Best Malayalam Movies on Amazon Prime: We all knows The Malayalam film industry is one of the best film industry in India. Malayalam films are more realistic and heart touching. We can see many movies on Amazon, It is difficult to sit and find out which movie is best and which is worst. So, to help you out, we went ahead and picked a few great movies for you. So, Here we have included Best movies on Amazon Prime from 2018 to 2020 are the Best Malayalam Movies on Amazon Prime.
[Ranked in no particular order]
#1. Joseph (2018)
Director: M Padmakumar
Category: Crime Thriller
IMDB: 8.1/10
Joseph: One of the best Malayalam movie released in the year of 2018 from the great director M. Padmakumar. Joju George plays the lead role in joseph and Madhuri Braganza, Athmiya, Malavika Menon and Dileesh Pothan are performing supporting roles as well. The movie was widely accepted by the public because of the remarkable performance of Joju George. Undoubtfully we can say the script of the movie also very brilliant.
The movie tells the story of new age medical crime, Organ harvesting. Joseph's wife and daughter killed by an accident and later Joseph comes to know that was not an accident. It was a murder. Joseph investigating this using his extra ordinary brilliance (He was a police officer) to find the killers.
#2. Peranbu (2018)
Director: Ram
Category: Emotional Drama
IMDB: 9/10
Peranbu: Directed by Ram. The mega star of Malayalam film indsutry Mammootty was performed in the lead role. starring Mammootty, Sadhana, Anjali, P L Theneppan and Samuthirakani are acting in prominent roles.
Peranbu is an intense emotional drama about the relationship between a father and his Cerebral Palsy-affected daughter. Father struggles to take care of his daughter while society constantly rejects him. The movie was actually released in Tamil language but the Malayalam version also available in Amazon Prime video.
#3. Lucifer (2019)
Director: Prithviraj Sukumaran
Category: Political Drama
IMDB: 7.5/10
Lucifer: One of the most celebrated mass entertainer movie released in the year of 2019. From the directon of Prithviraj Sukumaran.Lucifer was his first direction and that become a mega hit. The complete actor of mollywood Mohan Lal performed in the lead role and there are many big shot actors also including, Vivek Oberoi, Prithviraj, Manju Warrier, Tovino Thomas ect.
Plot: When the leader of a ruling party dies, there is a power struggle to fill his place. His son in law (Vivek Obroi) steps in and tries to rule the entire state with illegal activities. His adopted son, the mysterious Stephen, Opposing him and starts a fight to save the family and people.
#4. Kumbalangi Nights (2019)
Director: Madhu C. Narayanan
Category: Romance Drama
IMDB: 8.6/10
Kumbalangi Nights: One of Malayalam cinema’s biggest hits of this year 2019. Directed by Madhu C. Narayanan. Starring Fahadh Faasil in the lead role and Shane Nigam, Soubin Shahir, Sreenath Bhasi and Anna ben are played prominent roles.
Plot: Film revolves around four brothers and their love-hate relationship with each other. The movie beautifully narrates the aspects of love and care as well. The cinematography and the music also make Kumbalangi Nights more distinguished and stand apart from all the other movies released this year.
#5 Helen (2019)
Director: Mathukutty Xavier
Category: Survival Thriller
IMDB: 7.7/10
Helen is realistic direction magic from Mathukutty Xavier and the movie is a survival thriller filled with feel-good elements. Anna Ben played the lead role in this movie as Helen, The girl who struggles to succeed in her life.
Lal, Vineeth Sreenivasan and Noble Babu are doing the suppoting roles in Helen.
Plot: Helen (Anna Ben) is a young, energetic and ambitious girl,a nurse too, who wishes to relocate to Canada, working in a food outlet part-time to meet her financial needs. The film depicts a charming father-daughter relationship and her love life in the first half. Then takes a turn in to a survival drama and makes the nail-biting second half.
#6. Manoharam (2019)
Director: Anwar Sadiq
Category: Comedy Drama
IMDB: 6.8
Manoharam: One of the Best feel good movie of 2019, Directed by Anvar Sadik’s. Tells the story of struggling poster artist trying to find respect through his mundane profession. Later, he tries to advance and move it up a notch by learning software skills. The struggle and the uncertainty of trying to find success forms the rest of the plot.
