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Plot Summary:
The hilarious trio from 'Ramji Rao Speaking' faces a new trouble when the heroine of their drama group quits.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: suspense
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Hum Dono (1995)
Plot Summary:
Vikram Sehgal (Alok Nath) a renowned businessman has two sons. The legitimate Vishal (Nana Patekar) and the illegitimate Raju (Rishi Kapoor). Vishal's uncle Shrichand (Mohan Joshi) and his friend Arjun Chaudhry murder Vikram Sehgal for his property. But he learns that Vikram had willed his assets to be divided equally among Raju and Vishal. Vishal has to bring Raju back to the house if he wants his share of property. But the journey back home is precarious for apart from the innumerable scraps between the two; they have face Shrichand's various attempts to murder them.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags:
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CBI 5: The Brain (2022)
Plot Summary:
Series of bucket-killing murders happening in the city. Failure to resolve by police, a team of CBI Officers under CBI officer Sethurama Iyer take up the investigation to resolve the never experienced mystery.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags:
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Oh Darling Yeh Hai India (1995)
Plot Summary:
Don Quixote is a gangster based in Bombay, India. His dream is to take control of India, and sell it at an well-attended and much publicized auction. In order to fulfill this dream, he recruits five men - all resembling the President of India, and asks them to undergo vigorous training in order to take over as the President. That done, he selects one of them, Nathuram, eliminates the other four, and arranges the kidnapping of the President, with success. He than implants Nathuram as the President - and the stage is set for the biggest auction in Earth's history - when India will be auctioned to the highest bidder.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: art film
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Kakkakuyil (2001)
Plot Summary:
Kakkakuyil movie is about Sivaraman(Mohanlal) who has come to Mumbai for a visa. But Sivaraman finds his friend Govindan Kutty (Mukesh) amidst a sea of problems. Sivaraman is forced to participate in a bank robbery planned by Thomas and his gang, which puts them in more trouble.And they find a place as Kunjunni with the body of Govindan kutty and sound of Sivaraman in the house of a blind old couple (Nedumudi Venu and Kaviyoor Ponnamma), whose grandson Kunjunni who had left them a long time ago (when he was 7) and is now coming home.But a turn of events finds Sivaraman and Govindan kutty (combined) as Kunjunni with the body of Govindan kutty and sound of Sivaraman.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 723
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags:
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The Big Take (2018)
Plot Summary:
A reclusive movie star hires a private detective after he's anonymously blackmailed. Things turn violent when an aspiring writer is fingered for the crime in a dangerous case of mistaken identity.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, captivating, suspense, realistic
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Yodha (1992)
Plot Summary:
Ashokan (Mohanlal) goes on a trip to Nepal to meet his uncle (MS Thripunithura) who is settled there. To his surprise, his rival from his village Appukuttan (Jagathy) is already there impersonating him. He is unable to convince his uncle about the truth and gets kicked out of the house. While trying to find shelter he meets a young Nepalese boy (Sidharth Lama). Though they don't understand each others' language, they quickly form a bond. Meanwhile Ashokan is able to convince his cousin Aswathy (Madhubala) that Appukuttan is an imposter. Aswathy who is a student researching ancient Nepalese traditions realises that the young Nepalese boy is actually a Rimpoche, the spiritual leader of his tribe and is on the run from evil forces who want to banish him. Ashokan gets sucked in to the scenario unknowingly and ends up being the Rimpoche's protector.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags:
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Boeing Boeing (1985)
Plot Summary:
