Mammootty’s Peranbu claims top spot in IMDb’s list of top 10 Indian films of 2019

2019 is almost over and it’s time to look back at what people enjoyed in the past year, whether it be in films, music or literature. The most comprehensive database of movies IMDb has released its list of the top 10 Indian films in the year gone by and at the top is Tamil feature Peranbu

Mammootty-starrer Peranbu tops IMDb's list of Top Indian Movies of 2019. Photo courtesy: Facebook/Peranbu
Mammootty-starrer Peranbu tops IMDb's list of Top Indian Movies of 2019. Photo courtesy: Facebook/Peranbu

Directed by Ram, the film starred South Indian superstar Mammootty alongside Anjali, Sadhana and Anjali Ameer.

IMDb prepares their list based on the ratings given to movies by viewers on a scale of 1-10.

Bollywood dominates much of the rest of the list. In second and third place are Bollywood hits Uri: The Surgical Strike and Gully Boy, respectively.

Zoya Akhtar's Gully Boy is in third place in IMDb's list of Top Indian movies of 2019. Photo courtesy: Facebook/Ranveer Singh
Zoya Akhtar's Gully Boy is in third place in IMDb's list of Top Indian movies of 2019. Photo courtesy: Facebook/Ranveer Singh

Ayushmann Khurrana’s Article 15 and the Sushant Singh Rajput and Shraddha Kapoor-starrer Chhichhore were placed at fourth and fifth.

Hrithik Roshan’s Super 30 was ranked sixth, followed by Taapsee Pannu and Amitabh Bachchan’s thriller Badla.

In eight and ninth place were The Tashkent Files and the Akshay Kumar-starrer Kesari. Malayalam film Lucifer completed the top 10.

Internationally, Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker topped IMDb’s list.

IMDb’s Top 10 Indian Movies of 2019

  1. Peranbu
  2. Uri: The Surgical Strike 
  3. Gully Boy
  4. Article 15 
  5. Chhichhore
  6. Super 30 
  7. Badla
  8. The Tashkent Files
  9. Kesari
  10. Lucifer 

IMDb’s Top 10 International Movies of 2019

  1. Joker
  2. Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
  3. Avengers: Endgame
  4. Captain Marvel
  5. It Chapter Two
  6. The Lion King
  7. Spider-Man: Far From Home    
  8. Alita: Battle Angel
  9. Aladdin
  10. Us