Mar 25, 2024, 08:25 PM IST

9 must-watch Tamil crime thrillers

Aman Wadhwa

Headlined by Kamal Haasan, the 2013 film Papanasam has a father taking desperate measures to save his family from going to prison

Led by R Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathi, the 2017 film Vikram Vedha is based on a cat and mouse chase between a cop and a gangster

Starring Vishnu Vishal, the 2018 crime thriller Ratsasan revolves around the hunt to catch a serial killer targeting teen school girls

Headlined by Nayanthara, the 2018 film Imaikkaa Nodigal is based on a hunt to catch a serial killer who kidnaps and kills the children of rich people

The 2018 film Vada Chennai has Dhanush as a carrom player who gets involved in a gang war between two rival gangsters

The 2019 crime thriller Thadam has Arun Vijay playing two identical twins arrested as suspects for one murder

The 2020 crime thriller Psycho, featuring Udhayanidhi Stalin and Aditi Rao Hydari, is based on the Buddhist tale of Angulimala

Headlined by Rajinikanth, the 2023 crime thriller Jailer has a retired jailer going on a manhunt to find his son's killers

A rookie cop partners with a reclusive senior officer to catch a serial killer murdering young women in the 2023 film Por Thozhil

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