Movies like Naane Varuvean (2022)
The best movies like Naane Varuvean (2022) are Nenjam Marappathillai (2021), Dora (2017) and Demonte Colony 2 (2024). If Naane Varuvean hooked you with its action and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Conjuring (2013)7.5/10 from 13,292 votes
- NewestBlack (2024)Released 2024
- In TamilNenjam Marappathillai (2021)Also in Tamil
Nenjam Marappathillai (2021)
A god-fearing young woman who takes up the job of a caretaker in a rich household tries to take revenge on her lustful employer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Dora (2017)
A father and a daughter buy a used car which is possessed by an unknown spirit which yearns for revenge, and gives sleepless nights to a cop and a bunch of criminals.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Demonte Colony 2 (2024)
Debbie attempts to contact the spirit of her deceased husband Sam, she inadvertently contacts Srinivasan, who had just died. This contact saves his life but leaves him in a coma for years. Later, Debbie unravels mystery about Lord Demonte sacrificing people and enslaves their spirits. Can Debbie break this cycle and help Srinivasan to wake up from his coma?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Kaashmora (2016)
Kaashmora, a present era black magic specialist; Rajnayak, an ancient era warlord and Ratnamahadevi is his queen. How these three are connected? What are the issues that arise?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Massu Engira Masilamani (2015)
A conman gains the power to see and communicate with ghosts and decides to use it to make money. His happy-go-lucky lifestyle goes for a toss when a ghost who is his look-alike approaches him with an offer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisAval (2017)
Two families have a tough time dealing with a revenge-seeking spirit, which is strangely connected with one of its members
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisPisaasu (2014)
A violinist experiences paranormal experience in his flat after a death of a girl who he tries to save due to accident. Later he realises that actually the spirit is helping him and he tries to find out who killed the girl by accident.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Pizza (2012)
Michael, a pizza delivery boy, lives with Anu, an aspiring horror fiction writer. One day, on a delivery run, he goes to a bungalow, where mysterious events begin to unfold.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRaayan (2024)
Raayan, a simpleton patriarch has to protect his family when they inadvertently get muddled in a violent world with whirlpool of murder, debauchery, feud, politics and power, a quagmire that he has repeatedly warned them not to get pulled into.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlack (2024)
Vasanth and Aaranya, a couple move into a serene row house, eager for peace and privacy, but a violent storm leaves them trapped inside, unsettling supernatural disturbances threaten to unravel their marriage. Vasanth must uncover the truth behind these supernatural occurrences before everything falls apart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Demonte Colony (2015)
Four friends go into a haunted mansion on a whim but they do not realize that they have returned home with an evil spirit, from which escape might be impossible.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
U Turn (2018)
When a flyover in the city becomes the hotbed of accidents, a young reporter decides to investigate the issue. Her quest for an answer would lead her into a web of intrigue, murder and mystery.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDevi(L) (2016)
A man who wants a modern girl for a wife unwillingly marries a village girl. What happens when the girl is possessed by the ghost of an aspiring actress?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Post Mortem (2020)
A post mortem photographer and a little girl confront ghosts in a haunted village after the First World War.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAruvam (2019)
A food safety officer and a teacher who has no sense of smell come together to fight the practice of food adulteration and its devastating effect on people.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Mercury (2018)
Five friends, all affected in some way by a mercury poisoning incident are partying when a freak accident put them on a collision course with an entity that is in no mood to forgive their misgivings.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
The Conjuring (2013)
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisArundhati (2009)
During a visit to her hometown, Arundhati learns that she looks like her great-grandmother, Jejamma. Soon, Jejamma's battles become her own as she fights a black magician who wants to kill her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBhoothakaalam (2022)
Following the death of a family member, a mother and son experience mysterious events which distort their sense of reality and make them question their sanity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
The Third Eye (2017)
When her little sister claims she sees the dead, Alia consults a psychic, who opens her own eyes to the vengeful ghosts haunting their childhood home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBhaagamathie (2018)
Accused of murdering her husband, IAS officer Chanchala, is taken to a haunted house called Bhaaghamathie Bungalow, where police and CBI officials interrogate her to dig up dirt on a politician she had worked under. As she's left alone in the haunted house, spirits take control of her and IAS Chanchala transforms into an unrecognisable person. How this impacts her and everyone around her forms the crux of the story.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisViduthalai: Part I (2023)
Kumaresan, a police constable, gets recruited for an operation implanted to capture Perumal Vaathiyar, who leads a separatist group dedicated to fighting against the authorities for committing atrocities against innocent village women in the name of police interrogations.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisOut of the Shadows (2017)
A newly married detective and his pregnant wife move into their dream home unaware of its dark history. When his wife claims their baby is being tormented by a supernatural force and seeks the help of a renegade demonologist, he must investigate the past to save his family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Thambi (2019)
Brother and sister who get separated and reunite years later when the brother has grown to be a criminal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
The Car (1977)
The Utah community of Santa Ynez is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town sheriff, Captain Wade Parent is determined to stop the murderous driver.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOverdrive (2017)
Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNight Watch (1973)
A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe 355 (2022)
A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGemini Man (2019)
Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict his every move. To his horror, Brogan soon learns that the man who's trying to kill him is a younger, faster, cloned version of himself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYennai Arindhaal (2015)
Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save Thenmozhi, a young woman who is the target of a criminal organ harvesting group, led by a ghost from his past.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & action
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What are the best movies like Naane Varuvean?
The closest matches to Naane Varuvean are Nenjam Marappathillai (2021), Dora (2017) and Demonte Colony 2 (2024). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Naane Varuvean?
People who watched Naane Varuvean most often go on to Nenjam Marappathillai (2021), Dora (2017) and Demonte Colony 2 (2024).
What is the highest-rated movie like Naane Varuvean?
The Conjuring (2013), rated 7.5/10 by 13,292 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Naane Varuvean?
Black (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Tamil movies like Naane Varuvean?
Yes: Nenjam Marappathillai (2021), Dora (2017) and Demonte Colony 2 (2024).
How are movies similar to Naane Varuvean chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Naane Varuvean, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.