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Plot Summary:
Amitabh Bachchan in a triple role as father with twin sons. The standard plot of families separated then united many years later with a string of coincidences. Throw in a diamond necklace and Amjad Khan playing the bad guy, some musical numbers, comedy scenes, and some poorly staged fights make up this masala movie from 1983.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 502
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 181 min
Plot tags: crying, weeping
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Inquilaab (1984)
Plot Summary:
A wife becomes suspicious of her police officer-turned-politician husband.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Action, Drama, Musical, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags:
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The Labyrinth (1978)
Plot Summary:
Rajesh Khanna plays a man drawn unwillingly into a nest of enemy spies and intrigue with the future of his country riding on his shoulders.Chhaya (Neetu) and Amit Narayan (Rajesh) are in love and Chhaya wants to get married. Amit doesn’t see why they have to get married and wants to keep things as they are. Wedding dates are set and then moved, to her great frustration.This is really their only point of discord.Amit lives alone, and is also very fond of Chhaya’s family: father (Om Shivpuri), mother (Dina Pathak), little brother Raju (Master Raju Shrestha)and sister Maya (Rozeena).It is Diwali, and as children burst crackers and set off potentially limb-severing fireworks, Amit’s upstairs neighbor Raman (Vinod Mehra) has been watching a group of men in a tent just outside the building’s courtyard.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min
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Two Unknown (1976)
Plot Summary:
A man (Amitabh Bachchan) is found wounded on railway tracks and when he awakens he has no memory of who he is and doesn't remember anything about his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 486
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags:
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Kohram: The Explosion (1999)
Plot Summary:
Major Balbir Singh Sodhi (Amitabh Bachchan) attempts to kill the Indian Home Minister Veer Bhadra Singh (Danny Denzongpa) but is unsuccessful. He has been identified, and the army is on the look-out for him to court-martial him. They suspect that he has assumed a new identity, that of Devraj Hathoda alias Dadabhai.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 704
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: detective
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Toofan (1989)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers (Toofan and Shyam) are separated at birth by their father, a police inspector. One grows up to be a magician, and the other, the legendary Toofan, hero of the poor. His father was falsely accused of stealing millions in gold and Toofan is on a mission to clear his father's name from the police records.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 989
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: campy
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The Court (1976)
Plot Summary:
Village bred farmer, brave, and honest, Dharamchand alias Dharma is thrilled when his wife, Radha, gives birth to a baby boy, who they decide to call Raju. Dharma comes to the rescue of Ajit, Suresh, and Sujit, when they are being attacked by a tiger, and they graciously offer him a job in Bombay whenever he needs it. When the region experiences drought, Dharma, Radha, Raju and Dharma's sister, Laxmi, re-locate to Bombay, where Ajit makes Dharma the Manager of his warehouse. Dharma does his job diligently, but one day is arrested by the police for carrying on illegal activities. When in court, he tries to prove his innocence, but is disbelieved and is sentenced to 18 months in jail plus an additional six months for contempt of court. When he returns home, everything has changed. His wife and Raju are near destitution; Laxmi has been raped by Sujit and has killed herself.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 329
Genere: Action, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags:
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Kachche Dhaage (1999)
Plot Summary:
Aftab has been brought up his mother, Mariam, and has no knowledge as to the identity and whereabouts of his biological father. When Mariam gets news that Ramakant Pandit is dying, she asks.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: cult classic, cult film
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The Fire (1999)
Plot Summary:
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
Plot tags:
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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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Family Comes First (2005)
Plot Summary:
Virruddh... Family Comes First (English: Opposites) is a Hindi film, released in 2005, directed by Mahesh Manjrekar. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore, Sanjay Dutt and John Abraham. Viruddh is one among relatively few Hindi films that is not a musical, instead the soundtrack is primarily used as background.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, sincere, emotional, inspirational, thought provoking, serious, realistic, contemplative
