Movies like Arrambam

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Arrambam (2013)
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Arrambam (2013)
Original name: ஆரம்பம்
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story: The film's plot is set in the backdrop of 26/11 serial blasts in Mumbai, and revolves around Ashok Kumar (Ajith), who is on a mission to expose a scam regarding faulty bullet proof jackets that are provided to security forces, which resulted in many bloody deaths including his best friend and colleague, Assistant Commissioner Sanjay (Rana).
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, tense, captivating, suspenseful, stylized
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hacker, vengeance, fighting the system, law enforcement, corruption, rebellion, rivalry, society, government, buddy cop, police corruption, dishonesty, hopes, righting the wronged, kidnapping, conspiracy, pregnant woman, poisoning, scam, tamil, young, bound and gagged, bulletproof vest, fat suit
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: india, asia, dubai, jordan

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about rivalry, dishonesty, vengeance, bollywood, tamil, danger and law enforcement mostly in Action, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Arrambam: Citizen (2001), Viswasam (2019), Hindustani (1996), Greetings to the Devil (2011), Shool (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Citizen (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 172 min.
Story: Three prominent members of society, a judge, a police official and a district collector are kidnapped in broad daylight by a man who calls himself 'Citizen'. As CBI Officer Sarojini (Nagma) follows his trail she finds clues to a shocking ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: vigilantism, dishonesty, law enforcement, vengeance, rivalry, uncover truth, fake identity, manhunt, justice, secret, investigation, corrupt official ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
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Viswasam (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story: A village ruffian, who settles disputes in his native, takes on a big shot when he tries to sort out the rough patch in his marriage after several years.
Style: semi serious, exciting, stylized, captivating
Plot: vengeance, danger, heroes, redemption, parents and children, violence, friendship, rivalry, chase, marriage, family relations, tamil ...
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 8.1
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Hindustani (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 185 min.
Story: Senapathy, a veteran freedom fighter, is angry. He is angry against the rampant corruption at every level of the bureaucracy. He will clean it up at any cost.
Style: patriotic, political thriller, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Plot: dual role, integration, superhero, independence, hindu, indians, patriotism, investigation, bribery, freedom fighter, society, vengeance ...
Time: 1940s
Place: asia, india, singapore
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Greetings to the Devil (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Colombia, Mexico, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A former guerrilla is reluctantly drawn into the vengeance scheme of one of his victims.
Style: exciting, serious, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, rivalry, danger, race against time, forced into action, murder, conflict, violent content, tough heroes, chases and races, heroes, kidnapping ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, colombia
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Shool (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Police Inspector Samar Pratap Singh is transferred to Motihari, in the Indian state of Bihar, along with his wife, Manjari and a daughter. He is honest and diligent and these attributes sets him up against his superior - the District Superintendent ...
Style: dark, captivating, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, police officer, cop, revenge, vigilantism, fighting the system, loss of daughter, profanity, vigilante, injustice, unsupportive coworkers, workplace ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india, asia
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Ghajini (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
Story: The film's story is around a rich business entrepreneur falling in love with an ad film actress. The entrepreneur and the actress fall in love, though she does not know that he is an entrepreneur. When she successfully saves a bunch of children ...
Style: tense, realistic, psychological, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: murder, memory loss, revenge, tragic event, injustice, obsessive quest, life is a bitch, uncover truth, haunted by the past, danger, fall in love, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
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51%
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The story centers on Charlie, a Los Angeles billionaire financial whiz who goes into self-imposed exile in Tijuana after his empire is revealed to have been a Ponzi scheme. While looking for the woman he abandoned there 25 years before, Charlie is ...
Style: serious, exciting, captivating, tense, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, on the run, danger, rivalry, special agent, police corruption, law enforcement, vengeance, swat team, armed forces, violent content, profanity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, latin america, mexico
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Madras (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story: A portrayal of the lives of the people living in North Madras, focusing on the politics inside the slums and how their plight remains the same, despite the political class luring them constantly during elections.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, disturbing, feel good ...
