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20 best movies like Ajnabee (2001)

List of the best movies like Ajnabee (2001): Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!, Game, Wazir, The Corruptor, Rising Sun, Spreading Darkness, Knock Out, Interview with a Hitman, The Gunman, Badlapur.

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Markimdb: 7.7
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryIndia
Duration01:03
CharactersDogs, Geniuses, Sherlock Holmes, Lovers
PlotInvestigation, Drug addict, Swimming, Seduction, Conspiracies
PlaceIndia, Asia
TimeWorld War II
StyleExciting, Action, Fascinating, Tense, Disturbing

In war torn Calcutta during the 1940's, Byomkesh Bakshy, fresh out of college, pits himself against an evil genius who is out to destroy the world.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryIndia
Duration02:15
PlotRevenge, Mystery, Rivalry
StyleAction, Twisted plot

Four strangers are invited by the reclusive Kabir Malhotra, to his private island of Samos, Greece. They don't know each other and they don't know him ... and by the next morning they will wish they had never come.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryIndia
Duration02:08
PlotChess, Skirmishes, Motorcycles, Friendship, Chase
PlaceHospitals, India
StyleUnexpected ending, Action, Fascinating, Tense, Serious

'Wazir' is a tale of two unlikely friends, a wheelchair-bound chess grandmaster and a brave ATS officer. Brought together by grief and a strange twist of fate, the two men decide to help each other win the biggest games of their lives. But there's a mysterious, dangerous opponent lurking in the shadows, who is all set to checkmate them.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:50
CharactersGangsters, Dragons, Friends, Partners
PlotChase
PlaceNew York
StyleExciting, Heavy, Serious, For men, Disturbing

Danny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets things done.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:04
CharactersJournalists, Losers, Lovers, Partners
PlotPursuit, Mystery
PlaceJapan, Party, Los Angeles
StyleExciting, Twisted plot, Tense, Gloomy, Serious

When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Conner and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Conner has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences make their progress difficult until a security disc showing the murder turns up. Close scrutiny proves the disc has been doctored, and the detectives realize they're dealing with a cover-up as well.

Markimdb: 3.3
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
PlotChase
PlaceUSA
StyleTense, Serious, Disturbing

Stu Undercoffler (Eric Roberts) is a corrupt CEO whose drive for power has led him to make some highly unethical choices. Once Stu's self-serving decisions have begun to spread darkness through the world, there's no stopping it. After losing his wife, Stu begins to have a crisis of conscience but starts to believe he is being stalked and has been hallucinating. Is he losing his mind or have his former victims come back to wreck havoc on him?

Markimdb: 6
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryIndia
PlaceIndia
StyleExciting, Heavy

A businessman in a phone-booth is held hostage by a sniper.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:36
CharactersMafia, Gangsters, Hired assassins
PlotWeapon, Cheating
PlaceEngland, London, Hotels
StyleUnexpected ending, Exciting, Heavy, Serious, For men

An elite hitman returns to erase his past only to find that somebody has messed with his future.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Spain, United Kingdom, France
Duration02:24
CharactersGangsters, Spy, Hired assassins, Killers, Doctors
PlotLove, Martial Arts, Skirmishes, Revenge, Death
PlaceVillage, Africa
StyleExciting, By books, Heavy, Tense, Serious

Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his life, Terrier flies to London to find out who wants him dead -- and why. Terrier's search leads him to a reunion with Annie, a woman he once loved, who is now married to an oily businessman with dealings in Africa.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia
Duration01:40
PlotBank robbery, Revenge, Death, Mystery, Hatred
PlaceIndia
StyleExciting, Twisted plot, Heavy, Serious, For men

After his wife and son are killed, a young man finds out the man behind the murder and fights against him, along committing some big mistakes.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountrySpain
PlotTravel, Passion
StyleTense, Serious, Disturbing

A good-natured man has an unexpected deadly confrontation. Instincts kick in to clean up the mess caused in the name of self-defense but does one really get away free after killing someone?

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom, France
Duration01:58
CharactersPolice, Special agents, Lawyers
PlotSkirmishes, Investigation, Chase, Intrigue, Conspiracies
PlaceNew York
StyleExciting, Serious, Disturbing

An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, Milan, New York and Istanbul. Finding themselves in a chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:38
CharactersSerial killers
PlotInvestigation
PlacePrison
StylePsychological problems, Action, Twisted plot, Heavy, Serious

Bobby Earl is facing the electric chair for the murder of a young girl. Eight years after the crime he calls in Paul Armstrong, a professor of law, to help prove his innocence. Armstrong quickly uncovers some overlooked evidence to present to the local police, but they aren't interested - Bobby was their killer.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:40
CharactersHired assassins
PlotOn real events, Investigation, Rivalry
PlacePrison, USA
StyleExciting, Heavy, Serious, For men, Disturbing

When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South's most powerful crime ring.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:42
CharactersDogs, Police, Criminals
PlotRevenge, Fight, Investigation, Death, Snow
PlaceMountains, Hospitals
TimeNight
StyleExciting, Action, Fascinating, Tense

After a traumatic event, a drug trafficker turns sides and conspires with a dangerously ambitious undercover police officer to bring down the mysterious kingpin of a major drug cartel. (Remake of the Chinese film “Drug War,” 2012.)

