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Plot Summary:
Rocky is looked down upon by his father and spends all his time in a mechanic shop. Problems arise in his life after he falls in love with Gayathri.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 831
Genere: Action
Country: India
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, captivating, disturbing
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Dangerous (2007)
Plot Summary:
Dangerous is an Australian television drama series that first screened on 16 January 2007 on FOX8 and was shown in Ireland on RTÉ One. In mid-2008, it began running on The WB's online network in the US. It features a "Romeo and Juliet" story of forbidden love, set against the culturally diverse backgrounds of Sydney's western suburbs street crime and the affluence of Sydney’s eastern suburbs. It explores youth culture, including taboo subjects like party drug use and the underground world of drag racing and ramraiding. Dangerous is produced by John Edwards and Imogen Banks. Writers include Fiona Seres and Brendan Cowell, acclaimed for their work on Love My Way. It is directed by David Caesar and Shawn Seet. The series' theme song is "Set The Record Straight", performed by New Zealand hip hop group Fast Crew, although the lyrics "Auckland City, let's go" has been changed to "Sydney City, let's go" for use on the show.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Tarung Sarung (2020)
Plot Summary:
Wealthy and spoiled, a young man finds something to fight for when he falls in love with an environmental activist protesting his family's business.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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The Crime of Father Amaro (2005)
Plot Summary:
O Crime do Padre Amaro ("The Crime of Father Amaro") is a novel by the 19th-century Portuguese writer José Maria de Eça de Queiroz. It was first published in 1875 to great controversy.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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The Spy Who Never Dies (2022)
Plot Summary:
A world-class spy falls for an unlikely woman and must work out how to build a relationship with a normal person while others around him try and destroy both the relationship and much more.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Arjun (2004)
Plot Summary:
Arjun (Telugu: అర్జున్) ( Dubbed into Tamil as Varenda Madhuraiku and Dubbed into Malayalam as Arjun and Dubbed into Hindi as Maidaan-E-Jung ) is a Tollywood film released on 18 August 2004, and was directed by Gunasekhar. This is the second time Mahesh Babu and Gunasekhar have teamed up after delivering the blockbuster Okkadu. The movie stars Mahesh Babu, Shriya Saran, Keerthi Reddy, Raja, Prakashraj, Saritha and Murali Mohan.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Sita (2019)
Plot Summary:
Sita is a materialistic woman who only cares about materialistic gains and nothing else. MLA Basava Raju lusts for her and wants her to give him what she promised him for helping her. The villain of their tale is Ram, a man who’s way too innocent for his own good. How does Ram help Sita out of the fix she’s in forms the crux of the story.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 161 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Thillalangadi (2010)
Plot Summary:
Nisha leaves Krishna because of his easy-going attitude towards his life and career. Soon, her parents arrange her marriage with an NRI and she reluctantly agrees, but things do not go as planned.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 681
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 181 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, romantic
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Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein (2002)
Plot Summary:
Two feuding neighbouring families are brought together to celebrate the wedding anniversary of Vishnupratap Singh (Vikram Gokhale) and his wife (Farida Jalal), much to the dislike of Rudra Pratap (Sharad Kapoor). During this get together Abhayendra Singh (Fardeen Khan) falls in love with Mangala Solanki (Richa Pallod). Abhayendra comes to know of the background of the two families' feud, and makes attempts to reconcile the two families - with disastrous results.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 687
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 171 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense
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If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely (2004)
Plot Summary:
A former music producer turned stockbroker tries to make his musical comeback with a beautiful singer/dancer from a nightclub. The pair fall in love despite the treachery of the players and gangsters that surround the music business.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating
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Anegan (2015)
Plot Summary:
Madhumitha is convinced that she and her colleague Ashwin were lovers in their past lives and have been brought together by fate. Is there any truth to this or is she merely hallucinating?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Kamen Rider Super Den-O Trilogy: Episode Red - Zero's Star Twinkle (2010)
Plot Summary:
With the older Sakurai having sacrificed himself to ensure Airi’s future, Yuuto struggles with his own role in their story. Despite being told that he is no longer bound to his future, Yuuto finds himself continually drawn to Airi, and when another man contracts with an Imagin to woo her, Ryotaro and the Imgain are pulled into the situation, all while the DenLiner runs out of control through time!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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Maari 2 (2018)
Plot Summary:
After falling off the radar for a few years, Maari is back in the fray doing what he does best: taking trouble by the horns and being a total bad-ass. This time around, he is facing off against a formidable opponent named Beeja, who would stop at nothing until he sees Maari's downfall.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, ironic, satirical, semi serious
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Pogaru (2021)
Plot Summary:
Shiva, a ruffian, is the terror of his area in many ways, but still has a heart of gold. He has just one wish, for his mother to love him wholly like the way he does.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Mayaanadhi (2017)
