Movies like Newton

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Newton (2017)
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Newton (2017)
Original name: न्यूटन
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A government clerk on election duty in a conflict-ridden jungle of Central India tries his best to conduct free and fair voting despite the apathy of security forces and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks by communist rebels.
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, offbeat, feel good, realistic, mind blowing, black comedy, dark comedy, avant garde
Plot: election, communist, rebel, duty, murder, lie, chase, honesty, conversation, job, coming of age, protest, jungle, village, children, dark humor, forest, helicopter, office, officer, card playing, voting, walking, argument, minister ...
Place: india
Keyword: avant-garde

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and feel good films with plots about bollywood, hindi, family relations, love and romance, hindu, friendship and friends mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like Newton: The Falling (2010), M.K.B.K.M. (2013), Through My Own Eyes (2013), Dil Dosti Etc (2007), Piku (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Falling (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Natha a poor farmer from Peepli village in the heart of rural India is about to lose his plot of land due to an unpaid bank loan. A quick fix to the problem is the a government program that aids the families of indebted farmers who have committed ...
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Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: india, asia
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M.K.B.K.M. (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story: Harry is an industrialist who loves his daughter Bijlee, and the bond they share with Harry's man friday, Matru. Bijlee's plan to wed the son of a politician, however, brings twists and turns in the lives of Matru, Bijlee and Mandola.
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Time: 21st century
Place: india, seattle, asia
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Through My Own Eyes (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Raje Bauji is a man in his late fifties, living out a dreary but eventful life in a small house in old Delhi where he lives with his extended family. A random incident is going to change his life in a dramatic way- though he does not realize it ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, psychological, humorous, experimental ...
Plot: family relations, eccentricity, midlife crisis, life turned upside down, anger, life lesson, renaissance, meaning of life, self awareness, hindu, cause and meaning, belief ...
Time: y2k, 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Dil Dosti Etc (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Two college boys from diverse backgrounds believe that since time is on their side, anything is possible. Consequently, their arrogance leads them to challenge each other to prove their efficiencies.
Style: humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic, funny ...
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Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Piku (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A cab driver is caught between a dysfunctional realtionship between a father and his daughter as he drives them to Calcutta.
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Malamaal Weekly (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Lilaram sells lottery tickets and one customer has hit the jackpot but dies of shock upon finding out that he has won. Now, Lilaram wants all the money, and so does everyone around him.
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Place: india, new delhi
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Lipstick Under My Burkha  (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
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Queen (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
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Style: touching, entertaining, sweet, melancholic, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick
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Duration: 156 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Gippi (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 95 min.
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Place: india
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3 Idiots (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story: In the tradition of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” comes this refreshing comedy about a rebellious prankster with a crafty mind and a heart of gold. Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius... You've never met a college student quite like ...
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Audience: chick flick, teens
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Time: 2000s, future, year 2009, 21st century
Place: india, middle east, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
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Lost in London (2017)
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
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Style: feel good, entertaining, humorous, inspirational, light ...
Plot: business, ambition, salesman, rise to the top, follow your dream, workplace situations, working class, workplace, misfit, fish out of water, college graduate, success ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Toilet: A Love Story (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Angry Indian Goddesses (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Frieda, a fashioncommercial photographer trying to find her own art, gathers her closest girlfriends from all over India to travel to Goa for a surprise announcement: she’s getting married! Thus begins an impromptu bachelorette celebration that ...
Style: humorous, light, entertaining, feel good, captivating ...
Plot: lesbian, female protagonist, gay interest, lgbt, lgbtq, friendship, dancing, women, feminist, friends, society, entertainment ...
Time: year 2015
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 5.8
 35
Bajland (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jan Rydel is a contender for the office of the President of the Republic of Poland. He is in conflict with TV journalists, and when he finally gets on the air, he sits with his back to the camera. However, its ratings are high.
Style: humorous, serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: presidential campaign, politician, election, politics, inheritance, presidential election, candidate, last will and testament, argument, press conference, psychiatrist, assistant ...
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 5.6
 10K
Golmaal 3 (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story: Golmaal 3 highlights the story of hatred between two bunch of siblings within a family. One of nature's masterpieces, this is a family that eats together, prays together, lives together and a family 'that can't stand each other'. ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, light, feel good ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: india, goa india
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Fukrey (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
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Style: humorous, not serious, feel good, light, entertaining ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
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 6.0
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Heyy Babyy (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Three handsome Sydney bachelors Aroush, Tanmay and Al – are having the time of their lives in Sydney. They flirt around, and have numerous conquests to their credit. They suddenly find their dating and mating rituals destroyed when a dimpled ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, funny
Audience: date night
Plot: friendship, baby, family relations, fall in love, down on your luck, couples, single parent, babies and infants, indians, hindu, friends, love and romance ...
Time: year 2007
Place: australia, india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 8.2
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Shahid (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
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Style: realistic, captivating, thought provoking, psychological, tense ...
Plot: human rights, muslim, legal, terrorist, lawyer, courtroom, false arrest, civil rights, life is a bitch, society, hopes, religions or cults ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place: india, asia, pakistan, mumbai india, kashmir
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 8.2
 25K
Khosla's Nest (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Upon retirement, cranky control freak Kamal Kishore Khosla obsesses about procuring a plot of land in Delhi, where he plans to build his dream house. After investing his entire life's savings to acquire the land, he discovers the plot's ...
Style: realistic, feel good, semi serious, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: businessman, obsession, betrayal, parents and children, greed, corruption, deception, materialism, success, false identity, revenge plot, police ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: new delhi, india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 7.4
 1K
Rockford (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The movie chronicles the arrival of a (Hindu) student to a strict all-boys Christian boarding school in India and his assimilation into the school. The change is quite dramatic to the protagonist and there are a lot of events that would look ...
Style: social, light, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
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Place: india, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Golmaal: Fun Unlimited (2006)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Gopal, Lucky, Madhav and Laxman - four guys bound together by their child-like notoriety, aimlessness and petty business of conning people for fun and money. Laxman is an intelligent student who is not allowed to pass by his mischievous band of ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, feel good, funny ...
Plot: stupidity, family relations, on the run, fall in love, blind character, gangster, treasure, friendship, comedy team, exploitation, dream girl, friends ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: asia, india, goa india
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 7.6
 61K
Sanju (2018)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story: Sanju explores some of the most crucial chapters from movie star Sanjay Dutt’s dramatic and controversial real life. It gives a lowdown on his tryst with drugs and his trials and tribulations in the Arms Acts case and the 1993 Mumbai blasts.
Style: emotional, cynical, thought provoking, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: biopic, actor, actor's life, problem, criminal, jail, drug abuse, price of fame, filmmaking, social problems, life is a bitch, rising to stardom ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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