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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK, Pakistan, India
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Biography of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of modern Pakistan is told through flashbacks as his soul tries to find eternal rest. The flashbacks start in 1947 as Jinnah pleads for a separate nation from the Muslim regime, infuriating Lord ...
Style:
epic, cult classic, islamic, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
muslim, independence movement, politics, political unrest, biopic, independence, islam, national identity, religious fundamentalist, religions or cults, hopes, war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1998, 20th century, year 1948, year 1947
Place:
india, kashmir, pakistan
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
In the market Abdolhamid meets Faezeh and falls in love with her. They get marry and begin their life. But after a while Faezeh becomes aware of Abdolhamid's family in Sistan and Baluchestan province and that they are doing illegals. Faezeh ...
Style:
emotional, tense, realistic, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
terrorism, moral dilemma, loss, betrayal, smuggling, escape, escape attempt, border crossing, social commentary, confrontation, love story, female protagonist ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
persia, pakistan, iran
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Whip-smart general practitioner Dr. Mona Harcourt lives in London with her political lobbyist husband Guy and her family. When a bomb goes off in London on the same day that her brother, Dr. Kareem Shirani, is abducted in Pakistan, Mona's ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
murder, family secret, female doctor, threat, bereavement, life is a bitch, female protagonist, loss of brother, murderer, physician, intrigue, doctor ...
Place:
london, pakistan
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851
Genre: Drama, Romance, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 184 min.
Story:
Beautiful Henna Khan lives the life of a gypsy near the river, Jhelum, in Pakistan with her widowed dad, Khan Baba; three brothers, Ashraf, Razzak, and Zaman; and Razzak's wife, Najma. One day she comes across a male body that has been washed ...
Style:
romantic drama, sentimental, emotional, melancholic, tear jerker
Plot:
amnesia, love triangle, cultural conflict, sacrifice, arranged marriage, border crossing, forbidden love, interfaith relationship, strong female lead, tragic romance, car accident, love ...
Time:
90s
Place:
pakistan, india
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Wife and mother Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts) has a double life as a CIA operative, hiding her vocation from family and friends. Her husband, Joseph Wilson (Sean Penn), writes a controversial article in The New York Times, refuting stories about the ...
Style:
political, thought provoking, factual, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
cia, espionage, cia agent, secret service, conspiracy theory, politician, journalism, conspiracy, greed, survival, politics, intelligence agency ...
Time:
year 2010, year 2001, year 2003, year 1995, year 2002 ...
Place:
middle east, iraq, beirut lebanon, cleveland ohio, canada ...
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Genre: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
A crime thriller movie based on a kidnapping situation that's about to go horribly wrong!
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, tension, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
kidnapping, escalation, fear, hostage situation, danger, claustrophobia, moral dilemma, confined, survival, panic, cat and mouse, power struggle ...
Place:
pakistan
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The efforts of the Pakistani security forces in their fight against terrorism and how the lives of security officials are affected. A retired security officer returns to save Pakistan from a major terrorist attack.
Style:
urdu, intense, political, patriotic, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, mission, military, national security, war on terror, veteran, covert operation, soldier, bravery, espionage, patriotism ...
Place:
pakistan, iran, middle east, india
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
"Behadd" reflects upon the relationship dynamics of a 'Parent' and a 'Child', and shows how their love for one another becomes the cause of their heartache and the reflection of 'selflessness' verses ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
teenage girl, family relations, parent child relationship, selflessness, possessiveness, false accusation, mother son relationship, parents and children, relationships, mother child relationship, relationship problems, family problems ...
Place:
pakistan, middle east, india
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When the rumored whereabouts of Osama bin Laden are revealed, the CIA readies a team of seasoned U.S. Navy SEALs for the mission of a lifetime. Despite inconclusive evidence that bin Laden is inside the compound, and ignoring the possible ...
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Plot:
terrorism, top secret, military, navy seal, manhunt, mastermind, terrorist, heroic mission, wanted, once in a lifetime opportunity, government agency, danger ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
iraq, afghanistan, pakistan, usa, middle east
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA, Thailand
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The series follows John Porter, a former British Special Forces soldier, who is drafted back into service by Section 20, a fictional branch of the Secret Intelligence Service.
