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Badla (2019)
34K
Original name: बदला
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A dynamic young entrepreneur finds herself locked in a hotel room with the corpse of her dead lover. She hires a prestigious lawyer to defend her and they work together to figure out what actually happened.
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, atmospheric, realistic, detective, cult classic, cute, mind blowing, suspense thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lawyer, murder trial, murder, police, blackmail, interrogation, husband wife relationship, revenge, fear, witness, evidence, justice, secrets, suspicion, protagonist as suspect, character study, manipulation, impostor, women, vengeance, room, mental health, plot twist, airplane, train ...
Time:
2010s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, serious and tense films with plots about murder, police, investigation, murder mystery, revenge, police officer and husband wife relationship mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Badla: The Invisible Guest (2016), The Sight (2015), 64 Squares (2016), Pink (2016), Mother (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
"The Invisible Guest” turns on a young businessman who wakes up in a hotel room locked from the inside with the dead body of his lover next to him. He hires a prestigious lawyer, and over one night they work together to clarify what happened ...
Style:
surprise ending, psychological, suspense, twist ending, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
evidence, lawyer, lie, uncover truth, infidelity, suspect, death, murder suspect, interrogation, strong female character, moral dilemma, blackmail ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, barcelona
Similarity:
77%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
A simple, street-smart man tries to protect his family from a tough cop looking for his missing son.
Style:
suspense thriller, suspense, mind blowing, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick
Plot:
murder, pursuit, investigation, accident, blackmail, cover up, great ending, danger, family relations, travel, morality, rape ...
Time:
year 2015, 21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
'Wazir' is a tale of two unlikely friends, a wheelchair-bound chess grandmaster and a brave ATS officer. Brought together by grief and a strange twist of fate, the two men decide to help each other win the biggest games of their lives. But ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
murder, chess, friendship, race against time, father daughter relationship, police, revenge, twists and turns, murder mystery, conspiracy, shootout, muslim ...
Place:
kashmir, india
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Deepak is a lawyer suffering from bipolar disorder who experiences frequent mood swings. One night, Rajveer and his friends get drunk and try to molest Miss Arora and her two roommates leading to an accident. The film revolves around how Deepak ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, talky, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, attempted rape, sexual abuse, mental disorder, feminist, lawyer, courtroom, bipolar disorder, fighting the system, dishonesty, wrongful arrest, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, delhi
Similarity:
75%
80K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, mind bending, cerebral, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, revenge, medieval, determination, uncover truth, asian, mentally challenged, mother, mental disorder, police brutality, overprotective mother ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 2010s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, east asia, korea, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
115K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A series of mysterious events changes the life of a blind pianist who now must report a crime that was actually never witnessed by him.
Style:
funny, suspense, feel good, light, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
musician, blindness, blind man, pianist, murder, witness, affair, illicit affair, lovers, evidence, murder witness, blindness and impaired vision ...
Place:
middle east, europe, india
Similarity:
67%
204K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, suspense, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
mental illness, depression, psychiatrist, manipulation, murder, patient, sleepwalking, twists and turns, doctor, mental patient, mental institution, deception ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, future, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A cop, investigating the mysterious death of a filmstar, meets a sex-worker, while he faces some personal problems psychologically. The mystery connects these people in a way, that ultimately changes their lives.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder, police investigation, couple relations, insomnia, uncover truth, law enforcement, life is a bitch, dishonesty, haunted by the past, great ending, murder investigation, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
42%
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43K
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, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, renaissance, suspect, police detective, twists and turns, planting evidence, crime scene, danger, police, domestic servant, investigation, murder mystery ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2008
Place:
india
Similarity:
41%
48K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
Georgekutty lives a happy life with his wife and daughters. Things take a turn when his daughter gets indecently filmed using a hidden camera, by the son of a police inspector.
Style:
twisted, tense, suspenseful, suspense thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
family in danger, family in crisis, police investigation, family relations, police, murder, parents and children, twists and turns, obsession, law enforcement, life turned upside down, blackmail ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
After his hatred of dishonesty costs him his job, an embittered man goes over to the dark side and plots to rob the bank he once managed.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank, crime gone awry, vengeance, mental illness, criminal heroes, rivalry, dishonesty, on the run, blindness, blind man, bank robbery, blind character ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
39%
389
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Van Veeteren's only unsolved case comes back to haunt him when the daughter of a murdered private detective comes to see him. A brutal wife killer, who went into hiding years before, has resurfaced under an assumed name; or so it seems, and Van ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, detective, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, private detective, police procedural, manhunt, haunted by the past, chases and races, law enforcement, investigation, investigator, cold case, evidence, suspect ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
39%
870
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
A terminally ill man frames himself for murder to allow his family to collect the reward money. After a successful operation, he escapes police custody and searches for the real killer.
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, brain tumor, anti hero, murder mystery, tumor, hospital, disability, abduction, terminal illness, cons and scams, twists and turns, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
india
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Swapna, a nyctophobic game designer on a turbulent road to recovery from an incident that scarred her deeply, has to fight her inner demons to stay alive in the game called life.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
time loop, fight, murder, female protagonist, life is a bitch, social problems, fear, serial killer, time, resurrection, rape, home invasion ...
