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Plot Summary:
Guru has the ability to predict future events. With his unique ability, he identifies several future events, including the attempted murder of his lover by a look-alike.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 171 min
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Tension(s) (2014)
Plot Summary:
A tortured ex-Negotiator, once pride of the Boston Police Department is taken hostage in his home. A psychological confrontation takes place while the kidnappers demand that he completes a mysterious mission for them.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: tension, surprise ending, suspense
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Kavan (2017)
Plot Summary:
A budding journalist passionate about ethical, noble, hard-hitting journalism understands the more flourishing ghetto of sensationalism & news fabrication that the Entertainment TV Channel he belongs to, thrives on. When caught in a dilemma of whether to hold for a while or rise in protest, a situation forces him to make a decision that puts him out of work but… there begins his work.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: political, satirical
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Villain (2002)
Plot Summary:
One of the twins is a bus conductor and the other is handicapped. The elder one, Shiva, overhears his parents' plot to kill his mildly retarded brother, Vishnu. He runs away to another city, with his adorable brother, and strives hard to look after Vishnu. As a result of an incident when 'dada' Sundara Moorthy, who runs a beggar trade beats Vishnu brutally, Vishnu becomes handicapped for life. Matters worsen when Sundara Moorthy becomes the chairman of the institute for the physically handicapped. How Shiva deals with the situation forms the rest of the story. Meanwhile Thangam is in love with Shiva, though he does not know this. Later she gives up her love and lets Lavanya marry Shiva.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
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Kismat (2004)
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Tony works as a hit-man for gangster, Vikas Patil, who owes his allegiance to wealthy Raj Mallya. Raj Mallya is involved in marketing spurious and out-dated drugs, and as a result is the subject of an investigation by the Food & Drugs Administration's inspector Dr. Hargobind Gosai. Raj asks Vikas to take care of Hargobind through Tony, which Tony does, and in this manner, Raj is absolved of all wrong-doing. Then Tony meets with attractive starlet named Sapna, and falls head over heels in love with her. When Sapna tells him that she is engaged to be married to Dr. Ajay Saxena, he is heart-broken. Then a scandal breaks out, and Hargobind is implicated in the deaths of three children that were killed by Raj's spurious drugs. All the evidence points against Hargobind, and not a single lawyer is willing to take his case; his wife kills herself, and the marriage of his daughter has been canceled.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 530
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 143 min
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Dharmathin Thalaivan (1988)
Plot Summary:
Dharmathin Thalaivan is a 1988 Tamil-language Indian feature film directed by SP. Muthuraman, starring Rajnikanth, Prabhu Ganesan, Charlie, Nassar, Captain Raju, Kushboo, Suhasini and Vijayachanddrika. The film is the remake of Amitabh Bachchan-Randhir Kapoor starrer Kasme Vaade.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
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Mersal (2017)
Plot Summary:
A few individuals in the medical profession are murdered or kidnapped, and the cop investigating the case suspects a doctor and arrests him. But is he the one who is behind these crimes? And why are they being committed?.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 172 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, epic, emotional, mysterious, surprise ending, action thriller, social message, twisted, cult film
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Thambi (2006)
Plot Summary:
A man cannot tolerate injustice and opposes it in any form; this earns him the wrath of a local goon, who plans to get rid of him at all costs.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min
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Jai Lava Kusa (2017)
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Jai, Lava and Kusa are triplets who get separated during their childhood because of small clashes. While Jai becomes an evil blooded criminal, the other two, Kusa and Lava end up as small-time crook and bank manager respectively. The twist in the tale arises when Jai kidnaps both the brothers and asks them to help him in his political growth. What is Jai’s agenda? Why did he kidnap his brothers? How can the innocent Lava and Kusa manage the criminal Jai?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Sobharaj (1986)
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Sobharaj is the leader of an underworld gang. He gets killed in an encounter with the police. The DSP uses his lookalike brother to pose as him in order to capture the rest of his gang.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration:
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Kodi (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young politician finds himself in a position where he has to contest against his girlfriend, who is ambitious. Circumstances force his look-alike twin to also get involved in this political battle.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: political thriller, political
