Movies like Gair Kanooni (1989)
The best movies like Gair Kanooni (1989) are Deewaar (1975), Agneepath (1990) and Sometimes Always Never (2019). If Gair Kanooni hooked you with its drama and action, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedMunna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)7.2/10 from 388 votes
- NewestKakuda (2024)Released 2024
- In HindiDeewaar (1975)Also in Hindi
Deewaar (1975)
Haunted by the past, Vijay turns to crime, while Ravi, his brother, becomes an honest police officer. Fate pits them against each other when Ravi is sent to nab Vijay.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAgneepath (1990)
A young boy's father is lynched before his eyes; fifteen years later he returns home for revenge.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSometimes Always Never (2019)
Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. He has spent years searching tirelessly for his missing son Michael who stormed out over a game of Scrabble. With a body to identify and his family torn apart, Alan must repair the relationship with his youngest son and solve the mystery of an online player who he thinks could be Michael, so he can finally move on and reunite his family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBaadshah (1999)
A small time detective is mistaken as a CBI agent and gets embroiled in a deadly mission to save the Chief Minister from an assassination attempt.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAwarapan (2007)
A loyal henchman is ordered by his boss to keep an eye on his mistress, and trouble begins when he refuses to kill her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisArticle 370 (2024)
Ahead of a major constitutional decision which rendered the Article 370 of the Indian state ineffective, special agent Zooni Haksar is tasked with a secret mission to quell violence in the conflict-ridden region.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBharat (2019)
At the cusp of India's birth as an Independent nation, a family makes an arduous journey to freedom at a cost. A young boy Bharat, makes a promise to his Father that he will keep his family together no matter what.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMunna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)
A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSingham (2011)
An honest, small town cop is transferred to a big city that is controlled by a crime boss that he had once humiliated. Remake of Tamil Singam (2010).
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIt Runs in the Family (2003)
This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisClass of '83 (2020)
A hero policeman shunted to a punishment posting as the Dean of the police academy decides to punish the corrupt bureaucracy and its criminal allies in return by training five lethal assassin policemen.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & drama
SnoozefestMovies 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 & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDon (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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDesi Boyz (2011)
When two cash-strapped UK-based Indians become male escorts amid an economic downturn, money flows right in but everything else in their lives starts falling apart.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSecret Society of Second-Born Royals (2020)
A rebellious teenage princess discovers she has superhuman abilities and joins a secret society of extraordinary second-born royals tasked with protecting the world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChillar Party (2011)
A gang of innocent but feisty kids who lead carefree lives in Chandan Nagar colony, take on the big bad world of politics when one of their friend's life is endangered.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDhanak (2015)
Orphaned siblings Pari and Chotu embark on a journey to restore Chotu's eyesight.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLSD: Love, Sex aur Dhokha (2010)
A video camcorder, a store security camera, and concealed cameras candidly expose lives in three loosely linked tales.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDouble Threat (2022)
With ruthless mobsters on her tail, a young woman with a split personality becomes entangled with a man on a pilgrimage across the country to scatter his brother's ashes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPyar Ka Karz (1990)
The Story of Ravi Shankar (Mithun) and his troubled life where he has to deal with love, infidelity and death which leads him to a life of crime..will he succumb to evil or can he drag himself out in time?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & comedy
Chhappad Phaad Ke (2019)
Meet the Gupchups, a typical Indian middle-class family, financially weak but morally rich. Their ordinary life takes an extraordinary twist when they find a bag containing ₹ 5 crores. Will they give up ethics for money?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & comedy
Revolver Rani (2014)
Alka Singh, the leader of a political party, and her obsessive love for Rohan Mehra, a rising star of Bollywood.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & comedy
Titli (2015)
A young man in Delhi tries to break free from his controlling, criminal brothers.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJungle Love (1986)
A male baby is born in a palace, with a distinctive dark mark near his right nipple. But he was born in an Amazonian state so, the Queen takes him from his mother, and dispatches the baby on a raft down the river rapids, as is the local custom - expecting him to die or be saved by the gods. A curious chimpanzee saves the baby from the river, a lioness with milk to spare raises him as her own. A baby elephant teaches him how to walk on his fours, and later how to fight with a tree branch, a lion protects him from third party attacks. The baby grows into a teenager, than a handsome man with a large mane of black hair. A man wants to get the Amazons gold treasure, and his search for it will break the jungle man's quiet, but also put him in contact with beautiful girls, and ultimately with his mother. Written by Artemis-9
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & drama
Fukrey Returns (2017)
A year after the first movie, the four friends are enjoying their lives to the fullest, get in trouble once again with Bholi, who is released from prison earlier than expected and is broke.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBehen Hogi Teri (2017)
Owing to the condition that the girls of the neighborhood should be treated like one's own sister, Gattu works to capture Binny's heart and the approval of his community.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKakuda (2024)
When her husband Sunny gets cursed by the terrifying ghost, Kakuda, Indira joins hands with a ghost hunter to find a solution.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Shaadisthan (2021)
An accidental road trip from Mumbai to Ajmer with a quirky wedding band forces Arshie’s orthodox parents to open their eyes to a new way of life.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Samson (1964)
Samson is story that stars Dara Singh, Ameeta, Feroz Khan and many others. In this movie Dara Singh plays the mythological Samson character to the hilt as he must contend with a love starved princess and her all female warriors, a sorcerer and his magical dwarfs, a dinosaur sized lizard, and a rebel in love with a hand-maiden. How will the story unfold, how beautifully will it end. Watch as the climax reveals it all.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Gair Kanooni?
The closest matches to Gair Kanooni are Deewaar (1975), Agneepath (1990) and Sometimes Always Never (2019). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Gair Kanooni?
Start with Deewaar (1975), the closest match to Gair Kanooni.
What is the highest-rated movie like Gair Kanooni?
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003), rated 7.2/10 by 388 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Gair Kanooni?
Kakuda (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like Gair Kanooni?
Yes: Deewaar (1975), Agneepath (1990) and Baadshah (1999).
How are movies similar to Gair Kanooni chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Gair Kanooni, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.