Movies like Neerja (2016)
The best movies like Neerja (2016) are Omertà (2018), The Attacks of 26/11 (2013) and Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata (2026). If Neerja hooked you with its drama and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedTalvar (2015)7.5/10 from 209 votes
- NewestBharat Bhhagya Viddhaata (2026)Released 2026
- In HindiOmertà (2018)Also in Hindi
Omertà (2018)
A dramatization of the complex and dangerous life of Omar Sheikh. A convicted terrorist who many believe had financial connections to 9/11, Sheikh is widely known as the man responsible forthe 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Attacks of 26/11 (2013)
Rakesh Maria, Mumbai's Joint Commissioner, recounts the events of 26/11, where ten Pakistani terrorists attacked the city
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata (2026)
Inside Cama Hospital, one of the sites targeted during the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, nurses, ward boys, cleaners, lift operators, security personnel, and administrative workers keep 400 people alive while armed assailants struck the city around them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
The Kerala Story (2023)
A converted Muslim woman narrates her ordeal of how she once wanted to become a nurse but was abducted from her home and manipulated by religious vanguards and turned into an ISIS terrorist and landed in Afghanistan jail.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019)
Following the roguish terrorist attacks at Uri Army Base camp in Kashmir, India takes the fight to the enemy, in its most successful covert operation till date with one and only one objective of avenging their fallen heroes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBaby (2015)
A nascent elite team of the Indian intelligence system perpetually strives to detect and eliminate terrorists and their plots. Officer Ajay leads his team to destroy one such potentially lethal ploy in their biggest operation yet.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBatla House (2019)
Following a gunfight with suspects believed to be innocent by the media and public, an honest cop struggles to justify police actions before beginning the hunt for fugitives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAirlift (2016)
When Iraq invades Kuwait in August, 1990, a callous Indian businessman becomes the spokesperson for more than 170,000 stranded countrymen.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMadaari (2016)
A common man kidnaps the son of the Home Minister of India to get answers about the loss of his own son, caused by the illegal acts committed by corrupt government officials.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSeptember 5 (2024)
During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMrs. Chatterjee Vs Norway (2023)
An immigrant Indian mother fights the Norwegian foster care system and legal machinery to win back custody of her children.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Wednesday! (2008)
Prakash Rathod, a retired police commissioner recounts the most memorable case of his career wherein he was informed about a bomb scare in Mumbai by an ordinary commoner.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRaazi (2018)
An Indian spy is married to a Pakistani military officer during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisArticle 15 (2019)
A young IPS officer’s new posting in rural India has him confronting caste disparities and uncomfortable truths in the face of a gruesome crime. When three girls go missing in the fictional village of Lalgaon, two of them are found dead and there is no trace of the third one. Where is she and who is responsible for this heinous act?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAarakshan (2011)
The decision by India's supreme court to establish caste-based reservations for jobs in education causes conflict between a teacher and his mentor.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpecial 26 (2013)
In 1980s India, a gang of con artists posing as government officials swindle wealthy businessmen and politicians through fake raids, but their biggest heist is threatened by a relentless police officer closing in on them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGovernor (2026)
Set against Indias 1990 economic crisis, Governor follows Raman, a reluctant bureaucrat unexpectedly appointed as the Governor of the RBI when the nation stands on the brink of bankruptcy. As inflation rises, fuel runs low, and panic spreads, Raman must navigate political pressure and a collapsing system to prevent the country from falling apart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Trapped (2017)
A man gets stuck in an empty high rise without food, water or electricity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMadras Cafe (2013)
An Indian intelligence agent journeys to a war-torn coastal island to break a resolute rebel group and meets a passionate journalist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPaan Singh Tomar (2012)
Paan Singh Tomar goes from celebrated runner to star brigand and rebel when life after sports fails to unfold as planned.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Thursday (2022)
When a kindergarten teacher takes her 16 students hostage and makes a set of demands, it not only rattles the Mumbai police and the city but also sends shockwaves through the country and its leaders as the motive behind the hostage situation is unearthed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTalvar (2015)
A hardened cop deals with three conflicting perspectives involving a brutal double murder. The case is complicated as the prime suspects are the parents who supposedly killed their teenage daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisStolen (2023)
The five-month-old baby of impoverished tribal woman Jhumpa Mahato is stolen. Two brothers, Gautam and Raman, who witness the kidnapping, try to help her and become embroiled in the complexities of the investigation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRaid (2018)
After receiving an anonymous tip, a tax officer leads a raid on the mansion of the most powerful figure in Lucknow, a member of parliament who has been evading income tax for years.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Sabarmati Report (2024)
A Hindi reporter struggles with a deadly fact when a train full of Karsewaks is set ablaze in Godhra. Years later, he is asked to help expose the Sabarmati Incident backed by a buried report.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Haq (2025)
In 1980s India, Shazia Bano takes her husband to court after he abandons her and their children, sparking a national battle over faith, women’s rights, and justice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Runway 34 (2022)
A flying prodigy, Captain Vikrant Khanna's flight takes a stirring and mysterious trajectory after take-off from an international destination. Concurrently, it follows the tenacious Narayan Vedant in his pursuit to uncover the truth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDrishyam (2015)
When his family stares down the barrel of criminal charges, a commoner channels his street smarts and knowledge of action films to tie the long arm of the law into an investigative Gordian knot.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPink (2016)
After being molested, Minal and her friends try to file an FIR against a politician's nephew. When the subsequent case gets rigged, a retired lawyer helps them to fight the case.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSection 375 (2019)
A filmmaker stands trial when a costume assistant on his movie accuses him of rape.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Neerja?
The closest matches to Neerja are Omertà (2018), The Attacks of 26/11 (2013) and Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata (2026). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Neerja?
People who watched Neerja most often go on to Omertà (2018), The Attacks of 26/11 (2013) and Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata (2026).
What is the highest-rated movie like Neerja?
Talvar (2015), rated 7.5/10 by 209 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Neerja?
Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like Neerja?
Yes: Omertà (2018), The Attacks of 26/11 (2013) and Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata (2026).
How are movies similar to Neerja chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Neerja, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.