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Ek: The Power of One (2009)
Plot Summary:
Mumbai-based Nandkumar Sharma is a high-priced hit-man. He is paid a princely 1.5 Crore Rupees to injure Anna Mhatre, so that the later can get enough 'sympathy' votes to get him elected as the next Chief Minister, but ends up killing him. On the run from the Police, he ends up assuming the guise of Hoshiyarpur's Puran Singh, who has been away from home for the last 18 years, and does succeed in fooling Puran's joint family. But his hopes for settling there appear to be in vain with the arrival of a CBI Team, led by Inspector Mahendra Kumar Rane - who is determined to expose and arrest Nandkumar at any and all costs.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, contemplative, detective, exciting
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Goutham Nanda (2017)
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Goutham is a billionaire and his father gives him a year’s time to enjoy his life to the fullest. The deal between the two is that after a year, he’ll take over his father’s businesses. The catch is that, beneath his seemingly perfect life, Goutham is clueless about what happiness or hunger feels like. On the other hand, Nanda, who hails from a lower-middle class background, wants to die rich and his father keeps criticising his aspirations.One fine day, Goutham and Nanda bump into each other, and since both of them are quite vexed up with their respective lives & they decide to swap their places to lead a new life for 30 days.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 963
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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Tagore (2003)
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Tagore (Chiranjeevi) creates his own vigilante military network called the Anti-Corruption Force (ACF) that eliminates the most corrupt individuals, from all walks of life, in a systematic manner. As pressure builds on Police and Government to track down the Man who masterminds these killings, Balbir Singh (Puneet Issar), is specially summoned to head the task. He is aided by Suryam (Prakash Raj) who, though being just a constable in the mammoth Police force, is compelled by his instincts to see through the underlying design. Together they unravel the mystery and unveil the phenomenon called Tagore, but not before Badrinaryana (Sayaji Shinde), the human face of evil, finds out that his revelry in the belief of Tagore’s death was a mistake he can never make amends for.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
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Gentleman (1993)
Plot Summary:
A story of a modern day Robin Hood who takes from the corrupted rich to provide education for the poor. Krishnamoorthy alias Kicha (Arjun) is a respected person in his local community and runs a small business. But Kicha, at the same time, is also a undercover robber.He is accompanied by his friend Mani Goundamani. He has stolen millions of rupees from many victims. The home minister and the police are adamant to catch this mysterious robber yet are unsuccessful. Susheela (Madhoo), a simple Brahmin girl working under Kicha falls for him. Charan Raj is an efficient Police officer who takes charge to nab Kichaa, at one instance Charan Raj challenges to really catch him and makes a plan.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: detective
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The Fire (1999)
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Karan is a former soldier. One day when Karan finds out that his father committed suicide in prison after he is falsely charged with a crime, he suspects Ravi Verma, a city attorney who has a wife and a kid. When Karan spots Ravi on the street with his wife Kajal, he abruptly shoots Ravi and Kajal; however, Ravi survives the murder and Kajal ends up dead. After Ravi's release from the hospital, he does not realize that he has a new and different wife who looks exactly like Kajal, later on he does. While Ravi's life continues, Karan's revenge also continues against Ravi. Ravi claims that it wasn't his idea to set Karan's father up, it may be Ravi's father-in-law and his colleagues who may be responsible.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 801
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min
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Jai Kishen (1994)
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Inspector Pratap Singh is killed, while one of his son's, Kishen, goes missing, and the other, Jai, loses his vision. His wife is the only witness to his brutal death at the hands of three criminal dons. Years later, Kishen and Jai have both grown up. While Jai has mastered self-defence and use of a sword, Kishen is a career thief. When Kishen unknowlingly double-crosses one of the three dons, who were responsible for killing his dad, he puts the entire family to risk, as the criminal dons will not hesitate to wipe the entire family from the face of this Earth.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 682
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
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Akela (1991)
Plot Summary:
The 7th film of Ramesh Sippy.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Aayitha Ezhuthu (2004)
Plot Summary:
Three men and their accidental meeting on a bridge will change their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, motivational, political
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Villu (2009)
Plot Summary:
