Movies like Ittefaq
The best movies like Ittefaq (2017) are Raat Akeli Hai (2020), Talaash (2012) and Evaru (2019). If Ittefaq hooked you with its crime and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedMemories of Murder (2003)8.1/10 from 4,924 votes
- NewestMardaani 3 (2026)Released 2026
- In HindiRaat Akeli Hai (2020)Also in Hindi
Raat Akeli Hai (2020)
When a newly married landlord is murdered, a misfit cop’s investigation is complicated by the victim’s secretive family and his own conflicted heart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEvaru (2019)
When a high-ranking police officer is killed by his alleged rape victim, Sub-inspector Vikram Vasudev is entrusted with investigating what seems like an open-and-shut case. However, as he delves deeper, Vikram finds the case spiralling into a dark tale filled with unexpected surprises.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMumbai Police (2013)
ACP Antony Moses is on the verge of uncovering his friend’s murderer when an accident leaves him with partial memory loss. Reassigned to the same case, he must retrace his own forgotten steps to uncover a truth more shocking than he imagined.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
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 thriller & crime
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
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMemories (2013)
Sam Alex, a former police officer haunted by the tragic loss of his family, drowns his grief in alcohol until duty calls him back. When a string of eerily similar murders emerges, he’s forced to confront both the case and the ghosts of his past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDrishyam (2013)
Georgekutty lives a happy life with his wife and daughters. Things take a turn when his daughter gets indecently filmed using a hidden camera, by the son of a police inspector.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRaman Raghav 2.0 (2016)
A corrupt cop and a serial killer obsessed with a psychopath from the '60s get caught up in a ruthless cat-and-mouse game.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies 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 & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGolam (2024)
A mysterious death during work hours in an office puzzles all but only Investigator ASP Sandeep Krishna observes it as a murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Te3n (2016)
A grandfather, police officer and a priest join hands to investigate and find a missing child.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKolaigaran (2019)
A man is found to be murdered and the investigating officer believes that he was killed by a young woman and her mother. But their neighbour claims that he is the murderer! Who is lying?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Zodiac (2007)
Police conduct a manhunt for the Zodiac Killer, a serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s, taunting police with letters, bloodstained clothing, and ciphers mailed to newspapers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBlood (2012)
When police discover a young girl brutally murdered, brothers Joe Fairburns and Chrissie Fairburns join their supervisor Robert to investigate main suspect Jason Buliegh, a local sex offender and social outcast. Forced to release Jason from police custody, the Fairburns take matters into their own hands in an attempt to coerce a confession.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Buckingham Murders (2024)
Fresh wounds are reopened when Jasmeet Bhamra, a cop and a single mother who recently lost her child in a shooting spree, transfers to High Wycombe and is assigned a case of a missing child.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Vadh (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 crime & thriller
Forensic (2022)
Little girls begin to disappear and their bodies are found soon after in the town of Mussoorie. Police officer Megha and forensic officer Johnny join hands to nab the killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
NH10 (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 & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVillain (2017)
ADGP Mathew Manjooran, returns to work after a seven-month sabbatical, only to take voluntary retirement. His last day has him investigating a case involving triple murder, including a police officer. Soon a pattern emerges and each clue also links Mathew. How is the veteran police officer tied to the murders and who is the real villain?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Badla (2019)
A dynamic young entrepreneur finds herself locked in a hotel room with the corpse of her dead lover. She hires a prestigious lawyer to defend her and they work together to figure out what actually happened.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThadam (2019)
The murder of a youngster creates confusion among a few cops when they find out that the one accused in the crime has a look-alike!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & 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 thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMom (2017)
After her stepdaughter is sexually assaulted at a party, a furious mother sets out to destroy the lives of the four perpetrators who walked free.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMemories of Murder (2003)
A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisMardaani 3 (2026)
Officer Shivani Shivaji Roy returns to hunt down those behind the disappearance of young girls, risking everything to bring them back alive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
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 crime & thriller
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 crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Card Player (2004)
Policewoman Anna Mari is forced to play a dangerous game with the title serial killer. If she loses, she witnesses the maniac's tortured victims having their throats cut in explicit close-up detail via webcam. She teams up with British cop John Brennan to find out the identity of the murderer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisNail Polish (2021)
A high profile defence lawyer is promised a Rajya Sabha seat if he wins a case of an accused with charges of killing two migrant children. However, there's much more than what meets the eye in this courtroom drama that explores the uncertainty of human mind and the journey of criminal discovery.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Ittefaq?
The closest matches to Ittefaq are Raat Akeli Hai (2020), Talaash (2012) and Evaru (2019). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Ittefaq?
People who watched Ittefaq most often go on to Raat Akeli Hai (2020), Talaash (2012) and Evaru (2019).
What is the highest-rated movie like Ittefaq?
Memories of Murder (2003), rated 8.1/10 by 4,924 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Ittefaq?
Mardaani 3 (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like Ittefaq?
Yes: Raat Akeli Hai (2020), Talaash (2012) and Drishyam (2015).
How are movies similar to Ittefaq chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Ittefaq, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.