20 best movies like Kokila (1989)

List of the best movies like Kokila (1989): David, Badlapur, Force 2, Red, Thalaivaa, Ghayal Once Again, Ghost in the Shell, Dum Maaro Dum, Wazir, Naan Mahaan Alla.

Tags: movies similar to Kokila (1989) - full list

Markimdb: 6.2
Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryIndia
Duration02:35

The story is about two Davids living in different parts of India whose lives eventually come together in a twist of events., who are about to take a step which is going to change their lives forever.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia
Duration01:40

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, adventure, crime
CountryIndia
Duration03:05

ACP Yashvardhan teams up RAW Agent KK to bring down the master mind terrorist, Shiv.

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

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: 6.3
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia
Duration03:02

A mafia don sends his son out of the country because he doesn't want even a shadow of his life falling on him. Destiny wills otherwise. The son makes an innocuous trip to Mumbai to visit his dad. And ends up filling his father's large shoes.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia
Duration01:35

Ajay Mehra (from previous Ghayal-1990), after finishing off his life sentence, starts a newspaper called Satyakam. Still dealing with the haunting trauma of losing his loved ones, Ajay manages to make a credible name for himself in investigative journalism. Working with a strange team of RTI activists, ex-criminals and ilk; and even stranger ways of unearthing and presenting truth, Ajay Mehra has earned quite a fan following among the youths, who finds his fearless and unforgiving approach in dealing with all kinds of sociopaths very inspiring.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA, India, Hong Kong, China, Canada
Duration02:13

In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia
Duration02:05

ACP Vishnu is sent on a mission to investigate and clean the underbelly of Goa. During his investigation, he uncovers a huge racket and discovers the involvement of various politicians.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryIndia
Duration02:08

'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: 7.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia

A playful young man leads a very happy life, but everything changes when his father witnesses a heinous crime.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia

A man is found to be murdered and the investigating officer believes that he was killed by a young woman and her mother. But their neighbour claims that he is the murderer! Who is lying?

Markimdb: 5.2
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryIndia
Duration02:15

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: 7.4
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia

A CBI officer goes in search of a ruthless serial killer. Things get worse when the murderer targets the former and her family

Markimdb: 8
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia

The friendship of two men is tested when things go wrong in their blood theft business and a tough-as-nails cop starts chasing suspects.

Markimdb: 1.9
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia

The Singh family comprises of Shamsher his step-son Sikandar, twins Suraj and Sanjana. They run a business of illegal arms and trade with the help of their friend Yash. Things get dramatic when Jessica meets Sikandar and the family ties are strained under each character’s ulterior motives.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia

A woman is murdered and her neighbour is picked up as a suspect. Meanwhile, a journalist believes he can use this murder to lure an elusive gangster, with help from the guy’s former accomplice.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia
Duration02:32

Meera and Arjun are professionals living in Gurgaon. On their way to a luxurious desert holiday they stop on a Highway dhaba for dinner, where they witness a young girl being picked up by a bunch of hoodlums. Arjun chooses to step in, unmindful of the danger ahead.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryIndia

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

Markimdb: 4.6
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia, China
Duration02:22

A fortnight before her eighteenth birthday, Sonia goes missing. Her family receives a call informing them that she has been kidnapped and her estranged father, a US-based businessman, must now follow the kidnapper’s instructions to the letter if he is to entertain any hopes of seeing her alive again. Is this a mere kidnapping or is there more to it than what meets the eye?

Markimdb: 7.2
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, history
CountryIndia

Following a gunfight with suspects believed to be innocent by the media and public, an honest cop struggles to justify police actions before beginning the hunt for fugitives.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia

Three girls find themselves accused of attempt to murder after escaping molestation. Their only hope is an alcoholic lawyer who agrees to take up the case.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia

About to retire, police inspector Samar Singh changes his mind when he discovers that a recently elected official has ties with the underworld.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
CountryIndia

An unfaithful newly-wed wife, an estranged father, a priest and an angry son suddenly find themselves in the most unexpected predicaments, each poised to experience their destiny, all on one fateful day.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryIndia
Duration01:03

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: 6.2
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
CountryIndia

Awara Paagal Deewana ((Hindi: आवारा पागल दीवाना), English: Wayward, Crazy, Insane) is a 2002 Bollywood action comedy directed by Vikram Bhatt. The film's music was composed by Anu Malik, and the lyrics by Sameer. Reduced to a henpecked husband, his dream of making it big and being independent in the USA, Dr. Anmol Acharya is, in short, disillusioned and sad. He is not alone, he has his father-in-law, Manilal in the same leaky boat with him. Then this family has a new neighbor, namely Gulu Gulab Khatri. They find out that he a crime lord from India, and has a price-tag of two crore rupees on his head. Anmol and Manilal's wife want their respective husbands to go to India and arrange to hand-over Khatri, so they can collect the dough. Anmol and Manilal do go to India, but things don't go well as planned, and the hapless duo end up as hostages by Chota Chatri and Yeda Anna, who have orders to kill Khatri, and anyone else who gets in their way.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia

DCP Raksekhar Azad (Raj) is an invincible cop with a great aim. He arrests a terrorist by the name of Khan. But Khan lands in a prison cell that looks cushier than the Buckingham Palace. However, this gets Raj promoted, and he is congratulated by none other than his father-in-law, who is also a very high ranking policeman. Then all of a sudden, Raj finds out that many policemen would like to see Khan go free. He discusses this issue with his father-in-law, and to his surprise, does not find any support from him. Disagreements and arguments ensue, and as a result, his father-in-law gets killed. The Police suspect Raj of killing him, they begin the process of arresting him, he runs away, while Khan is all set to get freed to do whatever he likes.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia

A 10 year old boy living on an island sets off on a journey in pursuit of Akbar, his long lost elder brother.




MoviesList