Movies like Anbil Avan: 20 to watch next
If you loved Anbil Avan (2026) — a romance and thriller film directed by R. Kaarthikeyan — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Anbil Avan most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres. 10 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Attraction 2001★ 6.9
Shares: Thriller, Romance
A writer/radio advice show host fails to heed his own advice as he stalks his ex-girlfriend and then becomes involved with an actress friend of hers.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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The Best Man 2023★ 6.1
Shares: Thriller
Mercenaries seize control of a remote resort hotel during a wedding and it's up to the best man, the groom and their drunken best friend to stop the terrorists and save the hostages.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hunting Grounds 2025★ 6.9
Shares: Thriller
Desperate to find refuge for her children, Chloe Marvino runs away from her Mafia tied husband, and finds shelter in a cabin with a recluse drifter named Jake. But as her husband's henchmen draw closer to her, it turns out that Jake is the biggest enemy of them all.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Zip Wire 2026★ 7.5
Shares: Thriller
When her ground-breaking pharmaceutical discovery is stolen and partner murdered, researcher Amy must face her fear of heights to escape nefarious attackers, with the only path to salvation being a treacherous aerial runway. To outsmart the mysterious hostiles, she has to summon every ounce of courage to protect the world-changing scientific discovery — and herself — before it's too late.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Point Blank 2019★ 6.0
Shares: Thriller
A nurse is forced to spring a wounded murder suspect from the hospital when the man’s brother kidnaps his pregnant wife and wants to make a trade.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Chief of Station 2024★ 6.3
Shares: Thriller
After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew.
Stream in India on Vrott Amazon Channel
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Off the Grid 2025★ 6.5
Shares: Thriller
After a morally-bankrupt company tries to weaponize a brilliant scientist's revolutionary technology, he goes off the grid to safeguard humanity. When the company sends a strike force to find him, they make their biggest mistake of all – they weaponize the man they are trying to catch.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, JioHotstar
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June and John 2025★ 6.0
Shares: Romance, Thriller
John leads an ordinary life with a monotonous routine. One day John runs into a woman on the subway who is as beautiful as she is mysterious named June. His encounter with her finally leads him to have a goal in his bumptious life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Neglected 2026★ 6.3
Shares: Thriller
Detective Shaw is about to retire when he finds out on his last day of work that a serial killer has buried his son alive. He then races against the clock to solve three murders and find his son’s location before he runs out of air.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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All the Devils Are Here 2025★ 6.2
Shares: Thriller
After a heist, four criminals lay low in a remote safehouse, waiting for orders. As paranoia builds, one thing becomes clear — the real threat may not be outside, but among them.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Section 8 2022★ 6.1
Shares: Thriller
After avenging the murder of his family, a former soldier is sprung from prison and recruited by a shadowy government agency.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Infernal Machine 2022★ 6.2
Shares: Thriller
Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his bestseller decades earlier. Cogburn's search for who is behind the manipulation and mental torment he encounters leads to an emotional roller-coaster ride full of fear and danger, where things are not always as clear as they seem to be, and where past deeds can have dire consequences.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Interceptor 2022★ 6.0
Shares: Thriller
A U.S. Army Captain uses her years of tactical training to save humanity from sixteen nuclear missiles launched at the U.S. as a violent attack threatens her remote missile interceptor station.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Take Cover 2024★ 6.4
Shares: Thriller
A burned-out professional sniper finds himself trapped in an all-glass penthouse by a lethal competitor and must find a way to survive and escape with little to no cover between him and the killer.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, JioHotstar
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X 2011★ 6.4
Shares: Thriller, Romance
A veteran call girl and a runaway prostitute witness a murder which sends them on an out-of-control roller coaster ride through the twilight zone of sex-for-sale.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Black Book 2023★ 6.7
Shares: Thriller
After his son is wrongly accused of kidnapping, a deacon who has just lost his wife takes matters into his own hands and fights a crooked police gang to clear him.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The System 2022★ 7.3
Shares: Thriller
When a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison in order to figure out what is really going on.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Bad Sister 2015★ 6.6
Shares: Thriller
As a top student at St. Adeline's Catholic Boarding School, Zoe senses that something is not quite right about the school's new nun-- a sense proven to be true when it is revealed the "good' nun is an imposter with a fatal attraction to Zoe's brother.
Stream in India on Tubi TV
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6 Bullets 2012★ 6.3
Shares: Thriller
An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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King of Killers 2023★ 6.3
Shares: Thriller
Garan is a part of a group of international hitmen who are contracted to take out the most dangerous killer in the world, only to find out that they're the ones being hunted.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now