List of Tamil films of 2020

This is a list of Tamil language films produced in the Tamil cinema in India that were released/scheduled to be released in 2020.

Box office collection

The highest-grossing Tamil films released in 2020, by worldwide box office gross revenue, are as follows:

Highest worldwide gross of 2020

Rank	Film	Production company	Worldwide gross	References
1	Darbar	Lyca Productions	₹202–250 crore	[a]
2	Pattas	Sathya Jyothi Films	₹39.50–44 crore	[3][4]
3	Psycho	Red Giant Movies	₹25 crore (equivalent to ₹29 crore or US$3.5 million in 2023)	[5]
4	Soorarai Pottru	2D Entertainment	₹23 crore (equivalent to ₹27 crore or US$3.2 million in 2023)

Released films

January – March

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
J A N	3	Anantha Veedu	Sugumaran	Sugumaran, Shivayam, Nagarajan	Nila Movie Makers
		Ayya Ullen Ayya	Erode Soundar	Kabilesh, Prarthana Sandeep, Livingston, Manobala	Veera Sri Santhana Karuparayan
		En Sangathu Aala Adichavan Evanada	Naveen Manikandan	Vikkas, Madhumitha, Delhi Ganesh, Chitra	SH Media Dreams	[6]
		Kadhal Vizhigal	Sri Sumathy	Jayabalan, Sri Sumathy	Sri Sumathy
		Pachai Vilakku	Maran	Maran, Theesha, Imman Annachi, Manobala	Digithink Mediawork	[7]
		Pizhai	Rajavel Krishnaa	Kakka Muttai Ramesh, Appa Nasath, Mime Gopi, Charle	Turning Point Productions	[8]
		Thedu	Suci Easwar	Sanjay, Meghana, Sivakasi Murgesan, Kamaraj	Kishore Cine Arts	[9]
		Thottu Vidum Thooram	V. P. Nageswaran	Vivek Raj, Monica Chinnakotla, Livingston, Seetha	Usha Cine Creations	[10]
	9	Darbar	AR Murugadoss	Rajinikanth, Nayanthara, Nivetha Thomas, Suniel Shetty	Lyca Productions	[11]
	15	Pattas	R. S. Durai Senthilkumar	Dhanush, Sneha, Mehreen Pirzada, Naveen Chandra	Sathya Jyothi Films	[12]
	24	Psycho	Mysskin	Udhayanidhi Stalin, Aditi Rao Hydari, Nithya Menen	Double Meaning Production	[13]
		Rajavukku Check	Sai Rajkumar	Cheran, Srushti Dange, Sarayu Mohan, Nandana Varma	Pallatte Kokkatt Film House	[14]
		Taana	Yuvaraj Subramani	Vaibhav, Nandita Swetha, Yogi Babu	Nobel Movies Production	[15]
	31	Dagaalty	Vijay Anand	Santhanam, Rittika Sen, Yogi Babu	Hand Made Films	[16]
		Maayanadhi	Ashok Thiagarajan	Abi Saravanan, Venba, Aadukalam Naren	Raji Nila Mukil Films	[17]
		Utraan	O. Rajagajini	Roshan Udayakumar, Heroshini Komali, Priyanka Nair	Sat Cinemas	[18]
		Vanmurai	Manjith Divakar	R. K. Suresh, Vinoth Kishan, Charmila, Vigil Varhese	Arya Aadhi International Movies	[19]
F E B	1	Naadodigal 2	Samuthirakani	Sasikumar, Anjali, Athulya Ravi	Madras Enterprises	[20]
	7	Adavi	G. Ramesh	Vinoth Kishan, Ammu Abirami, Attapadi Radhakrishnan	Shri Krish Pictures	[21]
		Pulikodi Devan	S. P. Raaj Prabhu	V. Krishnaswamy, Amala Maria	Chozha Nadu Talkies	[22]
