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Madras Cafe (2013)
27K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
An Indian Intelligence agent journeys into a war torn coastal island, to break a resolute rebel group. He deftly maneuvers his resources to make significant breakthroughs, amidst a scenario where the enemy has no face and the only counsel is 'Don't get caught.' At various junctions, he meets a charismatic and passionate journalist who is following her will to reflect the truth behind the civil war. The story unfolds as their quest for the truth reveals a deeper conspiracy, by a faceless enemy, united to seize a common nemesis - India.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, patriotic, political, independent film, action thriller, banned
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, spy, politics, conspiracy, undercover, manipulation, secret agent, escapades, dishonesty, state affairs, assassination attempt, civil war, renaissance, patriotism, hindu, indian war, espionage, agent, war, journalist, intelligence, patriot, urban, war on terror, covert operation ...
Time:
year 2013, 90s, 21st century, contemporary, 1990s
Place:
india, asia, sri lanka
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Most similar movies to Madras Cafe
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about terrorism, spy, danger, undercover, espionage, covert operation and heroes mostly in Thriller, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like Madras Cafe: Ek Tha Tiger (2012), Agent Vinod (2012), D-Day (2013), The Zone (1995), Baby (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
RAW agent Tiger is on a mission to retrieve information from a scientist in Dublin. The plot centers on an Indian spy (RAW) code-named Tiger who falls in love with a Pakistani spy (ISI) during an investigation and how Tiger's ideology and ...
Style:
exciting, romantic, serious, suspenseful, sentimental ...
Plot:
spy, fall in love, espionage, tough heroes, forbidden love, on the run, chase, government agency, weapon system, undercover, patriot, asian indian ...
Time:
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Place:
india, ireland, chile, asia, turkey ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, patriotic
Plot:
espionage, spy, car chase, tough guy, nuclear bomb, threat, danger, undercover, twists and turns, chase, dishonesty, nuclear threat ...
Time:
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Place:
india, morocco, asia, st. petersburg russia
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
9 years ago Wali Khan (Irrfan Khan) was sent into Karachi, Pakistan by the Chief of RAW Ashwini Rao (Nasser) to report the activities of The Most Wanted Man in India. 9 days ago Rudra Pratap Singh (Arjun Rampal) Indian Armed Forces, MARCOS unit, ...
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serious, realistic, tense, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, terrorist, terrorism, danger, working undercover, mission gone awry, rivalry, islam, revenge, agent, covert operation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, pakistan, india
Similarity:
100%
259
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Former Gulf War hero Rowdy Welles is framed for murder by unscrupulous CIA boss Dick Althorp. As his price of freedom, Welles is ordered to undertake a deadly mission to destroy a nuclear processing plant in a foreign nation, owned by dangerous ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, covert operation, spy, hostage, conspiracy, secret agent, special agent, chases and races, good versus evil, rivalry, save the day, danger ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India, Ukraine, Qatar, Czech Republic
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
An elite counter-intelligence unit learns of a plot, masterminded by a maniacal madman. With the clock ticking, it's up to them to track the terrorists' international tentacles and prevent them from striking at the heart of India.
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, fighting crime, law enforcement, danger, violent content, tough heroes, spy, terrorist plot, behind enemy lines, war on terror, graphic violence ...
Time:
year 2015, 21st century
Place:
asia, india
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
Style:
exciting, serious, intense, suspenseful, action thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cia, espionage, terrorism, conspiracy, undercover agent, terrorist, race against time, undercover, government agency, murder, secret agent, corruption ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, year 2013, september 11 2001, year 2001 ...
Place:
russia, new york, afghanistan, moscow russia, london ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
A police officer adopts the son and sole survivor of a family he has massacred while pursuing a terrorist. After some time the foster son finds out what the stepfather did.
Style:
serious, captivating, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
patriot, family relations, vengeance, family problems, haunted by the past, criminal's revenge, parents and children, death in the family, islam, violence, wedding, murder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
kashmir, asia, india
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Jordan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Carl Hamilton manages to infiltrate an international gang that has stolen advanced Swedish GPS-guided missiles. But the league is subjected to a sudden deadly attack by a well drilled group of mercenaries of unknown clients. Hamilton escapes the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, realistic, dramatic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, espionage, hostage, undercover, daring rescue, violent content, confined, dishonesty, heroes, working undercover, heroic mission, murder investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, africa, eastern europe, somalia, beirut lebanon ...
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Luxembourg
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy (he was organizing against apartheid, and left in fear of his life) to bury his father. He meets up with his brother Ernest, who tells him their other brother Stephen ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
covert operation, spy, world war two, terrorism, violent content, secret agent, special agent, conspiracy, working undercover, government agency, danger, political intrigue ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, hong kong, england
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In 1994 South Korea, a female North Korean spy integrates herself as a housekeeper for U.S. military officer to steal classified documents, but soon worries about her cover when she falls for the teenage son of the officer.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
spy, covert operation, woman with a gun, espionage, nudity, agent, technology, intelligence, mission, disability, government agency, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
north korea, korea, asia, south korea
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Ariel, un jeune Juif français, décide de quitter sa famille pour partir en Israël et devenir un agent du Mossad, les services secrets israéliens. En participant à des missions à Paris, Tel Aviv et Washington, il sera initié à l'art ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, mossad, espionage, impossible love, covert operation, hitman, terrorism, paranoid, wartime, secret agent, dishonesty, state affairs ...
