Best movies like Manithan
A unique, carefully handpicked, selection of the best movies like Manithan Starring Rajinikanth, Rupini, Cho Ramaswamy, Srividya, and more. If you liked Manithan then you may also like: Yeh to Kamaal Ho Gaya, The Wise Guy, Narasimham, Nayakan, Oru Naal Iravil and many more popular movies featured on this list. You can further filter the list even more or get a random selection from the list of similar movies, to make your selection even easier.
The Story of a young man who returns from jail after imprisonment on crime he commits for justice during young age. He comes out and again fights for justice in everyway. This film released along with Kamal hassan starred and Mani Ratnam directed Nayakan,Sathyaraj starred Brahma and Vijayakant starred Uzhavan Magan for the Deepavali season. Collection wise, reportedly this was a hit.
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The Wise Guy
A carnival huckster who decides to turn pennies into dollars by passing himself off as a hellfire-and-brimstone evangelist.
Narasimham
Poovalli Induchoodan (Mohanlal) is sentenced for six years prison life for murdering his classmate. Induchoodan, the only son of Justice Maranchery Karunakara Menon (Thilakan) was framed in the case by Manapally Madhavan Nambiar (Narayanan Nair) and his crony DYSP Sankaranarayanan (Bheeman Raghu) to take revenge on idealist judge Menon who had earlier given jail sentence to Manapally in a corruption case. The story begins with Induchoodan released and his father & mother coming to stay with him.
Oru Naal Iravil
A family man gets stuck inside a building with a prostitute, whom he had solicited. As time goes by, the probability of him being caught red-handed by his family or neighbours keeps increasing.
Japanil Kalyanaraman
Raman, a journalist who plans to expose Narendra's smuggling racket, is attacked but manages to survive. He then travels to Japan to buy printing equipment to open his own company.
Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupaadu
Balaraman, an honest policeman manages to capture an international criminal, Michael Raj. However, Radha, a simple lady believes Balaraman killed her brother Raghu.
Kottaram Veettile Apputtan
The film tells the story of a rich orphan - Apputtan, a generous and liberal man. He helps settle the financial woes of people in the village. He is attracted to a girl whose education he has been sponsoring. But her response to his love after becoming a doctor at his expense, was something Apputtan had least expected.
Alaipayuthey
Karthik and Shakthi marry against the wishes of their families and start their new life. However, they soon realize that marriage is not the bed of roses they had imagined it would be.
Batman: Gotham Knight
A collection of key events mark Bruce Wayne's life as he journeys from beginner to Dark Knight.
Ponniyin Selvan: Part I
The Chola kingdom is under threat from forces both internal and external, and with crown prince Aaditha Karikalan, his younger brother Arunmozhi Varman and the emperor, Sundara Cholar separated by situations, it is up to a messenger to ensure the safety of the kingdom. Can he succeed in his mission, especially with Karikalan's former girlfriend, Nandhini, plotting to bring down the entire Chola empire?
Son of Zorro
A man returning home after having fought in the Civil War discovers that corrupt politicians have taken over the county and are terrorizing and shaking down the citizens. He dons the costume of his ancestor, the famous Zorro, and sets out to bring them to justice.
Pagal Nilavu
An aimless youth joins a gang out of a sense of gratitude, but complications arise when he falls in love with the sister of the new police officer in town.
Thevar Magan
London-educated Saktivelu returns to India and wants to open a chain of restaurants in Chennai. His father, however, wishes that he would stay back and help the villagers.
Agni Natchathiram
Two step sons of an honest noble man choose different professions. One becomes a police office and the other turns into a goon. The rest of the film revolves around how the two confront each other.
Mouna Raagam
Divya, a college student, mourns the untimely death of her lover, Manohar. Due to familial pressure, she is forced to marry Chandrakumar, but she asks for a divorce as a wedding gift.
Thiruda Thiruda
An Inspector is assigned to track down a large sum of stolen money. His investigations lead him to a couple of small time crooks, a village belle, a murder, an absconding suspect, and an international drug dealer.
Thalapathi
Surya, a courageous man who was raised in the slums, fights for the rights of the poor and befriends Deva, who hires him as his commander and changes his life completely.
24 Mani Neram
A young man sets out to find the real culprit when he is falsely accused of murdering a woman. However, he has to find the murderer within twenty-four hours and avenge the woman's death.
Chekka Chivantha Vaanam
A bloody power struggle erupts between three brothers who are vying to take over the family business following the death of their father.
Brahma
Bramma is a 1991 Tamil film directed by K. Subash. The film stars Sathyaraj in the lead role as a drawing artist. The movie also includes Bhanupriya playing the role of Sathyaraj's wife and Kushboo in a pivotal role. The film was a Deepavali release, with largely positive reviews and completed 100 days in theaters & was a blockbuster
One Day Before the Rainy Season
A literary film based on a play in three acts, Ashad Ka Ek Din portrays the love of Mallika and Kalidasa, the renowned Sanskrit poet and dramatist. Vilom, a friend to both and interested in Mallika, is a passive onlooker for the first two acts. Kalidasa leaves his verdant mountain valley home for the splendour of far off Ujjain, where he wins fame. The action of the film is rooted in the village to which Kalidasa returns years later and finds Mallika married to Vilom and the mother of his child. Mallika sacrificed her love so that the poet could pursue his muse.
Nithyaharitha Nayakan
A heartwarming romantic comedy that follows a man as he goes through various stages of love - from the first crush to final break-up.
Pallavi Anu Pallavi
A man falls in love with an older woman who is separated from her husband. As he struggles between the demands of a relationship and those of society, he also tries to find the definition of love.
Manusanaa Nee
Many youngsters reportedly go missing from the State and police starts investigating the mystery cases. As this happens, a person is treated by a doctor after he gets injured in a fight. He is administered a medicine which is under testing and he gets super human powers. There are also side-effects to the medicine which makes his body decay at a rapid pace. What happens next, what is the medicine that was administered to the hero, what link this has to the missing youngsters forms the rest of the story.
Yeh to Kamaal Ho Gaya
Saxena, a corrupt lawyer, frames Shankar's son of murder and has him put in juvenile jail. A vengeful Shankar kidnaps one of Saxena's twin boys and raises him as a thief to exact revenge.