Are you wondering if there are any interesting Malayalam movies to watch on OTT? Then, here is a list of some thriller movies to watch on the streaming platform, JioHotstar.
7 Malayalam thrillers to watch on OTT right now:
1. Kannur Squad
- Mould: MammoottyAzis Nedumangad, Ronnie David Raj, Shabarish Verma, Vijayaraghavan, Kishore, Ankit Madhav
- Director: Robbie Varghese Raj
- Runtime: 2 hours 41 minutes
Kannur Squad follows ASI George Martin and his dedicated four-member police team from Kannur, Kerala. Inspired by real-life events, the plot focuses on the squad as they tackle a brutal, high-profile crime and robbery of an NRI businessman, tracking down criminals across India from Kerala to Maharashtra.
2. Memories
- Mould: Prithviraj SukumaranSP Sreekumar, Meghna Raj, Mia George, Vijayaraghavan
- Director: jeetu joseph
- Runtime: 2 hours 23 minutes
Memories tells the story of Sam Alex, an alcoholic and depressed policeman who is struggling with the loss of his wife and daughter. When she is assigned to investigate a series of mysterious deaths where married men are abducted and attacked, she uncovers clues that lead to an eccentric, vengeful serial killer.
3. Oppam
- Mould: Mohanlal, Samuthirakani, Nedumudi Venu, Meenakshi, Anushree, Vimala Raman
- Director: Priyadarshan
- Runtime: 2 hours 12 minutes
Oppam follows Jayaraman, a blind lift operator with extremely acute senses, who is convicted of murdering a retired judge. The story turns into a tense cat-and-mouse game as he runs afoul of the police and a psychopath while trying to protect the judge’s young daughter. The film is being adapted into Hindi beastStarring Saif Ali Khan and Akshay Kumar.
4.Mumbai Police
- Mould: Prithviraj Sukumaran, JayasuriyaRehman, Aparna Nair, Riyaz Khan, Kunchan, Mukundan
- Director: Roshan Andrews
- Runtime: 2 hours 25 minutes
Mumbai Police explores the story of ACP Antony Moses, who investigates the murder of his colleague ACP Aryan John Jacob. However, just as he is about to catch the culprit, Antony meets with an accident, causing him to lose his memory.
Now, to learn more about himself and find the culprit once again, the officer has to retrace his steps, leading to an interesting investigation into the case. The film was remade in Telugu as Hunt, starring Sudheer Babu, and later in Hindi as Deva, starring Shahid Kapoor in the lead role.
5. 12th man
- Mould: Mohanlal, unni mukundanSaiju Kurup, Rahul Madhav, Anu Mohan, Chandhunadh, Anushree, Priyanka Nair
- Director: jeetu joseph
- Runtime: 2 hours 43 minutes
The 12th Man tells the story of 11 friends who gather for a bachelor party at a remote resort. When a death occurs, a drunken police officer accidentally investigates, uncovering secrets, extramarital affairs, and hidden betrayals among the close-knit group, revealing that the victim died during a struggle, and one of them is responsible. The film was loosely based on the Italian film, Perfect Strangers (2016), which itself took inspiration from Agatha Christie’s novels.
6. Kammatipadam
- Mould: Dulquer SalmaanVinayakan, Shawn Romey, Manikandan R. Achari, Vinay Forte, Shine Tom Chacko, Suraj Venjaramoodu
- Director: Rajeev Ravi
- Runtime: 2 hours 57 minutes
Based in the 1980s to 2000s, Kammatipadam explores the friendship between Krishnan and his best friend Ganga. As their lives unfold, they both join a local mafia who discover how rapid urbanization and the real estate mafia have destroyed their locality and pushed their lives to the margins, leading to bloodshed.
7. Drishyam
- Mould: MohanlalMeena, Ansiba Hassan, Esther Anil, Asha Sharath, Siddiqui, Kalabhavan Shajon, Roshan Bashir
- Director: jeetu joseph
- Runtime: 2 hours 40 minutes
Drishyam is the story of Georgekutty, a cable operator who uses his knowledge of cinema to protect his family after he accidentally kills a police officer’s son, and creates a visual mask around himself and the rest of the world.
The above Malayalam movies are some of the crime thrillers that you can watch on OTT platforms.
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