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Plot Summary:
Dr. Roy (Mohanlal) is a surgeon who works in a private hospital. He falls in love with his colleague Dr. Annie (Heera Rajgopal). When Annie discovers a frightening organ-smuggling operation in her hospital, it proves to be a turning point in the story.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 165 min
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Loham (2015)
Plot Summary:
2015 Malayalam thriller film written and directed by Ranjith. It features Mohanlal as Raju and Andrea Jeremiah as Jayanthi in lead roles along with Ajmal Ameer, Siddique, Mythili, Tini Tom, Vijayaraghavan, Renji Panicker and V. K. Prakash in significant roles. The film is produced by Antony Perumbavoor under the banner Aashirvad Cinemas.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 910
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
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Benzersiz (2017)
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A pharmacist (Cemal Hunal) who lives in an Anatolian city with his mother and daughter had a terrible case in his pharmacy shop while he was on duty with his assistants. He both mentally and physically goes through a trauma. He stays in a coma for months and when he wakes up, things will never be the same again.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 94 min
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Chotta Mumbai (2007)
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The film starts in a street in Fort Kochi where Vasco da Gama, the son of a wrestler named Michael, lives. Vasco and his gang of five — Chandrappan, Susheelan, Sainu, Basheer and cousin Tomichchan are small-time goondas, involved in petty offences and as the movie progresses, these characters turn out to be more endearing than bad.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration:
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Kartavya (1995)
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Karan and his mother live a happy life and he is soon to be married to Kajal. But on the day of his engagement, he discovers his mother is not his biological mother.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration:
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Hulchul (1995)
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A troubled ACP adopts a young poor child named Deva whose mother and father died. When he grows up, he helps his adopted father as a police officer and ACP to solve various crimes around town to save his job and protect his family. Deva should not only help his father by tracking down a mob or fight gang members, but he has to release his half-brother Karan from police custody after he is framed for murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 504
Genere: Action, Romance, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min
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Dimension in Fear (1998)
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Escaped murderer Cal Lewis wants revenge for those responsible for him being put away. Enroute from Texas to Las Vegas he crosses paths with young TV news reporter Deidre Holland who quickly becomes his target.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspense
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Naran (2005)
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Mullankolli is a rustic remote village in northern Kerala. Velayudhan (Mohanlal) is an orphan who came floating during floods and he was brought up by Valiya Nambiar (Madhu) a do-gooder and a feudal landlord of the area. Velayudhan grows up into a riff-raff, drunkard and a local rowdy with a good heart. He hates injustice and has set his own rules for the villagers who are scared of him including local moneylender and politician - Member Kurupu (Jagathy) and Gopinathan Nambiar (Siddique), son-in-law of Valiya Nambiar who wants to rule over the village in his own way.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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Billa (1980)
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Billa (Rajinikanth) is a powerful mafia lord, who in spite of being one of the most wanted on the list of Interpol, remains elusive to the police. Meanwhile, after a couple of unsuccessful attempts at nabbing Billa, the police finally succeed, but Billa dies during the pursuit, botching DSP Alexander’s plan to reach the source of all crime—the man Billa reported to-by capturing Billa alive. DSP buries Billa’s body, ensuring that people believe that he is still be alive. As luck would have it, DSP remembers his chance encounter with Rajappa, a simpleton trying to survive in the hustle and bustle of Chennai in order to support two small foster kids, who is an exact lookalike of Billa. DSP hatches a plan to transform Rajappa into Billa and place him back into the crime nexus, but this time as a police informer.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 873
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Awake (2019)
Plot Summary:
A man wakes in a hospital bed with no recollection of who he is, and learns that he's wanted by the police for a committing a series of murders.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, suspense, talky, non-linear, crime drama
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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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The Assault (1998)
Plot Summary:
A female cop protects a dead drug dealer's wife from mob assassins.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic
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The Killing Zone (1999)
Plot Summary:
When your in The Syndicate you're in for life. This is the prospect facing Matthew Palmer, a hearless but efficient, deadly but impeccably neat assassin and confirmed Michael Caine fan. But Palmer has found love and wants out, even though he knows that wanting out can make you very quickly dead in London's sinister underworld.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Thriller, Action
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Christian Brothers (2011)
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When the daughter of a minister gets kidnapped, Christy is called upon to rescue her. Although he manages to save her, he himself gets embroiled in the kidnapper's murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 920
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative
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Devasuram (1993)
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Neelakantan, heir to his father's fortunes, is an apparent menace to society. He once belittles a dancer but later they fall in love. Shekharan, an arch enemy, kidnaps his lover due to an old enmity.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 187 min
Plot tags: crying, weeping
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Big B (2007)
Plot Summary:
Big B is a 2007 Malayalam action-thriller film co-written and directed by Amal Neerad, starring Mammootty in the title role.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, stylized, exciting, suspense, slang
