Skip to content
CineRank

Best Tamil Crime Movies

This collection ranks 359 Tamil crime movies. The list is ranked using a weighted combination of audience ratings, vote volume and popularity data, so movies with only a handful of votes never outrank widely acclaimed films. At the top of the list is Nayakan. Films listed here were originally released in Tamil (தமிழ்).

359 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data

  1. 351

    Thug Life

    2025· 2h 45m

    5.124
  2. 352

    Fire

    2025· 2h 12m

    3.01
  3. 353

    Uru

    2017· 1h 51m

    4.25
  4. 354

    Richie

    2017· 1h 51m

    4.17
  5. 355

    See Saw

    2025· 2h 15m

    —0
  6. 356

    Bruce Lee

    2017· 2h 4m

    3.58
  7. 357

    Kanthaswamy

    2009· 3h 10m

    4.931
  8. 358

    Japan

    2023· 2h 34m

    3.48
  9. 359

    Penguin

    2020· 2h 12m

    5.023

Related collections

Frequently asked questions

How many qualifyingmovies are in this list?

359 movies with real rating data match this collection.

How are these movies ranked?

By a weighted score combining audience ratings, vote volume and popularity. Movies with very few votes are statistically shrunk toward the global average, so they cannot dominate the top of the list.

Which movie is ranked #1?

Nayakan currently holds the top position in this collection.

How often is this list updated?

Rankings are recalculated whenever the underlying movie data changes.