Ranked by IMDb rating — 33 Tamil thriller films released in 2016.
Vikram Kumar · 164 min · 2D Entertainment
A Sci-Fi family revenge drama happening between a scientist, his evil brother and the scientist's son, over a time travel gadget.
Cast: Suriya, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Nithya Menen
AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (7.2/10 on TMDb (135 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Deeraj Vaidy · 133 min · Etaki Entertainment
In post-apocalyptic Chennai, a former gangster teams up with three men to smuggle cocaine to defeat his nemesis. The trio encounters an unexpected ally who inadvertently gets caught up in their mission, leading to a series of events that ultimately lead to a violent confrontation between rival gangs. Chaos ensues as the two sides clash, resulting in a deadly showdown that changes the course of their lives forever.
Cast: Siddharth, Avinash Raghudevan, Sananth
AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.6/10 on TMDb (21 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Arivazhagan · Sri Thenandal Films
Aravind, a fearless cop leads an encounter operation where the wife of the accused gets killed accidentally. He ends up paying dearly with the lives of his wife and daughter in a revenge saga and is too affected that his brooding prevents him from taking up from further assignments. When a curious case of serial killings leaves the cops bedazzled, he takes it up as a gesture of courtesy, but his skills are needed now more than ever to track the killer.
Cast: Arulnithi, Aishwarya Rajesh, Aishwarya Dutta
AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.
R.S. Durai Senthilkumar · 145 min · Grass Root Film Company
Twin brothers Kodi and Anbu come from a family of politicians, with their father's activism shaping their lives since birth. After a chance encounter, Anbu falls in love with Malathi, who shares his concerns about toxic waste affecting her village. As they navigate their feelings, they become entangled in a web of politics and corruption, leading to a dramatic showdown that changes the course of their lives forever.
Cast: Dhanush, Trisha Krishnan, Anupama Parameswaran
AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (6.7/10 on IMDb (3,575 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Anand Shankar · 150 min · Thameens Films
A guy named love creates a new drug which enhances human ability to fullest.He tries to sell this drug to terrorist groups and therefore leading to destruction of millions of lives.Now its up to an Indian raw agent named akhilan to stop him at any cost
Cast: Vikram, Nayanthara, Nithya Menen
AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (5.3/10 on TMDb (38 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Mathivanan Sakthivel · 100 min
NunnUnarvu is an Indian Tamil romantic thriller. The story involves a dentist trainee going to Australia for his exam. He experience unexplained feelings. The story centers around the consequences leading as a result of the unexpl...
Cast: Dinesh, Indira, Mandas Ramesh Jesudas
AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (6.3/10 on IMDb (282 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Gautham Vasudev Menon · 135 min · Ondraga Entertainment
A happy go lucky protagonist tries to embark on a secret road-trip on his Royal Enfield. He has eyes for his sister's classmate, but constrains himself to open up at a later point of time. On a road trip with his girl as days pass and nights are spent in random strangers' place, they witness nature's expanse through its length and breadth. However, things take a turn for the worse as they encounter something unexpected.
Cast: Silambarasan Rajendar, Manjima Mohan, Baba Sehgal
AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (6.3/10 on IMDb (2,578 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Rajapandi · 124 min · Triple V Records
The film begins with an honest education department official (Thalaivasal Vijay) dying in a bomb blast. Then, we are introduced to Sakthi (Vijay Vasanth), a pickpocket, who is attracted towards Malarvizhi (Srushti Dange), a middle-class girl. There is also Sathya (Samuthirakani), a straightforward cop, who is about to get married to his childhood sweetheart Shruti (Vidya Pradeep). Their lives turn topsy-turvy on the same day - Sakthi is chased by goons for picking the pocket of a gangster; Malar is threatened by the education minister's PA (Jayakumar) for filing for re-evaluation on behalf of her maid's daughter; and Sathya is attacked by his own friend and cop Saravanan (Bharat Reddy) as he starts digging into the death of Shruti.
Cast: Devadarshini Chetan, Srushti Dange, Karunas
AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (6.3/10 on IMDb (129 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Alphonse Putharen · Stone Bench Creations / Bench Flix
Aviyal is a collection of five Tamil short films made by various directors, including Alphonse Puthren, Sameer Sulthan, Lokesh Kanakaraj, Mohit Mehra and Guru Smaran.
Cast: Nivin Pauly, Bobby Simha, Ranga
AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.
Shiv Mohaa · 159 min
A newly-wedded couple's domestic bliss is smashed to smithereens when the wife starts acting crazy. Has she become mentally unstable like her dead mother, or is there a sinister force at work?
Cast: Ashwin Kakumanu, Sshivada, J. D. Chakravarthi
AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (5.8/10 on TMDb (8 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Pradeep Krishnamoorthy · 123 min
Dinesh, a software engineer, is brought to a psychiatrist by his boss after he seems mentally disturbed. His life turns worse when the voice in his head tells him to kill himself.
Cast: Vijay Antony, Arundathi Nair, Charu Haasan
AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (6.2/10 on IMDb (857 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
G. Ramesh · 92 min
An honest cop races against time to catch the culprits who stole an unemployed man's loan money needed for his daughter's operation.
Cast: Nandaa Dorairaj, Richard Rishi, Ilavarasu
AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (6.1/10 on IMDb (25 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Mickey Keating · 78 min · Glass Eye Pix / Alexander Groupe
In need of a full-time caretaker to look after her house, an elegant and enigmatic madame hires a lonely young woman; however, this is not an ordinary place. Indeed, this silent residence is the oldest building in the city, riddled with unpleasant stories of forbidden occult practices, and terrible rumours of morbid hauntings. With such a reputation, most people would turn down the madame's lucrative offer; nevertheless, this lovely caretaker is up to the task, even though, right from the start, peculiar occurrences and blood-curdling sounds that permeate the empty mansion's long corridors foretell an ominous fate. Under those circumstances, why is that room at the end of the hallway off-limits? Can the tormented keeper rid herself of the ever-growing voices inside her head?
Cast: Lauren Ashley Carter, Sean Young, Brian Morvant
AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (5.5/10 on IMDb (3,468 votes), 60/100 on Metacritic), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Krish Thirukumaran · 118 min · Red Giant Movies
Udhay plays an affectionate son, who looks to stay away from trouble, while Sathyaraj, who believes in questioning injustice, plays Udhay's dad in this film. It is about how a father-son duo gets trapped in a situation and how they get out of it.Amy plays the role of a bubbly Brahmin college girl in the film and Chachu plays her grandmother in it, while Vikranth playing the villain.
Cast: Sathyaraj, Udhayanidhi Stalin, Vikranth
AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (4.0/10 on TMDb (9 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Rahul Paramahamsa · 141 min · RPM cinemas
A man buys a house only to realise that the place is haunted by a ghost that will not let him in peace.
Cast: Jithan Ramesh, Srushti Dange, Yogi Babu
AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (2.3/10 on TMDb (3 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Vetrimaaran · 118 min
Pandi and his friends, immigrant workers in Andhra Pradesh, are picked up by cops for a crime they never committed. And thus begins their nightmare, where they become pawns in a vicious game where the voiceless are strangled by those with power.
Cast: V R Dinesh, Samuthirakani, Anandhi
AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (8.0/10 on TMDb (85 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Vijay Kumar · 126 min
A group of college students gets entangled in the scheme of a fledgling caste outfit that wants to turn into a political party.
Cast: Vijay Kumar, Chandru, Jayakanth Velu
AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (7.8/10 on TMDb (24 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Sasi · 130 min
A rich man chooses to lead the life of a beggar for 48 days in the hope that his mother, who is on her deathbed, will recover.
Cast: Vijay Antony, Satna Titus, Bagavathi Perumal
AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (7.2/10 on TMDb (20 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Atlee · 157 min
When an honest cop, Vijay Kumar's family is ruthlessly slaughtered by a politician and his aides, he decides to change his identity and commits his life to bring his daughter up in a serene atmosphere. But some freak events end up compromising his identity and what he does to save his daughter and avenge the death of his family unfurls as Theri.
Cast: Vijay, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Amy Jackson
AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.8/10 on TMDb (110 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Pandiraj · 125 min
Returning from the states to marry his girlfriend, a common man is blamed for the murder of a local don due to their enmity in the past. He is caught in a web of conspiracies as he struggles to prove his innocence and the don's in-laws order their henchmen to take him down.
Cast: Vishal Krishna, Catherine Tresa, Pawan
AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.4/10 on TMDb (20 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
S. U. Arunkumar · 121 min
Sethupathi, an inspector, investigates the murder of a cop and finds that Vaathiyar, a big shot, is responsible for the killing. He arrests Vaathiyar, but an unfortunate incident that has a connection to the case he is investigating, puts his career in jeopardy.
Cast: Vijay Sethupathi, Remya Nambeesan, Vela Ramamoorthy
AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.4/10 on TMDb (34 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Shakti Soundar Rajan · 106 min
When a zombie outbreak occurs in a hill station, a traffic cop takes on the responsibility of transporting a team of doctors to a city hospital so that they can find an antidote.
Cast: Ravi Mohan, Lakshmi Menon, Anikha Surendran
AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (5.2/10 on TMDb (27 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
M.A. Chowdary
Oru Nodiyil is a Horror movie directed by MA Chowdary, featuring Srushti Dange, Tapashree.
Cast: Srushti Dange, Thagubothu Ramesh, Satya Prakash
AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.
Naga Venkatesh
Vishnu is on his way to Chennai from Coimbatore to join a new company and meet his fiancee. However, his plan is jeopardised upon meeting Pavithra on a train, who is stuck in a problem.
Cast: Premgi Amaren, Nikesha Patel, Premji Amaren
AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.
Guhan Senniappan
A harmless driver who is trying to deliver a car on time from Chennai to Nellore ends up getting into a tangle with the police and a psycho killer. An action-thriller!!
Cast: Sanam Shetty, Karthik Yogi, Mathivanan Rajendran
AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.
V. Vijay Anand Sriram · JYO Star Enterprises
It is an attempt to tell youngsters to stay in India and contribute to its growth rather than resorting to go abroad.
Cast: Irfan Mohamed, Arjun, Riyaz Khan
AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.
Sundhara Elango · kiruthika film creation
An honest and virtuous police officer goes undercover to nab criminals and bring them to justice. Despite facing pressures from the higher authorities to abort her mission, she remains undeterred.
Cast: Ram Kumar, Arundhati, Nassar
AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.
A. M. R. Ramesh
A murder, a case of driving under the influence of alcohol, a hit-and-run, and an investigation which links the incidents together. A film about how a family suffers due to drunken driving.
Cast: Arjun, Shaam, Manisha Koirala
AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.
Jayaprakash Radhakrishnan · 109 min
A porn addict is threatened by a hacker, who orders the guy to witness him commit suicide online.
Cast: Anand Sami, Jayaprakash Radhakrishnan, Vinutha Lal
AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.7/10 on TMDb (17 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Bala · 128 min
Sannasi, a folk musician, convinces Sooravali, his lover and a female dancer in his troupe, to marry Karuppaiah, a seemingly docile man. Little do they realise the sinister intentions of Karuppaiah, but when they do it is too late.
Cast: M. Sasikumar, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, G. M. Kumar
AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (5.0/10 on TMDb (8 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Sarath Mandava · 127 min
A young man kidnaps the chief minister and sends the state into a tizzy. What is his motive?
Cast: Bobby Simha, Prakash Raj, Nikki Galrani
AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (5.3/10 on TMDb (6 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Mani Nagaraj · 134 min
Two school students find their classmate murdered in their classroom and decide to track down the killer.
Cast: G. V. Prakash Kumar, Sri Divya, Shariq Hassan
AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (5.5/10 on TMDb (8 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Ananda Krishnan · 119 min
A journalist becomes a vigilante in order to bring down a chain-snatching gang, unaware of the fact that his younger brother is a part of it.
Cast: Metro Shirish, Bobby Simha, Yogi Babu
AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.7/10 on TMDb (8 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Our top-ranked Tamil thriller movie of 2016 is 24, based on its IMDb rating (TMDb as a fallback where OMDb hasn't rated it yet).
We've catalogued 33 Tamil thriller movies released in 2016.
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