Thalapathy Vijay is also one of the most popular names in the South Indian industry. He made many popular South Indian films that set a record in the box office collection.

The popular Tamil actor Thalapthy Vijay has turned 49 years old recently. The craziness of the fans has crossed all of the imagination levels as they are pouring milk over the large cut-outs and building temples for their stars. The wait is over as the actor reveals the first-look poster for the groundbreaking action film Leo. The shooting of the film is not over, as the actor is now busy shooting the final round of the film.

Here is a list of the best films of Thalapathy Vijay to watch:

25. Beast 

IMDb Rate: 5.2 

Veera Raghavan, an Indian RAW field agent, is assigned to capture a terrorist named Umar Farooq. While he successfully manages to do so, a missile shot by him to prevent Farooq’s escape injures and kills a civilian child, traumatizing Veera, who quits the agency and returns to Chennai. 11 months later, Veera is still relieving from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He meets Preethi at a wedding, and they fall for each other, where she convinces him to join her company, Dominic & Soldiers, a failing security service. Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu government gets intel that a major terrorist event is planned in Chennai. 
 
Along with Preethi and her boss, Dominic Irudhayaraj, Veera visits the East Coast mall, which is their last client where he observes a series of suspicious activities and deduces that someone else has taken over the mall. Veera is proven right, as terrorists, led by Umar Farooq’s brother Umar Saif, open fire and hijack the mall. Veera, Preethi, Dominic, and others hide unharmed inside an unopened restaurant. The government, led by Deputy National Security Advisor Althaf Hussain, tries to negotiate with the terrorists, who demand the release of Farooq. Althaf learns that Veera is also trapped inside the mall and manages to establish contact with him, where he tries to convince Veera to help them.

24. Varisu

IMDB Ratings: 6

The story of Varisu follows Vijay, the youngest son of the respected billionaire entrepreneur, Rajendran Palanisamy. Despite his privileged upbringing, Vijay takes a brave and unconventional path in his life. Rather than succumbing to the expectations of joining the family business, he makes a courageous decision to establish his own food delivery startup. However, this choice brings about significant consequences as Vijay finds himself disowned and forcibly ejected from his family home. Undeterred by these challenges, Vijay’s determination fuels his journey as he strives to build a successful empire within the competitive realm of food delivery.

23. Jilla 

IMDb Rate: 6.6 

There is a bitter conflict in the powerful crime family when the son also goes against his father and decides to stand up for the law. Mohan Lal plays a don role and has the whole control of Madurai Jilla, he adobe his servant’s child Shakthi, and they both have full control of their Jilla, Sakthi hates the police since his father was killed by the police, then he falls in love with Shanthi (Kajal), but he doesn’t know that she is a sub-inspector. 

22. Thalaivaa 

IMDb Rate: 6.7 

It is about a son who steps into his father’s shoes and also has to conquer a bloody battle before he becomes the leader. Thalaivaa is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film, written and directed by A. L. Vijay. It stars Vijay in the title role.

The film, produced by Chandraprakash Jain, features a background score and soundtrack composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, with cinematography and editing handled by Nirav Shah and Anthony respectively. The story revolves around a dancer who takes over his father’s duty as a crime boss after his death. 

21. Thirupaachi 

IMDb Rate: 6.8 

This film has such a successful 200-day run and was a Blockbuster at the box office. It was remade in Telugu as Annavaram in the year 2006 with Pawan Kalyan and Asin in such lead roles directed by Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao. Thirupaachi is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Perarasu. The film stars Vijay, Trisha, and Mallika, with Livingston, Pasupathy, Benjamin, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Vaiyapuri, and Manoj K. Jayan in other roles. Chaya Singh made a guest appearance in a song. 

20. Bigil 

IMDb Rate: 7.2 

This South Indian film is about a former footballer who struggles to train a  women’s football team and take revenge for the death of his father. Bigil is a Tamil action-sports movie directed by Atlee Kumar. The movie star cast includes Thalapathy Vijay and Nayantara in the lead roles while Pariyerum Perumal stars Kathir, Yogi Babu, Vivek, Anand Raj, and Daniel Balaji. Oscar Nayagan AR Rahman composes the music for this movie and G K Vishnu handles the cinematography, art by Mathuraj, a stunt by Anl Arasu, lyrics by Vivek, and editing by Ruben.   

19. Leo

IMDB Ratings: 7.3

In the film, we are introduced to Parthi, a compassionate café owner and dedicated animal rescuer residing in Theog. However, his peaceful life takes an unexpected turn when he becomes the target of two notorious gangsters, Antony and Harold Das. These menacing individuals believe that Parthi is actually Leo, Antony’s long-lost son. As the story unfolds, Parthi finds himself caught in a web of danger and suspense, with his true identity at stake.

18. Sarkar 

IMDb Rate: 7.4 

It is an NRI businessman who learns that his vote has been cast by someone else and decides to investigate the matter eventually finding himself pitted against two corrupt politicians. Sarkar marks the third collaboration of AR Murugadoss and Vijay after two blockbuster films Thupakki and Kaththi. Produced by Sun Pictures, the film has Keerthy Suresh and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar playing the female leads with Radha Ravi, Pala Karuppiah, and Yogi Babu in important roles.   

