# The best Mammootty movies

From New Delhi and Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha to Vidheyan, Mathilukal and Pathemari: the Mammootty films picked by Eastern Eye and ranked in IMDb users' lists of his 50 best.

- 116 votes · 14 items
- Nov 29, 2021 · brian.miami
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## Top 12

1. **New Delhi (1987)** (13 · ▲13 ▼0) — A crippled journalist takes revenge on the powerful; a record-breaking hit.
2. **Mathilukal (1990)** (11 · ▲12 ▼1) — Adoor Gopalakrishnan from Vaikom Muhammad Basheer: a prisoner in love with a voice over the wall.
3. **Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (1989)** (11 · ▲11 ▼0) — A retelling of the legend of Chanthu Chekavar; a National Award for best actor.
4. **Pathemari (2015)** (10 · ▲11 ▼1) — A man who spends his life working in the Gulf for his family.
5. **Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (2000)** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Jabbar Patel: the life of the architect of India's constitution.
6. **Amaram (1991)** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — A fisherman and his dreams for his daughter.
7. **Paleri Manikyam (2009)** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — Ranjith: an investigator reopens a 1950s village murder.
8. **Rajamanikyam (2005)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — An action comedy that became the top-grossing Malayalam film of its time.
9. **Kaazhcha (2004)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Blessy: a village projectionist takes in a boy lost after the Gujarat earthquake.
10. **Oru CBI Diary Kurippu (1988)** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — Sethurama Iyer, the CBI officer who solves the impossible case.
11. **Vidheyan (1994)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Adoor Gopalakrishnan: a tyrannical landlord and his servant.
12. **Yavanika (1982)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — K. G. George: a police inspector investigates a tabla player's disappearance.
13. **Anantaram (1987)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Adoor Gopalakrishnan: a young man's two versions of his own story.
14. **The Great Father (2017)** (0 · ▲3 ▼3) — A father hunts the man who attacked his daughter.

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