Movies like Shylock
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Shylock (2020)
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Original name: ഷൈലോക്ക്
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A ruthless moneylender must tackle a wicked man's plan to outsmart his way out of the debt to achieve what's rightfully his.
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, dramatic, harsh, suspense, dark, intense, twisted
Plot:
finance, life, money, business and finance, financier, brutality, debt, financial problem, violent man, financial difficulty, revenge, retribution, betrayal, film industry, power struggle, scheming, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, anti hero, corruption, urban, streetwise, violent, gangster, underworld ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Shylock
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, dark, suspenseful and intense films with plots about revenge, moral ambiguity, corruption, power struggle, urban, betrayal and anti hero mostly in Thriller, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like Shylock: Maamannan (2023), Bheeshma Parvam (2022), Kasargold (2023), Ottu (2022), Christopher (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
An MLA and his son, who are from oppressed community, are forced to stand up against the privileged, arrogant scion of a late politician, who is determined to make them bow down to him.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, dramatic, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
politician, power struggle, social justice, oppression, revolt, combat, scuffle, beaten up, blood, fistfight, power, rebelliousness ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Set in the backdrop of 1980s, Micheal helms his influential family in Kochi, inspiring fear and respect through his unnerving past. When a few younger members in the household feel his power over their lives too are aggravating, they join hands with ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, period piece, dark ...
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, betrayal, power struggle, patriarch, family drama, bandit, gang, life is a bitch, moral ambiguity, revenge, family secret ...
Time:
80s, 2020s
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37%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A young, unassuming gold smuggler and his companion embark on an outrageously risky plan with the hope of gaining a fortune that could secure them a lifetime of wealth.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, serious, exciting, action adventure ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
smuggling, gold, heist, adventurer, smuggler, money, opportunist, adventure hero, escapades, wealth, plan, underworld ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Kichu takes up an assignment to befriend a gangster David, who has lost his memories to learn about a valuable gold shipment that has gone missing. Will Kichu pull off the task, or end up waking the monster in the gangster?
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
friend, job, friends, two friends, male protagonist, job offer, male male relationship, job seeking, relationships, friendship, friendship between men, amnesia ...
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34%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A maverick, vigilante cop who is forced to misbehave the limits of law when the system fails. It weaves across past and present whilesolving the motives and moral bruises that shape his actions.
Style:
crime thriller, captivating, thrilling, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cop, vigilante, criminal, breaking the law, police officer, troubled past, fighting the system, confronting the past, tragic past, gang, lawlessness, bandit ...
Place:
india
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32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Protagonist Shiva, works with dreaded gangster for living. An Unexpected incident, turns him into a revenge-seeking man. The way he carries out sting operation to expose the dark secrets of his gang is rest of the movie
Style:
tense, intense, suspenseful, crime drama, dark ...
Plot:
gangster, revenge, betrayal, sting operation, underworld, corruption, violence, power struggle, justice, loyalty, moral ambiguity, vigilante ...
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Story of Kadakkal Chandran, the Chief Minister of Kerala whose uncompromising attitude towards corruption and his dictatorial actions has gained him a lot of enemies. The events gets more intense when he faces an allegation.
Style:
political, political thriller, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political intrigue, minister, corruption, problem, political unrest, politics, corrupt system, power struggle, political scandal, social commentary, character study, investigation ...
Place:
india
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29%
854
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Crane operator Agilan does all illegal activities in the harbour. Gokul is appointed to stop all these illegal activities. He brings in all the modern amenities to stop all these illegal activities. Agilan is capable of overcoming all the equipment ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, action packed, crime thriller ...
Plot:
harbor, gangster, port, smuggling, gang member, fight, gang, bandit, martial arts, criminal gang, outlaw gang, fighting crime ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A school kid commits suicide after a humiliating incident at school. All hell breaks loose as his brute businessman dad gets obsessed with finishing off all responsible for the same.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
revenge, criminal, vigilante, vengeance, battles, problem, manhunt, fight, characters in danger, family in danger, threat, protective father ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
Two childhood friends end up on opposite extremes of morality, and face each other in a good vs evil war.
Style:
tense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
rivalry, friendship, betrayal, good versus evil, friends, relationship problems, competitor, friendship between men, social problems, betrayal by friend, life is a bitch, escalation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
Pullu Giri is trying to live a peaceful life forgetting his ruffian past in his hometown, Thrissur. However, he gets dragged into the affairs of the local goons and gangs after an incident, post which a ‘give and take’ drama with new baddies ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, crime drama, action drama ...
Plot:
gang, battles, bandit, escapades, criminal gang, troubled past, criminal underworld, life is a bitch, fight, confronting the past, criminal, conflict ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
Similarity:
25%
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:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
police, revenge, tough cop, justice, corruption, police officer, vengeance, battles, police investigation, crime boss, fight, retribution ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Avinash wants to quit his marketing job at a top cigarette company, but it comes with consequences
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
tobacco, marketing, advertising, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, lifestyle change, job, problem, changing lives, manipulation, corruption, social commentary ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Kanaka Mahalaksmi is a local don, who does liquor business in Bandhar city and known for her ruthlessness. She sets her sights to rule the Bandhar port. As everyone including the police are terrified by her, ACP Shiva Shankar is transferred to the ...
Style:
action drama, dark, suspenseful, tense, intense ...
Plot:
gangster, power struggle, rivalry, underworld, cop, corruption, showdown, mafia, urban, law and order, revenge, smuggling ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Shivarudra Lingaiah, an MLA candidate, who along with Dheeraj, is awaiting to extract vengeance upon Prabhakar by killing his Daughter Nithya. She arrives at Bangalore to Talagavara to visit her late mother's grave and is kidnapped by ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
protection, rescue, protector, revenge, fight, criminal, hitman, gangster, organized crime, murder, battles, violent ...
