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Angaar (1992)
 6.7
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Angaar (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 176 min.
Story: Unemployed and branded a trouble-maker, Jaikishan lives a poor lifestyle in a slum-area called Asha Colony, very near Andher's Lokhandwala Complex along with his sister, Seema; mom and dad. He comes to the rescue of a homeless orphan, Mili, who suffers from a deep inferiority complex, and permits her to live with his family. Brutally outspoken, he believes that India should be awarded unlimited gold medals for corruption at all levels, fully aware that these beliefs portray him as a 'revolutionary', and prevent him from securing any gainful employment. His life will be turned upside down when he refuses to go along with the plans of the Khan family - consisting of builder, Majid; his goon brother, Farid, and their seemingly benevolent father, Jahangir. His family will also be traumatized after the Police arrest him for the alleged broad-daylight murder of Farid.
Style: cult classic
Plot: based on real people, fight, businessman, torture, murder, mental institution, corruption, skyscraper, organized crime, real estate, slum, anger, dysfunctional family, death of father, death of brother, urban setting, construction worker, urban decay, psychiatric hospital, gangster, hindi, explosion, exploding building, explosive, gentrification ...
Time: 90s, 1990s
Place: mumbai india
Keyword: gangsters

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Most similar movies to Angaar

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and captivating films with plots about gangster, hindi, bollywood, murder, police, revenge and violence mostly in Action, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Angaar: The Pigeon (1989), One 2 Ka 4 (2001), Truth (1998), Hatya (1988), Company (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 4K
The Pigeon (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story: At an early age, Kishen, to provide a better life for himself and his younger brother Karan, entered the underworld. To prevent the same fate from happening to Karan, he sent him abroad, but before this had happened, Karan had fallen in love with ...
Style: cult classic, entertaining, serious, realistic, weeping ...
Plot: brother brother relationship, murder of friend, assassination, wedding, gangster, friendship, murder, anger, teacher, love, organized crime, corrupt cop ...
Time: 80s
Place: mumbai india, new delhi, asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 5.5
 6K
One 2 Ka 4 (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 169 min.
Story: Javed Abbas (Jackie Shroff) is widowed Police Officer with four children. His partner is Arun Verma (Shahrukh Khan). Both Javed and Arun are honest, hard-working and diligent. And this leads to the "death" of Javed in mysterious ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, exciting, entertaining ...
Plot: drug lord, investigation, vengeance, police investigation, fighting crime, partner, danger, dishonesty, uncover truth, law enforcement, dysfunctional family, loss of partner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
 8.3
 17K
Truth (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story: A young man named Satya comes to Mumbai from South India in search of a job. Jailed for something he did not do, the once-honest young man meets an underworld boss, Bhiku Mhatre in jail and joins his gang.
Style: cult classic, experimental, dark, black comedy, neo noir ...
Plot: underworld, gangster, mafia, revenge, anti hero, death of protagonist, crime boss, indian mafia, hindu, gang, rivalry, criminal underworld ...
Time: 90s
Place: india, asia, mumbai india
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 6.9
 487
Hatya (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story: After the passing away of his wife, Sheila, and child, Raja, Sagar takes to drinking as well as singing and dancing at weddings and special occasions. Intoxicated heavily after one such event, he comes across a young male child lying in a garbage ...
Style: cult classic, suspense
Plot: murder, murder mystery, handicapped, child witness, police station, priest, on the run, jail, escape, affection, murderer, police officer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Movie in collections
 8.0
 16K
Company (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Mallik is a henchman of Aslam Bhai, a Mumbai underworld kingpin. He inducts local hothead Chandu into the gang, and the two of them soon form a formidable faction within the gang, eventually displacing Aslam. As the empire grows, however, the two of ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, neo noir, realistic ...
Plot: gangster, organized crime, gang war, criminal underworld, crime boss, gang, criminal syndicate, love and romance, rivalry, friendship, vengeance, underworld ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, mumbai india, hong kong, asia, switzerland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
K.G.F: Chapter 2 (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story: The blood-soaked land of Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) has a new overlord now - Rocky, whose name strikes fear in the heart of his foes. His allies look up to Rocky as their Savior, the government sees him as a threat to law and order; enemies are ...
Style: kannada, cult classic, action packed, period drama
Plot: organized crime, fight, ship, gold, greed, one man army, society, heroism, rags to riches, shootout, action violence, fistfight ...
Time: 2020s
Place: dubai, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 8.0
 7K
Ugramm (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Shivarudra Lingaiah, an MLA candidate, who along with Dheeraj, is awaiting to extract vengeance upon Prabhakar by killing his Daughter Nithya. She arrives at Bangalore to Talagavara to visit her late mother's grave and is kidnapped by ...
