Critically Acclaimed Movies on Amazon Prime Video

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Talaash: The Answer Lies Within (2012)

This intriguing drama is a potent story about Surjan Singh Shekhawat (Aamir Khan), who is investigating the mysterious murder of a movie star. This whodunit divided the general masses but united the critics for its noir mystery murder vibe, which rests on metaphors and symbolism.

Masaan (2015)

A breath of fresh air and a jolt of inspiration rolled into one. The lives of 3 unique individuals, Devi (Richa Chadha), Deepak (Vicky Kaushal), and Shaalu Gupta (Shweta Tripathi), reflect a touching combination of spirituality and suffering.

Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015)

This movie by Dibakar Banerjee is a slow-burn narrative of the fate of Calcutta in 1942 after Japanese forces captured Burma. It features missing opium, mystery murders, and a love story, with Detective Byomkesh (Sushant Singh Rajput) at the centre of it all.

Karwaan (2018)

On a road trip from Bangalore to Kochi, two friends, one, a dissatisfied corporate worker named Avinash (Dulquer Salmaan), and a mechanic named Shaukat (Irrfan Khan), who is always optimistic, befriend a bratty teenager named Tanya (Mithila Palkar) under strange circumstances.

Joram (2023)

This gritty thriller features Manoj Bajpayee as Bala, a worried father trying to protect his infant daughter Joram from a society that never favours immigrant labourers like him. His shady past is catching up to him, and his wife has already paid the price, but does his daughter have to as well?

Photograph (2019)

Rafi (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), a street photographer from Mumbai, tries to put an end to his grandmother’s nags about marriage by showing her a photograph of Miloni (Sanya Malhotra), a stranger. Of course, now he has to find her to fake a relationship because why not?

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