Best Tamil Action Movies

130 films · 34 with 3+ critic reviews

Mass entertainers, stunt spectacle and the star vehicles that drive the box office. Critical scores here run lower than audience enthusiasm.

The best Tamil action movies, ranked by aggregated critic score.

01DCTamil · 2026“After a point, though, the violence-heavy action feels repetitive and without proper…” — Bhuvanesh Chandar

6.5

19 criticsRecommended02Yennai Arindhaal...Tamil · 2015“A rushed climax, a problematic organ trafficking angle, a repeated plot device, a…” — Sudhir Srinivasan

6.3

11 criticsMixed03Thani OruvanTamil · 2015“A big flaw of Indian cinema is its tendency to stretch the script to a point where even…” — Gautaman Bhaskaran

6.3

10 criticsMixed0424Tamil · 2016“However, the Sathya-Mani romance is silly to the core, and drags the narrative down by…” — Gautaman Bhaskaran

6.3

10 criticsMixed05KaththiTamil · 2014“A lot of flab, but some solid masala moments...” — Baradwaj Rangan

6.2

14 criticsMixed06JigarthandaTamil · 2014“Jigarthanda is a failed attempt at showing stylised brutality...” — Gautaman Bhaskaran

6.2

9 criticsMixed07Captain MillerTamil · 2024“Despite a few shortcomings, Captain Miller is a huge step up for its filmmaker — whose…” — Gopinath Rajendran

6.2

9 criticsMixed08Sigaram ThoduTamil · 2014“A good thriller towards the end, after much wasted time.” — Baradwaj Rangan

5.8

8 criticsMixed09SethupathiTamil · 2016“Sethupathi is one of those films with a second half so good that you are willing to…” — Vishal Menon

5.7

10 criticsMixed10BlastTamil · 2026“In a different film, where more ingenious ideas are spring-loaded for mass elevations,…” — Bhuvanesh Chandar

5.7

6 criticsMixed11Naanum RowdydhaanTamil · 2015“Almost all the jokes, both subtle and loud, work. And they're everywhere, and often…” — Sudhir Srinivasan

5.6

5 criticsMixed12Good Bad UglyTamil · 2025“Good Bad Ugly doesn't try too hard to disguise which camp it falls into—it's loud,…” — Latha Srinivasan

5.6

3 criticsMixed13AngikaaramTamil · 2026“the KJR-starrer sports courtroom drama receiving a 3.5/5 early reaction” — Sharath Bose

5.6

5 criticsMixed14KaraTamil · 2026“Kara did not try anything new with the movie, but tried to tell the existing story…” — Chetupelli Sanjiv Kumar

5.5

9 criticsMixed15EettiTamil · 2015“...a decent entertainer with its fair share of merits and a few drawbacks.” — Behindwoods Review Board

5.5

5 criticsMixed16UrumeenTamil · 2015“Urumeen doesn't have much by way of laughs. It doesn't need any. The way-over-the-top…” — Baradwaj Rangan

5.4

8 criticsMixed17Aranmanai 2Tamil · 2016“Sundar's Aranmanai has set the bar and many elements in this film remind you of its…” — Latha Srinivasan

5.4

8 criticsMixed18MiruthanTamil · 2016“That's native, organic humour, but there isn't a lot of that in Miruthan, which suffers…” — Sudhir Srinivasan

5.3

10 criticsMixed19PoojaiTamil · 2014“Poojai, despite not being Hari's best, could still be successful in the B and C centres,…” — Sudhir Srinivasan

5.3

10 criticsMixed20KaruppuTamil · 2026“RJ Balaji's Karuppu almost plays out like every other mass masala film you have seen…” — Neeshita Nyayapati

5.3

7 criticsMixed21Jai Hind 2Tamil · 2014“Forget coherence or plausibility, but the action's not bad...” — Baradwaj Rangan

5.3

5 criticsMixed22PugazhTamil · 2016“Sadly, the movie ceases to tread a focussed path -- often wandering without purpose. It…” — Gautaman Bhaskaran

5.2

5 criticsMixed23MaariTamil · 2015“Yes, Dhanush has to guts to play a man with many shades of grey, his looks blending with…” — Gautaman Bhaskaran

5.1

8 criticsMixed24Kaaki SattaiTamil · 2015“As overlong, utterly generic, badly written, indifferently made action-comedy star…” — Baradwaj Rangan

5.0

14 criticsMixed25GethuTamil · 2016“But Gethu is definitely a welcome relief for those of us who wondered how long…” — Sudhir Srinivasan

5.0

7 criticsMixed26VedalamTamil · 2015“The time-tested I'll-abduct-your-close-ones method was after all used in a film like Run,…” — Sudhir Srinivasan

4.9

12 criticsUnfavorable27KanithanTamil · 2016“Like so many Tamil films, Kanithan begins with a fantastic idea and story, but Santosh…” — Gautaman Bhaskaran

4.9

10 criticsUnfavorable28Thug LifeTamil · 2025“When Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam announced that they would be working together after 37…” — Latha Srinivasan

4.9

4 criticsUnfavorable29AnjaanTamil · 2014“Weak script, too much attention on Suriya spoils Anjaan...” — Hindustan Times

4.8

10 criticsUnfavorable30Katham KathamTamil · 2015“If the director had avoided the temptation of including 'necessary commercial elements',…” — Sudhir Srinivasan

4.8

5 criticsUnfavorable31MagudamTamil · 2026“If you haven't caught the drift yet, this three-hour-long gangster saga is a terribly…” — Bhuvanesh Chandar

4.6

9 criticsUnfavorable32YaanTamil · 2014“It is high time that filmmakers recognise the fact that packing a two-hour film merely…” — Udhav Naig

4.4

11 criticsUnfavorable33Jana NayaganTamil · 2026“The overstuffed narrative keeps shuttling from one idea to the next; instead of bettering…” — Bhuvanesh Chandar

4.4

9 criticsUnfavorable34PuliTamil · 2015“Put differently, Chimbu Deven has forgotten to make a movie for adults. His inventions…” — Baradwaj Rangan

4.3

19 criticsUnfavorable

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4.6

Magudam

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