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Visaaranai (2015)
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Original name: விசாரணை
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Pandi and his friends, immigrant workers in Andhra Pradesh, are picked up by cops for a crime they never committed. And thus begins their nightmare, where they become pawns in a vicious game where the voiceless are strangled by those with power.
Style:
tense, political thriller, intense, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, epic, suspense thriller, tragic
Plot:
torture, injustice, police brutality, false confession, forced confession, corruption, class struggle, human rights, oppression, social realism, social commentary, victimization, police, survival, investigation, friendship, betrayal, anger, determination, moral dilemma, revenge, minimalism, community, courtroom, ethnicity ...
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Most similar movies to Visaaranai
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, intense and dark films with plots about revenge, tamil, corruption, investigation, betrayal, urban and violence mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Visaaranai: Viduthalai Part 2 (2024), Viduthalai: Part 1 (2023), Evano Oruvan (2007), Magamuni (2019), Adanga Maru (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Troubles worsen for Kumaresan after the capture of Perumal, and soon he is confronted with having to make a choice between performing his duties as a police constable, or taking a stand for what is right.
Style:
political thriller, tense, intense, crime drama, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Kumaresan, a police constable, gets recruited for an operation implanted to capture Perumal Vaathiyar, who leads a separatist group dedicated to fighting against the authorities for committing atrocities against innocent village women in the name of ...
Style:
crime drama, political thriller, tension, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
india
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68%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A hardworking lorry driver who works at an old paper mart learns about the presence of a bomb and does everything he can to stop it from exploding.
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, tension, suspense ...
Plot:
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Place:
india
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62%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A common man who represents his society, gets tired of the illegal activities happening around him and decides to take law into his own hands by punishing the wrong-doers!
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
Two long-separated brothers end up in life-threatening situations. How do their lives intersect and what happens next?
Style:
suspense, captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
brothers, caste system, problem, life is a bitch, brother brother relationship, intrigue, threat, family drama, confrontation, identity crisis, revenge, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
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Similarity:
56%
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
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52%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
A young carrom player in North Chennai becomes a reluctant participant in a war between two feuding gangsters.
Style:
crime drama, atmospheric, bleak, harsh, noir ...
Plot:
violence, betrayal, criminal syndicate, underworld, gang, gangster, character study, realism, urban, power struggle, working class, survival ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
An upright city-bred IPS officer investigates a mysterious case of three missing Dalit girls in a rural part of Tamil Nadu. While two are found dead, one is missing without any trace. Can he crack the case and get hold of the culprits?
Style:
realistic, emotional, tense, intense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
oppression, social justice, social commentary, investigation, class conflict, female victim, corruption, police procedural, human rights, missing person, law and order, confrontation ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Athira, a 25-year-old cop gets to investigate her best friend's missing case. The case turns out to be very mysterious when she suspects that her accident has been staged and that she has been murdered. After digging deep into the case, she ...
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, twisted, tense, twist ending ...
Plot:
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41%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Set in Sriramagiri in 2003, Ravi is a college drop out who works as an informer to Singhanna, a Maoist leader who operates against the local politician. Sirisha, sister of the village head Eeshwar Reddy, becomes the new MRO to the village, decides ...
Style:
intense, bleak, serious, political thriller, suspense
Plot:
justice, moral dilemma, corruption, violence, social commentary, political conflict, choice, bloodbath, betrayal, power struggle, informant, revolution ...
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41%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Three police officers are forced to go on the run when they get tangled in the death of a youth, a few days before the election.
Style:
political thriller, realistic, tense, suspense, grim ...
Plot:
police brutality, corruption, false accusation, manhunt, cover up, on the run, anxiety, social commentary, social realism, ethical dilemma, political corruption, investigation ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Musical, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Prabhu is dejected when he learns that his bike has been stolen. He decides to find the people who stole the bike, but lands in trouble when he realises that his bike has been used to transport drugs.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
india
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Women are going missing in Pollachi and police have shirked their responsibility to catch the criminal. Vetri and Aparna are neighbours and have been in love since childhood. She is a responsible adult, with her own business, and he is a fun loving ...
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, dark, intense, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
A gangster from Tirunelveli, who is the King of Dharavi, fights for keeping the land safe from mighty politicians and the land mafia.
Style:
political thriller, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Place:
mumbai india, india
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An honest driver tries to find the owner of a bag, supposedly containing money to fund the marriage of the man’s daughter, not realising that it was used by his own father to move a stolen idol.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Place:
india
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Nepal
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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crime drama, political thriller, dark, intense, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
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Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, intense, suspenseful, crime drama, dark ...
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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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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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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Country: India
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
india
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
American-born Jayne Valseca, her husband Eduardo, the son of a legendary Mexican newspaper publisher, and their two children live an idyllic life on their 1,000 acre ranch outside of a peaceful Mexico town. But in the summer of 2007, their peaceful ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
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Style:
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