Are these your favorite genres ??
Wait, which one’s?
Crime, Drama, Thriller, Horror, Mystery.
To spice up your curiosity
Are you a fan of these Hollywood directors – Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese movies
Then you must watch these top 12 Kannada movies which belong to the same genres, which gave a new start & dimension to content-oriented movies in Kannada film industry.
12. Karva


Director: Navaneeth
Cast: Thilak, Devaraj, Anisha Ambrose, RJ Rohith, Anu Poovamma, Vijay Chendur.
The movie revolves around two incidents, can be called a two-dimensional story which is narrated simultaneously and gradually become a single plot towards the end of the movie.
Genre: Horror – Thriller
IMDB Rating: 7.4
11. U-Turn


Director: Pawan Kumar
Cast: Shraddha Srinath, Dileep Raj, Roger Narayan
Mysterious events, A bit of horror in the screenplay, The story’s main plot is double road flyover. Streaming Now on Amazon Prime.
Genre: Crime – Horror – Mystery
IMDB Rating: 7.5
10. Aa Dinagalu


Director: K.M. Chaitanya
Cast: Chetan Kumar, Archana, Sharath Lohitashwa, Ashish Vidyarthi, Atul Kulkarni, and list goes on.
The story is adapted from Non-Fictional novel “Dadagiri Dinagalu” a real story of the dark underworld of Bangalore.
Genre: Crime – Romance
IMDB Rating: 7.8
9. Jatta


Director: Giriraj BM
Cast: Kishore Kumar, Sukrutha Wagle, Achyuth Kumar, B Suresh, Pavana
Genre: Thriller – Drama
This film was critically acclaimed. The story revolves around human values, conflicts, Blind beliefs, dilemmas and tries to find a solution. A thought-provoking script.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
8. Rama Rama Re


Director: D.Satya Prakash
Cast: K. Jayaram, Nataraj, Dharmanna Kadur, Bhaskar dev, Bimbashi Ninasam
Genre: Drama – Thriller
The story is inspired by Bhagavad Gita, a story between life and death. Later the movie was remade to Telugu language in 2018 named “Aatagadaraa Siva” by Rockline Venkatesh which is streaming on Amazon Prime.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
8. Kendasampige


Director: Soori
Cast: Vikky Varun, Manvitha Harish, Rajesh Nataranga, Prakash Belawadi.
Soori is known for making intriguing, nail biting, roller coaster experience with his movies and what not. This is one such story where lovers run on their heels to escape from cops.
Genre: Romance – Thriller
IMDB Rating: 8.3
7. Thithi


Director: Raam Reddy
Cast: Thammegowda S, Channegowda, Abhishek H.N, Pooja S.M, Singri Gowda.
A completely new cast who has no prior experience in acting gives a spin for audiences keeping it so natural and very relatable, that’s how real people are in normal daily life. The Story is set in a remote village of Karnataka. Death of 101-year-old man and how their sons react to it.
Genre: Drama
IMDB Rating: 8.3
6. Lucia


Director: Pawan Kumar
Cast: Sathish Neenasam, Sruthi Hariharan, Achyuth Kumar
The plot of this movie lies in this line “ Nee maayeyolago ninnolu maayeyo” means Are you a creature of illusion? Or illusion is your creation.
Genre: Drama – Romance – Sci-Fci
Imdb Rating: 8.4
5. Ulidavaru Kandante


Director: Rakshit Shetty
Cast: Kishore Kumar G, Rakshit Shetty, Thara, Achyuth Kumar, Rishab Shetty, Pramod Shetty.
One incident, perspectives from different people to unfold the truth. Will you get to know the truth ?? It’s left to your imagination, you become the judge.
Genre: Crime – Drama
IMDB Rating: 8.4
4. Rangitharanga


Director: Anup Bhandari
Cast: Nirup Bhandari, Radhika Chetan, Avantika Shetty.
A story of the character named “Angara”. But the twist is you get to see this character towards the end of the film.
Genre: Mystery – Thriller
IMDB Rating: 8.5
3. A: Film by Upendra


Director: Upendra
Cast: Upendra, Chandni.
An unusual love story. Flashback within a flashback with a reverse screenplay – this perfectly defines the story.
Genre: Drama
IMDB Rating: 8.7
2. Upendra


Director: Upendra
Cast: Upendra, Raveena Tandon, Prema, Dhamini.
The story is all about Naanu(me). Perfect one-word description. A psychological thriller.
Genre: Drama – Thriller
IMDB Rating: 8.7
1.Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu


Director: Hemanth M. Rao
Cast: Anant Nag, Rakshit Shetty, Sruthi Hariharan, Achyuth Kumar, Vasishta N. Simha.
A man suffering Alzheimer’s disease goes missing and meets up with a criminal. What happens next you gotta watch the movie
Genre: Drama – Family
IMDB Rating: 8.9
We know many Kannada movies are not listed which are equally deserving. Do comment your favorite movies in this genre.
You’ll get to read that in next blog 🙂
So these are the top 12 kannada movies that one should not miss watching and the movie mentioned above are highly rated on IMBD.
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