Intense Thriller Movies to watch on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+Hotstar & Voot while you wait for Drishyam 2 – Smartprix Bytes

There are people who watch movies that make them laugh wholeheartedly, whereas there are others who won’t consider a film worth their time unless it makes their heart race, their pulse quicken, and their teeth gnaw at their nails in the anticipation of what’s to come. Such people are fans of the Thriller Genre of movies and one such movie that is coming back with its sequel is Ajay Devgn, and Tabu starrer Drishyam.

Released in 2015, Drishyam (Hindi) kept people on the edge of their seats wondering if Vijay Salgaonkar and his family would escape unscathed or will they be caught. Now, the movie is all set to come back with its 2nd installment wherein the Salgaonkars are in a mess as the murder case against them has reopened. Will Vijay be able to save his family or will he confess everything this time? Well, the answers to all these questions will be found in Drishyam 2 releasing in cinemas on 18^th November (this Friday).

Meanwhile, if you are a fan of thriller movies and are waiting to watch Drishyam 2 first day first show, then here are some similar Indian Thrillers that you can catch up on various OTT platforms like Netflix, Disney+Hotstar, and Amazon Prime Video.

Note- The movies have been released in order of their IMDb Ratings.

Special Mention

Before you watch Drishyam 2 in cinemas on Friday, do watch the first part released in 2015.

Drishyam

Synopsis- When the disappearance of a policewoman’s son threatens to ruin Vijay’s family, he leaves no stone unturned in order to shield his family.

• Streaming on- Disney+Hotstar, Netflix India, Voot, Jio Cinema
• Duration- 2 hours 43 minutes
• Starring- Ajay Devgn, Tabu, and others
• IMDb Rating- 8.2/10
• Language-Hindi

1. Vikram Vedha

Synopsis- Vikram, a pragmatic policeman, and his partner Simon are on the hunt to capture Vedha. When Vedha voluntarily surrenders, he offers to tell Vikram a story, throwing Vikram’s life into disarray.

• Streaming on-Disney+Hotstar, Amazon Prime, Zee5, MX Player
• Duration- 2 hours 27 minutes
• Starring- R. Madhavan, Vijay Sethupati, and others
• IMDb Rating- 8.3/10
• Language-Tamil

2. Andhadhun

Synopsis- Akash, a piano player pretending to be visually impaired, unwittingly becomes entangled in a number of problems as he witnesses a murder of a former film actor.

• Streaming on- Netflix India, Jio Cinema
• Duration- 2 hours 18 minutes
• Starring- Ayushman Khurana, Radhika Apte, and others
• IMDb Rating-8.2/10
• Language-Hindi

3. KGF

Synopsis- Rocky, a young man seeks power and wealth in order to fulfill a promise to his dying mother. His quest takes him to Mumbai, where he gets involved with the notorious gold mafia

• Streaming on- Disney+Hotstar, Voot, Amazon Prime Video
• Duration- 2 hours 35 minutes
• Starring- Yash, Srinidhi Shetty, and others
• IMDb Rating-8.2/10
• Language-Hindi, Kannada

4. Article 15

Synopsis- An upright city-bred police officer launches an attack against the caste system after caste-based discrimination and other crimes are dismissed in rural India.

• Streaming on-Netflix India
• Duration- 2 hours 10 minutes
• Starring- Ayushman Khurana, Sumbul Touqeer, and others
• IMDb Rating-8.1/10
• Language-Hindi

5. Kahaani

Synopsis- Vidya Bagchi, a pregnant woman travels to Kolkata from London to search for her missing husband. When all clues lead to a dead end, she realizes that there is more than what meets the eye.

• Streaming on- YouTube
• Duration- 2 hours 2 minutes
• Starring- Vidya Balan, Parambrata Chatterjee, and others
• IMDb Rating- 8.1/10
• Language-Hindi

6. Maqbool

Synopsis- Based on Shakespeare’s Macbeth, it is the story of an underworld don’s henchman who falls in love with his boss’s mistress Nimmi. Nimmi instigates him to kill the don and become the next leader.

