Best Malayalam Movies All Times
Many of the finest and internationally acclaimed Indian films are from the Malayalam film industry. My list Include best Commercial Entertainers and art films.
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- DirectorSathyan AnthikadStarsSreenivasanJayaramThilakanA satire on contemporary Kerala politics where brothers turn local leaders of rival parties, leading to distress for their aged and once-proud parents.
- DirectorBharathanStarsSanjay MitraSuparna AnandGeethaPrincess of a country long suffering from drought should please a saint living in distant hills to bring rain.
- DirectorSibi MalayilStarsMohanlalThilakanKaviyoor PonnammaThe life of a young man turns upside down when he intervenes in a dispute in order to rescue his father (a cop) from a ruthless local outlaw.
- DirectorSibi MalayilStarsMammoottyThilakanMukeshA school teacher living in a village belongs to a family with a history of lunatic males, and soon he falls prey despite being normal due to society misinterpreting his actions.
- DirectorShaji N. KarunStarsMohanlalSuhasiniMattanoor Shankara MararAn illicit relationship between a Kathakali dancer and a young woman from an upper caste family results in an illegitimate child. He faces hardships when she refuses to let him see their child.
- DirectorP. PadmarajanStarsMohanlalSumalathaParvathiJayakrishnan falls in love with two girls, Radha and Clara, and fights his confusion about whom he should marry and spend his life with.
- DirectorBharathanStarsMohanlalSalim GhouseSumalathaBalan and Raju's friendly relationship turns into rivalry when Raju murders his wife and robs his hard-earned money. Balan decides to take revenge on Raju.
- DirectorFazilStarsShobanaMohanlalSuresh GopiWhen a forbidden room in an old bungalow is unbolted, the spirit of a vengeful dancer is unleashed.
- DirectorRosshan AndrrewsStarsPrithviraj SukumaranJayasuryaRahmanACP Antony is the only one who knows the truth behind ACP Aaryan's murder. Antony meets with an accident, losing his memory and is unable to reveal the killer. He is forced to investigate the murder again hoping that he remembers something.
- DirectorAnil Radhakrishnan MenonStarsFahadh FaasilNedumudi VenuSwathi ReddyHarikrishan, a software engineer who suffers from obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is asked to go on an assignment to Trivandrum, as his colleagues are not able to stand his behavior.
- DirectorVenu IscStarsMammoottyAparna GopinathSaiju KurupAnjali, a freelance journalist meets C.K. Raghavan, an interesting inmate who's outstaying his sentence in jail for a crime he says he didn't commit. His vastly different views peak her interest and she documents his life and happenings.
- DirectorRanjithStarsMammoottyPriyamaniJesse Fox AllenPranchiyettan is a successful businessman who often has talks with an imaginary St. Francis of Assisi. The story deals with how he goes about changing his embarrassing image to making a name for himself using wealth and contacts.
- DirectorArun KumarStarsIndrajith SukumaranTanu RoyMurali GopyThe movie features the lives of six different persons from different strata of the social life of the city, interconnected due to unexpected events beyond their control.
- DirectorLijo Jose PellisseryStarsFahadh FaasilIndrajith SukumaranKalabhavan ManiAmen tells the story of people around an ancient Nasrani Church. The plot is set in a village, Kumarankary, where its inhabitants are always garbed in white - a motif which the film deftly employs to meld the elements of fantasy and spirituality. A young, handsome cleric (Indrajith Sukumaran) arrives as the Kathanar (Syrian priest) of the church, whose senior Kathanar is Fr. Abraham (Joy Mathew), a grumpy fellow. The village has a mix of issues, which range from the love between Solomon (Fahadh Faasil) and Sosanna (Swati Reddy) to the fate of a band crushed by frequent failures in contests. The movie sets itself a lot of targets like the fate of Solomon's love, his dazzling self-discovery of a trait not known to him before and some sober spiritual and religious conflicts. Amen promises a luxuriant plot replete with music, faith, fantasy and romance and an amazingly varied set of characters. As the parish seriously discusses whether to retain the church's band that had lost to the rival group in the earlier band competition, a young priest Fr. Vincent Vattoli (Indrajit) takes charge under Fr.Ottaplackan. He is stylish, dares to defy conventions and is in support of the romance between Solomon and Sosanna. His actions irk the senior priest and things take a serious turn after a while. The people agrees to a pact that sets the fate of Solomon's love with Sosanna, and the Kumarankary church band's future. The band goes on to win the competition, and the film ends on a truly surprising climax.
