The Best S. J. Suryah Movies, Ranked
33 credits from 1993 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Maanaadu (2021) comes out on top with a score of 90. The biggest box office hit is Nanban (2012) with $15M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated S. J. Suryah Movies
The 7 highest-rated films S. J. Suryah is credited on. Maanaadu (2021) leads with 90, followed by Veera Dheera Sooran: Part 2 (2025) at 82. 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 90 Maanaadu 2021 · Action -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 82 Veera Dheera Sooran: Part 2 2025 · Drama -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 73 Don 2022 · Comedy -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 72 Mark Antony 2023 · Comedy -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 Raayan 2024 · Thriller -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 58 Nenjam Marappathillai 2021 · Thriller -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 50 Varisu 2023 · Action
Biggest S. J. Suryah Box Office Hits
S. J. Suryah's films have made $32M worldwide in total. Nanban (2012) is the biggest hit at $15M, ahead of Don (2022) ($8.29M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Nanban 2012 · Drama $15M - 2 Don 2022 · Comedy $8.29M
- 3 Varisu 2023 · Action $2.53M
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Mersal 2017 · Crime $2.29M - 5 Raayan 2024 · Thriller $1.51M $453K dom.
- 6 Veera Dheera Sooran: Part 2 2025 · Drama $604K
- 7 Maanaadu 2021 · Action $566K
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Spyder 2017 · Action $468K - 9
Khushi 2001 · Romance $311K $305K dom. - 10 Mark Antony 2023 · Comedy $96K
The Best S. J. Suryah Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre S. J. Suryah has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Thriller leads with 7 films, and Raayan (2024) is the pick of them.
- Thriller 7 films Raayan 2024 · as Sethuraman 'Sethu' Movie Echo Score: 70
- Drama 6 films Veera Dheera Sooran: Part 2 2025 · as A. Arunagiri Movie Echo Score: 82
- Comedy 6 films Don 2022 · as Boominathan Movie Echo Score: 73
- Action 3 films Maanaadu 2021 · as Dhanushkodi Movie Echo Score: 90
- Crime 3 films Mersal 2017 · as Daniel Arockiaraj
- Romance 3 films Khushi 2001 · as Guest Appearance
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Sci-Fi 1 film Viyabari 2007 · as Suryaprakash
The Best S. J. Suryah Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of S. J. Suryah's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest S. J. Suryah Movies
The most recent films S. J. Suryah is credited on, newest first — starting with Veera Dheera Sooran: Part 2 (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Veera Dheera Sooran: Part 2 2025 · A. Arunagiri
- Raayan 2024 · Sethuraman 'Sethu'
- Mark Antony 2023 · Jackie Pandian / Madhan Pandiyan
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Bommai 2023 · Rajkumar - Varisu 2023 · Adithya Mittal (Special Appearance)
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Kadamaiyai Sei 2022 · Comedy - Don 2022 · Boominathan
- Maanaadu 2021 · Dhanushkodi
- Nenjam Marappathillai 2021 · Ramasamy 'Ramsay'
- Mersal 2017 · Daniel Arockiaraj
- Spyder 2017 · Sudalai
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Iraivi 2016 · Arul
The Best S. J. Suryah Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest S. J. Suryah films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best S. J. Suryah movie?
Maanaadu (2021) is the best-rated S. J. Suryah film, with a Movie Echo Score of 90, ahead of Veera Dheera Sooran: Part 2 (2025) (82) and Don (2022) (73). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Maanaadu: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing S. J. Suryah movie?
Nanban (2012) made the most at the box office, with $15M worldwide, followed by Don (2022) with $8.29M. Together, S. J. Suryah's films with box office figures have made $32M.
What is the best S. J. Suryah thriller movie?
Raayan (2024) is the best-rated of S. J. Suryah's thriller films, with a score of 70. In other genres: Veera Dheera Sooran: Part 2 (drama), Don (comedy) and Maanaadu (action).
What is the newest S. J. Suryah movie?
The newest film on S. J. Suryah's filmography is Veera Dheera Sooran: Part 2 (2025), with S. J. Suryah as A. Arunagiri.
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