Style:
sexy, erotic, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
top secret, soldier, terrorist, swat team, heroes, mission, military, undercover, one man army, daring rescue, heroic mission, teamwork ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
pakistan, middle east, afghanistan, sudan, chicago ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA, UK, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A Canadian-Brith film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's novel of the same name. The film tells the story of a pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from England grow up in the country that is nothing like their ...
Style:
captivating, surreal, stylized, psychological, epic ...
Plot:
hopes, family relations, political unrest, youth, coming of age, love and romance, society, siblings relations, rich and poor, magic realism, coup, colonialism ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 50s, 60s, year 1917 ...
Place:
india, bombay india, pakistan, asia, kashmir ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young man, Stevie, awakes on a wasteland overlooking Bradford, still bleeding from a brutal attack that has left him with severe memory loss. Recent events are a total blank; his more distant memories are a blur. He slowly begins to piece together ...
Style:
psychological, dark, thrilling, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
identity, amnesia, memory loss, character study, repressed memory, tragic past, confronting the past, assault, amnesiac, life is a bitch, memory lapse, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
india, pakistan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An aspiring actor succumbs to pressure from his father and takes up the role of lawyer.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, comedy drama, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
aspiring actor, family problems, problem, pretense, advocate, satire, social satire, father son relationship, urban, family conflict, celebrity culture, impersonation ...
Place:
india, pakistan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 39 min.
TV show
Story:
Alif is the journey of Momin and Momina, where Momin’s journey is to rediscover his roots and Momina’s journey is to maintain the livelihood of her family by fateful events their paths will join.
Style:
spiritual, thrilling, psychological, captivating, poignant ...
Plot:
self discovery, introspection, identity, healing, redemption, faith, spiritual journey, help, life is a bitch, male female relationship, multiple storylines, problem ...
Place:
pakistan
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Lahoriye is the story of love. The love which does not see boundaries, the love which does not see nations. Kikar Singh (Amrinder Gill) is a clerk at DTO office and his family holds a piece of land which is right at the LOC. The people living in ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot:
love interest, fall in love, relationships, male female relationship, love affair, love story, couples, couple relations, love and romance, culture clash, relationship problems, family drama ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india, pakistan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
American-born Ray Rehman comes home one night to find his Pakistani father on his doorstep. Ray's Caucasian mother threw him out. It's an awkward time for his father to move in as Ray just proposed to his Caucasian girlfriend - who ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
interracial relations, identity crisis, couple relations, audition, moral dilemma, actor's life, parents and children, family reunited, couples, family relations, society, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, pakistan
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Genre: Action
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Alpha Bravo Charlie is an action and thriller drama series, produced by ISPR and directed by acclaimed Pakistani drama and film director Shoaib Mansoor. It got huge popularity and set a record for TRPs in Pakistan. It is a sequel to drama series ...
Style:
heartfelt, emotional, realistic, urdu
Plot:
personal growth, coming of age, friendship, duty, camaraderie, loyalty, brotherhood, patriotism, sacrifice, discipline, resilience, family relations ...
Place:
bosnia, pakistan
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Drama about the tragic Nanga Parbat expedition by the two Messner brothers in 1970, on which Reinhold Messners younger brother Günther died.
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, factual, disturbing
Plot:
mountaineer, rock climbing, mountain climbing, mountain, mountaineering, disaster, expedition, brother brother relationship, alpinism, winter, frostbite, team ...
Place:
himalaya, pakistan
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, India
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Tensions run high near the border of British India, which is about to be partitioned with a new country called Pakistan. Sikhs living in this border town have heard numerous stories of Muslims killing, raping, and looting other Sikhs, Hindus, and ...
Style:
historical drama, tense, tragic ending, heartbreaking, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
train, religious conflict, independence, social commentary, sacrifice, vigilante, heroism, village life, moral dilemma, mature, violent, punjabi ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
pakistan, india
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Pakistan, UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
In the spirit of the EC horror comics of old, the film tells the story of five teens who get lost on their way to a rock concert, are menaced by flesh eating mutations and then fall into the clutches of a family of backwoods killers. The film ...
Style:
slasher, inspirational, suspense, bloody, disturbing ...
Plot:
zombie, cannibal, cannibalism, blood, redneck, guts, survival, evil, flesh eater, lgbt, contamination, newspaper ...
