Best Malayalam Movies

: Currently the highest-grossing Malayalam film of all time. L2: Empuraan

In recent years, Malayalam cinema has continued to evolve, with filmmakers experimenting with new themes, narratives, and cinematic techniques. Films like , "Naadan BiRyani" (2007) , "Uggramu" (2007) , "Take Off" (2017) , and "Sudani from Nigeria" (2018) have garnered critical acclaim and commercial success. best malayalam movies

Jeethu Joseph Review: A thriller where you know who did it and why within the first hour, yet the suspense never wavers. The genius of Drishyam lies not in the crime but in the alibi. Georgekutty (Mohanlal in a career-defining quiet performance), a fourth-grade dropout and cable TV addict, uses his obsessive movie knowledge to construct an airtight defense for his family. The film is a meta-commentary on storytelling: we are all editing our own narratives. The interrogation scenes and the final act—especially the last fifteen minutes—are a masterclass in screenwriting logic. Do not watch spoilers. : Currently the highest-grossing Malayalam film of all time

: A heartbreaking drama starring Mohanlal as a young man whose dreams of becoming a cop are shattered when he intervenes in a street brawl to save his father. Jeethu Joseph Review: A thriller where you know

Around the same time, offered a different flavor. Directed by the auteur Adoor Gopalakrishnan, it was a biographical film about the writer Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. Filmed almost entirely within a prison cell, it explored the themes of love and longing through a prisoner’s relationship with a woman in the adjacent prison, separated only by a wall. It proved that cinema didn't need grand locations; it needed a grand soul.