#7. Virus (2019)
Director: Aashiq Abu
Category: Thriller
IMDB: 8/10
Virus directed by Aashiq Abu and starring Parvathy in the lead role and many other main stream stars like Kunchakko Boban, Asif Ali, Tovino Thomas, Rima Kallinkal ect. The Movie explores the terrible 2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala in the most realistic way possible. The edge-of-the-seat storyline and the gripping screenplay serve as the primary positive attributes of the movie alongside the remarkable performances from the complete cast.
#8. Ambili (2019)
Director: Johnpaul George
Category: Comedy Drama
IMDB: 7/10
One of the best feel good movie released in 2019 from the direction of Johnpaul George, The movie portrays the story of Ambili. Soubin Sahir wonderfully delivered this charecter, Ambili into the vievers mind.
which has life and honesty melted into it. Ambili who is a bit different by character, and is a misfit in society. The first half of the movie depicts the life of the lead characters in his beautiful village of Kattappana, and the second half turns into a road trip movie in Kashmir, where he used to live in his childhood.
#9. Jallikattu (2019)
Director: Lijo Jose Pellissery
Category: Action Thriller
IMDB: 7.7/10
Jallikattu: Directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery, One of the most promising director in Malayalam cinema right now. the narrative of Jallikattu transpires in a remote village where a buffalo escapes and causing a frenzy of ecstatic violence between the locals. The film stars Antony Varghese, Chemban Vinod Jose, Sabumon Abdusamad and Santhy Balachandran.
#10. Kettyolaanu Ente Malakha (2019)
Director: Nissam Basheer
Category: Comedy Drama
IMDB: 7.6/10
Kettyolaanu Ente Malakha is one of the best family enetertainer released in 2019. Movie tells the story of a farmer Sleevachan, who is the only man who provides support to his family comprising of his mother and four sisters. After getting all his beloved sisters married, he arranges himself for his marriage, but as the wedding date approaches, he fears how to continue his married life due to a ton of insecurities.
#11. Driving License (2019)
Director: Jean Paul Lal
Category: Comedy Drama
IMDB: 7.2/10
Jean Paul Lal (Lal Jr)'s Driving License is different from his previous movies, with added fresh new elements to the old superstar-fan based films. The humor of the film was fresh is, and Saiju Kurupp utilized his acting skills to elevate the comedic sequences.
However, the clichéd dialogue might not please the audience after a certain point. Nonetheless, Driving License is entertaining and blends the elements of fun, thrill, and drama flawlessly.
#12. Trance (2020)
Director: Anwar Rasheed
Category: Action, Comedy
IMDB: 7.2/10
Directed and produced by Anwar Rasheed and written by Vincent Vadakkan. It features Fahadh Faasil in the lead role, while Dileesh Pothan, Gautham Menon, Chemban Vinod Jose, Nazriya Nazim, Soubin Shahir, and Vinayakan play supporting roles.
The movie tells two stories, One is doing business in the name of religion and another one is the mental state (psychic) of Viju Prasadh (Fahadh Fasil). The movie is made with a different approach and story telling. If you are interested to explore a psychic way of story telling this one will be a good choice.
#12. Anveshanam
Category: Prasobh Vijayan
Category: Mystery, Thriller
IMDB: 5.9/10
Anveshanam is directed by Prasobh Vijayan and written by Ranjeet Kamala Sankar and Francis Thomas. Jayasurya is in the lead role and Shruti Ramachandran, Vijay Babu, Lal, Lena ect are playing the supporting roles as well.
As the name (Anveshanam means Investigation) describes it is an investigation thriller movie. One day, Aravind’s elder son falls from the stairs and he was immediately taken to the hospital by Kavitha and their family friend Gautham. The hospital authorities felt the possibility of a child abuse case in the particular accident and certain contradictions in the statements of Aravind and Kavitha make it even more complex. The effort of the police to solve this case at the earliest is the soul of Anveshanam.
#13. Ayyappanum Koshiyum (2020)
Director: Sachy
Category: Action, Thriller
IMDB: 7.9/10
Written and directed by Sachy. It was Sachy's last directorial venture. It was produced by Ranjith and P. M. Sasidharan under the company Gold Coin Motion Picture Company. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran and Biju Menon in the lead roles.
The story revolves around the conflict between Koshy Kurien, an influential and wealthy ex-Havildar (Prithvi Raj) and Ayyappan Nair, a Sub-inspector in Attappadi (Biju Menon). Koshi was drunk in his car and caught by Ayyappan nair in the Attappadi forest area, near Palakkad. The place was a dry area and Koshy is hauled off to jail. From this incident conflict starts.