		Sandimuni	Milka S. Selvakumar	Natty, Manisha Yadav, Yogi Babu	Sivam Media Works	[23]
		Seeru	Rathina Siva	Jiiva, Riya Suman, Gayathri Krishnaa, Navdeep	Vels Film International	[24]
		Vaanam Kottattum	Dhana	Sarathkumar, Radhika, Vikram Prabhu, Aishwarya Rajesh	Madras Talkies	[25]
	14	Day Knight	N. K. Kandi	Aadarsh, Finny Mathew, Vipin Thomas	Futurz International	[26]
		Naan Sirithaal	Raana	Hiphop Tamizha, Iswarya Menon	Avni Movies	[27]
		Oh My Kadavule	Ashwath Marimuthu	Ashok Selvan, Ritika Singh, Vani Bhojan	Axess Film Factory	[28]
	21	Baaram	Priya Krishnaswamy	Raju, Stella Gobi	Reckless Roses	[29]
		God Father	Jegan Rajshekar	Natty, Lal, Ananya	GS Arts	[30]
		Kutty Devathai	K. Alexander	Chozhavendhan, Teja Reddy, Vela Ramamoorthy	Jai Shakthi Movies	[31]
		Kanni Maadam	Bose Venkat	Sriram Karthick, Saya Devi, Murugadoss, Mime Gopi	MSM Movie Traders	[32]
		Mafia: Chapter 1	Karthick Naren	Arun Vijay, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Prasanna	Lyca Productions	[33]
		Meendum Oru Mariyathai	Bharathiraja	Bharathiraja, Nakshatra	Manoj Creations	[34]
	28	Draupathi	Mohan G	Richard Rishi, Sheela Rajkumar, Karunas	GM Film Corporation	[35]
		Galtha	S. Hari Uthraa	Antony Sagayaraj, Siva Nishanth, Ayraa Jain, Appukutty	Malar Movie Makers	[36]
		Irumbu Manithan	Disney	Santhosh Prathap, Archana, Ganja Karuppu	Shankar Movies International	[37]
		Kadalil Kattumaramai	Yuvraj Munish	Rakshan, Rithika, Elaya, Latha Sai	SB Shoba Movies	[38]
		Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal	Desingh Periyasamy	Dulquer Salmaan, Ritu Varma, Rakshan, Niranjani	Anto Joseph Film Company	[39]
M A R	6	College Kumar	Hari Santhosh	Prabhu, Rahul Vijay, Priya Vadlamani, Madhoo	M. R. Pictures	[40]
		Ettuthikkum Para	Keera	Samuthirakani, Chandini Tamilarasan, Nitish Veera	Varnalaya Cine Creations	[41]
		Gypsy	Raju Murugan	Jiiva, Natasha Singh, Sunny Wayne	Olympia Movies	[42]
		Indha Nilai Maarum	Arunkanth	Ramkumar, Ashwin Kumar Lakshmikanthan, Nivedhithaa Sathish	Panthalam Cinemas	[43]
		Velvet Nagaram	Manojkumar Natarajan	Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Ramesh Thilak	Makers Studios	[44]
	13	Alti	M. J. Hussain	Anbhu Mayilsami, Manishajith, Sendrayan	NSR Film Factory	[45]
		Asuraguru	A. Rajdeep	Vikram Prabhu, Mahima Nambiar	JSB Film Studios	[46]
		Dharala Prabhu	Krishna Marimuthu	Harish Kalyan, Tanya Hope, Vivek	Screen Scene Media Entertainment	[47]
		Kayiru	Ganesh	S. R. Gunaa, Kavya Madhav, Cheranraj	Skyway Pictures	[48]
		Thanchamada Nee Yenakku	M. Charle	Dileep Poonthura, Binees Baskar, Tiger Khan	RM Real Media
		Walter	U. Anbarasan	Sibiraj, Shirin Kanchwala, Samuthirakani	11:11 Productions (P) Ltd	[49]

