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Movies Like Uruthikol

If you liked Uruthikol (2017), a crime and action movie directed by R. Ayyanar, 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 Seven-Ups

    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.

  2. 2Overdrive

    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.

  3. 3Gotcha!

    Gotcha! (1985)

    ★ 6/10Also action and thriller

    A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.

  4. 4Por Thozhil

    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…

  5. 5The Glass Key

    The Glass Key (1942)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime and thriller

    A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

  6. 6The Parts You Lose

    The Parts You Lose (2019)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime and thriller

    An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.

  7. 7Ratsasan

    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.

  8. 8They Made Me a Fugitive

    They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller and crime

    After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.

  9. 9The Naked City

    The Naked City (1948)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime and thriller

    After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

  10. 10Kaakha Kaakha

    Kaakha Kaakha (2003)

    ★ 7.4/10Also crime and thriller

    After a police team kills his brother, a drug-dealing gangster vows to kill the entire team and their respective families.

  11. 11How to Rob a Bank

    How to Rob a Bank (2007)

    ★ 5.8/10Also action and crime

    Caught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.

  12. 12LaRoy, Texas

    LaRoy, Texas (2024)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime and thriller

    Broke and depressed, Ray is mistaken for a dangerous hitman and given an envelope of cash. Along with his P.I. friend Skip, he must escape the actual hitman to make it out of LaRoy alive.

  13. 13Thick as Thieves

    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.

  14. 14Nick of Time

    Nick of Time (1995)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller and crime

    An ordinary man is suddenly forced into a plot to kill a politician in exchange for his kidnapped daughter's freedom.

  15. 15House of Strangers

    House of Strangers (1949)

    ★ 7/10Also crime and thriller

    Ruthless Italian-American banker Gino Monetti is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's arrested for his questionable business…

  16. 16Yennai Arindhaal

    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.

  17. 17The Mirror Crack'd

    The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime and thriller

    Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

  18. 18Excess Baggage

    Excess Baggage (1997)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and crime

    A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.

  19. 19Kaithi

    Kaithi (2019)

    ★ 7.6/10Also action and thriller

    Dilli, a convicted criminal, is out on parole to meet his daughter. However, a drug bust sets him off on a mission to save the life of police officers.

  20. 20Nightfall

    Nightfall (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime and thriller

    An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

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