• Streaming on-Disney+Hotstar, Amazon Prime
• Duration- 2 hours 12 minutes
• Starring- Pankaj Kapoor, Irrfan, and others
• IMDb Rating-8/10
• Language- Hindi

7. Airlift

Synopsis- Ranjit Katiyal, an Indian businessman leads a happy and successful life in Kuwait with his family. However, when Iraq invades Kuwait, he decides to risk his life to save his stranded countrymen.

• Streaming on-Voot
• Duration- 2 hours 5 minutes
• Starring- Akshay Kumar, Nimrat Kaur, and others
• IMDb Rating- 7.9/10
• Language- Hindi

8. Pihu

Synopsis- Following a fight with Pooja, Gaurav leaves for Kolkata to attend a meeting. Things take a turn when Pooja commits suicide, leaving their 2-year-old daughter alone in the apartment.

• Streaming on- Netflix India, Jio Cinema
• Duration- 1 hour 33 minutes
• Starring- Pihu Myra Vishwakarma, Prerna Vishwakarma, and others
• IMDb Rating- 7.9/10
• Language- Hindi

9. Badla

Synopsis- Naina, a successful entrepreneur, and a married woman get caught in a web of accusations when her lover is found dead. She then hires a reputable lawyer to work with her on the case and find answers.

• Streaming on- Netflix India,
• Duration- 1 hour 58 minutes
• Starring- Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, and others
• IMDb Rating- 7.8/10
• Language- Hindi

10. Madras Café

Synopsis- Vikram, an Indian intelligence agent who visits Sri Lanka, on a secret mission finds himself embroiled in a civil war and a conspiracy to kill the former PM of India.

• Streaming on-Netflix India
• Duration- 2 hours 10 minutes
• Starring- John Abraham, Nargis Fakri, and others
• IMDb Rating- 7.7/10
• Language- Hindi

11. Monica O My Darling

Synopsis- A young man desperately tries to make it big with some unlikely allies and a dastardly diabolical plan to pull off the perfect murder.

• Streaming on- Netflix India
• Duration- 2 hours 9 minutes
• Starring- Rajkumar Rao, Huma Qureshi, and others
• IMDb Rating- 7.7/10
• Language- Hindi

12. Raazi

Synopsis– Sehmat Khan, an undercover RAW agent is married into a Pakistani family by her father so that she can get some valuable piece of information about the enemy.

• Streaming on-Amazon Prime
• Duration- 2 hours 20 minutes
• Starring- Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal, and others
• IMDb Rating- 7.7/10
• Language- Hindi

13. A Thursday

Synopsis- One fateful Thursday in the city of Mumbai invites tremendous horror when Naina, a nursery school teacher holds 16 children hostage and produces a list of unfathomable demands.

• Streaming on-Disney+Hotstar
• Duration- 2 hours 9 minutes
• Starring- Yami Gautam, Karanveer Sharma, and others
• IMDb Rating-7.7/10
• Language- Hindi

14. Manorama: 6 Feet Under

Synopsis- Manorama, an irrigation minister’s wife, asks Satyaveer to find proof of her husband’s extramarital affair. When Satyaveer starts investigating, he uncovers a series of hidden truths.

• Streaming on- Netflix India, Amazon Prime, Jio Cinema
• Duration- 2 hours 10 minutes
• Starring- Abhay Deol, Sarika, and others
• IMDb Rating- 7.6/10
• Language- Hindi

15. Trapped

Synopsis- Shaurya mistakenly locks himself inside his new house that has no water, food, electricity, or neighbors. However, he must struggle against all the odds to survive.

• Streaming on-Amazon Prime, Zee5
• Duration- 1 hour 45 minutes  
• Starring- Rajkumar Rao, and others
• IMDb Rating-7.5/10
• Language- Hindi

16. Aankhen

Synopsis- Vijay Singh Rajput sets out to seek revenge on the bank that fired him unfairly. In response, he plans an elaborate money heist with 3 distinct men, who are visually impaired.

