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Movies Like Chain Jayapal

If you liked Chain Jayapal (1982), a mystery and thriller movie directed by Rama Narayanan, 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. 1The Mean Season

    The Mean Season (1985)

    ★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thriller

    A routine investigation of a shocking murder takes a bizarre twist when the killer contacts the reporter and appoints him his personal spokesman. As the killer's calls and clues increase, the reporter is lured into a…

  2. 2All the Devils Are Here

    All the Devils Are Here (2025)

    ★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thriller

    After a heist, four criminals lay low in a remote safehouse, waiting for orders. As paranoia builds, one thing becomes clear — the real threat may not be outside, but among them.

  3. 3The Seven-Ups

    The Seven-Ups (1973)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mystery

    A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.

  4. 4Cult Killer

    Cult Killer (2024)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thriller

    A private investigator is forced into a dangerous alliance with a killer in order to uncover a quiet town’s grisly criminal underbelly and clear the name of her mentor, who is implicated in the crimes.

  5. 5180

    180 (2026)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    When an unexpected road rage incident puts his son in critical condition, an enraged father spirals down a dark path of emotional turmoil and vengeance.

  6. 6Like Minds

    Like Minds (2006)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller and mystery

    A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.

  7. 7The Virtuoso

    The Virtuoso (2021)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    Danger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic boss.

  8. 8Urban Legend

    Urban Legend (1998)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thriller

    A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.

  9. 9Righteous Kill

    Righteous Kill (2008)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and mystery

    Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the…

  10. 10Cleaner

    Cleaner (2007)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller and mystery

    Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may…

  11. 11Chief of Station

    Chief of Station (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he…

  12. 12Overdrive

    Overdrive (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller and mystery

    Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.

  13. 13The Locksmith

    The Locksmith (2023)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and mystery

    A thief fresh out of prison, tries to work his way back into the life of his daughter and ex-fiancé. Determined, he is forced to use the skills he has as a gifted locksmith. Things take a tumultuous turn after an…

  14. 14Wardriver

    Wardriver (2026)

    ★ 7.4/10Also thriller

    He’s a Wardriver: a hacker who steals from banks, not people—until he’s noticed. Now the money turns violent, and the woman caught in it could save him or kill them both.

  15. 15Red Right Hand

    Red Right Hand (2024)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    Cash is trying to live a quiet, honest life in a small Appalachian town. When a vicious crime boss forces him back into her services, he soon learns he's capable of anything -- even killing -- to protect his family and…

  16. 16Time Without Pity

    Time Without Pity (1957)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller and mystery

    Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a…

  17. 17Barron's Cove

    Barron's Cove (2025)

    ★ 7.1/10Also thriller

    When his young son is viciously murdered by a classmate, a grieving father with a history of violence kidnaps the child responsible, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by a powerful politician -- the father of the…

  18. 18Maniac

    Maniac (1963)

    ★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thriller

    When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

  19. 19The Blue Gardenia

    The Blue Gardenia (1953)

    ★ 6.5/10Also mystery

    Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while…

  20. 20Night of the Hunted

    Night of the Hunted (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thriller

    When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her…

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