Movies Like Aalavandhan

If you liked Aalavandhan (2001), a thriller movie directed by Suresh Krissna, 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 Stepfather (1987)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
Seemingly mild-mannered Henry Morrison has just murdered his entire family. After adopting a new identity and skipping town, he begins building a new relationship with a widow and her teenage daughter. However, he soon…
2
Funny Games (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to…
3
Hider in the House (1989)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.
4
Fear (1996)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller
Nicole Walker always dreamed of being swept away by someone special — someone strong, sexy and sensitive who would care for her more than anything else in the world. David is all that and more: a modern-day knight who…
5
Goodnight Mommy (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
When 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.
6
No One Lives (2013)
★ 6/10Also thriller
A gang of ruthless highway killers kidnap a wealthy couple traveling cross country only to shockingly discover that things are not what they seem.
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Asylum (2005)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.
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The Cell (2000)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
A psychotherapist journeys inside the mind of a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
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Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the…
10
The House That Jack Built (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller
Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for…
11
Bloodline (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
Evan values family above all else, and anyone who gets between him, his wife, and newborn son learns that the hard way. But when it comes to violent tendencies, it seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
12
Natural Born Killers (1994)
★ 7/10Also thriller
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
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Dagon (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul is…
14
Jigsaw (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
Law enforcement finds itself chasing the ghost of a man dead for over a decade, embroiled in a diabolical new game that's only just begun.
15
Halloween (1978)
★ 7.6/10Also thriller
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
16
Mr. Brooks (2007)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.
17
Shades of Desire (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
After her twin sister Aubrey goes missing, Jennifer uncovers the scandalous, secret double-life that Aubrey leads - and that has put both of them in danger.
18
Savaged (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
After thugs brutalize a deaf-mute woman, the spirit of an Apache warrior takes over her lifeless body and sets out on a bloodthirsty quest for revenge.
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Saw III (2006)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While…
20
Dead Ringers (1988)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller
Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the…