Movies like Premada Kanike (1976)
The best movies like Premada Kanike (1976) are Time Without Pity (1957), Seeds of Yesterday (2015) and Each Dawn I Die (1939). If Premada Kanike hooked you with its thriller and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedLittle Lord Fauntleroy (1980)7.3/10 from 326 votes
- NewestPassingness (2025)Released 2025
- In KannadaKudure Mukha (1978)Also in Kannada
Time Without Pity (1957)
Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row. David then goes on a quest to try and clear his son’s name while battling “the bottle.”
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSeeds of Yesterday (2015)
The Sheffield family reveal and go through some home truths as their middle child inherits the Foxworth mansion. The family's ghosts looming over, and more tragedies are in store as the curse lives on.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEach Dawn I Die (1939)
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhere the Red Fern Grows (1974)
Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for two years to achieve his dream of buying two red-bone coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in life as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with his dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhere the Red Fern Grows (2003)
Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in God as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with "Old Dan" and "Little Ann."
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSleep, My Love (1948)
A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThey Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Reckless Moment (1949)
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Red House (1947)
An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLittle Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American. But after the death of the Earl's remaining son, he decides to accept Cedric as his heir.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Naked City (1948)
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Good Witch's Gift (2010)
Almost as soon as Jake and Cassie decide to get married on Christmas Eve, complications arise.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFlicka (2006)
Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. The headstrong 16 year old then sets her mind to tame a mustang and prove to her father she can run the ranch. But when tragedy happens, it will take all the love and strength the family can muster to restore hope.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Locket (1946)
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSkater Girl (2021)
Prerna, a teenager growing up in rural India, comes of age when she’s introduced to the sport of skateboarding. As a result, she has to fight the odds to follow her dreams and compete in the national championship.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFootsteps in the Fog (1955)
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Web (1947)
A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBenji (2018)
Two school kids strike up a friendship with an orphaned puppy named Benji. When danger befalls them and they end up kidnapped by robbers who are in over their heads, Benji and his scruffy sidekick come to the rescue.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMurder on the Orient Express (1974)
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Dark Past (1948)
A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recurring dream that the doctor of the house may be able to analyze.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKudure Mukha (1978)
Professor Nataraj, a historian, unearths some invaluable secrets of the past. Rekha, his daughter, seeks the help of Mohan, to save his findings from notorious criminals.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller & drama
Bangarada Gudi (1976)
Bangarada Gudi is a 1976 Indian Kannada film, directed by K. S. R. Das and produced by C. H. Prakash Rao. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Manjula, Ambareesh and Padmapriya in the lead roles. The film has musical score by G. K. Venkatesh. The director remade the movie in Telugu in 1979 as Bangaru Gudi.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller & family
Captive (2012)
A dozen foreigners are kidnapped by a terrorist group in the Philippines.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & thriller
Barracuda! (2025)
A former hitman wallows in the idea of him having to come in terms with the fact that he is ageing up without a purpose (in this new life) as he is confronted by the demons of his past life.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & thriller
Passingness (2025)
Passingness is a haunting exploration of identity, memory, and the fragile edge of reality. As the narrative unfolds through emotionally charged performances and a tense, introspective atmosphere, the audience is drawn into a fragile space between being and disappearing. A haunting meditation on identity, loneliness, and the terror of not being seen. Driven by intense, intimate performances, the story unfolds in layers of psychological tension, revealing inner scars, blurred truths, and the quiet terror of not knowing who you are or if you ever were.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller & drama
Snow Trail (1947)
Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and Nojiri encounter a young woman and her father, as well as Honda, a mountaineer. The inn folk do not realize their guests are wanted criminals and the visitors are treated with great kindness. Honda volunteers to lead them over the mountains, but Eijima's paranoia endangers all of them as they make the perilous trip.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & thriller
The Regret (TBA)
When a couple get into a fight, the girl takes a decision which changes their lives in an unexpected way.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
He & Tea (TBA)
A thief breaks into a house in broad daylight, only to find another thief already at work. As they confront each other, suspicion turns into conversation, and in a quiet moment of unexpected kinship, one offers the other a cup of tea before they part ways.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Carol Lubezki's First Date (2022)
Carol is ecstatic about her first date with Max, who seems oddly lost in his own thoughts.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Midnight Café (2024)
Sanjay and Abhisekh, two friends are talking in a cafe. Sanjay slowly starts seeing things straight out of his darkest nightmares.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Premada Kanike?
The closest matches to Premada Kanike are Time Without Pity (1957), Seeds of Yesterday (2015) and Each Dawn I Die (1939). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Premada Kanike?
Start with Time Without Pity (1957), the closest match to Premada Kanike.
What is the highest-rated movie like Premada Kanike?
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980), rated 7.3/10 by 326 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Premada Kanike?
Passingness (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Kannada movies like Premada Kanike?
Yes: Kudure Mukha (1978) and Bangarada Gudi (1976).
How are movies similar to Premada Kanike chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Premada Kanike, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.