Best Malayalam Movies To Watch On Disney+Hotstar
Pathemari (2015)
IMDB: 8.4
Genre: Family, Drama
Starring: Mammootty, Jewel Mary, Siddique, Sreenivasan, Salim Kumar, Shaheen Siddique, Viji Chandrasekhar, Joy Mathew
Pallikal Narayanan (Mammootty) who, as a teenager, is forced to leave to the Emirates and spends almost his entire life sacrificing his wishes so his family can lead a better life back home.
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Watch Now on HotstarUstad Hotel (2012)
IMDB: 8.3
Genre: Drama
Starring: Dulquer Salmaan, Nithya Menen, Thilakan, Siddique, Assim Jamal
Faizi (Dulquer Salmaan), an aspiring chef, returns to his hometown in India when he fails to receive support from his father. He tries to fulfil his dream by helping his grandfather, Kareem, run his hotel named Ustad Hotel. The film is about the bonding between Faizi and his grandfather and how a few days with his grandfather and Ustad Hotel changes his life for ever.
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Watch Now on HotstarPremam (2015)
IMDB: 8.3
Genre: Romance, Drama
Starring: Nivin Pauly, Sai Pallavi, Madonna Sebastian, Soubin Shahir, Anupama Parameswaran, Shabareesh Varma, Krishna Shankar
After his first love ends on a disastrous note, George falls for his college lecturer, Malar. However when Malar leaves him and gets married to someone else, George meets a girl named Celine. Will the third time be a charm or will it turn out to be a disappointment, weaves the rest of the story.
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Watch Now on HotstarTake off (2017)
IMDB: 8.3
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Starring: Parvathy, Kunchacko Boban, Asif Ali, Fahadh Faasil
Sameera (Parvathy), an Indian nurse working in Iraq, and her colleagues are held hostage by terrorists. How Indian ambassador Manoj Abraham and his team rescue the nurses forms the crux of the story.
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Watch Now on HotstarBangalore Days (2014)
IMDB: 8.3
Genre: Romance, Drama
Starring: Nivin Pauly, Dulquer Salmaan, Nazriya Nazim, Fahadh Faasil, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Isha Talwar, Nithya Menen
Three close cousins Divya, Krishnan and Arjun have always dreamt to live in Bangalore. They individually took a different paths after reaching Bangalore, to fulfill their dreams.
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Watch Now on HotstarDrishyam (2013)
IMDB: 8.3
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Starring: Mohanlal, Meena, Ansiba Hassan, Esther Anil, Asha Sarath, Siddique, Kalabhavan Shajon
Georgekutty (Mohanlal) is a cable-TV operator and an intelligent man, acquires knowledge by watching movies. His world revolves around his wife and two daughters. Georgekutty tries to save his family from the dark side of the law, after they commit an unexpected crime.
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Watch Now on HotstarThondimuthalum Driksakshiyum (2017)
IMDB: 8.2
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Starring: Suraj Venjaramoodu, Fahadh Faasil, Nimisha Sajayan
Prasad and Sreeja enter wedlock and move to a new place to continue the rest of their lives. When a thief tried to steal his wife’s chain during a bus journey. Along with the chain snatcher, they end up in a police station as part of the case. What happens next forms the rest of the story
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Watch Now on HotstarParava (2017)
IMDB: 8.1
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Amal Shah, Govind V.Pai, Shane Nigam
Schoolkids Irshad and Haseeb are from Mattancherry, Kochi, Kerala and their life revolves around a handful of pigeons, which they nurture for the sport of dove flying. Through these two characters, Parava moves through the lives of people living in their region.
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Watch Now on HotstarClassmates (2006)
IMDB: 8.1
Genre: Romance, Drama
Starring: Prithviraj Sukumaran, Kavya Madhavan, Jayasurya, Indrajith Sukumaran, Narain, Jagathy Sreekumar, Balachandra Menon, Radhika
The story revolves around the college graduate class of 1991. In 2006, working in different corners of the world, the friends get together for a class reunion to revive the joy and laughter of their student days. However due to some unexpected turn of events, several dark secrets are revealed, which changes their lives.
