle east, india, iran, london, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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 8.2
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The Sight (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story: A simple, street-smart man tries to protect his family from a tough cop looking for his missing son.
Style: suspense, mind blowing, captivating, tense, suspense thriller ...
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Plot: murder, police, investigation, pursuit, accident, blackmail, great ending, danger, family relations, travel, rape, murder mystery ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
Story: A young idealistic English filmmaker, Sue, arrives in India to make a film on Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and their contemporaries and their fight for freedom from the British Raj. Owing to a lack of funds, she recruits ...
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Time: year 2006, y2k, 21st century
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An Inspector Calls (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A mysterious Inspector investigates the wealthy Birling family and their dinner guests following the suicide of a young woman.
Style: surprise ending, serious, thought provoking, talky, realistic ...
Plot: twists and turns, plot twist, investigation, inspector, uncover truth, introspection, law enforcement, family problems, haunted by the past, suicide, justice, rich and poor ...
Time: 1910s, year 1912, 20th century, edwardian era
Place: england, britain, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 7.9
 23K
Ugly (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A team of the best cops in Mumbai is dispatched to find a girl who has gone missing from her father's car. As the hunt for the kidnapper begins, fingers suspiciously point to closer home.
Style: suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, suspense thriller ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 8.1
 7K
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Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story: When a high-ranking police officer is killed by his alleged rape victim, Sub-inspector Vikram Vasudev is entrusted with investigating what seems like an open-and-shut case. However, as he delves deeper, Vikram finds the case spiralling into a dark ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, rough, disturbing, suspense ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Deceiver (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story: The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can ...
Style: surprise ending, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, neo noir ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
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Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense thriller ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.0
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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 913
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 8.1
 9K
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⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 6.5
 65K
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 6.1
 170
Angels (2014)
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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