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Plot Summary:
An enterprising youngster in a slum wants his people to lead a life of dignity, but has to take on an ambitious capitalist, who only wants to dominate his field.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, motivational
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Fist & Faith (2017)
Plot Summary:
China, 1930s. After the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, several high school boys face the new harsh situation day after day. When a beautiful teacher begins her new job at the Cheonghwa school, things start to change.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Action
Country: China
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
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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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M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi (2004)
Plot Summary:
M. Kumaran Son Of Mahalakshmi is the remake version of Telugu movie Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi. Kumaran (Ravi) who life is all about his mother Mahalakshmi (Nadhiya) who is separated from her husband Eshwar (Prakash Raj). Kumaran is passionate about kickboxing and he shares a very special relationship with his mother. In between, Kumaran falls in love with Malabar (Asin). But his life is destroyed after his mother's death. On the deathbed she tells her son to meet his father, a kick boxing champion, who lives in Malaysia. Kumaran goes to Malaysia to meet him and he comes.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, motivational
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Jai Lava Kusa (2017)
Plot Summary:
Jai, Lava and Kusa are triplets who get separated during their childhood because of small clashes. While Jai becomes an evil blooded criminal, the other two, Kusa and Lava end up as small-time crook and bank manager respectively. The twist in the tale arises when Jai kidnaps both the brothers and asks them to help him in his political growth. What is Jai’s agenda? Why did he kidnap his brothers? How can the innocent Lava and Kusa manage the criminal Jai?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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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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Arrambam (2013)
Plot Summary:
The film's plot is set in the backdrop of 26/11 serial blasts in Mumbai, and revolves around Ashok Kumar (Ajith), who is on a mission to expose a scam regarding faulty bullet proof jackets that are provided to security forces, which resulted in many bloody deaths including his best friend and colleague, Assistant Commissioner Sanjay (Rana).
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, tense, captivating, suspenseful, stylized
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Aayitha Ezhuthu (2004)
Plot Summary:
Three men and their accidental meeting on a bridge will change their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, motivational, political
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Aegan (2008)
Plot Summary:
Ajith plays a special task force commander, the kind of squad only used for special tactic operations. A situation arises where he has to get back to his family members. Enthralled with rising emotions and love for his blood brother he decides to stay with that family not revealing his real identity. There he falls in love with a woman of his dreams. He is also a patriotic defender of his motherland. Caught up in a dilemma of romance and emotions he also has to protect his country from the intruders. He is the one and he will succeed but how?.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags:
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Annaatthe (2021)
Plot Summary:
Kaaliyan is a village president in the Madurai district, who is fondly called Annaatthe. His nieces compete with each other to marry him. But, he falls in love with another woman who visits their village. Kaaliyan has a sister who gets married and shifts to Kolkata where she faces some unknown threats. Soon, her brother comes to her aid.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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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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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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Nerkonda Paarvai (2019)
Plot Summary:
When three young women are harassed and implicated in a crime they didn't commit, a bipolar lawyer sets out to help them clear their names and prove it to everyone that a woman's consent matters.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young scion of a powerful family with a long history of violence decides to put an end to the bloodshed which leads him to a path of self discovery.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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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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Anwar (2010)
Plot Summary:
The film takes a look at the life of a terrorist. Anwar starts off making money on small-time hawala deals, but later transitions to bombing plots. He becomes a big name in the Coimbatore crime world and wins the heart of Ayesha. Is he really what he seems to be or does Anwar’s past hold an even darker secret?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 866
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: tense, thought provoking, captivating
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FIR (2022)
Plot Summary:
Irfan, an innocent Muslim chemical engineer with an ordinary life, is caught in inexplicable circumstances, when accused of being a most-wanted terrorist, that alter his life & everyone around him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Iru Mugan (2016)
