Movies like Deewaar: 20 to watch next
If you loved Deewaar (1975) — a action, crime and drama film directed by Yash Chopra — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Deewaar most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like sibling relationship, police and criminal. 8 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Agneepath 1990★ 6.4
Shares: Action, Crime, Drama
A young boy's father is lynched before his eyes; fifteen years later he returns home for revenge.
Stream in India on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Each Dawn I Die 1939★ 6.9
Shares: Crime, Drama
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Class of '83 2020★ 5.9
Shares: Action, Crime, Drama
A hero policeman shunted to a punishment posting as the Dean of the police academy decides to punish the corrupt bureaucracy and its criminal allies in return by training five lethal assassin policemen.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Indemnity 2022★ 6.6
Shares: Action, Crime
An ex-fireman with PTSD goes on the run when accused of a crime he doesn't even remember committing, leading him down a rabbit hole of conspiracy to the highest degree.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Oscar Shaw 2026★ 6.6
Shares: Action, Crime
After retiring from the police force, a relentless detective haunted by the tragic loss of his closest friend sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance, seeking redemption and fighting to restore justice to the streets he once swore to protect.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Young Savages 1961★ 6.5
Shares: Crime, Drama
A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy.
Stream in India on Plex
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They Made Me a Fugitive 1947★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Crime
After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Interview 1998★ 6.8
Shares: Crime, Drama
A duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Dhoom 2004★ 6.3
Shares: Action, Crime, Drama
A gang of bikers headed by the cool-headed and arrogant Kabir is on a robbing spree in Mumbai. ACP Jai Dixit is put in charge of the case and he recruits a bumbling bike mechanic and racer to help Jai nab them.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Article 370 2024★ 7.1
Shares: Action, Drama
Ahead of a major constitutional decision which rendered the Article 370 of the Indian state ineffective, special agent Zooni Haksar is tasked with a secret mission to quell violence in the conflict-ridden region.
Stream in India on Netflix, Zee5
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The Blue Lamp 1950★ 6.6
Shares: Crime, Action
P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the violence of the 1950s.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Roaring Twenties 1939★ 7.5
Shares: Crime, Drama
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story 2004★ 6.1
Shares: Crime, Drama
Redemption tells the story of Stan "Tookie" Williams, founder of the Crips L.A. street gang. Story follows his fall into gang-banging, his prison term, and his work writing children's novels encouraging peace and anti-violence resolutions which earned him multiple Nobel Peace Prize nominations. After exhausting all forms of appeal, Tookie was executed by lethal injection.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Force of Evil 1950★ 6.7
Shares: Crime, Drama
Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Manorama Six Feet Under 2007★ 6.5
Shares: Crime, Drama
Satyaveer is an engineer suspended for allegedly accepting a bribe. However, Satyaveer, proud author of a tawdry and thoroughly unsuccessful crime novel, is approached by a woman named Manorama to investigate her husband, whom she suspects of having an affair.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Brew
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Witness to Murder 1954★ 6.3
Shares: Crime, Drama
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Bharat 2019★ 6.0
Shares: Action, Drama
At the cusp of India's birth as an Independent nation, a family makes an arduous journey to freedom at a cost. A young boy Bharat, makes a promise to his Father that he will keep his family together no matter what.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Awarapan 2007★ 6.9
Shares: Action, Drama, Crime
A loyal henchman is ordered by his boss to keep an eye on his mistress, and trouble begins when he refuses to kill her.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Odd Man Out 1947★ 7.3
Shares: Crime, Drama
Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Time Without Pity 1957★ 6.5
Shares: Crime, Drama
Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row. David then goes on a quest to try and clear his son’s name while battling “the bottle.”
Not on subscription streaming in India right now