Best Tamil Drama Movies of 2021

Jai Bhim

When a tribal man is arrested for a case of alleged theft, his wife turns to a human-rights lawyer to help bring justice.

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.

Mandela

An underprivileged hairdresser becomes the game changer in a local body election in a village where caste politics rules the roost. Will he be able to bring some changes to people's lives?

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.

Writer

A writer at a police station gets trapped in an illegal custody case involving an innocent PHD student. With his guilt and regret looming large, can he save the young man?

Kamali from Nadukkaveri

Kamali is a happy-go-lucky girl from a small town. She is a weak student who is hardly interested in studies when she falls in love with a studious boy in Chennai who aspires to make it to IIT Madras. She decides to take her studies seriously and convinces her father to go for higher studies. With the help of a retired professor in her village, she starts preparing for exams to join IIT Madras if only to meet her love.

Kasada Thapara

The lives of a few individuals get impacted, both in good and bad ways, by the actions of others who are hardly connected to them.

Oh Manapenne!

A wannabe businesswoman and a happy-go-lucky guy meet each other during an arranged marriage blind date but eventually team up to start a food truck on their own.

Jagame Thandhiram

When a clever, carefree gangster is recruited to help an overseas crime lord take down a rival, he is caught off guard by the moral dilemmas that follow.

Kutty Story

An anthology of four stories that revolve around man-woman relationships.

Prince

Perhaps they should never have met, but fate wanted otherwise. Monika and Joseph. She is a curator, he is an immigrant from Congo, a businessman with an unclear past and present. They meet during a police raid at a bar, when the first of many sparks flies between them. An understated love story, a melodrama without pathos, a fragile story about the ambiguous nature of love and the impossibility of overcoming it through reason.

Aranmanai 3

The ghost of a wronged mother tries to take revenge on a Zamindar and his daughter, but one man stands in its way!

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.

Maara

When Paaru sees a fairy tale she heard from from a stranger as a child painted across the walls of a costal town, she goes in search of the man who painted it - Maara.

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.

Ashvamithra

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.

IPC 376

An unidentified informer tips off a policewoman about a crime whose investigation leads to the revelation of a mind-bending truth.

Sennai

Chinnanjiru Kiliye

The film has an endearing father-daughter bonding at its crux. The protagonist is someone who comes from a family that traditionally practices natural medicine. He also encourages people to follow it instead of allopathy. At one point, his daughter gets trapped in a major problem through which he unearths a big medical scam.