Movies like Udta Punjab (2016)
The best movies like Udta Punjab (2016) are Haider (2014), The Kerala Story 2 (2026) and Highway (2014). If Udta Punjab hooked you with its crime and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedDrishyam (2015)7.5/10 from 528 votes
- NewestThe Kerala Story 2 (2026)Released 2026
- In HindiHaider (2014)Also in Hindi
Haider (2014)
A young man returns to Kashmir after his father's disappearance to confront his uncle - the man he suspects to have a role in his father's fate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Kerala Story 2 (2026)
Three young Indian women across different states choose love over tradition, only to become trapped. Their parallel lives show how romance and rebellion transform into control and silence, turning love into a weapon that destroys freedom.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Highway (2014)
Right before her wedding, a young woman finds herself abducted and held for ransom. As the initial days pass, she begins to develop a strange bond with her kidnapper.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMiss Lovely (2014)
A Hindi feature film set in the lower depths of Bombay's "C" grade film industry. Miss Lovely follows the devastating story of two brothers who produce sleazy horror films in the mid-1980s.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Ugly (2013)
When a 10-year old girl goes missing, her stepfather races against time to investigate the kidnapping.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisVadh 2 (2026)
A police officer's pursuit of truth in a shocking prison crime intertwines with the lives of a widowed prison guard and a soon to be released inmate, unravelling a web of morality and redemption.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Omkara (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 & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNo One Killed Jessica (2011)
The true story of model Jessica Lall who was shot dead in a restaurant and the campaign to bring her killer to justice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGully Boy (2019)
Murad, an underdog, struggles to convey his views on social issues and life in Dharavi through rapping. His life changes drastically when he meets a local rapper, Shrikant alias MC Sher.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies 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 & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSanju (2018)
Sanju explores some of the most crucial chapters from movie star Sanjay Dutt’s dramatic and controversial real life. It gives a lowdown on his tryst with drugs and his trials and tribulations in the Arms Acts case and the 1993 Mumbai blasts.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOnce Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010)
A tale of two gangsters from the eras of past and present, whose lives enter parallel paths as they struggle to survive within Bombay's criminal underworld.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShor in the City (2011)
Various residents and career-criminals face challenges in crime-laden Mumbai.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
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 crime & drama
SnoozefestMovies 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 crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies 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 crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNH10 (2015)
Meera and Arjun are professionals living in Gurgaon. On their way to a luxurious desert holiday they stop on a Highway dhaba for dinner, where they witness a young girl being picked up by a bunch of hoodlums. Arjun chooses to step in, unmindful of the danger ahead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBaazaar (2018)
After moving to Mumbai, an ambitious young man becomes the stock trader for a notorious businessman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Bombairiya (2019)
It follows the story of Meghna, who gets embroiled in a series of events after her phone gets stolen.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Titli (2015)
A young man in Delhi tries to break free from his controlling, criminal brothers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBhakshak (2024)
A struggling local journalist begins a dogged investigation into harrowing cases of abuse being covered up at a shelter for young girls.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Worth the HypeMovies 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 drama & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPosham Pa (2019)
Gundeep and Nikhat are making a documentary on the government-based project of psycho women who killed several kids with her daughters. Prajakta Deshpande was a psycho woman who would sleep with men and kill them after robbing their valuables this bought a very bad upbringing for her daughter Rega who also lost mental imbalance as she was badly abused by Prajakta. Prajakta then married military officer Deshpande and had a daughter Shikha and things were going fine but old habits die soon.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Mumbai Saga (2021)
The film, set in the 1980s and 90s, chronicles the transformation of Bombay to Mumbai. The story is a cat and mouse game between a deadly don, Amartya Rao, who doesn’t think twice before killing, and there’s nobody who could stop him and a cop, who is dogging his every step.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022)
Duped and sold to a brothel, a young woman fearlessly reclaims her power, using underworld connections to preside over the world she was once a pawn in.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTalaash (2012)
A cop, investigating the mysterious death of a filmstar, meets a sex-worker, while he faces some personal problems psychologically. The mystery connects these people in a way, that ultimately changes their lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKai Po Che! (2013)
Three friends growing up in India at the turn of the millennium set out to open a training academy to produce the country's next cricket stars.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCity Lights (2014)
Deepak Singh was an ex army person and owned a small garment shop in a Rajasthani village. When his life struck by a tragedy, he migrates to Mumbai, with his wife and young child, hoping for a better life. However, upon arriving, he soon discovers the challenges of life in a big city.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Love Hostel (2022)
Set against the pulsating backdrop of rustic North India, Love Hostel traces the volatile journey of star-crossed lovers, being hunted by a ruthless mercenary on the orders of the area's MLA, who also happens to be the girl's grandmother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Udta Punjab?
The closest matches to Udta Punjab are Haider (2014), The Kerala Story 2 (2026) and Highway (2014). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Udta Punjab?
People who watched Udta Punjab most often go on to Haider (2014), The Kerala Story 2 (2026) and Highway (2014).
What is the highest-rated movie like Udta Punjab?
Drishyam (2015), rated 7.5/10 by 528 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Udta Punjab?
The Kerala Story 2 (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like Udta Punjab?
Yes: Haider (2014), The Kerala Story 2 (2026) and Highway (2014).
How are movies similar to Udta Punjab chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Udta Punjab, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.