20 best movies like Puthiya Niyamam (2016)

List of the best movies like Puthiya Niyamam (2016): 1920 London, U Turn, The Great Father, Kavaludaari, Irul, Vodka Diaries, Talaash, The Tashkent Files, 7 Khoon Maaf, Roy.

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Markimdb: 4.1
Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, detective
CountryIndia

Shivangi (Meera Chopra) lives in London with her husband Veer Singh. One day, he receives a gift from Rajasthan. From then, strange things happen with Veer and his condition deteriorates.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrehorror, thriller, crime, detective
CountryIndia

‘U-Turn’ follows the story of a reporter; Raveena who gets unvoluntary involved in a murder case conducted by the police as she investigates accidents on a flyover.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryIndia

A businessman who is trying hard to be a good father to his daughter has a run-in with malevolent policeman.

Markimdb: 8
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryIndia

The story follows two Bangalore cops as they investigate an old case. Anant Nag plays Muthanna, a retired inspector while Rishi is Shyam, a sub-inspector working in the Traffic Police. Their search leads them across trails that will put their wit, resolve and morals to the test.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrethriller, detective
CountryIndia

A dark rainy night, an empty house, a stranded couple and an unknown man. A sleek game of the cat and the mouse starts playing on, as the three of them find a dead body in the basement.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryIndia

In the misty town of Manali, ACP Ashwini Dixit attempts to solve a series of mysterious murders happening in a single night, which might be connected to the night club, Vodka Diaries.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, crime, detective
CountryIndia
Duration02:19

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.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrethriller, detective, history
CountryIndia

The Tashkent Files is a thriller that revolves around the mysterious death of India's 2nd Prime Minister Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri and attempts to uncover if he had actually died a natural death, or, as alleged, was assassinated.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrethriller, comedy, drama, detective
CountryIndia
Duration02:17

Susanna is hungry for love and will go to any extent to find it in its purest form. In her quest for the perfect man, she gets married a number of times as each of her husband's die mysteriously.

Markimdb: 3.2
Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryIndia

A love triangle revolving around the lives of a filmmaker, a thief and their mutual love interest.

Markimdb: 8
Genrethriller, detective
CountryIndia
Duration02:12

Sam Alex, an ex-police officer, resorts to alcohol to ease the pain of his family loss. His life turns around when he is called to investigate a series of murders executed in a similar fashion.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Canada, India
Duration02:32

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

Markimdb: 4.4
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryIndia

A hooded vigilante is broadcasting murders on a news channel. Will the police catch him alive before he live-casts another death?

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrethriller, detective
CountryIndia

Vidya Sinha (Vidya Balan) has only one obsession in life. She wants to see her teenage daughter Mini, who is paralysed waist-downwards, walk again. But, is this scenario as obvious as it seems? Or is Vidya an impersonator of Durga Rani Singh from Kalimpong, who is wanted for kidnapping and murder?

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryIndia

A hardened cop deals with three conflicting perspectives involving a brutal double murder. The case is complicated as the prime suspects are the parents who supposedly killed their teenage daughter.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryIndia

The Murder of a college girl morphed into a suicide takes Dr. Shiv on a journey to dig the truth out of his daughter's murder.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryIndia

A forensic analyst and an investigation officer are on a chase to hunt down a gruesome serial killer and crack one of the most famous cold cases in the history of their departments.

Markimdb: 7
Genrethriller, detective
CountryIndia

When a flyover in the city becomes the hotbed of accidents, a young reporter decides to investigate the issue. Her quest for an answer would lead her into a web of intrigue, murder and mystery.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryIndia

Under investigation as a suspect in her husband's murder, a wife reveals details of their thorny marriage that seem to only further blur the truth.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrethriller, detective
CountryIndia

Nikhil Siddharth and Swati Reddy are back once again onscreen with Karthikeya. The mystery of the Subramanian Swamy temple which has remained closed for years is the crux of the movie. Local people in the village are curious why the temple has been locked up for years? The lead protagonists take the initiative to solve the mystery.

Markimdb: 8
Genrethriller, detective
CountryIndia
Duration02:25

Mumbai Police tells the friendship of 3 police officers, on of them is the Commissioner and other two are Asst. Commissioners who rules the city of Cochin efficiently without any fear.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryIndia
Duration01:43

An Anglo-Indian woman works in a seedy Mumbai massage parlor while trying to find her long-lost father.

Markimdb: 8
Genreaction, thriller, detective
CountryIndia

Neenu leads a selfless life helping others in need without expecting anything in return. In the meantime, the police and an underworld don are on the lookout for him over a multi-crore property.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryIndia

Dwitiyo Purush is a sequel of Baishe Srabon were Prosenjit Chatterjee dies at the end. In this film we will see Parambrata chattopadhyay as a police inspector who follows the path that Prasenjit Chatterjee showed him in Baishe Srabon to fight with criminals in various regions of kolkata.

Markimdb: 7
Genreaction, thriller, drama, detective
CountryIndia

The film's plot is set in the backdrop of 26/11 serial blasts in Mumbai, and revolves around Ashok Kumar (Ajith), who is on a mission to expose a scam regarding faulty bullet proof jackets that are provided to security forces, which resulted in many bloody deaths including his best friend and colleague, Assistant Commissioner Sanjay (Rana).

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
CountryIndia

When an opportunity to write a script for a movie comes to Ajay, an aspiring screen writer, he is thrilled, more by thought of finally being able to prove him to Jiya, the girl he loves, than the knowledge that this could very well be the beginning of a bright future in the world of celluloid. A robbery being the main theme of the plot, Ajay works hard at getting the script right. Jiya is elated when Ajay is arrested for a crime he didn't commit. Sharad, his friend who had helped him several times in the past, promises to bail him out as soon as possible. Jiya, who has been helping Ajay clear his name, makes a surprising discovery. The fact that she now knows the identity of the killer and the mastermind behind the plot does little to ease her mind.

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: 8.2
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryIndia
Duration01:00

A simple, street-smart man tries to protect his family from a tough cop looking for his missing son.




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