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Movies Like New Delhi

If you liked New Delhi (1988), a movie directed by Joshiy, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Kill the Messenger

    Kill the Messenger (2014)

    ★ 6.6/10

    A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the…

  2. 2True Crime

    True Crime (1999)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row prisoner is slated to die at midnight – a man Everett has suddenly…

  3. 3Rising Sun

    Rising Sun (1993)

    ★ 6.2/10

    When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Connor has previous experience working…

  4. 4The Social Reckoning

    The Social Reckoning (2026)

    ★ 7/10

    Frances Haugen, a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz, a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on the social network's most guarded secrets.

  5. 5Nothing but the Truth

    Nothing but the Truth (2008)

    ★ 6.9/10

    When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her source. She defies the special prosecutor and is thrown in jail…

  6. 6The Company You Keep

    The Company You Keep (2012)

    ★ 6.2/10

    A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity.

  7. 7The Post

    The Post (2017)

    ★ 7/10

    A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.

  8. 8All the President's Men

    All the President's Men (1976)

    ★ 7.7/10

    During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.

  9. 9The Night Strangler

    The Night Strangler (1973)

    ★ 6.7/10

    After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he’s on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every…

  10. 10Ace in the Hole

    Ace in the Hole (1951)

    ★ 7.8/10

    An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.

  11. 11War

    War (2007)

    ★ 6.4/10

    FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some unfinished business, he triggers a…

  12. 12Oldboy

    Oldboy (2013)

    ★ 5.9/10

    A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.

  13. 13The Outfit

    The Outfit (1973)

    ★ 6.7/10

    A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed…

  14. 14State of Play

    State of Play (2009)

    ★ 6.8/10

    When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.

  15. 15Raid 2

    Raid 2 (2025)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Set seven years after the events of the first film, it follows the return of IRS officer Amay Patnaik, who is attempting to take down a seemingly benevolent politician.

  16. 16Absence of Malice

    Absence of Malice (1981)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it involves an innocent party. When he tells…

  17. 17The Batman

    The Batman (2022)

    ★ 7.7/10

    In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.

  18. 18Border Hunters

    Border Hunters (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10

    After his police officer brother is killed by a drug dealer who flees to the protection of his cartel-connected uncle in Mexico, an American man with a diverse law enforcement/military background goes south of the…

  19. 19Fletch

    Fletch (1985)

    ★ 6.7/10

    When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With…

  20. 20The Fifth Estate

    The Fifth Estate (2013)

    ★ 6/10

    A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between…

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