Movies like Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)
The best movies like Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983) are 99 (2009), Hera Pheri (2000) and Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000). If Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro hooked you with its comedy and crime, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedLage Raho Munna Bhai (2006)7.3/10 from 249 votes
- NewestPennu Case (2026)Released 2026
- In Hindi99 (2009)Also in Hindi
99 (2009)
Two unlucky delinquents stumble into a series of random misadventures when they attempt to collect a debt for their boss.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & crime
Hera Pheri (2000)
Two tenants and a landlord, in desperate need of money, chance upon a ransom call via a cross connection. They hatch a plan to claim the ransom for themselves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPhir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000)
Two rival reporters team up to help prove the innocence of a man set to be hanged for the murder of a politician.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGol Maal (1979)
A man's simple lie to secure his job escalates into more complex lies when his orthodox boss becomes suspicious.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSonchiriya (2019)
A legion of warring bandits terrorizes India's Chambal Valley.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisLudo (2020)
Ludo is about the butterfly effect and how, despite all the chaos and crowd of the world, all our lives are inextricably connected. From a resurfaced sex tape to a rogue suitcase of money, four wildly different stories overlap at the whims of fate, chance and one eccentric criminal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGangs 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 thisDelhi Belly (2011)
Three unsuspecting, average guys find themselves on the hit list of one of India's most-powerful crime syndicates.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPennu Case (2026)
A group of men realize that they are all the victim of the same serial wedding scammer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & comedy
Bahut Hua Sammaan (2020)
With their planned heist gone wrong, Bony and Fundoo get inextricably involved in the pursuit of 'Kohinoor' - quite possibly the biggest scandal the country will ever witness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & crime
Chup Chup Ke (2006)
After surviving a suicide attempt in which his family and fellow villagers believe he drowned, a debt-ridden man decides to start his life afresh in another village. He pretends to be mute and starts working for a rich man where he falls in love with his mute daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOmkara (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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKuttey (2023)
A van carrying crores of cash. One rainy night in the outskirts of Mumbai. Unaware of each other, three stray gangs cross paths on the hunt. Unfortunately, all of them have the same plan. Bullets... Blood... Betrayal... It’s every man for himself... All the dogs after one bone. Will these dogs bite the bone, or will they lose to greed?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & crime
Bheja Fry (2007)
Ranjeet Thadani is a bored and arrogant music producer who along with his friends hosts a party every Friday where they invite an 'idiot' to ridicule them and have fun at their expense. One day, he invites Bharat Bhushan, a kind hearted yet annoying Income Tax inspector, who ends up messing things for people when he tries to help them who makes Ranjeet regret inviting him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMaqbool (2003)
The Scottish tragedy 'Macbeth' set in the contemporary underworld of India's commercial capital; two corrupt, fortune telling policemen take the roles of the weird sisters, and "Duncan" is Abbaji, the head of a crime family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLage Raho Munna Bhai (2006)
Lovable goon Munna falls for a morning radio host by the name of Jahnvi, who also runs an elders' home which an unscrupulous builder seeks to attain. In order to gain Jahnvi’s attention, he cheats his way to winning a Mahatma Gandhi radio quiz. When Jahnvi consequently expresses interest in Munna, he and his best friend Circuit attempt to keep up the facade.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008)
Lovinder Singh, a thief now in custody and facing trial, reflects on his life of crime while the press reflect on how he managed to get away with so much before being arrested.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisApna Sapna Money Money (2006)
Kishan is a young man from Goa whose brain is full of every conceivable trick to make a quick buck. He cons people by slipping into different outfits and by assuming many guises. Julie, is a sexy club dancer with quite a local reputation, but behind her raunchy exterior is a compassionate, kind-hearted woman who goes out of her way to help the needy...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
C Kkompany (2008)
