Top 10 Tamil Crime Movies
The top 10 tamil crime movies, ranked by IMDb rating (weighted for vote count) across 55 eligible films. 4 of them are streaming in India right now on Prime Video, JioHotstar and ZEE5 — each links to exactly where to watch it.
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Jai Bhim
2021IMDb 8.6 · 2,33,149 votes
Powerful courtroom drama exposing police brutality and wrongful imprisonment with stellar performances by Suriya and Pra
Streaming on Prime Video
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Nayakan
1987IMDb 8.6 · 27,667 votes
Cult classic that revolutionized Tamil cinema with Kamal Haasan's iconic portrayal of a don in a morally complex underwo
Streaming on Prime Video
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Kaithi
2019IMDb 8.4 · 44,828 votes
Taut heist thriller with minimal dialogue where Karthi's lone fugitive outsmarts authorities through sheer intelligence
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Vikram
2022IMDb 8.3 · 84,609 votes
High-octane action spectacle featuring Kamal Haasan as a black-ops agent with stylish direction and breathtaking set pie
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Vada Chennai
2018IMDb 8.4 · 24,908 votes
Gritty street-level crime narrative following three generations in North Chennai with raw authenticity and moral ambigui
Streaming on JioHotstar
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Ratsasan
2018IMDb 8.3 · 61,109 votes
Psychological crime thriller where a vigilante serial killer hunts a pedophile with sustained tension and shocking revel
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Thalapathi
1991IMDb 8.5 · 13,500 votes
Gangster epic with powerhouse lead performances by Rajinikanth and Mammootty exploring honor and revenge in the underwor
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Visaranai
2016IMDb 8.4 · 15,906 votes
Unflinching police brutality drama based on true events that earned international acclaim for its unflinching realism an
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Anniyan
2005IMDb 8.3 · 22,482 votes
Stylish vigilante thriller with Kamal Haasan as a man with split personality taking justice into his own hands across Ta
Streaming on ZEE5
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Vikram Vedha
2017IMDb 8.2 · 56,067 votes
Slick crime thriller pairing Vikram and Vedha where morality blurs in cat-and-mouse games between cop and criminal.
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Frequently asked
- What is the best Tamil Crime movie of all time?
- By IMDb rating (weighted for vote count), Jai Bhim (2021) tops this list with an IMDb score of 8.6 from 2,33,149 votes, and it's streaming in India on Prime Video.
- How is this list ranked?
- We rank by IMDb rating using a Bayesian weighted score (IMDb's own Top-250 method), which balances a title's rating against how many people voted — so a very high score from only a handful of votes doesn't outrank a slightly lower score from tens of thousands. Titles need a minimum vote count to qualify.
- Where can I watch these Tamil movies in India?
- 4 of the 10 titles on this list are streaming in India right now. Tap any title to see exactly which OTT platform (Netflix, Prime Video, JioHotstar, SonyLIV, ZEE5 or Apple TV) it's on, or to get an alert when a not-yet-streaming one lands.
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