Movies Like Kahaani 2 (2016)

Kahaani 2 is a 2016 mystery, thriller film from Sujoy Ghosh with a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Kahaani and Raising Cain.

Mystery Thriller

Kahaani

2012

Pregnant and alone in the city of Kolkata, a woman begins a relentless search for her missing husband, only to find that nothing is what it seems.

7.2

MagicScore

Raising Cain

1992

Child psychologist Carter Nix is a loving and caring family man, but under this appearance lies a dark and troubled past. Grappling with the consequences of this past on his own psyche and the influence of his returning father and violent brother Cain, Carter becomes involved in a series of murders and kidnappings. Meanwhile, his wife Jenny rekindles an old love affair, placing herself in the crosshairs of her increasingly unstable husband.

6.1

MagicScore

Shaft's Big Score!

1972

John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.

6.0

MagicScore

The Black Phone

2022

Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

7.5

MagicScore

Black Phone 2

2025

Four years after escaping The Grabber, Finney Blake is struggling with his life after captivity. When his sister Gwen begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp, the siblings become determined to solve the mystery and confront a killer who has grown more powerful in death and more significant to them than either could imagine.

6.8

MagicScore

Please Don't Feed the Children

2025

After a viral outbreak ravaged the country’s adult population, a group of orphans heads south in search of a new life, only to find themselves at the mercy of a deranged woman harboring a dangerous secret.

6.2

MagicScore

The Fourth Kind

2009

Since the 1960s, a disproportionate number of the population in and around Nome, Alaska, have gone missing. Despite FBI investigations, the disappearances remain a mystery. Dr. Abigail Tyler, a psychologist, may be on the verge of blowing the unsolved cases wide open when, during the course of treating her patients, she finds evidence of alien abductions.

6.3

MagicScore

Macabre

1958

After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's young daughter is kidnapped and reported as buried alive, leaving him with mere hours to find and rescue her.

6.0

MagicScore

Sunburn

1979

A model and a private eye help a New York insurance investigator on a deadly case in Acapulco.

4.8

MagicScore

#10

The Imposter

2012

In 1994 a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later he is found alive thousands of miles away in a village in southern Spain with a horrifying story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems.

7.3

MagicScore

#11

Narc

2002

When the trail goes cold on a murder investigation of a policeman, an undercover narcotics officer is lured back to the force to help solve the case.

6.7

MagicScore

#12

A Dark Place

2018

When a young boy turns up dead in a sleepy Pennsylvania town, a local sanitation truck driver, Donald, plays detective, embarking on a precarious and obsessive investigation to prove the boy was murdered.

6.0

MagicScore

#13

Who Took Johnny

2014

An examination of the infamous thirty-year-old cold case of Iowa paperboy Johnny Gosch, the first missing child to appear on a milk carton. The film focuses on Johnny’s mother, Noreen Gosch, and her relentless quest to find the truth about what happened to her son. Along the way there have been mysterious sightings, bizarre revelations, and a confrontation with a person who claims to have helped abduct Johnny.

6.8

MagicScore

#14

The Great Father

2017

A businessman who is trying hard to be a good father to his daughter has a run-in with malevolent policeman.

6.1

MagicScore

#15

Square One

2019

An investigation into the original 1993 Michael Jackson allegations brought by the Chandler family.

8.6

MagicScore

#16

The Child I Never Was

2002

A serial killer dispassionately discusses the nuts and bolts of his grisly avocation, as well as the youthful traumas which helped to mold him into a psychopath, in this disturbing independent drama from Germany, based on the true story of of Germany's most famous child murderer Juergen Bartsch who, between the ages of 15 and 19, abused, tortured and killed four schoolboys in the Ruhr region of Germany from 1962 to 1966.

6.5

MagicScore

#17

Shockproof

1949

Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful eye of her parole officer, Griff Marat, who helps her secure a job caring for his ailing mother.

6.4

MagicScore

#18

Murder Mystery

2019

On a long-awaited trip to Europe, a New York City cop and his hairdresser wife scramble to solve a baffling murder aboard a billionaire's yacht.

6.3

MagicScore

#19

The Simpsons Movie

2007

After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.

7.0

MagicScore

#20

The Hangman

1959

A marshal nicknamed "The Hangman" because of his track record in hunting down and capturing wanted criminals traces a robbery suspect to a small town. However, the man is known and liked in the town, and the citizens band together to try to help him avoid capture.

6.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Kahaani 2?

The top films similar to Kahaani 2 by MovieMagicScore are Kahaani (7.2), Raising Cain (6.1), Shaft's Big Score! (6.0). Each shares mystery/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Kahaani 2 worth watching?

Kahaani 2 holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10 from 55 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Kahaani 2?

Kahaani 2 (2016) is a mystery, thriller film directed by Sujoy Ghosh, starring Vidya Balan, Arjun Rampal, Jugal Hansraj.

Where can I find more recommendations like Kahaani 2?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more mystery recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Kahaani 2

This ranked list pairs Kahaani 2 (2016), a mystery and thriller film from Sujoy Ghosh, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Vidya Balan take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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