With loads of titles releasing on Indian OTT platforms every month, it becomes an onerous task to browse through all the platforms to shortlist films to watch for your weekend binge-fest. So, for this article, we have compiled a list of five must-watch thriller movies (both Indian and foreign titles) which you can binge-watch on the Amazon Prime Video OTT platform this weekend. Happy Bingeing!
Set against the backdrop of a hilly region during the monsoon season, the survival thriller movie features Fahadh Faasil as Anikuttan / Anil Kumar, a reclusive electronics technician who lives with his mother. One day, he gets trapped under the debris of a landslide and how he fights for his life forms the rest of the film’s story.
It’s the prequel to the terrific psychological thriller film ‘Orphan’ starring Isabelle Fuhrman in the titular role. After successfully escaping from an asylum, Leena travels to America and assumes the identity of the missing daughter of an affluent family. There, Esther crosses paths with a determined mother who can go to any length to protect her family from the killer girl.
Helmed by Kamal K.M. and based on a true incident, the movie follows a group of men who identify themselves as Ayyankali Pada and how they execute their plan to hold the District Collector hostage for many hours. Their motive is to negotiate with the government to make them withdraw a newly passed controversial bill pertaining to Adivasi rights.
Helmed by Ron Howard, the survival drama is based on the real-life Tham Luang cave rescue incident that happened in Thailand in 2018 when a junior football team comprising twelve boys along with their assistant coach were trapped in a cave for eighteen days. Later, two British divers John Volanthen and Richard Stanton found the group alive a few kilometres away from the cave mouth. The film features Colin Farrell, Viggo Mortensen and Joel Edgerton in the roles of the two British divers and anaesthetist Richard Harris, respectively.
Directed by Ajay Devgn, it’s a high-octane, edge-of-the-seat thriller drama that revolves around the workings of the aviation industry and is inspired by real-life events. The plot follows a gifted pilot who somehow lands a plane despite terrible weather conditions along with co-pilot Tanya (Rakul Preet Singh). The narrow escape is followed by a thorough investigation led by Narayan Vedant (Amitabh Bachchan).