Plot Summary:
A shady money deal goes wrong and in the aftermath Mathan ends up killing a police officer. Meanwhile in Kochi, his old flame Aparna an aspiring actress is struggling to prop up her career. Mathan meets up with Aparna and tries to rekindle the past, even as the police hunt for him gets intense.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic
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Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada (2016)
Plot Summary:
A youngster goes on a road trip with the girl of his dreams and but an accident leads things to spiraling out of control.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, suspense, disturbing, inspirational
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Long Live the King (2019)
Plot Summary:
By an encounter with a wiry female lawyer So-hyun at the redevelopment protest site, a cold mobster JANG Se-chool decides to be ‘a good person’ as she advised. One day accidentally he saves people from a bus crash, becomes a hero of the city at a bound and it even leads him to run for the National Assembly. But his luckiest chance to be ‘a real good person’ is yet to come until the rival candidate Choi conspires with Se-chool’s enemy clan boss Gwang-chul.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 350
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious
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Kadaikutty Singam (2018)
Plot Summary:
Gunasingam, a family-loving farmer who hails from a small town, tries his best to keep his big family united despite him being misunderstood by many.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Ramayya Vasthavayya (2013)
Plot Summary:
Nandu, a happy-go-lucky college student falls head over heels in love with Akarsha and goes all out to woo her. But only after Akarsha falls for him does she realize that he has revenge on his mind.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 167 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Chirutha (2007)
Plot Summary:
A young man with a tragic past meets the daughter of a rich man and falls in love, while trying to avenge the death of his father.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action
Country: India
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, semi serious
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Jaya Janaki Nayaka (2017)
Plot Summary:
Gagan is very much in love with Sweety aka Janaki, a sweet-natured girl, ever willing to lend a helping hand to those in need. But she ends up rejecting Gagan and later finds herself in a situation from which there seems no escape. Why did Sweety reject Gagan and what does he do when he finds her in a dangerous predicament.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Heart Attack (2014)
Plot Summary:
A romantic drama which aims to allure the urban crowd, stars Nithiin Reddy and Adah Sharma. With a tagline `I need one hour kiss to burn 300 calories` - that suggests the film is high on romantic quotient.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 896
Genere: Action, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, captivating
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Mr. Majnu (2019)
Plot Summary:
A playboy finds himself in a spot of bother when he falls in love with the right girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Kick 2 (2015)
Plot Summary:
A doctor living abroad returns to India to sell his property, where he falls in love with a woman who tries to get him to help the people in her village.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Jay Jay (2003)
Plot Summary:
Jagan and Jamuna spend all day chatting on their first meeting. Jamuna puts down her details on a 100 rupee note declaring that if the note comes back to Jagan, then they are destined to meet.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 442
Genere: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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Devathayai Kanden (2005)
Plot Summary:
Babu, a tea vendor, loves Uma, a rich girl. She too loves him for his sincerity. When she receives a proposal from a doctor, she accepts for the sake of a secure future. Babu sues her for cheating.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Dear Comrade (2019)
Plot Summary:
A hot-blooded student union leader falls for a state-level cricketer but his anger management issues and violent streak threatens to derail their love story.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Thattathin Marayathu (2012)
Plot Summary:
The film is about a Hindu Nair boy, Vinod, and a Muslim girl, Aisha, and the conflict arising out of this inter-faith relationship.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, feel good, light hearted
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The Last Paradiso (2021)
Plot Summary:
In 1950s Italy, a farmer's dream of improving workers’ living conditions collapses when he falls for a landowner's daughter. Based on true events.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Mirapakai (2011)
Plot Summary:
Rishi (Ravi Teja) is an inspector in the Intelligence Bureau. His colleagues fondly call him 'Mirapakaay'. The chief of the IB, Narayana Murthy (Nagababu) gets information that Kittu Bhai (Prakash Raj), a mafia don, is trying to spread his tentacles in India and is targeting Delhi first. During the course of the investigation, ACP (Sanjay Swaroop) is killed by Shankar (Kota Srinivasa Rao), a local goon with the help of his son (Supreet). Murthy sends Rishi to Hyderabad and gets him admitted to a college as a Hindi lecturer as part of an undercover operation. Rishi meets Vinamra (Richa Gangopadhyay) at a temple & falls in love at first sight. Incidentally, she studies in the same college and in the same class to which Rishi teaches Hindi. Their love blossoms. At this juncture, Vaishali (Deeksha Seth), daughter of Kittu Bhai, joins the same college. Grabbing the opportunity, the IB chief asks Rishi to extract information about Kittu from Vaishali.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious
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Vaseegara (2003)
Plot Summary:
Bhupathi's father sends him to live under the guidance of his best friend, Viswanath, and find a job. He gets close to the family and falls in love with Viswanath's daughter, who is already engaged.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 176 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, semi serious