Place:
pakistan
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Pakistan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Fatima, a committed schoolteacher living the cosmopolitan high life in Karachi, has her life shattered when her nanny, Nusrat, inexplicably disappears. Though her friends and family beg her not to disturb the status quo and confront the powerful ...
Style:
suspenseful, emotional, serious, tense, islamic ...
Plot:
investigation, amateur detective, uncover truth, society, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, missing person, rich and poor, dishonesty, culture clash, woman in danger, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pakistan
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
CBI Officer Akram Sheikh (Sunil Shetty) is on the verge of nabbing three dreaded Pakistan-backed arms dealers , the brothers Ali (Arbaaz Khan) and Abbas (Sanjay Kapoor) and their common moll Laila (Isha Koppikar) . When Sheikh busts an important ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, prison, terrorist attack, danger, dishonesty, daring rescue, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, rivalry, confined, undercover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, russia, pakistan, mumbai india
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In 1947 when the maps of India and Pakistan were being drawn, an oversight ensured that the village of Paglapur didn't find a place in either country. Over 60 years later, Paglapur is isolated, and in need of help. The residents seek help, but ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good
Plot:
social relations, disorder, misfit, society, negligence, fish out of water, craziness, extraterrestrial, village, mentally unstable, space and aliens, alien encounter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, pakistan, asia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
This wild comedy pokes fun at the world of pro-wrestling by placing its accomplished wrestler protagonist Koji Taguchi against a giant squid known as the Calamari Wrestler. The Calimari Wrestler not only proves to be Koji's most difficult ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, captivating, surreal, absurd ...
Plot:
wrestling, impossible love, tentacle, professional wrestling, athlete's life, rivalry, contests and competitions, love and romance, opposites attract, wrestler, kaiju, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, pakistan, asia, tokyo
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804
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In England, the Pakistanis Yasmin lives two lives in two different worlds: in her community, she wears Muslin clothes, cooks for her father and brother and has the traditional behavior of a Muslin woman. Further, she has a non-consumed marriage with ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, touching
Plot:
immigrant, family relations, culture clash, social differences, false accusation, life is a bitch, society, terrorism, parents and children, injustice, religions or cults, family in crisis ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
britain, pakistan, england
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Johnny Tyronne, action movie star and ladies man, is travelling through the Middle East on a goodwill tour to promote his latest movie, "Sands of the Desert". Once he arrives, however, he is kidnapped by a gang of assassins who were so ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, light, psychotronic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
elvis presley, assassination, fish out of water, partner, goofy hero, opposites attract, blind ambition, desire for fame, nothing goes right, rivalry, disorder, palace intrigue ...
Time:
60s
Place:
middle east, pakistan
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
Saketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the problems happening in the country. He sets out to kill him.
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, patriotic, exciting ...
Plot:
assassination, vengeance, religious intolerance, violence, political unrest, muslim, danger, destiny, independence, religion, husband wife relationship, revenge ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
india, pakistan, middle east, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governor of Idaho (Beau Bridges, who won an Emmy) defies the president (Phil Hartman) and closes the state's border. News Net Television, a cable news ...
Style:
dark comedy, cynical, biting, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
army vs civilians, u.s. mexico border, american politics, satire, civil war, illegal immigration, journalism, politics, gang violence, extramarital affair, governor, press conference ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
idaho, washington d.c., middle east, usa, pakistan ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Following the roguish terrorist attacks at Uri Army Base camp in Kashmir, India takes the fight to the enemy, in its most successful covert operation till date with one and only one objective of avenging their fallen heroes.
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense, mind blowing ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
terrorist attack, military, terrorism, soldier, indian soldier, indian army, terrorist, patriot, propaganda, violence, murder, danger ...
Time:
year 2016, year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
india, pakistan
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Torn straight from the headlines, Michael Winterbottom's compelling and prescient 'In This World' follows young Afghan Jamal and his older cousin Enayat as they embark on a hazardous overland trip from their refugee camp at Peshawar, ...
Style:
inspirational, bleak, sincere, road movie, political ...
Plot:
refugee, immigrant, politics, hopes, poverty, on the road, life is a bitch, friendship, danger, migration, society, death ...
Time:
year 2002, year 2001
Place:
middle east, afghanistan, iran, tehran iran, pakistan ...
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