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10 Best Movies Like Oorkavalan

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

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#1
Electricity

Electricity

2014★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Oorkavalan for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A woman leaves her seaside hometown to search for her long-lost brother, experiencing hallucinations brought on by her epilepsy during her trip....

#2
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Oorkavalan for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#3
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Oorkavalan for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

#4
Padayappa

Padayappa

1999★ 7.4

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

Padayappa, a mechanical engineer whose father gives up his property to his foster brother, and then dies of shock soon after. Neelambari initially loves Padayappa, but plans to hum...

#5
XX/XY

XX/XY

2002★ 5.8

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

Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later....

#6
A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season

1989★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Oorkavalan for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody....

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