Movies Like Papi Gudia
If you liked Papi Gudia (1996), a thriller and horror movie directed by Lawrence D'Souza, 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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Point Blank (2019)
★ 6/10Also thrillerA nurse is forced to spring a wounded murder suspect from the hospital when the man’s brother kidnaps his pregnant wife and wants to make a trade.
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HIT: The First Case (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerBurdened by old demons, a troubled but brilliant detective sets out to solve two confounding abduction cases — one involving his own girlfriend.
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Shaitaan (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and horrorKabir and his family's fun weekend retreat takes terrifying turn when an intruder takes over the control of the body of his teenage daughter, putting her at the mercy of his increasingly sinister orders.
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Vikram Vedha (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also thrillerVikram, an honest officer with the Lucknow police, is on a mission to find and eliminate gangster Vedha. However, when Vedha surrenders himself to the police and starts narrating stories to Vikram, it blurs the lines…
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Gemini Man (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerHenry 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…
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Deva (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerDev Ambre, a ruthless cop, loses his memory in an accident just after he has finished solving a murder case and now has to reinvestigate it while keeping his memory loss a secret from everyone except DCP Farhan Khan.
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Vicious (2025)
★ 6/10Also horror and thrillerWhen Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.
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Don 2 (2011)
★ 7/10Also thrillerHaving conquered the Asian underworld, crime boss Don sets in motion a plan that will give him dominion over Europe.
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Frank and Penelope (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller and horrorA 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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Goodnight Mommy (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thrillerWhen twin brothers arrive home to find their mother’s demeanor altered and face covered in surgical bandages, they begin to suspect the woman beneath the gauze might not be their mother.
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Dangerous (2021)
★ 6/10Also thrillerA reformed sociopath heads to a remote island after the death of his brother. Soon after his arrival, the island falls under siege from a deadly gang of mercenaries, and when he discovers their role in his brother’s…
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Whisper (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thrillerSinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.
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Cheat (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and horrorOn the surface it's believed to be another urban legend - a supernatural being from the afterlife is violently killing anyone who cheats on their significant other in the small college town of Silvercreek…
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Spectral (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerA special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.
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The Kovak Box (2006)
★ 5.8/10Also thrillerDavid Norton is used to being in control. As a best-selling author, he decides the fate of his characters, their lives and their deaths. But what happens when his fictional world becomes all too real?
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Play Dead (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thrillerCriminology student Chloe fakes her own death to break into a morgue, in order to retrieve a piece of evidence that ties her younger brother to a crime gone wrong. Once inside, she discovers that a sadistic coroner is…
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Shadow Master (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also thrillerAfter being slain by a group of criminals, a man is reborn with animal-like superpowers and makes it his mission to right the wrongs of his city.
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Succubus (2024)
★ 8.3/10Also horror and thrillerA new father going through a marital separation joins a dating app and matches with a beautiful but mysterious young woman... whose powers of seduction and manipulation entangle him in a mystery more horrifying than he…
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Bloodline Killer (2024)
★ 6/10Also horror and thrillerMoira Cole endeavors to rebuild her shattered life after her family's murder at the hands of her deranged and obsessed cousin.
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The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horrorA masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.