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Raees (2017)
55K
Original name: रईस
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Set in the early ’80s and ’90s in Gujarat, India, ‘Raees’ is a fictitious story of a crime lord named Raees, who builds an entire empire from scratch, and a police officer who is determined to bring him down.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, epic, fast, period drama
Plot:
bootlegging, prohibition, smuggler, organized crime, corruption, smuggling, criminal, accountant, relationship problems, family problems, financial problem, money problems, marital problem, relationship vs career, hindu, main character dies, die, love, dancing, train, gold, truck, boat, police corruption, arrest ...
Time:
80s
Place:
india
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, captivating, suspense and suspenseful films with plots about gangster, organized crime, hindi, criminal, corruption, revenge and bollywood mostly in Drama, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Raees: K.G.F: Chapter 1 (2018), Kabali (2016), Live by Night (2016), Munna (2007), Reich (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Place:
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Story:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Audience:
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Country: India
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Country: India
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Country: India
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Story:
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Country: India
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tense, crime drama, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
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