Movies Like Thimmarusu: Assignment Vali

If you liked Thimmarusu: Assignment Vali (2021), a crime and thriller movie directed by Sharan Koppisetty, 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 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
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.
3
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.
4
The Dream Team (1989)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and thriller
Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperone, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, before the killers can find him and finish…
5
Cry of the City (1948)
★ 6.7/10Also crime
Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check…
6
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
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
★ 6.6/10Also crime
When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
8
Gotcha! (1985)
★ 6/10Also thriller
A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.
9
The Limits of Control (2009)
★ 6/10Also crime
A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a journey that not only takes him…
10
Limbo (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and thriller
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…
11
The Bygone (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
When a young rancher crosses paths with a Lakota girl from a nearby reservation, her mysterious disappearance sparks a search that uncovers a harrowing past and hints at a dire future.
12
V (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and thriller
A celebrated cop, DCP Aditya, faces his toughest challenge when a taunting serial killer begins targeting victims and leaving notes meant for him. Teaming with an aspiring crime novelist, he must stop four more murders…
13
Brute Force (1947)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and thriller
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's…
14
Overdrive (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.
15
Wrong Cops (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also crime
A group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.
16
6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain (2017)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller
An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he…
17
The Young Savages (1961)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and thriller
A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy.
18
The Parole Officer (2001)
★ 5.8/10Also crime
A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he must entice his former clients away from the law abiding lives they are now living to recover the evidence that will…
19
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
★ 7.5/10Also crime
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.
20
Killers (2010)
★ 6/10Also thriller
When an elite assassin marries a beautiful computer whiz after a whirlwind romance, he gives up the gun and settles down with his new bride. That is, until he learns that someone from his past has put a contract out on…