Movies like Thani Oruvan
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Thani Oruvan (2015)
21K
Original name: தனி ஒருவன்
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:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, motivational, epic, dark, contemplative
Plot:
suspense, police officer, good versus evil, police, gangsters, revenge, heroes, violence, scientist, death, murder, crime boss, brutality, chase, vengeance, rivalry, society, mob boss, gang war, mad scientist, arch villain, crime family, criminal heroes, undercover, mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, exciting and captivating films with plots about suspense, murder, revenge, chase, violence, death and gangsters mostly in Crime, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Thani Oruvan: Thalaivaa (2013), Johan Falk: Slutet (2015), For the Emperor (2014), Mumbai Mirror (2013), Gatao 2: Rise of the King (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
A mafia don sends his son out of the country because he doesn't want even a shadow of his life falling on him. Destiny wills otherwise. The son makes an innocuous trip to Mumbai to visit his dad. And ends up filling his father's large ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, tense
Plot:
gangsters, politics, vigilantism, mafia, fight for justice, leader, fight, revenge, chase, criminal heroes, brutality, power struggle ...
Time:
year 1988
Place:
india
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The unknown, large mafia organization is now showing its true face. The pressure that GSI and John Falk and his family have put on the organization, makes them fight back on all fronts. The rule book is thrown out. But to go after Johan Falk's ...
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, psychological, captivating
Plot:
police, mafia, criminal underworld, murder, organized crime, police officer killed, police procedural, torture, gunfight, criminal heroes, mercilessness, crime family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Yi-Hwan is a former professional baseball player. He was involved in fixing games and lost everything. Gang boss Sang-Ha runs a money lending business and a gambling location. He makes Yi-Hwan work for him. Meanwhile, Yi-Hwan falls for bar owner ...
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot:
mafia, greed, baseball player, murder, gang war, casino, revenge, crime boss, violence, death, chase, mob boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
busan
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Mumbai Mirror revolves around Abhijeet Patil, a hardcore action packed cop, who can neither tolerate violence against women nor crime in his area. He comes across a drug racket led by Shetty, who runs several bars in the city. One of the dancers, ...
Style:
exciting, brutal, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot:
police officer, mass murder, gang war, fight, investigation, officer, game, violence, criminal heroes, brutality, death, family business ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Genre: Crime
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Ren has finally succeeded his boss as the head of the North Fort Gang. For so long, his ambitions had been held back; now, he can realize them. But the ruthless Jian returns with his own gang. Though Ren and Jian were once like brothers, Ren's ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, chase, pride and honor, crime boss, death, revenge, family relations, betrayal, society, violence, greed ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taipei
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A hitman in hiding struggles to keep his monsters at bay when his dark past comes calling. Some days your LUCK just goes BLACK.
Style:
bloody, tense, exciting, suspenseful
Plot:
mafia, brother brother relationship, revenge, interrogation, torture, hitman, fight scenes, violence, murder, mob boss, criminal heroes, gang war ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Samraat, an underworld mafia, is coming to Bangladesh. Bangladeshi mafia Musa has interest in this because Samraat can ruin his business. So he wants Samraat dead by any means but failed. Samraat finally lands and has bargain with one of Musa's ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative
Plot:
mafia, police, conspiracy, partnership, love, kidnapping, gangsters, violence, escapades, chase, youth, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bangladesh
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
3K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Toro (Spanish for "Bull") is a young con man and the right hand of Romano, a powerful mob boss in Torremolinos, Málaga (Andalusia, south to Spain). After Toro decides to leave Romano to get a life free of crime, his last sting fails, ...
Style:
neo noir, captivating, tense, exciting, psychological ...
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, chase, niece, police, card playing, murder, fight, mob boss, rivalry, mercilessness, organized crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, andalusia
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Johan Falk is with the wife of a dead mob boss down to Latvia to try to solve a mystery that has eluded him for three years. What Johan finds downstairs in a cottage outside Riga shocks not only himself but also the Gothenburg police special unit ...
Style:
exciting, disturbing, psychological, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
released from prison, planting evidence, organized crime, murder, police procedural, informant, criminal gang, gunfight, mob boss, revenge, mafia, mercilessness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A former gang member and her young cousin become embroiled in a vendetta between L.A. gangs, as rivals seek revenge for old crimes.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
revenge, murder, gangsters, crime boss, crime family, criminal heroes, vengeance, family business, suspense, society, mafia, mob boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Jamaican Gangsters
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, exciting
Plot:
jamaican, mafia, criminal heroes, crime family, brutality, mercilessness, suspense, heroes, death, family business, gang war, family values ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
Aaditya, the commissioner of Mumbai Police, sets out to catch Ajay, a drug peddler. However, he uncovers a deeper controversy linked to an international drug lord and must mete out justice.
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, cult film
Plot:
police, sleuth, manhunt, police officer, chase, secret, fighting crime, investigation, police investigation, police detective, uncover truth, forensics ...
Place:
india
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 51 min.
Story:
After the murder of his girlfriend, a gang enforcer sets out to find out who perpetrated the killing.
Style:
neo noir, disturbing, exciting, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
murder, respect, betrayal, revenge, criminal heroes, vengeance, murder investigation, organized crime, law enforcement, mafia, australian, who done it ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
On a dark Mongkok night, May, the cousin of Dai Tin-yee (Dominic Ho), was gang-raped to death by Med King (Deep Ng) and his men. The furious Tin-yee, together with his buddies, Ho-Nam(Him Law), Chicken (Oscar Leung), Pou-Pan (Jazz Lam) tracked down ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, disturbing
Plot:
gang, gangsters, organized crime, criminal heroes, heroes, death, revenge, gang war, mafia, crime boss, killings, greed ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save Thenmozhi, a young woman who is the target of a criminal organ harvesting group, led by a ghost from his past.