- DirectorGovindan AravindanStarsMohan DasBharat GopySmita PatilMuniyandi (Sreenivasan), a laborer in the farm, believes and respects Shivakami (Smita Patil). Muniyandi brings Shivakami to the farm after marrying her. She soon befriends Shankaran (Gopi). But one day Muniyandi catches Shankaran red-handed with his wife Shivakami. Broken hearted, Muniyandi commits suicide. The extreme feeling of guilt forces Shankaran to leaves the place. He tries alcohol, spirituality and all other possible methods to escape from this mental torment, but fails. Finally he reaches the temple town of Chidambaram. There he finds Shivakami as a shoe keeper in the temple.
- DirectorShaji N. KarunStarsMammoottyKamalinee MukherjeeMeena Kumari PereraKutty Srank is a short-tempered, lonely, but law-abiding boatman whose work leads him to travel the back waters of Kerala. One day, when the local police station discovers an unidentified body washed ashore, three women come forward claiming it to be the dead body of Kutty Srank. Each of the three women - a rich women aspiring to be a Buddhist nun, a convict, and a mute - all claim to be Kutty Srank's wife. Kutty Srank ultimately leaves behind a story of a man who convinced three very different women he was a committed and faithful husband while successfully keeping his other two lives a secret.
- DirectorAdoor GopalakrishnanStarsMammoottyThilakanKaramana Janardanan NairIts a story of Basheer, an author who experiences his prison life. In it he finds friendship, loneliness, fear and finally love, but that remains questionable.
- DirectorAdoor GopalakrishnanStarsMammoottyAshokanShobanaA young man narrates two conflicting accounts of his life, changing the details and incidents in both, as he slowly approaches madness.
- DirectorJohnpaul GeorgeStarsChethan JayalalTovino ThomasSreenivasanThe story of a 12 year old boy who sells guppy fish for a living in his colorful beach side colony. When an engineer is summoned to construct a bridge, the contrasting characters cause great tension and turmoil.
- DirectorRajeev RaviStarsDulquer SalmaanVinayakanShaun RomyKrishnan, who has been living away from his family and friends in Mumbai, gets a call from his friend Ganga in Kerala, out of the blue. He senses danger, and leaves for Kammattipadam, where both of them grew up.
- DirectorMahesh NarayananStarsParvathy ThiruvothuFahadh FaasilKunchacko BobanIn 2014, a group of Malayali nurses was captured when terrorists took over the city of Tikrit in Iraq. This movie recounts the ordeal suffered by the nurses following their capture.
- DirectorLijo Jose PellisseryStarsAntony VargheseReshma RajanBinny Rinky BenjaminVincent Pepe who wanted to be a powerful leader of a righteous gang that ruled the city, like his seniors. And then there's the rival clan with the malicious gangsters of Angamaly a locale on which the film is based.
- DirectorMartin PrakkatStarsDulquer SalmaanParvathy ThiruvothuAparna GopinathA young, nonconforming woman named Tessa gets entangled in a cat-and-mouse chase in the by-lanes of Kerala, hunting for a mysterious artist who previously lived in her apartment.
- DirectorDileesh PothanStarsFahadh FaasilAparna BalamuraliSoubin ShahirMahesh, a studio photographer and studio owner gets into a fight and loses. He ends up taking revenge which leads to certain realizations in his life.
- DirectorT. HariharanStarsMammoottyMadhaviDevanThe film offers an alternative version of the fight between two legendary Chekavars from Chanthu's perspective.
- DirectorP. PadmarajanStarsJagathi N.K. AchariAjayan AdoorAjayanAn old man spends his life in solitude awaiting his grandson to come for vacation after 6 years. He thought he was the most happiest man in the world until he found out that fate has something unpredictable for him.
- DirectorSathyan AnthikadStarsMohanlalSreenivasanShobanaAfter losing their jobs in Kerala, Dasan and Vijayan decide to migrate to the Middle East. But they end up in Tamil Nadu where they are mistaken as two CID officers by a group of smugglers.
- DirectorLalSiddiqueStarsSaikumarMukeshInnocent Vareed ThekkethalaThree unemployed men struggle to earn a living and decide to get involved in a kidnapping scheme to make quick money.
