Movies like Badla (2019)
The best movies like Badla (2019) are Te3n (2016), Cuttputlli (2022) and HIT: The First Case (2022). If Badla 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 4,931 votes
- NewestVadh 2 (2026)Released 2026
- In HindiTe3n (2016)Also in Hindi
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 thisCuttputlli (2022)
When a small town gets plunged into the nightmare of serial killings, rookie cop Arjan embarks on a chase for the truth and unravels a gruesome conspiracy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
HIT: The First Case (2022)
Burdened by old demons, a troubled but brilliant detective sets out to solve two confounding abduction cases — one involving his own girlfriend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVikram Vedha (2022)
Vikram, an honest officer with the Lucknow police, is on a mission to find and eliminate gangster Vedha. However, when Vedha surrenders himself to the police and starts narrating stories to Vikram, it blurs the lines between good and evil. Vedha questions Vikram's righteousness while the latter believes he is fair and just. But is he?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDeva (2025)
Dev Ambre, a ruthless cop, loses his memory in an accident just after he has finished solving a murder case and now has to reinvestigate it while keeping his memory loss a secret from everyone except DCP Farhan Khan.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGumraah (2023)
A murder investigation becomes complicated after the cops discover a pair of lookalike suspects.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Baby John (2024)
John's peaceful life with daughter Khushi is disrupted by a sex-trafficking gang. Revealing his past as DCP Satya, he seeks revenge for his family's murder, saving minor girls and punishing the criminals, before starting anew.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Mili (2022)
Mili Naudiyal, a nursing graduate is planning to move to Canada. She takes up a job at a food outlet for the time being but her sudden disappearance without a clue leaves her loved ones in a desperate search for her in this survival drama.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Drishyam 2 (2022)
7 years after the case related to Vijay Salgaonkar and his family was closed, a series of unexpected events bring truth to light that threatens to change everything for the Salgaonkars. Can Vijay save his family this time?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisKhel Khel Mein (2024)
What if for one night your mobile phone was a public property? 7 friends at a wedding after-party decide to play a seemingly harmless but as it turns out, a dangerous game which might have earth-shattering consequences with relationships, marriages and identities being at stake.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSelfiee (2023)
RTO officer Om Prakash strikes a golden opportunity to meet his icon, Vijay Kumar. Bhut when his love gets spurned by the superstar, a clash of egos ensues.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
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 & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRaat Akeli Hai - The Bansal Murders (2025)
When members of the Bansal family are found murdered, Inspector Jatil Yadav uncovers a trail of greed, betrayal and secrets tied to a deadly conspiracy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
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
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 thisThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
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 & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJaane Jaan (2023)
When a single mother her teenage daughter becomes ensnared in a deadly crime, find an unexpected ally in their neighbor, a simple, doting but genius teacher math teacher comes to aid, while a tenacious cop digs into the case.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAndhadhun (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 crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIttefaq (2017)
Police officer Dev investigates a double murder case that has only two witnesses - an acclaimed writer Vikram and a young homemaker Maya, who also happen to be the prime suspects in the case. He finds himself being torn between their own version's of what happened on the fateful night, and takes it upon himself to figure out the real story and capture the real murderer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 & thriller
Blind (2023)
A brutal cat and mouse game between a blind ex-cop Gia Singh and a psychopathic serial killer, who likes to torture and kill young women.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
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 thriller & crime
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 thisThe Body (2019)
When the body of a powerful businesswoman goes missing from the morgue, the inspector-in-charge hunts for the truth. When he questions her husband he realizes that there is much more to the case than meets the eye.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBadlapur (2015)
After his wife and son are killed, a young man finds out the man behind the murder and fights against him, along committing some big mistakes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Invisible Guest (2017)
Barcelona, Spain. Adrián Doria, a young and successful businessman accused of murder, meets one night with Virginia Goodman, an expert interrogation lawyer, in order to devise a defense strategy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisSector 36 (2024)
When several children disappear at the hands of a serial killer in Sector 36, a corrupt cop is forced to pursue the chilling case at all costs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies 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 crime & thriller
Monica, O My Darling (2022)
A slick robotics expert joins a murderous plot after a passionate affair takes a sudden turn, but nothing — not even death — is what it seems to be.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Badla?
The closest matches to Badla are Te3n (2016), Cuttputlli (2022) and HIT: The First Case (2022). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Badla?
People who watched Badla most often go on to Te3n (2016), Cuttputlli (2022) and HIT: The First Case (2022).
What is the highest-rated movie like Badla?
Memories of Murder (2003), rated 8.1/10 by 4,931 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Badla?
Vadh 2 (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like Badla?
Yes: Te3n (2016), Cuttputlli (2022) and HIT: The First Case (2022).
How are movies similar to Badla chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Badla, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.