Best romantic Malayalam movies on JioHotstar in India

By the KyaDekhu team · Updated 23 October 2026 · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb

50 movies on JioHotstar in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.7. Newest addition: Bethlehem Kudumba Unit, added to JioHotstar on 2 Oct. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity; showing the top 30.

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. Hridayam (2022)

Movie · Malayalam · 2h 52m · U · Romance, Drama · IMDb 8.0 (21.8K votes)

Low-stakesHeartwarming

Arun and Darshana are first-year engineering students and they fall in love soon after their college begins. And just as how things work generally in teenage, the road ahead isn't too easy for them. Life offers many twists and turns that they least expect.

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3. Thoovanathumbikal (1987)

Movie · Malayalam · 2h 31m · A · Drama, Romance · IMDb 8.6 (5.6K votes)

Slow-burnMature

Jayakrishnan falls in love with two girls, Radha (a villager) and Clara (a sex-worker), and fights his confusion about whom he should marry and spend his life with.

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4. Godfather (1991)

Movie · Malayalam · 2h 30m · U · Drama, Comedy · IMDb 8.6 (4.9K votes)

A retelling of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", the film revolves around the rivalry between two families, the Anjooran and Anappara houses, and the consequences faced when two members of the families fall in love.

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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. Ennu Ninte Moideen (2015)

Movie · Malayalam · 2h 47m · U · Drama, Romance · IMDb 8.0 (7.7K votes)

HeartwarmingSeriousDark & gritty

Children of two renowned families fall in love amidst orthodox surroundings. When their inter-religious relationship is opposed, the two lovers' situation is fraught with familial pressure, societal culture and blind arrogance.

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7. Classmates (2006)

Movie · Malayalam · 2h 30m · U · Mystery, Romance · IMDb 8.1 (4.7K votes)

TwistyFamily-friendly

Years after graduating from college, a few friends from across the world decide to get together for a reunion. But on the night of the reunion, one of them attempts suicide and goes into a coma.

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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. 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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10. Koode (2018)

Movie · Malayalam · 2h 35m · U · Drama, Romance · IMDb 7.6 (3.2K votes)

Slow-burnFamily-friendlyLow-stakesHeartwarming

Following the loss of his sister, a young man is forced to reflect on his childhood and reassess his future. However, he finds support and courage from unexpected quarters.

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11. Vellimoonga (2014)

Movie · Malayalam · 2h 9m · U · Comedy, Romance · IMDb 7.6 (2.8K votes)

FunnyTwistyFamily-friendly

Mamachan is a forty-year-old man, who gets involved in politics due to his father. He becomes a national leader and contests for elections. In the course of his work, he meets a young girl and falls in love with her. As fate would have it, she turns out to be the daughter of the woman he loved in his youth.

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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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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15. 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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16. 2 Countries (2015)

Movie · Malayalam · 2h 36m · U · Comedy, Romance · IMDb 7.0 (3.1K votes)

Funny

Ullaas is a cunning guy who can go to any extent for money. One fine day, he cheats a priest and redirects an NRI match which is supposed to go to a known person in his village. He manages everything and finally ties the knot with Laya. The twist in the tale arises when Ullaas comes to know that the NRI girl he married

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17. Innale (1989)

Movie · Malayalam · 2h 17m · U · Drama, Romance · IMDb 8.0 (627 votes)

Family-friendlyHeartwarmingTwistySerious

After a serious accident a girl who was hospitalized forgets her past. She stops worrying about her past when she fall in love with a man and finds herself secure with him.

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18. Athiran (2019)

Movie · Malayalam · 2h 16m · U · Romance, Thriller · IMDb 6.7 (10.6K votes)

TwistyDark & grittyEdge-of-seatSerious

In an isolated hospital in the high ranges of Kerala, an autistic patient with special skills piques the interest of a psychiatrist, whose investigation into her past leads to startling revelations

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19. My Boss (2012)

Movie · Malayalam · 2h 32m · U · Comedy, Romance · IMDb 6.9 (2.1K votes)

FunnyLight-hearted

The film is set in the backdrop of IT Industry. Dileep appears as a young software engineer working in Mumbai and who aspires to migrate to a foreign country while Mamta plays the role of his boss.

