Movies like Dabangg

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Dabangg (2010)
 6.2
 34K
Dabangg (2010)
Original name: दबंग्ग
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A troubled relationship with his younger half-brother and stepfather compels Chulbul Pandey to become a corrupt but fearless cop whose life changes when he locks horns with a corrupt political leader.
Style: exciting, rough, serious, stylized, masala, entertaining, fast, humorous, realistic, freeze frame
Audience: boys' night
Plot: fight, police corruption, fall in love, love affair, fighting crime, corrupt officer, tough heroes, family relations, law enforcement, dishonesty, favoritism among siblings, violent content, police officer, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, dirty cop, police, wedding, marriage proposal, graphic violence, small town, indians, exploitation, cop, corrupt cop, heroes ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: india, asia
Keyword: dutch, gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, exciting, suspenseful and serious films with plots about bollywood, hindi, rivalry, police, police officer, dishonesty and tough guy mostly in Action, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Dabangg: Wanted (2009), Boss (2013), Singham Returns (2014), Jai Ho (2014), Singam 2 (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 6.6
 26K
Wanted (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story: Radhe is a hardcore gangster. A sharpshooter with a sharp brain, he works for Gani Bhai, the dreaded Mafioso, but on his own terms. Totally fearless, Radhe single handedly eliminates Gani Bhai's enemies one by one; making more enemies than he ...
Style: stylized, entertaining, exciting, rough, suspense ...
Plot: revenge, gangster, gang war, fall in love, dishonesty, danger, rivalry, criminal heroes, vigilantism, hitman, indians, crime boss ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: asia, india, bangkok thailand, mumbai india
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.1
 12K
Boss (2013)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Disowned by his father as a boy, Surya is taken in by a crime boss. When his brother Shiv is wrongly imprisoned, his father pleads for Surya's help.
Style: realistic, semi serious, exciting, sexy, humorous ...
Plot: corrupt cop, father son reunion, bully, father figure, police brutality, corrupt politician, bad cop, showdown, cheerleader, sibling relationship, hotshot hero, rivalry ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: india, asia, delhi
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Singham Returns (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Singham Returns is an Indian action film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Reliance Entertainment. The sequel to the 2011 film Singham, actor Ajay Devgn reprises his role from the previous film, as well as co-producing the project, while ...
Style: semi serious, stylized, humorous, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroes, gangster, cop as target, fighting crime, dishonesty, love and romance, law enforcement, good versus evil, society, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, one man army ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.0
 21K
Jai Ho (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Jai Ho is an upcoming Bollywood action Drama film starring Salman Khan and Tabu in lead roles. It is a remake of Telugu film Stalin starring Chiranjeevi in the lead role
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroes, rivalry, righting the wronged, state affairs, fighting crime, against the odds, tough heroes, political corruption, good versus evil, machismo, corrupt politician, martial arts ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 6.4
 7K
Singam 2 (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story: Picking up the storyline from where Singam ended, Duraisingam (Suriya) has gone undercover after meeting the Home Minister and is working as an NCC officer in a school in Thoothukudi. The only people who know about this operation are the Chief ...
Style: semi serious, stylized, humorous, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, love triangle, social relations, good versus evil, heroes, fighting crime, rivalry, working undercover, undercover cop, smuggling, covert operation, drug dealing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
R... Rajkumar (2013)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Rajkumar (Shahid Kapoor) is an aimless youth who works for a drug baron named Shivraj (Sonu Sood). His latest mission is to kill a rival dealer named Manik Parmar (Ashish Vidyarthi). But Rajkumar's life changes forever when he claps eyes on the ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, exciting, realistic
Plot: rivalry, gang war, organized crime, crime boss, drug lord, vengeance, fall in love, uninhibited rivalry, love, damsel in distress, tough heroes, love and romance ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.8
 18K
Gangaajal (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story: An SP Amit Kumar who is given charge of Tezpur police station in Bihar. The area is full of corruption, inefficiency, bribery, nepotism, favoritism and crime with help from the local police. Gradually Amit realizes that the local politician Sadhu ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, inspirational ...
Plot: police station, law enforcement, fighting crime, police brutality, police corruption, rivalry, bribery, vigilantism, honest law enforcer, criminal's revenge, confession, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
In the Line of Duty 4 (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Two detectives who are up to their necks in trouble and in each other's face, as they try to shut down a drug-trafficking scheme that could be connected with international ties to organized crime. But in the midst of their investigation, ...
