Best Malayalam Movies

The Malayalam movie industry has been growing exponentially over the past decades. It has been delivering one hit after the other and amusing its audience and also motivating them to think about various aspects of life through cinema. With numerous films hitting the screens every week, it might be tough for you to keep track of everything. In this segment, we have listed the top 20 Malayalam movies of all time. We have curated the list based on reviews from the critics and the and also according to its box office numbers and the list is updated regularly. Check out the list.

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Ponman

30 Jan 2025

| Malayalam | Comedy | UA

Basil Joseph, Sajin Gopu, Lijo Mol Jose, Anand Manmadhan

Critic's Rating: 4.5

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Synopsis:While Jothish Shankar had great material to work with, he has taken the movie to another level with subtle touches

Neru: Seeking Justice

21 Dec 2023 | 2 hrs 32 mins

| Malayalam | Action, Thriller | UA

Mohanlal, Priyamani, Anaswara Rajan, Siddique, Jagadish, Mathew Varghese, Dinesh Prabhakar, Nandhu, Ganesh Kumar

Critic's Rating: 4.5

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Drishyam

19 Dec 2013 | 2 hrs 30 mins

| Family

Mohanlal, Meena,

Critic's Rating: 4.5

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Synopsis:The film is all about the ups and down in a husband - wife relationship. Drishyam is a deeply layered duel between truth and lie. By placing an uneducated, harmless farmer and his family on the one end and cops at the other, Joseph sets the right tone for a riveting conflict.

Athiradi

14 May 2026 | 2 hrs 37 mins

| Malayalam | Action, Comedy | U

Basil Joseph, Tovino Thomas, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Riya Shibu, Zarin Shihab

Critic's Rating: 4.0

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Synopsis:Engineering student Sam wants to revive his college’s legendary Arohan fest, while retired goon Kuttan dreams of restarting life through music at a temple festival. But when their ambitions collide, it leads to chaos, comedy, and celebration. Who will finally win this entertaining battle?

Feminichi Fathima

10 Oct 2025 | 1 hr 39 mins

| Malayalam | Drama, Family | U

Shamla Hamza, Viji Viswanath

Critic's Rating: 4.0

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Synopsis:The usthad’s old-fashioned notions about women get a jolt when he sees a Muslim woman efficiently handling work on a building site

All We Imagine As Light

22 Nov 2024 | 1 hr 58 mins

| Malayalam | Drama | A

Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam, Hridhu Haroon, Azees Nedumangad

Critic's Rating: 4.0

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Synopsis:There’s a certain tenderness and ease to the flow in storytelling that feels cathartic.

Sookshmadarshini

22 Nov 2024 | 2 hrs 22 mins

| Malayalam | Family, Thriller | UA

nazriya nazim, Basil Joseph, Deepak Parambol, Sidharth Bharathan

Critic's Rating: 4.0

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Synopsis:MC successfully keeps the audience engaged, guessing and on the edge of their seats with this dark thriller

Turbo

23 May 2024 | 2 hrs 35 mins

| Malayalam | Action, Comedy | UA

Mammootty, Anjana Jayaprakash, Raj B. Shetty, Bindu Panicker, Shabareesh Varma, Dileesh Pothan, Sunil, Johny Antony, Kabir Duhan Singh, Niranjana Anoop, Namo Narayanan, Amina Nijam

Critic's Rating: 4.0

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Synopsis:Mammootty, like Malayalam cinema, is at an energetic high

The Goat Life

28 Mar 2024 | 2 hrs 53 mins

| Malayalam | Adventure, Drama | UA

Prithviraj Sukumaran, Amala Paul, Jimmy Jean Louis, Shobha Mohan, Rik Aby, Talib Al Balushi

Critic's Rating: 4.0

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Synopsis:The cinematography by Sunil KS and KU Mohanan give the film the feel of a masterpiece

Manjummel Boys

22 Feb 2024 | 2 hrs 15 mins

| Malayalam | Adventure, Drama, Thriller | U

Soubin Shahir, Sreenath Bhasi, Balu Varghese, Deepak Parambol, Jean Paul Lal, Khalid Rahman, Ganapathy

Critic's Rating: 4.0

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Synopsis:A group of friends from a hamlet in Kochi travels to Kodaikanal. An accident happens in a cave there and what follows after forms the crux of the film

Kaathal: The Core

23 Nov 2023 | 2 hrs 10 mins

| Malayalam | Drama

Mammootty, Jyothika, Lalu Alex, Muthumani, Chinnu Chandni Nair

Critic's Rating: 4.0

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Synopsis:The film has kept everything - emotions, music and drama - very low-key and so, ironically, the tension feels heightened in a good way

2018

05 May 2023 | 2 hrs 30 mins

| Malayalam | Drama, Thriller | UA

Tovino Thomas, Kunchacko Boban, Asif Ali, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Aparna Balamurali, Kalaiyarasan

Critic's Rating: 4.0

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Synopsis:2018: Everyone is a Hero is set in the backdrop of Kerala Floods

B 32 Muthal 44 Vare

06 Apr 2023 | 1 hr 48 mins

| Malayalam | Drama | UA

Remya Nambeesan, Zarin Shihab, Ashwathy B, Krisha Kurup, Anarkali Marikar, Harish Uthaman, Sajin Cherukayil

Critic's Rating: 4.0

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Synopsis:Shruthi Sharanyam's debut directorial puts forward questions that try to break cliched societal stigmas on the expectations and liabilities imposed on women in the name of femininity

Romancham

03 Feb 2023 | 2 hrs 12 mins

| Malayalam | Comedy, Horror | U

Soubin Shahir, Chemban Vinod Jose, Arjun Asokan, Sajin Gopu

Critic's Rating: 4.0

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Synopsis:The entire theatre was roaring with laughter the whole time and cheering along with the awesome characters

Iratta

03 Feb 2023 | 2 hrs 2 mins

| Malayalam | Drama

Anjali, Sabumon Abdusamad, Joju George, Shebin Benson, Sreeja, Jithu Ashraf

Critic's Rating: 4.0

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Synopsis:The Rohit M G Krishnan movie is totally different from what the industry has offered so far

Ayisha

20 Jan 2023 | 2 hrs 2 mins

| Malayalam | Drama, Family | UA

Manju Warrier, Krishna Sankar, Mona

Critic's Rating: 4.0

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Synopsis:The colourful and stylised film reminds one of Iranian films that speak poignantly on survival, optimism and identity

Vichithram

14 Oct 2022 | 2 hrs 18 mins

| Malayalam | Mystery, Thriller | UA

Shine Tom Chacko, Balu Varghese, Lal, Jolly Chirayath, Kani Kusruti, Ketaki Narayan

Critic's Rating: 4.0

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Synopsis:Achu Vijayan's directorial, written by Nikhil Raveendran and Vineeth Jose, is a fabulously crafted horror comedy that leaves the audience with a surrealistic experience