Markimdb: 7.4
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:37
CharactersTerrorists, Strong women, FBI
PlotMartial Arts, Investigation, Mystery, Lost memory
PlaceNew York
StyleAction, Twisted plot, Tense

A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe is discovered naked in Times Square, completely covered in mysterious, intricate tattoos with no memory of who she is or how she got there. But there's one tattoo that is impossible to miss: the name of FBI agent Kurt Weller, emblazoned across her back. "Jane," Agent Weller and the rest of the FBI quickly realize that each mark on her body is a crime to solve, leading them closer to the truth about her identity and the mysteries to be revealed.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:49
CharactersMusicians, Orphans
PlotSkirmishes, Revenge, Funeral
StyleTo cry, Heavy, Serious, For men

Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and vow to exact revenge on the killers.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration01:38
CharactersSpecial Forces, Military
PlotRevenge, Death, Missing people, Rivalry
PlaceJungle, Helicopters
StyleUnexpected ending, Action, Twisted plot, Heavy, Serious

A DEA agent investigates the disappearance of a legendary Army ranger drill sergeant and several of his cadets during a training exercise gone severely awry.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:40
CharactersSpecial agents, FBI
PlotInvestigation, Justice
PlaceUSA
StyleExciting, Psychological problems, Twisted plot, Fascinating, Tense

Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders is a drama about the specialized International Division of the FBI tasked with solving crimes and coming to the rescue of Americans who find themselves in danger while abroad.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, crime, detective
CountryItaly
CharactersGangsters, Veterans
PlotInvestigation, Chase
StyleSerious, Disturbing

Taurus City, The United States of Europe, 2023. Uly, a disillusioned soldier riddled with amnesia, returns home from a war in the Middle East, knowing only that he must desperately comb the city to find his beloved wife, Penelope. Fate fills this endless night with a series of chance meetings. Whether it be the wealthy Alcyde, the beastly cyclops Popov, Aeo the Gyspy, or Cici the Sorceress, good or evil that they be, each encounter fills in a missing piece of Uly's memory, so that he can finally face his past.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryIndia
CharactersHackers, Terrorists, Journalists, Reporters
PlotPursuit, Cheating
PlaceIndia, Asia
StyleAction, Twisted plot, Serious, Disturbing

A retired police commissioner recounts the most memorable case of his career, wherein he was informed about a bomb scare in Mumbai.

Markimdb: 6
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:32
CharactersMafia, Indians, Hired assassins, FBI, Criminals
StyleExciting, Heavy, Serious, Disturbing

Beautiful Carmen Colson and her ironworker husband Wayne are placed in the Federal Witness Protection program after witnessing an "incident". Thinking they are at last safe, they are targeted by an experienced hit man and a psychopathic young upstart killer.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, biography
CountryIndia
Duration02:05
PlotOn real events, Revenge, Political, Rivalry
PlaceIndia, Asia
StyleAction, Heavy, Serious, Disturbing

Inspired from real life, this fiery crime thriller depicts the phenomenal rise to power of Paritala Ravi from Andhra Pradesh, a powerful killer. When a man's father and elder brother are murdered in cold blood due to the fatal mixture of caste, crime, jealousy and dirty politics, a fearless young man who has been kept away from his family's violent lifestyle, is left with no choice but to get into the fray. He hides in the forest and begins clinically exacting revenge upon those responsible for the death of his family members. Will he be successful in his mission? How will his future unfold?

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective, biography
CountryPoland
Duration02:08
CharactersSpy, Puppies
PlotOn real events, Political, Chase, Rivalry
PlaceThe White House, Poland
StyleExciting, Fascinating, Serious, Disturbing

Poland, 1970. Firmly determined to fight against Soviet tyranny and prevent the destruction of the world, the high-ranking officer of the Polish army Ryszard KukliƄski makes a serious decision that will put his life, his family and the fate of an entire nation at risk.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:55
CharactersTeens, Strong women, Lawyers, Partners
PlotLove, Robbery, Bank robbery, Fight, Money
PlaceParty
StyleUnexpected ending, Heavy, Tense, Disturbing, Womens in main roles

Erin Bell is an LAPD detective who, as a young cop, was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When the leader of that gang re-emerges many years later, she must work her way back through the remaining members and into her own history with them to finally reckon with the demons that destroyed her past.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
CharactersMafia, Partners
PlotSkirmishes, Investigation, Friendship, Chase
PlaceLos Angeles
StyleAction, Fascinating, Tense, Serious, Disturbing

One memorable night in the life of veteran patrol officer Ray Mandel and his trainee, ambitious rookie cop Nick Holland in the LAPD's Olympic Division. With two cop killers on the loose and hunting for more targets, Mandel and Holland must contend with a city about to boil over, as well as Jack VanZandt, an unhinged rogue cop out for payback running wild in their patrol zone.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryIndia
CharactersDoubles
PlaceIndia

When civil engineer Siddharth is arrested for a murder on the basis of a pictorial evidence, cops discover his lookalike Aditya and realize they have only 48 hours to solve the case.

Markimdb: 7
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:32
CharactersBlonde girls, Thieves, Police, FBI, Criminals
PlotRobbery, Bank robbery, Money, Investigation, Death
PlacePrison, Hotels
StyleUnexpected ending, Exciting, Tense, For men

A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
Duration01:38
CharactersCIA, Spy, Special agents
PlotInvestigation, Chase, Rivalry
PlaceUSA
StyleUnexpected ending, Action, Twisted plot, Tense, Serious

The mysterious murder of a US senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet assassin 'Cassius', forces retired CIA operative, Paul Shepherson to team with rookie FBI agent, Ben Geary to solve the crime. Having spent his career chasing Cassius, Shepherdson is convinced his nemesis is long dead, but is pushed to take on the case by his former supervisor, Tom Highland. Geary, who wrote his Master's thesis on Shepherdson's pursuit of the Soviet killer, is certain that Cassius has resurfaced.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, crime, detective
CountryIndia
Duration02:19
CharactersSerial killers
PlotDeath
PlaceIndia, USA
StyleBy books, Serious, Disturbing

A cop, investigating the mysterious death of a filmstar, meets a sex-worker, while he faces some personal problems psychologically. The mystery connects these people in a way, that ultimately changes their lives.





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