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A text-first record of South Indian cinema, year by year. It carries no posters, no stills and no photographs of anyone — by design, not by omission. Typography is the poster.

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Film data is drawn from Wikipedia’s curated year-by-language film lists and from Wikidata, through their public APIs. Wikipedia content is used under CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikidata is CC0. Every film page lists the sources it was built from.

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Where a fact could not be verified, the field is empty rather than guessed. Counts shown anywhere in this archive are database counts.

Mollywood

Malayalam Cinema

216releases

Tollywood184 Kollywood255 Sandalwood239

216 films

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Moksha Crisis

Lead: Gokulnath, Thamban Kodakkad
Director: Ajay Sekhar

31 DEC 2025View film ↗

Aghosham

Lead: Narain, Dhyan Sreenivasan
Director: Amal K. Joby

25 DEC 2025View film ↗

Haal

Lead: Shane Nigam, Johny Antony
Director: Veeraa
Music: Nandhagopan V

25 DEC 2025View film ↗

Mindiyum Paranjum

Drama

Lead: Unni Mukundan, Jude Anthany Joseph
Director: Arun Bose
Music: Sooraj S. Kurup

25 DEC 2025View film ↗

Paralokam

Lead: Bhaskaran Kavumthara, Bidhin Bal
Director: Bidhin Bal

25 DEC 2025View film ↗

Sarvam Maya

Fantasy · Romantic Comedy · Supernatural

Lead: Nivin Pauly, Aju Varghese
Director: Akhil Sathyan
Music: Justin Prabhakaran

25 DEC 2025View film ↗

Eraan

Lead: Premalatha, Purushothaman
Director: Shiju Balagopalan

20 DEC 2025View film ↗

Themmadi Kunnile Thanthonnikal

Lead: Saju Navodaya, Sohan Seenulal
Director: Robin Joseph

20 DEC 2025View film ↗

Eliza

Lead: Bheeman Raghu, Shibin Jose
Director: Athul Ranganath

19 DEC 2025View film ↗

Bha Bha Ba

Action · Comedy · Political

Lead: Dileep, Vineeth Sreenivasan
Director: Dhananjay Shankar
Music: Songs:

18 DEC 2025View film ↗

Adinaasam Vellapokkam

Lead: Shine Tom Chacko, Babu Antony
Director: A.J. Varghese

12 DEC 2025View film ↗

Ambalamukkile Visheshangal

Lead: Gokul Suresh, Lal
Director: Jayaram Kailas

12 DEC 2025View film ↗

Sree Ayyappan

Lead: Riyaz Khan, Aneesh Ravi
Director: Vishnu Venjaramoodu

12 DEC 2025View film ↗

Uduppu

Lead: Indrans, Sudheer Karamana
Director: Anil Mukhathala

07 DEC 2025View film ↗

Dheeram

Crime · Thriller

Lead: Indrajith Sukumaran, Aju Varghese
Director: Jithin T Suresh
Music: Manikandan Ayyappa

05 DEC 2025View film ↗

Kalamkaval

Crime · Psychological · Thriller

Lead: Mammootty, Vinayakan
Director: Jithin K. Jose
Music: Mujeeb Majeed

05 DEC 2025View film ↗

Khajuraho Dreams

Lead: Sharaf U Dheen, Arjun Ashokan
Director: Manoj Vasudev

05 DEC 2025View film ↗

Madhura Kanakku

Lead: Hareesh Peradi, Indrans
Director: Radheshyam V

05 DEC 2025View film ↗

Pongala

Action

Lead: Sreenath Bhasi, Baburaj
Director: A B Binil
Music: Ranjin Raj

05 DEC 2025View film ↗

The Ride

Lead: Sudhi Koppa, Maala Parvathi
Director: Ritesh Menon

05 DEC 2025View film ↗

Ayyappanum Vapuranum

Lead: Shivaji Guruvayoor, Neena Kurup
Director: K G Vijayakumar

28 NOV 2025View film ↗

Victoria

Lead: Meenakshi Jayan, Sreeshma Chandran
Director: Sivaranjini J

28 NOV 2025View film ↗

Inland

Lead: Aldrin Thampan, Sundari Amma
Director: S K Sreejith Lal

23 NOV 2025View film ↗

Aavani

Lead: Devan, Kailash
Director: R Rajamohan

21 NOV 2025View film ↗