Movies like Thevar Magan (1992)
The best movies like Thevar Magan (1992) are Bombay (1995), Nayakan (1987) and NGK (2019). If Thevar Magan hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedSwades (2004)7.4/10 from 416 votes
- NewestSkater Girl (2021)Released 2021
- In TamilBombay (1995)Also in Tamil
Bombay (1995)
A Hindu man and a Muslim woman fall in love in a small village and move to Mumbai, where they have two children. However, growing religious tensions and erupting riots threaten to tear the family apart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNayakan (1987)
Velu Naicker, who witnesses the brutal murder of his father, kills a corrupt policeman and escapes to Mumbai, only to become a gangster.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisNGK (2019)
An educated do-gooder is forced to enter politics in order to serve the society. But, will the old guard make way and allow him to do that?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Kaaka Muttai (2015)
Two slum kids yearn to taste a pizza after being enticed by the pizza shop that has opened near their locality. What happens when they manage to find the money to buy one?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIruvar (1997)
A fictionalized account of the lives of 1980s Tamil Nadu political icons M. G. Ramachandran and M. Karunanidhi, continuing the tryst between Tamil cinema and Dravidian politics.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSaaransh (1984)
A retired school teacher and his wife come to terms with life after the death of their only son in a mugging incident on the streets of New York.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Polladhavan (2007)
Prabhu is dejected when he learns that his bike has been stolen. He decides to find the people who stole the bike, but lands in trouble when he realises that his bike has been used to transport drugs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Amaanat (1994)
In a small village having mostly aged people, there has not been any rainfall for the past 3 years. A youngster wanting to be the leader of the village (Sanjay Dutt) has to free the village people from this calamity. The people of the village beg a rich master for water but in vain. So the hero has to go the to city to buy a water tube. In the city all his belongings including his money has been stolen. Then he rescues a guy who was getting beaten up by thieves. They become good friends and they help each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Mahanadhi (1994)
Krishnaswamy, an honest man, is conned into a chit fund business and imprisoned. While he faces unspeakable hardships in prison, his family disintegrates.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Padayappa (1999)
Padayappa, a mechanical engineer whose father gives up his property to his foster brother, and then dies of shock soon after. Neelambari initially loves Padayappa, but plans to humiliate him after his family humiliates her father. The rest of the plot deals with Padayappa overcoming all the obstacles placed by Neelambari.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThalapathi (1991)
Surya, a courageous man who was raised in the slums, fights for the rights of the poor and befriends Deva, who hires him as his commander and changes his life completely.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisGuru (2007)
A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay in 1958, and rises from its streets to become the biggest tycoon in India.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHey Ram (2000)
Saketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the problems happening in the country. He sets out to kill him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisArunachalam (1997)
Arunachalam, the son of a prominent village elder, discovers the truth about his past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Nasir (2020)
Follows Nasir, a middle-aged street salesman, who belongs to the Islamic minority and who lives with his mother Fatima, his wife Taj and his cousin Iqbal in a densely populated ghetto. As his day unfolds we find him to be a nimble romantic, marshalling a love of love, song, children, friendship, and even God to rise into something resembling a life well lived. But the increasing communal bigotry has other plans.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Deewaar (1975)
Haunted by the past, Vijay turns to crime, while Ravi, his brother, becomes an honest police officer. Fate pits them against each other when Ravi is sent to nab Vijay.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNaseeb (1981)
The lives of friends Namdev, Raghu, Damu and Jaggi take a turn for the worse when they win a lottery. Raghu and Damu murder Jaggi and frame Namdev who later returns to seek revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Swades (2004)
A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKannathil Muthamittal (2002)
A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, where they encounter the militant group known as the Tamil Tigers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThenali (2000)
Thenali suffers from panophobia and seeks doctor Kailash's help but the latter denies his request. Later, when Kailash goes on a vacation with his family, Thenali joins them and charms his sister.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Anbe Sivam (2003)
Anbarasu, young and arrogant, and Nallasivam, damaged - physically but not spiritually - by life, are thrown together by circumstances, and find that they are in some ways bound together by fate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTezaab (1988)
After his parents are killed, Mahesh's life is ruined as he gets imprisoned and separated from Mohini, who suffers due to her cruel father. Mahesh returns to save Mohini and settle old scores.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Aadukalam (2011)
Pettaikaaran is famous in his town for an impeccable track record of successes in rooster fights. When one of his aides, Karuppu, goes against his word in a fight, it leads to an enmity between them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOm Dar-B-Dar (1988)
Om, an adolescent boy living in an Indian village, is good at only one thing: holding his breath for a long time. His father Babuji left his government job to dedicate his time to astrology. Fascinated with magic and religion, Om visits a fantasy city and takes a home close to a frog pond.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (1989)
Chanthu, a poor orphan and Aromal are cousins and belong to the Chekavar clan, a warrior clan who hire themselves out as duellers to settle disputes among the rich and powerful. Aromal, jealous of the much more talented Chanthu, makes life miserable for him and Chanthu decides to leave and live with Aringodar, a rival chekavan, as his pupil. When the two sons of a local landlord have a property dispute and decide to hire Aromal and Aringodar to duel it out, Chanthu has to decide where his loyalty lies - with the family of the uncle who brought him up or with Aringodar who provided him with sanctuary.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Hurry Sundown (1967)
A ruthless Southern opportunist tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings several tragedies to the lives of his loved ones.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAsuran (2019)
A family from the underprivileged class is on the run after the teenaged son kills a rich man from the upper caste. Can the pacifist father be able to save his hot-blooded son?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBennett's War (2019)
After surviving an IED explosion in combat overseas, a young soldier with the Army Motorcycle Unit is medically discharged with a broken back and leg. Against all odds he trains to make an impossible comeback as a motocross racer in order to support his family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSkater Girl (2021)
Prerna, a teenager growing up in rural India, comes of age when she’s introduced to the sport of skateboarding. As a result, she has to fight the odds to follow her dreams and compete in the national championship.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisInside I'm Dancing (2004)
Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Thevar Magan?
The closest matches to Thevar Magan are Bombay (1995), Nayakan (1987) and NGK (2019). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Thevar Magan?
People who watched Thevar Magan most often go on to Bombay (1995), Nayakan (1987) and NGK (2019).
What is the highest-rated movie like Thevar Magan?
Swades (2004), rated 7.4/10 by 416 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Thevar Magan?
Skater Girl (2021) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Tamil movies like Thevar Magan?
Yes: Bombay (1995), Nayakan (1987) and NGK (2019).
How are movies similar to Thevar Magan chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Thevar Magan, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.