Movies Like Shankar Guru

If you liked Shankar Guru (1987), a thriller and action movie directed by L. Raja, 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.

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   Stolen Girl (2025)

   ★ 6.4/10Also thriller and action

   In 1993, Maureen’s six-year-old daughter Amina is snuck out of the country by her ex-husband, Karim. After years of unsuccessful attempts to find her, Maureen intersects with a professional retriever of internationally…

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   The Killer (2024)

   ★ 6.3/10Also action and thriller

   Zee is a feared contract killer known as "the Queen of the Dead," but when she refuses to murder a young blind woman, she finds herself hunted both by criminal colleagues and a determined police detective.

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   Maanagaram (2017)

   ★ 7.4/10Also thriller and action

   Upon moving to Chennai, four lives get intertwined as they strive to achieve success in the city. However, when a vicious gangster threatens them, the group must work together to defeat him.

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   The Virtuoso (2021)

   ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and action

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

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   Overdrive (2017)

   ★ 6.1/10Also thriller and action

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

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   The 355 (2022)

   ★ 6/10Also action and thriller

   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.

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   Last Man Down (2021)

   ★ 6.1/10Also action and thriller

   After civilization succumbs to a deadly pandemic and his wife is murdered, a special forces soldier abandons his duty and becomes a hermit in the Nordic wilderness. Years later, a wounded woman appears on his doorstep…

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   Run (1991)

   ★ 6/10Also action and thriller

   When a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.

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   Rogue Agent (2022)

   ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

   Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.

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    Frank and Penelope (2022)

    ★ 7.3/10Also thriller

    A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is…

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    Black Site (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also action and thriller

    A group of officers based in a labyrinthine top-secret prison must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When he escapes, his mysterious and deadly agenda has far reaching…

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    The Black Book (2023)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and thriller

    After his son is wrongly accused of kidnapping, a deacon who has just lost his wife takes matters into his own hands and fights a crooked police gang to clear him.

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    Shade (2003)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and thriller

    Tiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams. They figure a good way of doing this is taking down Dean "The Dean" Stevens, a well-known cardsharp, in a rigged game…

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    SAS: Red Notice (2021)

    ★ 5.8/10Also action and thriller

    An off-duty SAS soldier, Tom Buckingham, must thwart a terror attack on a train running through the Channel Tunnel. As the action escalates on the train, events transpire in the corridors of power that may make the…

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    Hostile Takeover (2025)

    ★ 6.9/10Also action and thriller

    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.

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    S.W.A.T.: Under Siege (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action and thriller

    When a D.E.A. and S.W.A.T. cartel takedown ends in a shootout, S.W.A.T. Agent Travis Hall seizes a mysterious prisoner taking him into custody. Before long, the S.W.A.T. compound is under siege by wave-after-wave of…

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    Red Right Hand (2024)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action and 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…

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    Interceptor (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also action and thriller

    A U.S. Army Captain uses her years of tactical training to save humanity from sixteen nuclear missiles launched at the U.S. as a violent attack threatens her remote missile interceptor station.

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    Hunting Season (2025)

    ★ 7.4/10Also action and thriller

    When a reclusive survivalist and his daughter rescue a mysterious, wounded woman from a river, they become entangled in a deadly web of violence and revenge, forcing them to confront a brutal criminal to survive.

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    The International (2009)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and thriller

    An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their…