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10 Best Movies Like Papanasam

If you loved Papanasam, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Uttama Villain

Uttama Villain

2015★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Papanasam for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Superstar Manoranjan learns that he has only a few days to live and approaches his mentor, director Margadarisi to direct his next project — a folklore-ish comedy about a man who k...

#2
Drishyam

Drishyam

2013★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Papanasam for fans of Crime & Thriller & Drama & Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Georgekutty lives a happy life with his wife and daughters. Things take a turn when his daughter gets indecently filmed using a hidden camera, by the son of a police inspector....

#3
Vishwaroopam

Vishwaroopam

2013★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Papanasam for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Vishwanathan, a Kathak dance teacher in New York, is happy in his marriage with Nirupama, a nuclear oncologist who married him to pursue higher studies in the USA. Deciding to cut ...

#4
Indian

Indian

1996★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Papanasam for fans of Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Senapathy, an ex-freedom fighter, is angry. He is angry against the rampant corruption at every level of the bureaucracy. He will clean it up at any cost....

#5
Trevor Noah: Afraid of the Dark

Trevor Noah: Afraid of the Dark

2017★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Papanasam for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The 'Daily Show' host ponders the perils of naming countries, how traffic lights turn New Yorkers invincible and why you shouldn't drink in Scotland....

#6
Sillunu Oru Kaadhal

Sillunu Oru Kaadhal

2006★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Papanasam for fans of Family. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

Gowtham and Kundhavi married then she finds a diary from his time at college, five years earlier. She thinks he would rather be married to Aishwarya, his college sweetheart, so she...