Plot Summary:
A disgraced RAW agent Akilan (Vikram) is recalled by the agency to track down a crazy scientist and a cross dresser Love (also Vikram), who has discovered a deadly new drug ‘Speed inhaler’.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Bharath Ane Nenu (2018)
Plot Summary:
Bharat, a graduate raised in London clueless about the future becomes the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh due to the circumstances. New to India and with no political knowledge he learns the ropes quickly and governs efficiently. However, while he endears himself to the crowd, he makes enemies out of the political class, including his own party members who create trouble for him and try to stop him from bringing in changes in the society.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 173 min
Plot tags: political thriller, tense, captivating, disturbing, inspirational, political
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Imaikkaa Nodigal (2018)
Plot Summary:
A CBI officer goes in search of a ruthless serial killer. Things get worse when the murderer targets the former and her family.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychological, bleak, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing
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Thani Oruvan (2015)
Plot Summary:
An idealistic cop and an ambitious scientist-businessman indulge in a high-stake battle of wits.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative, motivational, epic, dark, crime thriller
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Ali Baba and the Seven Dwarfs (2015)
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Ali Senay and Ilber, the two partners of Senay Cüccaciye, sell garden dwarfs. When their company starts to dwindle, they decide to participate in a gardening fair in Sofia with the plan to meet new people from the sector in an attempt to drum up new business. Things don't go as planned as they find themselves crossing paths with the wrong people hell bent on causing world chaos.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: light, captivating
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Plot Summary:
Senapathy, a veteran freedom fighter, is angry. He is angry against the rampant corruption at every level of the bureaucracy. He will clean it up at any cost.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 185 min
Plot tags: political thriller, patriotic, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, entertaining, cult film
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Percy (2020)
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Percy Schmeiser, a third-generation farmer, gets sued by a corporate giant for allegedly using their patented seeds. With little resources to fight a legal battle, Percy joins forces with up-and-coming attorney Jackson Weaver and environmental activist Rebecca Salcau for a monumental case that leads all the way to the Supreme Court.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing, motivational, political
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Bairavaa (2017)
Plot Summary:
A loan recovery agent takes on a corrupt head of an educational institution to save his girlfriend..
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, cult film
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Yogi (2007)
Plot Summary:
Eeshwar Chandra Prasad (Prabhas) is the son of Ram Murthy (Chalapathi Rao) and Shantamma (Sharada Urvashi). Ram Murthy wants his son to do some job. However, Shantamma pampers Eeshwar very much and hence he doesn't want to leave the village. Ram Murthy dies and in order to fulfil his last wish, Eeshwar goes to the city to earn money on the advice of his friend Basha (Ali), who was a pickpocket. Eeshwar could not meet Basha. On the other hand Kotaiah (Kota Srinivasa Rao) runs big land mafia in Hyderabad city and a bitter rival of Narsing Pahilwan (Pradeep Rawat). Saidulu (Subbaraju) is Narsing's brother. Once Saidulu hacks Kotaiah and his assistant, when Eeshwar accidentally saves him. Eeshwar gets a job in a tea stall run by Chandranna (Chandra Mohan). He earns good money and purchases two gold bangles for his mother and plans to leave the city.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 723
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Malik (2021)
Plot Summary:
A past ridden with crime, death and pain is recounted to Freddy, a juvenile criminal, who has been assigned to eliminate his estranged uncle Sulaiman, an aging patriarch, while behind bars.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, surprise ending, twist ending
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Pushpa: The Rise - Part 1 (2021)
Plot Summary:
Pushpa Raj is a coolie who rises in the world of red sandalwood smuggling. Along the way, he doesn’t shy from making an enemy or two.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 84000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 179 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Vikram (2022)
Plot Summary:
Amar is assigned to investigate a case of serial killings. When Amar investigates the case, he realizes it is not what it seems to be and following down this path will lead to nothing but war between everyone involved.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, entertaining, cult classic, action thriller
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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
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Semper Fi (2019)
Plot Summary:
Cal is a dedicated cop who also serves as a sergeant in the Marine Corps Reserve. When his reckless half brother lands in jail for accidentally killing a man, Cal and his buddies hatch a plan to break him out of prison -- no matter what the cost.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing