Best Indian Crime Movies

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Best Indian Crime Movies
Best Indian Crime Movies
TOP Movies: Slumdog Millionaire (2008), K.G.F: Chapter 1 (2018), Badla (2019), K.G.F: Chapter 2 (2022), Drishyam (2013), Udta Punjab (2016), Vikram Vedha (2017), Master (2021), Baby (2015), Sooryavanshi (2021), The Sight (2015), Jana Gana Mana (2022), Psycho Raman (2016), Jailer (2023), The White Tiger (2021), Andhadhun (2018), Vikram (2022), Colour It Yellow (2006), Jai Bhim (2021), Joji (2021).

List of Best Movies

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Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Jamal Malik is an impoverished Indian teen who becomes a contestant on the Hindi version of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ but, after he wins, he is suspected of cheating.
Style: touching, uplifting, realistic, motivational, feel good ...
Audience: date night, teens, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot: poverty, childhood, rags to riches, destiny, orphan, society, against the odds, life is a bitch, love, street life, cheating, ambition ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 90s, year 2005 ...
Place: india, mumbai india, asia, britain, taj mahal
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K.G.F: Chapter 1 (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story: A period drama set in the 1970s, KGF follows the story of a fierce rebel who rises against the brutal oppression in Kolar Gold Fields and becomes the symbol of hope to legions of downtrodden people.
Style: kannada, suspense, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: gold, gold mine, undercover, rags to riches, mission, greed, heroism, mob boss, organized crime, mafia, ambition, rise and fall ...
Time: 70s
Place: india
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 7.7
 31K
Badla (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A dynamic young entrepreneur finds herself locked in a hotel room with the corpse of her dead lover. She hires a prestigious lawyer to defend her and they work together to figure out what actually happened.
Style: psychological, serious, atmospheric, tense, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lawyer, murder trial, murder, husband wife relationship, police, blackmail, interrogation, revenge, fear, witness, evidence, character study ...
Time: 2010s
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K.G.F: Chapter 2 (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story: The blood-soaked land of Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) has a new overlord now - Rocky, whose name strikes fear in the heart of his foes. His allies look up to Rocky as their Savior, the government sees him as a threat to law and order; enemies are ...
Style: kannada, cult classic, action packed, period drama
Plot: organized crime, fight, ship, gold, greed, one man army, society, heroism, rags to riches, shootout, action violence, fistfight ...
Time: 2020s
Place: dubai, india
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 8.3
 44K
Drishyam (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story: 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.
Style: suspense, twisted, tense, suspenseful, suspense thriller ...
Plot: family in danger, police investigation, family relations, police, murder, parents and children, twists and turns, family in crisis, law enforcement, obsession, life turned upside down, blackmail ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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 7.7
 32K
Udta Punjab (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story: The insurgence of substance abuse among the young in the Indian state of Punjab through the stories of a rock star, a migrant laborer, a doctor and a policeman.
Style: disturbing, tense, suspense, offbeat, feel good ...
Plot: punjabi, police, drug addiction, drug addict, doctor, singer, cocaine, dog, blood, drug, hospital, escape ...
Place: india
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 8.2
 50K
Vikram Vedha (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story: A notorious gangster Vedha surrenders himself to encounter specialist Vikram whom he challenges every step of the way by narrating his life events in the form of riddles that needs to be solved in order to capture him.
Style: suspense, suspense thriller, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: investigation, uncover truth, showdown, betrayal, murder, death, moral dilemma, police, danger, police investigation, brutality, crime scene ...
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 7.4
 83K
Master (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 179 min.
Story: An alcoholic professor is sent to a juvenile school, where he clashes with a gangster, who uses the children of the school for criminal activities.
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, action thriller ...
Plot: professor, teacher, drug smuggling, drug, criminal, school teacher, gangster, gang, crime boss, criminal gang, bandit, smuggler ...
Time: 2020s
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 7.9
 61K
Baby (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story: An elite counter-intelligence unit learns of a plot, masterminded by a maniacal madman. With the clock ticking, it's up to them to track the terrorists' international tentacles and prevent them from striking at the heart of India.
