Movies like Vishwaroopam (2013)
The best movies like Vishwaroopam (2013) are Thuppakki (2012), Yennai Arindhaal (2015) and Maanagaram (2017). If Vishwaroopam hooked you with its action and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedVikram Vedha (2017)7.2/10 from 249 votes
- NewestSaripodhaa Sanivaaram (2024)Released 2024
- In TamilThuppakki (2012)Also in Tamil
Thuppakki (2012)
An army officer sets out to save the people of his country when he learns that an entire network of terrorists are operating in the city and are planning to carry out multiple terror attacks.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisYennai Arindhaal (2015)
Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save Thenmozhi, a young woman who is the target of a criminal organ harvesting group, led by a ghost from his past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMaanagaram (2017)
Upon moving to Chennai, four lives get intertwined as they strive to achieve success in the city. However, when a vicious gangster threatens them, the group must work together to defeat him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKaappaan (2019)
A Special Protection Group officer has to identify the threat to the prime minister, who he is protecting, and also the nation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisSethupathi (2016)
Sethupathi, an inspector, investigates the murder of a cop and finds that Vaathiyar, a big shot, is responsible for the killing. He arrests Vaathiyar, but an unfortunate incident that has a connection to the case he is investigating, puts his career in jeopardy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Thani Oruvan (2015)
An idealistic cop and an ambitious scientist-businessman indulge in a high-stake battle of wits.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisArrambam (2013)
A former anti-terrorism officer teams up with a hacker and his girlfriend to execute a string of strategic attacks. As the authorities race to stop them, their true motive slowly unravels—a dangerous mission to uncover a high-level conspiracy involving government corruption and betrayal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIrumbu Thirai (2018)
Kathiravan, a major in the Indian army with anger management issues, is compelled by circumstances to borrow a loan from a bank with false documents. When the entire money in the account vanishes, Kathiravan tries to track down the scamsters, and it leads him to White Devil, a master hacker.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSardar (2022)
An espionage agent who is branded a traitor returns from exile to take down a dubious water project and safeguard the country.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Spyder (2017)
A surveillance expert who wants to help people comes across a foe who is the very definition of evil. Can he stop the man before he destroys everything?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThoongaavanam (2015)
A cop with a connection to the criminal underworld finds his secret life exposed when he and his partner are caught stealing cocaine from a powerful drug dealer, a move that puts his son's life in jeopardy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Baby (2015)
A nascent elite team of the Indian intelligence system perpetually strives to detect and eliminate terrorists and their plots. Officer Ajay leads his team to destroy one such potentially lethal ploy in their biggest operation yet.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMankatha (2011)
Vinayak, a suspended cop, helps a group of four men rob cricket betting money amounting to 500 crores INR. When it comes to splitting the amount, betrayal hits the team hard and a chase ensues.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisTheri (2016)
When an honest cop, Vijay Kumar's family is ruthlessly slaughtered by a politician and his aides, he decides to change his identity and commits his life to bring his daughter up in a serene atmosphere. But some freak events end up compromising his identity and what he does to save his daughter and avenge the death of his family unfurls as Theri.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMaryan (2013)
The film is an emotional journey of a common man to an unknown place with the hope to come home and lead a better life. The film revolves around a story of human survival adapted from a newspaper article of a real-life crisis event, when three oil workers from India were kidnapped and taken hostage in Sudan.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Kaththi (2014)
A case of mistaken identity embroils an escaped convict in a fight against a large corporation intent on seizing a village's land.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTheeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017)
A hardnosed cop goes after a gang of ruthless dacoits who have been terrorising residents along the highway for a decade.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & 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 thisDhruva (2016)
A committed police officer is on a very dangerous mission to destroy the most corrupt person in the country, Siddharth Abhimanyu.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisVettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006)
DCP Raghavan sets off on the trail of the killers of Rani, the daughter of a police officer. Following this, many more murders take place, leading him to New York to capture the maniac killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAdanga Maru (2018)
A sincere cop, who's suspended from the department for locking horns with a few influential people in the society, starts taking revenge against those who finished off his dear ones.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Vedalam (2015)
Ganesh, a cab driver and a doting brother to his sister Tamizh, is hunting down three notorious criminals in Kolkata. Who is he actually and what's his motive?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisThupparivaalan (2017)
Detective Kaniyan Poonkundran is hungry for a challenging case to investigate and the mystery of a murdered dog leads to a rival who could be the match for him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKo (2011)
Ashwin is a photographer, covering the upcoming elections for a newspaper. His life gets entangled with politics when one of his published photographs upsets a corrupt political party.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMersal (2017)
A few individuals in the medical profession are murdered or kidnapped, and the cop investigating the case suspects a doctor and arrests him. But is he the one who is behind these crimes? And why are they being committed?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDoctor (2021)
An army doctor helps his love interest's family to find their kidnapped daughter using a unique strategy: conducting a kidnapping of their own.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBairavaa (2017)
Bairava, A loan recovery officer finds a girl who wants to expose a local gangster and starts liking her. However, when he listens to her story, Bairava decides to help her in her endeavours.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisMaattrraan (2012)
Akhilan and Vimalan are the conjoined twins of genetic scientist Ramachandran, whose company makes Energion, a dietary supplement that promises to make geniuses out of children. When Russian journalist Volga tells them that there is something fishy about Energion and is mysteriously found dead, their lives are turned topsy-turvy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Vishwaroopam?
The closest matches to Vishwaroopam are Thuppakki (2012), Yennai Arindhaal (2015) and Maanagaram (2017). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Vishwaroopam?
People who watched Vishwaroopam most often go on to Thuppakki (2012), Yennai Arindhaal (2015) and Maanagaram (2017).
What is the highest-rated movie like Vishwaroopam?
Vikram Vedha (2017), rated 7.2/10 by 249 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Vishwaroopam?
Saripodhaa Sanivaaram (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Tamil movies like Vishwaroopam?
Yes: Thuppakki (2012), Yennai Arindhaal (2015) and Maanagaram (2017).
How are movies similar to Vishwaroopam chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Vishwaroopam, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.