Movies like Udta Punjab: 20 to watch next

If you loved Udta Punjab (2016) — a crime and drama film directed by Abhishek Chaubey — these 20 movies are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of Udta Punjab most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like police, rock star and drug addiction. 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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1
Performance. 1970★ 6.8
Shares: Crime, Drama
In underworld terms, Chas Devlin is a 'performer,' a gangster with a talent for violence and intimidation. Turner is a reclusive rock superstar. When Chas and Turner meet, their worlds collide—and the impact is both exotic and explosive.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
2
Raman Raghav 2.0 2016★ 7.0
Shares: Crime
A corrupt cop and a serial killer obsessed with a psychopath from the '60s get caught up in a ruthless cat-and-mouse game.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
3
The Salton Sea 2002★ 6.6
Shares: Crime, Drama
After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons, and gets entangled in a web of deceit full of unexpected twists and turns.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
4
Blue Velvet 1986★ 7.6
Shares: Crime
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
5
Get Rich or Die Tryin' 2005★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, Crime
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
Stream in India on Netflix
6
Sardar Udham 2021★ 7.2
Shares: Crime, Drama
A young Sardar Udham Singh left deeply scarred by the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, escaped into the mountains of Afghanistan, reaching London in 1933-34. Carrying an unhealed wound for 21 years, the revolutionary assassinated Michael O’Dwyer on 13th March, 1940, the man at the helm of affairs in Punjab, April 1919 to avenge the lost lives of his beloved brethren.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, MX Player
7
American Satan 2017★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
A young rock band, half from England and half from the US, drop out of college and move to the Sunset Strip to chase their dreams.
Stream in India on Tubi TV
8
Adulthood 2008★ 6.2
Shares: Crime, Drama
After serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
9
CrissCross 1992★ 6.1
Shares: Crime, Drama
A 12-year-old boy comes of age in 1969 Key West against the backdrop of the Apollo moon landing, when he begins to sell cocaine so his mother can stop stripping.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
10
Another Day in Paradise 1998★ 6.2
Shares: Crime, Drama
In the hope of a big score, two junkie couples team up to commit various drug robberies which go disastrously wrong, leading to dissent, violence, and murder.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
11
An Innocent Man 1989★ 6.1
Shares: Crime, Drama
Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers frame him as a drug dealer. Rainwood is convicted of drug dealing, based on the perjured evidence of a police informant. Thrown into a seedy jail, fighting to prove his innocence is diffucult when he has to deal with the realities of prison life, where everyone claims they were framed.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
12
Permanent Midnight 1998★ 5.9
Shares: Drama
Juggling increasing career success and a growing heroin habit, a television comedy writer attempts to go down a path of improvement.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
13
Rise of the Footsoldier 2007★ 6.4
Shares: Crime
Carlton Leach rises from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late '80s and early '90s.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
14
The Doors 1991★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
15
Over the Edge 1979★ 7.1
Shares: Crime, Drama
A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
16
Easy Rider 1969★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
Wyatt and Billy, two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual truth.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
17
Bad Lieutenant 1992★ 7.0
Shares: Crime, Drama
While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
18
Light Sleeper 1992★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Crime
John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York clientele, even though he’s trying to move on from the business. John’s professional midlife crisis becomes something more acute — and dangerous — when he re-encounters an old flame while a string of seemingly drug-related murders rocks the city.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
19
Training Day 2001★ 7.5
Shares: Crime, Drama
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
20
Hustle & Flow 2005★ 7.2
Shares: Crime, Drama
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now