Villu (Tamil: வில்லு; English: Bow) is a 2009 Tamil language action film written and directed by Prabhu Deva. The film stars Vijay in a dual role while Nayantara and Prakash Raj play other prominent roles. Manoj K. Jayan, Vadivelu, Adithya, Geetha, and Ranjitha play supporting roles whilst Prabhu Deva, Mumaith Khan, Zabyn Khan, and Kushboo Sundar appear in item numbers. The film is produced and distributed by Ayngaran International and composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The movie was dubbed into Hindi as Ek Aur Jaanbaaz Khilladi and in Telugu Yamakantri. This film is loosely based on 1998 film Soldier.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Sivaji (2007)
Plot Summary:
Corrupt police and politicians target a computer engineer for trying to better the lives of less privileged citizens.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 188 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, tense, suspense, feel good, political thriller, masala, cult film, political drama
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Chatrapathi (2005)
Plot Summary:
Sivaji is a young kid from Sri Lanka who's family consisting of a mother and brother Ashok is uprooted from their community in Sri Lanka ends up in Vizag, Andhra Pradesh. There they are unjustly forced into work by a local mob boss named Baji Rao who forces them to work in transportation of illegal goods. Their lives are in constant hell because of the torture and unfair demands Baji Rao puts on them. Finally unable to bear the injustices by Baji Rao, Sivaji rises and turns into Chatrapati filling in the legend of the original Chatrapati who rose up and led the people against the Mughal emperor Aurangazeb and reunites with his mother.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 158 min
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Chennakesava Reddy (2002)
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Chennakesva Reddy (Telugu: చెన్నకేశవ రెడ్డి) is a 2002 Tollywood Faction Film, directed by V.V. Vinayak, released on 25 September 2002. The movie stars Nandamuri Balakrishna in double role father-son characther, while Shriya Saran and Tabu play the female lead.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 601
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 143 min
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Savyasachi (2018)
Plot Summary:
A twin brother of the protagonist is absorbed due to Vanishing Twin Syndrome and controls his left hand. When his life is threatened, the twin brother that never existed protects him like a shield.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Aurangzeb (2013)
Plot Summary:
Gurgaon is the most modern boom-town of "India Shining", the new frontier to be conquered by those who understand real estate. This city rose from a small town to a boom town satellite city in just fifteen years. However, the law and order are yet to catch up. A family of Policemen - A family of Gangsters - Under the guise of a respected citizen, Yashwardhan (Jackie Shroff) runs a parallel world - a world, where he is the Emperor. To bring down a criminal - the law will have to now think like a criminal. When Vishal (Arjun Kapoor) is planted in Yashwardhan's world in place of Ajay (Arjun Kapoor), the lawmakers (Rishi Kapoor and Prithviraj) roll the dice and a sequence of events unravel - something much more than what Vishal bargained for, as he finds himself in a predicament that puts him to the test. Aurangzeb is all about a world where Kingship knows no Kinship and where there can be only one Emperor.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, captivating, offbeat, action thriller, realistic, neo noir
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Thalaivaa (2013)
Plot Summary:
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 shoes.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 179 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Echo (1997)
Plot Summary:
Twin brothers are separated at birth after their parents are killed in a car accident. One grows up to have a good and successful life, and the other to be a disturbed young man who now plans to achieve the perfect life by stealing his brother's.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Fan (2016)
Plot Summary:
The story of a fan whose world completely revolves around the movie star he adores.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller
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Mahaan (2022)
Plot Summary:
A man's family leaves him when he strays from the path of ideological living in his search for personal freedom. However, as he realizes his ambitions, he also misses the presence of his son in his life. Having fulfilled his dream of becoming a billionaire, does life give him a second chance to be a father?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, cult classic, independent film, epic, masterpiece, cult film
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Kaththi (2014)
Plot Summary:
Kathiresan aka Kaththi, a criminal, escapes from the Kolkata prison and comes to Chennai, where he comes across his doppelganger Jeevanandham, fighting for his life after being shot at by unknown men. Kathir decides to pass off as Jeeva and make away with a lump sum amount but once he realizes who Jeeva really is, Kathir turns a crusader.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, psychological, tense, feel good, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Bairavaa (2017)
Plot Summary:
A loan recovery agent takes on a corrupt head of an educational institution to save his girlfriend..
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, cult film