Time:
80s
Place:
france, israel, paris france, middle east, europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Years after a disastrous job in Baluchistan, a former Indian spy must confront his past when he returns to lead an unsanctioned hostage-rescue mission.
Style:
suspense, exciting, captivating, serious, tense ...
Plot:
politics, conspiracy, revenge, espionage, covert operation, rescue mission, intelligence agency, escapades, spy, murder, violence, danger ...
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, masala ...
Plot:
threat, terrorist, undercover, suspicion, muslim, working undercover, double life, terrorist plot, secret, marriage, wedding planning, fbi agent ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
ireland, england
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
daring rescue, undercover, terrorism, hostage, rescue, one man army, escapades, save the day, rivalry, confined, danger, race against time ...
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer, Samir Horn.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, intense, political, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, terrorism, cia, islam, twists and turns, religion, faith, undercover, conspiracy, working undercover, terrorist bombing, terrorist ...
Time:
year 2008, year 1978, 21st century
Place:
chicago, sudan, nice france, madrid, toronto ontario canada ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A North Korean diplomat defects to the South during the Cold War, but the South Koreans have their suspicions as to whether he is an actual defector or a double agent.
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
spy, politics, journalism, political conspiracy, save the day, soldier, terrorism, state affairs, investigation, undercover, danger, government agency ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, north korea, korea, europe
Similarity:
23%
740
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Kashmir... Once known as a paradise on earth, it is now a playground for blood thirsty militants. A company is generating millions of unaccountable dollars that benefit all powers - from politicians and leaders to bureaucrats in the Indian and ...
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, suspense, patriotic
Plot:
terrorist, patriot, bomb, assassination, prisoner, muslim, fanatic, terrorist plot, investigation, danger, undercover agent, spy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, kashmir
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
Arun Khanna is a spy for the Indian government whose aid is enlisted to stop ISI Chief Ishak Khan. Khan is trying to build a nuclear bomb with which he can liberate Kashmir from the Indians. A battle of wits ensues. When Khan detonates a bomb at ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, undercover, spy, secret mission, one man army, undercover agent, daring rescue, heroic mission, tragic love, heroes, love and romance, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pakistan, india, kashmir, canada, asia ...
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22%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
war, terrorism, rescue, anti war, heroes, danger, soldier, patriot, war on terror, indian war, battlefield, politics ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Five people - two Indian journalists, an American journalist, an Afghan guide and a Pakistani soldier who takes them all hostage - are taken on a 48-hour journey into Afghanistan in a jeep called the Kabul Express, a special and unlikely bond ...
Style:
suspenseful, semi serious, realistic, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
hostage, terrorism, behind enemy lines, heroes, battles, photojournalist, political unrest, on the road, confined, politics, soldier, fugitives ...
Place:
afghanistan, india, asia
Similarity:
22%
29K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
Ajay Rathore is a no-nonsense police officer from Mumbai Crime Branch. Long time ago his elder brother was killed by terrorists which caused him to quit his medical studies and join Indian Police Service. He is a great admirer of Pakistan-based ...
Style:
inspirational, patriotic, political, action thriller, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, police, terrorism, muslim, fall in love, islam, police officer, patriot, cop, war on terror, counter terrorism, politics ...
Time:
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Place:
delhi, asia, india, middle east, pakistan
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, experimental ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
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Movie in collections
249K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – ...
Style:
political thriller, political, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
terrorism, spy, cia, espionage, cia agent, intelligence agency, terrorist, undercover, secret service, government agency, roman empire, politics ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
A young man returns to Kashmir after his father's disappearance to confront his uncle - the man he suspects to have a role in his father's fate.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, stylized, suspense ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, loss of father, shakespeare, tragic hero, state affairs, death of father, unfulfillment, dishonesty, betrayal, political unrest, tragic love ...
Time:
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Place:
kashmir, india
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Swedish intelligence officer Carl Hamilton's 7-year-old goddaughter Nathalie is kidnapped. When the kidnapping's underlying motive becomes known, the Swedish authorities assume a passive role, forcing Hamilton to action. With the help of ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
terrorism, kidnapping, rescue, danger, spy, assassination attempt, heroes, law enforcement, special agent, rivalry, agent, nordic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
Major Ranvir Kaul (Amitabh Bachchan) is a POW who was captured along with over 50 soldiers by Pakistani soldiers in 1971 during the war between India and Pakistan. 33 years later Ranvir's son Gaurav (Akshaye Khanna) decides to go on a rescue ...
Style:
patriotic, serious, exciting, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Dong-chul was the best special field agent in North Korea, but he’s abandoned by his government during a mission. While on the run, he looks for his wife and child, who were sold as slaves to China, only to discover their corpses. He soon finds ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, hitman, intrigue, inter-korean relations, political conspiracy, false accusation, frame up, danger, law enforcement, betrayal, assassination ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north korea, korea
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, tense, suspense, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
secret agent, deception, agent, secret, spy, espionage, british, investigation, special agent, relationships, love affair, spy thriller ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, london
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
While delivering food in a forest area in Andhra Pradesh, impoverished Narasimha is held against his will by a band of Naxalites led by Velu, and forced to join them. He is anxious to collect his dues and return home to his wife, Uma; daughter, ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, patriotic
Plot:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
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