17. Badri 

IMDb Rate: 7.4 

While a kickboxer gets attacked by his enemies and ends up bedridden, his brother sets out to fulfill his dream of winning the kickboxing championship. Badri is a dramatic movie. A spoiled college brat, Badri hangs around with a bunch of friends of similar nature. Janaki is his neighbour and also his childhood friend. She secretly loves Badri but never reveals it.

Badri’s elder brother, Vetrinath (Riyaz Khan), and his father run a canteen in which Malli (Anu Mohan) is a cook. college practices kickboxing to participate in the intercollege competition, but is defeated by a rival, Rohit from Model College. Badri’s gang and his govt. 

16. Kaavalan 

IMDb Rate: 7.4 

Meera starts calling Bhoomi, her bodyguard, just to fool him by telling him that she loves him. The problem rises when Bhoomi falls in love with her, not knowing who she is. Siddique wrote and directed the 2011 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film Kaavalan. A remake of the Malayalam film Bodyguard, the film stars Vijay, Asin, and Mithra Kurian, with Rajkiran, Roja Selvamani, and Vadivelu in supporting roles.

The story revolves around Meera, who develops feelings for her bodyguard, Bhoominathan, and begins calling him an anonymous caller named Ammukutty. N. K. Ekambaram is in charge of the cinematography, and Vidyasagar is in charge of the musical score.

15. Theri 

IMDb Rate: 7.6 

It revolves around the life of his daughter who has been endangered by a local gang, Joseph  Kuruvilla, and also will do whatever it has been taken to stop them. It is inspired by Mani Ratnam’s film Chatriyan. The film stars Vijay, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, and Amy Jackson. Theri is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Atlee Kumar and produced by Kalaipuli S.

Thanu under the banner V Creations. It is inspired by Mani Ratnam’s film Chatriyan. The film stars Vijay, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, and Amy Jackson. The film’s music is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, with cinematography handled by George C. Williams and editing done by Ruben.   

14. Pokkiri 

IMDb Rate: 7.8 

It is a blockbuster film. It is about a killer Thamizh hiring with no ties and who also will do a dirty job for many. He has a girlfriend who loves him but also detests his violent nature. Pokkiri is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Prabhu Deva. It is the Tamil remake of the 2006 Telugu film Pokiri starring Mahesh Babu.

The film stars Vijay and Asin with Prakash Raj, Nassar, Mukesh Tiwari, Vadivelu, Sriman, and Napoleon playing supporting roles. Mumaith Khan and Prabhu Deva make guest appearances. Nirav Shah handled the cinematography while Kola Bhaskar was the film’s editor.   

13. Priyamanavale 

IMDb Rate: 7.9 

It is also Thalapathy Vijay’s most popular film. Vijay does not believe in marriage. After getting insisted on by his father, he marries Priya but also lays down a condition wherein, at the end of the year, he will decide whether to continue it or not. K. Selva Bharathy wrote and directed the 2000 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film Priyamaanavale.

The film stars Vijay and Simran, with S. P. Balasubramanyam, Vivek, and Radhika Chaudhari in supporting roles. It revolves around a working woman in a struggling family who marries a billionaire for the upbringing of her poor family and the distress she receives from her NRI husband with non-Indian cultural shades in his role but he later realizes the importance of Indian culture and marriage and then becomes a loving and caring husband. 

12. Nerukki Ner 

IMDb Rate: 8 

It is the story of a couple, Raghu and Shanti, who got divorced as a result of the spark between Suriya and Vijay, who is the brother of Raghu. Vasanth wrote and directed, and Mani Ratnam produced the 1997 Indian Tamil action thriller film Nerrukku Ner. The film stars Vijay, Suriya, Simran, and Kausalya, while Raghuvaran, Shanthi Krishna, Baby Jennifer, Karan, Vivek, Manivannan, and Prakash Raj played the supporting roles.   

11. Nanban 

IMDb Rate: 8 

After 10 years of leaving college, two best friends and their rival go to search for their third friend, finding out some truths along the way. Shankar is the director of the 2012 Tamil-language coming-of-age comedy-drama film Nanban. It is a remake of Rajkumar Hirani & Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Hindi film 3 Idiots (2009). The film stars Vijay, Jiiva, Srikanth, Ileana D’Cruz, Sathyaraj, and Sathyan. 

10. Master 

IMDb Rate: 8 

There is an alcoholic professor who has been sent to a juvenile school where he clashes with a gangster who uses the school children for criminal activities. Master is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language action written and directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. It was produced by S. Xavier Britto, under his maiden production house, XB Film Creators, and co-produced by S. S. Lalit Kumar and Jagadish Palanisamy, under Seven Screen Studio. It stars Vijay and Vijay Sethupathi in the lead roles. 

