The 50 best movies must watch in tamil
List activity
64K views
• 20 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
50 titles
- DirectorSundar C.StarsRajinikanthSoundaryaRambhaThe movie revolves around Arunachalam (Rajini), who is the son of the VIP of a village who finds out about his past but destiny has its own play.Rajinikanth finds himself to be an orphan. He travels from his village to Madras. There he meets Janakaraj, who gives him a job. By some magical situation, Rajni discovers himself to be a son of a dead millionaire—through Visu. Visu is the guardian of Rajni's father's trust. If Rajni wants his inheritance, he has to follow certain rules.
- DirectorK.S. RavikumarStarsShivaji GanesanRajinikanthRamya KrishnanThe death of Padaiyappa's father destroys his family. But his luck changes, and he is able to lead a prosperous life, until his nemesis plots to ruin his happiness once more.Aarupadayappa aka Padayappa is a mechanical engineer who returns to his hometown from the United States to attend his sister's wedding. His sister is engaged to Suryaprakash, the son of his maternal uncle. During his stay, he comes across Vasundhara, and falls in love with her. However, shyness and fear of Neelambari, her landlady and the spoiled daughter of Padayappa's maternal uncle, who is also madly in love with Padayappa, prevents Vasundhara from initially expressing her feelings.
- DirectorSuresh KrishnaStarsRajinikanthNagmaRaghuvaranAn auto driver, Manikam, desperately tries to hide his dark underworld side to keep his promise to his father.Manikkam (Rajinikanth) is a humble auto driver who helps the needy. He also keeps away from unnecessary fights and quarrels. His ambition is to bring up his brother and sisters with flying colours. His brother Shiva (Shashikumar) gets through the police training and waits for posting.
Manikkam meets Priya (Nagma), a rich girl who travels frequently in his auto. She develops a respect and feelings for him due to his nobility. - DirectorS.P. MuthuramanStarsRajinikanthJayalakshmiCho RamaswamyA story about life of a common man who is very genuine in his character and struggles to lead a normal life by bearing responsibilities of his siblings.The story begins with a young boy, the eldest son of a poor widow barely able to make ends meet, doing odd jobs along with working at a printing press to provide income to his family and to provide education to his 2 younger brothers and younger sister, sacrificing his own education. He grows up to become Santhanam (Rajinikanth).
Due to his extreme poverty, his lover in the office (Sangeetha) leaves him for a richer man and he ends up marrying Lakshmi (Jayalakshmi), a poor girl. Being extremely poor, they could not even feed their children, let alone live comfortably. He keeps getting money from his friend (Cho Ramaswamy) for almost everything. His younger brothers, having studied and become rich, refuse to help him. His younger sister (Jaya), for whom Santhanam had spent all his money in order to conduct her marriage, treats him very badly whenever he goes to visit her. He is even fired from his job by his old employer's son who took over the press when the former becomes paralyzed after an accident. - DirectorRajasekarStarsRajinikanthAmbikaVijay BabuTwo brothers are ousted from their house by their stepbrother's wife. Years later, when one of the brothers is framed for a murder, his stepbrother, who is a judge, returns as a lawyer to save him.Padikkadavan is a 1985 Tamil film is directed by Rajasekhar. The story is about a man who strives hard to make his younger brother to study. The two brothers are the step-brothers of Sivaji Ganesan.
- DirectorBalaji SakthivelStarsSriUrmila MahantaMithun MuraliA girl gets in trouble when her boyfriend films her private moments on his mobile phone without her knowledge.The story is narrated through flashbacks. Velu (Sri), a teenager, works in a roadside shop. He meets Jyothi (Urmila Mahanta), who is a maidservant at a few of the nearby apartments. Velu falls in love with Jyothi. Aarthy (Manisha Yadav) lives in one of the apartment buildings. Dinesh (Mithun Murali) is a student who resides in the same building. Dinesh is a spoilt brat. As luck would have it, Aarthy falls for him without knowing his true intentions. Dinesh too is attracted to Aarthy. He seizes the opportunity and shoots video clips of her private moments on his mobile phone and even circulates them among his friends via MMS. When Aarthy finds out, she is aghast and threatens to approach the police. An angry Dinesh tries to murder Aarthy, but Jyothi intervenes accidentally and saves her.
