Movies like Sooryavanshi (2021)
The best movies like Sooryavanshi (2021) are Mardaani 2 (2019), Singham Returns (2014) and Dabangg 2 (2012). If Sooryavanshi hooked you with its action and crime, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedSpecial 26 (2013)7.3/10 from 244 votes
- NewestMirzapur: The Movie (2026)Released 2026
- In HindiMardaani 2 (2019)Also in Hindi
Mardaani 2 (2019)
Officer Shivani Shivaji Roy is stationed at Kota where she goes against a ferocious serial killer who rapes and murders women.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSingham Returns (2014)
Owing to the wrongdoings affiliated with evils similar to black money, an honest but ferocious police officer returns as the Deputy Commissioner of Police with the prospect of wiping out injustice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDabangg 2 (2012)
Chulbul Pandey invites a fresh trouble when he kills the brother of a notorious politician and the former swears to wreak havoc in his life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisSingam 2 (2013)
Picking up the storyline from where Singam ended, Duraisingam has gone undercover after meeting the Home Minister and is working as an NCC officer in a school in Thoothukudi. The only people who know about this operation are the Chief Minister and Home Minister apart from himself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies 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 thisSatyameva Jayate (2018)
DCP Shivansh has been tasked to catch Vir, the man behind police killings in the city. Both are eventually against the same enemy but divided by a fine line, the law.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSingham (2011)
An honest, small town cop is transferred to a big city that is controlled by a crime boss that he had once humiliated. Remake of Tamil Singam (2010).
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHoliday (2014)
Virat Bakshi, an Indian army soldier on vacation stumbles upon a terror plot to rip Mumbai apart with a series of bomb blasts and must hunt down the sleeper cell of the terror organisation before it's too late.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDabangg (2010)
A troubled relationship with his younger half-brother and stepfather compels Chulbul Pandey to become a corrupt but fearless cop whose life changes when he locks horns with a corrupt political leader.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisBaby (2015)
A nascent elite team of the Indian intelligence system perpetually strives to detect and eliminate terrorists and their plots. Officer Ajay leads his team to destroy one such potentially lethal ploy in their biggest operation yet.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies 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 action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSingham Again (2024)
The cop universe expands with newer additions while the old ones return led by Bajirao Singham. Singham Again interweaves the mythological epic Ramayana's good vs evil narrative when his wife Avni Kamath gets abducted by Danger Lanka setting Bajirao and his gang of Sangram Bhalerao and Veer Sooryavanshi along with Satya and Shakti Shetty on a mission to rescue her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies 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 & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDhuruvangal Pathinaaru (2016)
A former cop looks back on the case which left him disabled and forced him to quit the force.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDum Maaro Dum (2011)
ACP Vishnu is sent on a mission to investigate and clean the underbelly of Goa. During his investigation, he uncovers a huge racket and discovers the involvement of various politicians.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Simmba (2018)
A corrupt police officer enjoys all the perks of being an immoral and unethical police officer until an event which transforms his life completely and forces him to choose the righteous path.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDhruva (2016)
A committed police officer is on a very dangerous mission to destroy the most corrupt person in the country, Siddharth Abhimanyu.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpyder (2017)
A surveillance expert who wants to help people comes across a foe who is the very definition of evil. Can he stop the man before he destroys everything?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisCommando 2 - The Black Money Trail (2017)
India's most wanted Black Money agent, Vicky Chaddha, gets arrested in Malaysia and is kept in a safe house by the Malaysian authorities, along with his wife. A team of four is being sent to Malaysia to bring them to India. Apart from the growth of inter-personal relationships, the mission has quite a few twists and turns on its way. The story follows Karan as he uses his brain and brawn to recover all of the laundered black money.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisRaees (2017)
Set in the early ’80s and ’90s in Gujarat, India, ‘Raees’ is a fictitious story of a crime lord named Raees, who builds an entire empire from scratch, and a police officer who is determined to bring him down.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGabbar Is Back (2015)
A vigilante network taking out corrupt officials draws the notice of the authorities.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPhantom (2015)
Daniyal, whose journey to seek justice takes him from India to Europe, America and the volatile Middle East. However, he finds out that in a mission like this, there is always a price to pay, in this case, a very personal price.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisAiyaary (2018)
An Indian Army officer is compelled to chase down his protege when the latter turns rogue and threatens to disrupt the country’s government and army.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBaadshaho (2017)
Emergency has been declared in India. Maharani Gitanjali from one of Rajasthan's princely states has already lost her privy purse. Now, she fears that she will lose the last treasure chest of gold which has been forcibly taken away from her. So she asks her trusted lieutenant, Bhawani to step in and plan a heist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisRomeo Akbar Walter (2019)
Prior to the India-Pakistan war of 1971, the RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) trains an Indian banker in espionage and martial arts, and sends him to Pakistan for an undercover operation where he finds himself sinking between emotions and violence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAkira (2016)
Akira Sharma is your average Jane from Jodhpur. Early in life she sees an atrocity committed on a neighbour and learns to defend herself. And, a spitfire is born.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisMirzapur: The Movie (2026)
Akhandanand Tripathi sits on the throne of Mirzapur. Munna Tripathi is heir apparent. Rati Shankar Shukla is the rival from Jaunpur. And, Guddu and Bablu are the two brothers who came like a tornado and changed things irreversibly. And now comes a new claimant in town. Babban Babua, from the desert of Jaisalmer. A ruthless man who is power hungry.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Jilla (2014)
Shakthi is the adopted son of Sivan, a powerful gangster based in Madurai. Although Shakthi bitterly hates the police, he is forced to become a policeman at his father's behest.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies 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 action & crime
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Sooryavanshi?
The closest matches to Sooryavanshi are Mardaani 2 (2019), Singham Returns (2014) and Dabangg 2 (2012). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Sooryavanshi?
People who watched Sooryavanshi most often go on to Mardaani 2 (2019), Singham Returns (2014) and Dabangg 2 (2012).
What is the highest-rated movie like Sooryavanshi?
Special 26 (2013), rated 7.3/10 by 244 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Sooryavanshi?
Mirzapur: The Movie (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like Sooryavanshi?
Yes: Mardaani 2 (2019), Singham Returns (2014) and Dabangg 2 (2012).
How are movies similar to Sooryavanshi chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Sooryavanshi, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.