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Plot Summary:
Madhavan Nair (Mohanlal) has over the years, finally managed to start leading a comfortable life in Abudhabi, when Meenakshi (Lekshmi Rai) drops into his life from heaven. Love strikes, and in no time breaks, and a disheartened Nair finds himself lost in the desert along with Abdu (Mukesh), who spells disaster. The duo runs into Eliana (Bhavana), who has been kidnapped, and together they devise a new plan to mint some easy money.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 806
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration:
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Hallo (2007)
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Hello movie is about Shivaraman (Mohanlal) who is a lazy advocate, popularly called as Shiva. Even though an advocate by profession, he spends more time to booze than to be in court. And at those times, he is a known troublemaker of the city.One of the best friends of Shivaraman is Chandy Kunju (Jagathy Sreekumar) who is a Sivaraman.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery
Country: India
Duration:
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Der Mann im Keller (2008)
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: independent film
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To Be a Millionaire (1980)
Plot Summary:
The terrorist Fors arrested after an attack on a OPEC meeting. Shortly afterwards town minister's daughter gets kidnapped by two men who require Fors be released and that he will flight phase to Albania. SÄPO agent Olsson will handle the case.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min
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Soft Skin (1998)
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Minako, a Tokyo housewife, is depressed that everyone has an active life outside the home except her. Taking her inspiration from TV reports of a hitch-hiking chainsaw murderer, Minako decides to spice up her life by finding a young lover and running off with him by faking her kidnapping. While her family frets and worries, Minako has a wonderful time. Eventually, though, she decides it's time to go back to her family. Her lover, however, isn't ready for the fun to end, and Minako's fake kidnapping soon becomes all too real.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
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Stripteaser (1995)
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As Zipper's Clown Palace (a strip bar) closes, Neil wanders in and decides to hold the dancers, bartender, and remaining customers hostage. He torments them with little tasks he wants performed, playing on their weaknesses and relying on his gun for intimidation. Eventually the hostages begin formulating plans to thwart his control. Meanwhile, two policemen are observing the outside of the strip joint, realizing that something's wrong and trying to decide if it's worth ruining their buzz to intervene.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 303
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: independent film, erotic, cult film
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Raise Your Kids on Seltzer (2015)
Plot Summary:
A husband-and-wife pair of retired cult deprogrammers experience marital strife when their past catches up with them.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
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Dirty Laundry (1987)
Plot Summary:
A young man and his girlfriend unwittingly come into possession of a bag containing one million dollars belonging to a drug-smuggling ring. The mobsters try to catch the couple and retrieve their money.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Helsinki-Naples All Night Long (1987)
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Alex is a Finnish taxi driver in Berlin. One evening pits two men feel comfortable in his taxi with a briefcase full of money, but unfortunately for Alex's money stolen and a group of gangsters are at the nape of the two. Soon it comes to shooting, and when the two men being killed, is good advice costly for the beleaguered driver. "Helsinki Napoli All Night Long" is Mika Kaurismäki's first major European production. The film features a host of famous names in the cast: The legendary film director Samuel Fuller (The Big Red One), actor Eddie Constantine (Alphaville, Europe), cult directors Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas) and Jim Jarmusch (Dead Man).
