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Drishyam (2013) | Ranked Top 5% · CriticCrunch

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Drishyam

Movie2013·164 min

Drishyam

Directed by Jeethu Joseph

Thriller Crime Drama

A thriller crime film directed by Jeethu Joseph.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 5%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.6/10

240 ratings

About Drishyam

Georgekutty lives a happy life with his wife and daughters. Things take a turn when his daughter gets indecently filmed using a hidden camera, by the son of a police inspector.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Intimate (1 of 9)
Spirit: Earnest (5 of 9)
Texture: Tense, Gritty
Story Tags: family dysfunction, sacrifice duty, corruption power, international, small town, parent child, group found family, everyman, anti hero, con deception, cat and mouse, slow burn reveal, corruption

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Details

Director: Jeethu Joseph
Language: Malayalam

Cast

Mohanlal, Meena, Asha Sarath

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How Drishyam Ranks

All movies

Top 5%

2010s movies

Top 4%

Thriller movies

Top 7%

★2010s Thriller movies

Top 5%

Top 5% in every cohort we track — a consistent classic.

the vibe

Drishyam Vibe

What it feels like

measureddarkintenselayeredseriousintimateearnesttense

gritty

What it's about

con deceptioncat & mouseslow-burn revealfamily dysfunctionsacrifice dutycorruption powereverymananti-heroparent childgroup found familycorruptioninternationalsmall town

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

intimate 1/9intimate 1/9

spirit

earnest 5/9earnest 5/9

texture

tensetense