Sometimes the best thrillers are the ones you start without expecting much and end up watching without a break. From Gajab Raat and Kartavya to Jaane Jaan, Alpha and Dhurandhar, these suspense movies bring mysteries, crime, betrayals and twists that make them surprisingly gripping.
15 Recent Underrated Suspense Movies on Netflix
1. Gajab Raat
A badly injured woman leaves a police officer trying to piece together what happened during one terrifying night. The case becomes harder when several suspects offer different possibilities and influential people appear determined to control what comes out. With every fresh clue raising another question, finding the truth becomes increasingly difficult.
2. Kartavya
Police officer Pawan is consumed by guilt after a journalist is murdered despite being under his protection. Determined to understand who wanted the victim silenced, he follows a trail involving corruption, political influence and people powerful enough to interfere with the investigation. The case becomes frighteningly personal when those same forces begin threatening his family.
3. Jaane Jaan
A single mother’s quiet life is thrown into danger when a man from her troubled past returns and she becomes connected to a murder. Her brilliant but socially withdrawn neighbour steps in to help, while a sharp investigator begins noticing that their version of events does not fully add up. What follows is a clever battle of logic where everyone is carefully planning their next move.
4. Animals
A Los Angeles mayoral candidate and his wife see their carefully controlled lives collapse after their son is kidnapped. Desperate to arrange the ransom, the couple begins making choices that take them into increasingly dangerous moral territory. Their search for a way out also exposes secrets capable of tearing the family apart.
5. Sikandar Ka Muqaddar
A valuable diamond robbery leaves officer Jaswinder Singh convinced that Sikandar Sharma was involved in the crime. His determination to prove Sikandar’s guilt slowly turns the investigation into an obsession that affects both men’s lives for years. When their paths cross again, fresh information begins changing what everyone believed about the original heist.
6. Officer on Duty
A demoted police officer starts investigating what looks like a relatively small counterfeit jewellery case. Following the clues connects apparently separate incidents to a far more violent criminal network. When the investigation becomes personal, exposing the people behind it puts him directly against criminals willing to kill to protect their secrets.
7. Lucky Baskhar
Baskhar is a struggling bank employee tired of money problems and being constantly overlooked. When he discovers ways to manipulate the financial system, his fortunes change faster than he ever imagined. But every dishonest move brings greater risk, and enjoying his sudden wealth becomes harder as the possibility of exposure moves closer.
8. Reporting Live
Journalist Sandhya and experienced cameraman Vinod begin investigating the people behind an illegal sand-mining racket. What seems like an important news story becomes far more dangerous when their reporting connects the operation to a powerful criminal network. Even as threats increase, the two refuse to abandon their search for evidence.
9. Baby Do Die Do
Baby Karmakar appears to live an ordinary life, but the deaf woman who cannot speak secretly works as a highly skilled contract killer in Mumbai. Her violent connection to the city’s real-estate mafia becomes harder to manage when DCP Anjum Khan starts pursuing her and neighbour Siddhu gives Baby a reason to imagine another life. Childhood trauma, romance and her deadly profession soon begin colliding as she searches for a way out.
10. Bhooth Bangla
Arjun Acharya inherits his family’s ancestral palace in Mangalpur and decides to hold his sister’s wedding there despite unsettling local warnings. Stories claim that a demonic spirit called Vadhusur targets brides on their wedding night, but Arjun refuses to let superstition stop the celebrations. Strange incidents soon force the family to confront supernatural mysteries and secrets buried inside their own past.
11. Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders
Inspector Jatil Yadav enters the world of a wealthy family after shocking murders destroy its respectable public image. His investigation begins exposing rivalries, manipulation, old traditions and relationships built around secrecy and fear. With almost everyone hiding something, identifying the killer becomes harder with every new revelation.
12. Alpha
Elite assassin Sita has spent her life believing Colonel Fateh Singh Lakhawat is her father until she discovers a shocking truth about her childhood. She learns that he kidnapped her and raised her through a secret regenerative-serum programme, completely changing what she believed about herself. Joining forces with her sister Durga, Sita turns against the criminal network responsible for shaping her dangerous life.
13. Jewel Thief – The Heist Begins
Legendary thief Rehan Roy is pushed into one final mission involving the theft of the priceless Red Sun diamond. What begins as an ambitious robbery stretches from Budapest to a daring mid-air operation where betrayal and danger follow almost every move. As loyalties change, completing the heist becomes as difficult as figuring out whom Rehan can actually trust.
14. Maareesan
A small-time thief believes he has discovered an easy target when he tricks an elderly man living with Alzheimer’s. His plan begins falling apart when unexpected truths about the man’s past start coming to light. What looked like an easy crime gradually turns into a darker and more dangerous mystery involving guilt, secrets and survival.
15. Dhurandhar
An undercover agent enters Karachi’s dangerous criminal underworld using a false identity to destroy terror networks from within. Every mission pushes him deeper into enemy territory while powerful people begin closing in from different directions. With one mistake capable of exposing everything, survival becomes as important as completing his secret operation.
Bonus: Con City
A family struggling with money receives an unbelievable surprise when lightning causes their receipt printer to start producing cash. Their sudden fortune initially feels like an answer to every problem, but news about the strange machine soon begins attracting unwanted attention. Greed takes over as easy money pulls the family towards growing danger and complete chaos.
From clever investigations and shocking family secrets to dangerous heists and undercover missions, these suspense movies prove that unexpected picks can sometimes become the most gripping watches.