The Best Dhanush Movies, Ranked
51 credits from 2002 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Karnan (2021) comes out on top with a score of 91. The biggest box office hit is Raanjhanaa (2013) with $9.77M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Dhanush Movies
The 12 highest-rated films Dhanush is credited on. Karnan (2021) leads with 91, followed by Thiruchitrambalam (2022) at 88. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 91 Karnan 2021 · Drama -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 88 Thiruchitrambalam 2022 · Drama -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 88 Vada Chennai 2018 · Action -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 87 Asuran 2019 · Drama -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 81 Captain Miller 2024 · Action -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 77 Vaathi 2023 · Drama -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir 2019 · Drama -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 Kuberaa 2025 · Thriller -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 Raayan 2024 · Thriller -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 68 Atrangi Re 2021 · Drama -
#11 Movie Echo Score: Score 64 Pattas 2020 · Comedy -
#12 Movie Echo Score: Score 59 The Gray Man 2022 · Action
Biggest Dhanush Box Office Hits
Dhanush's films have made $33.5M worldwide in total. Raanjhanaa (2013) is the biggest hit at $9.77M, ahead of Thiruchitrambalam (2022) ($5.34M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Raanjhanaa 2013 · Romance $9.77M $903K dom. - 2 Thiruchitrambalam 2022 · Drama $5.34M
- 3 Karnan 2021 · Drama $3.82M
- 4 The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir 2019 · Drama $3.27M
- 5 Kuberaa 2025 · Thriller $2.25M $1.75M dom.
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Naane Varuvean 2022 · Horror $1.83M - 7 Raayan 2024 · Thriller $1.51M $453K dom.
- 8 Captain Miller 2024 · Action $485K
- 9 Vada Chennai 2018 · Action $473K
- 10 The Gray Man 2022 · Action $454K
The Best Dhanush Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Dhanush has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 14 films, and Karnan (2021) is the pick of them.
- Drama 14 films Karnan 2021 · as Karnan Movie Echo Score: 91
- Action 12 films Vada Chennai 2018 · as Anbu Movie Echo Score: 88
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Romance 8 films Enai Noki Paayum Thota 2019 · as Raghu Movie Echo Score: 51 - Comedy 7 films Pattas 2020 · as Sakthi (Pattas) & Thiraviyam Perumal Movie Echo Score: 64
- Thriller 5 films Kuberaa 2025 · as Deva Kalam Movie Echo Score: 70
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Family 3 films Mayakkam Enna 2011 · as Karthik Swaminathan - Horror 1 film Naane Varuvean 2022 · as Prabhu/Kadhir Movie Echo Score: 58
The Best Dhanush Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Dhanush's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Dhanush Movies
The most recent films Dhanush is credited on, newest first — starting with Kuberaa (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Kuberaa 2025 · Deva Kalam
- Raayan 2024 · Kathavaraayan 'Raayan'
- Captain Miller 2024 · Analeesan "Easa" / Captain Miller
- Vaathi 2023 · Balamurugan
- Naane Varuvean 2022 · Prabhu/Kadhir
- Thiruchitrambalam 2022 · Thiruchitrambalam
- The Gray Man 2022 · Avik San
- Atrangi Re 2021 · Vishu
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Jagame Thandhiram 2021 · Suruli - Karnan 2021 · Karnan
- Pattas 2020 · Sakthi (Pattas) & Thiraviyam Perumal
- Enai Noki Paayum Thota 2019 · Raghu
The Best Dhanush Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Dhanush films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Dhanush movie?
Karnan (2021) is the best-rated Dhanush film, with a Movie Echo Score of 91, ahead of Thiruchitrambalam (2022) (88) and Vada Chennai (2018) (88). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Karnan: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Dhanush movie?
Raanjhanaa (2013) made the most at the box office, with $9.77M worldwide, followed by Thiruchitrambalam (2022) with $5.34M. Together, Dhanush's films with box office figures have made $33.5M.
What is the best Dhanush drama movie?
Karnan (2021) is the best-rated of Dhanush's drama films, with a score of 91. In other genres: Vada Chennai (action), Enai Noki Paayum Thota (romance) and Pattas (comedy).
What is the newest Dhanush movie?
The newest film on Dhanush's filmography is Kuberaa (2025), with Dhanush as Deva Kalam.
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