Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Nayakan

If you loved Nayakan, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Vada Chennai

Vada Chennai

2018★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nayakan for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Anbu, a young carrom player in North Chennai becomes inadvertently involved in an ongoing conflict between two local gangsters....

#2
Little Odessa

Little Odessa

1994★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nayakan for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Long separated from his family, hitman Joshua returns to Brighton Beach for a contract killing for the Russian Mafia. His abusive father, Arkady, banned him from returning after Jo...

#3
State Property

State Property

2002★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nayakan for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A Philadelphia gang member becomes a drug kingpin and starts a feud with vicious rivals in his quest for the American Dream....

#4
Al Capone

Al Capone

1959★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nayakan for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago...

#5
Walking Tall

Walking Tall

1973★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nayakan for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Ex-wrestler and Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser walks tall and carries a big stick as he tussles with county-wide corruption and moonshining thugs....

#6
Billa II

Billa II

2012★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nayakan for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Small-time diamond smuggler David befriends Goa-based gangster Abbasi. But when David begins to build inroads with an international gangster, Abbasi is not happy, and soon the two ...

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