Best crime Hindi movies in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
341 movies in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.2. Newest addition: Reporting Live, added to Netflix on 9 Oct. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity; showing the top 30.
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1. Dhurandhar (2025)
Movie · Hindi · 3h 34m · A · Action, Crime · IMDb 8.2 (1.5L votes)
MatureEdge-of-seatVisually stunningDark & gritty
In the early 2000s, an undercover operative infiltrates Karachi's underworld, breaking into its inner circle to dismantle a violent nexus from within.
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2. Andhadhun (2018)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 19m · UA · Crime, Mystery · IMDb 8.2 (1.2L votes)
TwistyFast-pacedEdge-of-seatFunny
A series of mysterious events changes the life of a blind pianist who now must report a crime that was actually never witnessed by him.
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3. Drishyam (2015)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 43m · U/A 13+ · Mystery, Thriller · IMDb 8.2 (1.1L votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
When his family stares down the barrel of criminal charges, a commoner channels his street smarts and knowledge of action films to tie the long arm of the law into an investigative Gordian knot.
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4. Sardar Udham (2021)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 42m · UA · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.3 (51.5K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
A young Sardar Udham Singh left deeply scarred by the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, escaped into the mountains of Afghanistan, reaching London in 1933-34. Carrying an unhealed wound for 21 years, the revolutionary assassinated Michael O’Dwyer on 13th March, 1940, the man at the helm of affairs in Punjab, April 1919 to ave
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5. Hera Pheri (2000)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 36m · U · Comedy, Crime · IMDb 8.2 (82.3K votes)
FunnyDialogue-drivenFast-paced
Two tenants and a landlord, in desperate need of money, chance upon a ransom call via a cross connection. They hatch a plan to claim the ransom for themselves.
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6. Dhurandhar: The Revenge (2026)
Movie · Hindi · 3h 55m · A · Action, Crime · IMDb 8.2 (73.9K votes)
MatureFast-pacedEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
As rival gangs, corrupt officials and a ruthless Major Iqbal close in, Hamza's mission for his country spirals into a bloody personal war where the line between patriot and monster disappears in the streets of Lyari.
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7. Paan Singh Tomar (2012)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 15m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.2 (40.6K votes)
Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatTwistyVisually stunning
Paan Singh Tomar goes from celebrated runner to star brigand and rebel when life after sports fails to unfold as planned.
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8. Haider (2014)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 30m · UA · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.0 (61.8K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
A young man returns to Kashmir after his father's disappearance to confront his uncle - the man he suspects to have a role in his father's fate.
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9. Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 12m · U · Comedy, Crime · IMDb 8.3 (18.1K votes)
FunnyTwistyFast-paced
Two zanies open a photography studio. They score a partnership with a gossip magazine that suddenly thrusts them into a world of corruption, murder, and hijinks.
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10. Shahid (2013)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 9m · A · Drama, Crime · IMDb 8.2 (21.8K votes)
Dark & grittySerious
A story based on real-life human-rights and criminal lawyer, Shahid Azmi, who was slain while defending the wrongly accused by the law in terrorist activities.
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11. The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 35m · U · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.2 (18.6K votes)
Edge-of-seatDark & grittyStraightforwardSerious
Born in British India, Bhagat Singh witnesses numerous atrocities during his childhood and grows up to become one of the most fearless freedom fighters in the country.
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12. Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 37m · UA · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.8 (68.1K votes)
Visually stunningMatureDark & gritty
Duped and sold to a brothel, a young woman fearlessly reclaims her power, using underworld connections to preside over the world she was once a pawn in.
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13. Omkara (2006)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 35m · A · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.0 (24.4K votes)
TwistyMatureEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
Half-caste bandit Omkara Shukla abducts his lady love, Dolly Mishra, from her family. Thanks to his cleverness, he gets away with the kidnapping. A conspiracy, however, forms against him when he denies his right-hand man, Langda Tyagi, a promotion. Ultimately, this plot threatens not only his relationship with Dolly, b
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14. Ugly (2013)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 8m · A · Thriller, Drama · IMDb 7.9 (25.7K votes)
TwistyDark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detached
When a 10-year old girl goes missing, her stepfather races against time to investigate the kidnapping.
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15. Badla (2019)
Movie · Hindi · 2h · UA · Crime, Thriller · IMDb 7.8 (35.4K votes)
TwistyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
A dynamic young entrepreneur finds herself locked in a hotel room with the corpse of her dead lover. She hires a prestigious lawyer to defend her and they work together to figure out what actually happened.
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16. Maqbool (2003)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 12m · A · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.0 (16.5K votes)
MatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detached
The Scottish tragedy 'Macbeth' set in the contemporary underworld of India's commercial capital; two corrupt, fortune telling policemen take the roles of the weird sisters, and "Duncan" is Abbaji, the head of a crime family.
