Movies Like Paambhu Sattai

If you liked Paambhu Sattai (2017), a thriller and action movie directed by Adam Dasan, 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
No Name on the Bullet (1959)
★ 6.6/10Also action and thriller
When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.
2
The Glass Key (1942)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
3
Oscar Shaw (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also action and thriller
After retiring from the police force, a relentless detective haunted by the tragic loss of his closest friend sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance, seeking redemption and fighting to restore justice to the…
4
Each Dawn I Die (1939)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
5
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.
6
Pushover (1954)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.
7
Mankatha (2011)
★ 6.8/10Also action and thriller
Vinayak, a suspended cop, helps a group of four men rob cricket betting money amounting to 500 crores INR. When it comes to splitting the amount, betrayal hits the team hard and a chase ensues.
8
Yennai Arindhaal (2015)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and action
Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save Thenmozhi, a young woman who is the target of a criminal organ harvesting group, led by a ghost from his past.
9
Maanaadu (2021)
★ 7/10Also thriller and action
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.
10
5 Against the House (1955)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
11
Jailer (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also action
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…
12
Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also 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.
13
Padayappa (1999)
★ 7.4/10Also action
Padayappa, a mechanical engineer whose father gives up his property to his foster brother, and then dies of shock soon after. Neelambari initially loves Padayappa, but plans to humiliate him after his family humiliates…
14
Supercross (2005)
★ 6.3/10Also action
Faced with the suspicious death of their father, two brothers must motivate one another to get back on their bikes and take the Las Vegas Motocross Championships by storm.
15
Kill Shot (2023)
★ 8/10Also action
Posing as hunters, a group of terrorists are in search of $100 million that was stolen and lost in a plane crash en route from Afghanistan.
16
Time Without Pity (1957)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
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
Kavan (2017)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller
A budding journalist passionate about ethical, noble, hard-hitting journalism understands the more flourishing ghetto of sensationalism & news fabrication that the Entertainment TV Channel he belongs to, thrives…
18
Hooper (1978)
★ 6.3/10Also action
Legendary stunt man Sonny Hooper remains one of the top men in his field, but due to too many stressful impacts to the spine and the need to pop painkillers several times a day, he knows he should get out of the…
19
Double Threat (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also action
With ruthless mobsters on her tail, a young woman with a split personality becomes entangled with a man on a pilgrimage across the country to scatter his brother's ashes.
20
The Big Brawl (1980)
★ 5.9/10Also action
A young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition.