27 Best Malayalam Movies of 2024: Where to Watch Them
All We Imagine as Light
In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha’s routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. A trip to a beach town allows them to find a space for their desires to manifest.
Manjummel Boys
The film is one of the best Malayalam movies of 2024. It is based on a real story, Guna Caves rescue in 2006. The film follows a group of friends from a small locality called Manjummel in Kochi, who decide to have a vacation in Kodaikanal, which is affected when one of them becomes trapped in the Guna Caves.
Aattam
It is one of the best Malayalam movies of 2024, the story follow, late after a party amongst a theatre group, their sole actress, Anjali, is groped by one of the twelve men of the group. An urgent meeting between all but the accused is called for. In trying to reach a consensus on his expulsion, stories unravel, suspicions surface, and clamor ensues.
Aavesham
A gangster boss often makes merry with his goons at the liquor bar when not involved in fights with locals over some issues. He becomes protective of three students of the local college who approach him for help as they are being troubled by their college seniors.
Aadujeevitham: The Goat Life
It is an adaptation of the 2008 best-selling Malayalam novel Aadujeevitham by Benyamin, which is based on the real-life story of Najeeb, a Malayali immigrant laborer in the Gulf.
Ullozhukku
Ullozhukku emerges as one of the best Indian movies of 2024 due to its deeply resonant storytelling and powerhouse performances, particularly by Urvashi and Parvathy. The follows, a family’s attempt to bury a loved one is thwarted by floodwaters, forcing them to confront long-buried secrets and lies that threaten their unity.
Kishkindha Kaandam
The story takes place in the monkey-inhabited Kallepathi reserve forest where ex-military officer Appu Pillai and his son Ajay Chandran, a forest officer, reside. Dinjith Ayyathan’s direction transforms the unhurried pace into a powerful buildup, culminating in a riveting finale.
Bramayugam
Family
Sony, a Catholic man in his late twenties from rural central Kerala, comes across as a do-gooder and a well-wisher at the first glimpse. However, lurking behind his public persona is a different character. Even as some of his family members become aware of his deeds, they are silenced by the system, which mindfully and actively protects men, their delinquencies, and secrets. The family thus becomes a sturdy closet, where skeletons of the past are kept unknown and unseen by the world outside. The film tries to understand how the family system operates like the mafia when it comes to the crimes from within.
Premalu
Premalu is one of the best romantic comedy Malayalam movies of 2024 In the film, Sachin Santhosh, a graduate from Kerala, plans on moving to UK, but instead goes to Hyderabad and take a GATE course, where he meets and falls in love with Reenu Roy, an employee of an IT company.
Paradise
An Indian tourist couple arrive in the hill country of crisis ridden Sri Lanka to celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary. But, when things take an unexpected turn, conflicts deepen revealing cracks in their relationship.
Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil
A young man never wanted to marry because his girlfriend married someone else. Five years later, he was all set to get married. But a discovery about his bride’s extended family forces him to reconsider? Will he marry her?
Anweshippin Kandethum
Wrongfully suspended while pursuing the culprit in a missing persons case, a cop seeks redemption — and justice — when he gets a new assignment.
Sookshmadarshini
Manuel returns with his mother to their former home in a middle-class neighbourhood. Suspicious of his intentions, Priyadarshini and her friends begin gathering clues, convinced he may be hiding something sinister.
Varshangalkku Shesham
The story of two friends set in two different time periods. Two boys, Murali and Venu, hailing from northern Kerala meet coincidentally and become friends.
Ajayante Randam Moshanam (ARM)
Set in Northern Kerala across the years 1900, 1950, and 1990, this epic tale follows three generations of heroes Maniyan, Kunjikelu, and Ajayan as they strive to protect the land’s most vital treasure.
Marco
Adattu is one of the most renowned gold-trading families in Kerala. Unexpectedly, a mysterious incident shakes the Adattu family. George, the head of the family, sets out to uncover the truth and find those responsible. At the same time, his younger brother, Marco, embarks on the same quest but through a different path. This forms the core of Marco, an intense, violent, action-packed drama.
Thalavan
Retired DSP Udayabhanu conducts a TV programme, in which he started to narrate the incident that happens five years ago. Thalavan is about an investigation at a local police station and the hierarchy at that police force.
Vaazha – Biopic of a Billion Boys
Five happy-go-lucky teenage boys are deemed “vaazhas” (a slang for good-for-nothing) by their overbearing parents for not meeting their expectations. What they achieve in life forms the remaining part of the story.
Rifle Club
A couple accidentally kills the rebellious son of a notorious underworld don, Dayanand Bare, in Mangalore. Fleeing for their lives, they escape to Kerala and seek refuge in a remote rifle club nestled in the hills of Wayanad. The rifle club, founded by three passionate hunting enthusiasts, boasts a group of members highly skilled in handling firearms. On the same night, the club is hosting film star Shajahan, who is there to learn hunting for his upcoming movie, Vettamrugam. Meanwhile, Dayanand Bare, bent on avenging his son’s death, tracks the couple down, bringing his henchmen to launch a brutal attack on the rifle club.
The club’s secretary, Kaduvachalil Avaran, along with the other members, is forced into the fight of their lives as they defend the couple and the honor of their cherished club.
Golam
A mysterious death during work hours in an office puzzles all but only Investigator ASP Sandeep Krishna observes it as a murder.
Nunakkuzhi
A young rich businessman caught in a web of lies and mistaken identities must unravel a series of interconnected events involving a sex tape, a murder accusation, and a missing laptop, as he teams up with an income tax officer to retrieve his laptop and clear his name as his wife’s life hangs in the balance.
Hello Mummy
A man named Boney falls for Stefy and wants to marry her, but her deceased mother’s ghost haunts her, disliking Boney. He faces the challenge of dealing with this supernatural obstacle to their relationship.
Abraham Ozler
Revolves around the personal and professional lives of veteran cop Abraham Ozler, ACP Trichur, who at one time has to take up a serial killing case and the mysterious hunt begins.
Malayalee from India
An unemployed young man named Aalparambil Gopi is compelled to embark on a journey away from his home. This unplanned trip ultimately changes the course of his life in a remarkable way.
Porattu Nadakam
Porattu Nadakam, Which tells the story of a village called Gopalapura in the backdrop of North Malabar. The events unfolding in Gopalapura for 21 days are presented through satire. Art forms like Kothamuriyatam and Porattu Nadakam are the main Background.
Bougainvillea
It was inspired by Lajo Jose’s novel Ruthinte Lokam (2019). A family entangled in a police investigation surrounding the mysterious disappearance of tourists in Kerala.