April – June

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
A P R	1	Sethum Aayiram Pon	Anand Ravichandran	Srilekha Rajendran, Nivedhithaa Sathish, Avinash Raghudevan	Wishberry Films	[50]
M A Y	29	Ponmagal Vandhal	J. J. Frederick	Jyothika, Parthiban, K. Bhagyaraj	2D Entertainment, Amazon Prime Video	[51]
	30	Mamakiki	Shree Karthick G. Radhakrishnan Sameer Bharath Ram Karthik Siva Vadivel	Preetha Anandan, Ramesh Thilak, Dev	Super Talkies, ZEE5	[52]
J U N	19	Penguin	Eashvar Karthic	Keerthy Suresh, Linga, Madhampatty Rangaraj	Stone Bench Films, Passion Studios, Amazon Prime Video	[53]
		Yaadhumagi Nindraai	Gayathri Raguram	Gayathri Raguram, Nivas Adithan, Sindhu Krishnan	Suja Movies, ZEE5	[54]

July–September

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
J U L	10	Cocktail	Vijaya Murugan	Yogi Babu, Rashmi Gopinath, Mithun Maheswaran, KPY Bala	PG Mediaworks, ZEE5	[55]
	31	Hawala	Ammith Rao	Srinivas, Ammith Rao, Amulya, Nizhalgal Ravi	Apples and Pears Filmy Mystics	[56]
A U G	1	Danny	L. C. Santhanamoorthy	Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Vela Ramamoorthy	PG Mediaworks	[57]
	14	Lock Up	S. G. Charles	Vaibhav, Venkat Prabhu, Vani Bhojan	Shvedh Group	[58]
	15	Onbathu Kuzhi Sampath	J. A. Ragupathi	Balaji Maharaja, Nikhila Vimal, Appukutty	80-20 Pictures	[59]
S E P	6	Madham	Rajni	Vijayshankar, Swathishta Krishnan, John, Dinakaran	Kalikambal Films

October–December

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
O C T	2	Ka Pae Ranasingam	P. Virumaandi	Vijay Sethupathi, Aishwarya Rajesh, Bhavani Sre	KJR Studios	[60]
		Silence	Hemant Madhukar	Madhavan, Anushka Shetty, Michael Madsen, Anjali	People Media Factory, Kona Film Corporation	[61]
	6	Varmaa	Bala	Dhruv Vikram, Megha Chowdhury, Raiza Wilson	E4 Entertainment	[62]
	16	Putham Pudhu Kaalai	Sudha Kongara Gautham Vasudev Menon Rajiv Menon Suhasini Maniratnam Karthik Subbaraj	Jayaram, Ritu Varma, Shruti Haasan, Andrea Jeremiah, Bobby Simha	Amazon Prime Video	[63]
	27	Patra Vaitha Nerupondru	Vinoth Rajendran	Dinesh Sadasivam, Smruthi Venkat, Ranjith	Iruvar Film Factory	[64]
	30	Nungambakkam	Ramesh Selvan	Ajmal, Mano, Ayra, A. Venkatesh	Dream World Cinemas	[65]
N O V	12	Soorarai Pottru	Sudha Kongara	Suriya, Paresh Rawal, Aparna Balamurali, Urvashi, Mohan Babu	2D Entertainment, Amazon Prime Video	[66]
	14	Biskoth	R. Kannan	Santhanam, Tara Alisha Berry, Sowcar Janaki	Masala Pix	[67]
		Irandam Kuththu	Santhosh P. Jayakumar	Santhosh P. Jayakumar, Akrithi Singh	Flying Horse Pictures	[68]
		Marijuana	M. D. Anand	Rishi Rithvik, Asha Parthalom	Third Eye Creation	[69]
		Mookuthi Amman	RJ Balaji N. J. Saravanan	Nayanthara, RJ Balaji, Urvashi, Smruthi Venkat	Vels Film International	[70]
		Naanga Romba Busy	Badri	Prasanna, Shaam, Ashwin Kakumanu, Shruti Marathe	Avni Movies	[71]
		Thatrom Thookrom	Arul Suriakannu	Teejay Arunasalam, Kaali Venkat, Cheenu Mohan	Media Marshal	[72]
	20	Puranagar	Minnal Murugan	Kamal Govindraj, Ashwini Chandrasekar, Suganya	Valliyammaal Production	[73]
		Quota	P. Amudhavanan	Chella, Saji Subarna, Naresh Madeswar	Team A Ventures	[74]
		Routtu	A. C. Manikandan	Kavithiran, Madhumitha, Appukutty, Mime Gopi	Saromi Movie Garland
	24	Andhaghaaram	V. Vignarajan	Arjun Das, Vinoth Kishan, Pooja Ramachandran, Misha Ghoshal	A for Apple	[75]
	26	13aam Number Veedu	Vivy Kathiresan	Ramana, Sanjeev, Praveen Prem, Varsha Bollamma	Sri Swarnalatha Productions	[76]
