Movies like Sardar (2022)
The best movies like Sardar (2022) are FIR (2022), Thuppakki (2012) and Irumbu Thirai (2018). If Sardar hooked you with its thriller and action, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedVikram Vedha (2017)7.2/10 from 249 votes
- NewestHostile Takeover (2025)Released 2025
- In TamilFIR (2022)Also in Tamil
FIR (2022)
Irfan, an innocent Muslim chemical engineer with an ordinary life, is caught in inexplicable circumstances, when accused of being a most-wanted terrorist, that alter his life & everyone around him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Thuppakki (2012)
An army officer sets out to save the people of his country when he learns that an entire network of terrorists are operating in the city and are planning to carry out multiple terror attacks.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIrumbu Thirai (2018)
Kathiravan, a major in the Indian army with anger management issues, is compelled by circumstances to borrow a loan from a bank with false documents. When the entire money in the account vanishes, Kathiravan tries to track down the scamsters, and it leads him to White Devil, a master hacker.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVishwaroopam (2013)
Vishwanathan, a Kathak dance teacher in New York, is happy in his marriage with Nirupama, a nuclear oncologist who married him to pursue higher studies in the USA. Deciding to cut ties with her husband, Nirupama hires a private detective to monitor his activities. To her utter shock, certain truths about her husband are subsequently revealed, setting off a chain of events that will change both of their lives irreversibly.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIndia's Most Wanted (2019)
Officer Prabhat and his team arrive in Nepal to verify a terror suspect and arrest him within a deadline of four days. A race against time ensues when Pakistani agencies start chasing them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Kaappaan (2019)
A Special Protection Group officer has to identify the threat to the prime minister, who he is protecting, and also the nation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisCommando 3 (2019)
A mysterious man is on an impending mission to attack the country from his base in London. Karan Singh Dogra sets out to hunt down the antagonist aided by the British Intelligence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies 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 thisBell Bottom (2021)
By the early ‘80s, India had already witnessed multiple airplane hijacks. In 1984, the country was made to face another such challenge. BellBottom, a RAW Agent, sees through the plan and thus begins India's first overseas covert operation. An operation, lead by a forgotten hero, that went on to create one of the most defining moments for India.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Greatest of All Time (2024)
A once decorated member of the Special Anti-Terrorism Squad (SATS) is called back into action by his former colleagues for an important mission, setting him on a dangerous collision course with his own past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisD-Day (2013)
Four Indian agents spend nine years under cover to track down India's most wanted criminal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisMadras Cafe (2013)
An Indian intelligence agent journeys to a war-torn coastal island to break a resolute rebel group and meets a passionate journalist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSafe House (2012)
A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMaster (2021)
An alcoholic professor is sent to a juvenile school, where he clashes with a gangster, who uses the children of the school for criminal activities.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPathu Thala (2023)
An undercover cop goes into the big bad world, a place taken over by a don, where his safety may be compromised.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Holiday (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 & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJailer (2023)
Muthuvel Pandian, a retired, stern yet compassionate jailer lives a peaceful life with his family, but trouble knocks his door when his cop son’s tryst with an antique mafia gang goes awry and forces Muthu to step back into a dark world he had voluntarily took a break from.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisHeart of Stone (2023)
An intelligence operative for a shadowy global peacekeeping agency races to stop a hacker from stealing its most valuable — and dangerous — weapon.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDasara (2023)
In 1990s, Set in small village Veerlapally, Dharani, Vennela, and Suri are childhood friends. Dharani loves Vennela, but she has Suri in her mind. Knowing Suri’s interest in Vennela, Dharani sacrifices his love and helps get them married. But Local politics between Rajanna, Shivanna and the latter's son Chinna Nambi threaten to disrupt their lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Viduthalai: 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 thisVikram Vedha (2017)
A notorious gangster Vedha surrenders himself to encounter specialist Vikram whom he challenges every step of the way by narrating his life events in the form of riddles that needs to be solved in order to capture him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTiger 3 (2023)
Spy couple Tiger and Zoya face a ruthless enemy with a personal vendetta.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDoctor (2021)
An army doctor helps his love interest's family to find their kidnapped daughter using a unique strategy: conducting a kidnapping of their own.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGotcha! (1985)
A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
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 thisHostile Takeover (2025)
Follows Pete, a professional hitman, as he faces a group of assassins after the boss of a crime syndicate suspects disloyalty due to his attendance at Workaholics Anonymous meetings.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMaanaadu (2021)
A Muslim man, who is stuck in a time loop, has to stop a political rally from taking place in order to save the state's chief minister and prevent religious violence.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Amateur (2025)
After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Sardar?
The closest matches to Sardar are FIR (2022), Thuppakki (2012) and Irumbu Thirai (2018). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Sardar?
People who watched Sardar most often go on to FIR (2022), Thuppakki (2012) and Irumbu Thirai (2018).
What is the highest-rated movie like Sardar?
Vikram Vedha (2017), rated 7.2/10 by 249 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Sardar?
Hostile Takeover (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Tamil movies like Sardar?
Yes: FIR (2022), Thuppakki (2012) and Irumbu Thirai (2018).
How are movies similar to Sardar chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Sardar, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.