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 732
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Finland, Switzerland, West Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, dark comedy
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Toscana (2022)
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With a bottle full of sperm in his pocket and on his way to the clinic where his wife is waiting for him to do an in vitro test, Santi - a culinary critic in the midst of a 40-year-old crisis - collides on a scooter with a vehicle whose driver is on the run. Seeking help, he gets trapped in the Toscana restaurant where, at gunpoint, an ex-chef demands a severance pay from his owner.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 82 min
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Hum Dono (1995)
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Vikram Sehgal (Alok Nath) a renowned businessman has two sons. The legitimate Vishal (Nana Patekar) and the illegitimate Raju (Rishi Kapoor). Vishal's uncle Shrichand (Mohan Joshi) and his friend Arjun Chaudhry murder Vikram Sehgal for his property. But he learns that Vikram had willed his assets to be divided equally among Raju and Vishal. Vishal has to bring Raju back to the house if he wants his share of property. But the journey back home is precarious for apart from the innumerable scraps between the two; they have face Shrichand's various attempts to murder them.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min
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Kakkakuyil (2001)
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Kakkakuyil movie is about Sivaraman(Mohanlal) who has come to Mumbai for a visa. But Sivaraman finds his friend Govindan Kutty (Mukesh) amidst a sea of problems. Sivaraman is forced to participate in a bank robbery planned by Thomas and his gang, which puts them in more trouble.And they find a place as Kunjunni with the body of Govindan kutty and sound of Sivaraman in the house of a blind old couple (Nedumudi Venu and Kaviyoor Ponnamma), whose grandson Kunjunni who had left them a long time ago (when he was 7) and is now coming home.But a turn of events finds Sivaraman and Govindan kutty (combined) as Kunjunni with the body of Govindan kutty and sound of Sivaraman.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 723
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 140 min
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Yodha (1992)
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Ashokan (Mohanlal) goes on a trip to Nepal to meet his uncle (MS Thripunithura) who is settled there. To his surprise, his rival from his village Appukuttan (Jagathy) is already there impersonating him. He is unable to convince his uncle about the truth and gets kicked out of the house. While trying to find shelter he meets a young Nepalese boy (Sidharth Lama). Though they don't understand each others' language, they quickly form a bond. Meanwhile Ashokan is able to convince his cousin Aswathy (Madhubala) that Appukuttan is an imposter. Aswathy who is a student researching ancient Nepalese traditions realises that the young Nepalese boy is actually a Rimpoche, the spiritual leader of his tribe and is on the run from evil forces who want to banish him. Ashokan gets sucked in to the scenario unknowingly and ends up being the Rimpoche's protector.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 149 min
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Boeing Boeing (1985)
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The movie is an adaptation of the 1960 French play of the same name and is considered to be a cult comedy classic in Malayalam. It was also one of the first commercial successes of the Mohanlal-Mukesh-Priyadarashan team. Shyam (Mohanlal) is a struggling journalist who gets an opportunity to be the caretaker of a flat in the city. Even while engaged to his childhood sweetheart Sreekutty (Menaka); he uses his charms and resourcefulness to make three air-hostesses (Lissie, Ashwini, Madhuri) fall in love with him. With the help of his maid (Sukumari) and friend (Raju) he carefully manages their schedule in the flat so that none of his girlfriends meet each other. Life is good for Shyam, till his former colleague and friend Anil (Mukesh) comes to visit him.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: remake of american film
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Akkare Akkare Akkare (1990)
Plot Summary:
After Nadodikkattu (1987) and Pattana Pravesham (1988), CIDs Ramdas and Vijayan are back for another wacky adventure. After a priceless gold crown is stolen from India, Ramdas (Mohanlal) and Vijayan (Srinivasan) are sent to the United States to retrieve it. The only clues they have is a pseudonym ("Paul Barber") and a piece of a torn shirt. In the States, the two remain as helpless and clueless as they were in the two prequel films and realize that this is their toughest case yet. While Akkare Akkare Akkare is lacking in the poignant drama that made its predecessor films so endearing, it makes up for it by being the funniest movie in the trilogy. A Malayalam comedy classic that is still remembered more than 15 years after its release.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: detective
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Thalavattam (1986)
Plot Summary:
Vinod/Vinu (played by Mohanlal) is mentally ill and is hospitalized in the institution run by Dr. Ravindran ( M G Soman). Story progresses as Vinod recovers with the help of Dr. Savithri, Dr. Ravindran's daughter (Karthika) and Dr. Unnikrishnan (Nedumudi Venu) who finds that Vinu fell ill after the accidental death of his fiancée Anitha (Lizy). Later Vinu and Savithri fall in love but Savithri is already engaged to be married to her cousin, Hari(Mukesh). Plot progresses as Dr. Ravindran opposes the romance between the doctor and the recovered patient.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: touching
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Poochakkoru Mookkuthi (1984)
Plot Summary:
