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Plot Summary:
Two sisters, Asha and Lata, want to be successful singers and dancers, but a competition drives their rivalry to tragic consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration:
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Felony (1994)
Plot Summary:
A reality cop show films a police raid on a drug ring that goes awry and results in the massacre of 11 policemen. All of this gets taped by the cameraman who tries to sell the tape to the gangsters and gets killed for his efforts. Meanwhile the film commentator gets pursued by the cops, the gangsters, and some crooked FBI agents. All are after the film which he doesn't have.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film
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Mast Kalandar (1991)
Plot Summary:
Widower Rai Bahadur Pratap Singh is disappointed when he wants to marry someone poor. Pratap instructs him to forget about his love-life, his son refuses, and as a result Pratap asks him to leave the house. Years later, Pratap receives a letter in the mail, informing him that his son is dead, and that his widowed daughter-in-law and her son, Guddu, are on their way to live with him. He is delighted, and sends Prem, his nephew to receive, however, both mother and son do not arrive and are believed to be missing. Rai Bahadur subsequently finds out that his daughter-in-law is dead, and Guddu is living in a slum with a thief and drunk, Shankar. With the help of the courts and the police, Pratap manages to bring Guddu to his home. This is where Pratap will find out that money and power will not buy him his grandson's love, he will also find out that his daughter-in-law did not die a normal death, but was killed.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 143 min
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Nadiya Kollappetta Rathri (2007)
Plot Summary:
Railway Anti-Criminal Task Force (RATs) investigates three unrelated murders happened in a train.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense
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The Burning Train (1980)
Plot Summary:
The plot revolves around a train named Super Express that catches fire on its inaugural run from New Delhi to Mumbai.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: parody, exciting, serious, emotional, realistic, suspenseful
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Kartavya (1995)
Plot Summary:
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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Farishtay (1991)
Plot Summary:
After the death of her husband, the Police Inspector, Gayatri sets out to find his murderer, and is horrified to learn that her brothers are employed by him.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 193 min
Plot tags:
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Aahuti (1978)
Plot Summary:
Film from 1978.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
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Dhaal: The Battle of Law Against Law (1997)
Plot Summary:
Crime drama starring Vinod Khanna, Sunil Shetty and Gautami.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags:
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Farz (2001)
Plot Summary:
Farz 2001 - Sunny Deol.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration:
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Devasuram (1993)
Plot Summary:
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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Narasimhudu (2005)
Plot Summary:
Narasimhudu (NTR)'s parents die at a young age and he is adopted by the villagers of Kondaveedu, who all take up the responsibility of bringing him up. The sons of JD (Puneet Issar) and Pothuraju (Kalabhavan Mani) rape an 11-year-old in the village. Narasimhudu who is also the caretaker of the village, vows to take revenge on the big people and their sons for committing the heinous crime.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 589
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: crying, weeping
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Krishna (1996)
Plot Summary:
Sunil lives a poor life-style with his mom and sister. His passion is to pilot plane and he goes for training to become a successful pilot, but in the process he got himself entangled in a drug deal which changes his entire concept of life and engulfs his loved ones forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 419
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: epic
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Angaar (1992)
Plot Summary:
Unemployed and branded a trouble-maker, Jaikishan lives a poor lifestyle in a slum-area called Asha Colony, very near Andher's Lokhandwala Complex along with his sister, Seema; mom and dad. He comes to the rescue of a homeless orphan, Mili, who suffers from a deep inferiority complex, and permits her to live with his family. Brutally outspoken, he believes that India should be awarded unlimited gold medals for corruption at all levels, fully aware that these beliefs portray him as a 'revolutionary', and prevent him from securing any gainful employment. His life will be turned upside down when he refuses to go along with the plans of the Khan family - consisting of builder, Majid; his goon brother, Farid, and their seemingly benevolent father, Jahangir. His family will also be traumatized after the Police arrest him for the alleged broad-daylight murder of Farid.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 176 min
Plot tags: cult classic
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Zaalim (1994)
Plot Summary:
Judge Somnath lives with his wife, three sons, and a daughter. Two of his sons, Vikram and Mohan are married, while his daughter, Kaamna, and youngest son, Ravi, are of marriageable age. Somnath had wanted his sons to be a doctor, police officer, and a Judge. While Vikram is a surgeon, Mohan's a Police Inspector, & Ravi is now studying law and on his way to become a lawyer and then a Judge like his dad. This family does have a dark secret. Ravi is prone to losing his temper, so much so that he gets out of control, and has killed someone in his childhood. When Kaamna gets raped, the family are reluctant to tell Ravi. When they do they do convince him to control himself, while Mohan gets an arrest warrant for Vinod, Kaamna's molester. Things do not go smoothly in court as the matter is put off for several months and then Somnath and Kaamna are killed in a bomb explosion. Now Mohan and Vikram handcuff Ravi on their balcony while they finalize the funeral arrangements.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 617
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 131 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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Jung (2000)
Plot Summary:
The son of Police Inspector Veer Chauhan requires a near impossible to find bone-marrow transplant. With time running out, Veer finds a viable candidate, a criminal he was responsible for apprehending.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 430
