Here’s a curated list of the best Tamil movies of 2022 which are binge-worthy watches and are based on different genres such as action, crime, comedy, drama, thriller, romance and many more.
1. Mahaan
Mahaan is an action thriller film that was released on 10 February 2022. The film is directed by Karthik Subbaraj starring Vikram, Dhruv Vikram, Bobby Simha and Simran as the main lead actors in the movie. The story revolves around Gandhi Mahaan shi a school teacher who is abandoned by his family after he decides to live a life of his own with personal freedom.
2. Don
Don is an Indian language Tamil movie that was released on 25 March 2022 in theatres. The film is directed by Cibi Chakaravarthi starring Sivakarthikeyan, S J Suryah and Priyanka Arul Mohan as the main lead actors in the movie. The story revolves around an action comedy film and it is produced by Allirajah Subaskaran of Lyca Productions and co-produced by Sivakarthikeyan under his Sivakarthikeyan Production banner.
3. Vikram
Vikram is an Indian Tamil language film that was released on 3 June 2022 in theaters. The film is directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj starring Kamal Hassan, Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil as the main lead actors in the movie. The story revolves around two siblings, one a gangster and the other a politician. They both kidnap a high-ranking government official and will keep him in their prison. Vikram who is a retired police officer is assigned to save him.
4. Maaran
Mahaan is an Indian Tamil language film that is directed by Karthik Subbaraj starring Vikram, Dhruv Vikram and Simran as the main lead actors in the movie. The film was released on 10 February 2022 on Amazon Prime Video.
The story revolves around a man who will undergo a personal crisis when his family leaves him and one day he steps out of line from his principled life and moves on without them to realize his ambitions but as he reaches the depth of success he misses his family, especially his son and wants him to be back in his life.
5. Beast
Beast is an Indian Tamil language film that was released on 28 April 2022 in theatres. The film is directed by Nelson Dilipkumar starring Vijay and Pooja Hegde as the main lead actors in the movie. The story revolves around gold smuggling and it is set against the backdrop of how gold is being smuggled into the airport.
6. Valimai
Valimai is an Indian Tamil language film that was released on 24 February 2022 and is distributed by ZEE Studios. The film is directed by H Vinoth starring Ajitha Kumar, Huma Qureshi and Kartikeya Gummakonda as the main lead actors in the movie. The story revolves around Arjun who is a police officer who sets out on a mission to hunt down a group of violent bikers after they’re involved in s theft and murder.
7.Kadaisi Vivasayi
Kadaisi Vivasayi is an Indian Tamil language film that was released on 11 February 2022 in theatres. The film is directed by M Manikandan starring Nallandi, Vijay Sethupathi, Yogi Babu and Muneeshwaran as the main lead actors in the movie. The story revolves around Octogenarian Mayandi who is the last active farmer in his remote village in Tamil Nadu where he refuses to sell his land to a property developer but things take a turn for the worse when he is wrongly accused of killing three peacocks.
8.Etharkkum Thunindhavan
Etharkkum Thunindhavan is an Indian Tamil language film that was released either on 10 March or 11 March 2022 in theaters. The film is directed by Pandiraj starring Suriya, Priyanka Atul Mohan and Vinay Rai as the main lead actors in the movie. Initially, the film was supposed to be released on 4 February 2022 but due to the pandemic, it got delayed.
9. Nenjuku Needhi
Nejuku Needhi is a political drama film that was released on 20 May 2022. The film is directed by Arunraja Kamaraj starring Udhayanidhi Stalin, Tanya Ravichandran and Shivani Rajashekhar as the main lead actors in the movie. The story revolves around an upright city-bred police officer who launches an attack against the caste system after caste-based discrimination and other crimes see dismissed.
10.Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal
Kaathu Vaakula Rendu Kaadhal is an Indian Tamil language film that was released on 28 April 2022 in theaters. The film is directed by Vignesh Shivan starring Vijay Sethupathi, Nayanthara and Samantha Ruth Prabhu as the main lead actors in the movie. The story revolves around the romance of Rambo with Kanmai and Khatija.
11.Oh My Dog
Oh, My Dog is an Indian Tamil language film that was released on 21 April 2022 on Amazon Prime Video. The film is directed by Sarov Shanmugam starring Vinay Rai, Arun Vijay, Arnav Vijay and Mahima Nambiar as the main lead actors in the movie. The story revolves around Fernando who is a rich dog owner who breeds the best dogs where he has been going to international dog shows and has been consistently winning with his dogs. He is just one win away from creating a world record where one day he decides to kill a puppy as it was born blind but the puppy escapes and is found by Arjun who raises him.
12. Tannakkaran
Tannakkaran is an Indian Tamil language film that was released on 8 April 2022 on Disney Plus Hotstar. The film is directed by Tamizh starring Vikram Prabhu, Anjali Nair and Lal as the main lead actors in the movie. The story revolves around Arivazhagan aka Arivu who wants to become a police officer and successfully joins the Police Recruits School. Things escalate quickly to a drastic turn of events when Arivu realizes everything is not as it looks.
13. Veetla Vishesham
Veetla Vishesham is an Indian Tamil language film that was released on 17 June 2022. The film is directed by RJ Balaji and NJ Saravanan starring Sathyaraj, RJ Balaji and Urvashi as the main lead actors in the movie. The story revolves around a middle-aged couple who get pregnant and much to the chagrin of their grown-up sons.
