The most fascinating genres to watch are thriller movies. Check out the online list of the best Bollywood thriller movies.
We’ve curated a list of the top nail-biting thriller movies available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Zee5, and Disney+Hotstar. If you enjoy the criminal thriller genre or are looking for a handful of the best Bollywood thriller movies, here are some titles you should not miss.
Binge-watch all of these films because they are the most intriguing criminal thrillers available on OTT platforms. Don’t miss out on this list of the best terrible criminal thrillers in Bollywood, from new to old.
There are many thriller movies available on digital platforms, but here is a list of some of the best. A few Bollywood suspense thriller movies keep you hooked until the very end.
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List of bollywood thriller Movies:
1. Monica, O My Darling
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Director: Vasan Bala
Production Company: Matchbox Shots
Rating: 7.4/10
Release Date: 11 November 2022
Main Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Huma Qureshi, Radhika Apte
The Neo-Noir criminal comedy series premiered on Netflix as a direct-to-OTT release and earned favorable reviews from both the general population and critics. Also, it became the most-viewed film on the platform.
Monica, O My Darling is based on author Keigo Higashino’s 1989 Japanese novel Burutasu No Shinzo, and its title is a play on the 1971 Hindi thriller film Caravan’s legendary item number “Piya tu ab to aaja,” which stars Helen.
2.Chup: Revenge of the Artist
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Director: R. Balki
Production Company: Hope Production
Rating: 7.7/10
Release Date: 23 September 2022
Main Cast: Sunny Deol, Dulquer Salmaan, Shreya Dhanwanthary
Following Karwaan and The Zoya Factor, this is Dulquer Salmaan’s third Hindi film directed by R. Balki. In addition, the film marks Sunny Deol’s return after the 2019 action thriller Black.
The plot centers around IG Mathur, the chief of Mumbai’s crime branch, who is on a quest to apprehend a psychopath serial killer who targets cinema critics. The criminal thriller highlights ethical concerns concerning criticism.
3.Cuttputlli
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Director: Ranjit M. Tewari
Production Company: Pooja Entertainment
Rating: 5.8/10
Release Date: 2 September 2022
Main Cast: Akshay Kumar, Rakul Preet Singh, Sargun Mehta
Cuttpullti was released on Disney+Hotstar a OTT release. It is a remake of the 2018 Tamil film Ratsasan, starring Vishnu Vishal and Amala Paul in the key roles.
The Ranjit M. Tewari-directed film follows an aspiring film director who, after receiving numerous denials from film producers and under the pressure of his family, decides to change his profession from director to SI in the Himachal Pradesh police, which leads him on a quest for the truth and reveals a heinous conspiracy.
4.HIT: The First Case
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Director: Sailesh Kolanu
Production Company: T-Series Films, Dil Raju Productions
Rating: 6.8/10
Release Date: 15 July 2022
Main Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Sanya Malhotra
HIT: The First Case, composed and written by Sailesh Kolanu, is a Hindi version of Kolanu’s 2020 Telugu film of the same name. After receiving mediocre reviews in theaters, the film was released on Netflix on August 28.
The story centers around Vikram Jaisingh, a cop who serves in the Homicide Intervention Team (HIT) and is on a mission to solve a case of abduction. Things become more complicated as he begins investigating the case, and some disturbing revelations emerge throughout the investigation.
5.Section 375
Director: Ajay Bahl
Production Company: Panorama Studios and T-Series
Rating: 8.1/10
Release Date: 13 September 2019
Main cast: Akshay Khanna, Richa Chadda
The plot centres around a courtroom scenario in which Akshay Khanna aka Tarun Saluja defends a well-known film director accused of raping his assistant costume designer. Richa Chadha, nicknamed Hiral Gandhi, plays a victim’s lawyer. Is she a true victim? To find out the solution to your question, watch this Crime Drama Thriller on Amazon Prime Video.
6.Mumbai Saga
Director: Sanjay Gupta
Production Company: T-Series
Rating: 6/10
Release Date: 19th March 2021
Main Cast: John Abraham and Emraan Hashmi
If you like the Movie Shootout at Wadala, this is a must-see. Based on true events from the 1990s, the film follows John Abraham (Amartya Rao), a guy from a lower-middle-class household who becomes a ferocious underworld don after some bad guys try to assassinate his younger brother. Appropriate sentences such as ‘Bandook Se Nikali Goli Na Eid Dekhti Hai Na Holi’ are just the tip of the iceberg in the film. It had a theatrical debut, but due to COVID-19 procedures, it was later shown on Amazon Video Prime.
7.Mardaani 2
Director: Gopi Puthran
Producer: Aditya Chopra
IMDb Rating: 7.4/10
Release Date: 13 December 2019.
Star Cast (Key Role): Rani Mukerji
This is the sequel to Mardaani. Mardaani and Mardaani 2 are one of the best thriller movies. “Police Media Nahin Ki Bina Saboot Ke Faisla Suna De” is the film’s most endearing dialogue.
In this film, Rani Mukerji plays Shivani Shivaji Roy, a crime branch investigator whose mission it is to discover a psycho criminal who kidnaps orphan girls. You may watch it on Amazon Prime Video.
8. Madaari
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Director: Nishikant Kamat
Producer: Shailesh R Singh
Rating: 9/10.
Release Date: 22 July 2016
Main cast: Irrfan Khan, Jimmy Shergill
Irrfan alias Nirmal kidnaps the Home Minister’s son, who was somehow implicated in the death of Nirmal’s family member; why would the Home Minister do such a thing to an ordinary man? Madaari is a suspenseful thriller. This film was a sleeper hit that went on to become a cult classic. In the film, Jimmy Shergill plays a cop. Zee5 has this film available. Nishikant Kamat is the director of the superhit action film Force, as well as the Negative character in the film Rocky Handsome. He was the director of this film. Unfortunately, we lost both veterans Nishikant Kamat and Irrfan Khan far too soon.
9.Omerta
Director: Hansal Mehta
Production Company: Swiss Entertainment, Karma Features
Rating: 7.2/10
Release Date: 4 May 2018
Main cast: Rajkumar Rao
This film was directed by Hansal Mehta, who previously gave us the superhit web series Scam1992 last year. If you enjoy true-to-life crime films, this is a must-see. It is a blend of biographical crime and drama, and Rajkumar Rao gives one of his best performances in any of his films. The film delves into the life of Omar, who did time in an Indian jail before being convicted for kidnapping Westerners in 1994. The film can be viewed on the Zee5 platform.
10.Andhadun
Director: Sriram Raghavan
Production Company: Matchbox Pictures
Rating: 8.2/10.
Release Date: 5 October 2018.
Main cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Radhika Apte, and Tabu.
This is an underappreciated film that has received three national honors. Netflix has it available. The film is based on the French film The Piano Tuner, in which Ayushmann Khurrana, who plays a blind pianist in the film, becomes involved in the murder of a previous actor. Both critics and fans praised Ayushmann Khurrana and Tabu for their performances in the film.
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