Style: kannada, suspenseful, tense, captivating, thrilling
Plot: protector, fight, hitman, organized crime, murder, criminal, battles, rescue, gangster, protection, girl
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 5.3
 482
Nails (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The wife of a wild Los Angeles police detective becomes a hostage of the heroin ring he and his partner have exposed.
Style: cult classic, neo noir, surprise ending, detective
Plot: ex wife, drug, automobile, shootout, heroes, con artists, showdown, male female relationship, urban setting, pistol, chase, car chase ...
Time: year 1992
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Movie in collections
 8.0
 4K
Shiva (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 161 min.
Story: Shiva is a new student in the community college. He is welcomed by a group of collegians, including the lovely Asha, to whom Shiva is instantly attracted. Shiva notices that there is violence within the college, perpetrated by people who are not ...
Style: cult classic
Plot: college student, indian mafia, fashion, gangster, politics, death of friend, murder, rivalry, brother brother relationship, love, organized crime, crime boss ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 7.4
 5K
Apaharan (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 173 min.
Story: Story of a tumultuous and complex relationship between a father (Mohan Agashe) and son (Ajay Devgan), set against the backdrop of a thriving kidnapping industry in the Hindi heartland of Bihar.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot: politics, gangster, bribery, moral dilemma, introspection, human nature, dishonesty, injustice, ransom, police corruption, unemployment, parents and children ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Garv: Pride and Honour (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Garv is a story of three brave and honest cops: Samar Singh (Amrish Puri), Arjun Ranawat (Salman Khan) and Hyder Ali Khan (Arbaaz Khan). Samar wants to reduce the amount of crime in the state. The trio faces obstacles because the powerful and ...
Style: tense, exciting, suspense, captivating
Plot: criminal underworld, police corruption, police, gangster, friendship, fight, love, crime boss, murder, police officer, blood, brother sister relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 5.3
 500
Akela (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 180 min.
Story: The 7th film of Ramesh Sippy.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: twins, murder, heartbreak, miscarriage of justice, police commissioner, drinking, death of brother, frustration, alcoholic, psychopath, alibi, death of friend ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 6.1
 108
Vansh (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Two warring step-brothers team up to get the villains out to kill their bigamous father.
Plot: bigamist, half brother half brother relationship, attempted murder, police inspector, investigation, dysfunctional family, hospital, father son relationship, feud, anger, rain, hindi
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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 ⇓
49%
Monsoon Shootout (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, UK, Netherlands, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A rookie cop joins the crime branch of the Mumbai police department, and on his first assignment is faced with the dilemma of whether he should shoot a murder suspect who is attempting to escape or not.
Style: serious, realistic, thought provoking, captivating, suspense thriller ...
Plot: moral dilemma, tough cop, idealism, destiny, road not taken, decision, society, hopes, gangster boss, corrupt official, police, organized crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, mumbai india
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 6.0
 79K
Sooryavanshi (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A fearless, faithful albeit slightly forgetful Mumbai cop, Veer Sooryavanshi, the chief of the Anti-Terrorism Squad in India pulls out all the stops and stunts to thwart a major conspiracy to attack his city.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, fast, action packed
Plot: police, terrorism, race against time, heroism, organized crime, counter terrorism, fighting crime, criminal gang, teamwork, fight, terrorist group, criminal ...
Time: 2020s
Place: mumbai india, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Vaastav: The Reality (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story: "The Reality" as described by the film's tagline, refers to the harsh realities of life in the Mumbai underworld. The film is said to be loosely based on the life of Mumbai underworld gangster Chota Rajan.
Style: suspense thriller, entertaining, dark
Plot: underworld, threat, conflict, political conflict, terrorism, marriage, anti hero, best friend, hitman, honeymoon, prostitute, gangster ...
Place: mumbai india
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 7.6
 9K
Agneepath (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 174 min.
Story: Vijay's father is brutally lynched by villagers after being framed by Kancha Cheena, and his family is forced to flee. The young Vijay vows revenge, and grows...
Style: cult classic, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot: revenge, murder, gangster, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, dishonesty, criminal heroes, redemption, gang, criminal's revenge, on the run, law enforcement ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: asia, india, mumbai india
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Movie in collections
 4.3
 442
Jung (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story: The son of Police Inspector Veer Chauhan requires a near impossible to find bone-marrow transplant. With time running out, Veer finds a viable candidate, a criminal he was responsible for apprehending.
