Movies like Theri

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Theri (2016)
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Theri (2016)
Original name: தெறி
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 his identity and what he does to save his daughter and avenge the death of his family unfurls as Theri.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, feel good, cult film
Plot: police, bandit, revenge, murderer, gang, murder, crime boss, vengeance, political intrigue, political conspiracy, criminal gang, loss of daughter, loss of family, character change, rape, secret service, father, sexual harassment, entertainment, police shootout, love, motorcycle, single father, father daughter relationship, girl ...
Place: india

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, suspense, tense and disturbing films with plots about murder, criminal, police, tamil, police officer, gangster and gang mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Theri: Adanga Maru (2018), Khiladi (2022), Master (2021), Sethupathi (2016), Bairavaa (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Adanga Maru (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A sincere cop, who's suspended from the department for locking horns with a few influential people in the society, starts taking revenge against those who finished off his dear ones.
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating
Plot: police, tough cop, revenge, police officer, vengeance, police investigation, battles, crime boss, fight, rape and revenge, tamil
Place: india
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Khiladi (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Mohan Gandhi is a wanted criminal who’s serving time for a crime he might or might not have committed. With large sums of money, lies and deceit involved, who is he really?
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot: murder, gang, murderer, investigation, crime investigation, murder investigation, battles, bandit, fight, police investigation, police, money ...
Place: india
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Master (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 179 min.
Story: An alcoholic professor is sent to a juvenile school, where he clashes with a gangster, who uses the children of the school for criminal activities.
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, action thriller ...
Plot: professor, teacher, drug smuggling, drug, criminal, school teacher, gangster, gang, crime boss, criminal gang, bandit, smuggler ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Sethupathi (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Sethupathi, an inspector, investigates the murder of a cop and finds that Vaathiyar, a big shot, is responsible for the killing. He arrests Vaathiyar, but an unfortunate incident that has a connection to the case he is investigating, puts his career ...
Style: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, tense, disturbing
Plot: police, investigation, murder investigation, threat, police officer, police detective, police officer killed, crime boss, police investigation, fighting crime, assassination plot, conspiracy ...
Place: india
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Bairavaa (2017)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 169 min.
Story: A loan recovery agent takes on a corrupt head of an educational institution to save his girlfriend.​
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: debt collector, fight for justice, fighting the system, justice, gang, bandit, businessman, fight, criminal, crime boss, entertainment, college ...
Place: india
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90%
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Thani Oruvan (2015)
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: suspense, contemplative, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: good versus evil, police, gangster, society, heroes, death, crime boss, mad scientist, scientist, revenge, violence, crime family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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Thalaivaa (2013)
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: suspense, tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: vigilantism, mafia, fight for justice, politics, leader, fight, revenge, criminal heroes, brutality, crime boss, gang war, mob boss ...
Time: year 1988
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Paayum Puli (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story: An extortion gang that murders businessmen kills a policeman working on the case. ACP Jayaseelan exterminates the gang by way of unofficial encounters, but the murders continue. What the cop doesn't realise is that the brain behind the crimes ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating
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Kuttram 23 (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story: A case involving the disappearance of a pregnant woman turns into a personal one for the cop who is tasked with investigating it.​
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, crime thriller, suspense thriller
Plot: police, murder mystery, murder, family problems, police investigation, crime investigation, fight, police detective, police officer, fighting crime, murder investigation, investigation ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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If You Knew Me (2015)
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, suspense, thrilling ...
Plot: police, vengeance, police investigation, rivalry, fighting crime, self discovery, law enforcement, uninhibited rivalry, murder, danger, genius, villain ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
 7.2
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Maayavan (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A series of murders are happening in the city, and a cop realises that they are all eerily similar. Can he find out the link and capture the murderer before it is too late?
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense, suspense thriller
Plot: murder, serial killer, murder mystery, criminal, crime solving, fight, investigation, police officer, uncover truth, crime investigation, professional wrestling, police ...
Place: india
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Grasshopper (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Movie contains the stories of three people: Suzuki (Toma Ikuta), Kujira (Tadanobu Asano) and Semi (Ryosuke Yamada). Suzuki is a former middle school teacher. His girlfriend was killed, which led him to quit his job and attempt to take revenge on ...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating
Plot: outlaw gang, criminal gang, revenge, hitman, street gang, bandit, murderer, gang, criminal, murder, gang member, novel
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London Heist (2017)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Armed robber and career criminal Jack Cregan seeks to discover the truth behind his father's murder and his stolen heist money and in doing so puts his life in danger. The devastation that Jack soon discovers puts his very own existence into ...
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: criminal, revenge, gangster, police shootout, gang, murder, robbery, con artists, theft, fight, battles, stolen money ...
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82%
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Pokkiri (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 161 min.
