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Plot Summary:
Nedumaaran Rajangam "Maara" sets out to make the common man fly and in the process takes on the world's most capital intensive industry and several enemies who stand in his way.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 122000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, crying, cult film
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NGK (2019)
Plot Summary:
An educated do-gooder is forced to enter politics in order to serve the society. But, will the old guard make way and allow him to do that?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags:
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Bigil (2019)
Plot Summary:
A do-gooder don wants his footballer son to uplift the life of his people by becoming a champion, but fate draws the youngster into a life of violence. Will he be able to fulfill his father’s dream when an opportunity comes his way seven years later?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 179 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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Sarkaru Vaari Paata (2022)
Plot Summary:
Mahesh, a money lender, is swindled by a gambling addict called Kalaavathi in the US. While he comes to India to collect his debt, he decides to stay back and do his bit for the country's financial health.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: social message
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Sarrainodu (2016)
Plot Summary:
Only one man can stop a villain who, backed by his father, brutally murders anyone who gets in the way of his unscrupulous real estate deals.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 159 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, captivating
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Ayan (2009)
Plot Summary:
Deva (Surya Sivakumar) arrives at the Chennai International Airport after running an errand for Arumuga Dass (Prabhu Ganesan) of smuggling pre-release pirated movies on DVD. The two leave for their hideout and instruct Dilli (Karunas), a hearing-impaired assistant of Dass, to make copies of the DVD. Just when police crews arrive into their vicinity, Dass informs Deva and the rest to leave. Deva tells the others to leave while he quickly sets up the burning process. Deva also leaves the hideout just in time. However, the police officers arrive at the hideout, only to see the burning process of the DVDs complete. The police then seize the DVDs and computers. The inspector, who was a friend of Dass, tells him that he can close the case if one of Dass's men agrees to the crime. Deva attempts to go, but another man, Chitti (Jegan), who had no affiliation to them volunteers, takes the blame. Later, Chitti joins Dass's group.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags:
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Karnan (2021)
Plot Summary:
An angry young man fights for the rights of his oppressed people. Can he save them from those who weild power and weapons?.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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What If? (2006)
Plot Summary:
The Visa papers have arrived for stock broker, Salim Rajabali, and he is scheduled to leave in less than a week. Then everything goes wrong when he and his brother, Javed, inadvertently implicate themselves in the murder of Deputy Commissioner of Police Paul, and Salim must flee immediately to the U.S. albeit with a heavy heart, after also being betrayed by his lover, Namrata. Following his departure the following too get ready to leave for the U.S., Rajubhai Patel along with Payal, the daughter Tara V. Gandhi, who is now fated to live with an alcoholic husband and minor acting roles in Bollywood movies; Brilliant student Rahul Bhide who lives with his aged dad, in a dilapidated house, finds his future looking brighter when his dad passes away; Tilotamma Das who met and married Hemant Punj is now awaiting the arrival of her visa, when she finds she cannot take any more from her pushy mother-in-law. All of them try to reach America.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 751
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, exciting, melancholic, disturbing, avant garde
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Viswasam (2019)
Plot Summary:
A village ruffian, who settles disputes in his native, takes on a big shot when he tries to sort out the rough patch in his marriage after several years.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: semi serious, exciting, captivating, stylized, cult film
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Singh Saab the Great (2013)
Plot Summary:
A common man fights corruption and injustice.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran (2018)
Plot Summary:
A look at India's second confidential nuclear test series at Pokhran lead by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, during the time of PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Action, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, patriotic, tense, captivating, feel good, mind blowing
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Gulaab Gang (2014)
Plot Summary:
A fearless woman fights social injustice; creating a sanctuary for abused women and battling a crooked politician.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, serious, realistic
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Bollywood Diaries (2016)
Plot Summary:
The passionate journey of three Bollywood fanatics who wish to make it big in the industry.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 309
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, avant garde
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Rangasthalam (2018)
Plot Summary:
Chitti Babu begins to suspect his elder brother's life is in danger after they team up to lock horns with their village president and overthrow his unlawful 30 year old regime.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, sentimental, period drama
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Trial by Fire (2008)
Plot Summary:
A firefighter is wrongly blamed for the death of her father, hours before he was due to retire from the department. Eager to prove herself to her peers, she sets out to join an elite squad of smoke jumpers who are expected to jump from aeroplanes into the heart of a blaze.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 438
