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Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru (2016)
 8.2
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Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru (2016)
Original name: துருவங்கள் பதினாறு
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A former cop looks back on the case which left him disabled and forced him to quit the force.
Style: suspense, suspense thriller, tense, captivating, intense, dark, crime thriller, twisted, unpredictable, detective
Plot: investigation, murder mystery, police, murder, serial killer, murder investigation, police officer, constable, crime solving, murderer, crime investigation, unsolved crime, police investigation, homicide detective, uncover truth, serial murder, whodunit, secret service, entertainment, wandering, life lesson, plot twist, car accident, double murder, student ...
Place: india
Keyword: life lessons

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, suspense, tense and disturbing films with plots about investigation, murder, murder investigation, uncover truth, murder mystery, crime solving and crime investigation mostly in Crime, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru: Anjaam Pathiraa (2020), Evaru (2019), Maayavan (2017), Kuttram 23 (2017), Mind Games (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Anjaam Pathiraa (2020)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story: A psychologist with a keen interest in criminology gets entangled in a tough serial killer case which the police find hard to crack.
Style: suspense, suspense thriller, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: investigation, police, murder investigation, partners against crime, murder mystery, police detective, serial murder, police officer killed, danger, forensics, partner, police officer ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.1
 7K
Evaru (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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 ...
Plot: murder, murder mystery, rape victim, murder investigation, murderer, police detective, police investigation, law enforcement, dishonesty, death, evidence, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
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Maayavan (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A series of murders are happening in the city, and a cop realises that they are all eerily similar. Can he find out the link and capture the murderer before it is too late?
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense, suspense thriller
Plot: murder, serial killer, murder mystery, criminal, crime solving, fight, investigation, police officer, uncover truth, crime investigation, professional wrestling, police ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 7.3
 3K
Kuttram 23 (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story: A case involving the disappearance of a pregnant woman turns into a personal one for the cop who is tasked with investigating it.​
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, crime thriller, suspense thriller
Plot: police, murder mystery, murder, family problems, police investigation, crime investigation, fight, police detective, police officer, fighting crime, murder investigation, investigation ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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 6.4
 416
Mind Games (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A former nun turned criminal profiler is called in to investigate the horrific ritualistic murders of two middle aged women. Her unorthodox approach means that she has to deal not only with solving a murder but also winning the trust of her ...
Style: detective, thrilling, tense, captivating, psychological
Plot: homicide detective, murderer, ritual murder, secret, serial killer, police investigation, crime investigation, investigation, ritual, killings, serial murder, crime solving ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 7.4
 45K
Forgotten (2017)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Jin-seok, 21-year-old, moves into a new house with his family. He suffers from a slight schizophrenia but he carries an ordinary life under the warm care of the family. His older brother Yu-seok is a decent college student, a mentor, and role model ...
Style: twist ending, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: plot twist, brother brother relationship, memory loss, uncover truth, home invasion, delusion, revenge, twists and turns, new house, deception, chase, childhood memory ...
Place: south korea, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Detective Chinatown 2 (2018)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Driven by the desire for the huge reward, Tang Ren (by Wang Baoqiang) tricked Qin Feng (by Liu Haoran) to New York, to attend the World Detective Contest,. Later on, behind the crazy competition, Qin and Tang discovered the real hidden facts of this ...
Style: captivating, light, entertaining, humorous
Plot: serial killer, sleuth, murder mystery, inheritance, nypd, homicide detective, investigation, uncover truth, private detective, crime solving, crime investigation, murder investigation ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Memoir of a Murderer (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A former serial killer Byung-su gets diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and when a series of murders occur near his town, he worries whether the killings are his doings. Then, he comes across Tae-ju and realizes that he’s the killer. He reports this to ...
Style: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense, twisted ...
Plot: serial killer, serial murder, serendipity, father daughter relationship, police, alzheimer's disease, doubt, vigilante, confusion, murder, daughter, tunnel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.3
 17K
Shimmer Lake (2017)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An inventive crime thriller told backwards -- reversing day by day through a week -- following a local sheriff's quest to unlock the mystery of three small town criminals and a bank heist gone wrong.
Style: suspense, enigmatic, suspenseful, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: murder, investigation, twists and turns, sheriff, heist, police investigation, forensics, crime investigation, unsolved crime, crime solving, danger, robbery ...
Time: year 2017
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
CBI 5: The Brain (2022)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Series of bucket-killing murders happening in the city. Failure to resolve by police, a team of CBI Officers under CBI officer Sethurama Iyer take up the investigation to resolve the never experienced mystery.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, captivating
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Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.8
 1K
Labyrinth (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Psychologist Dr. Brennac is asked by a colleague to help with the case of Claude, a patient on trial for multiple murders. Is Claude really guilty of the crimes, or is he a victim of his own mind?
Style: psychological, captivating, tense, suspense, mystic ...
Plot: serial murder, serial killer, murder, homicidal maniac, murder investigation, investigation, psychology, psycho killer, mental illness, unsolved crime, murderer, murder mystery ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Kuttrame Thandanai (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A man is slowly going blind and cannot afford the surgery to fix his eyes. When he witnesses a young woman's murder, the killers offer him a large sum of money to remain quiet.
Style: suspense, suspense thriller, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: murder, murder mystery, crime solving, investigation, blindness and impaired vision, murder investigation, sleuth, visual impairment, fighting crime, blind man, forensics, crime investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 8.1
 38K
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 ⇓
29%
 5.5
 692
Murderer (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A Hong Kong-set mystery centered on a detective who has been framed for a series of gruesome murders.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, police interrogation, murder investigation, murder, investigation, murderer, crime investigation, sleuth, uncover truth, framed for murder, crime solving, police investigation ...
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Once a Los Angeles homicide detective, Police Chief Jesse Stone now presides over the quiet, seaside village of Paradise, Massachusetts. When the facts don't add up in a brutal Boston-area murder case, Jesse opens an investigation filled with ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.8
 533
Crystal City (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Story: Investigator Sergei Smirnov, must return to the city of his childhood to investigate some high-profile murders. In Crystal city, there is a maniacal pedophile on the loose. Not only does he torture and kill children, he does it in a devious, brutal ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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 6.1
 284
The Sovereign (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: For two months a serial killer has been terrorizing the city of St. Petersburg. Every Wednesday a girl between 9 and 12 years old is the victim. The brutality of the maniac plunges city residents into horror. Parents are afraid of leaving their ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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 4.4
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Recurrence (2022)
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Duration: 115 min.
Story: Years after moving to a remote town, ex-cop Pipa is pulled back into the dark world she thought she'd left behind when a corpse appears on her property.
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, dark
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⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
HIT: The 2nd Case (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 8.1
 9K
Thadam (2019)
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⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Twenty One Grams (2022)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story: DySP Nanda Kishore is investigating a murder case soon after a death in his family. As he proceeds, he is surprised to see how certain connections emerge that hint the case is linked to his own life as well.
Style: thrilling, tense, psychological, captivating, detective ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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The Chestnut Man (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 50 min.
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Style: brutal, enigmatic, tense, psychological, detective ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 8.1
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Beyond Evil (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: A serial murder case takes place in the small, peaceful city. The case is the same serial murder case that took place 20 years ago and changed Lee Dong-Sik’s life. The two detectives work to catch the killer.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Sea of Plastic (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: Mar de plástico (Spanish: Sea of Plastic) is a Spanish crime drama television series produced by Boomerang TV for Atresmedia. It airs on Atresmedia's main channel Antena 3. The series focuses on the investigation of a murder in the fictional ...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, enigmatic ...
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Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 7.0
 6K
Salute (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Committed and fiery, Sub Inspector Aravind Karunakaran is obliged to be part of an investigation where an innocent man Murali is deliberately being set up for the murder of a middle-aged couple. Fearing the consequences of revealing that they had ...
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense
Plot: crime investigation, investigation, unsolved crime, police investigation, sleuth, cold case, murder investigation, uncover truth, crime solving, police, truth, murder ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Chasing Shadows (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Chasing Shadows' follows a team of special operatives who are tracking down serial killers.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, crime investigation, homicide detective, missing person, murder, crime solving, investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, law enforcement, partner, partners against crime ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 5.4
 6K
Eight by Ten (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story: 8X10 Tasveer is a story about young man named Jai Puri, (Akshay Kumar), who possesses supernatural powers. Jai is of Indian origin who works as a forest ranger in Canada. His life is shattered by a loss of a very important person in his life. This ...
Style: suspense, suspense thriller, enigmatic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: murder mystery, murder, supernatural, paranormal investigation, murder investigation, supernatural ability, supernatural power, uncover truth, crime solving, crime investigation, cat versus mouse, mysterious villain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Only the River Flows (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 101 min.
Story: 1990s, Banpo Town, rural China. A woman’s body is found by the river. Ma Zhe, Chief of the Criminal Police, heads up the murder investigation that leads to an obvious arrest. His superiors hurry to congratulate him, but several clues push Ma Zhe ...
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling, suspense, neo noir
Plot: criminal, sleuth, police investigation, crime investigation, murderer, crime solving, forensics, secret, uncover truth, rural area, serial killer, who done it ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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