• Streaming on- Voot, Amazon Prime, Jio Cinema
• Duration- 2 hours 38 minutes
• Starring- Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, and others
• IMDb Rating- 7.4/10
• Language- Hindi

17. Shanghai

Synopsis- A group of people embarks on a journey to unravel the mystery behind a social activist’s death. With the government asserting it as an accident, they struggle to unveil the truth.

• Streaming on- Disney+Hotstar, Amazon Prime, MX Player, Zee5
• Duration- 2 hours
• Starring- Emraan Hashmi, Kalki Koechlin, and others
• IMDb Rating- 7.3/10
• Language- Hindi

18. Talaash

Synopsis- Inspector Shekhawat and his wife are stunned when their son dies. While his wife openly struggles to deal with her loss, he distracts himself by solving the mysterious death of an actor.

• Streaming on- Netflix India, Amazon Prime
• Duration- 2 hours 19 minutes
• Starring- Aamir Khan, Rani Mukherjee, and others
• IMDb Rating- 7.2/10
• Language- Hindi

19. Raat Akeli Hai

Synopsis- When a newly married landlord is murdered, a misfit cop’s investigation is complicated by the victim’s secretive family.

• Streaming on- Netflix India
• Duration- 2 hours 29 minutes
• Starring- Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte, and others
• IMDb Rating-7.2/10
• Language- Hindi

20. Mom

Synopsis- Devki, a biology teacher seeks help from DK, a private detective, and vows to get revenge after her stepdaughter’s rapists are acquitted by the court.

• Streaming on- Netflix India, Zee5
• Duration- 2 hours 26 minutes
• Starring- Sridevi, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and others
• IMDb Rating- 7.2/10
• Language- Hindi

21. Saheb Biwi aur Gangster

Synopsis- Raja, heir of a Royal family in UP struggles to cope with his lifestyle and takes contract-killing assignments. Raani, Raja’s wife betrays her husband and starts an affair with Babloo.

• Streaming on-Zee5
• Duration- 2 hours
• Starring- Jimmy Shergill, Mahi Gill, and others
• IMDb Rating- 7.1/10
• Language- Hindi

22. Kaabil

Synopsis- The blissful lives of Supriya and Rohan, a visually impaired couple, come to a halt when men with political links rape the former. When she commits suicide, Rohan vows to take revenge.

• Streaming on-Disney+Hotstar
• Duration- 2 hours 19 minutes
• Starring- Hrithik Roshan, Yami Gautam, and others
• IMDb Rating- 7.1/10
• Language- Hindi

23. Wazir

Synopsis- When his daughter is killed by the terrorist he is chasing, Daanish a cop swears to seek revenge, He finds a confidante in Pandit, an unassuming grand master, also mourning the loss of his daughter.

• Streaming on- Netflix India, Amazon Prime
• Duration- 1 hour 43 minutes
• Starring- Amitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar, and others
• IMDb Rating- 7.1/10
• Language- Hindi

24. Khuda Haafiz

Synopsis- Sameer, a young man leads a content life with Nargis, his wife. However, when she is kidnapped by human traffickers, he must rescue her before it is too late.

• Streaming on-Disney+Hotstar
• Duration- 2 hours 14 minutes
• Starring- Vidyut Jamwal, Shivalika Oberoi, and others
• IMDb Rating- 7.1/0
• Language- Hindi

25. Don 2

Synopsis– Don turns himself in and escapes with Vardhaan from prison, following which he recruits a team to steal currency printing plates from a bank in Berlin.

• Streaming on- Netflix India, Amazon Prime
• Duration- 2 hours 28 minutes
• Starring- Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, and others
• IMDb Rating- 7/10
• Language- Hindi

26. HIT The First Case

Synopsis- A brilliant but troubled police inspector sets out to solve a confounding case, all while fighting to gain clarity into his troubled past.

• Streaming on-Netflix India
• Duration- 2 hours 13 minutes
• Starring- Rajkumar Rao, Sanya Malhotra, and others
• IMDb Rating-6.9/10
• Language- Hindi

27. Game Over

Synopsis- Swapna, a game designer, suffers from PTSD and lives alone with her housemaid. However, her life turns upside down after a serial killer enters her house making her play a twisted game for survival.

