Indian crime action films

2013 Indian film

2000 film by Mahesh Manjrekar

2015 Tamil film directed by Rajesh Selva

1988 film by Mahesh Bhatt

2024 Indian film directed by Sonu Sood

1995 film directed by Upendra

1999 film by Ashok Gaikwad

1992 film by Ravi Raja Pinisetty

Raayan is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by Dhanush. Produced by Kalanithi Maran's Sun Pictures, the film stars Dhanush in the titular role, alongside Dushara Vijayan, S. J. Suryah, Sundeep Kishan, Kalidas Jayaram, Selvaraghavan, Prakash Raj, Aparna Balamurali, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Saravanan, Dileepan and Divya Pillai. The story follows a food truck owner in North Chennai who struggles to protect his family when they inadvertently get muddled in a war between two rival gangs.

2016 film by Ram Gopal Varma

2015 Tamil film directed by Balaji Mohan

1991 film by Mukul S. Anand

Aaghaaz (Translated: Beginning) is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Yogesh Ishwar. It is the remake of the Telugu film Sivayya, which was also produced by D. Suresh Babu.

2002 Tamil film directed by Saran

2006 film directed by Hasnain Hyderabadwala and Raksha Mistry

2013 Hindi action film directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia

2007 film directed by Vikram Bhatt

1989 film directed by Ajay Kashyap

1976 Hindi film directed by Pramod Chakravorty

1996 film

Panjaa () is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film directed by Vishnuvardhan (in his Telugu film directorial debut), produced by Arka Media Works and Sanghamitra Art Productions. The film stars Pawan Kalyan, Sarah-Jane Dias, Anjali Lavania, Jackie Shroff, Adivi Sesh, Atul Kulkarni, Sampath Raj, Subbaraju and Tanikella Bharani. The plot centers around Jai, a loyal henchman for a gangster, who is forced to go on the run after a botched mission leads him to kill his boss's son in response to a violent atrocity.

1997 Telugu film directed by Ram Gopal Varma

Kolaigaran () is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Andrew Louis. The film stars Vijay Antony, Arjun and Ashima Narwal, while Nassar and Seetha play supporting roles. The music was scored by Simon K. King. Principal photography of the film commenced on 5 June 2018. The film follows an investigation in which a woman and her mother are suspected of murder after a disfigured corpse is found, while their neighbour claims to have committed it instead, much to the surprise of cops. The film was released theatrically on 7 June 2019. It opened to positive reviews and became

1995 film directed by Ajay Kashyap

2005 film directed by Prem

Angrakshak ( is a 1995 Indian action thriller film directed by Ravi Raja. It stars Sunny Deol and Pooja Bhatt in the lead roles, along with Saeed Jaffrey, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Nassar. Originally Divya Bharti was cast as the female lead but was replaced by Bhatt after her sudden and untimely death in 1993.

2022 film by Aakash Bhatia

1973 film by Raj Khosla

2016 film by kaisireddy soumya

2024 Indian film directed by Rosshan Andrrews

2010 film by Mani Shankar

Tarazu () is an Indian Hindi-language action thriller movie directed by Vimal Kumar and released in 1997 under the banner of Vee Creations. It stars mainly Akshay Kumar, Sonali Bendre, Amrish Puri, Ranjeet and Mohnish Bahl.

1989 film

Toxic is an upcoming Indian period action gangster film directed by Geetu Mohandas. It stars Yash in a dual role, alongside Kiara Advani, Nayanthara, Huma Qureshi, Tara Sutaria, and Rukmini Vasanth. The film is jointly produced by Venkat K. Narayana and Yash under their respective banners, KVN Productions and Monster Mind Creations. The film was simultaneously shot in Kannada and English. Toxic is budgeted at ₹700–800 crore and is set to be the most expensive Indian film ever made.

2012 film directed by Vishal Mahadkar

2021 film directed by Mahesh Manjrekar

1995 film

1988 film by Sibi Malayil

Agnyaathavaasi () is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Trivikram Srinivas. Produced by S. Radha Krishna, the film stars Pawan Kalyan, Aadhi Pinisetty, Keerthy Suresh and Anu Emmanuel. The music was composed by Anirudh Ravichander, marking his debut in Telugu cinema, with cinematography by Manikandan.

2015 film by Puri Jagannadh

2012 Tamil film directed by Chakri Toleti

1999 film by Om Prakash Rao

2023 Tamil film directed by Vetrimaaran

2021 film directed by Sanjay Gupta

Bhookamp () is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language action film, produced by Markand Adhikari under the Sri Adhikari Brothers banner and directed by Gautam Adhikari. It stars Jeetendra, Rahul Roy, Mamta Kulkarni, Deepa Sahi in the pivotal roles and music composed by Jatin–Lalit. This was the debut movie for villain Mohan Joshi, prior to that, he had worked in Marathi movies. Bhookamp is a crime thriller, made on the International Drug cartel, Syndicate, operating in India, through Extortion, in local parlance, the "Supari" killers.

1997 film by Kanti Shah

2000 Bollywood film directed by Mazhar Khan

Indian Kannada film

1993 film by Uppalapati Narayana Rao

2020 film by Mohan Krishna Indraganti

Diljalaa is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film, starring Jackie Shroff, Farah in lead roles. It was written by Vinay Shukla and directed by director Bapu. The music was composed by Bappi Lahiri. The film was produced by Romesh Sharma.

2001 Tamil film directed by S. A. Rajendran

1989 Telugu-language crime drama film directed by Ram Gopal Varma

1994 film by Deepak Bahry