20 Best Telugu Thriller Movies of All Time to Watch Now

Hit: The First Case

Release date: 28 February 2020
Director: Sailesh Kolanu
Starring: Vishwak Sen, Ruhani Sharma, Brahmaji, Murli Sharma
Storyline: The plot follows Vikram Rudraraju, a police officer of the Telangana state’s Homicide Intervention Team (HIT) who is tasked with investigating the missing case of an eighteen-year-old girl. It is one of the best Telugu thriller movies on Amazon Prime Video.

Available on: Amazon Prime Video

Standalone sequel: HIT: The Second Case

Agent Sai Srinivas Athreya

Release date: 21 June 2019
Director: Swaroop R. S. J.
Starring: Naveen Polishetty, Shruti Sharma
Storyline: It follows a Nellore-based detective whose life runs into danger when he starts investigating the case of a dead body abandoned near a railway track.

Available on: Amazon Prime Video

Nannaku Prematho

Release date: 13 January 2016
Director: Sukumar
Starring: N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Jagapathi Babu, Rajendra Prasad, Rakul Preet Singh
Storyline: The intelligent son of a former entrepreneur takes revenge on a powerful and rich businessman who is as smart as he is.

Available on: Amazon Prime Video, SunNXT, Disney+ Hotstar

Evaru

Release date: 15 August 2019
Director: Venkat Ramji
Starring: Adivi Sesh, Naveen Chandra, Regina Cassandra, Murali Sharma
Storyline: The plot follows the story of corrupt cop Vikram Vasudev as he investigates a seemingly open-and-shut case of a woman killing her rapist.

Available on: Amazon Prime Video

Karthikeya

Release date: 24 October 2014
Director: Chandoo Mondeti
Starring: Nikhil Siddhartha, Swati Reddy, Tanikella Bharani, Rao Ramesh, Jayaprakash
Storyline: Karthikeya, who loves to solve mysteries, goes to Subramanyapuram to investigate where the villagers are frightened by a deadly snake in the temple.

Available on: Amazon Prime Video, SunNXT
Sequel: Karthikeya 2

U-Turn

Release date: 13 September 2018
Director: Pawan Kumar
Starring: Samantha, Aadhi Pinisetty, Rahul Ravindran, Bhumika Chawla
Storyline: The film revolves around the death of motorists who break a traffic rule at a particular flyover and the subsequent pinning down of the culprit by an intern journalist and police inspector duo.

Available on: Amazon Prime Video, Sony LIV

Eagle

Release date: 9 February 2024
Director: Karthik Gattamneni
Starring: Ravi Teja, Kavya Thapar, Anupama Parameswaran, Navdeep
Storyline: A journalist uncovers the story of a ruthless assassin when she investigates a government cover-up.

Available on: Cinema

Neevevaro

Release date: 23 August 2018
Director: Hari Nath
Starring: Aadhi Pinisetty, Taapsee Pannu, Ritika Singh
Storyline: As Kalyan, a blind chef, and Vennela, who comes to visit him at his restaurant, fall in love and start making plans for their future, Vennela goes missing. A series of unexpected and shocking events follow.

Available on: JioCinema

Godse

Release date: 17 June 2022
Director: Gopiganesh Pattabhi
Starring: Satyadev, Aishwarya Lekshmi
Storyline: A reunion with friends changes the way Godse perceives the system. He begins to unravel the system’s hidden agenda that robs off the careers and lives of students. What follows is a fight between Godse and the government for justice.

Available on: Netflix, Sony LIV

Yashoda

Release date: 11 November 2022
Director: Hari–Harish
Starring: Samantha, Unni Mukundan, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Murali Sharma, Rao Ramesh
Storyline: In a highly regimented facility housing surrogate mothers, a pregnant woman discovers that things are not as they seem.

Available on: Amazon Prime Video

Drushyam

Release date: 11 July 2014
Director: Sripriya
Starring: Venkatesh, Meena, Nadhiya, Kruthika Jayakumar, Esther Anil
Storyline: The film tells the story of Rambabu, a middle-class cable TV operator, and his family. They come under suspicion when Varun, the son of the Inspector-general of police (IG), goes missing soon after harassing Rambabu’s daughter. The rest of the film reveals how Varun disappeared and what Rambabu does to keep his family from going to prison.

Available on: SunNXT