Style: surprise ending
Plot: die hard, fugitive, shootout, boy, hospital, escape, gangster, father son relationship, child in peril, manhunt, prisoner, husband wife relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Ameerin Aadhi Bhagavan (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story: Aadhi, a smart and suave smuggler in Bangkok, falls in love with a waitress. However, he finds himself in trouble when she frames him for all the crimes committed by his look-alike, Bhagavan.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, exciting
Plot: mafia, gangster, revenge, criminal, chase, brother sister relationship, murder, betrayal, dual role, gunfight, twists and turns, lookalikes ...
Place: mumbai india, bangkok thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Aatish: Feel the Fire (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story: Baba and Avinash are brothers who lives in a shanty house with their widowed mother, who makes a living as a housemaid. When a stalker attempts to rape their mother, Baba knives him to death, and the three, along with an orphan named Nawab, take ...
Style: heroic, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: heroic bloodshed, gangster, friendship, family relations, hitman, urban ghetto, disagreement, murder, down on your luck, frame up, siblings relations, urban ghetto life ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Crook: It's Good to Be Bad (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Jai Dixit sells pirated DVDs and is caught by his uncle Joseph. His uncle changes his personality and name to Suraj Bhardwaj and sends him to Australia. At the airport he meets Romi Latti, a student on a scholarship to Univeristy College. He also ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, light
Plot: criminal, racism, runaway, murder, criminal gang, police corruption, attempted murder, life is a bitch, corrupt cop, bandit, outlaw gang, organized crime ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 7.4
 17K
The Uniform (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 174 min.
Story: Just as he is preparing for his daughter's wedding, a veteran policeman is assigned to a crack team transporting a Pakistani secret agent to trial.
Style: exciting, rough, bleak, suspenseful, masala ...
Plot: terrorism, murder, muslim, dishonesty, rivalry, law enforcement, danger, vengeance, rookie, heroes, small town, small town life ...
Place: asia, mumbai india, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Movie in collections
 8.4
 8K
Pudhupettai (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story: The story is set in the backdrop of the slums of Pudhupettai in Chennai, as the title suggests, where a high school kid Kokki Kumar (Dhanush) sees his mom dead after he comes back from watching a movie. His father, the murderer is also planning to ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, epic, cult classic
Plot: mob hit, politician, gangster, gang leader, gang, criminal, organized crime, murder, mafioso, violence, mafia, outlaw gang ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Shakthi: The Power (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story: A couple visits the husband's family in India and finds itself in the middle of a fratricidal battle.
Style: serious, tense, realistic, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: family relations, village, battles, dysfunctional family, gory, family problems, estrangement, parents and children, death in the family, family in crisis, single parent, fall in love ...
Place: india, asia, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Satyameva Jayate (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story: DCP Shivansh has been tasked to catch Vir, the man behind police killings in the city. Both are eventually against the same enemy but divided by a fine line, the law.
Style: stylized, suspenseful, exciting, philosophical, intense ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: serial killer, police, police corruption, corruption, vigilante, police officer, moral ambiguity, mysterious character, revenge, life is a bitch, hate, vengeance ...
Place: mumbai india
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 7.2
 12K
Ghulam (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Sidharth (Aamir Khan), is a Mumbai 'Tapori' and a boxing champion. His elder brother, Jai (Rajat Kapoor) works with Raunak Singh (Sharad Saxena), who now rules their "Basti" through terrorising its people and collecting ...
Style: suspenseful, emotional, captivating, serious, romantic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, murder, betrayal, family relations, criminal heroes, anger, rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, society, gang, hopes ...
Time: 90s
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.1
 129
Mumbai Mirror (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Mumbai Mirror revolves around Abhijeet Patil, a hardcore action packed cop, who can neither tolerate violence against women nor crime in his area. He comes across a drug racket led by Shetty, who runs several bars in the city. One of the dancers, ...
Style: brutal, disturbing, suspense, exciting, suspenseful
Plot: mass murder, police officer, gang war, fight, officer, game, investigation, gangster, mafia, chase, revenge, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, France
Duration: 321 min.
Story: Shahid Khan is exiled after impersonating the legendary Sultana Daku in order to rob British trains. Now outcast, Shahid becomes a worker at Ramadhir Singh's colliery, only to spur a revenge battle that passes on to generations. At the turn of ...
Style: realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: gangster, revenge, organized crime, macabre, small town, brutality, greed, mafia, abuse, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time: year 2012, y2k, year 1979, year 1990, year 1989 ...
Place: india, middle east, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.5
 10K
Kaala (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story: A gangster from Tirunelveli, who is the King of Dharavi, fights for keeping the land safe from mighty politicians and the land mafia.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, action packed ...
Plot: gangster, politician, battles, loss of wife, political leader, political corruption, revenge, righting the wronged, protector, corrupt politician, fight, politics ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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