Movies Like Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru

If you liked Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru (2016), a thriller and action movie directed by Karthick Naren, 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
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and crime
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
2
Ratsasan (2018)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller and crime
A serial killer is murdering school girls, and a newbie cop has to track him down before the victim count increases.
3
The Seven-Ups (1973)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and crime
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
Insomnia (2002)
★ 7/10Also thriller and crime
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
5
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.
6
The Stranger (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and crime
Two strangers strike up a conversation on a long journey. However, neither is who they appear to be, each carry secrets that threaten to ruin them — and in the background, one of the nation's largest police operations…
7
Imaikkaa Nodigal (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also action and thriller
A CBI officer goes in search of a ruthless serial killer. Things get worse when the murderer targets the former and her family
8
Woman on the Run (1950)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and crime
Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, Eleanor, suspects he…
9
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.
10
Marlowe (1969)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and mystery
Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly of the city, turning up leads who are…
11
Mersal (2017)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller and action
A few individuals in the medical profession are murdered or kidnapped, and the cop investigating the case suspects a doctor and arrests him. But is he the one who is behind these crimes? And why are they being committed?
12
He Walked by Night (1949)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and crime
Roy Martin aka Roy Morgan is a burglar and former war-time Radio & Electronics Engineer who listens in to radio police calls, allowing him to stay one step ahead of the cops.
13
A Murder of Crows (1999)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and action
In the wake of a career-ending scandal, disgraced lawyer Lawson Russell moves to Key West, where he befriends aging novelist Christopher Marlowe. After letting Russell borrow his latest manuscript, Marlowe dies of a…
14
Murder! (1930)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and crime
When actress Diana Baring is found in a daze beside her colleague’s murdered body, all evidence points to her guilt. During the trial, juror Sir John Menier doubts the verdict, but yields to pressure. Haunted by…
15
Por Thozhil (2023)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and thriller
Loganathan, a senior cop is asked to mentor Prakash, an academically bright but faint-hearted rookie and this unlikely duo team up to investigate a series of murder cases, and realize all of them are interlinked and…
16
Poker Night (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and action
When a new detective is caught by a vicious psychopath and locked in a basement, he must use the knowledge he learned from some of the best detectives at Poker Night, then match wits against his captor.
17
Limbo (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and mystery
Travis, a jaded detective, arrives in the remote outback town of Limbo to investigate the cold case murder of local Indigenous girl Charlotte Hayes 20 years ago. As truths about the murder begin to unfold, the…
18
The Naked City (1948)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and mystery
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
19
Thick as Thieves (2009)
★ 6/10Also action and thriller
A master thief recruits a notorious thief to help him steal two famous Faberge eggs from an impenetrable vault in an effort to pull off one final job and repay his debt to the Russian mob.
20
The Glass Key (1942)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and mystery
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.