Movies like HIT: The Third Case (2025)
The best movies like HIT: The Third Case (2025) are Dridam (2026), Drishyam 2 (2021) and Sajini Shinde Ka Viral Video (2023). If HIT: The Third Case hooked you with its crime and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Chaser (2008)7.8/10 from 1,679 votes
- NewestDridam (2026)Released 2026
- In TeluguHIT: The 2nd Case (2022)Also in Telugu
- Same seriesHIT: The 2nd Case (2022)HIT Verse
Dridam (2026)
A police officer arrives at a seemingly peaceful station but faces pressure when human remains are discovered. Given only a week to solve the murder, he must navigate demands from his department and an anxious public seeking swift justice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Drishyam 2 (2021)
Seven years after the events of the first film, the family lives with the trauma from that fateful night. A gripping tale of an investigation and a family threatened by it. Will Georgekutty be able to protect his family this time?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSajini Shinde Ka Viral Video (2023)
While facing backlash after a video of her at a nightclub goes viral, a teacher disappears suddenly — and a tenacious cop begins a thorny investigation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Ugly (2013)
When a 10-year old girl goes missing, her stepfather races against time to investigate the kidnapping.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKahaani (2012)
Pregnant and alone in the city of Kolkata, a woman begins a relentless search for her missing husband, only to find that nothing is what it seems.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHIT: The 2nd Case (2022)
Krishna Dev aka KD, a laidback cop working in Andhra Pradesh State HIT, takes on a gruesome murder case. As KD unravels the layers of the crime, the stakes rise unbelievably high and the threat comes unusually close.
Why it matches: Same series: HIT Verse · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDhuruvangal Pathinaaru (2016)
A former cop looks back on the case which left him disabled and forced him to quit the force.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHIT: The First Case (2020)
Vikram Rudraraju is a 30-year-old cop working for the Telangana State Police. While Vikram is battling with his own traumatic past, the stakes get high when a girl called Preethi mysteriously disappears in Hyderabad and Vikram has to solve the case at any cost.
Why it matches: Same series: HIT Verse · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisV (2021)
A celebrated cop, DCP Aditya, faces his toughest challenge when a taunting serial killer begins targeting victims and leaving notes meant for him. Teaming with an aspiring crime novelist, he must stop four more murders to save his medals, career, and reputation while uncovering the killer's past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVikram (2022)
Amar is assigned to investigate a case of serial killings. When Amar investigates the case, he realizes it is not what it seems to be and following down this path will lead to nothing but war between everyone involved.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKaithi (2019)
Dilli, a convicted criminal, is out on parole to meet his daughter. However, a drug bust sets him off on a mission to save the life of police officers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Chaser (2008)
Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same client, whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisVikram Vedha (2017)
A notorious gangster Vedha surrenders himself to encounter specialist Vikram whom he challenges every step of the way by narrating his life events in the form of riddles that needs to be solved in order to capture him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSaripodhaa Sanivaaram (2024)
Set in Sokulapalem, bound by a promise to his mother, Surya, an LIC agent leads a normal life on six days, maintains a careful ledger of everyone made him angry,unleashing his anger only on Saturdays, solely for justifiable reasons. A tragic incident pits him on a collision course with the ruthless and borderline-manic cop Daya.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMardaani 2 (2019)
Officer Shivani Shivaji Roy is stationed at Kota where she goes against a ferocious serial killer who rapes and murders women.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisVikram Vedha (2022)
Vikram, an honest officer with the Lucknow police, is on a mission to find and eliminate gangster Vedha. However, when Vedha surrenders himself to the police and starts narrating stories to Vikram, it blurs the lines between good and evil. Vedha questions Vikram's righteousness while the latter believes he is fair and just. But is he?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAndhadhun (2018)
A series of mysterious events changes the life of a blind pianist who now must report a crime that was actually never witnessed by him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMaargan (2025)
ADGP Dhruv, a seasoned high-ranking police officer haunted by a tragic past, grapples with a labyrinthine case, where every clue unearths a darker secret. As he uncovers clues linking to a mysterious swimmer, he races against time to stop a cunning serial killer driven by dark secrets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Deva (2025)
Dev Ambre, a ruthless cop, loses his memory in an accident just after he has finished solving a murder case and now has to reinvestigate it while keeping his memory loss a secret from everyone except DCP Farhan Khan.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIttefaq (2017)
Police officer Dev investigates a double murder case that has only two witnesses - an acclaimed writer Vikram and a young homemaker Maya, who also happen to be the prime suspects in the case. He finds himself being torn between their own version's of what happened on the fateful night, and takes it upon himself to figure out the real story and capture the real murderer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKrack (2021)
Pothuraju Veera Shankar is a hot-headed circle inspector from Andhra who doesn’t like to hear the word ‘background’. Wherever he is appointed in the state, he brings all the notorious gundas to their knees with his signature policing style. When Shankar is appointed in Ongole, the brutal Katari commits a spine-chilling murder and angers Shankar. How the rivalry between Pothuraju Veera Shankar and Katari turns worse is what Krack is all about.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Ratsasan (2018)
A serial killer is murdering school girls, and a newbie cop has to track him down before the victim count increases.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEvaru (2019)
When a high-ranking police officer is killed by his alleged rape victim, Sub-inspector Vikram Vasudev is entrusted with investigating what seems like an open-and-shut case. However, as he delves deeper, Vikram finds the case spiralling into a dark tale filled with unexpected surprises.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisArticle 15 (2019)
A young IPS officer’s new posting in rural India has him confronting caste disparities and uncomfortable truths in the face of a gruesome crime. When three girls go missing in the fictional village of Lalgaon, two of them are found dead and there is no trace of the third one. Where is she and who is responsible for this heinous act?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRaat Akeli Hai (2020)
When a newly married landlord is murdered, a misfit cop’s investigation is complicated by the victim’s secretive family and his own conflicted heart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVakeel Saab (2021)
A retired lawyer with a troubled past returns to the courtroom to fight for three young women falsely accused in a high-profile assault case.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Dacoit (2026)
Betrayed by his better half, a man is convicted for a crime he didn't commit. Once free, he hunts her down in pursuit of vengeance, as their stories intertwine with a series of robberies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
The Virtuoso (2021)
Danger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic boss.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisStriking Distance (1993)
Demoted Pittsburgh cop Tom Hardy works river patrol while a serial killer targets women from his past, forcing him to conduct an unauthorized investigation to prove his innocence and expose a dirty cop.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisDeath Sentence (2007)
Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when protecting his family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like HIT: The Third Case?
The closest matches to HIT: The Third Case are Dridam (2026), Drishyam 2 (2021) and Sajini Shinde Ka Viral Video (2023). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after HIT: The Third Case?
People who watched HIT: The Third Case most often go on to Dridam (2026), Drishyam 2 (2021) and Sajini Shinde Ka Viral Video (2023).
What is the highest-rated movie like HIT: The Third Case?
The Chaser (2008), rated 7.8/10 by 1,679 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like HIT: The Third Case?
Dridam (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Is HIT: The Third Case part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to HIT Verse, which includes HIT: The 2nd Case (2022) and HIT: The First Case (2020).
Are there Telugu movies like HIT: The Third Case?
Yes: HIT: The 2nd Case (2022), HIT: The First Case (2020) and V (2021).
How are movies similar to HIT: The Third Case chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside HIT: The Third Case, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.