The movie is an adaptation of the 1960 French play of the same name and is considered to be a cult comedy classic in Malayalam. It was also one of the first commercial successes of the Mohanlal-Mukesh-Priyadarashan team. Shyam (Mohanlal) is a struggling journalist who gets an opportunity to be the caretaker of a flat in the city. Even while engaged to his childhood sweetheart Sreekutty (Menaka); he uses his charms and resourcefulness to make three air-hostesses (Lissie, Ashwini, Madhuri) fall in love with him. With the help of his maid (Sukumari) and friend (Raju) he carefully manages their schedule in the flat so that none of his girlfriends meet each other. Life is good for Shyam, till his former colleague and friend Anil (Mukesh) comes to visit him.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: remake of american film
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Akkare Akkare Akkare (1990)
Plot Summary:
After Nadodikkattu (1987) and Pattana Pravesham (1988), CIDs Ramdas and Vijayan are back for another wacky adventure. After a priceless gold crown is stolen from India, Ramdas (Mohanlal) and Vijayan (Srinivasan) are sent to the United States to retrieve it. The only clues they have is a pseudonym ("Paul Barber") and a piece of a torn shirt. In the States, the two remain as helpless and clueless as they were in the two prequel films and realize that this is their toughest case yet. While Akkare Akkare Akkare is lacking in the poignant drama that made its predecessor films so endearing, it makes up for it by being the funniest movie in the trilogy. A Malayalam comedy classic that is still remembered more than 15 years after its release.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: detective
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Aadu 2 (2017)
Plot Summary:
Aadu 2 revolves around Shaji Pappan and his group of misfits, who take part in another tug-of-war contest to win the golden cup. But along the way they unwittingly get drawn into a deal gone wrong, which involves dangerous smugglers.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags:
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Gunblast Vodka (2000)
Plot Summary:
Supermodel Everhart is kidnapped by bad guy Prochnow and rescued by good guy Otto in technopop action.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: rough, humorous, semi serious, suspense, realistic, black comedy, dark comedy
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Arizona (2018)
Plot Summary:
Set in the midst of the 2009 housing crisis, the life of Cassie Fowler, a single mother and struggling realtor, goes off the rails when she witnesses a murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, ironic, satirical, black comedy, philosophical, political, social, disturbing, dark comedy, twisted
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Raju Gari Gadhi 2 (2017)
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Three friends — Ashwin, Kishore and Praveen get into business by purchasing a resort. Pretty soon, they find that they've got more than what they've bargained for. Apparently, the resort is haunted by a ghost. Unwilling to sell the resort, they seek the help of a mentalist, Rudra, to exorcise the ghost.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 893
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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My Boss (2012)
Plot Summary:
The film is set in the backdrop of IT Industry. Dileep appears as a young software engineer working in Mumbai and who aspires to migrate to a foreign country while Mamta plays the role of his boss.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Peruchazhi (2014)
Plot Summary:
Jagannathan, a political advisor, is hired to help John, a politician in California. He employs various shrewd tactics to help John's party win the elections.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 908
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, spoof, parody
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Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
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Leanne is salutatorian when she needs to be valedictorian to get her scholarship to Harvard. The only class she is worse than the leader in is history, taught by Mrs. Tingle, and the teacher hates her. When an attempt to get ahead in Mrs. Tingle's class goes awry, mayhem ensues and friendships, loyalties and trust are tested by the teacher's intricate mind-games.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, black comedy, suspense, entertaining, dark comedy, humorous, disturbing, teen, slasher
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2 Harihar Nagar (2009)
Plot Summary:
2 Harihar Nagar is a sequel to In Harihar Nagar and a prequel to In Ghost House Inn. The films chronicle the story of four very close friends Mahadevan (Mukesh), Govindan Kutty (Siddique), Appukuttan (Jagadish), and Thomas Kutty (Ashokan).