		Theeviram	Michael Muthu	Gokul Anand, Amzath Khan, Arjun Chidambaram	Super Talkies
	27	Aarvakolaru	G. V. Chandar	Abilash, Preethi Dyana, Martin Jayaraj	Big Screen Cinemas
		Dhowalath	Sanjhey Siva	Sakthi Sivan, Ritu, Yogi Babu, Yog Japee	Right Arts	[77]
		Kavalthurai Ungal Nanban	RDM	Suresh Ravi, Raveena Ravi, Mime Gopi	BR Talkies Corporation	[78]
		Yen Peyar Anandhan	Sridhar Venkatesan	Santhosh Prathap, Athulya Ravi, Deepak Paramesh	Savitha Cine Arts	[79]
D E C	4	Ithu En Kathal Puthakam	Madhu G. Kamalam	Jai Jacob, Rajesh Raj, Anjitha Sree	Roseland Cinemas	[80]
		Kadathal Kaaran	S. Kumar	Kevin, Renu Soundar, Rukmini Babu	F3 Films	[81]
		Kanni Raasi	Muthukumaran	Vimal, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Pandiarajan	King Movie Makers	[82]
		Soodu	S. Arumugasamy	M. Pandian, Sasana, Thendral	SKM Medias	[83]
	11	Biya	Raaj Gokul Dass	Jubilrajan P. Dev, Savanthika	Aromal Cine Creation	[84]
		Karuppankaatu Valasu	Selvendran	Ebenezer Devaraj, Neelima Esai, George Vijay Nelson	Crew21 Entertainment	[85]
		Kombu	E. Ibrahim	Lollu Sabha Jeeva, Disha Pandey, Pandiarajan	Sri Sai Srivivasa Pictures	[86]
		Mei Maranthen	V. Muthukumar	Sanjay, Sanyathara, Nekha	CGM Pictures
		Miya	A. L. Ravi Mathew S.	Namitha, Sonia Agarwal, Veerender	E Media Productions
		Thiruvalar Panchangam	Malarvizhi Natesan	Ananth Nag, Kadhal Sukumar, Aadukalam Naren	Alar Studios	[87]
	18	Kallathanam	E. C. Dhandapani	Yugan, Sapna, Martin, Kannan	Win Pictures	[88]
		Selathu Ponnu	Star Ganesh	Star Ganesh, Kamali	Star Ganesh
		Sollunganne Sollunga	Elango Lakshman	Mahanadi Shankar, Nellai Siva, Halwa Vasu	Arun Creations
		Vaazhthugiren	Ramasubramanian	Kutty Raja, Jeni	MM Cinemas
	25	Chithirame Solladi	Gourishankar	Cool Suresh, Gopika Nair, Mahanadi Shankar	MGS Productions	[89]
		Chiyangal	Vaigarai Balan	Karikalan, Risha, Nalinikanth	KL Productions	[90]
		Enakku Onnu Therinjaakanum	K. S. Saravanan	Kiran, Meghana, Viji Chandrasekhar	Enjoy Creators
		Manthira Palagai	R. Sampath	R. Sampath, Gayathri	Sivasankari Movie Makers	[91]
		Ooratchi Ondriyam	K. M. Krishnamurthy	Sridhar, Thamali, R. Sundarrajan	Pandimuni Pictures
		Oru Pakka Kathai	Balaji Tharaneetharan	Kalidas Jayaram, Megha Akash, Jeeva Ravi	Vasans Visual Ventures	[92]
		Thappa Yosikadheenga	Sulthaans	S. P. Raja, Jyothisha	Niranjana Productions	[93]
		Thoonga Kangal	T. Vinu	T. Vinu, Durai Sudhakar, George Maryan	Vetri Films
		Time Up	Manu Parthepan	Rajendran, Manu Parthepan, Monica Chinnakotla	Kalai Cinemas	[94]
		Uyirkkodi	R. P. Ravi	R. P. Ravi, Anjana Naksathra	Jayakkodi Pictures
		Vaanga Padam Paarkalam	K. S. Nesamanavan	GG, Kamali, Livingston	SSP Arts Movies	[95]

Awards

Category/organization	Filmfare Awards South 9 October 2022[96]	SIIMA Awards 19 September 2021[97]	Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards 30 March 2023[98]
Best Film	Jai Bhim (2021)	Soorarai Pottru	Jai Bhim (2021)
Best Director	Sudha Kongara Soorarai Pottru	Sudha Kongara Soorarai Pottru	T. J. Gnanavel Jai Bhim (2021)
Best Actor	Suriya Soorarai Pottru	Suriya Soorarai Pottru	Suriya Soorarai Pottru / Jai Bhim (2021)
Best Actress	Lijomol Jose Jai Bhim (2021)	Aishwarya Rajesh Ka Pae Ranasingam	Lijomol Jose Jai Bhim (2021)
Best Music Director	G. V. Prakash Kumar Soorarai Pottru	G. V. Prakash Kumar Soorarai Pottru	Anirudh Ravichander Doctor (2021) / Master (2021)

Notes

1. Darbar's reported worldwide grosses vary between ₹202 crore (Pinkvilla^[1]) – ₹250 crore (Hindustan Times^[2])