Best feel-good Malayalam movies on JioHotstar in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
79 movies on JioHotstar in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.5. Newest addition: Bethlehem Kudumba Unit, added to JioHotstar on 2 Oct. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity; showing the top 30.
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1. Bangalore Days (2014)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 52m · U · Drama, Family · IMDb 8.3 (29.0K votes)
HeartwarmingLow-stakesLight-heartedFamily-friendly
A fun roller coaster ride about three young people, Aju, Divya and Kuttan who are cousins, reach Bangalore to dream, discover & explore!
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2. Ustad Hotel (2012)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 30m · U · Drama, Comedy · IMDb 8.2 (19.3K votes)
Family-friendlyHeartwarmingLow-stakes
When his father refuses to support his choice of a career, an aspiring chef tries to fulfil his dream by helping his grandfather run his small eatery.
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3. Chithram (1988)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 39m · U · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 8.7 (7.0K votes)
FunnyFamily-friendlyHeartwarming
A young woman is dumped by her boyfriend just before the wedding as she will not be inheriting any wealth from her father. When the girl's father pays her a visit, she hires a man to act like her husband.
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4. Kilukkam (1991)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 35m · U · Comedy, Family · IMDb 8.6 (5.5K votes)
FunnyFamily-friendly
A tourist guide (Joji) in Ooty shelters a mentally unstable woman (Nandini) in return for the reward offered by her relatives. Later, he comes to know that she is in danger from her relatives.
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5. Bethlehem Kudumba Unit (2026)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 35m · U/A 13+ · Romance, Comedy · IMDb 8.0 (11.3K votes)
Low-stakesSlow-burnHeartwarmingFunny
Ashley's homecoming from abroad takes an emotional turn when a wedding next door stirs memories of her first love, Justin.
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6. Sarvam Maya (2025)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 27m · U · Comedy, Family · IMDb 7.7 (13.4K votes)
Family-friendlyHeartwarmingFunnyLight-hearted
An atheist priest's life is upended after performing an exorcism, bonding with a charming spirit who helps him pursue music and heal his past.
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7. Bharatham (1991)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 27m · U · Drama · IMDb 8.4 (3.5K votes)
Family-friendlyHeartwarming
Raman and Gopi are brothers who have a musical heritage. Raman's addiction towards alcohol becomes a threat to his career and Gopi is forced to take up his role.
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8. Ohm Shanthi Oshaana (2014)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 10m · U · Comedy, Romance · IMDb 7.7 (7.4K votes)
Light-heartedHeartwarmingFunnyLow-stakes
Pooja Mathew, a spirited young girl, wants to have a love marriage in her life. Thus, she stops at nothing to impress Giri, who saved her once from a group of unruly men.
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9. Thenmavin Kombath (1994)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 44m · U · Comedy, Family · IMDb 8.1 (3.7K votes)
FunnyFamily-friendlyHeartwarming
Sreekrishnan unknowingly falls in love with the woman his best friend, Manikyan, loves. Though Sreekrishnan tries his best to woo her, she resists, leading to a battle that ensues between the friends.
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10. Vaazha (2024)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 5m · UA · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 7.4 (7.9K votes)
HeartwarmingSlow-burnLow-stakesStraightforward
Four friends deemed 'losers' face immense pressure from parents and society upon entering adulthood. Their emotional tale sees them embark on a journey of self-discovery and acceptance, where love ultimately triumphs over judgment.
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11. Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi (2013)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 22m · U · Adventure, Thriller · IMDb 7.6 (4.8K votes)
Visually stunning
Kasi and Suni are close friends who studied together in an engineering college. Assi, who comes to Kerala to study engineering under the North East quota falls in love with Kasi. Certain incidents that follow set Kasi and Suni on a road trip to Nagaland on two motorcycles. The incidents that happen during this road adv
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12. North 24 Kaatham (2013)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 5m · U · Adventure, Comedy · IMDb 7.6 (3.7K votes)
Family-friendlyHeartwarmingLow-stakesSlow-burn
Harikrishnan is a geeky software professional who suffers from an obsessive compulsive disorder. A harthal day sees him travelling to Trivandrum for a conference, and in the midst of the night, he ends up at Paravur railway station with two strangers - Gopalan a veteran politician and Narayani a social worker - for co
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13. Pookkaalam (2023)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 16m · U · Drama, Family · IMDb 7.3 (5.1K votes)
HeartwarmingFamily-friendlySlow-burnLight-hearted
A couple in their late 90s, lead a happy life with a large family of four generations. On the day of their granddaughter's engagement an unexpected event sends them on a magical journey that will test their familial bonds.
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14. Annayum Rasoolum (2013)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 47m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 7.5 (3.0K votes)
Slow-burnHeartwarming
A taxi driver, Rasool and a salesgirl, Anna fall in love with each other. But soon their union is put to question when Anna persuades Rasool to convert to Christianity.
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15. Falimy (2023)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 5m · U · Drama, Family · IMDb 7.3 (4.4K votes)
Family-friendly
During a dysfunctional family's chaotic pilgrimage to a spiritual shrine, their elderly patriarch goes missing.
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16. All We Imagine as Light (2024)
Movie · Malayalam · 1h 58m · A · Drama, Romance · IMDb 7.0 (14.5K votes)
Slow-burnMatureTwistyHeartwarming
In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. A trip to a beach town allows them to find a space for their desires to manifest.
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17. June (2019)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 21m · U · Family, Drama · IMDb 7.3 (4.0K votes)
Slow-burnLow-stakesHeartwarmingLight-hearted
The life story of a girl named June from 16 years of her age until she turned 26, thereby giving an insight into those ten years of her life.
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18. Philips and the Monkey Pen (2013)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 20m · U · Drama, Family · IMDb 7.4 (3.2K votes)
HeartwarmingTwistyFamily-friendlyLow-stakes
The film revolves around an eight-year old called Ryan Philip and his adventures with a magical pen called the Monkey Pen.
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19. Summer in Bethlehem (1998)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 35m · U · Drama, Comedy · IMDb 7.8 (1.9K votes)
Family-friendlyLight-heartedHeartwarmingSlow-burn
Ravishankar and Dennis live on Dennis’s estate in the hills. When Colonel Menon arrives with his daughters, Ravishankar wonders which one of them has been sending him amorous letters. Meanwhile, Dennis is attracted to the enigmatic Abhirami, but what does Abhirami want?
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20. Midhunam (1993)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 35m · U · Drama · IMDb 7.9 (1.5K votes)
Family-friendlyHeartwarmingStraightforwardLow-stakes
Midhunam movie is all about Sethumadhavan (Mohanlal) who has plans to start a biscuit factory near his house. But the bureaucracy and the corruption of the officials are the hurdles in front of him. Along with that he has to solve the problems in his family, which his brother (Innocent) and brother-in-law (Jagathy Sree
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21. Katha Parayumbol (2007)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 10m · U · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 7.7 (1.8K votes)
Family-friendlyFunnyLow-stakesSlow-burn
the film is about how a barber's life is turned upside down when a film unit comes to the village for a shoot, and the news spreads that superstar Ashok Raj (Mammootty) is the barber's childhood friend. The script also by Srinivasan is so layered that every frame has a comment to make about the world and every line of
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22. Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam (1986)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 13m · U · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 7.9 (1.4K votes)
FunnyFamily-friendlyHeartwarmingDialogue-driven
The only way Gopalakrishnan can escape from certain bankruptcy is to sell the property he owns in the city and use the proceeds to settle his debts. To do that, he has to evict his tenants from there first. Unfortunate for him, his tenant is the feisty Meera and her family, who absolutely refuses to vacate the house. G
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23. Njandukalude Naattil Oridavela (2017)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 11m · U · Family, Drama · IMDb 7.2 (3.8K votes)
Family-friendlyHeartwarmingDialogue-driven
Sheela Chacko's leads a regular life as a mother, wife and a college lecturer. All this turns around when she learns about a serious affliction facing her. The comedy-drama carries on about how her insecure husband and her three children react to the enfolding situation.
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24. Bro Daddy (2022)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 39m · UA · Family, Drama · IMDb 7.0 (7.9K votes)
HeartwarmingLight-heartedFunnyLow-stakes
John Kattady and his wife Annamma think about marrying off their son Eesho to Anna, who is the daughter of their long-time family friend Kurien. Eesho and Anna don’t act too impressed with each other, despite their parents’ interest in the alliance. Little do the families know what is going on behind the curtains in th
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25. Chandralekha (1997)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 52m · U · Romance · IMDb 7.6 (1.6K votes)
Family-friendlyHeartwarming
An unemployed man saves a rich woman and takes her to the hospital where her relatives mistake him as her husband. He plays along as he needs money to repay a loan.
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26. Minnaram (1994)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 24m · U · Romance · IMDb 7.6 (1.5K votes)
TwistyDialogue-drivenFamily-friendly
Bobby leads a carefree life until his former lover arrives at his place with a baby girl claiming she is his daughter. However, Bobby must find the truth behind her claims.
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27. Udaharanam Sujatha (2017)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 6m · U · Family, Drama · IMDb 7.3 (1.8K votes)
Family-friendlyHeartwarmingDialogue-drivenLow-stakes
Sujatha, mother of a teenaged girl, nurses a dream to educate her daughter by doing multiple jobs at houses and factories. However, her daughter Athira doesn't take education seriously, believing that being the off spring of a domestic help, she too will end up the same. A dismayed Sujatha is on the lookout for ways to
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28. Kaiyoppu (2007)
Movie · Malayalam · 1h 35m · U · Drama · IMDb 8.0 (715 votes)
Dialogue-drivenFamily-friendlySlow-burnLow-stakes
After reading the works written by Balachandran, a publisher encourages him to publish a book. However, he struggles a lot as he faces a writer's block.
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29. Loudspeaker (2009)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 1m · U · Family · IMDb 7.4 (1.2K votes)
HeartwarmingFamily-friendlySlow-burnLow-stakes
An uneducated and noisy simpleton, Mike Philippose, arrives in a city as an organ donor for an old astrophysicist. Soon, he changes the lives of everyone around him.
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30. Aravindante Athidhikal (2018)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 2m · U · Drama, Comedy · IMDb 7.1 (1.8K votes)
HeartwarmingFamily-friendlySlow-burn
A five-year-old boy named Aravindan is abandoned by his mother at the Mookambika Temple. Afterwards, a local hotelier raises him, but he always hopes to meet his mother.
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