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IMDB: 8.1
Genre: Action, Thriller
Starring: Dulquer Salmaan, Vinayakan, Shaun Romy, Vinay Forrt, Shine Tom Chacko, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Manikandan R.Achari
Krishnan, who has been living away from his family and friends in Mumbai, gets a call from his childhood friend Ganga. There, they find themselves in danger as their criminal past comes back to haunt them.
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Watch Now on HotstarTraffic (2011)
IMDB: 8.1
Genre: Road, Thriller
Starring: Sreenivasan, Kunchacko Boban, Asif Ali, Rahman, Anoop Menon, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Sandhya, Remya Nambeesan, Lena, Namitha Pramod, Roma
When a superstar's daughter is in urgent need of a heart transplant, a dying journalist's parents agree to help her. But the only way to expedite the operation is by navigating a busy road amidst heavy traffic which around 150 km from Lakeshore Hospital in Kochi to Ahalya Hospital in Palakkad in under two hours
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Watch Now on HotstarEnnu Ninte Moideen (2015)
IMDB: 8.0
Genre: Biography, Romance, Drama
Starring: Prithviraj Sukumaran, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Bala, Tovino Thomas, Saikumar, Sashi Kumar, Lena
Based on the real-life love story of Moideen and Kanchanamala, which happened in the 1960s in the backdrop of Calicut. The families of Moideen and Kanchanamala were quite close despite the religious differences until they fall in love. The orthodox mentality raises its head and near and dear ones oppose their union, which in turn strengthens their bond to survive for decades.
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Watch Now on HotstarMumbai Police (2013)
IMDB: 8.0
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Starring: Prithviraj Sukumaran, Jayasurya, Rahman, Kunjan, Aparna Nair, Deepa Vijayan, Hima Davis
ACP Antony Moses (Prithviraj) is the only one who knows the truth behind his friend ACP Aryan's murder. When he meets with an accident resulting in partial memory loss and is unable to reveal the killer. Soon he is reassigned to investigate the murder. He needs to retrace his past in order to unravel the mystery behind a crime he had been probing.
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Watch Now on HotstarNeelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi (2013)
IMDB: 7.7
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Starring: Dulquer Salmaan, Sunny Wayne, Surja Bala Hijam, Avantika Mohan, Ena Saha, Modhubala Devi
Kasi (Dulquer Salmaan) and Suni (Sunny Wayne)are close friends who studied together in an engineering college. Assi (Surja Bala Hijam), who comes to Kerala to study engineering under the North East quota falls in love with Kasi. Certain incidents that follow set Kasi and Suni on a road trip to Nagaland on two motorcycles. The incidents that they face and the interesting things they come across during the trip.
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Watch Now on HotstarIyobinte Pusthakam (2014)
IMDB: 7.7
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Starring: Fahadh Faasil, Lal, Jayasurya, Isha Sharvani, Padmapriya, Joni Joseph, Chemban Vinod Jose
Set in the pre-independent India, Iyob is that loyal servant of the British people in the colonial India. When his master passed away, Iyob became the power of attorney of all the assets and ruled that area. On a scenario where law and order had no significance, Aloshy, the younger son of Iyob found it difficult to get along with his father and brothers and he ran away from them. After many years, Aloshy returned to his home. What will happen in this second innings of Aloshy.
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Watch Now on HotstarOhm Shanthi Oshaana (2014)
IMDB: 7.7
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Starring: Nivin Pauly, Aju Varghese, Nazriya Nazim, Renji Panicker, Vineeth Sreenivasan
Pooja Mathew (Nazriya), a spirited young girl, wants to have a love marriage in her life. Thus, she stops at nothing to impress Giri Madhavan (Nivin Pauly), who saved her once from a group of unruly men.
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Watch Now on HotstarAction Hero Biju (2016)
IMDB: 7.7
Genre: Action
Starring: Nivin Pauly, Anu Emmanuel, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Major Ravi, Joju George
Biju Poulose (Nivin Pauly) leaves his teaching job to pursue his dream of serving in the police force. He is engaged to Benita (Anu Emmanuel). But Biju ends up as a police officer and the nature of his job brings a drastic change in his life and personality. What happens in Biju's life forms the crux of the plot.
