Movies like Upendra

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Upendra (1999)
 8.8
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Upendra (1999)
Original name: ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Psychological thriller.
Style: kannada, psychological thriller, cult classic, avant garde, cult film
Plot: philosophy, misanthrope, ego, narcissism, sexism, sexist, hypocrisy, selfishness, metaphor, hypocrite, symbolism, narcissist, anti hero, ghost, ship, prostitute, violence, kidnapping, betrayal, murder, criminal, terrorism, seduction, womanizer, mistress ...

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, suspense and serious films with plots about violence, murder, death, beating, sex, flashback and blood mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Upendra: A (1998), Om (1995), K.G.F: Chapter 2 (2022), Fatal Attraction (1987), Nocturnal Animals (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: "A" is a 1998 Indian Kannada language blockbuster psychological love story film written and directed by Upendra. It starred Upendra and Chandni as the lead couple. It was about an unusual love story between a film director and an actress ...
Style: kannada, psychological thriller, cult classic
Plot: casting couch, drunkenness, fire, flashback, gang rape, revenge, death of father, murder, death, conspiracy, dark hero, misogyny ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 8.9
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Om (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: A 1995 Kannada film.
Style: kannada, cult classic
Plot: violence, gift, photograph, flashback, crime boss, rape, criminal, organized crime, gangster, cigarette smoking, perjury, cripple ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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 ⇓
42%
Fatal Attraction (1987)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A married man's one night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
Style: sexy, psychological thriller, sensual, suspense, twist ending ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, infidelity, stalker, mental illness, femme fatale, adultery, fatal attraction, sexual obsession, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, insanity, borderline personality disorder ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family ...
Style: psychological thriller, neo noir, psychological, suspense, mindfuck ...
Audience: adult
Plot: writers, revenge, husband wife relationship, divorce, loss of family, infidelity, abortion, rape, rape and murder, symbolism, ex husband, grief ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: texas, los angeles, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.6
 3K
Text (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Ilya Goryunov has spent seven years in prison on false charges of drug trafficking. When Ilya is free he realizes that the old life that he yearned for is no more. Although he did not intend to take revenge on the man who sent him to prison, now ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, sexy, avant garde, touching ...
Plot: lust, sexual relations, revenge, falsely accused, drinking, death of mother, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, wrongful conviction, depression, frame up, anguish, drunkenness ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 7.6
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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 ⇓
32%
 3.8
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Retina (2017)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A young woman participates in a medical study. After a series of nightmares and unusual side effects, the line between dreams and reality is blurred. She finds herself on the run from those involved, desperate to uncover the truth.
Style: suspenseful, psychological, suspense, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: adultery, mind control, terrorism, extramarital affair, revenge, husband wife relationship, infidelity, lie, secret, torture, chase, mistress ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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 6.5
 9K
Undertow (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The Munns, father John and sons Chris and Tim, recede to the woods of rural Georgia. Their life together is forever changed with the arrival of Uncle Deel, though the tragedy that follows forces troubled Chris to become a man.
Style: harsh, suspense, suspenseful, depressing, intense ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: coming of age, dysfunctional family, juvenile delinquency, murder, brutality, tragedy, homelessness, danger, lifestyle, parents and children, violence, boy ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: georgia, usa, iceland, nebraska, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.5
 4K
Murder (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Simran and Sudhir Saigal have been married for several years, and are settled in Bangkok, Thailand. They live a fairly harmonious but busy lives, and have a child, a son. When Sudhir returns unexpectedly, he finds his wife is having an affair with ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, mind bending, erotic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: infidelity, murder, extramarital affair, private detective, crimes of passion, investigation, love and romance, dishonesty, couples, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, betrayal, guilt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, thailand, bangkok thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Grief Tourist (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: JIM TAHANA doesn't leave much of an impression when he passes you by. But look closer and you'll sense his hunger - the deep hunger of an insatiable American soul - always scanning to devour something - anything that might fill the ...
Style: psychological, mind bending, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: serial killer, childhood trauma, murder, obsession, twists and turns, friendship, anti hero, violence, killing spree, child abuse, prostitute, transsexual ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Careful What You Wish For (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, sexy, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, adultery, infidelity, seduction, dangerous attraction, twists and turns, fatal attraction, murder, extramarital affair, greed, blonde, abusive husband ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.2
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Fear (1996)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A 16 year old girl takes up with a charming young man who quickly shows his colors when he beats a friend simply for walking with her and then goes totally ballistic after she tries to break up with him.
Style: sexual, psychological, sexy, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: obsession, psychopath, dangerous attraction, teenager, fatal attraction, obsessive love, stalker, danger, father daughter relationship, rape, teenage girl, borderline personality disorder ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 8.1
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Love's a Bitch (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Three different people in Mexico City are catapulted into dramatic and unforeseen circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's designer ...
Style: bleak, psychological, depressing, emotional, tense ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: multiple storylines, dog, forbidden love, machismo, rottweiler, hitman, siblings relations, multiple perspectives, betrayal, vengeance, marital problem, relationships ...
Time: year 2000, y2k, 90s, year 1999, 2000s ...
Place: latin america, mexico, mexico city
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Players of the Game (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (English: Player of Players) is a 1996 Bollywood wrestling action thriller starring Rekha in her first villain role, Akshay Kumar, Raveena Tandon and former World Wrestling Federation wrestlers "Crush" and Brian Lee ...
Style: masala
Plot: brother brother relationship, love triangle, sister sister relationship, vengeance, suicide, violence, betrayal, brutality, martial arts, wrestling, villainess, hand to hand combat ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.9
 15K
The Isle (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love to Hyun-Shik, who is on the run for the police and rescues him with a ...
