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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
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Unfailing (2008)
Plot Summary:
A secret criminal organization, headed by Mr. Takamura, arranges a tournament in order to find the perfect killer. Ten young people who have nothing to lose, accept the rules and run in this revenge. To spice up the game, Silex, the right arm of Takamura, winner of the last 5 years, was introduced anonymously in the group. Between emerging friendships, rivalries and spirit of chivalry, the participants manage the tests. The eliminations are increasing and the losses are heavy. The tournament goes far to the point of no return.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, independent film
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Retribution (2016)
Plot Summary:
A hardened debt-collector goes on a 24-hour rampage through London in an attempt to avenge the brutal attack on his teenage daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 502
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspense, suspenseful
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Open Road (2013)
Plot Summary:
Angie, a young Brazilian artist, abandons her old life and embarks on a journey around the country. Running from her past, and searching for her foundation in life, Angie finds not only herself but love in its many forms.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, contemplative
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Christian Brothers (2011)
Plot Summary:
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)
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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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)
Plot Summary:
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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Nirnayam (1995)
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
Plot tags:
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Oppam (2016)
Plot Summary:
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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Naan Mahaan Alla (2010)
Plot Summary:
A playful young man leads a very happy life, but everything changes when his father witnesses a heinous crime.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, serious, disturbing, feel good, action packed
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Grandmaster (2012)
Plot Summary:
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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Ravanaprabhu (2001)
Plot Summary:
Karthikeyan, a liquor baron, sets out to take back his ancestral house which was usurped by Shekharan. To seek revenge, Karthikeyan abducts Shekharan's daughter and ends up falling in love with her.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 168 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating
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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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Garv: Pride and Honour (2004)
Plot Summary:
Garv is a story of three brave and honest cops: Samar Singh (Amrish Puri), Arjun Ranawat (Salman Khan) and Hyder Ali Khan (Arbaaz Khan). Samar wants to reduce the amount of crime in the state. The trio faces obstacles because the powerful and corrupt politicians (played by Govind Namdeo, Anant Jog and Shivaji Satam) are connected with underworld don Zafar Supari (Mukesh Rishi). The politicians decide to transfer Samar Singh while Hyder Ali is named a traitor and is killed. The goons next target Arjun by gang-raping his sister, Rakhi (Akanksha) and hurting his other family members. Arjun, in a fit of anger, kills the rapists and surrenders himself to his police colleagues. He is seen walking up the steps with police in the opening scenes of the movie. He wants to be awarded capital punishment but later the court finds the politicians wrong and lets Arjun go free.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, captivating, suspense
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Thandavam (2002)
Plot Summary:
Thandavam movie tells about the love and bond between the brothers Kashi Nathan (Mohanlal) and SwamiNathan(Nedumudi Venu) and it takes a turn when Saminathan is killed in an accident.Kashinathan realises Dasappa Kaundar(Manoj K Jayan) and minister shankar Das(Sai Kumar) are behind Swaminathan.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 348
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, suspense
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Drishyam 2 (2021)
Plot Summary:
7 years after the events of Drishyam, the family lives with the trauma from that fateful night. A gripping tale of an investigation and a family threatened by it. Will Georgekutty be able to protect his family this time?.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, twisted
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Urumi: The Warriors Who Wanted to Kill Vasco Da Gama (2011)
Plot Summary:
Kelu is a warrior in 16th century Kerala whose father was killed by Vasco da Gama and his troops. Kelu vows to avenge his father's death with the assistance of Vavvali and Ayesha, a warrior princess.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 172 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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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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Soo: Revenge for a Twisted Fate (2007)
Plot Summary:
Tae-soo tries to steal from a gang. The gang catches Tae-Soo's brother, Tae-Jin, instead. The incident causes the brothers to separate. Tae-Soo becomes a mob fixer and an assassin. Tae-Jin becomes a police detective. When a call brings the brothers together, they get ready for brotherly bonding, but Tae-Jin gets killed. Tae-Soo decides to get revenge on his brother's killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 416
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, crime drama, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Ten Dead Men (2008)
Plot Summary:
You can’t outrun your past. That is the extremely painful lesson that Ryan (Brendan Carr)is learning right now, as spectres of his past life of crime have returned to haunt him, destroying the only person he holds dear, and nearly killing him in the process. Ryan decides that if he cannot escape then he must confront them head-on in what can only be called a desperate suicide run.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 695
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, political thriller
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Drishyam (2013)
Plot Summary:
Georgekutty lives a happy life with his wife and daughters. Things take a turn when his daughter gets indecently filmed using a hidden camera, by the son of a police inspector.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: suspense, twisted, tense, suspenseful, suspense thriller, captivating, twist ending, psychological thriller, surprise ending, epic
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Dum Maaro Dum (2011)
Plot Summary:
ACP Vishnu is sent on a mission to investigate and clean the underbelly of Goa. During his investigation, he uncovers a huge racket and discovers the involvement of various politicians.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, entertaining, suspense, rough, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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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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If You Knew Me (2015)
Plot Summary:
Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save Thenmozhi, a young woman who is the target of a criminal organ harvesting group, led by a ghost from his past.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, thrilling, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Blackmail (2005)
Plot Summary:
Inspector Abhay Rathod is a honest and diligent Police Inspector employed with Bombay Police. He was assigned the case of racketeer and criminal don, Shekhar Mohan. Abhay successfully entraps and arrests him, and has him sentenced to a long jail term. Years later, Abhay is now the Assistant Commissioner of Police; is married, and has a son named Chirag; and Shekhar Mohan has completed his jail term and is looking to seek vengeance against Abhay. He does so by kidnapping Chirag and taking him along with him. He object is not to seek any ransom money, but attempt to separate the child from his parents, as well as attempt to make a place in his heart. Shekhar finds out that Chirag loves racing and takes him on various race courses where the child is thrilled to watch fast sport cars, and soon starts a friendship with "Uncle" Shekhar. But with Abhay and the police closing in fast, will Shekhar and Chirag be able to maintain their friendship?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 714
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, captivating
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Raavan (2010)
Plot Summary:
This thrilling, allegorical drama follows the intricately interwoven lives of three people, delving into concepts of good and evil, and complex emotions. Ragini re-locates to distant Lal Matti along with her Superintendent of Police husband, Dev Pratap Sharma, in order to enable him to apprehend a bandit, Beera Munda. Shortly thereafter her life is turned upside down when she is abducted by Beera and held captive. It is during this captivity that she is forced to experience myriad complex emotions, with her life in danger of ending within 14 hours. However, she also attempts to the real reason behind her abduction. What will she discover? How will justice be served? Will Ragini's life be spared, and if so, will she be happy to return to the safety of her husband's embrace?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, bleak, realistic, surprise ending
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The Hunt Begins... (2003)
Plot Summary:
After receiving pardon from his jail term Babu return home to find that his family consisting of his wife, Purnima, his son, Arjun and daughter Pooja are in a destitute way of living which then pushes him to release information to the police that he were concealing as his three gangster bosses Chhote Pathan, Rajoo Singh and D.K. Sharma fail to carry out their promise of taking care of his family. The duo then retaliates by beheading Babu in the presence of Purnima and in the process abducting Pooja resulting in Purnima losing her senses. 10 years later Arjun hopes to re-unite his mother with her daughter and goes about a quest to look for his sister but in order to make this possible he must first overcome all obstacles placed in his way by the three gangsters.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, feel good, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Adanga Maru (2018)
Plot Summary:
A sincere cop, who's suspended from the department for locking horns with a few influential people in the society, starts taking revenge against those who finished off his dear ones.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing