Indian action drama films

2018 action film directed by Srinu Vaitla

2018 film directed by Trivikram Srinivas

2010 Telugu film directed by Krish

1982 Hindi action film

2019 film directed by Nikhil Advani

1991 film by Rahul Rawail

1997 film by Deepak Shivdasani

Eeswar is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee, starring debutant Prabhas and Sridevi Vijaykumar. Siva Krishna and Revathi played supporting roles. It marked the debut of Prabhas, nephew of popular Telugu actor Krishnam Raju.

1991 Tamil film directed by A. Jagannathan

Aathi () is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action film, directed by Ramana and produced by S. A. Chandrasekhar. Starring Vijay and Trisha in the lead roles, it is the Tamil remake of the 2005 Telugu movie Athanokkade.

2006 film by Abhishek Kapoor

2000 Bollywood film directed by Mazhar Khan

1993 film by Deepak Shivdasani

They Call Him OG is a 2025 Indian Telugu-language period gangster action film written and directed by Sujeeth, and produced by D. V. V. Danayya and Kalyan Dasari. It is the second installment in the Sujeeth Cinematic Universe, following Saaho (2019), starring Pawan Kalyan in the titular role, alongside Emraan Hashmi, Prakash Raj, Priyanka Mohan, Arjun Das, Sudev Nair and Sriya Reddy. The film follows Ojas Gambheera, a retired gangster who returns to Bombay in 1993 after a decade to face a powerful crime-lord Omi Bhau.

Daata () is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed and produced by Sultan Ahmed. The film stars Shammi Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty, Padmini Kolhapure, Suresh Oberoi, Prem Chopra, Ranjeet, Amrish Puri in pivotal roles. The film was a big hit.

Humlaa is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by N. Chandra, starring Dharmendra, Anil Kapoor, Meenakshi Sheshadri and Kimi Katkar, supported by Ashok Kumar, Anupam Kher and Shafi Inamdar.

2006 film by Suresh Krissna

1989 Telugu-language crime drama film directed by Ram Gopal Varma

1961 Tamil film directed by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar

2005 Tamil film directed by Perarasu

2005 film by V. Samudra

2016 film by Duniya Soori

1998 film by Pramod Chakravorty

Kadamban () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action adventure drama written and directed by N. Ragavan. It stars Arya and Catherine Tresa in the lead roles. The music was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, while the art direction and action choreography were handled by A. R. Mohan and Dhilip Subbarayan.

1985 film by K. Raghavendra Rao

2016 film by Param Gill

1993 film by K. C. Bokadia

Indian film

1990 film by Kovelamudi Bapayya

Kaduva () is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by Shaji Kailas, written by Jinu V. Abraham and produced by Prithviraj Productions and Magic Frames. It stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, alongside Vivek Oberoi, Arjun Ashokan, Samyuktha Menon, Alencier Ley Lopez, Baiju Santhosh and Kalabhavan Shajohn. Set in 1990s, Kaduva revolves around an ego war between Kaduvakunnel Kuriyachan, an arrogant businessman and IG Joseph Chandy.

1989 Hindi film directed by Mehul Kumar

2017 film directed by Omung Kumar

1997 film by Pankaj Parashar

1998 film by Deepak Anand

Angrakshak ( is a 1995 Indian action thriller film directed by Ravi Raja. It stars Sunny Deol and Pooja Bhatt in the lead roles, along with Saeed Jaffrey, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Nassar. Originally Divya Bharti was cast as the female lead but was replaced by Bhatt after her sudden and untimely death in 1993.

1995 film

1991 film

Bulundi is a 1981 Hindi-language crime, thriller and drama film starring Raaj Kumar, Asha Parekh, Danny Denzongpa, Kim in pivotal roles. It was directed by Esmayeel Shroff and its music was composed by R. D. Burman. The film was declared a hit upon release by Box office India. It was remade in Tamil as Nermai (1985).

1993 Indian film

Pichaikkaaran () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Sasi, produced by Fatima Vijay Antony and starring Vijay Antony and Satna Titus, Bagavathi Perumal, Vazhakku En Muthuraman, and Dheepa Ramanujam. Antony also composed the music for the film. The story is about Arul (Vijay Antony), a billionaire businessman who leads a 48-day long secret life as a beggar as part of a religious offering to save his comatose mother who seems destined to die.

Dhamkee is a 1973 Bollywood drama film directed by Kalpataru. The film stars Vinod Khanna & Kumkum in lead roles. The movie story deals with a CBI inspector who foils a diabolical plot of the uncle of a neighboring ruler from usurping the throne with the help of outside agents.

1980 film directed by Bapu

2003 Tamil film directed by A. M. Nandakumar

1992 Hindi film directed by David Dhawan

Subramaniapuram is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language gangster action drama film written, produced, and directed by Sasikumar. The film stars Jai, Swathi, Sasikumar himself, Ganja Karuppu and Samuthirakani. The music was composed by James Vasanthan, with cinematography by S. R. Kathir and editing by Raja Mohammad.

1991 Tamil film directed by Rajashekar

2002 film by V. V. Vinayak

2017 film directed by Gopichand Malineni

Ezhumalai () is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Arjun, who also plays the title character. It also features an ensemble cast of Simran, Gajala, Mumtaj, Vijayakumar and Ashish Vidyarthi. It is the Tamil remake of the Telugu film Narasimha Naidu (2001) which also starred Simran and has music by Mani Sharma.

1959 Tamil film directed by B. R. Panthulu

1977 film

2025 Indian film

1987 Hindi film directed by Kovelamudi Bapayya

1982 film by K. Raghavendra Rao

Hudugaru ( Boys) is a 2011 Kannada-language drama film directed by K. Madesh, starring Puneeth Rajkumar, Srinagar Kitty, Yogesh and Radhika Pandit in the lead roles. The film, which is a remake of the successful 2009 Tamil film Naadodigal, was produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar, with V. Harikrishna having composed the soundtrack and Satya Hegde was the cinematographer. The film released on 5 May 2011 and performed well at the box office.

1999 film by Om Prakash Rao

Parasakthi is a 2026 Indian Tamil-language political action drama film directed by Sudha Kongara and produced by Aakash Baskaran of Dawn Pictures. The film stars Sivakarthikeyan, Ravi Mohan, Atharvaa and Sreeleela. Set mainly in 1964, it follows two brothers protesting the promotion of Hindi as India's national language, but face threats from a brutal Intelligence Bureau officer.

2020 film directed by Sachy

Ellaichami is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed and produced by K. Rangaraj. The film stars R. Sarathkumar and Rupini, with Nassar, Vetri Vigneshwar and Gowri playing supporting roles. It was released on 11 September 1992, and failed at the box office. This was the last film Rangaraj directed for over 30 years, until the release of Konjam Kadhal Konjam Modhal (2025).

2016 Tamil film directed by R. S. Durai Senthilkumar