Akshay Kumar is a crime reporter, Mr. Joshi is a retired accountant trying to deal with his ungrateful son and Lambodar are friends. These three share their respective plight with one another and find solace in each others company. On one occasion, they play a harmless prank to tackle their problems. One thing leads to another, and before they realize, the incident becomes news. But things don’t stop there. They put their new founded fame to good use, and this in turn triggers off a series of incidents, which propel them to such heights that the three become the talk of the nation. Things get beyond their control, and the three are left with no choice but to be mute spectators to their newly acquired fame, especially since no one knows their identity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Party (1984)
Celebrities arrive at an extravagant party in Bombay to honour Divakar for his contributions to arts and cinema. However, gossip, uninvited guests and a dead body show up to mar the celebrations.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Kshana Kshanam (1991)
Chandu is a petty thief who comes across Satya, an innocent girl who unwittingly comes across a way to a huge amount of money stolen from a bank. While the gang that robbed the bank go after her for the clue, one member dies in her apartment and she believes she's the one that killed him. Every one including the original gang that robbed the bank, the police and now Chandu and Satya go after the money.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & comedy
Don (1978)
A ruthless gangster named Don is killed during a scuffle with the police. Since only DSP D'Silva knows of this incident, he recruits Vijay, who is a spitting image of Don, to replace the original Don and infiltrate his gang. D'Silva plans to nab the entire gang, but when he dies during a raid, the secret that Vijay is not Don is also buried with him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBuddha in a Traffic Jam (2016)
Vikram is a happy-go-lucky management student from a top Business School of India. He becomes an overnight sensation after a successful internet campaign against the radical fundamentalism of moral policing in India. This prompts his university teacher - Professor Ranjan Batki, to throw him a challenge for yet another internet campaign that would help raise money via a non-profit Pottery Club for poor people living in Maoists areas of India. Little does Vikram know that he is about to become a part of a plot that would risk his life and the nation. He gets entangled between two corrupt facets of India - Socialism and Capitalism, both of which are deeply rooted in India. It's a story inspired from true life incidents of Underbelly India.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana (2012)
On-the-run from the London mafia, Omi returns to his ancestral village – a place he’d flown from with his grandad’s money and grander ‘London Dreams’. Will Omi be able to hide his failures while chasing love, and the lost recipe of the infamous dish, ‘Chicken Khurana’?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Salaam Bombay! (1988)
When a revengeful Krishna destroys his brother's motorbike, his mother asks him to return home only when he earns INR 500 to repair it. In a turn of events, he finds himself in a Bombay slum.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisShadow of the Thin Man (1941)
While attending a major horse race with their young son, Nick Jr., Nick and Nora Charles witnesse a shocking murder from the crowded grandstand. What first appears to be an isolated killing soon leads to a maze of corruption, blackmail, gambling scandals, and criminal intrigue. As Nick investigates, he encounters suspicious bookmakers, dishonest officials, rival gangsters, and a mysterious killer determined to stay ahead of the law. Nora, as always, is never far from the action, bringing her quick wit and fearless curiosity to the case.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSee Spot Run (2001)
A drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness Protection to send him somewhere else. Meanwhile a single Mom puts her 6 year old boy James in the care of her irresponsible, mailman, neighbor, Gordon, when the babysitter bails on her. Meanwhile, an assassin mob boss hires 2 goons to kill Agent 11. But when 11 escapes from the van when they tried to kill him, he hides in Gordon's Mailtruck that James is in too. And guess what they name him. Spot.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSong of the Thin Man (1947)
While attending a glamorous jazz cruise on New York’s East River, Nick and Nora Charles witness the fatal shooting of a wealthy patron. When suspicion falls on a young bandleader and his musicians, the couple steps in to clear their friends and uncover the real killer. Their investigation leads through a lively world of jazz clubs, radio personalities, high society, and backstage rivalries, where almost everyone has a secret and the next clue may be hidden in the music.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & crime
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro?
The closest matches to Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro are 99 (2009), Hera Pheri (2000) and Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro?
People who watched Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro most often go on to 99 (2009), Hera Pheri (2000) and Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000).
What is the highest-rated movie like Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro?
Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), rated 7.3/10 by 249 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro?
Pennu Case (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro?
Yes: 99 (2009), Hera Pheri (2000) and Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000).
How are movies similar to Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.