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, tense, captivating, psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, disaster movie
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Jai Bhim (2021)
Plot Summary:
A pregnant woman from a primitive tribal community, searches desperately for her husband, who is missing from police custody. So as to find her husband and seek justice for them, as their voice, a High Court advocate rises in support. Will their battle for justice succeed?.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 213000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: India, USA
Duration: 164 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, thought provoking, social, extraordinary
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Kaala (2018)
Plot Summary:
A gangster from Tirunelveli, who is the King of Dharavi, fights for keeping the land safe from mighty politicians and the land mafia.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, action packed, period drama
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Acharya (2022)
Plot Summary:
Acharya, a middle-aged Naxalite-turned-social reformer, launches a fight against the Endowments Department over misappropriation and embezzlement of temple funds and donations.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Saamy (2003)
Plot Summary:
A policeman accepts bribes from corrupt politicians and local thugs to help them in their illegal work. However, he decides to correct his mistakes after he falls in love with a woman.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, cult film
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Tuck Jagadish (2021)
Plot Summary:
In a village with greedy property fights among the families, Jagadish carries on his father's legacy to reform all the property issues in his village while trying to reunite his family, which is also split due to property issues.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu (2012)
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Ganga, a camerawoman, helps Rambabu, a fiery mechanic, become a journalist. When Rana, an evil politician, kills a journalist, Rambabu decides to destroy his political career.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Mahendra, the son of Bahubali, learns about his heritage, he begins to look for answers. His story is juxtaposed with past events that unfolded in the Mahishmati Kingdom.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 167 min
Plot tags: epic, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, visual, cult classic, bilingual
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Ghajini (2005)
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The film's story is around a rich business entrepreneur falling in love with an ad film actress. The entrepreneur and the actress fall in love, though she does not know that he is an entrepreneur. When she successfully saves a bunch of children who were in danger, she is brutally murdered by a gang leader and the entrepreneur himself gets hit hard on the head when he tries to save his lover, eventually leading him into a state of short term memory loss. He is later studied about and helped by a psychology student to take revenge on the one who murdered his lover.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, realistic, rough, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, entertaining, remake of american film
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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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Pithamagan (2003)
Plot Summary:
Pithamagan whirls around four characters. Chithan (Vikram) who is orphaned at a young age, devoid of all human contacts lives on his animal instincts and ekes out a living as a graveyard caretaker.He seems to exhibit behaviour consistent with autism spectrum disorders. Gomathy (Sangeetha), a petty ganja seller, who pities Chithan’s condition, gets him a job at the ganja fields of the main villain.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: rough, emotional, realistic, tense, serious, feel good, epic, sad, tragic ending, entertaining
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RRR (2022)
Plot Summary:
A fictional history of two legendary revolutionaries' journey away from home before they began fighting for their country in the 1920s.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 160000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 187 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, epic, funny, visual, cult classic, period piece, period drama
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Kaththi (2014)
Plot Summary:
Kathiresan aka Kaththi, a criminal, escapes from the Kolkata prison and comes to Chennai, where he comes across his doppelganger Jeevanandham, fighting for his life after being shot at by unknown men. Kathir decides to pass off as Jeeva and make away with a lump sum amount but once he realizes who Jeeva really is, Kathir turns a crusader.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, psychological, tense, feel good, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Petta (2019)
Plot Summary:
A hostel warden becomes the target of a dreaded politician and his gangster son, but little do they realise that it is they who should fear him.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 171 min
Plot tags: rough, suspense, disturbing
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Major (2022)
Plot Summary:
This biopic follows the life of Indian Army officer Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, from his childhood to his heroic actions during the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Uyare (2019)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring pilot fights for her future -- and justice -- after surviving an acid attack from her abusive boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (1992)
Plot Summary:
Authentic drama of United Airlines flight 232 from Denver to Chicago. The DC-10 crashed during an emergency landing at Sioux City Gateway Airport on July 19, 1989. 184 people survived, partly thanks to the ground rescue workers who had 40 minutes to prepare for the event.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 759
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disaster movie