Movies like Aankhen (2002)
The best movies like Aankhen (2002) are Dhoom 2 (2006), Players (2012) and Kaante (2002). If Aankhen 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 ratedOm Shanti Om (2007)7.1/10 from 435 votes
- NewestShanghai (2012)Released 2012
- In HindiDhoom 2 (2006)Also in Hindi
Dhoom 2 (2006)
Jai and Ali return, this time on the trail of an international thief who steals priceless artifacts and has chosen Mumbai as his next target.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPlayers (2012)
Two professional robbers, an illusionist, an expert make-up artist, a gadget expert and a hacker come together to steal Romanian gold ingots while it is in transit.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisKaante (2002)
Six men meet in a lock-up, where they've been wrongfully detained. Seeking revenge, they make the perfect plan to rob the very bank where police department's salaries are deposited
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
SnoozefestMovies 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 thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRace (2008)
Action-thriller about two brothers, Ranvir and Rajiv, whose rivalry in the world of horse racing turns into a deadly game of betrayal, greed, and revenge, investigated by Inspector Robert D'Costa.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAjnabee (2001)
Raj and Priya befriend their new neighbors Vicky and Sonia. One day, Raj wakes up in Vicky's house and finds out that Sonia has been murdered and he's being framed for it. On the run, he must try and prove his innocence with the support of his loving wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisWanted (2009)
Radhe is a hardcore gangster. A sharpshooter with a sharp brain, he works for Gani Bhai, the dreaded Mafioso, but on his own terms. Totally fearless, Radhe single handedly eliminates Gani Bhai's enemies one by one; making more enemies than he bargained for.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisGangster (2006)
An alcoholic barmaid is distraught when her former lover, a notorious gangster, re-enters her life. She is forced to relive painful past experiences and choose between the gangster and a pleasant singer she has found comfort in.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKhiladi (1992)
A group of friends, who love to make bets with one another, play a prank that goes horribly wrong when one of them is murdered.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Baazigar (1993)
A young man with a vendetta against a business tycoon seduces and kills his eldest daughter and then proceeds to his younger daughter but she begins to suspect her new lover's ulterior motive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKhiladiyon Ka Khiladi (1996)
A man comes to America in order to find his brother who is wanted by the police. But his search forces him to get mixed up with a lady gangster that facilitates illegal underground fights.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Shanghai (2012)
Prime leader of a campaign against a big government project is killed in what appears to be a road accident. An IAS officer is ordered to probe the incident and the veils of falsehood begin to drop.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRam Jaane (1995)
A street hustler, who has spent several years in and out of prison, decides to reform his life, as he teaches street kids to stay away from crime, but has trouble maintaining these ideals in his own life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Saheb 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 thriller & crime
Shool (1999)
Police Inspector Samar Pratap Singh is transferred to Motihari, in the Indian state of Bihar, along with his wife, Manjari and a daughter. He is honest and diligent and these attributes sets him up against his superior - the District Superintendent of Police, as well as his subordinates and fellow officers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Sabse Bada Khiladi (1995)
For 20 years, intrepid police detective Vijay has believed the malicious Amar Singh murdered Vijay's twin brother, Lallu. Vijay eventually dredges up enough evidence to put the crafty Amar in the slammer, but he walks on a technicality. Events take a surprising turn, however, when Lallu suddenly shows up again.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap (2011)
After a series of bomb blasts in Mumbai, ACP Karan Malhotra announces that he will bring in the culprits responsible within a very short period of time as well attempts to convince his college sweetheart, Tanya P. Nath, to marry him. He then sets about interrogating several suspects so much so that an underworld gangster, Kabir, is compelled to hire an assassin to do away with him. The potential killer, Viju, is an uptight older ex-convict as well as a former gangster, who now runs a pub in Paris, and is willing to kill Karan. As he sets about this gruesome task, he comes across an old flame, Kamini, as well as his estranged wife, Sita - and it is these encounters that may well be the turning point in this life that may convince him to leave the bombs and Bandooks behind and spend the rest of his life praying and watching the Bhakti Channel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisAankhen (1993)
Two good-for-nothing brothers are embroiled in a conspiracy involving a political assassination and try their best to save the country.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Bunty Aur Babli (2005)
Bunty and Babli are two young people who randomly meet each other after running away from their homes to chase their dream. After facing hurdles in their path they decide to take up conning and soon become the best con artists in the country. However, their success is threatened as a relentless cop is on their trail.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJannat (2008)
A gambler turns into a cricket bookie banking on his sixth sense for the game. But his urge to make quick money pushes him into match-fixing and he loses control of his life and love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKaminey (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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWelcome (2007)
Two gangsters meet Rajiv, who belongs to a respectable family, and want to fix their sister's wedding with him. However, when Rajiv's uncle refuses to the match, a series of hilarious situations occur.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDon (2006)
DCP DeSilva sees a way to bring to justice the feared head of a criminal empire by recruiting a man named Vijay, who looks exactly like the crime boss. The ruse works too well, and soon Vijay finds his life in danger when DeSilva, the only one who knows his true identity, dies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAamir (2008)
A doctor of Indian origin returning to Mumbai from London is forced to participate in a terrorist plot.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDarr (1993)
A woman is caught between one man's love and another man's obsession. She fears one and fears for the other. One stands for love and the other for life. Who will she choose?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOm Shanti Om (2007)
In the early 70s, aspiring actor Om Prakash Makhija, and a famous starlet Shantipriya, are murdered. Thirty years later, his reincarnation Om Kapoor sets out to discover the mystery of their demise.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDe Dana Dan (2009)
Two down on their luck men try to kidnap a wealthy businesswoman's dog to demand a hefty ransom from her. But things go haywire when the dog goes missing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisJism (2003)
Kabir Lal is an alcoholic lawyer whose life is looking as if going down the drain. One morning he sees a stunningly attractive woman on a beach and is instantly enamored by her. By chance he sees her again in a restaurant and offers to buy her a drink. In the process he learns that her name is Sonia and she is married. Unable to resist, he asks her whether she would show him her home. It marks the beginning of a passionate affair, during which Kabir is told that Sonia's husband neglects her. But Sonia cannot leave him because she cannot support herself without her husband's money. Sonia suggests murder and Kabir, blind with lust, agrees. They manage to kill Sonia's husband and make it look like an accident, but then Kabir gets to see Sonia's other side: she no longer is the passionate lover as before, but is a cool-headed mean woman now who won't let go of her wealth at any cost.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Badmaash Company (2010)
Four young friends decide to work together when one of them comes up with an innovative and lucrative business plan. But their lives begin to deteriorate when their personal issues surface.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Aankhen?
The closest matches to Aankhen are Dhoom 2 (2006), Players (2012) and Kaante (2002). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Aankhen?
People who watched Aankhen most often go on to Dhoom 2 (2006), Players (2012) and Kaante (2002).
What is the highest-rated movie like Aankhen?
Om Shanti Om (2007), rated 7.1/10 by 435 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Aankhen?
Shanghai (2012) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like Aankhen?
Yes: Dhoom 2 (2006), Players (2012) and Kaante (2002).
How are movies similar to Aankhen chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Aankhen, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.