Style: exciting, serious, patriotic, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, terrorist, fighting crime, law enforcement, danger, tough heroes, violent content, spy, terrorist plot, behind enemy lines, war on terror, graphic violence ...
Time: year 2015, 21st century
Place: asia, india
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 6.0
 79K
Sooryavanshi (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A fearless, faithful albeit slightly forgetful Mumbai cop, Veer Sooryavanshi, the chief of the Anti-Terrorism Squad in India pulls out all the stops and stunts to thwart a major conspiracy to attack his city.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, fast, action packed
Plot: police, terrorism, race against time, heroism, organized crime, counter terrorism, fighting crime, criminal gang, teamwork, fight, terrorist group, criminal ...
Time: 2020s
Place: mumbai india, india
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 8.2
 93K
The Sight (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story: A simple, street-smart man tries to protect his family from a tough cop looking for his missing son.
Style: suspense, mind blowing, captivating, tense, suspense thriller ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick
Plot: murder, police, investigation, pursuit, accident, blackmail, great ending, danger, family relations, travel, rape, murder mystery ...
Time: year 2015, 21st century
Place: india
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 8.3
 17K
Jana Gana Mana (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Ramanagara wakes up to a series of events that shocks the entire Nation. In this crisis, two individuals with two different perspectives on law and justice intervene to define the truth.
Style: tense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: investigation, protest, professor, justice, college student, courtroom, criminal, murder, crime investigation, murderer, fighting the system, crime solving ...
Time: 2020s
Place: india
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 7.3
 16K
Psycho Raman (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Set in present day Mumbai the story follows the life of a serial killer Ramanna who is inspired by an infamous serial killer from the 1960s Raman Raghav. His strange obsession with Raghavan, a young Cop keeps growing as he closely follows him ...
Style: exciting, suspense, tense, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, psychopath, murder, police detective, murder investigation, drug addiction, chase, drug, psycho killer, psycho, bare chested male ...
Time: year 2013, year 2015, 2010s
Place: bombay india, mumbai india, india
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 7.1
 34K
Jailer (2023)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story: Muthuvel Pandian lives a peaceful life with his family, but a sudden intrusion of unwelcome parties in the lives of his family forces him to turn to a path he had long left behind.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, tense, serious, exciting
Plot: prison, criminal gang, bandit, gang of outlaws, jailed, jail, imprisoned, gang, jail cell, leader, ex cop, shootout ...
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The White Tiger (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: An ambitious Indian driver uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and rise to the top. An epic journey based on the New York Times bestseller.
Style: social, suspense, captivating, thought provoking, dramatic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: rise to the top, social injustice, poverty, corruption, master servant relationship, class differences, caste system, master and servant, rags to riches, chauffeur, religion, driver ...
Place: los angeles
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 8.2
 102K
Andhadhun (2018)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A series of mysterious events changes the life of a blind pianist who now must report a crime that was actually never witnessed by him.
Style: funny, suspense, feel good, light, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: blind man, musician, blindness, pianist, murder, affair, evidence, murder witness, witnessing a crime, blindness and impaired vision, love and romance, plot twist ...
Place: middle east, europe
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 8.3
 74K
Vikram (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
Story: 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.
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, cult classic ...
Plot: investigator, violence, secret past, crime investigation, murder investigation, police investigation, crime solving, dark past, investigation, battles, fight, uncover truth ...
Time: 2020s
Place: india
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Colour It Yellow (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
Story: A young idealistic English filmmaker, Sue, arrives in India to make a film on Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and their contemporaries and their fight for freedom from the British Raj. Owing to a lack of funds, she recruits ...
Style: inspirational, serious, patriotic, entertaining, cult classic ...
Plot: politics, sikh, rebelliousness, murder, patriotism, coming of age, courage, state affairs, society, patriot, corruption, filmmaker ...
Time: year 2006, y2k, 21st century
Place: india, middle east, new delhi, asia, london ...
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 8.7
 216K
Jai Bhim (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: India, USA
Duration: 164 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense, social ...
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, investigation, poverty, crime investigation, theft, poor family, dysfunctional family, criminal, human rights, trial, jury ...
Time: 2020s
Place: india
Is relevant ?
