Top Rated Kannada Movies
Kannada is a classical Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in the southwestern region of India. The language is also spoken by linguistic minorities in the states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Kerala, and Goa, and also by Kannadigas abroad.
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Movies that have at least 2,000 votes and an IMDb rating of at least 8.0 are considered.
Which of these Kannada movies is your favorite?
If you are unfamiliar with any of these movies, which movie would you most wish to see?
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- DirectorRishab ShettyStarsRishab ShettyKishore Kumar G.Achyuth KumarWhen greed paves the way for betrayal, scheming and murder, a young tribal reluctantly dons the traditions of his ancestors to seek justice.
- DirectorAmoghavarshaStarsPuneeth RajkumarAmoghavarshaAshwini Puneeth RajkumarAn epic musical celebration of India's blessed land, precious culture and incredible stories at an unprecedented scale, complete with songs and the beauty of nature.
- DirectorUpendraStarsShivarajkumarPremaSadhu KokilaSatya, the son of a pious priest, turns into a rowdy and enters the underworld for the sake of love.
- DirectorKiranraj KStarsRakshit ShettyCharlieSangeetha SringeriDharma is stuck in a rut with his negative and lonely lifestyle and spends each day in the comfort of his loneliness. A pup named Charlie enters his life and gives him a new perspective towards it.
- DirectorUpendraStarsUpendraRaveena TandonPremaThis is a psychological thriller movie about a man who calls himself as "Naanu" (Me). It explores the human needs and greeds in the form of a metaphorical comparison to the three female characters in the movie.
- DirectorSagar PuranikStarsDr. Prabhudeva D.SGangadharGowthamIt captures the struggle of Bhadra, a Dollu drummer and dancer who is trying to regroup his Dollu team to keep the age-old traditions alive. What will happen when urbanization affects this small village and its indigenous artform.
- DirectorHemanth M. RaoStarsAnant NagRakshit ShettySruthi HariharanThe film is about Venkob Rao (Anant Nag), a middle class simpleton ailing with Alzheimer's, who goes missing. His son, Shiva (Rakshit Shetty) is a career driven person, who is forced to pause his hectic life to search for his father. Sahana (Shruti Hariharan), a doctor who takes care of Venkob Rao also gets involved. In his search for his father, he finds a lot more than he set out to find.
- DirectorRishab ShettyStarsAnant NagRamesh BhatMahendraThe happy and mischief-filled lives of the children of a Kannada medium school in Kerala are brought to a halt when the government decided to close the school.
- DirectorRohith PadakiStarsDhananjayaUmashreeShrutiThe tale of Ratnakara, an average middle class guy in his late twenties, who is stuck in a house with his mother, Saroja. Just when things couldn't get any worse, Ratnakara gets a phone call that turns his life upside down.
- DirectorPrashanth NeelStarsYashSanjay DuttRaveena TandonIn the blood-soaked Kolar Gold Fields, Rocky's name strikes fear into his foes, while the government sees him as a threat to law and order. Rocky must battle threats from all sides for unchallenged supremacy.
- DirectorM.G. SrinivasStarsM.G. SrinivasAditi PrabhudevaAruna BalrajOld Monk is a romantic comedy. It tells the story of a love crossed youngster. Will this young man find his one true love or will Lord Krishna's curse on him prevail?
- DirectorRaj B. ShettyStarsRaj B. ShettyRishab ShettyGopalkrishna DeshpandeSet in the backdrop of the coastal and cultural city of modern-day Mangaluru, Hari and his soulmate Shiva rise together to great heights only to face off as bitter enemies resulting to their own downfall and destruction.
- DirectorYograj BhatStarsGaneshPooja GandhiAnant NagPreetam falls in love at first sight with Nandini. The sweet romance set in the monsoons, boosted by too good songs and music.
- DirectorRakshit ShettyStarsRakshit ShettyRishab ShettyKishore Kumar G.A journalist sets out to uncover the truth behind an incident, through the perspectives of different people, unraveling how they and their lives are intertwined with it.
- DirectorAnup BhandariStarsNirup BhandariRadhika NarayanAvantika ShettyMysterious events begin to unfold after a reclusive novelist and his wife move back to her ancestral village, followed by a journalist.
- DirectorPawan KumarStarsSathish NeenasamSruthi HariharanAchyuth KumarA man suffering from insomnia is tricked into buying a drug, Lucia, that makes his desires come true in his dreams, blurring the line between fantasy and reality.
- DirectorPrashanth NeelStarsYashSrinidhi ShettyRamachandra RajuIn the 1970s, a gangster named Rocky goes undercover as a slave to assassinate the owner of a notorious gold mine known as the Kolar Gold Fields.
- DirectorRishab ShettyStarsRakshit ShettyRashmika MandannaSamyuktha HegdeKirik Party is the story of a gang of mischievous students, lead by the protagonist Karna (Rakshit Shetty), who has just joined an engineering college.
- DirectorSuriStarsVikky VarunManvita KamathRajesh NatarangaWhen a love story goes awry, two young lovers are forced to take to the road with the police hot on their heels. They escape across Karnataka in a roller-coaster ride that is at once enthralling, exasperating and nail-biting.
- DirectorDarling KrishnaStarsDarling KrishnaMilana NagarajAmrutha IyengarAdi embarks on a rollercoaster journey searching for true love. Through varied experiences he questions if he'll find his soulmate.
- DirectorManju MandavyaStarsChikkannaAchyuth KumarManju MandavyaBharatha and Baahubali lead a happy-go-lucky existence in a small town. Fate makes them meet Sri, an NRI girl, who is in India on a mission. What follows is a series of adventures and misadventures in the pursuit of Sri's goal.
- DirectorJayathirthaStarsRishab ShettyHaripriyaYograj BhatPolice constable Divakar finally gets a chance to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a detective when a mysterious robbery takes place at the local police station.
- DirectorPrashanth NeelStarsSri MuraliHaripriyaThilak ShekarA man with a dangerous past must protect a girl from those who are hell bent on killing her.
- DirectorRaam ReddyStarsThammegowda S.ChannegowdaAbhishek H.N.In a South Indian village, a centenarian's funeral brings together his free-spirited son, inheritance-hungry grandson and girl-crazy great-grandson.
- DirectorUpendraStarsUpendraNayantharaTulip JoshiAn NRI follows his love interest to India and ends up cleaning up the country's political system.
- DirectorK.S. AshokaStarsKushiKushee RaviPruthvi AmbaarDia takes three years to confess her feelings to Rohith but after a terrible accident, she is told he does not survive. Later, when she starts seeing Adi, she finds out that Rohith is still alive.
- DirectorSuniStarsRakshit ShettyShwetha SrivatsavSrinagar KittyKushal (Rakshit Shetty) is sent by his radio jockey sister Rachana to Kodagu to meet her boyfriend's sister in the hope that the two will take a liking to each other, leading to marriage, and thus paving the way for her own marriage. Kushal meets a bubbly girl Kushi (Shwetha Srivatsav) in the house he is sent to, but the rest of the family is out of town. The two share their past romantic liaisons before falling in love with each other. It turns out, though, that the girl is not who she pretends to be. The film takes a curious turn from here.