Best sci-fi Tamil movies in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
18 movies in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.7. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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1. Maanaadu (2021)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 27m · UA · Thriller, Action · IMDb 8.1 (28.2K votes)
TwistyFast-pacedEdge-of-seatVisually stunning
A Muslim man, who is stuck in a time loop, has to stop a political rally from taking place in order to save the state's chief minister and prevent religious violence.
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2. 24 (2016)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 44m · U · Action, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.9 (27.4K votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatFast-paced
Scientist turned Entrepreneur Dr. Sethuraman tries to safeguard his newly invented time travel device from falling into the hands of his Evil Twin Brother Aathreya.
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3. Indru Netru Naalai (2015)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 26m · U · Comedy, Science Fiction · IMDb 8.0 (5.7K votes)
TwistyFunny
Elango and his astrologer friend Pulivetti Arumugam come in possession of a time machine and start profiting from it. However, their meddling with time prevents the death of a gangster, who begins to wreck havoc in their lives.
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4. Vadakkupatti Ramasamy (2024)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 24m · U · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 8.0 (4.6K votes)
TwistyFamily-friendlyFunny
Ramasamy profits from the superstitions of people in his village by exploiting their beliefs in regards to the village temple. However, his life takes an unexpected turn when the temple, his primary source of income, is temporarily closed.
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6. Maayavan (2017)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 9m · U · Science Fiction, Thriller · IMDb 7.2 (4.6K votes)
TwistyCold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
A series of murders are happening in the city, and a cop realises that they are all eerily similar. Can he find out the link and capture the murderer before it is too late?
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7. Dikkiloona (2021)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 24m · U · Comedy, Romance · IMDb 7.1 (4.1K votes)
TwistyFunnyFamily-friendly
Frustrated with his troubled married life, a man goes back in time to stop his marriage from ever happening.
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8. House Mates (2025)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 9m · U · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 7.3 (1.9K votes)
TwistyFamily-friendly
Karthick and Anu fall in love, get married and buy an old flat for their own. Many strange incidents happening in that house. They found out the reason and hand over the flat to the first owner Ramesh.
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9. 7Aum Arivu (2011)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 48m · U · Action, Science Fiction · IMDb 6.7 (15.0K votes)
Edge-of-seatVisually stunningTwistyCold & detached
A genetic engineering student tries to bring back the skills of a legend of the past and use his skills to save India from a deadly virus attack by China.
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10. Mark Antony (2023)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 31m · UA · Science Fiction, Action · IMDb 6.6 (6.6K votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatFast-paced
Set in 1995, Mark, a skilled mechanic and the son of a former gangster, stumbles upon a phone that has the ability to connect with the past, tries to save his estranged mother from a grim fate. While facing his own family's legacy, Mark must navigate through dangerous consequences of altering the past, as it causes unf
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11. Adiyae! (2023)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 19m · UA · Science Fiction, Romance · IMDb 6.3 (1.4K votes)
Heartwarming
Jeeva, a grieving youngster, who is on the verge of taking his life, finds new hope when he listens to his school-time crush Senthazhini’s song on TV. But Post a fatal accident, things take a turn for the worse when he accidentally enters an alternate reality.
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12. Koogle Kuttappa (2022)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 11m · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 6.1 (405 votes)
FunnyFamily-friendlyHeartwarming
A curmudgeonly, very conservative old man gets a robot as a caretaker and becomes very attached to it. Can his robotic engineer son make him realise the danger posed by the machine before it is too late?
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13. Kadaisi Ulaga Por (2024)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 19m · Science Fiction, Action · IMDb 6.1 (1.3K votes)
Fast-pacedDark & grittyEdge-of-seatVisually stunning
In a dystopian near-future, new world order arises, leading to world war 3. India tries to remain neutral leading to capturing of Tamil Nadu from the South.
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14. Iru Mugan (2016)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 30m · U · Science Fiction, Action · IMDb 6.3 (4.9K votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatCold & detachedFast-paced
A disgraced RAW agent Akilan (Vikram) is recalled by the agency to track down a crazy scientist and a cross dresser Love (also Vikram), who has discovered a deadly new drug ‘Speed inhaler’.
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15. Tik Tik Tik (2018)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 10m · U · Science Fiction, Thriller · IMDb 5.8 (3.6K votes)
Edge-of-seatFast-pacedTwistyVisually stunning
An asteroid, which is expected to hit Chennai and its surrounding places, poses a threat to the lives of around four crore people. A five-member team is sent by the Defence Space Division to space to stop the celestial body from hitting the planet.
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16. 2.0 (2018)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 29m · UA · Action, Science Fiction · IMDb 6.0 (31.0K votes)
Visually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seatCold & detached
An ornithologist who commits suicide returns as fifth force to wreack vengeance on mankind for harming birds with mobile phone radiation. The only thing that is standing in his way is 2.0, the upgraded version of Chitti, the robot.
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17. Love Insurance Kompany (2026)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 37m · U/A 13+ · Romance, Science Fiction · IMDb 5.6 (4.4K votes)
FunnyLight-hearted
In 2040, an app premised on ensuring romance for all is used widely by the population. When the voice behind the app's AI realizes its misconception to true love, he embarks on a quest to prove that love does not come from a screen.
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18. Captain (2022)
Movie · Tamil · 1h 56m · Action, Fantasy · IMDb 4.4 (1.3K votes)
Edge-of-seatVisually stunningDark & grittySerious
A team of soldiers, led by a brave army captain, takes up a dangerous mission to go into a restricted forest area and uncover the mystery behind the unexplainable deaths of previous teams that had visited the site.
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