- DirectorPriyadarshanStarsMohanlalNedumudi VenuRenjiniA woman hires a stranger to pose as her husband because she doesn't want her ailing father to know that her fiance broke their engagement.
- DirectorSathyan AnthikadStarsMohanlalSreenivasanKaramana Janardanan NairCID Officers Ramdas and Vijayan go to Kerala to find the murderer of a police officer. While doing so, they face a dangerous crime syndicate that deals in drug trafficking.
- DirectorRamu KariatStarsSathyanSheelaMadhuKaruthamma, the daughter of a Hindu fisherman, falls in love with a Muslim fish trader. However, social prejudices seem to ruin their love life and invite the wrath of their communities.
- DirectorA. VincentStarsMadhuVijaya NirmalaPrem NazirAn enthusiastic and talented novelist (Madhu) comes to stay in a desolate mansion named Bhargavi Nilayam. The novelist and his servant Cheriya Pareekkanni (Adoor Bhasi) experience the presence of a strange entity here. They come to know from the local people that it is a haunted house.
- DirectorSibi MalayilStarsMohanlalUrvashiNedumudi VenuThe tale of two classical musician brothers: while the elder squanders his life and talent away, the younger one fulfills their joint responsibilities towards their family.
- DirectorAnwar RasheedStarsMammoottyRahmanManoj K. JayanThe story of how a un-educated man Rajamanikyam, abandoned as a child, unites his step-father with the latter's children who are greedy for his wealth and possessions.
- DirectorSreenivasanStarsSreenivasanParvathiInnocent Vareed ThekkethalaA man with a serious case of inferiority complex is married to a beautiful girl. Soon, his love and care turns into suspicion.
- DirectorT.V. ChandranStarsJanardananSalu KoottanadLakshmi KrishnamurthySet in 1940s, the low-caste Ponthan Mada bonds with his colonial landlord Sheema Thampuran, who was expelled to British India from England during his youth for supporting the Irish Republican Army.
- DirectorSibi MalayilStarsMohanlalNedumudi VenuGautamiA qawwali singer passes as a Brahmin in order to infiltrate a palace and kill the king.
- DirectorT.K. Rajeev KumarStarsKamal HaasanUrmila MatondkarJayaramA man seeks the help of a mimicry artist to take revenge on a politician who has wronged him.
- DirectorT. HariharanStarsVineethManoj K. JayanRambhaKuttan Thamburan, who is epileptic, plans to get married to Thankamani, unaware of the fact that she is in love with his best friend, Haridas.
- DirectorT. HariharanStarsJayachandranMonishaSaleemaThe story is about Ramu (Vineeth), a 16-year-old boy who is staying with his annoying uncle, who gets angry and often treats Ramu like a slave. On a trip to the pilgrim town of Guruvayoor with his uncle (played by Thilakan), Ramu meet 15-year-old Gowri (Monisha), who has come with her grandmother. Both find love, and after sharing a few tender talks and moments depart without a clue that they will meet again. When back Ramu runs away from his uncle and lands up in the city with his neighbor (played by P Jayachandran). As fate would have it, Ramu and Gowri meet again. Good conduct and intelligence of Ramu gets noticed and he is asked by a lawyer to stay in the house, where Gowri is a maid. The triangle love story leads to a sad ending.
- DirectorSibi MalayilStarsMohanlalParvathiMonishaNandagopan is a respected dance teacher. However, his life takes an unexpected turn when his wife commits suicide causing him to become an alcoholic and compulsive rule breaker.
- DirectorBlessyStarsMammoottyYash GawliPadmapriyaMadhavan, a villager, comes across Pavan, a young boy who lost his family in the Gujarat earthquake. He welcomes Pavan into his family and the rapport between them strengthens over time.
- DirectorBalu MahendraStarsShobanaMammoottyAdoor BhasiUnnikrishnan (Mammootty), an ex-convict, tells his tragic love story to his fellow passengers in a school bus. An orphan and a forest officer by profession, he falls in love with a local girl, Thulasi, during his stay at a forest area. They decided to get married and he sets off to inform his marriage to his best friend. On his way back the police arrest him as a suspected criminal, who has some visible similarities to Unnikrishnan. There he accidentally kills a policeman and is sentenced to life imprisonment. During his early days in prison, he writes a letter to Thulasi asking her to forget him. When his prison term was about to complete, he wrote a letter to her to light a lamp if she still waits for him. After long years of torment in the prison he goes to meet Thulasi. Does she still wait for him? That's the question of his fellow passengers too.
