Movies like Maqbool (2003)
The best movies like Maqbool (2003) are Omkara (2006), Satya (1998) and Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010). If Maqbool hooked you with its crime and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedHaider (2014)7.2/10 from 268 votes
- NewestJogi (2022)Released 2022
- In HindiOmkara (2006)Also in Hindi
Omkara (2006)
Half-caste bandit Omkara Shukla abducts his lady love, Dolly Mishra, from her family. Thanks to his cleverness, he gets away with the kidnapping. A conspiracy, however, forms against him when he denies his right-hand man, Langda Tyagi, a promotion. Ultimately, this plot threatens not only his relationship with Dolly, but their lives and those of their associates as well.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSatya (1998)
A young man named Satya comes to Mumbai from South India in search of a job. Jailed for something he did not do, the once-honest young man meets an underworld boss, Bhiku Mhatre in jail and joins his gang.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOnce Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010)
A tale of two gangsters from the eras of past and present, whose lives enter parallel paths as they struggle to survive within Bombay's criminal underworld.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlack Friday (2004)
Bombs tear through Bombay in 1993, wreaking havoc and polarising the citizens. With perpetrators at large, the state launches a massive man-hunt to unmask the perpetrators behind these events.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisYuva (2004)
An accident on a bridge ties together three young men from different social classes, sparking a course of events that will forever alter their lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHaider (2014)
A young man returns to Kashmir after his father's disappearance to confront his uncle - the man he suspects to have a role in his father's fate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGulaal (2009)
A law student witnesses the struggles of the Rajputs, deception, homicide and crime after being elected as General Secretary of his college.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAb Tak Chhappan (2004)
Following the fortunes of tough cop Sadhu Agashe both in his fight against crime and in his personal life. Garnering newspaper headlines for his crime-fighting activities, he also makes some enemies in the police department, most notably in the form of his superior, who believes his officer has gone too far.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCompany (2002)
Mallik is a henchman of Aslam Bhai, a Mumbai underworld kingpin. He inducts local hothead Chandu into the gang, and the two of them soon form a formidable faction within the gang, eventually displacing Aslam. As the empire grows, however, the two of them start drifting apart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSarkar (2005)
Subhash Nagre runs a parallel government in the city where he has a cult following. When his enemies plot to murder him, his son takes charge and stands up against them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGangaajal (2003)
An honest Superintendent of Police, IPS Amit Kumar, is assigned to a crime infested town to reduce its crime rates. There, he soon learns that cleaning up the town also means confronting the corruption among police and politicians.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVaastav (1999)
Raghu, a simpleton, and his best friend decide to run a food stall to get rid of their unemployment. However, Raghu's life takes a drastic turn after he accidentally kills one of their customers and he is pushed into a life of crime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJogi (2022)
Amid tension in 1980s India, three friends of different faiths unite in a noble yet dangerous effort to save hundreds in their town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Ardh Satya (1983)
A newly appointed police rookie deals with corruption, romance, and brutality.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 (2012)
In 1970s India, Sardar Khan vows to take revenge on the man who killed his father decades earlier.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisShor in the City (2011)
Various residents and career-criminals face challenges in crime-laden Mumbai.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Kaminey (2009)
Two brothers, as different as chalk and cheese, find their lives intertwined when one puts himself in danger via a `get rich quick' scheme and the other finds there is a price on his head.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChandni Bar (2001)
The gritty life of the Mumbai underworld, including prostitution, dance bars and gun crime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
D (2005)
Deshu, a mechanic from Dubai, comes home to Mumbai, and gets embroiled in a crime by accident. The film shows his meteoric rise from common, law-abiding man to underworld kingpin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNayakan (1987)
Velu Naicker, who witnesses the brutal murder of his father, kills a corrupt policeman and escapes to Mumbai, only to become a gangster.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisSaheb Biwi Aur Gangster (2011)
After the death of his first wife, wealthy Raja Aditya Pratap Singh, re-marries another woman, simply known as Chhoti Rani, who subsequently becomes mentally unstable. His father's former mistress, Badi Rani, controls the wealth, while he himself has a mistress. Unable to procure contracts through Mantri Prabhu Tiwari, he decides to stand for elections, while his rival, Ghenda Singh, recruits an assassin, Babalu, who is also the nephew of Sunder, Chhoti Rani's chauffeur, to kill Aditya. After Sunder is unable to drive due to an injury, he recommends Babalu, and Aditya hires him. Babalu settles down in his new job, attempts to get accepted by everyone, including Chhoti Rani, who he finds attractive. He soon finds out that she, too, has feelings for him, and then starts making plans of not only carrying out his assigned task but also becoming the next Saheb.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Miss Lovely (2014)
A Hindi feature film set in the lower depths of Bombay's "C" grade film industry. Miss Lovely follows the devastating story of two brothers who produce sleazy horror films in the mid-1980s.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Johnny Gaddaar (2007)
Five men get involved in a drug deal set up by a corrupt police officer, but the plan goes awry when the youngest member decides to steal the money.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like this3 Deewarein (2003)
Three inmates on death row become the reluctant subjects of a documentary made by Chandrika. Gradually, they begin to trust her and reveal their stories.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Shahid (2013)
A story based on real-life human-rights and criminal lawyer, Shahid Azmi, who was slain while defending the wrongly accused by the law in terrorist activities.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMumbai Saga (2021)
The film, set in the 1980s and 90s, chronicles the transformation of Bombay to Mumbai. The story is a cat and mouse game between a deadly don, Amartya Rao, who doesn’t think twice before killing, and there’s nobody who could stop him and a cop, who is dogging his every step.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007)
An account of the gangster Maya Dolas and his gang which terrorized Mumbai City, and the ensuing standoff between Mumbai Police and the gang on 16 November 1991.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAgneepath (2012)
When his father is lynched by a mob after being framed by a gangster, a young boy leaves his village along with his pregnant mother and flees to Mumbai. He takes up a life of crime and swears to avenge his father. A remake of the 1990 film.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUdta Punjab (2016)
Drug abuse and the darker side of Punjab rear their heads in the intense, interwoven tales of a policeman, a doctor, a migrant worker, and a rockstar.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGarv: Pride and Honour (2004)
About to retire, police inspector Samar Singh changes his mind when he discovers that a recently elected official has ties with the underworld.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Maqbool?
The closest matches to Maqbool are Omkara (2006), Satya (1998) and Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Maqbool?
People who watched Maqbool most often go on to Omkara (2006), Satya (1998) and Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010).
What is the highest-rated movie like Maqbool?
Haider (2014), rated 7.2/10 by 268 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Maqbool?
Jogi (2022) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like Maqbool?
Yes: Omkara (2006), Satya (1998) and Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010).
How are movies similar to Maqbool chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Maqbool, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.