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Don (1978)
Plot Summary:
A ruthless gangster named Don is killed during a scuffle with the police. Since only DSP DeSilva knows of this incident, he recruits another person named Vijay who is a spitting image of Don. Vijay is planted in Don's place in Don's gang and DeSilva has a plan to nab the entire gang in this way. But when DeSilva dies during a raid, the secret that Vijay is not Don is also buried with him.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast, suspense, cult film
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Khuddar (1994)
Plot Summary:
Honest Police Inspector Siddhant Suri takes it upon himself to bring to justice the people who are involved in human flesh trading business only to aggravate his fellow colleague inspector Adarsh Vardhan who is corrupt. Adarsh decides to teach Siddhant a lesson by tendering his resignation from the police force only to join politics so that he can contest against Siddhant's father, Shastri who happens to be the Chief Minister of the region. With the help of Shastri's corrupt assistant, Kanhaiyalal Adarsh manages to outwit Shastri and is elected as the next Chief Minister of that region. But Adarsh is still not satisfy humiliating Siddhant and continues to insult him when Siddhant is assign with the task of being the security in-charge of him. Meanwhile Siddhant meets with a blind cabaret dancer, Pooja and both get married. Unknown to Siddhant that his very own brother, Nandu is involved in the flesh trading business and is responsible for Pooja losing her sight.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 423
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 167 min
Plot tags:
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Mr. Natwarlal (1979)
Plot Summary:
Mr. Natwarlal is a 1979 Hindi Action comedy movie. Produced by Tony Glaad it is directed by Rakesh Kumar. Natwar is just a young boy when his beloved older brother and caretaker, police officer Gridharilal (Ajit), is framed for bribery by sinister criminal mastermind Vikram (Amjad Khan). When he grows up, Natwar (Amitabh Bachchan) creates a secret identity for himself, posing as a powerful and mysterious underworld figure named Mr. Natwarlal, determined to slowly but surely exact vengeance on Vikram. - via Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Natwarlal ).
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crying, freeze frame, weeping
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Sign of Marriage (1979)
Plot Summary:
Durga and Vikram Singh have been married for years. Vikram has taken to crime in a big way, and as a result has antagonized a rival gangster, Jaggi. Durga gives birth to twins, and Jaggi steals one of them, and sells him to a bootlegger, Pascal. Durga is upset when she finds her son missing, but is devastated when Vikram abandons her. With a lot of difficulty, Durga brings up her son, Kishan, and has given up on finding her other son. Kishan has grown up and is now a dedicated police officer. On the other hand, Pascal has exploited Amit, kept him illiterate, doing petty crime, and alcoholic. This gets him in confrontation with Kishan, but ironically the two settle their differences and become fast friends. Vikram is still alive, and is not aware of his two sons and wife being alive.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 164 min
Plot tags:
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Ram and Belram (1980)
Plot Summary:
Ram and Balram are 2 young boys who live with their loving parents. Their scheming uncle, Jagatpal, however kills the boy's father and mother. Jagatpal lies to the boys that their parents have been killed in an accident and promises to raise them himself. He enrolls the younger brother Balram, in school and eventually sends him off to join the police force. The older becomes a mechanic. Jagatpal has a tight hold on the boys, even when Ram is an adult, he still gives all his wages to his uncle and is only allowed to keep a few rupees for pocket money.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 560
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic
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Parvarish (1977)
Plot Summary:
A policeman adopts the son of a bandit. A misunderstanding leads the officer's own biological son to believe he is the bandit's son and he takes up a secret life of crime; meanwhile, the adopted son becomes an officer of the law.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags:
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We (1991)
Plot Summary:
Tiger works for the local Don Bhaktawar but never hesitates to revolt against him if he harms his friends or family. When his girlfriend Jumma's brother Gonsalves is killed by Bhakhtawar for revolting against him, Tiger promises revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 184 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Justice Chaudhury (1983)
Plot Summary:
An honest and upright lawyer becomes a judge; marries his disabled daughter to a crook, and is blackmailed to compromise his judicial judgements.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Drama, Action, Comedy, Family