Plot: politics, rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, society, betrayal, murder, state affairs, slum, buddies, urban, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
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50%
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Thani Oruvan (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story: An idealistic cop and an ambitious scientist-businessman indulge in a high-stake battle of wits.
Style: suspense, contemplative, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: good versus evil, police, gangster, society, heroes, death, crime boss, mad scientist, scientist, revenge, violence, crime family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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Jilla (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 185 min.
Story: A cop decides to take on his godfather, who raised him from childhood, and make him realize the error of his ways.
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, psychological, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: adopted son, gangster, police, rivalry, parents and children, dishonesty, law enforcement, escapades, danger, fighting crime, murder, godfather ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Fog and Night (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Fog and the Night is the search of an investigator who has lost his confidence in his organization and whose happy"family father" order has been disrupted by his young lover.And introverted man due to his profession , not a big talker or ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, bleak
Plot: fighting the system, investigation, uncover truth, partner, danger, friendship, rivalry, who to trust, society, murder, law enforcement, rebellion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Aan: Men at Work (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story: Crime is at its highest peak in Mumbai with it split in three ways. Walia has one-third, Manik Rao has one-third and Roshni has a third of the Mumbai territory. The crime rate rises with more smuggling, trading and illegal activities soaring.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot: police corruption, gangster, fighting crime, law enforcement, dishonesty, master criminal, tough law enforcer, rivalry, society, love interest, police, fighting the system ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Bullett Raja (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story: A common man who transforms into a gangster revolts against the very system he once obediently followed by declaring war on the police, the government, and the industrialists.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, master criminal, chase, rise to the top, ambition, criminal's revenge, rivalry, criminal heroes, gangster, police officer, government official, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Vettai (2012)
Genre: Action
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: The film revolves around two brothers, the elder being sensitive to violence and the younger being a jobless rogue, settled in Thoothukudi. After the death of their father, a police officer, the elder brother takes on the same job by request of the ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: police, fighting crime, law enforcement, partner, rivalry, family relations, self discovery, vigilantism, uninhibited rivalry, dishonesty, partners against crime, police detective ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Velaikkaran (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story: An enterprising youngster in a slum wants his people to lead a life of dignity, but has to take on an ambitious capitalist, who only wants to dominate his field.
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, motivational
Plot: food industry, factory worker, social activist, food, fighting the system, corporate conspiracy, corporate crime, corporation, fabrication, corporate greed, society, protestant ...
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Fault (2001)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story: The film starts with the murder of Priti (Divya Dutta), wife of Shekhar (Aftab Shivdasani), a well-known journalist. Inspector Lokhande (Ashutosh Rana) investigates the case and accuses Shekhar of the murder, saying he has enough evidences to arrest ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: courtroom drama, murder, fall in love, couple relations, law enforcement, legal, dishonesty, couples, life is a bitch, love and romance, legal action, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Kaththi (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story: Kathiresan aka Kaththi, a criminal, escapes from the Kolkata prison and comes to Chennai, where he comes across his doppelganger Jeevanandham, fighting for his life after being shot at by unknown men. Kathir decides to pass off as Jeeva and make ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, psychological, feel good ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rivalry, village, gangster, chase, save the day, corporation, danger, farming, dual role, escaped prisoner, farmer, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Colour of the Truth (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A man becomes a cop in order to take down the police superintendent who may have killed his father, and that of a vengeful Triad boss.
Style: exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, gangster, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, undercover, police corruption, snitch, law enforcement, police, police shootout, revenge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, asia
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47%
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Crosshairs (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Hired to enact revenge on a man who savagely beat a beautiful Russian débutant, Jack Verlaine is pressed between his newly acquired job and a persistent man named, Brill, who offers him a chance to advance higher in his seedy career. But when an ...
