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The Best Kishore Movies, Ranked

59 credits from 1965 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. House Owner (2019) comes out on top with a score of 92. The biggest box office hit is L2: Empuraan (2025) with $9.28M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.

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Ranked by Movie Echo Score

Top Rated Kishore Movies

The 12 highest-rated films Kishore is credited on. House Owner (2019) leads with 92, followed by Kantara (2022) at 88. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.

Worldwide gross

Biggest Kishore Box Office Hits

Kishore's films have made $32.3M worldwide in total. L2: Empuraan (2025) is the biggest hit at $9.28M, ahead of Acharya (2022) ($8.05M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.

All-time box office
  1. 1 L2: Empuraan (2025) movie poster L2: Empuraan 2025 · Thriller $9.28M
  2. 2 Acharya (2022) movie poster Acharya 2022 · Action $8.05M $832K dom.
  3. 3 Kabali (2016) movie poster Kabali 2016 · Crime $4.39M $3.9M dom.
  4. 4 Sikandar (2025) movie poster Sikandar 2025 · Drama $3.03M
  5. 5 Kantara (2022) movie poster Kantara 2022 · Thriller $2.41M
  6. 6 Kannur Squad (2023) movie poster Kannur Squad 2023 · Crime $1.98M
  7. 7 Arrambam (2013) movie poster Arrambam 2013 · Thriller $1.84M
  8. 8 Vada Chennai (2018) movie poster Vada Chennai 2018 · Action $473K
  9. 9 Viduthalai: Part II (2024) movie poster Viduthalai: Part II 2024 · Action $304K
  10. 10 Silambattam (2008) movie poster Silambattam 2008 · Romance $278K
One pick per genre

The Best Kishore Movie in Every Genre

The best-rated film in each genre Kishore has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 17 films, and House Owner (2019) is the pick of them.

One pick per decade

The Best Kishore Movie of Each Decade

One pick per decade of Kishore's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.

Newest first

The Latest Kishore Movies

The most recent films Kishore is credited on, newest first — starting with Kaliyugam (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.

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FAQ

The Best Kishore Movies: Questions & Answers

The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Kishore films, answered from the rankings on this page.

What is the best Kishore movie?

House Owner (2019) is the best-rated Kishore film, with a Movie Echo Score of 92, ahead of Kantara (2022) (88) and Vada Chennai (2018) (88). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.

House Owner: cast, ratings & box office

What is the highest-grossing Kishore movie?

L2: Empuraan (2025) made the most at the box office, with $9.28M worldwide, followed by Acharya (2022) with $8.05M. Together, Kishore's films with box office figures have made $32.3M.

What is the best Kishore drama movie?

House Owner (2019) is the best-rated of Kishore's drama films, with a score of 92. In other genres: Kantara (thriller), Vada Chennai (action) and Silambattam (romance).

What is the newest Kishore movie?

The newest film on Kishore's filmography is Kaliyugam (2025), with Kishore as Sketch.

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