Best crime Bengali movies in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
22 movies in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.5. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
-
1. Baishe Srabon (2011)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 18m · A · Thriller, Crime · IMDb 8.1 (6.9K votes)
MatureTwistyCold & detachedDark & gritty
A serial killer terrorises the city of Kolkata and leaves behind verses of Bengali poetry. The police seek the help of a retired officer to unravel the case and find the perpetrator.
-
2. Muktodhara (2012)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 40m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 8.0 (922 votes)
Serious
Muktodhara is a 2012 Bengali film directed by Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy.This is a story of about the prisoners of a correctional home ‒ Presidency jail who all have a dark past life but here they are being reformed day by day.
-
3. Proloy (2013)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 2m · A · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.3 (1.9K votes)
MatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detached
The story revolves around a brave heart Barun Biswas, who raised voice against numerous gang rapes in a village called Dukhiya. Dukhiya, where gang rapes had become a festival. These were celebrated by some political criminals.
-
4. Raktabeej (2023)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 19m · UA · Thriller, Crime · IMDb 7.2 (2.1K votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatTwisty
A thriller revolving around a sudden blast in a Khagragarh firecracker unit, some 70 km away from then president of India's house, ahead of Durga Puja in 2014. Is there more than meets the eye?
-
5. 8/12 (Binay Badal Dinesh) (2022)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 38m · Crime, History · IMDb 8.3 (295 votes)
Edge-of-seatCold & detachedStraightforwardVisually stunning
Based on the historical attack on Writers' Building by three Bengal Volunteers in 1930. Releasing on Indian Republic Day.
-
6. Khoj (2017)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 56m · UA · Crime, Mystery · IMDb 6.7 (962 votes)
Cold & detachedTwistyEdge-of-seatSerious
A policeman on patrolling duty is asked to investigate a doctor's house nearby, from where a woman's repeated screams have been heard. The doctor does not let him into the house, insisting that it was his wife screaming due to an injection being pushed and that everything is normal. The policeman's suspicions are not a
-
7. C/O Sir (2013)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 15m · U · Crime, Thriller · IMDb 7.4 (380 votes)
Dialogue-drivenCold & detachedEdge-of-seatFamily-friendly
Jayabrata Roy, a school teacher in Kurseong, becomes helpless when he loses his eyesight due to a sudden retinal disorder. Relying completely on the sense of hearing, what happens when he starts getting threat calls to vacate his property?
-
8. Buno Haansh (2014)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 21m · Thriller, Crime · IMDb 6.5 (1.1K votes)
Cold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seatMature
Amal works as a security guard in a mall and is tempted by the world of wealth surrounding him. When a close friend introduces him to the underworld element, he becomes trapped in a web of greed, lust and crime.
-
9. The Eken (2022)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 12m · U/A 7+ · Crime, Comedy · IMDb 6.6 (690 votes)
Twisty
Hotel franchise conglomerate Debraj Singh murders his partner Bipasha Mitra's stepbrother, Ashoke. Kolkata Police detective Ekendra Sen solves the case in the hill station of Darjeeling.
-
10. Jongole Mitin Mashi (2023)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 56m · UA · Crime, Mystery · IMDb 6.4 (1.1K votes)
Edge-of-seat
Jongole Mitin Mashi is based on a story of anti-poaching of elephants and depicts the fight of Mitin against the enemies of the forest. Sequel to the 2019 detective thriller Mitin Mashi.
-
11. Tirandaj Shabor (2022)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 53m · Mystery, Thriller · IMDb 6.3 (892 votes)
Cold & detachedEdge-of-seatSerious
On March 12 rainy night, Sumit Ghoshal, a taxi driver arrives at a police station with a passenger who has suddenly taken ill. The O.C. inspects the passenger to find him dead. ACP-DD Shabor Dasgupta and Inspector Nanda must solve the case.
-
12. F.I.R NO. 339/07/06 (2021)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 26m · Thriller, Drama · IMDb 6.4 (416 votes)
Cold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
An upright but idiotic police officer arrives in Raghunathpur, Birbhum, West Bengal to investigate a murder and realises there is more to the crime than meets the eye.
-
13. One (2017)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 28m · Action, Crime · IMDb 6.2 (393 votes)
Edge-of-seatCold & detachedDark & grittyFast-paced
The plot revolves around IPS Officer Ronojoy Bose, who wants to arrest Aditya Sen, an affluent scientist and son of minister of health who uses secret illegal medical practices for profit.
-
14. Amanush 2 (2015)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 17m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.1 (265 votes)
Cold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seatMature
A man struggles to stay on the straight and narrow after a troubled childhood and a stint in juvenile detention.
-
15. The Egyptian Mystery (2013)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 31m · Crime, Adventure · IMDb 6.2 (2.1K votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatVisually stunning
Al Mamun, an Egyptian business tycoon, asks his friend Kakababu to help him decode some hieroglyphic symbols that will help trace the will of his teacher, Mufti Mohammad.
-
16. Goyenda Junior (2019)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 53m · Crime, Mystery · IMDb 6.1 (247 votes)
Edge-of-seat
An odd twist of events leads a teenager Bikram, on a quest to solve the perfect crime: a murder cleverly disguised as a natural death.
-
17. Satyanweshi (2013)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 59m · Mystery, Crime · IMDb 5.9 (628 votes)
TwistyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
Satyanweshi is a 2013 Bengali mystery-thriller film directed by Rituparno Ghosh and produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni. This was Ghosh's last full length film as a director. Indian film director Sujoy Ghosh portrayed the character Bymomkesh Bakshi in this film.
-
18. Hatyapuri (2022)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 56m · U · Mystery, Crime · IMDb 5.8 (404 votes)
Family-friendlyEdge-of-seat
Feluda, Topshe, and Lalmohan Ganguly go to Puri for vacation. One evening, the trio spot odd footprints on the sand. Later, Lalmohan Babu goes to meet an astrologer who is presumably gifted with extrasensory perception. Soon they stumble upon a dead body lying on the beach. Can they figure out the mystery?
-
19. Raktabeej 2 (2025)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 31m · U/A 16+ · Crime, Drama · IMDb 5.9 (1.7K votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatDark & grittyCold & detached
Months after the failed assassination attempt on President Animesh Chatterjee, investigator Pankaj Sinha and SP Sanjukta Mitra uncover a deadly plot, Mission M2, led by Munir Alam.
-
20. Zulfiqar (2016)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 20m · A · Thriller, Crime · IMDb 5.8 (1.6K votes)
MatureDark & grittyCold & detachedTwisty
A modern day adaptation of two of William Shakespeare's tragedies - Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra.
-
21. Madam Sengupta (2025)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 10m · Mystery, Crime · IMDb 5.1 (1.2K votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatDark & grittyCold & detached
A famed cartoonist's search for her daughter's killer unravels a sinister trail of poetic murders, leading back to her estranged ex-husband, whose forbidden play threatens to expose Kolkata's darkest secrets.
-
22. Sentimentaaal (2024)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 12m · UA · Crime, Comedy · IMDb 4.6 (987 votes)
Edge-of-seat
Police officer Suryaa Roy, gets transferred to Raghunathpur where local politician Rudrani Chowdhury runs many illegal businesses. When they come at loggerheads, can Suryaa save his family and the people of Raghunathpur?
JioHotstar
Prime Video
ZEE5 · free with ads