Following the footsteps of Hollywood, Bollywood has also tried its hand in the spy genre, but to be honest, they have failed to explore this genre.
There are very few, and rare Bollywood movies that can be counted in an excellent spy-thriller film and a movie like ‘James Bond’ is still a far sight.
The history of Bollywood Spy Movies goes back to ’50s when the Dev Anand starer C.I.D (1956) was released, and since then Bollywood has made many movies in this genre.
So, for those who love to watch these action-thriller movies here, we bring you guys the list of Top 24 Bollywood Spy Movies that you guys will love to watch in 2020.
We have also included the details of streaming availability and streaming platforms of the movies included in the list. So, once you decide which movie to watch, you can just head over to the site, it’s available in.
List of Top 24 Bollywood Spy Movies
1) Raazi
One of the best movies of the year 2018, Raazi is is an adaption of Harinder Sikka’s novel ‘Calling Shehmat’.
It is inspired by the real story of an Indian spy Sehmat Khan. Directed by Meghna Gulzar, this movie features Alia Bhatt in the lead role.
The story of this film revolves around a female Indian spy who risks her life in Pakistan to inform India about the attacks planned by the enemy country.
Streaming Available: Yes
Streaming Platforms: Prime Video
2) Baby
Baby is the best spy movie in Bollywood. Neeraj Pandey directed this movie features actors like Akshay Kumar, Danny Denzongpa, Anupam Kher, Rana Daggubati, Taapsee Pannu, Kay Kay Menon in lead roles.
It is the story of a mission lead by Akshay Kumar with his team in which they have to bring the Pakistani terrorist Maulana to India.
Streaming Available: Yes
Streaming Platforms: Hotstar
3) Madras Cafe
Soojit Sircar directed this movie is also counted among one of the finest Bollywood Spy movies.
Featuring John Abraham in the lead role this movie is a political thriller based on the war situation that emerged on the India-Srilanka border, which is also rumored to be the prime reason behind Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination.
Streaming Available: Yes
Streaming Platforms: Jio Cinema
4) CID
As we have mentioned earlier, CID was the first-ever Spy movie of Bollywood. Featuring Dev Anand and Waheeda Rahman this movie was one of the milestone movies of its time.
The plot of this film is based around a murder mystery in which Dev Ananad plays an Investigating Officer.
Streaming Available: Yes
Streaming Platforms: Prime Video
5) Vishwaroopam
Vishwaroopam is a masterpiece by Kamal Hassan that came of-late in his career. The movie revolves around the topic of global terrorism, and you may find some Hollywood essence in it.
Kamal Hassan gave one of the best performances of his life. Though the movie failed to perform big on box-office due to various controversies around it, still, it managed to woo the audience and film critics and went on to win many awards as well.
Streaming Available: Yes
Streaming Platforms: Hotstar
6) D-day
D-day is an action-spy movie in which a group of agents is sent to Pakistan to bring back Indias’s most Wanted criminal Dawood Ibrahim.
Though his name was never directly used in the film the similarities in the storyline can’t deny this fact.
Streaming Available: Yes
Streaming Platforms: PrimeVideo, Sony Liv
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7) Ek Tha Tiger
This Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif starer film is based on a love story between two top spies of enemy nations India and Pakistan.
They fight together against all the odds and rise above the hate.
Streaming Available: Yes
Streaming Platforms: Prime Video
8) Phantom
Phantom was one of the most thrilling fictional spy movies ever made in Bollywood. Though neither it performed well on Box-office nor got any critical acclaim but it inevitably raised respect for our Indian spies and RAW.
Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif starring this movie is a fictional story of India’s revenge for Mumbai’s 26/11 attacks.
Streaming Available: Yes
Streaming Platforms: Netflix
9) 16th December
16th December was the date when Pakistan surrendered in front of the Indian Army after losing the 1971 Indo-Pak war.
This film is a fictional take on this event in which a group of Pakistani terrorists plans to avenge the defeat by plotting a nuclear attack on national capital Delhi.
Many critics compared this film with Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible.
Streaming Available: Yes
Streaming Platforms: Prime Video
10) Kahani
Many of you will question why we added ‘Kahani’ in this list of Bollywood spy movies, but the way Vidya Balan plans her mission to avenge the death of her unborn child and husband is commendable.
Sujoy Gosh directed this movie is full of thrills, but it is the narrative of this movie that makes it a must-watch for all.
Streaming Available: Yes
Streaming Platforms: Netflix, Voot, Jio Cinema
11) Naam Shabana
Naam Shabana is a spin-off movie from Neeraj Pandey’s Baby. It takes us in the early life of one of the lead characters of that movie ‘Shabana’.
How this simple girl becomes a spy? What’s her mission? Watch this movie now to get all these answers.
Streaming Available: Yes
Streaming Platforms: Netflix, Zee5
12) Ankhen
Directed by Ramayan fame, Ramanand Sagar Akhein is considered as a pioneer in Bollywood spy genre movies. Featuring actors like Dharmendra, Mala Sinha, Mehmood, and Pran this film is based in the independence era of 1950.
Amidst the terrorist attacks in various Indian states, a bunch of Individuals decides to take secretly take charge against this massacre.
