Best dark & gritty Bengali movies on Prime Video in India

By the KyaDekhu team · Updated 23 October 2026 · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb

15 movies on Prime Video in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 7.1. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.

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   1. Chotushkone (2014)

   Movie · Bengali · 2h 28m · UA · Thriller, Drama · IMDb 8.2 (4.5K votes)

   TwistyCold & detachedSlow-burnDialogue-driven

   Four famous directors and old friends are reunited together by an unknown producer to make a film. They have to make four short story in this film with one common theme: Death.

   Prime Video
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   2. Distant Thunder (1973)

   Movie · Bengali · 1h 41m · Drama · IMDb 7.9 (1.9K votes)

   Slow-burnFamily-friendlyDark & gritty

   Gangacharan is the new Brahmin of a village, where he assumes various duties: teaching, organizing religious events, and trying to prevent epidemics. But in that year 1943, war is raging (as reminded by the planes occasionally heard flying over the countryside), and a major famine is under way. As food shortages reach

   Prime Video
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   3. The Expedition (1962)

   Movie · Bengali · 2h 26m · UA · Drama · IMDb 7.9 (1.5K votes)

   Cold & detachedDark & grittyMatureSerious

   Narsingh, a North Indian taxi driver, attempts to reinvent his life by visiting his native place, but instead gets embroiled in a local Marwari businessman's smuggling and human trafficking business.

   Prime Video
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   4. Shikari (2016)

   Movie · Bengali · 2h 25m · U · Action, Drama · IMDb 7.1 (3.1K votes)

   Edge-of-seatDark & grittyCold & detachedSerious

   A disguised professional assassin with a mysterious past is tasked with assassinating a top government official.

   JioHotstarPrime Video
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   5. Ebar Shabor (2015)

   Movie · Bengali · 2h 6m · Thriller · IMDb 7.2 (1.8K votes)

   TwistyCold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat

   Kolkata police detective Shabor Dasgupta sets out to solve the murder case of Mitali Ghosh, a woman with a messy past. Her ex-husband Mithu Mitra, ex-boyfriend Pantu and friend Samiran are the prime suspects and so is her cousin Joyeeta. His investigation reveals a complex web of relationships gone sour that gives almo

   Prime Video
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   6. Kacher Manush (2022)

   Movie · Bengali · 2h 15m · Drama · IMDb 6.9 (1.1K votes)

   Edge-of-seatTwistyDark & grittyMature

   Kuntol and Sudarshan meet at the railway track where they have come to commit suicide.

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   7. Calcutta 71 (1972)

   Movie · Bengali · 1h 56m · Drama · IMDb 8.0 (386 votes)

   Slow-burnTwistyCold & detachedDark & gritty

   The spirit of a condemned 20-year-old student wanders through time, linking together four stories of people struggling for survival in this gritty meditation on poverty, natural disaster and political strife in India. A middle-class family's home is no match for the monsoons, while another clan's morality is compromise

   Prime Video
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   8. Glamour (2014)

   Movie · Bengali · 2h 14m · Thriller · IMDb 6.8 (1.3K votes)

   Cold & detachedMatureEdge-of-seatDialogue-driven

   A successful businessman is accused of rape and murder and his ex law school professor and a succesful lawyer is hired to release him of all charges.

   Prime Video
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   9. Herbert (2005)

   Movie · Bengali · 2h 22m · UA · Drama · IMDb 7.7 (274 votes)

   Slow-burnTwistyDark & gritty

   Based on Nabarun Bhattacharyas novel of the same name which won the highest literary prize in India in 1997, Suman Mukhopadhyays debut feature Herbert is a deeply moving and artistically accomplished motion picture full of profound laughter, pathos, and humanity.

   Prime Video
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    10. 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.

    Prime Video
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    11. Kharij (1982)

    Movie · Bengali · 1h 31m · Drama · IMDb 7.5 (283 votes)

    Slow-burnCold & detachedDialogue-drivenDark & gritty

    A pre-teen servant boy dies of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning on a cold winter night in the kitchen. The household is suddenly plunged into psychological turmoil, torn between guilt and fear of a police investigation and the resulting scandal. As events unfold, the employer and his wife reveal their petty, hypocri

    Prime Video
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    12. Raavan (2022)

    Movie · Bengali · 2h 10m · Action, Romance · IMDb 6.4 (2.4K votes)

    Cold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seatMature

    The life of a man who is seen fighting against an evil person who does bad deeds.

    JioHotstarPrime Video
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    13. Fighter (2011)

    Movie · Bengali · 2h 40m · Action, Drama · IMDb 6.2 (343 votes)

    Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatSerious

    ACP Bose has been framed in a corruption case by some fraudulent officers. After his shocking death, Surjo, his brother, takes up the matter in his own hands.

    JioHotstarPrime Video
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    14. Shatru (2011)

    Movie · Bengali · 2h 30m · U · Action, Drama · IMDb 5.9 (451 votes)

    Fast-pacedEdge-of-seatDark & gritty

    The story of Sub-inspector Dibakar Singho who settles every dispute in his town with wisdom and logic, is compelled to use force when an extortionist with mafia links - Arjun Sarkar confronts him. An official remake of the Tamil Superhit film Singam which starred Surya and Anushka Shetty. Singam was written by Tamil di

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    15. Baccha Shoshur (2019)

    Movie · Bengali · 2h 7m · U · IMDb 5.6 (381 votes)

    Family-friendlyDialogue-drivenTwistyCold & detached

    Baccha Shoshur revolves around Spandan, a helpless father and his three year old son Gutlu, who is undergoing weird behavioural patterns, which only Spandan knows about. What follows is the mystery that changes everyone's life.

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