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Upstarts (2019)
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Hoping to do good while making millions, three college graduates create a startup. But as business begins to flourish, their own bond starts to fray.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, realistic, fast paced, satirical
Plot:
ambition, startup, businessman, business, entrepreneurship, money, friendship, friends, job, group of friends, relationship problems, problem, companion, competitor, technology, conflict, aspiration, betrayal, competition, greed, urban, city life, fund raising, ethical dilemma, innovation ...
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, realistic and emotional films with plots about urban, friendship, ambition, betrayal, coming of age, friends and slice of life mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Upstarts: Immanuel (2013), Asur (2020), B.E. Rojgaar (2022), StartUp (2014), Filthy Envy (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 35 min.
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An aspirational tale of three engineer friends, Akshay, Piyu and Papdya, who go on a journey from being 'be rojgaar' to creating 'rojgaar' by stumbling on a start-up idea and going back to their roots.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Netherlands
Duration: 25 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Colombia
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Four great friends turn a celebration dinner into a complete nightmare; things turn toxic when friendship and envy sit together at the table.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, motivational, inspirational ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
reflective, thought provoking, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
relationships, personal growth, entrepreneur, self discovery, love and romance, life is a bitch, love story, problem, life, moral dilemma, ego, memory ...
Place:
india
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86%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
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85%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic comedy, thrilling, satirical, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
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Story:
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Plot:
greed, money, business, satire, office politics, businessman, counselor, corporate greed, job, power struggle, ambition, absurdism ...
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84%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, sincere, sexual ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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82%
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Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, emotional, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, multicultural, tension ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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india
Similarity:
81%
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Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
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Place:
los angeles
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Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: France
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Style:
disturbing, captivating, tension, suspense
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
He is a boss who dedicates his life to grow up the textile empire he inherited from his father and does not hesitate to follow ruthless methods for it. He decides to choose a different life after a heavy traffic accident.
Style:
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