Best Tamil Thriller Movies of 2018

Prashanth Neel · 156 min · Hombale Films

In 1951, a mysterious yellow stone unearthed in southern Mysore sparks a chain of events that sets off a violent struggle for control over the Kolar Gold Fields. A vast criminal empire is built around its wealth, with five trusted associates vying for power and survival. Amidst this chaos, a young boy named Rocky grows up driven by a promise to his dying mother, seeking immense wealth and power.

Cast: Yash, Srinidhi Shetty, Ramachandra Raju

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (7.5/10 on TMDb (286 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

P. S. Mithran · 160 min · Vishal Film Factory

The movie is an action thriller that concerns hacking and the leak of information, how in the days of interconnections, the privacy of a person doesn't hold power, as anyone can be hacked and their personal information stolen from them.

Cast: Arjun Sarja, Vishal Krishna, Samantha Ruth Prabhu

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.9/10 on TMDb (48 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

R. Ajay Gnanamuthu · 170 min · Cameo Films / Drumsticks Productions

A CBI officer goes in search of a ruthless serial killer. Things get worse when the murderer targets the former and her family.

Cast: Nayanthara, Anurag Kashyap, Atharvaa Murali

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (7.0/10 on TMDb (71 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Nelson Dilipkumar · 140 min · Lyca Productions

A young woman named Kokila is forced into the cocaine smuggling business to support her family after her mother's diagnosis with lung cancer. She uses her cunning to evade authorities and eventually takes down the entire operation with the help of a determined cop. With the help of her family, she switches the shipment and tricks those who wronged her, ultimately bringing justice to herself and her loved ones.

Cast: Nayanthara, Yogi Babu, Saranya Ponvannan

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.6/10 on TMDb (37 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Mu. Maran · 121 min · Axess Film Factory

As the tittle Iravukku Aayiram Kangal is all about a sequence of incidents that take place in one night. Several people become part of a murder in one or the other way, leaving behind certain evidences and questions. How all of them are connected in different ways forms the crux of the plot.

Cast: Arulnithi, Ajmal Ameer, Mahima Nambiar

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.7/10 on TMDb (18 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Karthik Thangavel · 146 min · Home Movie Makers

A sincere cop suspended from the department for locking horns with a few influential people in the society, starts taking revenge against those who finished off his dear ones.

Cast: Ravi Mohan, Raashii Khanna, Sampath Raj

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (7.4/10 on TMDb (34 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Ashok G. · 142 min · UV Creations

IAS officer Chanchala Reddy is imprisoned in a haunted house, while she is interrogated by law enforcers investigating a politician they suspect of corruption.

Cast: Anushka Shetty, Jayaram, Asha Sarath

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.0/10 on TMDb (36 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

A. P. Arjun · Southern Film Factory

Amutha (Sriya Sree) is a housewife who wakes up one day to find herself on a hospital bed and no idea how she landed there.

Cast: Sriya Sree, Anees Shaz, Levin Simon Joseph

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AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.

K. M. Sarjun · 134 min · Timeline Cinemas

A young man recently released from prison teams up with his uncle to kidnap a wealthy girl, but things take an unexpected turn when her father launches his own investigation into the matter.

Cast: Sathyaraj, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Kishore

AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (4.9/10 on TMDb (7 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

M. Nagarajan · 122 min

Two school boys become thick friends after a shared life experience. They grow up and fall in love with two young women. Just when things finally seem to be going their way, tragedy strikes.

Cast: Prasanna, Kalaiyarasan, Sai Dhanshika

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.7/10 on TMDb (3 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

A. L. Vijay · 160 min · Lyca Productions

After abortion, a woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she is visited by the foetus, who is now grown up and is visible to her.

Cast: Sai Pallavi, Naga Shaurya, Veronika Arora

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.3/10 on TMDb (9 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

V. Z. Durai · 147 min

Yemaali is the story of Maali and his brother-from-another-mother, Aravind, and how they plan on killing Maali’s ex-girlfriend. They even call the ‘project’ Yemaali, a wordplay on both their names. But why do they want to kill this girl? Because she broke up with him, of course.

Cast: Samuthirakani, Sam Jones, Athulya Ravi

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (2.7/10 on TMDb (3 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Ajayan Bala · 118 min · Ascii Media Hut

6 Athiyayam is an anthology that has 6 stories helmed by 6 different directors. All the stories are based on different genres and are penned in a manner that the movie caters to all the sections of the audience with different artists playing the lead. The stories are correlated and the climax of each story is revealed only in the finale that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Cast: Vinoth Kishan, Kishore DS, Thaman Kumar

AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.

Ram Kumar · 170 min

A serial killer is murdering school girls, and a newbie cop has to track him down before the victim count increases.