- DirectorK.G. GeorgeStarsBharat GopyNedumudi VenuMammoottyAn infamous tabla player of a touring drama group goes missing. Later on, Sub-inspector Jacob Eeraly investigates the case.
- DirectorBlessyStarsMohanlalMeera VasudevanArjun LalWill an unexpected turn of events change Rameshan's life forever and prevent him from witnessing his dream where his son becomes a reputable IAS Officer?
- DirectorSantosh SivanStarsPrithviraj SukumaranKavya MadhavanManoj K. JayanFollowing his mother's death, the protagonist returns from the US to his ancestral home to fulfill his mother's last wish. Upon arrival he understands that the world of black magic and sorcery he heard as stories were not far from real.
- DirectorPriyadarshanStarsMohanlalSreenivasanRenjiniMukundan (Mohanlal) got permanent status at his job, and things are starting to look good. But then his old college classmate Viswanath (Srinivasan) comes into his life, after many years and things start going straight downhill.
- DirectorP. PadmarajanStarsSuhasiniMammoottyRahmanAlice, who lives with her brother, is a teacher at a convent school in Ooty. A neglected and unruly son of a MP, Xavier Puthooran joins the school in Alice's class. Alice manages to turn him into a prize student. Her boy friend Capt. Thomas feels intensely jealous of the attention Alice bestows upon Ravi.
- DirectorBalachandra MenonStarsMukeshAnnieBalachandra MenonFifteen year old Parvathi manages to escape after witnessing her family getting murdered by Jagannatha Varma. She disguises herself as a boy and starts living as a servant in a house of bachelors.
- DirectorLalSiddiqueStarsN.N. PillaiMukeshPhilominaSince Anjooran hates women, his sons remain unmarried. However, everything changes when his youngest son, Ramabhadran, falls in love with Malu, whose grandmother is their family's biggest enemy.
- DirectorP. PadmarajanStarsMammoottyAshokanNedumudi VenuThe movie narrates the story of three friends' visit to a brothel to celebrate Vishu.
- DirectorLalSiddiqueStarsSaikumarMukeshInnocent Vareed ThekkethalaThree unemployed men struggle to earn a living and decide to get involved in a kidnapping scheme to make quick money.
- DirectorSreenivasanStarsSreenivasanParvathiInnocent Vareed ThekkethalaA man with a serious case of inferiority complex is married to a beautiful girl. Soon, his love and care turns into suspicion.
- DirectorP. PadmarajanStarsJagathi N.K. AchariAjayan AdoorAjayanAn old man spends his life in solitude awaiting his grandson to come for vacation after 6 years. He thought he was the most happiest man in the world until he found out that fate has something unpredictable for him.
- DirectorSreenivasanStarsSreenivasanSangeethaThilakanStory of a wife who has to deal with her lazy, immature and irresponsible husband.
- DirectorSathyan AnthikadStarsSreenivasanJayaramUrvashiBhaskaran, a goldsmith is madly in love with Snehalatha, the daughter of astrologer, Panicker. When Bhaskaran asks for Snehalatha's hand in marriage, to his shock, she denies their love affair.
- DirectorLal JoseStarsDileepKavya MadhavanIndrajith SukumaranAlthough forced into a criminal life from a young age, Madhavan is good at heart. However, as his enmity with Bhageerathan Pillai exacerbates, it forces the entrance of Sub-Inspector Eapen Pappachi.
- DirectorPriyadarshanStarsMohanlalShobanaSreenivasanC Pavithran Nair, a young contractor faces several challenges and more problems crop up when an IAS Officer who happens to be his ex girlfriend causes him trouble.
- DirectorSibi MalayilStarsMohanlalSuresh GopiJayaramRavishankar pretends to own the farmhouse of his friend Dennis when his relative, Col. Menon, pays a visit along with his granddaughters. Dennis and Ravishankar try to find Ravishankar's secret admirer among the girls.
- DirectorK.G. GeorgeStarsBharat GopyNedumudi VenuSrividyaA henpecked politician wants his name attached to a new bridge, even if that means destroying another, perfectly serviceable bridge.
- DirectorAjayanStarsJalajaManoj K. JayanT.P. MadhavanPerumthachan, a legendary carpenter, follows the stringent social norms of his time. However, when Kannan, his son, grows up to rebel against those very norms, Perumthachan must deal with him.
