Movies like L2: Empuraan: 20 to watch next
If you loved L2: Empuraan (2025) — a action, crime and thriller film directed by Prithviraj Sukumaran — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of L2: Empuraan most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like controversy, cynical and kerala. 10 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The System 2022★ 7.3
Shares: Action, Crime, 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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The Island 2023★ 6.3
Shares: Action, Crime, Thriller
When his brother is killed, LAPD officer Mark leaves the city to return to the island he grew up on. Seeking answers and ultimately vengeance, he soon finds himself in a bloody battle with the corrupt tycoon who's taken over the island paradise.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hellhound 2024★ 6.8
Shares: Action, Crime, Thriller
Ready to leave his profession behind, Loreno, an assassin, lends help to an old friend, Cetan, and taking one last job in Thailand seeking out a local kingpin. A lapse in judgment means Loreno crosses paths with old colleague Paul.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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In the Blood 2014★ 5.8
Shares: Action, Crime, Thriller
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Monkey Man 2024★ 6.9
Shares: Thriller, Crime, Action
Kid is an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Misdirection 2026★ 6.2
Shares: Action, Crime, Thriller
A desperate couple have pulled off a string of high-end break-ins to pay off a mob debt. When they attempt to rob their latest victim, they find themselves caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse. The tables are turned and the hunters become the hunted.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Icefall 2025★ 6.6
Shares: Action, Crime, Thriller
A young Indigenous game warden arrests an infamous poacher only to discover that the poacher knows the location of a plane carrying millions of dollars that has crashed in a frozen lake. When a group of criminals and dirty cops are alerted to the poacher’s whereabouts, the warden and the poacher team up to fight back and escape across the treacherous lake before the ice melts.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Trap House 2025★ 6.6
Shares: Action, Crime, 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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Five Minutes of Heaven 2009★ 6.1
Shares: Crime, Thriller
The story of former Ulster Volunteer Force member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffin's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the two.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Rampage: Capital Punishment 2014★ 6.0
Shares: Action, Crime, Thriller
A man takes over a TV station and holds a number of hostages as a political platform to awaken humanity, instead of money.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Thudarum 2025★ 7.4
Shares: Action, Thriller
A taxi driver finds himself embroiled in a dangerous conspiracy after his car is confiscated by a corrupt police officer.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Ice Road: Vengeance 2025★ 6.2
Shares: Action, Thriller
Big rig ice road driver Mike McCann travels to Nepal to scatter his late brother’s ashes on Mt. Everest. While on a packed tour bus traversing the deadly 12,000 ft. terrain of the infamous Road to the Sky, McCann and his mountain guide encounter a group of mercenaries and must fight to save themselves, the busload of innocent travelers, and the local villagers’ homeland.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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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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S.W.A.T.: Under Siege 2017★ 5.9
Shares: Action, Crime, Thriller
When a D.E.A. and S.W.A.T. cartel takedown ends in a shootout, S.W.A.T. Agent Travis Hall seizes a mysterious prisoner taking him into custody. Before long, the S.W.A.T. compound is under siege by wave-after-wave of assault teams attempting to recover the prisoner known as “The Scorpion” for the tattoo blazed across his back. When Travis discovers that his prisoner is a Secret Ops double agent planted within the cartel, it’s up to him and his expert S.W.A.T. team to keep “The Scorpion” and his billion dollar secrets safe.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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Silverton Siege 2022★ 6.3
Shares: Action, Crime
After a failed sabotage mission, a trio of anti-apartheid freedom fighters ends up in a tense bank hostage situation. Based on a true story.
Stream in India on Netflix
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War 2007★ 6.4
Shares: Action, Crime, Thriller
FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some unfinished business, he triggers a violent clash of rival gangs. Will the truth come out before it's too late? And when the dust settles, who will remain standing?
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
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The Killer 2024★ 6.2
Shares: Action, Thriller, Crime
Zee is a feared contract killer known as "the Queen of the Dead," but when she refuses to murder a young blind woman, she finds herself hunted both by criminal colleagues and a determined police detective.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
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Hunting Season 2025★ 7.4
Shares: Action, Thriller
When a reclusive survivalist and his daughter rescue a mysterious, wounded woman from a river, they become entangled in a deadly web of violence and revenge, forcing them to confront a brutal criminal to survive.
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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Breaking In 2018★ 6.0
Shares: Action, Crime, Thriller
Shaun Russell takes her son and daughter on a weekend getaway to her late father's secluded, high-tech vacation home in the countryside. The family soon gets an unwelcome surprise when four men break into the house to find hidden money. After managing to escape, Shaun must now figure out a way to turn the tables on the desperate thieves and save her captive children.
Stream in India on Netflix