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17. Vaastav (1999)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 30m · A · Action, Crime · IMDb 8.0 (16.3K votes)
MatureEdge-of-seatDark & grittyFast-paced
Raghu, a simpleton, and his best friend decide to run a food stall to get rid of their unemployment. However, Raghu's life takes a drastic turn after he accidentally kills one of their customers and he is pushed into a life of crime.
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18. Deewaar (1975)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 54m · U · Action, Crime · IMDb 8.0 (13.4K votes)
Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatVisually stunning
Haunted by the past, Vijay turns to crime, while Ravi, his brother, becomes an honest police officer. Fate pits them against each other when Ravi is sent to nab Vijay.
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19. Company (2002)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 36m · A · Action, Crime · IMDb 7.9 (17.4K votes)
MatureCold & detachedEdge-of-seatFast-paced
Mallik is a henchman of Aslam Bhai, a Mumbai underworld kingpin. He inducts local hothead Chandu into the gang, and the two of them soon form a formidable faction within the gang, eventually displacing Aslam. As the empire grows, however, the two of them start drifting apart.
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20. Udta Punjab (2016)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 28m · A · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.7 (34.6K votes)
MatureDark & grittyCold & detachedVisually stunning
Drug abuse and the darker side of Punjab rear their heads in the intense, interwoven tales of a policeman, a doctor, a migrant worker, and a rockstar.
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21. Gangaajal (2003)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 37m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 7.8 (19.3K votes)
Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detached
An honest Superintendent of Police, IPS Amit Kumar, is assigned to a crime infested town to reduce its crime rates. There, he soon learns that cleaning up the town also means confronting the corruption among police and politicians.
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22. Ludo (2020)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 30m · UA · Crime, Comedy · IMDb 7.6 (46.6K votes)
TwistyFast-pacedFunnyMature
Ludo is about the butterfly effect and how, despite all the chaos and crowd of the world, all our lives are inextricably connected. From a resurfaced sex tape to a rogue suitcase of money, four wildly different stories overlap at the whims of fate, chance and one eccentric criminal.
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23. Highway (2014)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 13m · UA · Drama, Romance · IMDb 7.6 (33.3K votes)
MatureTwistyDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
Right before her wedding, a young woman finds herself abducted and held for ransom. As the initial days pass, she begins to develop a strange bond with her kidnapper.
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24. Baazigar (1993)
Movie · Hindi · 3h 1m · UA · Crime, Thriller · IMDb 7.6 (32.3K votes)
TwistyCold & detachedFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
A young man with a vendetta against a business tycoon seduces and kills his eldest daughter and then proceeds to his younger daughter but she begins to suspect her new lover's ulterior motive.
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25. Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Movie · Hindi · 1h 53m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.9 (11.4K votes)
MatureDark & grittyVisually stunningSlow-burn
When a revengeful Krishna destroys his brother's motorbike, his mother asks him to return home only when he earns INR 500 to repair it. In a turn of events, he finds himself in a Bombay slum.
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26. Johnny Gaddaar (2007)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 21m · A · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.8 (14.4K votes)
TwistyMatureCold & detachedDark & gritty
Five men get involved in a drug deal set up by a corrupt police officer, but the plan goes awry when the youngest member decides to steal the money.
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27. A Thursday (2022)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 9m · Thriller, Crime · IMDb 7.6 (27.6K votes)
Edge-of-seatFast-pacedCold & detachedMature
When a kindergarten teacher takes her 16 students hostage and makes a set of demands, it not only rattles the Mumbai police and the city but also sends shockwaves through the country and its leaders as the motive behind the hostage situation is unearthed.
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28. Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 19m · UA · Crime, Mystery · IMDb 7.6 (25.9K votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatCold & detachedVisually stunning
Byomkesh, fresh out of college, agrees to investigate the disappearance of Bhuvan, a chemist. Assisted by Bhuvan's son Ajit, Byomkesh links the case to a larger conspiracy that will unsettle Calcutta.
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29. Don (1978)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 46m · U · Action, Adventure · IMDb 7.7 (13.7K votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatFast-pacedCold & detached
A ruthless gangster named Don is killed during a scuffle with the police. Since only DSP D'Silva knows of this incident, he recruits Vijay, who is a spitting image of Don, to replace the original Don and infiltrate his gang. D'Silva plans to nab the entire gang, but when he dies during a raid, the secret that Vijay is
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30. Sarkar (2005)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 3m · UA · Crime, Action · IMDb 7.6 (19.0K votes)
Visually stunningDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
Subhash Nagre runs a parallel government in the city where he has a cult following. When his enemies plot to murder him, his son takes charge and stands up against them.
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