Movies like Kaalakaandi (2018)
The best movies like Kaalakaandi (2018) are Kuttey (2023), Delhi Belly (2011) and A Death in the Gunj (2016). If Kaalakaandi hooked you with its comedy and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedDelhi Belly (2011)7.1/10 from 236 votes
- NewestBlackout (2024)Released 2024
- In HindiKuttey (2023)Also in Hindi
Kuttey (2023)
A van carrying crores of cash. One rainy night in the outskirts of Mumbai. Unaware of each other, three stray gangs cross paths on the hunt. Unfortunately, all of them have the same plan. Bullets... Blood... Betrayal... It’s every man for himself... All the dogs after one bone. Will these dogs bite the bone, or will they lose to greed?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & thriller
Delhi Belly (2011)
Three unsuspecting, average guys find themselves on the hit list of one of India's most-powerful crime syndicates.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
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 thisJudgementall Hai Kya (2019)
When Bobby meets her new tenants, a young married couple, their perfectly normal life leaves her really curious. But then a murder takes place and Bobby suspects Keshav has a role to play in the crime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Shamitabh (2015)
A mute, aspiring actor joins forces with a man who has a powerful voice. Together they take the film industry by storm, but will their egos get in the way?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlackmail (2018)
When Dev finds about his wife's affair, he starts blackmailing her and her lover but the blackmail game backfires on him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIshqiya (2010)
While on the run from goons, a man and his nephew fall for a kidnapper's seductive widow.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKathal (2023)
When two prized jackfruits disappear from a politician's garden, a spirited cop's investigation takes an unexpected turn as she digs for the truth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAnkhon Dekhi (2014)
Bauji resists his daughter's request to let her marry the man she loves as the neighbours incessantly shame him. However, his opinion changes after he meets him and he decides to change his viewpoint.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies 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 drama & thriller
Peepli Live (2010)
Natha decides to commit suicide to get the farmers' compensation. However, the media and politicians learn about his intentions and descend on their village to capture the rare event.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTrapped (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 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 thriller & drama
The Dirty Picture (2011)
After running away from home in search of movie stardom, a village girl rises to become a prominent sex symbol.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAn Action Hero (2022)
At the age of just 30, Maanav at the peak of his acting career gets caught up in a murder accusation, which turns his own life into an eccentric action thriller as he flees the country, with a vengeful politician hot on his heels.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKarwaan (2018)
Avinash, a dejected soul stuck in a dead-end job shares a strange relationship with his father. He holds him responsible for crushing his dreams. However, he is left pondering upon this longstanding hatred when he hears of his father’s untimely demise.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChoked: Paisa Bolta Hai (2020)
A bank employee weighed down by her jobless husband's debts - and her own broken dreams - finds a secret source of seemingly unlimited cash in her home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Guilty (2020)
A young woman from a small town accuses the college heartthrob of sexual assault.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBrij Mohan Amar Rahe! (2017)
Faking his death to escape the realities of his uneventful life worked out well for Brij Mohan -- until he was sentenced to death for his own murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
AK vs AK (2020)
After a public spat with a movie star, a disgraced director retaliates by kidnapping the actor's daughter, filming the search for her in real-time.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies 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: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHunterrr (2015)
An ordinary bachelor pursues girls like a hunter, but not with the intention of settling down in life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIndia Lockdown (2022)
The Indian government announces a country-wide lockdown for 21 days due to the pandemic. India Lockdown encapsulates the story of four out of lakhs of individuals whose lives came to a standstill.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Blackout (2024)
Lenny, a crime reporter, makes a life-altering choice to pocket a case of stolen jewels to transform his mundane life. However, his good fortune takes a turn for the worse when he gets entangled with a big gangster. How will he get out of this mess?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & thriller
In the Soup (1992)
An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHard to Die (1990)
While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series of killings six months previously, is at the bottom of the whole thing. Little do they know the real horror that they face in the end.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStretch (2014)
A hard-luck limo driver struggling to go straight and pay off a debt to his bookie takes on a job with a crazed passenger whose sought-after ledger implicates some seriously dangerous criminals.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFamily Weekend (2013)
A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAccident Man (2018)
Mike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer. When a loved one is murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to avenge the one person who actually meant something to him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSomewhere in Queens (2023)
Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it happen.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Kaalakaandi?
The closest matches to Kaalakaandi are Kuttey (2023), Delhi Belly (2011) and A Death in the Gunj (2016). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Kaalakaandi?
People who watched Kaalakaandi most often go on to Kuttey (2023), Delhi Belly (2011) and A Death in the Gunj (2016).
What is the highest-rated movie like Kaalakaandi?
Delhi Belly (2011), rated 7.1/10 by 236 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Kaalakaandi?
Blackout (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like Kaalakaandi?
Yes: Kuttey (2023), Delhi Belly (2011) and A Death in the Gunj (2016).
How are movies similar to Kaalakaandi chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Kaalakaandi, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.