Cast: Vishnu Vishal, Amala Paul, Suzane George

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (7.4/10 on TMDb (196 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Mani Ratnam · 143 min · Madras Talkies / Lyca Productions

A bloody power struggle erupts between three brothers who are vying to take over the family business following the death of their father.

Cast: Arvind Swamy, Vijay Sethupathi, Arun Vijay

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.5/10 on TMDb (53 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Kamal Haasan · 141 min

RAW agent Wisam Ahmad Kashmiri prevents an al-Qaida terrorist from executing a massive attack on New York. He must now wade through further traps and conspiracies to thwart a new plot against three democratic nations.

Cast: Kamal Haasan, Rahul Bose, Pooja Kumar

AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (5.5/10 on TMDb (31 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Shakti Soundar Rajan · 130 min

An asteroid, which is expected to hit Chennai and its surrounding places, poses a threat to the lives of around four crore people. A five-member team is sent by the Defence Space Division to space to stop the celestial body from hitting the planet.

Cast: Ravi Mohan, Nivetha Pethuraj, Aaron Aziz

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (5.3/10 on TMDb (27 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Manoj Beedha

A woman is murdered and her neighbor is picked up as a suspect. Meanwhile, a journalist believes he can use this murder to lure an elusive gangster, with help from the guy’s former accomplice.

Cast: Guru Somasundaram, Anisha Ambrose, Hareesh Peradi

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AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.

Pawan Kumar

When a flyover in the city becomes the hotbed of accidents, a young reporter decides to investigate the issue. Her quest for an answer would lead her into a web of intrigue, murder and mystery.

Cast: Samantha, Aadhi

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AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.

Dinesh Selvaraj · 123 min

Birla Bose, an encounter specialist's next assignment takes him to the holy city of Rameshwaram, where the greatest challenge of his career awaits for him.

Cast: Vikram Prabhu, Hansika Motwani, M. S. Bhaskar

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (4.8/10 on TMDb (7 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Raj Babu · 128 min

A wannabe actor lands himself in trouble when he disguises as an ambulance driver to help his bed-ridden father

Cast: Nakul, Aanchal Munjal, Prakash Raj

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (4.3/10 on TMDb (3 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Hari · 157 min

The son of Aarusaamy becomes a cop and takes on the criminal who murdered his parents.

Cast: Vikram, Keerthy Suresh, Prabhu

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (3.3/10 on TMDb (14 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Dharani Dharan · 122 min

A police constable becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a woman. With the mysterious killer intent on making him the scapegoat, can he clear his name?

Cast: Metro Shirish, Chandhini Tamilarasan, Kalloori Vinoth

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (5.3/10 on TMDb (8 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

R. Jayaprakash · 112 min

A gangster decides to go on a trip to space and orders those under his 'protection' to cough up the amount.

Cast: Athvik Jalandhar, Pooja Ramachandran, Jogikumar

AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.

Ramana Madhesh · 142 min

A spirit takes revenge on a few people by entering into the body of its lookalike.

Cast: Trisha Krishnan, Jacky Bhagnani, Yogi Babu

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (4.7/10 on TMDb (6 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Kuttii Kumar · 105 min · Adithya Entertainments

A cop wakes up to find himself trapped in his car which is buried in the earth. Even as he tries to make an escape, his father and his girlfriend are trying to trace his whereabouts by going after the men who might have a reason to kidnap him.

Cast: Nishanth Russo, Paul Michael, Cheran Raj

AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.

Sajo Sundar · 108 min

Journalist has a new assignment, to find out public’s reaction to government’s move of shutting down porn websites. However, his assignment becomes a personal task when his friend commits suicide because an intimate video he’d shot of his wife makes it to one of the sites.

Cast: Ajay Raj, Akriti Singh, Abhinav

AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (4.6/10 on TMDb (5 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

SK Mathi · 136 min

Koottali is a Tamil drama movie, directed by Mathi SK. The cast of Koottali includes Aruldoss,Kausalya.

Cast: Sathish, Krisha Kurup, Kausalya

AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.

Bala · 100 min

A lady cop takes interest in the case of a pregnant minor girl and her lover. But there’s a twist in the case, and can she right a wrong, despite pressure from superiors?

Cast: Jyothika, G. V. Prakash Kumar, Rockline Venkatesh

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (5.5/10 on TMDb (11 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Priyadarshan · 130 min

An amiable photographer in a small-town, who is nursing a breakup, unwittingly becomes embroiled in a street brawl that turns him into a man obsessed with revenge.

Cast: Udhayanidhi Stalin, Namitha Pramod, Parvatii Nair

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.3/10 on TMDb (6 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.