Streaming Available: Yes
Streaming Platforms: Youtube
13) Agent Vinod
Starring Bollywood’s power couple Kareena Kapoor and Sai Ali Khan in lead roles this 2012 released movie was the remake of a 1977’s movie of the same name.
The storyline of this film is based on a spy who is on a mission to discover why his friend was murdered and in that order, he comes to know about many international terror groups.
Streaming Available: Yes
Streaming Platforms: Jio Cinema, Eros Now
14) Mukhbiir
The term Mukhbiir means a Secret informer or a Spy. The movie showcases the life of these secret informers and the double life that they have to live to keep the secrecy of their real identity.
And despite giving it all to their work, they never get the kind of respect and recognition that they deserve.
Streaming Available: No
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15) The Hero: Love Story of a Spy
Sunny Deol starer this movie is one of the biggest hits of his career. It is the story of an Indian RAW agent who trains a girl for a mission and soon falls in love with her.
But the girl gets killed in a terror attack and this agent moves on in his life. Later on, he comes to know that the girl is alive.
Streaming Available: Yes
Streaming Platforms: Hotstar
16) Dus
One of the biggest hits of its time, Dus was a multi-starer movie that featured Sanjay Dutt, Abhishek Bachchan, Zayed Khan and Sunil Shetty in lead roles.
This film was a tribute to the director Mukul S. Anand who died in 1997 while directing the movie of the same name.
The story of this film revolves around a group of Anti-Terrorist-Cell officers who are on the mission to prevent an attack from an international terrorist organization.
Streaming Available: Yes
Streaming Platforms: PrimeVideo, Jio Cinema
17) Mission Istaanbul
Loosely based on a Qatar based news Channel, Al-Jazeera this film features Vivek Oberoi, Sunil Shetty, and Zayed Khan in lead roles.
It is the story of a few Indian Raw agents and how they expose a news channel Al Johara and its relations with the terrorist organizations.
Streaming Available: Yes
Streaming Platforms: Netflix, Hotstar
18) Farz
Farz is the story of a secret agent played by Jitendra Gopal. He investigates the death of his colleague who possessed evidence against a wanted terrorist.
Streaming Available: Yes
Streaming Platforms: ErosNow, Jio Cinema
19) War
War is a Hindi action-thriller starring Hrithik Roshan in the lead role as Kabir and Tiger Shroff as Khalid. The plot of the film rotates around the best agent of RAW, Kabir going rogue and killing officials.
The attention to detail, the marvelous acting by the cast, the fast-paced action, and the constant thought about why Kabir has gone rogue has made this film a must-watch for all action thriller fans.
The film was made with a budget of 170 crores and has was a huge box office success grossing over Rs 475 crores worldwide becoming the highest-grossing film of 2019.
Streaming Available: Yes
Streaming Platforms: PrimeVideo
20) Romeo Akbar Walter
Romeo Akbar Walter is another spy thriller you will enjoy watching. It is based on the life of Ravindra Kaushik played by John Abraham. The movie revolves around a banker who is recruited in RAW for undercover operation in Pakistan where he faces several challenges.
The film revolves around the classical India Pakistan dispute and Akbar trying to get information on the terrorist attacks planned by the terror groups in Pakistan while maintaining his cover.
Streaming Available: Yes
Streaming Platforms: Netflix
21) Wazir
Wazir is a 2016 Indian Crime thriller starring Farhan Akhtar and Amitabh Bachchan. The film shows the story of an Anti-terrorism squad officer who is suspended because he killed the terrorist that killed his daughter and was on the verge of killing himself at his daughter’s grave.
Later he finds a purse lying there which he goes to return to its owner where he meets his daughter’s chess teacher Pandit Omkar Nath Dhar. The movie revolves around a big conspiracy that the detective tries to unravel.
Streaming Available: Yes
Streaming Platforms: Netflix, PrimeVideo, SonyLiv
22) Tiger Zinda Hai
Tiger Zinda Hai is a sequel to Salman Khan’s Hindi action thriller Ek Tha Tiger. The film rotates around the lives of Tiger (Khan) and Zoya (Kaif) who have been living peacefully away from RAW and ISI but are forced to come out to save a group of hostages held by a militant terrorist organization in Iraq.
The action sequences and Salman’s outstanding performance has made this film the highest-grossing movie of 2017. The film has grossed over 565 crores and also won the Filmfare award for the best action.
Streaming Available: Yes
Streaming Platforms: Prime Video
23) Force 2
Force 2 is a crime-thriller that is a sequel to Force starring John Abraham and Sonakshi Sinha directed by Abhinay Deo. The movie is a thriller where Yash(John) tries to solve a conspiracy where RAW agents are being killed like flies.
Streaming Available: Yes
Streaming Platforms: Netflix, Jio Cinema
24) Baadshah
Baadshah is a Hindi action comedy film starring Sharukh Khan as Raj and directed by Abbas-Mustan. Raj is mistaken as a spy when things get complicated as he gets entangled into a delicate matter when a wealthy businessman tries to assassinate the chief minister.
Streaming Available: Yes
Streaming Platforms: Zee5
Your turn!
So, guys, that’s all for this list of Top 24 Bollywood Spy movies for 2020
If you think we should add any other movie to this list, do let us know in the comments below, we will surely add it in the list, and we will regularly update the article to add the latest movies.
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