Poochakkoru Mookkuthi movie tells Revathi (Menaka) who comes to the city from a small town in search of job and to have a good life and as it is with everyone her problem starts with finding a house. Shyam (Shankar) loves to become a popular singer. His parents are dead against his will. So he runs away from home and needs a shelter. Revathi accidentally meets Shyam who too is in search of a house through the common Milkboy, Chikku(Baiju). Chikku offers them both a house if they are ready to pose as husband and wife in front of the house owners.Supran (Poojapura Ravi), a lender, a miser who doesn.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
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Little Cobras: Operation Dalmatian (1997)
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Children's comedy about a group of 4 friends who buy a club mascot, a dalmatian named Vulcan, and inadvertently stumble across a spate of dog kidnappings, orchestrated by an uptight mastermind and his 2 hopeless henchmen. When Vulcan becomes the latest kidnapping, the 4 friends track down the inept crooks, without the expected help of the girl's divorced father, a cop working on too many cases.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Family, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Shooting Elizabeth (1992)
Plot Summary:
Before a man (Jeff Goldblum) can kill his nagging wife (Mimi Rogers) as planned, she disappears and he's charged with murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 643
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: black comedy, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Arizona (2018)
Plot Summary:
Set in the midst of the 2009 housing crisis, the life of Cassie Fowler, a single mother and struggling realtor, goes off the rails when she witnesses a murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, ironic, satirical, black comedy, philosophical, political, social, disturbing, dark comedy, twisted
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Follow the Crows (2018)
Plot Summary:
Long after the end of the world people wander the fields and woods that once housed the cities of Britain, in search of food, warmth and anything that may help them survive. One of these survivors is The Man (Max Curtis), haunted by the terrible deeds he did in his youth, he isolates himself from human contact. However, when he finds a Woman (Daniella Faircloth) in need of his help he inadvertently begins a relationship that will teach them both what it is to be human again. Meanwhile, a crazed Killer (Marcus Starr) stalks his victims, picking them off one by one, in a desperate search for vengeance and closure. As he approaches the end of his list the Killer begins to consider what he will do when his task is complete and he has nothing left to live for. A post-apocalyptic thriller, with strong elements of horror and drama, "Follow The Crows" is an unsettling look at a world stripped of technology and society, of humanity and the people whom inhabit this bleak, uncompromising and.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, independent film
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Peruchazhi (2014)
Plot Summary:
Jagannathan, a political advisor, is hired to help John, a politician in California. He employs various shrewd tactics to help John's party win the elections.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 908
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, spoof, parody
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2 Harihar Nagar (2009)
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2 Harihar Nagar is a sequel to In Harihar Nagar and a prequel to In Ghost House Inn. The films chronicle the story of four very close friends Mahadevan (Mukesh), Govindan Kutty (Siddique), Appukuttan (Jagadish), and Thomas Kutty (Ashokan).
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 827
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, suspense thriller
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Thenmavin Kombath (1994)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around Manikyan (Mohanlal), Sreekrishnan(Nedumudi Venu) and Karthumbi (Shobana) and the love triangle between them. Manikyan works for Sreekrishnan and Sreekrishnan sees him like a brother. Once when they both are returning from a Mela after shopping, Sreekrishnan sees Karthumbi and gets attracted.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 164 min
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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
Plot tags:
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Mannar Mathai Speaking (1995)
Plot Summary:
The hilarious trio from 'Ramji Rao Speaking' faces a new trouble when the heroine of their drama group quits.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: suspense
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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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Twisted Seduction (2010)
Plot Summary:
Applying his computerlike mind to the subject of dating, transplanted British mathematician David Grant (Tom Broadwell) searches all of Montreal for the perfectly compatible woman. But when he finds her (Caroline Brassard), Grant goes one step further and kidnaps her. Stealing a person's heart is one thing, but holding someone hostage based merely on statistical data seems like the antithesis of romance.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 309
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, sexy, surprise ending, twist ending
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Obsession: Escaping My Ex (2020)
Plot Summary:
After testifying against him for murder, 22 y/o Madison discovers her obsessive ex-boyfriend Blake has escaped from prison and is coming after her.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Ramji Rao Speaking (1989)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around three unemployed people who get involved in a kidnapping saga due to a case of mistaken identity.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: clever, surprise ending