• Streaming on-Netflix India
• Duration- 1 hour 43 minutes
• Starring- Taapsee Pannu, and other
• IMDb Rating- 6.9/10
• Language-Hindi

28. Haseen Dillruba

Synopsis- A woman suspected of killing her husband narrates an interesting story about her marriage while investigating police officers look for clues to arrest her.

• Streaming on-Netflix India
• Duration- 2 hours 16 minutes
• Starring- Vikrant Massey, Taapsee Pannu, and others
• IMDb Rating- 6.9/10
• Language- Hindi

29. Mission Kashmir

Synopsis– When Altaf’s parents are murdered, the policeman responsible for the deaths adopts him. Later when Altaaf realizes this, he sets out to seek revenge against him.

• Streaming on- Netflix India
• Duration- 2 hours 34 minutes
• Starring- Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, and others
• IMDb Rating- 6.6/10
• Language- Hindi

30. That Girl in Yellow Boots

Synopsis- Ruth barely remembers her father, but she cannot forget him due to a letter in which he had asked her to look for him. She comes to India to find him but faces many problems along the way.

• Streaming on-Netflix India
• Duration- 1 hour 43 minutes
• Starring- Kalki Koechlin, Prashant Prakash, and others
• IMDb Rating- 6.6/10
• Language- Hindi

31. Ek Villain

Synopsis- Guru is a gangster whose life changes after he falls in love with Aisha and decides to mend his ways. When Aisha gets murdered by a serial killer, Guru begins to search for the culprit.

• Streaming on-Disney+Hotstar
• Duration- 2 hours 9 minutes
• Starring- Shraddha Kapoor, Siddharth Malhotra, and other
• IMDb Rating- 6.5/10
• Language- Hindi

32. The Girl on the Train

Synopsis- A recent divorcee spends her daily commute fantasizing about a seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes daily until something shocking happens there one day.

• Streaming on- Netflix India
• Duration- 2 hours
• Starring- Parineeti Chopra, Avinash Tiwary, and others
• IMDb Rating- 6.5/10
• Language- Hindi

33. Malang

Synopsis- Advait and Sara meet at a rave party in Goa and their brief fling blossoms into love. However, their story takes a turn for the worse when their lives get entangled with 2 police officers.

• Streaming on-Netflix India
• Duration- 2 hours 15 minutes
• Starring- Aditya Roy Kapoor, Disha Patani, and others
• IMDb Rating- 6.5/10
• Language- Hindi

34. 7 Khoon Maaf

Synopsis- Susanna is hungry for love and will go to any extent to find it in its purest form. In her quest for the perfect man, she gets married a number of times as each of her husbands dies mysteriously.

• Streaming on-Netflix India
• Duration- 2 hours 17 minutes
• Starring- Priyanka Chopra, Neil Nitin Mukesh, and others
• IMDb Rating- 6.3/10
• Language- Hindi

35. Sandeep aur Pinky Faraar

Synopsis- Sandeep, a corporate employee, and Pinkesh a suspended policeman witnesses a violent incident. As a result, they must stick together and outrun the thugs pursuing them.

• Streaming on-Amazon Prime
• Duration- 2 hours 6 minutes
• Starring- Parineeti Chopra, Arjun Kapoor, and others
• IMDb Rating- 6.3/10
• Language- Hindi

36. Fida

Synopsis- Jai falls in love with Neha, unaware of her and her boyfriend Vikram’s evil intentions. He quickly gets trapped in their conspiracy but decided to exact revenge while being on the run by the police.

• Streaming on-Amazon Prime, MX Player, Jio Cinema
• Duration- 1 hour 57 minutes
• Starring- Kareena Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, and others
• IMDb Rating- 5.4/10
• Language- Hindi

So, these are some intense mind-boggling Indian thrillers, you can catch up on while you wait for Drishyam 2 to release this Friday. Which ones have you already watched? Do let us know in the comments section below.

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