Style: perverse, cult classic, detective, fast, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, martial artist, cia, fight, police officer, femdom, fight club, spy, die hard, heroes, gangster ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Movie in collections
 6.0
 73K
Kick (2014)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story: An adrenaline junkie walks away from a whirlwind romance and embraces a new life as a thief, though he soon finds himself pursued by veteran police officer and engaged in a turf war with a local gangster.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, fast, action thriller
Plot: hidden identity, fall in love, daredevil, disorder, dishonesty, twists and turns, thief, chase, superhero, martial arts, love and romance, world spanning ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.5
 8K
Force (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story: A vengeful drug-dealer/gangster targets and terrorizes an entire police unit and their families.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, fighting crime, law enforcement, tough heroes, rivalry, tough law enforcer, love affair, good versus evil, murder, brother brother relationship, organized crime, betrayal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 4.9
 20K
Ready (2011)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Set in Thailand and India, a case of mistaken identity leads to love; and an accountant and his family concoct a grand scheme to win over the hearts of a woman and her greedy conniving uncles.
Style: exciting, not serious, realistic, humorous, fast ...
Plot: love and romance, disorder, dishonesty, fall in love, mistaken identity, eligible bachelor, love, wedding, money, cons and scams, silly humor, bare butt ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: india, bangkok thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 7.2
 30K
Holiday (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story: A soldier on vacation finds himself hunting down a terrorist. A military officer attempts to hunt down a terrorist, destroy a terrorist gang and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, tense, patriotic ...
Plot: terrorism, soldier, one against many, special agent, love and romance, heroes, fall in love, tough heroes, vengeance, couples, military, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 4.7
 28K
Bodyguard (2011)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Lovely Singh (Salman Khan) is the bodyguard of Sartaj Rana's (Raj Babbar) daughter Divya Rana (Kareena Kapoor). He is very devoted to his duties but irritates her all the time by following her everywhere. Consequently, Divya and her friend ...
Style: semi serious, exciting, realistic, humorous, romantic ...
Plot: one against many, college, lie, fall in love, family relations, parents and children, rescue, elopement, betrayal, mansion, diary, exploitation ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story: A young mute girl from Pakistan loses herself in India with no way to head back. A devoted man with a magnanimous spirit undertakes the task to get her back to her motherland and unite her with her family.
Style: touching, emotional, disturbing, sweet, sentimental ...
Plot: love, love story, revenge, manipulation, forbidden love, religions or cults, fall in love, love and romance, love affair, indians, torture, patriot ...
Time: year 2015, 21st century
Place: india, pakistan, kashmir
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 4.2
 10K
Son of Sardaar (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Jassi Randhawa (Ajay Devgan) is an unemployed good-for-nothing man who receives a letter from the Punjab government about buying his property in Punjab. To sell the property, Jassi leaves for Punjab. On the train, he meets and falls in love with ...
Style: exciting, humorous, captivating, entertaining, realistic ...
Plot: sikh, punjabi, vengeance, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, fall in love, homecoming, village, gang, escape, chase, exploitation ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 7.0
 11K
Project A 2 (1987)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt police superintendent.
Style: cult classic, fast, exciting, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight, frame up, kung fu fighting, karate, corruption, police, epic battle, combat, samurai, wuxia ...
Time: 20th century, 1900s
Place: china, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 7.7
 4K
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 7.4
 17K
The Uniform (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 174 min.
Story: Just as he is preparing for his daughter's wedding, a veteran policeman is assigned to a crack team transporting a Pakistani secret agent to trial.
Style: exciting, rough, bleak, suspenseful, masala ...
Plot: terrorism, murder, muslim, dishonesty, rivalry, law enforcement, danger, vengeance, rookie, heroes, small town, small town life ...
Place: asia, mumbai india, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Movie in collections
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 ⇓
21%
 6.9
 27K
Agneepath (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 174 min.
Story: In a small Indian village Mandwa, Vijay Dinanath Chauhan is taught about the path of fire (Agneepath) by his principled father. His life is shattered when the evil drug lord Kancha Cheena hangs his father. Vijay leaves for Mumbai with his pregnant ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, powerful ...
