Indian thriller films

Ekō is a 2025 Indian Malayalam-language mystery crime thriller film directed by Dinjith Ayyathan and written and shot by Bahul Ramesh and produced by M.R.K Jayaram under the banner Aaradyaa Studios. It serves as the third and final installment of Bahul Ramesh’s Animal Trilogy, following Kishkindha Kaandam (2024) and Kerala Crime Files 2 (2025), starring Sandeep Pradeep, Biana Momin, Saurabh Sachdeva, Vineeth, Narain and Binu Pappu in prominent roles.

Tu Yaa Main is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language survival thriller film directed by Bejoy Nambiar. It is produced by Aanand L. Rai, Himanshu Sharma, Vinod Bhanushali and Kamlesh Bhanushali under the banner of Colour Yellow Productions, Getaway Films and Bhanushali Studios. The film stars Adarsh Gourav and Shanaya Kapoor in the lead roles. It is a remake of the 2018 Thai film The Pool.

2013 film directed by Bill Condon

Baazigar () is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language psychological thriller film directed by Abbas–Mustan and produced by Venus Movies. It stars Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Shilpa Shetty (in her acting debut), Dalip Tahil, and Raakhee. The film follows a young man seeking to avenge the fall of his family by going on a murderous rampage. It is loosely based on the 1991 film A Kiss Before Dying which was adapted from Ira Levin's 1953 novel of the same. The soundtrack was composed by Anu Malik.

2016 film directed by Raja Krishna Menon

2015 Tamil film directed by S. Shankar

1999 film by Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla, Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla

2007 Indian film directed by Priyadarshan

2017 film directed by Ravi Udyawar

2016 Hindi film directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury

Teen (stylised as Te3n; ) is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written and directed by Ribhu Dasgupta. This remake of the 2013 South Korean film Montage stars Amitabh Bachchan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Padmavati Rao, and Vidya Balan in the lead roles. It was released on 10 June 2016. The film was a commercial failure at the box office.

1993 film by Ashutosh Gowariker

2002 film by Vipul Amrutlal Shah

2022 film directed by Ajay Devgn

2023 Malayalam film directed by Jude Anthany Joseph

2012 film by Aashiq Abu

1994 film

2020 short film directed by Priyanka Banerjee

2015 film by Navdeep Singh

2024 film directed by Chidambaram

1992 Hindi film

1996 film by Partho Ghosh

2005 film by Apoorva Lakhia

2010 film by Leena Yadav

1978 film by Deven Verma

2002 film by Rajat Mukherjee

Jaagruti is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Suresh Krissna, released on 3 June 1992. The film stars Salman Khan and Karisma Kapoor. The movie was produced by stunt director Raam Shetty under the name of S. R. Shetty.

1966 Hindi film directed by Raj Khosla

Jalwa is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Pankuj Parashar and produced by Gul Anand. The film stars Naseeruddin Shah and Archana Puran Singh. The film is set in Goa, where it was mostly shot. It is an unofficial remake of the 1984 American film Beverly Hills Cop. It was remade in Telugu as Trinetrudu (1988) by A. Kodandarami Reddy, starring Chiranjeevi.

1958 film by Raj Khosla

1974 film directed by Narendra Bedi

2016 Hindi film directed by Nishikant Kamat

2013 film by Anurag Kashyap

Aadai () is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language thriller film written and directed by Rathna Kumar, and produced by V Studios. The film stars Amala Paul in the lead role alongside Ananya Ramaprasad, Vivek Prasanna, and Ramya Subramanian. Pradeep Kumar composed the film's soundtrack alongside the Oorka band, who made their debut with this film. The cinematography and editing were handled by Vijay Kartik Kannan and Shafique Mohamed Ali, respectively. The film was released on 19 July 2019.

2019 Indian film directed by Vivek Agnihotri

1973 film by Vijay Anand

2021 film directed by Ram Madhvani

1993 film by Mahesh Bhatt

1973 film by Girish Karnad

Anaamika (') or Nee Enge En Anbe' () is a 2014 Indian mystery thriller film directed by Sekhar Kammula which marks his Tamil debut, starring Nayanthara in the title role, alongside Vaibhav Reddy, Pasupathy, and Harshvardhan Rane. A remake of the Hindi film Kahaani.'' The film was simultaneously shot in Telugu and Tamil respectively.

1955 film

2000 film by N. Chandra

Baazaar () is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language financial thriller film directed by Gauravv K. Chawla and written by Parveez Sheikh and Aseem Arora. The film stars Saif Ali Khan, debutant Rohan Vinod Mehra, Radhika Apte and Chitrangada Singh in lead roles.

2021 film directed by Jeethu Joseph

2003 film

2020 film directed by Ruchi Narain

1997 film by Partho Ghosh

Imtihan () is a 1974 Indian Hindi-language film starring Vinod Khanna, Tanuja and Bindu. The story of the film revolves around an idealistic professor who decides to reform a group of rowdy students at a college. It is inspired by the 1967 British film To Sir, with Love, and has inspired the television series Jeet. The film was shot in Nashik. It is remake of Tamil film Nootrukku Nooru.

2016 film

2022 film directed by Dijo Jose Antony

2013 Tamil film directed by Shaheed Kader

1998 film by Raj N. Sippy

2023 Indian film

2017 film by Ranjit Tiwari

Hindi film directed by Amit Masurkar

2007 Bollywood film directed by Vikram Bhatt

2008 film by Atul Agnihotri

Tathastu () is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Anubhav Sinha, starring Sanjay Dutt and Ameesha Patel in the lead roles. It is based on the 2002 American film John Q.

2006 film by Aditya Datt

2005 film