The year 2024 brings a thrillingly entertaining Indian thriller that showcases excellent storytelling and edge-of-the-seat suspense. These films enthrall the audience with their unexpected twists and themes. The makers have skillfully crafted stories that keep the audience engaged and prove that Indian cinema is constantly evolving, delivering some of the most compelling thrillers of the year. Here are some of the best Indian thrillers of 2024 so far:
Lucky Baskhar
IMDB Rating – 8.4/10
Where to watch: Netflix
A 2024 Indian Telugu-language period crime drama film. A cash-strapped bank cashier starts a risky investment scheme and is soon drawn into the world of money laundering.
Cast: Dulquer Salmaan, Meenakshi Choudhary, Ramki Tinu Anand.
Director: Venky Atluri
King
IMDB Rating – 8.5/10
Where to watch: Netflix
A Tamil thriller based on the journey of a barber whose life is thrown into disarray when his prized possession, “Lakshmi”, is stolen. He sets out on a mission to retrieve it.
Cast: Vijay Sethupathi and Anurag Kashyap.
Director: Nithilan Swaminathan.
sweet boy
IMDB Rating – 8.2/10
Where to watch: Hotstar
This Malayalam survival thriller film shows the power of friendship and bravery during dire situations and revolves around a group of eleven friends from Kochi who go on a trip to Kodaikanal. However, their vacation takes a drastic turn when one of them falls into a deep pit called The Devil’s Kitchen.
Cast: Soubin Shahir, Srinath Bhasi, Balu Varghese, Ganpati S. Poduval, Deepak Parambol.
Director: Chidambaram
Article 370
IMDB Rating 7.8/10
Where to watch: Netflix
This Hindi-language political action thriller addresses the sensitive and politically charged issue of Article 370 Ahead of a major constitutional decision, Special Agent Zuni Haksar is tasked with a covert mission to stop the violence in a conflict-torn region .
Cast: Yami Gautam Dhar Priyamani Arun Govil
Director: Aditya Suhas Jambhale
Strike
IMDB Rating – 7.6/10
Where to watch: Hotstar
A train in New Delhi becomes a battlefield when Commando Amrit boards the train to stop the forced marriage of his love Tulika and comes face to face with an army of attacking bandits.
Cast: Lakshya, Raghav Juyal, Ashish Vidyarthi, Tanya Maniktala
Director: Nikhil Nagesh Bhatt
slave
IMDB Rating – 7.2/10
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
A mysterious death during working hours in an office leaves everyone puzzled, but only the investigator ASP Sandeep Krishna believes it to be murder. The film received positive reviews for its engaging story and suspenseful narrative.
Artist: Ranjit Sajeev Dileesh Pothan
Director: Samjad
eater
IMDb Rating – 7.2/10
Where to watch: Netflix
The film follows Vaishali Singh, a struggling local journalist who begins to investigate a cover-up of tragic cases of abuse at a shelter for young girls.
Cast: Bhumi Pednekar, Sanjay Mishra, Aditya Srivastava and Sai Tamhankar
Sector 36
IMDb Rating – 7.1/10
Where to watch: Netflix
A fictional story inspired by true events, several children go missing from a slum in Sector 36. A determined police officer must now face a cunning serial killer as a chilling investigation and dark secrets unfold.
Cast: Vikrant Massey, Deepak Dobriyal
Director: Aditya Nimbalkar
O2
IMDB Rating – 7/10
Where to watch: Prime Video
O2 is an Indian Kannada-language medical thriller film centered on Shraddha, a gifted child who becomes a doctor. Traumatized by his father’s demise, he develops a groundbreaking oxygen drug, “O2”, which is capable of reviving clinically dead heart patients.
Cast: Praveen Tej, Aashika Ranganath, Prakash Belawadi.
Director duo: Raghav Nayak and Prashant Raj
merry christmas
IMDB Rating 6.9/10
Where to watch: Netflix
This Indian mystery thriller is a Hindi-Tamil bilingual adaptation of Frédéric Dard’s French novel “Le Monte-Charge” (Bird in a Cage). The story revolves around two strangers who meet on Christmas Eve, where the two mysterious strangers have an encounter. A touching relationship sparks but a dark turn of events threatens to expose their past.
Cast: Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi
Director: Sriram Raghavan