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 827
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, suspense thriller
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Hitler (1996)
Plot Summary:
This movie is about the life of Madhavankutty (locally known as Hitler), a bachelor protective brother of five younger sisters.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags:
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Nadodikkattu (1987)
Plot Summary:
After loosing their jobs, Dasen and Vijayan don't see any chances to get work in Kerala. So both escape to Gulf , but can they find luck there?.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags: satirical, cult classic, detective, cult film
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Katha Parayumbol (2007)
Plot Summary:
the film is about how a barber's life is turned upside down when a film unit comes to the village for a shoot, and the news spreads that superstar Ashok Raj (Mammootty) is the barber's childhood friend. The script also by Srinivasan is so layered that every frame has a comment to make about the world and every line of the dialogue, on the mores of the society. The craze for celebrities and the problems of leading a principled life are discussed without being preachy.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags:
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Mindhorn (2016)
Plot Summary:
A washed up actor who played Mindhorn, a secret agent with a bionic eye, returns to the Isle of Man, the area where his most famous role was set, to help catch a killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: parody, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, dark comedy, serious, surprise ending, crying, psychotronic
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Vandanam (1989)
Plot Summary:
Mohanlal plays the role of a police officer, Unnikrishnan, who is sent to track down s dangerous criminal played by Nedumudi Venu. Along with his friend (played by Mukesh), he performs surveillance on Nedumudi Venu's daughter who lives in a flat with her aunt, to gather details on the whereabouts of her criminal father. The rest of the story is about how Unnikrishnan gets to the criminal.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min
Plot tags:
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Vadakkunokki Yantram (1989)
Plot Summary:
A man with a serious case of inferiority complex is married to a beautiful girl. Soon, his love and care turns into suspicion.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: ambiguous ending, black comedy, dark comedy
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The Arab, The Camel, and P. Madhavan Nair (2011)
Plot Summary:
Madhavan Nair (Mohanlal) has over the years, finally managed to start leading a comfortable life in Abudhabi, when Meenakshi (Lekshmi Rai) drops into his life from heaven. Love strikes, and in no time breaks, and a disheartened Nair finds himself lost in the desert along with Abdu (Mukesh), who spells disaster. The duo runs into Eliana (Bhavana), who has been kidnapped, and together they devise a new plan to mint some easy money.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 806
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration:
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Godfather (1991)
Plot Summary:
The story of Anjooran, and his four sons Balaraman, Swaminathan, Premachandran and Ramabhadran are in severe enmity with the Anappara family.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags:
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Pattana Pravesham (1988)
Plot Summary:
Pattanapravesham movie is the sequel of Nadodikkattu. Just six months after the events of the prequel, C.I.D. Ramdas (Mohanlal) and C.I.D. Vijayan (Sreenivasan) who are called to Kerala to find the murderer of a police officer. The two incompetent and clueless men find themselves facing a dangerous crime syndicate that deals in drug trafficking. In addition, Anandan Nambiar (Thilakan) who is the man they put behind bars in Nadodikkattu, escapes from jail. Pattana Pravesham is a well-scripted mix of light comedy and poignant drama, just like its prequel.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags:
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Run Baby Run (2012)
Plot Summary:
Venu, a cameraman working for Reuters, happens to meet Renuka, his old lover, while trying to cover a case involving a politician. Together they go to investigate a murder planned by Bharatan Pillai.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, tense, suspense, twist ending, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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In Ghost House Inn (2010)
Plot Summary:
The movie starts with the flashback of an incident which took place 70 years ago, in Dorothy bungalow, where Madam Dorothy Fernandez kills her husband, his lover and the driver. The story shifts to the present day, where Thomas Kutty (Ashokan) buys a bungalow in Ooty with the cash which he received in 2 Harihar Nagar, with the intent of converting it into a resort. The property is believed to be haunted by the ghost of the mistress who was killed 70 years before.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 724
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: India
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, disturbing, psychotronic, entertaining
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Target (2018)
Plot Summary:
Trapped in an empty building, nine people are forced to play a lethal game. All their movements will be recorded, and only one player can survive.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 628
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, satirical, suspenseful, disturbing, twisted
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Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel (2019)
Plot Summary:
Balakrishnan is a lawyer who hasn't been able to achieve much in his professional life due to his stammer. His life takes an interesting turn when his brother-in-law entrusts him with a complex case involving a rich businessman.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 992
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: tense, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, semi serious
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Ramji Rao Speaking (1989)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around three unemployed people who get involved in a kidnapping saga due to a case of mistaken identity.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: clever, surprise ending