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Red Chillies (2009)
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Mohanlal plays the role of OMR, an affluent NRI who does oil business in Singapore. The movie begins on a new year before when the "Red Chilles", an all-girls music band with nine members, are involved in an accident. The girls flee from the place to leave their car behind. Moreover, the girls work for OMR and it was his car they drove around. OMR is forced to come down to India. As a mystery, several other characters come into light, including a party secretary portrayed by Thilakan and four policemen played by Siddique, Vijayaraghavan, Biju Menon and Ganesh Kumar.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense
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Jawan (2023)
Plot Summary:
A man is driven by a personal vendetta to rectify the wrongs in society, while keeping a promise made years ago. He comes up against a monstrous outlaw with no fear, who's caused extreme suffering to many.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 80000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: political, suspense, social message
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Oppam (2016)
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Jayaraman (Mohanlal) is born as a blind man but with heightened senses of smell, sound and touch. He is trained in the martial art of Kalaripayattu. He works as an elevator operator in an apartment where many reputed people live. One day he happens to encounter a murder in a flat. The killer escapes and Jayaraman is charged with the murder. To prove his innocence to the law, Jayaraman must now find and kill the true murderer.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, exciting, tense, suspenseful, suspense thriller, twisted
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Twenty 20 (2008)
Plot Summary:
Advocate Ramesh saves Devan from a murder case. Later, he realize Devan was the actual culprit. Ramesh tries for a payback, unaware of Devan's real intentions and the reason for the murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 195 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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Narasimham (2000)
Plot Summary:
Poovalli Induchoodan (Mohanlal) is sentenced for six years prison life for murdering his classmate. Induchoodan, the only son of Justice Maranchery Karunakara Menon (Thilakan) was framed in the case by Manapally Madhavan Nambiar (Narayanan Nair) and his crony DYSP Sankaranarayanan (Bheeman Raghu) to take revenge on idealist judge Menon who had earlier given jail sentence to Manapally in a corruption case. The story begins with Induchoodan released and his father & mother coming to stay with him.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, captivating, suspenseful, crying, weeping, entertaining
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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
Plot tags:
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Vandanam (1989)
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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
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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
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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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Grandmaster (2012)
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Chandrashekhar lives alone in a dark and violent city. Even with crime occurring all around him, he withdraws from all responsibility and lives quietly. Soon, change is forced upon him in order to catch a serial killer. Like a grandmaster who anticipates his opponents moves well in advance, he proceeds forward. But only once, just once, he makes a fatal mistake.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, suspense thriller, captivating, exciting, realistic, detective
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Avatharam (2014)
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Madhavan Mahadevan, who comes into the city from a village to see off his sister-in-law and her daughter after the death of his elder brother, an upright Customs Officer (KB Ganesh Kumar). While running around to claim the insurance money, he comes to know that his brother was actually murdered by the underworld don Irumbanakkal John (Joy Mathew).
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 294
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 141 min
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Yevadu (2014)
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Satya is given a different face after he suffers burn-related injuries. After being released from the hospital, he deals with the murderer of his lover Deepti. But his new face has given him new foes.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, realistic
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Lucifer (2019)
Plot Summary:
In God's own country, the supreme leader of the ruling party dies, leaving a huge vacuum, not only in the electoral and leadership sphere of the party but also that of the state. In the inevitable succession squabble and the power struggle that ensues, the thin line that separates good and bad becomes irrecoverably blurred and out of this seemingly endless mayhem, emerge forces that are hitherto unheard of.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, political, surprise ending
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Deep Dark Canyon (2013)
Plot Summary:
Bloom Towne is a small-town sheriff under the thumb of the well-established, deeply influential Mayor Dick Cavanaugh's family. When Bloom's two teenage sons, Nate and Skylar accidentally shoot and kill Dick during a deer-hunt, Bloom's long-held allegiance to the reigning Cavanaugh clan is tested. Skylar (still a minor) decides to take the wrap for his older brother Nate, claiming he fired the fatal shot. The Cavanaugh family's quick retaliation sends Skylar on his way to county jail, soon to be tried as an adult. Desperate and guilt-ridden, Nate breaks Skylar out of jail and sets off a chain of lawless acts, which send them deep into the woods and on the run. Bloom's choice between the law and his sons leads to revelations of old family secrets that threaten to destroy everything he loves.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, serious, realistic, independent film
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Shikkar (2010)
Plot Summary:
The story of Shikkar takes place at Chittazha, a mountainous terrain where bamboo reeds flourish. After much wandering from place to place, Balraman (Mohanlal) a lorry driver has finally settled down with his daughter (Ananya) at Chittazha. Peace evades the man as his past catches up with him, and Balaraman has to take risky everything to safeguard his own life and that of his daughter's.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 555
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, serious, captivating