- DirectorMysskinStarsNarainPrasannaAjmal AmeerSathya and Kiruba are friends. Sathya is reckless and gets into drinking and violent fights whereas Kiruba studies hard to become a Sub-Inspector. Tables are turned when Sathya becomes a Sub-Inspector.Satya (Narain) and Kiruba (Ajmal Ameer) are close friends living opposite each other in the neighbourhood. Satya is a rowdy, wasting his time drinking merrily and getting involved in fights. Though he and Kiruba passed college with a first class degree, Satya has no interest in joining the police force like his father. Kiruba studies hard to become a Sub-Inspector(SI), challenging Satya to do the same. Just a day before the exam, Satya decides to take up the exam as well, much to his friend's surprise and with little head start, passes the physical, written and interview, with the help of malpractices and influence from his uncle and becomes an SI. However, Kiruba doesn't make it through despite being straight forward; this creates a rift between the two.
Kiruba's father lies to Satya that he has gone to Bombay, but Satya finds him in the local bar, having become a drunkard.
Parallel is the story of Daya (Prasanna) and Loganathan (Pandiarajan), who extort money from businessmen through kidnappings. Before Satya became a policeman, he beat up Daya for molesting Kiruba's sister, though none including Kiruba know of this. - DirectorGautham Vasudev MenonStarsSuriyaSimranRamyaA father and son help each other through growing up, romance, tragedy, and adventure.The film begins with elderly Krishnan (Suriya) returning home after a haircut. Once he reaches home he vomits a profuse amounts of blood and is kept to bed rest. After the doctor checks him, he is reported dead after a few moments of grief with his wife Malini (Simran), daughter Shreya, and daughter-in-law Priya (Divya Spandana). This news is informed to his son Surya (Suriya) who is in Kashmir on a military mission traveling in a helicopter, to rescue a kidnapped journalist from terrorists . He begins to shed tears and starts thinking about his memorable moments with his father and the story of how his parents loved each other during their college days.
- DirectorNaveenStarsNaveenSendrayanRajajFour penniless, down-and-out youngsters plan to rob the house of a wealthy businessman believing that the family is out on a pilgrimage. But when they break into the house, nothing goes as planned: the family has not left, the businessman is bankrupt, and there is no money or valuables in the house. Suspecting the businessman has hidden his wealth, they take the family hostage and linger on, trying to find the money. Soon a variety of characters congregate to the house, complicating the mess the four youngsters are already in.The story begins with a chance meeting of four youngsters in a police station where they are held as suspects for a robbery case. From here they plan to rob some one for real. They enter the house of one guys uncle who they believe have left the country. But instead they find them pretty much at home and invite a lot of trouble from local rowdy elements and international Dons. How they tackle the situation and what their fate turns out to be is the rest of the story.
- DirectorRajakumaranStarsParthiban RadhakrishnanAjith KumarDevayaniA man who has big dreams about his marriage is involved in an accident and loses his eye sight. But in a twist of fate, he gets an eye for transplant from another man who died in the crash.Ganesh (Parthiban), the product of a Mudaliar-Gounder intercaste marriage, loses several prospective brides due to this and spends his time dreaming of marriage. On a busride to Chengalpattu to take up a promotion as bank manager, he is involved in an accident. The scene shifts to three months later when he finally shows up at Chengalpattu. Nandini (Devayani), living in the house opposite his, showers affection on him, giving him coffee, providing him with hot water, etc. But when he with his parents, visits her to talk about marriage, she rejects him. Revealing the real reason behind her attachment to Ganesh, she tells him of her ill-fated love affair with army officer Subramani (Ajith). Eager to send him on his way, Nandini sends a letter in Ganesh's name to Ganesh's home, accepting the latest girl they picked for him and Ganesh returns home to find arrangements for his wedding in full swing. Coincidentally, the girl turns out to be someone (Suvalakshmi) he had dreamed of marrying during his pre-Nandini days.
- DirectorVasanthStarsJaganNassarPadmapriyaIndian Tamil psychological thriller film based on a true story.The story revolves around Bhanu (Padmapriya) who gets married to Ratnavel (Nithin Sathya), a guy who works in railways as a Hockey Player. He married Bhanu, by hiding the facts that he is impotent and is a recovering alcoholic. Soon the relationship turns sour, when the couple realize after a gynecologist (Suhasini) tells them that Ratnavel is impotent. In spite of family pressures to get a mutual divorce, the old-fashioned Bhanu decides to go ahead with the marriage by adopting a child.
- DirectorAmeer SultanStarsJiivaSaranya PonvannanGajalaRaam is falsely charged for killing his mother, and his neighbors are also called for interrogation. The combined efforts of Raam, his friends and the police lead to tracking down the real killer.The story revolves around the relationship of a mother and her son, set in Kodaikanal. The movie commences with Rama Krishna (Jiiva) and his mother Saradha (Saranya Ponvannan), a school teacher, lying in a pool of blood; The police find Raam is still alive and arrest him on charges of murdering his mother. Police inspector Umar (Rahman) works on the case. The story is narrated in flashback.
