15 Movies Like Madras Cafe
Loved Madras Cafe? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

The Amateur
After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Madras Cafe.

Tenet
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Madras Cafe.

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indian values. Simran has left for India to be married to her childhood fiancé. Raj leaves for India with a mission at his hands, to claim his lady love under the noses of her whole family. Thus begins a saga.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Madras Cafe.

Main Vaapas Aaunga
Haunted by a childhood romance and recollections of love lost during the 1947 Partition of India, 95-year-old Ishar Singh Grewal shares his story with his grandson Nirvair, the past unfolding through memories of migration, longing, and a romance that endures across generations.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Madras Cafe.

The Bourne Supremacy
A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Madras Cafe.

Dhurandhar
A mysterious traveler slips into the heart of Karachi's underbelly and rises through its ranks with lethal precision, only to tear the notorious ISI-Underworld nexus apart from within.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Madras Cafe.

Dhurandhar: The Revenge
As rival gangs, corrupt officials and a ruthless Major Iqbal close in, Hamza's mission for his country spirals into a bloody personal war where the line between patriot and monster disappears in the streets of Lyari.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Madras Cafe.

3 Idiots
Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius... You've never met a college student quite like "Rancho." From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish schemes turn the campus upside down—along with the lives of his two newfound best friends. Together, they make life miserable for "Virus," the school’s uptight and heartless dean. But when Rancho catches the eye of the dean's daughter, Virus sets his sights on flunking out the "3 idiots" once and for all.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Madras Cafe.

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Madras Cafe.

Clear and Present Danger
Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Madras Cafe.

Pati Patni Aur Woh Do
A seemingly perfect marriage in Prayagraj takes an unexpected turn when one decision leads to a chain of misunderstandings, suspicion, and comedic chaos.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Madras Cafe.

The 355
A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Madras Cafe.

Awarapan
A loyal henchman is ordered by his boss to keep an eye on his mistress, and trouble begins when he refuses to kill her.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Madras Cafe.

The Courier
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Madras Cafe.

Mardaani 3
Officer Shivani Shivaji Roy returns to hunt down those behind the disappearance of young girls, risking everything to bring them back alive.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Madras Cafe.