Plot: revenge, vengeance, family relations, criminal heroes, drug lord, parents and children, teaching the ways of the world, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, gangster, massacre, main character dies ...
Time: year 1977, 70s, 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 7.1
 7K
Gabbar Singh (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story: Gabbar Singh is a 2012 Telugu action film directed by Harish Shankar. The film is produced by Bandla Ganesh under Parameshwara Art productions banner and stars Pawan Kalyan and Shruti Haasan in lead roles. Devi Sri Prasad, who previously worked with ...
Style: humorous, captivating, light, exciting, tense ...
Plot: fall in love, love and romance, police, revenge, gang, rivalry, friendship, danger, society, injustice, village life, tough law enforcer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.9
 3K
We (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 184 min.
Story: Tiger works for the local Don Bhaktawar but never hesitates to revolt against him if he harms his friends or family. When his girlfriend Jumma's brother Gonsalves is killed by Bhakhtawar for revolting against him, Tiger promises revenge.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot: gangster, police, cop, family relations, heroes, treason, slum, police inspector, bribe, traitor, dark past, tank ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 7.0
 4K
Anger (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Three friends from Delhi go missing in a small village - Jhanjhar, in Bihar. It's 2 months and there is no clue about their disappearance. The media and students movement demand action from the authorities. It's then that the government ...
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Plot: police corruption, injustice, uncover truth, state affairs, police investigation, political corruption, medieval, partner, society, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new delhi, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Movie in collections
 6.9
 2K
Acid (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 173 min.
Story: Mahesh Deshmukh has joined the nation's armed forces as that he can honestly and patriotically serve the country. During his college days he has a run-in with fellow-collegian Mohini. A bet between his friends and himself ends up with him ...
Style: masala, entertaining, crying, non-linear, realistic ...
Plot: redemption, deportation, anti hero, injustice, ex convict, tough cop, showdown, criminal, courage, crime boss, acid, frame up ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.5
 6K
One 2 Ka 4 (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 169 min.
Story: Javed Abbas (Jackie Shroff) is widowed Police Officer with four children. His partner is Arun Verma (Shahrukh Khan). Both Javed and Arun are honest, hard-working and diligent. And this leads to the "death" of Javed in mysterious ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, exciting, entertaining ...
Plot: drug lord, investigation, vengeance, police investigation, fighting crime, partner, danger, dishonesty, uncover truth, law enforcement, dysfunctional family, loss of partner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Knock Out Cop (1973)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: This cop doesn't carry a gun - his fist is loaded!
Style: slapstick, fast, exciting, realistic, not serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, law enforcement, chase, cop, police, conspiracy, martial arts, heroes, gangster, murder, corruption, chief of police ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: africa, napoli italy, italy, naples italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Touch Chesi Chudu (2018)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story: The film revolves around a police officer called Karthikeya (Ravi Teja), who struggles to maintain a balance between his personal and professional life. Until one incident changes his life forever.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, captivating, suspense
Plot: tough cop, chase, fight, justice, one man army, kidnapping, heroic bloodshed, murder, police, violence, police officer, twists and turns ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Garv: Pride and Honour (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Garv is a story of three brave and honest cops: Samar Singh (Amrish Puri), Arjun Ranawat (Salman Khan) and Hyder Ali Khan (Arbaaz Khan). Samar wants to reduce the amount of crime in the state. The trio faces obstacles because the powerful and ...
Style: tense, exciting, suspense, captivating
Plot: criminal underworld, police corruption, police, gangster, friendship, fight, love, crime boss, murder, police officer, blood, brother sister relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.3
 110K
Walking Tall (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.
Style: intense, realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: one against many, vigilante, ex military, small town, home invasion, lone hero, one man army, justice, revenge, organized crime, vigilantism, heroes ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 5.4
 3K
Indian (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 178 min.
Story: DCP Raksekhar Azad (Raj) is an invincible cop with a great aim. He arrests a terrorist by the name of Khan. But Khan lands in a prison cell that looks cushier than the Buckingham Palace. However, this gets Raj promoted, and he is congratulated by ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, vigilantism, one man army, arrest, terrorist, dishonesty, partners against crime, confined, danger, frame up, tough heroes, police investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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