# The best Mohanlal movies

The Complete Actor of Malayalam cinema: from Kireedam and Thoovanathumbikal to Manichitrathazhu and Drishyam, the Mohanlal films most often named by Film Companion, OTTweek and the Godyears top 50.

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## Top 12

1. **Kireedam (1989)** (69 · ▲75 ▼6) — Sibi Malayil: a policeman's son whose dreams are crushed by one street fight.
2. **Manichitrathazhu (1993)** (46 · ▲52 ▼6) — Fazil's psychological thriller in an old Kerala tharavad.
3. **Vanaprastham (1999)** (41 · ▲51 ▼10) — Shaji N. Karun: the life of a Kathakali dancer.
4. **Kilukkam (1991)** (39 · ▲43 ▼4) — Priyadarshan's comedy with Revathy and Jagathy Sreekumar in Ooty.
5. **Devasuram (1993)** (35 · ▲39 ▼4) — I. V. Sasi: an arrogant feudal heir and his downfall.
6. **Spadikam (1995)** (33 · ▲39 ▼6) — Bhadran: a rebellious son and his strict maths-teacher father.
7. **Chithram (1988)** (30 · ▲41 ▼11) — Priyadarshan: a man hired to play a husband for a few days.
8. **Thoovanathumbikal (1987)** (29 · ▲38 ▼9) — P. Padmarajan's romance between two very different women and one man.
9. **Bharatham (1991)** (28 · ▲38 ▼10) — Sibi Malayil: a classical singer and his troubled elder brother.
10. **Iruvar (1997)** (25 · ▲33 ▼8) — Mani Ratnam's Tamil film inspired by M. G. Ramachandran and M. Karunanidhi.
11. **Kaalapani (1996)** (22 · ▲30 ▼8) — Priyadarshan: freedom fighters in the Cellular Jail of the Andaman Islands.
12. **Thanmathra (2005)** (22 · ▲29 ▼7) — Blessy: a man facing early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
13. **Drishyam (2013)** (16 · ▲27 ▼11) — Jeethu Joseph: a cable TV operator protects his family after a death.
14. **Sadayam (1992)** (13 · ▲26 ▼13) — Sibi Malayil, written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair: a painter on death row.

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