Best thriller English movies on MUBI in India

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

38 movies on MUBI in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.2. Newest addition: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, added to MUBI on 2 Oct. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity; showing the top 30.

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   1. The Thing (1982)

   Movie · English · 1h 49m · Horror, Mystery · IMDb 8.2 (5.4L votes)

   TwistyDark & grittyVisually stunningMature

   A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

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   2. Children of Men (2006)

   Movie · English · 1h 49m · A · Science Fiction, Thriller · IMDb 7.9 (5.7L votes)

   Visually stunningEdge-of-seatMatureDark & gritty

   In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.

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   3. Dogville (2003)

   Movie · English · 2h 58m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.0 (1.7L votes)

   Slow-burnTwistyMatureDark & gritty

   A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.

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   4. Carlito's Way (1993)

   Movie · English · 2h 24m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.9 (2.5L votes)

   MatureVisually stunningEdge-of-seatDark & gritty

   Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld.

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   5. Lost Highway (1997)

   Movie · English · 2h 14m · A · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 7.6 (1.7L votes)

   TwistyMatureCold & detachedDark & gritty

   A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.

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   6. The Substance (2024)

   Movie · English · 2h 21m · A · Horror, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.2 (4.7L votes)

   MatureDark & grittyCold & detachedFunny

   A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.

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   7. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

   Movie · English · 2h 15m · Drama, Mystery · IMDb 7.3 (1.2L votes)

   TwistyMatureSlow-burnDark & gritty

   In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another

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   8. Midsommar (2019)

   Movie · English · 2h 27m · A · Horror, Drama · IMDb 7.1 (5.0L votes)

   Slow-burnTwistyVisually stunningDark & gritty

   Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in the

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   9. Blue Collar (1978)

   Movie · English · 1h 54m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 7.5 (12.4K votes)

   Dark & grittyMatureEdge-of-seatCold & detached

   Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.

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    10. Videodrome (1983)

    Movie · English · 1h 28m · Horror, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.1 (1.2L votes)

    TwistyMatureDark & grittyCold & detached

    As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and ne

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    11. The Nile Hilton Incident (2017)

    Movie · English · 1h 51m · Thriller, Drama · IMDb 6.8 (10.6K votes)

    MatureCold & detachedTwistyDark & gritty

    Cairo, 2011. A police officer investigates the murder of a woman in a luxurious hotel in the days leading up to the Egyptian revolution.

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    12. Antichrist (2009)

    Movie · English · 1h 44m · A · Drama, Horror · IMDb 6.5 (1.5L votes)

    TwistyMatureSlow-burnDark & gritty

    A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.

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    13. The Living End (1992)

    Movie · English · 1h 25m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.6 (4.8K votes)

    MatureFast-pacedDark & grittyCold & detached

    Two HIV-positive young men — a semi-employed film critic and a hot hustler — tear off on a cross-country crime spree.

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    14. Swallow (2020)

    Movie · English · 1h 35m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 6.5 (33.0K votes)

    Dark & grittyMatureCold & detachedTwisty

    Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.

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    15. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)

    Movie · English · 1h 52m · Comedy, Horror · IMDb 6.5 (23.3K votes)

    TwistyMatureFunnyDark & gritty

    An ambitious director sets out to revive a faded slasher franchise, but her meeting with the film’s reclusive original star spirals into a terrifying maze of obsession, fear, and blood-soaked delusion.

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    16. River of Grass (1995)

    Movie · English · 1h 16m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 6.5 (3.2K votes)

    MatureTwistySlow-burnDark & gritty

    Cozy, a dissatisfied housewife, meets Lee at a bar. A drink turns into a home break-in, and a gunshot sends them on the run together, thinking they've committed murder.

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    17. Night Tide (1961)

    Movie · English · 1h 24m · Romance, Mystery · IMDb 6.4 (4.8K votes)

    Slow-burnDark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detached

    A young sailor is enamored with a mysterious woman performing as a mermaid on the local pier. As their existences become entwined, he comes to suspect the woman might be a real mermaid who lures men to a watery death during the full moon.