9. Mesral 

IMDb Rate: 8.1 

The story of the Mersal moves through the two main characters, Maaran (Vijay), a sincere doctor who fights against corruption, and Vettri (Vijay), a magician who is out for revenge. Both of them are estranged brothers and once they come together, they get to know about their common enemy, Daniel (SJ Surya), who had killed their father (Thalapathy played by Vijay) and mother (Nithya Menen). 

The film has been produced by Thenandal Studio Limited in the studio’s hundredth feature film production, the film stars Vijay and S. J. Suryah while Sathyaraj, Vadivelu, Nithya Menen, Kajal Aggarwal, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Hareesh Peradi, Kovai Sarala and Sathyan appear in pivotal supporting roles.  

8. Shahjahan 

IMDb Rate: 8.2 

Ashok is the guy who also turns to for love advice. He also helps Raja succeed in wooing the girl he loves and also realizes later that she is none other than Uma, the girl with himself. The film was directed by K.S. Ravi, who happened to be Mani Ratnam’s associate and director of films like Honest Raj, Mr.Romeo, and En Swasa Kaatre.

After Shahjahan in 2001, Ravi didn’t direct any other film due to some unknown reasons. But, now reports suggest that he is back in direction again after a long gap of fifteen years. This film is said to have fresh faces as the lead, while Idharkuthaane Aasaipattai Balakumara fame Siddharth Vipin will reportedly compose the music. 

7. Friends 

IMDb Rate: 8.3 

This film by Vijay is about three friends who value friendship over anything else and start to fall apart while one of them learns about a shocking incident that also happened in the past. Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi known professionally as Vijay Sethupathi, is an Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Tamil films. He is a recipient of several accolades, including a National Film Award, two Filmfare Awards South, and two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. 

6.Thuppakki 

IMDb Rate: 8.3 

It is one of the best films by Thalapathy Vijay. It is about an army captain who is on a  mission to track down and destroy a terrorist gang and also has deactivated the sleeper cells under its command. Thuppakki revolves around Jagadish, an intelligence officer in the Indian Army, who seeks to track down, destroy and deactivate a sleeper cell, after witnessing and barely escaping a bomb blast executed by the cell. the film stars Vijay and Kajal Aggarwal, with Sathyan, Vidyut Jammwal, Jayaram, Manobala, and Zakir Hussain in supporting roles. 

5. Kushi 

IMDb Rate: 8.3 

The movie is about college friends Jenny and Shiva parting ways due to a misunderstanding. It seems that they are in love and realize as they cannot live without each other. Kushi is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by S. J. Suryah. It is a remake of his own Tamil-language film of the same name, the film stars Pawan Kalyan and Bhumika Chawla 

4. Ghilli 

IMDb Rate: 8.4 

Gilli is about Velu who is an aspiring  Kabaddi player, who goes to Madurai to participate in a regional match where he also rescues Dahanalakshmi from Muthupandi. Ghilli is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language sports action film directed by Dharani and produced by A. M. Rathnam. It is a remake of the Telugu-language film Okkadu (2003). The film stars Vijay, Trisha, and Prakash Raj with Ashish Vidyarthi, Dhamu, Mayilsamy, and Janaki Sabesh playing supporting roles. is a martinet who finds his son incorrigible. His mother (Janaki Sabesh), on the other hand, dotes on him. His younger sister Bhuvana is the typical sharp and inquisitive schoolgirl. 

3. Kaththi 

IMDb Rate: 8.4 

This film is based on a  case of mistaken identity that also has been embroiling an escaped convict in then fight against a large corporation intent on seizing a village’s land. Kaththi is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action social drama film written and directed by AR Murugadoss and produced by Lyca Productions. The film stars Vijay in a dual role with Samantha, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Tota Roy Chowdhury, and Sathish.

Kaththi is a Tamil action thriller film scripted and directed by AR Murugadoss. The film stars Vijay in a dual role alongside Samantha Ruth Prabhu. Neil Nitin Mukesh, Tota Roy Chowdhury, and Sathish play supporting roles. Anirudh Ravichander composed the film’s soundtrack and score.   

2. Thulladha Manamum Thullum 

IMDb Rate: 8.7 

Kutty is a good-hearted soul, like unfortunate incidents that have been tending to portray his ruffian side whenever he encounters the girl he loves most. It stars Vijay and Simran, while Manivannan, Dhamu, and Vaiyapuri among others, play supporting roles. The film is produced by R. B. Choudary and has its score and soundtrack composed by S. A. Rajkumar and cinematography performed by R. Selva.   

1.Poove Unakkaga 

IMDb Rate: 9 

When a man understands that the Hindu woman he loves is in love with a  Christian man, he also decides to sacrifice his love and try to unite their families to make the love story a  success. Poove Unakkaga is a 1996 romantic film directed by Vikraman. The film featured Vijay and Sangeeta in lead roles. Murali made a special appearance in a song in the film.

The film was Vijay’s first big hit and a turning point in his film career.  Poove Unakkaga is one of the classic Tamil movies of Vijay and a work that brought to him major fame. Nagesh and Nambiar have been college day best friends and so are their children Jaiganesh and Vasudevan. Jaiganesh’s family members are Christians while Malaysia Vasudevan is Hindu. 

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