- DirectorAmeer SultanStarsKarthiPriyamaniSaravananA village tough finally succumbs to the unconditional love of his angelic cousin, but his romance faces insurmountable challenges, including family opposition and his own delinquent personality.The story is set in a rural area around Madurai, in the village called Parithiyur. Paruthiveeran (Karthi) is a country brash, who is often arrested for petty crimes. His one ambition in life is to gain enough notoriety to be on TV news and to be thrown into Madras Jail. He often bullies Paruthiyur villagers for money, women and fun. He lives with his doting uncle Chevvaazhai (Saravanan) who pampers and accompanies him in every misbehavior to keep him happy. His cousin Muththazhagu (Priyamani) is the daughter of a caste fanatic who is a prominent person in the village's council. Muththazhagu loves him more than her life, but he remains unmoved and keeps her at bay. As a kid, Paruthiveeran saved her from drowning in a well, an event where she promised to marry him and be by his side forever. She starts loving him passionately against her parents' will. In order to delay her marriage with anybody else, she fails herself in school to be in the same grade/class. At times Paruthiveeran is violent too. When he understands Muththazhagu's true love for him and decides to marry her, the feud between the two families comes in the way. Determined as he is to possess her, he warns her against marrying someone of her parents' choice. He even threatens to cut her into pieces. Undeterred by his threats, her parents press ahead with the preparations for her marriage with a man of their choice. Since Muththazhagu is not able to convince her parents, she runs away from home wanting to elope with Paruthiveeran. However, she gets kidnapped and brutally gang raped by four people. Muththazhagu beseeches Paruthiveeran to cut her into pieces, as she is dying anyway and does not want anybody to find her like this. Paruthiveeran, on her request, hence chops her corpse into pieces, and is walking away, when he is found by Muththazhagu's father and other relatives. Assuming him to be her kidnapper and killer, they beat him to death.
- DirectorSuseenthiranStarsKarthiKajal AggarwalV. JayaprakashA playful young man leads a very happy life, but everything changes when his father witnesses a heinous crime.Jeeva (Karthi) is a typical Chennai youngster. His father Pragasam (Jayaprakash), a call taxi driver, shows love and affection on him. They lead a simple life and derive happiness in whatever they do. One day, Jeeva comes across Priya (Kajal Aggarwal) at the wedding of their mutual friend. The two fall for each other. He doesn't tell her about his feelings and knows that she likes him. He plays hard to get until their mutual friend tells Priya about Jeeva's infatuation. Jeeva tries to make her become more independent. One day he goes up to Priya's father against her pleas and tells him of their love. Jeeva eventually secures a job as that is one of the requirements for him to marry Priya. Eventually Priya becomes acquainted with Jeeva's family and is accepted as the future bride.
- DirectorM. RajeshStarsAryaNayantharaSanthanamBhaskaran, a college dropout, along with his friend Nallathambi starts a coaching class for students in order to win the love of a young professor, Chandrika.Bhaskaran (Arya) is a happy-go-lucky youth who is yet to complete his B. A. Degree, writing arrear examinations for years. His only friend is Nallathambi (Santhanam) who owns a Hair saloon named Thala-Thalapathi Saloon (named after the titles of actors Ajith and Vijay) which he received as dowry for marrying a woman who was two months pregnant. Bhaskaran, during an arrear exam, happens to meet a young lecturer Chandrika (Nayantara) and instantly gets attracted to her, though she disapproves of him because he attempted to copy during the exam.
- DirectorDeekayStarsKrishna SekharRupa ManjariKarunakaranIs a ghost haunting Kiran's ancestral property? Or is it a conman's master moves?Kiran (Kreshna) is a television telemarketer, who gets into trouble after one of his products has an opposite effect than what was intended, on the son of a local thug. That is also precisely the moment when he discovers that his ‘real’ father left him a bungalow on an estate in a small town. He cons the son of the don, escapes with the money along with his girlfriend Smitha (Rupa Manjari), renovates the run down mansion into a hotel with the help of a local caretaker Sharath (Karunakaran) who was under the care of Kiran's father before and his bombshell sister Saranya (Oviya).
- DirectorGautham Vasudev MenonStarsSilambarasan RajendarTrisha KrishnanVTV GaneshAn aspiring filmmaker goes through the ups and downs of romance when he falls for a Christian woman who says she only wants to be friends.Karthik (Silambarasan) is a graduate Mechanical Engineering in Chennai who aspires to become a filmmaker. His friend introduces him to cinematographer Ganesh (Ganesh Janardhanan). With Ganesh's help Karthik becomes an assistant to director K. S. Ravikumar. Karthik's family, who are Tamil Hindu Veerakodi Vellalars (Vellalar), rent Jessie's (Trisha Krishnan) house. Jessie is from a conservative Malayali Nasrani Christian family from Alappuzha, Kerala, that lives upstairs.[5] Karthik falls in love with Jessie the moment he meets her. Karthik tries to interact with Jessie (Trisha), who is afraid of speaking to men around her strict father, and ends up angering her. Unable to hide his feelings any longer, Karthik confesses his love for her; she does not respond.
