Letterboxd’s top-rated feature films: Laapataa Ladies at 5; Malayalam cinema leads in contributions

Online social cataloguing platform Letterboxd recently revealed a list of its 25 highest-rated feature films. A significant number of Indian films made it to the list, with the Malayalam film industry leading the contributions.

Director Kiran Rao’s folky-feminist tale Laapataa Ladies made it to the Top 5 and ranked fifth on the list. Malayalam survival-thriller Manjummel Boys, written and directed by Chidambaram, came at number 7, and the suspense chamber-drama Aattam anked at 10. Rahul Sadasivan’s folk-horror Bramayugam was at 15 and Fahadh Faasil’s comedy Aavesham followed it at 16. Another Hindi film, the Imtiaz Ali-directorial biopic Amar Singh Chamkila ranked at 20. It was followed by Girish A.D.’s Premalu.

Dev Patel’s action-thriller Monkey Man also made it to the list at number 19. The highest-rated film on the list is the Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya starrer sci-fi epic Dune: Part 2. Luca Guadagnino’s sports-drama Challengers comes at 4.

Here is the full list:

1) Dune: Part Two

2) Hundreds of Beavers

3) How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies

4) Challengers

5) Laapataa Ladies

6) Ghostlight

7) Manjummel Boys

8) The People’s Joker

9) Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

10) Aattam

11) Problemista

12) The Count of Monte-Cristo

13) Thelma

14) Crossing

15) Bramayugam

16) Aavesham

17) Riddle of Fire

18) Inside Out 2

19) Monkey Man

20) Amar Singh Chamkila

21) Chime

22) The Missing

23) Ultraman: Rising

24) GomBurZa

25) Premalu