Place:
kannada, india
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
Set in Sokulapalem, bound by a promise to his mother, Surya, an LIC agent leads a normal life on six days, maintains a careful ledger of everyone made him angry,unleashing his anger only on Saturdays, solely for justifiable reasons. A tragic ...
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action thriller, crime drama, dark, intense, tense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Alex is a comrade and an active communist leader. Due to some unfortunate events, Alex gets arrested and is imprisoned but is compelled to come out on Parole to solve a mystery he left behind.
Style:
tense, intense, crime thriller, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
parole, political activism, investigation, power struggle, political conspiracy, secrets, social justice, moral dilemma, corruption, suspicion, betrayal, loyalty ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A group of youngsters headed by Das attempt to monopolise the meat business in Falaknuma. However, they encounter some unexpected problems, which lead them to the path of crime.
Style:
crime drama, tense, psychological, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
violence, gang, brutality, street life, youth, fight, battles, violent, neighborhood, gang violence, gangster, urban ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A violent outlaw takes a job as a personal driver in order to protect the life of a little girl.
Style:
dark, tense, suspenseful, emotional
Plot:
outlaw, anti hero, criminal underworld, violent, revenge, survival, gangster, violence, power struggle, showdown, moral ambiguity, protector ...
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23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A man who works for a seedy private detective decides to turn over a new leaf, but ends up antagonising the men behind his last assignment, and gets entangled in a web spun by greedy politicians, corrupt cops and ruthless gangsters.
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, tense, suspense, neo noir ...
Plot:
gangster, corruption, organized crime, private detective, underworld, violence, danger, moral ambiguity, criminal conspiracy, criminal syndicate, political corruption, power struggle ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The film follows underworld don Vincent Gomas (Mohanlal) and his rivalry against the Kerala Home minister N. Krishnadas (Ratheesh).
Style:
political thriller, tension, intense, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
gangster, anti hero, betrayal, crime boss, politics, underworld, corrupt politician, mob boss, corruption, power politics, power struggle, minister ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Village dreamer Shiva comes to Hyderabad to become a director.Rejected and desperate, he joins the drug mafia to fund his film. As he rises, violence consumes him. With cops chasing and gangsters betraying him, Shiva chooses to fight back.
Style:
crime thriller, dark, tense, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
underworld, moral ambiguity, gangster, ambition, anti hero, organized crime, filmmaking, betrayal, violence, corruption, film industry, power struggle ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
2015 Malayalam thriller film written and directed by Ranjith. It features Mohanlal as Raju and Andrea Jeremiah as Jayanthi in lead roles along with Ajmal Ameer, Siddique, Mythili, Tini Tom, Vijayaraghavan, Renji Panicker and V. K. Prakash in ...
Style:
suspense, tense, fast paced, road movie, twist ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
Kannan is a gangster who rules the crime-infested town of Kotha. After getting humiliated by Kannan and his men, CI Shahul Haasan tactfully plots the return of former gangster named Kotha Rajendran alias "Raju", thus leading to a ...
Style:
tense, crime drama, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
organized crime, gangster, crime boss, bandit, gang, criminal, fight, criminal gang, outlaw gang, street gang, gang member, battles ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
A ruthless billionaire, Neeraj, uses beggars as benamis to launder money, with the help of a disgraced civil submit servant, Deepak. One of the beggars, Deva, escapes with ₹10,000 crores and becomes the target of a deadly manhunt. He meets ...
Style:
dark, tense, suspenseful, neo noir, twisted ...
Plot:
economic inequality, moral dilemma, social justice, class conflict, redemption, corruption, moral ambiguity, money laundering, urban, political corruption, survival, betrayal ...
Place:
mumbai india
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Story:
After the death of his wife, Mafia Boss ( James Cell) meets with his team to find out who killed his wife , he finds out that she was killed by Sebastian Renaud a re-known club owner and a rival mafia boss, he goes in for the kill and kidnaps ...
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, suspenseful, tension, intense ...
Plot:
revenge, mafia, murder, mob boss, organized crime, violence, vengeance, rivalry, gangster, retribution, underworld, crime family ...
Place:
montreal, canada
Similarity:
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423
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
The movie begins with the death of Varma a senior government official who was about to on the verge of making a major anti-corruption bust. The case is handed over to Chandrashekharan IPS who goes by the nickname of "The Tiger". A turning ...
Style:
suspense, detective, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, police procedural, political corruption, police, battles, sleuth, murderer, homicide detective, crime investigation, murder mystery, murder investigation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A young couple working are out on a drive where they meet with an accident. It leaves them in a triangle between a cop who investigates the accident and the corrupt political hegemony who are in pursuit of them.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
accident, corruption, couple relations, intrigue, male female relationship, police corruption, fight, relationships, problem, battles, corrupt cop, danger ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
In a world ruled by crime and betrayal, mafia kingpin Sakthivel and his brother Manikkam rescue a young boy, Amaran, during a violent police shootout and raise him as their own. Years later, when an assassination attempt shakes Sakthivel's ...
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, emotional, tragic
Plot:
organized crime, gangster, mafia, betrayal, underworld, shootout, gang war, revenge, power struggle, loyalty, assassination, violent ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The life of Shaji, a laid-back youngster, turns upside down when someone from his past pays him a visit.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
human nature, brutality, revenge, human relationship, moral ambiguity, social problems, human existence, introspection, life is a bitch, social issues, society, character study ...
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