Movies Like Mazhu
If you liked Mazhu (1982), a drama movie directed by PK Krishnan, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Jawbone (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaA former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner…
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Mammal (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaAfter Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the…
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Coffy (1973)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaAfter her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her…
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Pimp (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaAn urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. Once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and…
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Lockdown (2000)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaAvery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and…
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The Ron Clark Story (2006)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaPassionate and innovative teacher Ron Clark leaves his small hometown to teach in one of Harlem's toughest schools. But to break through to the students, he must use unconventional methods, including his…
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Jubal (1956)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaJubal Troop is a cowboy who is found in a weakened condition, without a horse. He is given shelter at Shep Horgan's large ranch, where he quickly makes an enemy in foreman Pinky, a cattleman who accuses Jubal of…
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Straw Dogs (2011)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaA young couple moves to a quaint southern town. Soon their perfect getaway turns out to become a living hell when dark secrets and lethal passions spiral out of control.
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The Rookie (1990)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaVeteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help…
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The Doors (1991)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaThe story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
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Convict (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaSet in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his fiance. He soon realizes that the…
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Walking Tall: Lone Justice (2007)
★ 5.8/10Also dramaIn Dallas, witnesses against a drug-lord are murdered in a safe-house.The testimony of FBI agents becomes the only chance to keep him in prison. They are lodged in another safe-house, but the place is invaded and the…
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The Gabby Douglas Story (2014)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaThe true story of Gabby Douglas who becomes the first African American to be named Individual All-Around Champion in artistic gymnastics at the Olympic Games.
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I.D. (1995)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaFour policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to route out their leaders. For one of the four, the line between 'job' and 'yob' becomes more unclear as time passes . . .
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Requiem for a Dream (2000)
★ 8/10Also dramaThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
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Training Day (2001)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaOn his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
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Trafficked (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaIn this story inspired by real characters, three girls from America, Nigeria and India are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved in a Texas brothel, and must together attempt a daring escape to…
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Natural Born Killers (1994)
★ 7/10Also dramaTwo victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
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Suburbia (1984)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaWhen household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like a family until a tragedy tears them…
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Cleveland Abduction (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaA single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.