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20. Perumthachan (1991)

Movie · Malayalam · 2h 20m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 8.0 (464 votes)

Slow-burnFamily-friendly

It is based on Perumthachan of the Parayi Petta Panthirukulam, a legend in the Kerala folklore. The problems caused by the generation gap are explored through the relationship between a skilled carpenter and his tradition-breaking son.

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21. Harikrishnans (1998)

Movie · Malayalam · 2h 45m · U · Mystery, Romance · IMDb 6.9 (1.5K votes)

TwistyFamily-friendly

When Guptan, a college lecturer, gets killed, the police suspect Gabriel to be the murderer. A girl takes help from her brothers, who are famous lawyers, in proving his innocence.

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22. Hridayapoorvam (2025)

Movie · Malayalam · 2h 31m · U · Romance, Comedy · IMDb 6.7 (3.8K votes)

HeartwarmingFamily-friendlyLow-stakesSlow-burn

Sandeep, a middle-aged bachelor who recently got a heart transplant, travels to Pune to attend the engagement of his heart-donor’s daughter, Haritha. Her engagement gets broken and Sandeep injures his back on the same day, forcing him to stay back in Pune for a few weeks, in his heart-donor’s house – who was an adventu

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23. Oru Indian Pranayakadha (2013)

Movie · Malayalam · 2h 30m · U · Comedy, Romance · IMDb 6.8 (1.9K votes)

Family-friendlyFunnyLight-heartedDialogue-driven

Oru Indian Pranayakatha is about the life of a young political leader and his association with a woman who comes unexpectedly into his life.

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24. Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu (1988)

Movie · Malayalam · 2h 29m · U · Comedy, Romance · IMDb 7.5 (602 votes)

Family-friendlyFunnyHeartwarmingDialogue-driven

Mukundan loves Sumithra and starts building his career with a decent job. But when Viswanath, his old college classmate and a conman, comes to meet him, things start going downhill.

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25. Njan Gandharvan (1991)

Movie · Malayalam · 2h 26m · UA · Drama, Fantasy · IMDb 7.6 (513 votes)

Slow-burnHeartwarming

The film is an esoteric fantasy about a girl and her passion for a celestial lover, who keeps appearing from a wooden statue that she found on a beach but is invisible to others.

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26. Aye Auto (1990)

Movie · Malayalam · 2h 12m · U · Romance · IMDb 7.1 (725 votes)

HeartwarmingFamily-friendly

Sudhi, an autorickshaw driver, and Meenakshi, a girl from a rich family, are in love. Meenakshi's family members are strongly against this relationship, but her grandfather decides to help them unite.

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27. Niram (1999)

Movie · Malayalam · 2h 31m · U · Comedy, Romance · IMDb 7.0 (828 votes)

Family-friendlyHeartwarmingLight-heartedLow-stakes

The film is about a special friendship between a boy and girl, Aby (Kunchacko Boban) and Sona (Shalini). Aby and Sona are childhood friends but they have no romance between them. It was too late when they realized their romance.

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28. Ayal Kadha Ezhuthukayanu (1998)

Movie · Malayalam · 2h 35m · U · Romance, Drama · IMDb 7.0 (770 votes)

Fast-pacedFamily-friendlyDialogue-drivenLight-hearted

Sagar Kottapuram is a pulp fiction writer who comes to visit his friend Ramakrishnan but find themselves dragged into a lawsuit by a vengeful Tahsildar Priyadarshini.

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29. Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal (1989)

Movie · Malayalam · 1h 59m · U · Drama, Romance · IMDb 7.4 (428 votes)

Family-friendlyLight-heartedFunnyDialogue-driven

Kunju Lakshmi is the youngest daughter of the aristocratic Kavumpattu family in Peruvannapuram. She is pampered by her brothers and is a little arrogant. The family owns the local college. Sivasankaran comes to the college as a peon to replace the Padmanabhan who fails to give the promised donation to the Kavumpattu f

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30. Chinna Chinna Aasai (2026)

Movie · Malayalam · 2h 16m · U · Drama, Romance · IMDb 6.5 (741 votes)

Slow-burnFamily-friendlyLow-stakesLight-hearted

On the enchanting shores of Varanasi, two souls meet by chance. Somewhere within this unfolding chaos, an unspoken bond begins to form, slowly slipping beyond friendship.

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