Similarity:
39%
25K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A team of the best cops in Mumbai is dispatched to find a girl who has gone missing from her father's car. As the hunt for the kidnapper begins, fingers suspiciously point to closer home.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
missing child, parents and children, danger, life is a bitch, couple relations, renaissance, investigation, ex husband ex wife relationship, plot twist, cosa nostra, child, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, mumbai india, india
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A boy finds a dead woman. When police move the corpse they find the skeletons of two women who disappeared in the seventies.
Style:
suspense, bleak, serious, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
murder, police investigation, family feud, police, blackmail, murder investigation, pastor, danger, investigation, cold case, police procedural, small town ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
39%
3K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A sub-inspector trainee sets out on a journey to track an unsolved, 16-year-old case. But little does he know that fate and destiny will put him on an exhilarating ride.
Style:
suspenseful, enigmatic, dramatic, disturbing, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, murder, cold case, police investigation, police officer, death, police detective, uncover truth, supernatural, accident, police, violence ...
Similarity:
39%
660
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Avinash Malhotra (Bobby Deol) is married to Sanjana (Lara Dutta). One night Sanjana is murdered, and Avinash is arrested for the murder of his wife.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, enigmatic, suspense thriller
Plot:
suspicion, false accusation, trial, arrest, lawyer, uncover truth, husband wife relationship, adultery, murder of wife, fugitive, wrongful imprisonment, wrongful conviction ...
Place:
malaysia
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, Lithuania, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A Trans-Siberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.
Style:
suspense, sexy, tense, psychological thriller, twist ending ...
Plot:
murder, train, travel, couples, murder mystery, transgression, sexual tension, violent, drug, winter, drug smuggling, train travel ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
china, russia, siberia, moscow russia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Vishal Dixit leads an ordinary life with his wife and daughter but his once idyllic marriage is crumbling. When he meets a beautiful married woman en route to work on the train, it sparks a torrid adulterous affair. Vishal soon finds that an ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Plot:
couples, couple relations, infidelity, murder, family problems, love and romance, disorder, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, danger, twists and turns, life turned upside down ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand, asia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A pathologist and a police commissioner try to solve a series of murders involving a prisoner. Their journey leads to shocking revelations!
Style:
suspense, dramatic, disturbing, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, morgue, corpse, police, pathologist, woman, murder mystery, death, police investigation, police officer, autopsy, forensics ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tearing himself away from the bedside of his coma-bound wife, a police Sergeant investigates a series of age-related murders, only to discover that time can be far more destructive and cruel than the idealistic killer........
Style:
tense, serious, psychological thriller, detective, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, coma, murder, husband wife relationship, police protagonist, serial murder, accident, police investigation, law enforcement, investigation, guilty conscience, police ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marc Lagnier confesses to the murder of his adored son, but refuses to explain.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
murder, father, lawyer, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, half sister, confession, attorney, murder investigation, murderer, defense attorney, murder mystery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Víctor is a child who is found casually roaming by a country road. His mother, Patricia, a well-known lawyer specialist in media trails, realizes about it and she goes to the hospital, where explains to the police that Víctor is deaf, and ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
kidnapping, seaport, lawyer, deaf, police, school, blackmail, trial, pregnant woman, danger, plot twist, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, catalonia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Amid acrimonious divorce proceedings, Louise (Blythe Danner) unwittingly puts her life in danger when she contests the prenuptial agreement she signed before marrying attorney Arthur Jamison (Anthony Hopkins). He plans to kill her to resolve the ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
lawyer, mind game, infidelity, murder, woman in jeopardy, battle of wits, plan, attorney, alimony, extramarital affair, imagination, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
38%
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, bleak, rough, suspenseful, masala ...
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, murder, muslim, danger, dishonesty, vengeance, rivalry, law enforcement, rookie, heroes, small town ...
Place:
asia, mumbai india, india
Similarity:
38%
920K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
Style:
twist ending, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, revenge, serial killer, torture, twists and turns, vigilantism, police investigation, plot twist, brutality, vigilante, cop ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, bolivia, georgia, usa, boston
Similarity:
38%
70K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Vidya Bagchi (Vidya Balan) arrives in Kolkata from London to find her missing husband Arnab Bagchi. Seven months pregnant and alone in a festive city, she begins a relentless search for her husband. With nothing to rely on except fragments from her ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, suspense thriller ...
Plot:
terrorism, missing person, investigation, medieval, pregnancy, uncover truth, nobody believes, who to trust, couples, danger, law enforcement, riddles and clues ...
Time:
year 2012, y2k, 21st century
Place:
middle east, london, india, iran, asia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
Style:
suspense, detective, suspenseful, surprise ending, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, whodunit, investigation, murder mystery, murder, twists and turns, justice, private detective, railway, multiple suspects, conspiracy, nobility ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1935, 70s
Place:
new york, turkey, persia, britain, greece ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A juror on a murder case begins to believe that the man on trial is innocent of the crime - and then discovers that the real killer is her own husband.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
lawyer, jury, trial, courtroom, murder, murder trial, innocent man, protagonist as suspect, legal, dedicated lawyer, legal investigation, hotshot lawyer ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
37%
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