 7.8
 11K
Joji (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Joji, an engineering dropout and the youngest son of a rich family lives with his aspirations of becoming super wealthy. Driven by greed and blind ambition, he decides to execute his plans following an unexpected event in the family.
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological
Plot: ambition, family relations, father son relationship, follow your dream, greed, parents and children, male protagonist, family problems, businessman, dream, father and son, mission ...
Time: 2020s
Is relevant ?
 8.1
 48K
Pink (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Deepak is a lawyer suffering from bipolar disorder who experiences frequent mood swings. One night, Rajveer and his friends get drunk and try to molest Miss Arora and her two roommates leading to an accident. The film revolves around how Deepak ...
Style: suspenseful, bleak, suspense, serious, disturbing ...
Plot: courtroom drama, attempted rape, lawyer, sexual abuse, feminist, courtroom, bipolar disorder, wrongful arrest, dishonesty, fighting the system, power relations, mental disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, delhi
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Pushpa: The Rise - Part 1 (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 179 min.
Story: 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.
Style: harsh, talky, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Plot: rags to riches, smuggling, tough heroes, romancing a criminal, partners in crime, in-laws, twists and turns, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, chases and races, delivery, financial problem ...
Time: 2020s
Place: india
Is relevant ?
 6.4
 178K
Need for Speed (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The film revolves around a local street-racer who partners with a rich and arrogant business associate, only to find himself framed by his colleague and sent to prison. After he gets out, he joins a New York-to-Los Angeles race to get revenge. But ...
Style: exciting, realistic, road movie, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night
Plot: car chase, car, street racing, car race, race, ford mustang, race against time, frame up, cross country, justice, racing, driver ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: manhattan new york city, usa, san francisco, new york, detroit ...
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 8.4
 22K
Thani Oruvan (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story: An idealistic cop and an ambitious scientist-businessman indulge in a high-stake battle of wits.
Style: suspense, contemplative, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: good versus evil, police, gangster, society, heroes, death, crime boss, mad scientist, scientist, revenge, violence, crime family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
Is relevant ?
 8.4
 41K
Drishyam 2 (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story: 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?
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, twisted
Plot: investigation, dysfunctional family, family secret, father daughter relationship, neighbor, husband wife relationship, neighbor neighbor relationship, family relations, fish out of water, family problems, secret, criminal ...
Time: 2020s
Place: india
Is relevant ?
 8.6
 23K
Hero (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Sakthivelu Nayakar (Kamal Hassan), the protagonist, is born to an anti-government union leader. The child Velu is tricked by the police into locating his father...
Style: sad, intense, epic, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot: criminal heroes, gangster, rise to power, revenge, indian mafia, hindu, dialogue, corruption, underworld, corrupt, based on real people, moral ambiguity ...
Time: 80s
Place: india, asia
Is relevant ?
 8.0
 58K
Haider (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story: A young man returns to Kashmir after his father's disappearance to confront his uncle - the man he suspects to have a role in his father's fate.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, stylized, suspense ...
Plot: revenge, murder, shakespeare, loss of father, tragic hero, state affairs, death of father, dishonesty, betrayal, unfulfillment, tragic love, haunted by the past ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: kashmir, india
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The Girl on the Train (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes ...
Style: suspense, psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: train, infidelity, murder mystery, obsession, police investigation, adultery, psychopath, whodunit, alcoholic, ex husband ex wife relationship, investigation, female protagonist ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, america, usa
Is relevant ?
 6.3
 84K
Animal (2023)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 204 min.
Story: A son undergoes a remarkable transformation as the bond with his father begins to fracture, and he becomes consumed by a quest for vengeance.
Style: suspense, surprise ending, neo noir, powerful, tragic ending
Plot: sex scene, gangster, relationships, father son conflict, fistfight, shootout, machine gun, smoking, hand to hand combat, toxic relationship, badass, self destructing ...
Place: india, delhi, scotland
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Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Prasad and Sreeja are a couple planning to set up a new life in Kasargod. On a bus journey they end up being robbed by a thief also named Prasad and this lands them up in a police station.
Style: captivating
Plot: witness, evidence, married couple, thief, marriage, criminal, family problems, marital problem, male female relationship, family relations, police, humanity ...
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