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot: conspiracy, hitman, assassin, sex trafficking, rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, estrangement, prostitution, cover up, deadly, girls with guns
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Moonshine Highway (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The plans of a moonshine runner trying to make a better life by becoming a stock car racer go awry when the local sheriff is determined to kill the driver over an affair with his wife.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: tough heroes, profanity, estrangement, heist, police corruption, love affair, working undercover, rivalry, heroes, society, couple relations, introspection ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s
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Ignition (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A web of intrigue and conspiracy lies beneath the euphoria as the U.S. is about to put a man on the moon for the first time in over thirty years
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, manhunt, fighting the system, life turned upside down, law enforcement, politics, assassination, dishonesty, undercover, danger, rebellion, political conspiracy ...
Place: washington d.c.
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Sivaji (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 188 min.
Story: Corrupt police and politicians target a computer engineer for trying to better the lives of less privileged citizens.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, suspense, masala ...
Plot: corrupt politician, politics, hospital, fighting the system, rivalry, vengeance, fall in love, cons and scams, architect, jail, entertainment, exploitation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
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47%
Eklavya: The Royal Guard (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 105 min.
Story: As the kingdom of Devigarh comes apart at the seams, an aging bodyguard attempts to protect the Royal Family, as well as keep its darkest secrets from ever coming to light.
Style: exciting, realistic, sentimental, stylized, serious ...
Plot: royal family, hopes, dishonesty, love and romance, political unrest, love affair, destiny, state affairs, heroes, heroic mission, royal court, twists and turns ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
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47%
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Nayak: The Real Hero (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 187 min.
Story: TV reporter Shivajirao gets a chance to be the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for a day, after being challenged by incumbent Chief Minister Balraj Chauhan. After his successful one-day stint, he attempts to get back to his normal life, but it is not ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, emotional, political ...
Plot: political activism, politics, election, attempted murder, rise to the top, ambition, love and romance, fall in love, righting the wronged, dishonesty, society, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
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47%
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Thaandavam (2012)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story: A blind man with his 'Echolocation' power takes on a revenge mission.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blindness, chase, revenge, murder, betrayal, blind character, danger, rivalry, blind man, dishonesty, chases and races, mastermind ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia, new delhi, london
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47%
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The Liquidator (2011)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Kazakhstan
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A highly skilled bodyguard avenging his brother's untimely death uncovers a ring of corruption extending to the highest levels of society and government (IMDb.com).
Style: realistic, exciting, suspenseful, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, vigilantism, murder, vengeance, danger, secret movement, government, corruption, conspiracy, chases and races, rivalry, espionage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: kazakhstan
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46%
 4.9
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Fate (2008)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Four friends bound by destiny and unbeatable in the dark world. When a casino attack goes wrong as a result of betrayal, fate turns them into enemies. Now, forced to aim the gun at each other's hearts, their unavoidable battle begins.
Style: serious, tense, realistic, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: vengeance, betrayal, heist, rivalry, casino, dishonesty, haunted by the past, destiny, gang, gangster, caper, friends ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The New Protocol (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A man investigating his son's death learns some horrific truths about the pharmaceutical industry.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot: investigation, uncover truth, legal, vengeance, dishonesty, family problems, fighting the system, life is a bitch, hopes, idealism, dealing with death, death of son ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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David (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story: The story is about two Davids living in different parts of India whose lives eventually come together in a twist of events., who are about to take a step which is going to change their lives forever.
Style: exciting, captivating, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Plot: gangster, musician, criminal heroes, hopes, love and romance, village, multiple storylines, unrequited love, fisherman, love, destiny, tamil ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: london, england, india, asia, goa india
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Safehouse (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Ex-FBI agent Cooper O'Neil thinks the dangerous times in his life are in the past; that is, until his former partner shows up dead at his marina home. O'Neil's old partner had a coveted thumb drive in his possession when he died, and ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, tense, independent film ...
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Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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