Best Tamil Thriller Movies of 2022
Ranked by IMDb rating — 20 Tamil thriller films released in 2022.
Vikram
Amar is assigned to investigate a case of serial killings. When Amar investigates the case, he realizes it is not what it seems to be and following down this path will lead to nothing but war between everyone involved.
Sardar
An espionage agent who is branded a traitor returns from exile to take down a dubious water project and safeguard the country.
Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu
A youngster from Tamil Nadu goes to Bombay in search of a better life and gets sucked into the underworld. Will he be able to find a way out of the violence and bloodshed?
Nitham Oru Vaanam
An introverted young man with OCD, who is dejected after his fiancé leaves him, learns to find happiness and positivity in life from two couples whose stories he reads about.
Diary
A sub-inspector trainee sets out on a journey to track an unsolved, 16-year-old case. But little does he know that fate and destiny will put him on an exhilarating ride.
FIR
Irfan, an innocent Muslim chemical engineer with an ordinary life, is caught in inexplicable circumstances, when accused of being a most-wanted terrorist, that alter his life & everyone around him.
Valimai
A honest cop tries to track down the brain behind a series of robberies and murders, but things turn personal when his family become pawns in the criminal's game.
Cobra
A genius mathematician doubles up as a hit man, assassinating people opposing a ruthless corporate behemoth. While he manages to stay ahead of the Interpol and the psychotic head of the corporation, who are after him, can he evade the mysterious hacker who is keen to unmask him?
Beast
A recently widowed man and his two teenage daughters travel to a game reserve in South Africa. However, their journey of healing soon turns into a fight for survival when a bloodthirsty lion starts to stalk them.
D Block
A young engineering student along with his friends unravels the mystery around his college where several girls go missing and dead.
Maaran
An investigative journalist gets into trouble when he publishes an article that exposes bitter truths about a corrupt politician.
K.G.F: Chapter 2
The blood-soaked land of Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) has a new overlord now - Rocky, whose name strikes fear in the heart of his foes. His allies look up to Rocky as their Savior, the government sees him as a threat to law and order; enemies are clamoring for revenge and conspiring for his downfall. Bloodier battles and darker days await as Rocky continues on his quest for unchallenged supremacy.
Gargi
When a schoolteacher's father is arrested for the rape of a 10-year-old girl, the media storm surrounding the case has lawyers reluctant about defending the accused. An inexperienced advocate with a speech disability agrees to take up the case despite the stiff opposition and ridicule from his association. It is now up to them to build their defence and prove that the man accused of committing the crime did not do it.
Unpaarvayil
When tragedy strikes twice,Bhavya refuses to remain a victim.Visually impaired,she is drawn into a perilous hunt for truth behind the mysterious deaths of her husband and twin sister-uncovering a dark world where nothing is as it seems.
Powder
Five intertwined stories in one night: a father's vengeance, youngsters' crime, a bride's unfinished task, an out-of-work man's desperation, and a burglar duo, all connected by a cop trying to solve the mysteries.
Vattam
A thief meets a beautiful girl, who is searching for the man she loves, en route to a city to sell a necklace he stole; the thief offers to help her but ends up falling in love with her.
Jothi
"Aruljothi" is a young pregnant woman. Somehow by the time of her adjunct absence, her unborn toddler is dislodged and abducted from her womb mysteriously.
Jiivi 2
As Saravannan's life restarts from where left off at the end of Jivii, his fate gets entangled again posing new challenges.
Maha
A mother searches for answers after her child is killed by a serial murderer.
Cadaver
A high profile murder baffles the cops when a prison inmate claims responsibility and promises more deaths. Will the police surgeon Bhadra crack this mystery?