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    18. Guilty Bystander (1950)

    Movie · English · 1h 31m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 6.2 (1.4K votes)

    Edge-of-seatTwistyDark & grittyFast-paced

    A drunken ex-cop gets a shot at redemption when his young son is kidnapped after a smuggling deal goes belly up.

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    19. Hollywood 90028 (1973)

    Movie · English · 1h 28m · Drama, Horror · IMDb 5.9 (793 votes)

    MatureDark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat

    Mark, a cameraman who aspires to work on serious Hollywood films but can only find work making porno loops, turns to murder when his personal and professional frustrations reach their breaking point.

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    20. Murder in Mississippi (1965)

    Movie · English · 1h 23m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 5.5 (249 votes)

    MatureCold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat

    Three white kids travel down to Mississippi to help with voter registration. Murder, sex slavery and general unsavoriness follow.

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    21. Shanty Tramp (1967)

    Movie · English · 1h 12m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 5.6 (606 votes)

    Cold & detachedMatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seat

    On a hot night in Dixie, the local shanty tramp heads out for adventure and leaves disaster in her wake. The lust she excites in the local men leads to fights, murders, lynch mobs, ruined reputations, and broken homes.

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    22. The Cut (2014)

    Movie · English · 2h 18m · History, Adventure · IMDb 6.3 (8.4K votes)

    Dark & grittyVisually stunningMatureSerious

    In 1915, a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night, he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.

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    23. Medusa Deluxe (2023)

    Movie · English · 1h 41m · Comedy, Mystery · IMDb 6.1 (2.6K votes)

    TwistyFast-pacedCold & detachedFunny

    Talented and cutthroat hairstylists at a competition find one of their own murdered before judging can begin. Winding through neon-lit halls, competitors unspool long-simmering resentments and lies as they search for the killer among them.

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    24. Stark Fear (1962)

    Movie · English · 1h 26m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 5.5 (615 votes)

    Cold & detachedMatureDark & grittyDialogue-driven

    A sadistic husband mentally tortures his wife, while eventually planning to murder her.

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    25. Satan in High Heels (1962)

    Movie · English · 1h 30m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 5.5 (709 votes)

    MatureCold & detachedDark & gritty

    A married stripper flees to New York and has an affair with her boss and his son.

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    26. The Odds (2012)

    Movie · English · 1h 32m · Crime, Mystery · IMDb 5.1 (544 votes)

    Cold & detachedEdge-of-seatDark & grittyMature

    A murder mystery set in the world of illegal teenage gambling. A 17-year old must find his best friends' killer before the game is exposed.

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    27. The Girls on F Street (1966)

    Movie · English · 1h 9m · Fantasy, Adventure · IMDb 4.8 (453 votes)

    MatureCold & detachedDark & grittyDialogue-driven

    A pathetic Joe pays a bitter prostitute, Margo to have sex with him, and is abused endlessly. A woman sculptor and her live model try to suppress their lesbian longings for each other. Lonely, bespectacled middle-aged Nick goes to the House of Fetish - the local brothel - after watching a buxom stripper do her exotic d

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    28. The Nest of the Cuckoo Birds (1965)

    Movie · English · 1h 21m · Drama, Horror · IMDb 5.0 (570 votes)

    Dark & grittyCold & detachedMatureEdge-of-seat

    Johnson, an agent for the Liquor Control Department, comes across the remote Cuckoo Bird Inn after escaping from a band of cut-throat moonshiners and a mysterious killer. He realizes there that he must discover the identity of the killer before the inn's demented occupants turn him into another display in the grotesque

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    29. Please Baby Please (2022)

    Movie · English · 1h 36m · Drama, Fantasy · IMDb 5.6 (1.6K votes)

    MatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seatVisually stunning

    After witnessing a murder in the gritty streets of 1950s Manhattan, newlyweds Suze and Arthur become the dangerous obsession of a greaser gang that awakens a sleeping quandary into the couple's sexual identity.

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    30. The Mastermind (2025)

    Movie · English · 1h 50m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 6.2 (14.6K votes)

    Edge-of-seat

    In a sedate Massachusetts suburb circa 1970, unemployed family man and amateur art thief J.B. Mooney sets out on his first heist. With the museum cased and accomplices recruited, he has an airtight plan. Or so he thinks.

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