Story: Tamil is a killer for hire, and will accept any contract provided the amount is right. The Police want him for questioning, while the underworld needs him to silence their opponents. No one really knows this assassin's background. It is only ...
Style: entertaining, feel good
Plot: police, exploitation, killer, gang war, cop, love, father, disguise, job, shootout, harassment, woman in jeopardy ...
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Irumbu Thirai (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story: Kathiravan, a major in the Indian army with anger management issues, is compelled by circumstances to borrow a loan from a bank with false documents. When the entire money in the account vanishes, Kathiravan tries to track down the scamsters, and it ...
Style: suspense, captivating, exciting, psychological, tense ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Malik (2021)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story: A past ridden with crime, death and pain is recounted to Freddy, a juvenile criminal, who has been assigned to eliminate his estranged uncle Sulaiman, an aging patriarch, while behind bars.
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspense, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: criminal, gangster, murder, murderer, criminal gang, troubled past, bandit, crime and punishment, life is a bitch, cause and meaning, gang, gang war ...
Time: 2020s
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The White Storm 2: Drug Lords (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Financial tycoon and former triad member Yu Shun-tin tries to eradicate the drug market while 'Jizo' aims to singlehandedly take over Hong Kong's drug exchange as the number one drug lord. Meanwhile, Lam Ching-fung, a cop from the ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing
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Place: china
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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: suspense, tense, captivating, exciting, action packed
Plot: police, sleuth, manhunt, pursuit, secret, police officer, gangster, police detective, police investigation, fighting crime, investigation, forensics ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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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 ...
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79%
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Pudhupettai (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story: The story is set in the backdrop of the slums of Pudhupettai in Chennai, as the title suggests, where a high school kid Kokki Kumar (Dhanush) sees his mom dead after he comes back from watching a movie. His father, the murderer is also planning to ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, epic, cult classic
Plot: mob hit, politician, gangster, gang leader, gang, criminal, organized crime, murder, mafioso, violence, mafia, outlaw gang ...
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79%
Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017)
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: suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
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79%
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Blowback (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When a master thief is sabotaged during a bank heist and left for dead, he seeks revenge on his former crew one target at a time. Now, with the cops and the mob closing in, he's in the race of his life to reclaim an untold fortune in ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating
Plot: revenge, organized crime, outlaw gang, relationship problems, robbery, gang, problem, heist gone wrong, criminal gang, money, armed robbery, heist ...
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78%
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Thuppakki (2012)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 165 min.
Story: An army captain is on a mission to track down and destroy a terrorist gang and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command.
Style: captivating, semi serious, disturbing, suspense, feel good ...
Plot: soldier, terrorist plot, war on terror, officer, terrorist bombing, terrorist, counter terrorism, fighting crime, criminal gang, male female relationship, terrorist group, agent ...
Place: mumbai india
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Odiyan (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
Story: With the arrival of electricity in the region under the British rule, the Odiyan clan that possesses the supernatural powers to assume animal form find it difficult to survive as they are ruthlessly captured and killed by the British. How the last ...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: black magic, clan, criminal, murder, organized crime, bandit, murderer, gang, gangster, hitman, malayalam
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Oppam (2016)
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 ...
Style: suspense, tense, exciting, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, blind man, police, girl, threat, fear, young woman, woman in danger, vengeance, psycho killer, homicidal maniac ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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The Beast (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Two rival detectives with different methods try to solve the murder of a missing girl after discovering her mutilated body in the tidelands of Incheon.
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, detective
Plot: serial killer, murderer, police, murder investigation, murder, police detective, partner, investigation, police operation, rivalry, brutality, twists and turns ...
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Sketch (2018)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story: The fate of four friends, who work at a garage, witness drastic changes after they lock horns with a dreaded gangster in town
Style: tense, captivating, suspense
Plot: murder witness, car, car thief, hijacker, bandit, gang, criminal underworld, criminal, car chase, car theft, criminal gang, tamil ...
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77%
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The Last Mark (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After a young woman witnesses a mob hit, a seasoned assassin and his psychotic partner must track her down before she turns them in, but she proves to be the hardest mark to kill.
Style: disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: kidnapping, criminal, manhunt, death threat, problem, assassin, killer, murder, hitman, murderer, woman, police officer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
 6.2
 14K
Jilla (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 185 min.
Story: A cop decides to take on his godfather, who raised him from childhood, and make him realize the error of his ways.
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, psychological, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: adopted son, gangster, police, rivalry, parents and children, dishonesty, law enforcement, escapades, danger, fighting crime, murder, godfather ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Vengeance Is Mine (2021)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Harry is a broken man, struggling to come to terms with the murder of his wife and daughter 5 years previously. When he discovers the whereabouts of the killers he awakens from his grief and, like an avenging angel, resolves to never stop until they ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: revenge, murder, death of child, death of wife, suicidal thoughts, rage, loss of family, loss of child, death in the family, loss of daughter, loss of wife, murderer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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