Best Tamil Action Movies of 2021
Ranked by IMDb rating — 20 Tamil action films released in 2021.
Sarpatta Parambarai
When Sarpatta Parambarai is challenged to a do-or-die match, Kabilan, a young labourer, must choose whether to put on the gloves himself and lead his clan to victory, or be dissuaded by his disapproving mother and dangerous politics.
Maanaadu
A Muslim man, who is stuck in a time loop, has to stop a political rally from taking place in order to save the state's chief minister and prevent religious violence.
Rocky
Rocky, A gangster released after 17years from prison, goes back to his childhood house, searching for his missing sister Amudha, all the while reminiscing his violent past as it comes back to haunt him.
Doctor
An army doctor helps his love interest's family to find their kidnapped daughter.
Master
An alcoholic professor is sent to a juvenile school, where he clashes with a gangster, who uses the children of the school for criminal activities.
Chakra
An army man takes over his cop girlfriend's investigation of a multiple robberies committed by the same team to recover his late father's Paramvir Chakra medal.
Eeswaran
A close-knit family begins to come apart at the seams due to an astrologer's predictions of an imminent tragedy.
Annaatthe
Kaaliyan is a village president in the Madurai district, who is fondly called Annaatthe. His nieces compete with each other to marry him. But, he falls in love with another woman who visits their village. Kaaliyan has a sister who gets married and shifts to Kolkata where she faces some unknown threats. Soon, her brother comes to her aid.
Pushpa: The Rise
As Pushpa, a labourer, rises in the world of red sandalwood smuggling, he ends up making many enemies. However, violence ensues when the police try to topple his illegal business.
Teddy
Srividya had a minor accident and was taken to a hospital. But while getting treated, she is instead kidnapped with the help of the hospital staff. While her kidnappers keep her in a medically induced coma, she has an out-of-body experience, where she gets into the body of a teddy bear. Shiva, who has a photographic memory, remembers everything in his life. Shiva completed many master's degrees and a PhD in no time with this capability. While Shiva saves a teenager from local goons on a public train, the teddy watches him and decided to get help from him. Teddy (as Sri's soul) seeks Shiva who helps find her kidnapped body, which they find in Azerbaijan. What happens to Sri and how Shiva defeats the mastermind behind this forms the crux of the story.
Sulthan
A man raised by gangsters tries to reform them, and a hired job to protect a village presents him with the perfect opportunity.
Valiyor Silar
The struggle between a youngster and a cop. When the policeman snatches the youngster's money, he must find a unique way to get his money back.
Oomai Sennaai
A man who works for a private detective decides to turn over a new leaf, but ends up antagonising the men behind his last assignment, and gets entangled in a web spun by greedy politicians, corrupt cops and ruthless gangsters.
Anandham Vilayadum Veedu
Two half-brothers decide to build a house in which they can live together with their respective brothers and families, but an evil man plots to create a rift between the families.
Pon Manickavel
A cop tasked with investigating the murder of a judge finds out that a businessman might be the key to cracking the case.
Rajavamsam
A young man, amidst a prestigious project in his IT firm, goes to his village to visit his family and meet his future bride. However, he learns that she is in love with his relative.
Theerpugal Virkkapadum
Honest, Virtuous and hardworking Nalan Kumar, chief gynecologist of Govt. hospital is shattered by the violence inflicted upon his dear one's. His pleas and appeals is mocked off by authority, but he has his own plan for justice.
Velan
A carefree young man agrees to marry a girl not realising that a mix-up has taken place and she isn't the one who he is wooing. He teams up with the guy who loves the girl and tries to set things right, but can he do so without embarrassing his father?
Rudra Thandavam
Rudran, a fearless cop who battles against drug mafia, gets trapped in a PCR (Protection of Civil Rights) case, unfortunately. Will he prove himself innocent?
Kodiyil Oruvan
An IAS aspirant, who lands in Chennai to fulfill his mother's wish, gets into trouble with a local councillor and his men, leading to a power struggle.