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Watch Now on HotstarKoode (2018)
IMDB: 7.6
Genre: Drama
Starring: Prithviraj Sukumaran, Nazriya Nazim, Parvathy Thiruvothu
Joshua, who has been working in Dubai since the age of 15, gets a call from his family to return home, as his family lost one of its members. He has a sister Jenny, who is very much affectionate towards her brother. She has a problem of her own. Sophie, who is a divorcee, had been in trouble to lead her life peacefully. How did Jenny connect the lives of Joshua and Sophie? What happens to Jenny?
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Watch Now on HotstarNorth 24 Kaatham (2013)
IMDB: 7.6
Genre: Road, Drama
Starring: Fahadh Faasil, Nedumudi Venu, Swathi Reddy
Harikrishnan (Fahad Faasil) is a geeky software professional who suffers from an Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. On a trip to Trivandrum for a conference, he ends up at Paravur railway station with two strangers - Gopalan (Nedumudi Venu) a veteran politician and Narayani (Swathi Reddy) a social worker. Hari decides to help Gopalan, reach his home in Kozhikode, where his wife is critically ill. How does this journey change their life?
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IMDB: 7.5
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Starring: Jayasurya, Anoop Menon, Tini Tom, Nandhu, Meghana Raj
The movie is about the friendship of Stephen (Jayasurya) and Anoop Menon (John). Stephen is a paralyzed man by birth who lives with an amazing positive attitude towards life. He meets John, a musician. John is completely opposite from Stephen's nature. He is always worried about the future. They develop a good rapport later realize that they were childhood friends. However their friendship is put to the test when Anjali enters their lives. What incident broke out their friendship? Will they join?
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Watch Now on HotstarVarathan (2018)
IMDB: 7.5
Genre: Action, Thriller
Starring: Fahadh Faasil, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sharafudheen, Dileesh Pothan
After losing his job, Abi Mathew and wife Priya who has suffered a miscarriage, decide to shift from Dubai to Priya’s ancestral estate in Kerala, as they needed a change. However peace eludes the couple as they run into a set of new troubles.
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Watch Now on HotstarSpirit (2012)
IMDB: 7.5
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Mohanlal, Kaniha, Shankar Ramakrishnan, Nandhu, Kalpana, Madhu, Lena, Thilakan
Raghunandan (Mohanlal), a loner and a compulsive alcoholic creates problems for himself because of his fatal addiction. However when he meets Maniyan (Nandhu), whose condition is worse than him, he begins to think about the adversities of drinking.
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Watch Now on HotstarBhramaram (2009)
IMDB: 7.4
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Starring: Mohanlal, Bhumika Chawla, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy, Suresh Menon, Murali Gopy
Unni (Suresh Menon) lives in Coimbatore with his wife Latha and daughter Lakshmi. One day they receive a stranger (Mohanlal) at home who claims to be Unni's 7th grade classmate and introduces himself as Jose. Insecure Unni soon discovers that he did not have any classmate by that name when he confirms it with his friend Dr Alex Varghese (Murali Gopy). Who is Jose and why is he at Unni's place?
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Watch Now on HotstarUdaharanam Sujatha (2017)
IMDB: 7.3
Genre: Drama
Starring: Manju Warrier, Anaswara Rajan, Mamta Mohandas, Nedumudi Venu, Swaraj Gramika, Joju George
Athira, a student studying in class 10, believed that there is no use of education as her mother is a maid and she also has to be one. How would Sujatha motivate her daughter to excel in studies and succeed in life?
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IMDB: 7.3
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Starring: Sreenivasan, Dileep, Mamta Mohandas, Jagathy Sreekumar, Nedumudi Venu
Lawyer Nandan is kidnapped after his journalist wife Anuradha finds evidence against a corrupt minister. Sathyanathan, a stranger to the couple, decides to step in and help them.
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Khaddama (2011)
IMDB: 6.8
Genre: Drama
Starring: Sreenivasan, Kavya Madhavan, Biju Menon, Murali Gopy, Suraj Venjaramoodu, K.P.A.C.Lalitha, Sukumari, Lena, Jaffar Idukki
Ashwathi (Kavya Madhavan), a lower middle class Malayali woman, comes to Saudi Arabia as a migrant worker. Unable to deal with torture at the workplace, she attempts to flee the country. Whether or not she safely returns home forms the crux of the story.
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