Movies like Doctor: 20 to watch next
If you loved Doctor (2021) — a thriller, comedy and action film directed by Nelson — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Doctor most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like kidnapping, human trafficking and nerd. 10 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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6 Bullets 2012★ 6.3
Shares: Thriller, Action
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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Stolen Girl 2025★ 6.5
Shares: Thriller, Action
In 1993, Maureen’s six-year-old daughter Amina is snuck out of the country by her ex-husband, Karim. After years of unsuccessful attempts to find her, Maureen intersects with a professional retriever of internationally abducted children who promises to help her find Amina in exchange for her collaboration.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Novocaine 2025★ 6.7
Shares: Action, Comedy, Thriller
When the girl of his dreams is kidnapped, everyman Nate turns his inability to feel pain into an unexpected strength in his fight to get her back.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Point Blank 2019★ 6.0
Shares: Action, 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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Sheroes 2023★ 5.8
Shares: Action, Comedy
When four thick-as-thieves friends arrive in Thailand, they quickly find themselves in over their heads. Fighting to stay alive, they employ their unique set of skills and unleash their fierce loyalty in a heart-pumping battle for survival.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Protector 2026★ 8.4
Shares: Action, Thriller
Nikki's life is shattered when her daughter is kidnapped. Thrust into the criminal underworld while hunted by cops and military, she must fight to rescue her child.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
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Best of the Best 4: Without Warning 1998★ 5.9
Shares: Action, Thriller
A group of Russian mobsters have stolen a huge supply of paper for printing U.S. currency, and are now flooding the market with conterfeit bills. When one of the mobsters decides to give herself in and hand over a data CD to the DA, she is shot and killed, but not before handing the disc to an unsuspecting Tommy Lee. Despite working with the police as a martial arts instructor, Lee doesn't go to the cops with the disc, but instead goes on the run, giving the mafia time to kidnap his daughter and hold as a hostage in exchange for return of the disc. Will Tommy ever see his daughter again?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Black Book 2023★ 6.7
Shares: Action, 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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Stretch 2014★ 6.2
Shares: Action, Comedy, Thriller
A hard-luck limo driver struggling to go straight and pay off a debt to his bookie takes on a job with a crazed passenger whose sought-after ledger implicates some seriously dangerous criminals.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Night of the Juggler 1980★ 6.8
Shares: Action, Thriller
When a twisted psychotic kidnaps a young girl, mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy developer, her father, a hardened ex-cop, doggedly hunts them through New York's seamy streets.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Night Train 2023★ 5.8
Shares: Action, Thriller
Mother Holly McCord is driven to extremes to save the life of her young son. Even if it means hauling black market drugs in her souped-up truck, with the Feds in hot pursuit. With two bounties on her head and her son’s life on the line, Holly climbs behind the wheel of “Night Train,” ready to outrun, out gun, and outlast them all.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Stowaway 2022★ 6.0
Shares: Action, Thriller
A tenacious party girl fights to survive after three thieves commandeer her luxury yacht. Unable to escape and trapped on the yacht at high seas, the prey becomes the hunter as she turns the tables on the intruders and takes matters into her own hands.
Stream in India on Plex
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The Virtuoso 2021★ 5.9
Shares: Thriller, Action
Danger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic boss.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Trap House 2025★ 6.6
Shares: Action, Thriller
An undercover DEA agent and his partner embark on a game of cat and mouse with an audacious, and surprising group of thieves – their own rebellious teenagers, who have begun robbing from a dangerous cartel, using their parents' tactics and top-secret intel to do it.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Maharaja 2024★ 7.7
Shares: Action, Thriller
A barber seeks vengeance after his home is burglarized, cryptically telling police his "Lakshmi" has been taken, leaving them uncertain if it's a person or object, jeer at his request until they learn what they're really looking for.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Breathless 2012★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Thriller
Lorna is a strong-willed Texas woman who’s had enough of her untrustworthy husband Dale’s criminal acts and lack of husbandry. Fed up, she enlists the help of her old friend, Tiny, to help her figure out what to do with Dale after his latest double-cross involving the theft of $100,000 from a bank.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Ca$h 2010★ 5.9
Shares: Thriller, Comedy
A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a tumultuous adventure through the streets of Chicago, each are pulled deeper and deeper into a desperate spiral of deception and violence – all in the name of money.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Vigilante 2023★ 7.0
Shares: Thriller, Action
Returning from Afghanistan, Jessica, a Spec OPS Marine, finds herself in a war she never imagined and discovers middle America suburbia has changed when her thirteen year old sister, Aimee, is abducted by sex traffickers.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Best Man 2023★ 6.1
Shares: Action, 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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Take Back 2021★ 5.9
Shares: Action, Thriller
Zara and Brian are living the perfect small town life when a mysterious stranger from Zara's secret past kidnaps their daughter and now they must race to save her life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now