THE BOLLYWOOD 100

By Genre

The Best Bollywood
Thriller Films

30 films in the canon are filed under Thriller, from 1967 to 2023.

30 films in this canon are filed under Thriller, running from 1967 to 2023. The highest-ranked is Haider (2014) at #29 — Hamlet in 1995 Kashmir, where the ghost is a disappeared father and the state is the usurping uncle.

The genre is spread across the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, with Sriram Raghavan (3), Vishal Bhardwaj (2), Mani Ratnam (2), Neeraj Pandey (2) doing the heaviest lifting. Hindi cinema rarely respects a single genre for a whole runtime, so most of these titles are cross-filed — follow the tags on any film page to find its neighbours.

Every entry links out to Wikipedia, IMDb, a trailer and a legal streaming search. See also the full ranked 100 and how we scored them.

RankFilmYearDirectorGenre
29 Haider हैदर 2014Vishal BhardwajDrama, Thriller
48 Andhadhun अंधाधुन 2018Sriram RaghavanThriller, Comedy
50 Kahaani कहानी 2012Sujoy GhoshThriller
63 Dil Se.. दिल से.. 1998Mani RatnamRomance, Thriller
71 Drishyam दृश्यम 2015Nishikant KamatThriller, Drama
72 Special 26 स्पेशल 26 2013Neeraj PandeyHeist, Thriller
73 A Wednesday! अ वेडनसडे! 2008Neeraj PandeyThriller
81 Raazi राज़ी 2018Meghna GulzarThriller, Drama
92 Baazigar बाज़ीगर 1993Abbas–MustanThriller, Crime
93 Darr डर 1993Yash ChopraThriller, Romance
97 Don डॉन 1978Chandra BarotAction, Thriller
100 Karz कर्ज़ 1980Subhash GhaiMusical, Thriller
– Jewel Thief ज्वेल थीफ़ 1967Vijay AnandThriller, Mystery
– Sarfarosh सरफ़रोश 1999John Matthew MatthanAction, Thriller
– Roja रोज़ा 1992Mani RatnamDrama, Thriller
– Manorama Six Feet Under मनोरमा सिक्स फीट अंडर 2007Navdeep SinghNeo-noir, Thriller
– Johnny Gaddaar जॉनी गद्दार 2007Sriram RaghavanNeo-noir, Thriller
– Ek Hasina Thi एक हसीना थी 2004Sriram RaghavanThriller, Revenge
– Mardaani मर्दानी 2014Pradeep SarkarCrime, Thriller
– Neerja नीरजा 2016Ram MadhvaniBiography, Thriller
– Raman Raghav 2.0 रमन राघव 2.0 2016Anurag KashyapCrime, Thriller
– Trapped ट्रैप्ड 2016Vikramaditya MotwaneSurvival, Thriller
– No Smoking नो स्मोकिंग 2007Anurag KashyapSurreal, Thriller
– Kaminey कमीने 2009Vishal BhardwajCrime, Thriller
– Shanghai शंघाई 2012Dibakar BanerjeePolitical, Thriller
– Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! डिटेक्टिव ब्योमकेश बख्शी! 2015Dibakar BanerjeeMystery, Thriller
– Jalsa जलसा 2022Suresh TriveniDrama, Thriller
– Kill किल 2023Nikhil Nagesh BhatAction, Thriller
– Joram जोरम 2023Devashish MakhijaThriller, Drama
– Kaun? कौन? 1999Ram Gopal VarmaThriller, Mystery

Other genres

Everything else in the canon

Drama 158Comedy 51Romance 36Crime 27Musical 18Biography 15Action 10Political 9Sports 7Satire 6Legal 5Historical 4Horror 4Family 4Mystery 4Neo-noir 4Coming-of-age 3Anthology 3Documentary 3Sci-Fi 2Fantasy 2Road 2Philosophy 1Heist 1Revenge 1Survival 1Adventure 1Surreal 1Avant-garde 1Dark comedy 1Children 1