Movies like Traffic (2011)
The best movies like Traffic (2011) are Ayalum Njanum Thammil (2012), Take Off (2017) and Varathan (2018). If Traffic hooked you with its thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedDial M for Murder (1954)8.0/10 from 2,995 votes
- NewestPonman (2025)Released 2025
- In MalayalamAyalum Njanum Thammil (2012)Also in Malayalam
Ayalum Njanum Thammil (2012)
Ravi, an irresponsible doctor, joins Dr Samuel's hospital as an intern. Dr Samuel tries to change the intern's attitude towards work and life, while Ravi has to fight his own inner demons after a breakup.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Take Off (2017)
A group of Malayali nurses stranded in Iraq, must survive their capture by the extremists and reach out to the rescue team headed by the Indian government.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisVarathan (2018)
After losing his job, Aby and his wife, Priya, move back to the latter's family estate in Kerala. However, things go from bad to worse for the couple as they encounter a new set of challenges..
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGrandmaster (2012)
Chandrashekhar lives alone in a dark and violent city. Even with crime occurring all around him, he withdraws from all responsibility and lives quietly. Soon, change is forced upon him in order to catch a serial killer. Like a grandmaster who anticipates his opponents moves well in advance, he proceeds forward. But only once, just once, he makes a fatal mistake.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum (2017)
Prasad and Sreeja are a couple planning to set up a new life in Kasargod. On a bus journey they end up being robbed by a thief also named Prasad and this lands them up in a police station.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAyyappanum Koshiyum (2020)
Ayyappan, a police officer, is an upright man who always strives to do the right thing. However, things change when a retired army havildar, Koshy, settles in his village and the two egos clash.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDrishyam 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
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDrishyam (2013)
Georgekutty lives a happy life with his wife and daughters. Things take a turn when his daughter gets indecently filmed using a hidden camera, by the son of a police inspector.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOru CBI Diary Kurippu (1988)
Prabhakar Varma is appointed by the police to investigate the suicide of Omana, the daughter-in-law of a businessman. Varma decides to investigate further when all the clues reveal it was a murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Operation Java (2021)
B. Tech graduates Antony and Vinay Dasan are talented, but unemployed. That changes, however, when they approach the cyber cell with a new perspective to a film piracy case.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Kali (2016)
A young wife hopes to convince her husband to change his short-tempered attitude toward life, but an incident on a remote highway may finally decide the matter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPassenger (2009)
The film narrates how two guys, Sathyanath and Adv. Nandan Menon, who never had anything to do with one another, come into each others lives and what all things happen consequently.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Mayaanadhi (2017)
A shady money deal goes wrong and in the aftermath Mathan ends up killing a police officer. Meanwhile in Kochi, his old flame Aparna an aspiring actress is struggling to prop up her career. Mathan meets up with Aparna and tries to rekindle the past, even as the police hunt for him gets intense.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMumbai Police (2013)
ACP Antony Moses is on the verge of uncovering his friend’s murderer when an accident leaves him with partial memory loss. Reassigned to the same case, he must retrace his own forgotten steps to uncover a truth more shocking than he imagined.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJoseph (2018)
Joseph is a retired police officer with adept investigative skills. He accidentally gets involved in a crime case after his ex-wife’s unexpected demise.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEla Veezha Poonchira (2022)
Sudhi and Madhu are police officers at a small wireless police station on the hilltop. Amidst the heavy monsoon, they receive word that a woman`s body parts have been scattered all over Elaveezhapoonchira. Will they solve the mystery?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Driving Licence (2019)
A famous superstar needs to renew his driver's licence, and the motor vehicle inspector is a die-hard fan of his, but a series of misunderstandings causes a great deal of friction.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNayattu (2021)
Three police officers are forced to go on the run when they get tangled in the death of a youth, a few days before the election.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRomans (2013)
Akash and Shibu are two jail birds who escape from a train while they are being transported to a jail. They end up in a village at the Kerala – Tamil Nadu border, where they are mistaken for a pair of priests expected at the local monastery. The duo masquerade as priests, and reopen a church which has been closed for years, thereby winning over the villagers. A series of events that take place after their arrival bring about a change in their outlook towards life and society.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Nizhal (2021)
A First class judicial Magistrate comes across an 8 year old boy-Nithin & his murder stories. Do they have real life connection?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Bougainvillea (2024)
A family entangled in a police investigation surrounding the mysterious disappearance of tourists in Kerala.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Jallikattu (2019)
An escaped buffalo triggers a frenzy of ecstatic violence in a remote village.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPonman (2025)
Ajesh,a jewellery agent lends 25 sovereigns of gold to Bruno for his sister Steffi's wedding, only to recover just half. When he demands the rest, he’s drawn into a tense comeback battle with Steffi's husband Mariano, an infamous prawn farmer in coastal Kollam.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Charlie (2015)
A young, nonconforming woman named Tessa gets entangled in a cat-and-mouse chase in the by-lanes of Kerala, hunting for a mysterious artist who previously lived in her apartment.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAnjaam Pathiraa (2020)
A psychologist with a keen interest in criminology gets entangled in a tough serial killer case which the police find hard to crack.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAndhaghaaram (2020)
As a blind librarian, dispirited cricketer and desolate psychiatrist each seek retribution and release, their lives overlap under eerie influences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Athiran (2019)
In an isolated hospital in the high ranges of Kerala, an autistic patient with special skills piques the interest of a psychiatrist, whose investigation into her past leads to startling revelations
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them, thus leading Miss Marple to yet again investigate by herself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFourteen Hours (1951)
A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not capable to make his girlfriend happy, rises on the ledge of a building with the intention of committing suicide. A policeman makes every effort to argue him out of it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDial M for Murder (1954)
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Traffic?
The closest matches to Traffic are Ayalum Njanum Thammil (2012), Take Off (2017) and Varathan (2018). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Traffic?
People who watched Traffic most often go on to Ayalum Njanum Thammil (2012), Take Off (2017) and Varathan (2018).
What is the highest-rated movie like Traffic?
Dial M for Murder (1954), rated 8.0/10 by 2,995 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Traffic?
Ponman (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Malayalam movies like Traffic?
Yes: Ayalum Njanum Thammil (2012), Take Off (2017) and Varathan (2018).
How are movies similar to Traffic chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Traffic, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.