- DirectorGautham Vasudev MenonStarsSuriyaJyotika'University' JeevanAfter a police team kills his brother, a drug-dealing gangster vows to kill the entire team and their respective families.A badly injured Anbuchelvan (Suriya) is lying on the bank of a stream, thinking about his wife Maya and how he needs to rescue her. The story moves quickly from this opening scene to a flashback of Anbuchelvan’s time as a young policeman.
- DirectorGokulStarsVijay SethupathiAshwin KakumanuSwathi ReddyBala needs to find Kumar whose rare blood group can help save the lady whom Bala hit while being drunkIdharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara (English: Isn't this what you wished for, Balakumara?), also referred to as Idhaaba,[1] is an Indian Tamil comedy film, written and directed by Gokul of Rowthiram fame.[2] Produced by Leo Visions, the film features Vijay Sethupathi, Ashwin Kakumanu, Swati Reddy and Nandita in the lead roles.[3] The film upon release received highly positive reviews from critics. The title of the film is inspired by the novel with the same name written by Balakumaran
- DirectorP. RameshStarsAshok SelvanJanani IyerV. JayaprakashA plainclothe officer falls in the hands of phony agents ,which sets off repercussion ending in series of a massacre events.Vetri (Ashok Selvan) is a newly graduated criminology student who has an immense passion in becoming a detective. He has a very good observing capacity, which makes his professors believe that he will become a good detective someday. He gets a job from a detective company and is assigned with the task of shadowing and surveillance. He stays with his best friend Nambi and collects all the details about his targets. His next target is Madhu (Janani Iyer), a beautiful girl, for whom Vetri falls at first sight.
- DirectorDasari Narayana RaoStarsSripriyaMohan BabuSivachandranA story about the rise and fall of a film star.janma natchathiram is a horroo film based on omen
- DirectorGautham Vasudev MenonStarsKamal HaasanJyotikaPrakash RajA Police Officer investigates a series of brutal rapes and murders, with the culprits seeming to cover more than one country.The film starts with a girl named Rani (Bidushi Dash Barde), the daughter of former Chennai police officer Arokiya Raj (Prakash Raj), talking to her father over the phone saying that she will back home in 20 minutes. As she leaves the telephone booth, she is approached by someone. The screen then cuts to black and we find out that Rani does not come home. The following morning Arokiya Raj finds a finger hanging at his door. Police reports confirm that it is his daughter Rani's finger. He calls Raghavan (Kamal Hassan), his old friend, for investigation. Raghavan handles the case and they eventually find the body of Rani in a forest in the city outskirts. The doctor's report states that the killer bisected Rani’s body with a surgical knife, proving that the murderer has a strong medical background. Following the trauma of losing their only daughter, Arokiya Raj and his wife move to New York.
- DirectorA.R. MurugadossStarsJoseph VijaySamantha Ruth PrabhuNeil Nitin MukeshA case of mistaken identity embroils an escaped convict in a fight against a large corporation intent on seizing a village's land.At a Kolkata prison, Kathiresan "Kaththi" (Vijay), a petty criminal, helps the police capture an escaping prisoner Vivek Banerjee (Tota Roy Chowdhury), but he himself escapes afterwards. He goes to Chennai and decides to escape to Bangkok with his friend and fellow-criminal Ravi (Sathish)
- DirectorA.R. MurugadossStarsJoseph VijayKajal AggarwalVidyut JammwalAn army captain is on a mission to track down and destroy a terrorist gang and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command.Thuppakki (English: The Gun) is a 2012 Indian Tamil action thriller film written and directed by AR Murugadoss.[3][4] It features Vijay and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles,[5] Vidyut Jamwal as main antagonist,[6] as well as Jayaram and Sathyan in supporting roles.[7] The film, produced by S. Thanu, features background score and soundtrack composed by Harris Jayaraj with cinematography handled by Santhosh Sivan, who with Thuppakki, introduced the Arri Alexa camera to Indian cinema.[8][9]
- DirectorManivannanStarsMohanNaliniSathyarajA young woman has visions of her sister's murder and investigates.Nooravathu Naal is a Suspense thriller of a psychopath, who makes money illegally and kills whoever knows about his misdoings.