Movies Like Badla (2019)

Badla is a 2019 crime, drama, mystery, thriller film from Sujoy Ghosh with a MovieMagicScore of 7.3/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Drishyam 2 and HIT: The First Case.

Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

Drishyam 2

2022

7 years after the case related to Vijay Salgaonkar and his family was closed, a series of unexpected events bring truth to light that threatens to change everything for the Salgaonkars. Can Vijay save his family this time?

8.0

MagicScore

HIT: The First Case

2022

Burdened by old demons, a troubled but brilliant detective sets out to solve two confounding abduction cases — one involving his own girlfriend.

6.6

MagicScore

Cuttputlli

2022

When a small town gets plunged into the nightmare of serial killings, rookie cop Arjan embarks on a chase for the truth and unravels a gruesome conspiracy.

5.7

MagicScore

Sheep Without a Shepherd

2019

Li and his wife A Yu run a small business in Thailand and enjoy a happy home life with their two daughters. When their eldest daughter is violently assaulted, blackmailed and left traumatised by another student, her parents intervene, leading to a dead body which needs to be hidden, and every trace of the boy buried to cover up the accident.

7.7

MagicScore

Drishyam

2015

A simple street-smart man tries to protect his family from a cop looking for her missing son who was accidently killed by his daughter.

7.6

MagicScore

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2011

Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

7.4

MagicScore

Bullet Train Explosion

2025

When panic erupts on a Tokyo-bound bullet train that will explode if it slows below 100 kph, authorities race against time to save everyone on board.

6.9

MagicScore

Te3n

2016

A grandfather, police officer and a priest join hands to investigate and find a missing child.

6.9

MagicScore

Memoirs of a Murderer

2017

The movie begins in the year 1995 where there were 5 peculiar murder cases. The murderer would always get someone close to the victim to witness how he would strangle the victim from behind with a rope but he would let the witnesses go and speak to the media on how the murders happened. Ito plays the role of Makimura, the police detective who was in charge of investigating the serial murders but failed to catch the cunning murderer and his respected superior ended up being killed as well. 22 years later in 2017 when the case is nearing its statute of limitations, a man named Sonezaki claims to be the culprit for the 1995 murders and even publishes a book titled "Watashi ga satsujinhan desu" to talk about the cases. Despite the disgust towards Sonezaki's actions, the intensive attention showered on him via the media and SNS makes him become the talk of town.

6.7

MagicScore

#10

Hard Days

2023

After going to extremes to cover up an accident, a corrupt cop's life spirals out of control when he starts receiving threats from a mysterious witness.

6.6

MagicScore

#11

Deva

2025

Dev Ambre, a ruthless cop, loses his memory in an accident just after he has finished solving a murder case and now has to reinvestigate it while keeping his memory loss a secret from everyone except DCP Farhan Khan.

6.1

MagicScore

#12

Baby John

2024

John's peaceful life with daughter Khushi is disrupted by a sex-trafficking gang. Revealing his past as DCP Satya, he seeks revenge for his family's murder, saving minor girls and punishing the criminals, before starting anew.

6.0

MagicScore

#13

Highest 2 Lowest

2025

When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the "best ears in the business", is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma.

5.6

MagicScore

#14

Private Property

2022

Kathryn, a struggling actress and unfulfilled housewife, becomes friendly with her new gardener, Ben. He gives her the attention and sensitivity she craves; however, he is not who he seems.

4.6

MagicScore

#15

The Longest Yard

2005

Disgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe lands in a Texas federal penitentiary, where manipulative Warden Hazen recruits him to advise the institution's football team of prison guards. Crewe suggests a tune-up game which lands him quarterbacking a crew of inmates in a game against the guards. Aided by incarcerated ex-NFL coach and player Nate Scarborough, Crewe and his team must overcome not only the bloodthirstiness of the opposition, but also the corrupt warden trying to fix the game against them.

6.7

MagicScore

#16

Gumraah

2023

A murder investigation becomes complicated after the cops discover a pair of lookalike suspects.

6.6

MagicScore

#17

Vikram Vedha

2022

Vikram, an honest officer with the Lucknow police, is on a mission to find and eliminate gangster Vedha. However, when Vedha surrenders himself to the police and starts narrating stories to Vikram, it blurs the lines between good and evil. Vedha questions Vikram's righteousness while the latter believes he is fair and just. But is he?

6.6

MagicScore

#18

Scoop!

2016

Shizuoka Miyakonojo is a middle-aged paparazzi photographer. His skills as a cameraman are good, but he gambles and is in debt. When he worked in the editorial department for weekly picture magazine 'Scoop!,' he landed numerous scoops. He now works as a freelance photographer and chases after celebrity scandals. Shizuoka Miyakonojo works with Nobi Namekawa. She is a rookie reporter for 'Scoop!' and they land a scoop.

6.4

MagicScore

#19

Paulina

2015

Paulina is a young lawyer with a promising career in Buenos Aires, who chooses to go back to her home town. Her father, Fernando, is a well known judge. Against his will, Paulina decides to teach in a suburban high school as part of an inclusion program. One night, after the second week working there, she's brutally assaulted by a gang. With the disapproval of the people around her, she decides to go back to work, in the neighborhood where she was attacked, without realizing that her attackers may be even closer than she thought.

6.4

MagicScore

#20

Free Country

2020

Former East Germany, 1992. Patrick Stein and Markus Bach, two very different police officers, are commissioned to investigate the disappearance of two female teenagers in a remote area of the country. Did they run away from home or did something more terrible happen to them?

6.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Badla?

The top films similar to Badla by MovieMagicScore are Drishyam 2 (8.0), HIT: The First Case (6.6), Cuttputlli (5.7). Each shares crime/drama/mystery/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Badla worth watching?

Badla holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.3/10 from 153 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Badla?

Badla (2019) is a crime, drama, mystery, thriller film directed by Sujoy Ghosh, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Tony Luke.

Where can I find more recommendations like Badla?

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

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About movies like Badla

This ranked list pairs Badla (2019), a crime and drama and mystery and thriller film from Sujoy Ghosh, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Amitabh Bachchan 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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