Movies like Trapped (2017)
The best movies like Trapped (2017) are Traffic (2016), Stolen (2023) and A Wednesday! (2008). If Trapped 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 ratedAndhadhun (2018)7.6/10 from 673 votes
- NewestHisaab Barabar (2024)Released 2024
- In HindiTraffic (2016)Also in Hindi
Traffic (2016)
An emotional thriller based on a road trip from Mumbai to Pune. Inspired from the real events that happened in Chennai.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Stolen (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 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 thisNo Escape (2015)
In their new overseas home, an American family soon finds themselves caught in the middle of a coup, and they frantically look for a safe escape in an environment where foreigners are being immediately executed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTable No. 21 (2013)
A couple live a mediocre life and are thrilled to have won an exotic vacation to Fiji & their excitement increases when they get a chance to play "Tell all truth" game for a mind boggling prize money. The game begins and the couple discovers that the game isn't really a game, but is a game of survival.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSandeep Aur Pinky Faraar (2021)
Sandeep, a bank executive & Pinky, a suspended cop, are marked for a kill. Phones tapped, accounts blocked, they escape but escaping is not freedom.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & 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 thisPihu (2018)
The social thriller starring a two year-old baby girl. She is living in a home where the adults are going through a complicated phase. Being a toddler, she is occasionally trapped in the accidental situations.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Death in the Gunj (2016)
Life for a shy young Indian student slowly falls to pieces during a family road trip.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies 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 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 thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisSilence... Can You Hear It? (2021)
When Pooja, the daughter of retired Justice Chaudhary, is found murdered under mysterious circumstances, ACP Verma is roped in to investigate this high-profile case. When everyone is hiding the truth, justice will thrive despite the silence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Neerja (2016)
Neerja is a portrayal on the life of the courageous Neerja Bhanot, who sacrificed her life while protecting the lives of 359 passengers on the Pan Am flight 73 in 1986. The flight was hijacked by a terrorist organization.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKahaani (2012)
Pregnant and alone in the city of Kolkata, a woman begins a relentless search for her missing husband, only to find that nothing is what it seems.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKaalakaandi (2018)
Unfolding through a course of a night in Mumbai, Kaalakaandi showcases three parallel tracks — a man who discovers he has terminal illness decides to let go of his principles and live a little; a woman involved in a hit-and-run seeks redemption and two goons must decide if they can trust each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Lucknow Central (2017)
After being accused of murder and awaiting his death penalty, Kishen Mohan Girhotra is compelled by NGO worker Gayatri Kashyap to form a musical band of prisoners to compete at band competition held at the dreaded jail of ‘Lucknow Central’. Kishen befriends and convinces a talented bunch of criminals to form a band that provides them with a purpose and a new lease of life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Drishyam (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 thisHisaab Barabar (2024)
Radhe Mohan, an honest TC working for Indian Railways and a self-proclaimed accounts expert, sets out to uncover a massive financial fraud by banker Mickey Mehta. As Mickey puts the entire system against Radhe, what lies next for him?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Andhadhun (2018)
A series of mysterious events changes the life of a blind pianist who now must report a crime that was actually never witnessed by him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNo Smoking (2007)
A heavily addicted smoker is unprepared for the true price he must pay when he asks a guru's help to kick the habit.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
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 thisCTRL (2024)
Nella and Joe are the perfect influencer couple. But when he cheats on her, she turns to an AI app to erase him from her life — until it takes control.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUgly (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 thriller & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChor Nikal Ke Bhaga (2023)
A flight attendant and her boyfriend must steal a cache of diamonds to clear an old debt — but the plan spins into a mayhem when the plane gets hijacked.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisVadh (2022)
Shambhunath Mishra, a retired middle school teacher is living a mundane middle-class life with his wife Manju Mishra in Gwalior. Life takes a complete turn for the Mishra family when a situation gets out of hand and it leads to a killing at the hands of Shambhunath Mishra. Mishra ji has very little time to plan cautiously to turn this into a “perfect murder” and leave no trace behind.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Jalsa (2022)
A hit and run of an 18-year-old girl becomes the hub of a wheel that sets into motion many a spoke - a journalist, a raging mother, a cop and a system all caught in an ethical dilemma. Questions are raised only to realize that the truth is rarely pure and never simple.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Chehre (2021)
An ad agency executive takes shelter at an old man's home in mountains amid a dangerous snow storm, but soon finds himself trapped with no way out when the man and his clan of veterans hook him for a game of crime and punishment.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Trapped?
The closest matches to Trapped are Traffic (2016), Stolen (2023) and A Wednesday! (2008). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Trapped?
People who watched Trapped most often go on to Traffic (2016), Stolen (2023) and A Wednesday! (2008).
What is the highest-rated movie like Trapped?
Andhadhun (2018), rated 7.6/10 by 673 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Trapped?
Hisaab Barabar (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like Trapped?
Yes: Traffic (2016), Stolen (2023) and A Wednesday! (2008).
How are movies similar to Trapped chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Trapped, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.