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Aankhen (1993)
Plot Summary:
A 1993 Bollywood Comedy starring Govinda and Chunky Pandey. This movie kick started a long line of Comedy movies for Govinda.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Coolie (1983)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy, but evil man named Zafar Khan, has fallen in love a girl named Salma and wants to marry her, but she and her father do not let him. Zafar is arrested for various crimes and is imprisoned for 10 years, but when he is discharged, he sees that Salma is married to a good man named Aslam Khan. Zafar Khan, wants to convince Salma to marry him but Salma refuses. Zafar plots his revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 177 min
Plot tags: humorous, serious, realistic, freeze frame
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Arrested (1985)
Plot Summary:
Kishan Kumar Khanna is a well-rate film actor who falls head over heels in love with young, beautiful and attractive Anuradha Saxena much to the dislikeness of her gangster brother who wastes no time in entrapping Kishan in a web of lies and deceits and gets him imprisoned for life. While in jail, Kishan reaches up with his long lost elder brother Karan who has been sentenced for life charged with murdering the Police Commissioner son, Vijay Sinha. Together they both plotted a scheme which will only benefit them in granting revenge from there perpetrators. Written by gavin ([email protected]).
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 513
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 167 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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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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64 Squares (2016)
Plot Summary:
'Wazir' is a tale of two unlikely friends, a wheelchair-bound chess grandmaster and a brave ATS officer. Brought together by grief and a strange twist of fate, the two men decide to help each other win the biggest games of their lives. But there's a mysterious, dangerous opponent lurking in the shadows, who is all set to checkmate them.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, psychological thriller, twisted, surprise ending
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The Chain (1973)
Plot Summary:
The world erodes around Vijay, an honest police officer. He is jailed for 6 months on false charges, trapped by gang leader Teja. When Vijay is released from jail, he plans to take revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Flames of the Sun (1975)
Plot Summary:
A Police Officer, whose family was killed by a bandit named Gabbar Singh, decides to fight fire with fire and recruits two convicts, Jai & Veeru, to bring Gabbar Singh to jail alive, but will they succeed in their mission and get their reward? Come and watch the action-packed super-hit Sholay to find out!!.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Thriller, Western
Country: India
Duration: 204 min
Plot tags: cult classic, exciting, epic, freeze frame, suspenseful, entertaining, semi serious, touching, romantic, retro
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Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)
Plot Summary:
Amar Akbar Anthony (Hindi: अमर अकबर अन्थोनी) is a 1977 Bollywood action comedy film with a lost and found theme, about three brothers separated during their childhood who grew up in three homes, adopting three religions. They meet in their youth to fight a common villain. It was the biggest blockbuster of 1977, and won several awards at 25th Filmfare Awards including Best Actor, Best Music Director and Best Editing.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: India
Duration: 184 min
Plot tags: masala, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Tough and Deadly (1995)
Plot Summary:
A private eye helps an amnesiac CIA agent elude mobsters who don't want him to regain his memory of their drug operation.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 583
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy, cult film
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The Uniform (2004)
Plot Summary:
Just as he is preparing for his daughter's wedding, a veteran policeman is assigned to a crack team transporting a Pakistani secret agent to trial.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, bleak, suspenseful, masala, serious, realistic, surprise ending, freeze frame
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Waqt: The Race Against Time (2005)
Plot Summary:
A chronic illness leaves Ishwar with only a few months to live. His son Aditya is extremely reckless. To make him realise his responsibilities, Ishwar throws his son out of the house.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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American Made (2017)
Plot Summary:
The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 203000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Japan, Colombia
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: exciting, black comedy, factual, humorous, captivating, emotional, inspirational, slasher, scenic, stylized