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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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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Khauff (2000)
Plot Summary:
While returning home from the marriage of her friend, Ritu Pereira, Neha Verma, an air hostess, witnesses the brutal death of Superintendent of Police Jaidev Singh,.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 416
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, suspenseful, touching
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Jai Kishen (1994)
Plot Summary:
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
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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Mass (2004)
Plot Summary:
Mass (Akkineni Nagarjuna) is an orphan, who bonds well with his landlord's son Adi (Sunil). He is behind a collegian Anjali (Jyothika) who happens to be the daughter of Vizag city's mafia don Satya (Raghuvaran). This restricts her from falling for him, as it would land him in danger but she finally gives in. She suggests that he ties the knot immediately before her brother (Rahul Dev) and father try separating them. The gangsters in the process kill Mass's best friend Adi (Sunil) when he tries to stop them when they try separating the lead pair, before their marriage. The hero moves into Vizag and stays in an apartment hiding his identity to take revenge on the mafia dons. Finally his quest for revenge is complete, and also he eliminates the anti-social elements in the society by killing them.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, exciting, captivating, suspenseful
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Army (1996)
Plot Summary:
Arjun and Geeta are a young couple, who are deeply in love with each other. They get married, and soon are proud parents. Arjun gets in the bad books of a notorious gangster named Nagraj, and is brutally killed. When Geeta finds out she decides to avenge Arjun's death. When Nagraj finds out that Geeta is out for vengeance, he scoffs at her, refusing to believe that a lone defenseless widow can do him any harm. But Nagraj is in for a surprise when he comes face to face with Geeta and a group of young men who are dedicated to bring him down - even if they die trying.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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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
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Khaidi (1983)
Plot Summary:
Khaidi is action oreinted movie in which, Suryam (chiranjeevi) works along with his widow sister in his field and studies in a college in the nearby town. His classmate madhavi falls in love with him, but later suryam realizes that she is RaoGopalrao’s daughter who gave loan to his father and is now trying to grab his land for that.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 503
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 157 min
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Shikkar (2010)
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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
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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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The Pigeon (1989)
Plot Summary:
At an early age, Kishen, to provide a better life for himself and his younger brother Karan, entered the underworld. To prevent the same fate from happening to Karan, he sent him abroad, but before this had happened, Karan had fallen in love with his friend Prakash's sister, Paro. Years pass, and now Kishen is the henchman of Anna, a psychotic don. Karan returns to Bombay and immediately goes to meet Prakash, now an honest police officer. But Anna's men kill Prakash right in front of Karan, and he learns of his brother's involvement with Anna. Against Kishen's wishes, he joins Anna's gang and starts tipping off a rival gang. This is revenge for Prakash's death-by playing off one gang against the other, he hopes to exterminate both of them at the same time. In a desperate attempt to get Karan away from it all, Kishen gets him married to Paro. But when the couple are brutally killed on their wedding night, Kishen is out for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: cult classic, entertaining, serious, realistic, crying, weeping, cult film
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One 2 Ka 4 (2001)
Plot Summary:
Javed Abbas (Jackie Shroff) is widowed Police Officer with four children. His partner is Arun Verma (Shahrukh Khan). Both Javed and Arun are honest, hard-working and diligent. And this leads to the "death" of Javed in mysterious circumstances. After Javed's death, Arun takes over the responsiblity of looking after his four children. He does run into several problems and decides to seek the help of Geeta Choudhary (Juhi chawla), who readily agrees and moves in with him and the four children. The children take an instant liking to Geeta, and things seem to settle down. One day Arun finds out that his former partner's death was really a homicide. When he attempts to investigate, charges of drug-trafficking, and bribery are brought out against him, He finds out that Geeta is not what she claims to be, and is living a double life.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, exciting, semi serious, entertaining, detective, remake of american film
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Allah-Rakha (1986)
Plot Summary:
Karim Khan is employed as driver for a gangster named Don, who has an accident with his car, and asks Karim to take the blame for it for a hefty sum of cash, which Karim does so, and is imprisoned. But Don does not fulfill his promise, and as a result, Karim's wife, Razia, and new-born son are left destitute. Razia complains to Police Inspector Anwar, who arrests Don and holds him in prison, pending his trial in court. When Anwar finds out that his new-born son, Iqbal, is in need of a pace-maker, which he is unable to afford, he makes a compromise with Don, who lets him have one. Iqbal undergoes surgery and a pace-maker number 786, considered lucky in Islamic faith, is attached to his tiny heart.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags:
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God Is My Witness (1992)
Plot Summary:
Baadshah Khan falls in love with Benazir, a member of a rival clan who has defeated him in a game of buzkashi. Benazir will not marry him unless he brings back the head of her father's killer, Habibullah, from India. He is successful, but he must return to India. He is then tragically separated from Benazir through a series of incidents that are only resolved years later with the arrival of his daughter, Menhdi, and his release from prison.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 193 min
Plot tags: epic, serious, realistic, crying, weeping