Movies Like Maharshi (2019)

Maharshi is a 2019 action, drama film from Vamsi Paidipally with a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Thomas Crown Affair and Seven Samurai.

Action Drama

The Thomas Crown Affair

1968

Young businessman Thomas Crown is bored and decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However, Crown is soon betrayed yet cannot blow his cover because he’s in love.

6.8

MagicScore

Seven Samurai

1954

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.

8.5

MagicScore

Sarkaru Vaari Paata

2022

Mahesh, a money lender, is swindled by a gambling addict called Kalaavathi in the US. While he comes to India to collect his debt, he decides to stay back and do his bit for the country's financial health.

5.6

MagicScore

Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy

2019

Gwalior Fort, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In a moment of despair, Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi, encourages her men by telling them the heroic story of Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy, a brave Telugu chieftain who took up arms in 1846 to protest against the numerous arbitrariness and crimes perpetrated by the leaders and military forces of the East India Company.

6.3

MagicScore

Small World

2021

After disappearing from a small Polish town, a mother discovers her 4-year old daughter, Ola, has been abducted by the Russian Mafia. In pursuit of her daughter, she is stopped for speeding by a police officer, Robert Goc. His intervention results in the escape of the kidnappers across the Eastern border. Feeling guilt for failing to prevent the abduction, Robert becomes engaged in an international investigation to find the missing girl.

7.8

MagicScore

God of Gamblers

1989

Ko Chun, a renowned gambler, loses his memory in an accident and starts behaving like a child. Little Knife, an amateur gambler, offers him shelter and realizes that he has a penchant for gambling.

7.2

MagicScore

The Way of the Gun

2000

Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.

6.3

MagicScore

The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch

2008

After a powerful billionaire is murdered, his secret adoptive son must race to prove his legitimacy, find his father's killers and stop them from taking over his financial empire.

6.1

MagicScore

Airport '77

1977

Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving passengers must brave panic, slow leaks, oxygen depletion, and more while attempting a daring plan, all while 200 feet underwater.

5.6

MagicScore

#10

The Invisible Guest

2017

Barcelona, Spain. Adrián Doria, a young and successful businessman accused of murder, meets one night with Virginia Goodman, an expert interrogation lawyer, in order to devise a defense strategy.

8.1

MagicScore

#11

Yi Yi

2000

Each member of a Taipei family asks hard questions about life's meaning as they experience everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes him money, his mother-in-law is in a coma, his wife suffers a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank and his business partners make bad decisions.

7.9

MagicScore

#12

The Road Home

1999

Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.

7.5

MagicScore

#13

Three Colors: White

1994

Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.

7.4

MagicScore

#14

American Psycho

2000

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

7.4

MagicScore

#15

Scrooge

1951

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.

7.4

MagicScore

#16

Punyalan Agarbattis

2013

Punyalan Agarbattis is the story of Joy Thakkolkaran, a young entrepreuner from Thrissur. His new business venture 'Punyalan Agarbattis' involves manufacturing agarbattis from elephant dung. Fragrance and quality of his incense sticks aside, its mosquito repellant capabilities too have pleased those who tried the samples. However, Joy suddenly has a new set of people and problems as 'Punyalan Agarbattis' comes to a halt.

7.3

MagicScore

#17

Ramji Rao Speaking

1989

The story revolves around three unemployed people who get involved in a kidnapping saga due to a case of mistaken identity.

7.3

MagicScore

#18

Hoffman

1970

A businessman blackmails his young secretary into spending a weekend with him.

7.2

MagicScore

#19

Punch-Drunk Love

2002

A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.

7.1

MagicScore

#20

Holy Motors

2012

We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes youthful, sometimes old. By turns murderer, beggar, company chairman, monstrous creature, worker, family man.

7.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Maharshi?

The top films similar to Maharshi by MovieMagicScore are The Thomas Crown Affair (6.8), Seven Samurai (8.5), Sarkaru Vaari Paata (5.6). Each shares action/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Maharshi worth watching?

Maharshi holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10 from 33 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Maharshi?

Maharshi (2019) is a action, drama film directed by Vamsi Paidipally, starring Mahesh Babu, Pooja Hegde, Allari Naresh.

Where can I find more recommendations like Maharshi?

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About movies like Maharshi

This ranked list pairs Maharshi (2019), a action and drama film from Vamsi Paidipally, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Mahesh Babu 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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