Style: disturbing, sexy, bleak, harsh, cult classic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: sexualized violence, prostitute, fishing, sex, male nudity, violence, insanity, murder, brutality, suicide attempt, mute, pleasure ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.1
 846
Captive (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Philippines, Germany, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A dozen foreigners are kidnapped by a terrorist group in the Philippines.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, tense, psychological thriller, serious
Plot: terrorism, kidnapping, danger, captivity, rescue, journalist, hostage, murder, muslim, religion, military, jungle ...
Time: september 11 2001, 21st century
Place: the philippines, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 5.9
 2K
Final Cut (1998)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A group of friends gather for a wake, and are shown a video shot by Jude (Jude Law) and starring them before he dies. Things go rapidly downhill.
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, cynical, clever ...
Plot: murder, friends, infidelity, dishonesty, violence, investigation, greed, woman peeing, danger, love and romance, mother daughter relationship, existentialism ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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 6.0
 24K
The Riot Club (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.
Style: disturbing, satirical, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: rich, violence, debauchery, student life, university, friends, social relations, spoiled brat, hedonism, society, eccentricity, stereotypes ...
Time: year 2014, 80s, 18th century, 1850s, year 1976 ...
Place: england, oxford university, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 5.5
 2K
Retaliation (2017)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An adult victim of childhood sexual abuse confronts the horrors of his past
Style: tense, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: male rape victim, male nudity, sex scene, male rape, revenge, haunted by the past, storytelling, boy, rage, pedophile priest, bare butt, trauma ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 5.6
 253
Lola (1986)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Lola is a young woman who works in a factory. She lives a violent and tormented love with Mario. To get away from him, Lola moved to Barcelona. There he met Robert, CEO of a major company, with whom she starts a relationship.
Style: erotic, suspense
Plot: sadomasochism, unfaithfulness, nudity, father daughter relationship, flashback, sadism, brutality, flash forward, violence, jealousy, ex lover, drunkenness ...
Place: barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The Manchurian Candidate is a political thriller from American director John Frankenheimer. An American soldier is brainwashed into being a killer for the communist Russians during the Korean War.
Style: political thriller, black and white, psychological, political, tense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: conspiracy, cold war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, assassin, senator, election, political intrigue, korean war, spy, manipulation, politics ...
Time: 20th century, year 1962, 50s, 1950s, year 1952
Place: new york, china, north korea, korea, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
A Man in Uniform (1993)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Henry Adler lives in Ontario by himself, regularly visits his gruff and critical father, and works in a bank; he's also an actor. He finds new purpose in life when he's cast as a cop in a realistic TV show. He gets into the part, borrowing ...
Style: psychological thriller, tense, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: psychopath, lgbtq, actor, police, television, violence, anti hero, tough heroes, bank, mental illness, losing-it hero, prostitute ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Her Name Is Carla (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two strangers refuse to leave the seaside home of a couple, which leads to sexual tension and crime.
Style: psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot: rape, couple relations, danger, couples, rape and revenge, stranger, husband wife relationship, adultery, nudity, impotent husband, cuckolded husband, sexual content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: zimbabwe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 4.6
 242
Heart of Stone (2001)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A beautiful woman doesn't know if the killer is her lover ... or her husband ... or someone else!
Style: sexy, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, dangerous attraction, seduction, manipulation, love affair, who done it, obsession, couples, power relations, infidelity, murder, danger ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Day of the Locust (1975)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: An art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father.
Style: cult classic, disturbing, cerebral, biting, cynical ...
Audience: date night
Plot: movie business, female nudity, hollywood, filmmaking, art, satire, great depression, showbiz, politics, surrealism, actor, social commentary ...
Time: 1930s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, glendale california
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.9
 4K
Eureka (1983)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: An Alaskan gold prospector (Gene Hackman) lives in luxury with his family on an island gangsters want.
Style: serious, realistic, atmospheric, stylized, erotic ...
Plot: wealth, greed, gangster, family relations, rise and fall, ambition, dishonesty, parents and children, brutality, courtroom drama, father daughter relationship, island ...
Time: 1940s, year 1983, 20th century, 1920s, year 1945
Place: canada, bahamas, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 8.5
 942K
Parasite (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 132 min.
Story: All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
Style: suspense, black comedy, dark comedy, psychological thriller, exciting ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: poverty, wealthy family, working class, social satire, class differences, wealth, basement, scam, tutor, poor family, plot twist, unemployment ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019
Place: south korea, east asia, seoul, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 4.9
 223
The Near Room (1995)
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Charlie Colquhoun is a journalist whose career is floundering. As a teenager, he fathered a daughter, Tommy, who was committed to foster care as an infant. Seventeen years later, Charlie, Tommy and Charlie's old schoolmate Harris Hill, now a ...
Style: surprise ending, independent film
Plot: murder, blackmail, intimidation, voice over narration, fired from the job, machine gun, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, priest, interrogation, father daughter relationship, violence, flashback ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.8
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The Intended (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Denmark
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A period drama/thriller about a surveyor and his fiancée who arrive in a remote Malaysian trading post and encounter a closed-fisted ivory trader and her ill-meaning family.
Style: tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: jungle, nothing goes right, obsessive quest, crimes of passion, danger, culture clash, dysfunctional family, greed, older woman younger man, age-gap relationship, couple relations, escapades ...
Time: year 2002, 1920s, 20th century, post world war one
Place: malaysia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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