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
police, vengeance, police investigation, fighting crime, rivalry, law enforcement, self discovery, uninhibited rivalry, murder, suspense, villain, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
When an honest cop, Vijay Kumar's family is ruthlessly slaughtered by a politician and his aides, he decides to change his identity and commits his life to bring his daughter up in a serene atmosphere. But some freak events end up compromising ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, feel good, cult film
Plot:
police, political intrigue, bandit, revenge, vengeance, murderer, criminal gang, murder, suspense, police officer, crime boss, political conspiracy ...
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A long time artist and recent criminal, the man known as "The Filmmaker", is forced to go undercover in order to regain his freedom. His goal is to take down a ruthless mob boss named Goldberg. In order to take Goldberg in, he has to go on ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, exciting, tense
Plot:
death, violence, fight, martial arts, gunfight, gangsters, revenge, escapades, organized crime, killings, youth, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
666
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Jimmy finds a mysterious package in the trunk of his latest boost, he is thrust into a violent underworld of criminals, and a race against the clock to save a little girl's life.
Style:
disturbing, tense, exciting, suspenseful
Plot:
car thief, criminal syndicate, violence, pride and honor, mafia, society, suspense, criminal heroes, chase, revenge, family business, greed ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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155
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The Italian mafia takes on the Mexican cartel on the Mexican border. The cartel has captured the son of an ex-mobster in witness protection. He calls on his mob buddies to come to Arizona to help him.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, suspenseful, contemplative
Plot:
mafia, car chase, gunfight, u.s. mexico border, violence, male protagonist, italian mafia, father son relationship, murder, society, family tradition, drug dealing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The stoic chronicles of Castor, orphaned as a child, forced to survive in the wild and his colorful journey through the criminal underworld of London.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, tense, exciting
Plot:
criminal, crime family, society, criminal heroes, friends, escapades, gangsters, mafia, chase, brutality, vengeance, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When a short-tempered mobster and his gang of thugs try to shake down a neighborhood bar, they're soon confronted with the wrath of its owner - a mysterious southern mother with a dangerous past.
Style:
neo noir, noir, exciting, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
revenge, bandit, mafia, redneck, psychotic, gangsters, death, vengeance, heroes, crime family, violence, organized crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A very much experienced police detective Mr. Shabor Dasgupta (Actor-Saswata Chatterjee) is assigned to do the task of solving the mystery of the murder of Mitali Ghosh (Actress-Swastika Mukherjee),who is a woman with a messy past life, who was ...
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Plot:
suspense, murder, investigation, murder victim, murder mystery, murder investigation, who done it, graphic violence, revenge, chase, rivalry, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, kolkata
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44%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Aadhi, a smart and suave smuggler in Bangkok, falls in love with a waitress. However, he finds himself in trouble when she frames him for all the crimes committed by his look-alike, Bhagavan.
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting
Plot:
mafia, criminal, revenge, gangsters, dual role, escape, gunfight, chase, brother sister relationship, betrayal, murder, suspense ...
Place:
mumbai india, bangkok thailand, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
An ornithologist who commits suicide returns as fifth force to wreack vengeance on mankind for harming birds with mobile phone radiation. The only thing that is standing in his way is 2.0, the upgraded version of Chitti, the robot.
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, tense, mecha ...
Plot:
scientist, superhero, revenge, tower, monster, mad scientist, good versus evil, police, professor, chase, rescue, death ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
A notorious gangster Vedha surrenders himself to encounter specialist Vikram whom he challenges every step of the way by narrating his life events in the form of riddles that needs to be solved in order to capture him.
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
investigation, suspense, uncover truth, showdown, betrayal, murder, death, moral dilemma, police, police investigation, law enforcement, organized crime ...
Place:
india
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
ADGP Mathew Manjooran, returns to work after a seven-month sabbatical, only to take voluntary retirement. His last day has him investigating a case involving triple murder, including a police officer. Soon a pattern emerges and each clue also links ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, tense, contemplative
Plot:
ex-cop, murder investigation, police investigation, partners against crime, interrogation, evidence, vengeance, police officer, investigator, partners, murder, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Jayaraman (Mohanlal) is born as a blind man but with heightened senses of smell, sound and touch. He is trained in the martial art of Kalaripayattu. He works as an elevator operator in an apartment where many reputed people live. One day he happens ...
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exciting, psychological, suspenseful, tense, twisted
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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452
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A failed porn actor, working as an enforcer for a mafia kingpin, finds himself confronted with an all-out turf war after an errand goes drastically wrong. Going on the run is his only option.
Style:
psychological, exciting, suspenseful, touching, tense
Plot:
mafia, betrayal, violence, death, rivalry, organized crime, revenge, heroes, gang war, chase, murder, mob boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
A hardnosed cop goes after a gang of ruthless dacoits who have been terrorising residents along the highway for a decade.
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
murder, true crime, suspense, police investigation, violence, bandit, fight, chase, brutality, one man army, police, heroes ...
Place:
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Genre: Short, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
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Story:
Tensions erupt when two filmmakers infiltrate an area ruled by gangs to shoot a music video for a rapper in this gritty found-footage series.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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