Best Hindi Thriller Movies (2026)
Updated daily · India
The best-rated Hindi thrillers, with where each one is streaming in India.
Ranked by audience rating among films with at least 80 ratings that are streaming somewhere in India today. The list refreshes daily, so titles that leave the service drop off automatically.
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Drishyam 2 2022
★ 8.0(125 ratings)· Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, MX Player
7 years after the case related to Vijay Salgaonkar and his family was closed, a series of unexpected events bring truth to light that threatens to change everything for the Salgaonkars. Can Vijay save his family this time?
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Andhadhun 2018
★ 7.6(673 ratings)· Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, JioHotstar
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.
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Drishyam 2015
★ 7.5(528 ratings)· Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, JioHotstar
When his family stares down the barrel of criminal charges, a commoner channels his street smarts and knowledge of action films to tie the long arm of the law into an investigative Gordian knot.
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Talvar 2015
★ 7.5(209 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix, VI movies and tv
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.
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Mom 2017
★ 7.5(225 ratings)· Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Zee5, VI movies and tv
After her stepdaughter is sexually assaulted at a party, a furious mother sets out to destroy the lives of the four perpetrators who walked free.
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Section 375 2019
★ 7.4(82 ratings)· Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, MX Player
A filmmaker stands trial when a costume assistant on his movie accuses him of rape.
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Madaari 2016
★ 7.4(95 ratings)· Streaming on Zee5, Ultraplaybox Amazon Channel, Amazon MX Player
A common man kidnaps the son of the Home Minister of India to get answers about the loss of his own son, caused by the illegal acts committed by corrupt government officials.
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Pink 2016
★ 7.4(260 ratings)· Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, VI movies and tv, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
After being molested, Minal and her friends try to file an FIR against a politician's nephew. When the subsequent case gets rigged, a retired lawyer helps them to fight the case.
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Johnny Gaddaar 2007
★ 7.3(84 ratings)· Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Five men get involved in a drug deal set up by a corrupt police officer, but the plan goes awry when the youngest member decides to steal the money.
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Dhurandhar 2025
★ 7.3(385 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix, JioHotstar
In the early 2000s, an undercover operative infiltrates Karachi's underworld, breaking into its inner circle to dismantle a violent nexus from within.
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Badla 2019
★ 7.3(188 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
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.
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Shershaah 2021
★ 7.3(134 ratings)· Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Inspired by the life of Captain Vikram Batra (PVC), the film celebrates his bravery, valiant spirit and honors his invaluable sacrifice during the Kargil War of 1999, at the age of 24.
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Raazi 2018
★ 7.3(210 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
An Indian spy is married to a Pakistani military officer during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
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Neerja 2016
★ 7.2(252 ratings)· Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Neerja is a portrayal on the life of the courageous Neerja Bhanot, who sacrificed her life while protecting the lives of 359 passengers on the Pan Am flight 73 in 1986. The flight was hijacked by a terrorist organization.
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Kahaani 2012
★ 7.2(374 ratings)· Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Pregnant and alone in the city of Kolkata, a woman begins a relentless search for her missing husband, only to find that nothing is what it seems.
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Dhurandhar: The Revenge 2026
★ 7.2(178 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix, JioHotstar
As rival gangs, corrupt officials and a ruthless Major Iqbal close in, Hamza's mission for his country spirals into a bloody personal war where the line between patriot and monster disappears in the streets of Lyari.
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Raid 2018
★ 7.2(144 ratings)· Streaming on JioHotstar
After receiving an anonymous tip, a tax officer leads a raid on the mansion of the most powerful figure in Lucknow, a member of parliament who has been evading income tax for years.
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KILL 2024
★ 7.2(560 ratings)· Streaming on JioHotstar
When an army commando finds out his true love is engaged against her will, he boards a New Dehli-bound train in a daring quest to derail the arranged marriage. But when a gang of knife-wielding thieves begin to terrorize innocent passengers on his train, the commando takes them on, one by one.
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Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran 2018
★ 7.1(121 ratings)· Streaming on Zee5
A look at India's second confidential nuclear test series at Pokhran lead by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, during the time of PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure.
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Airlift 2016
★ 7.1(231 ratings)· Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, VI movies and tv, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
When Iraq invades Kuwait in August, 1990, a callous Indian businessman becomes the spokesperson for more than 170,000 stranded countrymen.
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Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 2012
★ 7.1(471 ratings)· Streaming on VI movies and tv
In 1970s India, Sardar Khan vows to take revenge on the man who killed his father decades earlier.
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Om Shanti Om 2007
★ 7.1(435 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
In the early 70s, aspiring actor Om Prakash Makhija, and a famous starlet Shantipriya, are murdered. Thirty years later, his reincarnation Om Kapoor sets out to discover the mystery of their demise.
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Monica, O My Darling 2022
★ 7.1(119 ratings)· Streaming on Netflix
A slick robotics expert joins a murderous plot after a passionate affair takes a sudden turn, but nothing — not even death — is what it seems to be.
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Nayak: The Real Hero 2001
★ 7.1(122 ratings)· Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Ultraplaybox Amazon Channel
Shivajirao, a TV reporter, gets a chance to be the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for a day after being challenged by incumbent Chief Minister Balraj Chauhan. After his one-day stint turns out to be a huge success, his life spirals out of control and he is embroiled in political intrigue.
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Ugly 2013
★ 7.0(143 ratings)· Streaming on JioHotstar
When a 10-year old girl goes missing, her stepfather races against time to investigate the kidnapping.
FAQs
▸What is the best hindi thriller movie?
Drishyam 2 (2022) tops the list with a 8.0/10 audience rating, followed by Andhadhun and Drishyam.
▸How is this list ranked?
By average audience rating, counting only films with at least 80 ratings so a handful of votes can't top it, and only titles currently available in India.