- DirectorSathyan AnthikadStarsSreenivasanUrvashiJayaramA cunning and greedy wife manipulates her husband in order to lead a life of luxury.
- DirectorP. PadmarajanStarsJayaramShobanaMadhuViswanathan, new in town, soon learns that he is being chased by enemies of his look-alike, who is a con man. Vishwanathan tries to find out Uthaman before its too late, but things don't go as planned.
- DirectorSathyan AnthikadStarsBalachandra MenonInnocent Vareed ThekkethalaK.P.A.C. LalithaThomas's orthodox Malayali Christian family opposes his marriage with Saraswathy, a Tamil Hindu woman. Despite Saraswathy becoming a mother, the animosity between the two families does not attenuate
- DirectorAashiq AbuStarsLalShweta MenonMythiliThe story of a few foodies, whose fondness of food bonds them together.
- DirectorRanjithStarsNavya NairPrithviraj SukumaranKaviyoor PonnammaA woman hires a fourth domestic helper despite having three of them already working in her house. The fourth helper, a devotee of Lord Guruvayoorappan has to look after the other three.
- DirectorRanjith SankarStarsSreenivasanDileepMamta MohandasWhen a reporter is framed for murder and her husband is kidnapped as part of a political conspiracy, the only person she can rely on is a common man.
- DirectorKamalStarsJayaramParvathiJagathy SreekumarKunju Lakshmi is pampered by her brothers and so, is a little arrogant. When she falsely accuses Shivashankaran, a peon, of misbehaving with her, he decides to teach her a lesson.
- DirectorJoshiyKrishna Kumar K.KStarsSuresh GopiM.G. SomanSiddiqueRivalry between two liquor business groups led by Anakkattil family and Kadayadi family in Kerala. Chackochi must fight to retain Anakkattil family's control in the business.
- DirectorAshokanThahaStarsMukeshThilakanJagathy SreekumarFour Mental patients escape from a mental hospital and go on an adventure.
- DirectorSathyan AnthikadStarsJayaramSitharaUrvashiVelayudhankutty is in love with his cousin but his uncle opposes the union. After a failed attempt to elope, he moves to Pazhani and finds work as a barber.
- DirectorJohny AntonyStarsDileepBhavanaAshish VidyarthiThe adventures of a private detective, Moosa, whose luck and wit help him to solve the cases.
- DirectorGirishStarsManiyanpilla RajuMenakaMala AravindanManian Pillai Raju is in love with a girl. But his uncle will only allow a person from foreign to marry her. So Manian pretends to leave town and go to Dubai and become rich, while really staying at a lodge in a nearby town to trick his uncle.
- DirectorKamalStarsSreenivasanRekhaSiddiqueAn innocent and awkward guy is tricked by his roommates and is made to believe that a girl named Radhika is in love with him.
- DirectorK.K. HaridasStarsJayaramThilakanSunithaGeorge Kutty (Jayaram) is a hard working student, who graduated with top rank in college as an engineer. His family which was once rich is burdened in debt. His father meets with Chandi (Jagathi) a marriage broker who proposes a match for Georgekutty with a rich family, but they would have to lie a little about their economic status. George Kutty resists first, but pressure from his dad who sees the marriage as a way to get money to payback the family debts, he agrees. Unfortunately the father-in-law, Itichan, finds out the truth about the family and confronts them. Though Itichan is very angry he agrees to the wedding since he already planned the wedding as a way to showoff to his enemies. He makes Georgekutty and his family agree to certain terms for the wedding to take place including that Georgekutty and his wife have to stay in their house with them. After the wedding Georgekutty sees that he and visiting family and friends are disrespected, and that he is controlled and held like a prisoner at Itichan's house. Georgekutty comes up with a plan to get back at his father-in-law which forms rest of the movie.
- DirectorShaji KailasStarsSuresh GopiSiddiqueNarendra PrasadSwami Amoorthananda is involved in narcotics and is responsible for the death of few innocent people. The CBI hires police officer Madhavan to investigate the cases against Amoorthananda.
- DirectorPriyadarshanStarsMohanlalShankarMenakaThe misunderstanding caused due to two women having the same name escalate wildly out of control for everyone involved.
- DirectorSathyan AnthikadStarsMammoottyNeena KurupSuresh GopiSreedharan, a simpleton tries to impress his cousin Ashwathi and decides to marry her, but under several circumstances he comes to know her tragic past and helps her.