Popular Tamil films (in reverse chronological order) does not claim that these are the best Tamil films , though many of fans' all-time favorites will be found on this list. However, the non-Indian explorer of Tamil cinema industry will learn a fair bit about Tamil film history and conventions by watching these films. The list is biased towards recent films, but this may be an advantage for some users of the list, as the recent films are more likely to be found in video rental stores. Submissions of notable older films are invited.
When box office data is available, the list gives the top-grossing films of the year, or decade. There are also lists of the critically-acclaimed films, as determined by combining lists from the film review sites (Galatta, Behindwoods and Sify) linked below.
The capsule reviews are written in the usual brief television-film-schedule style. More complete reviews, lists of stars and director, &c., can be found by clicking on links to films that have their own pages.

Contents
1 2000 Onwards
1.1 2007
1.1.1 Top-grossing films of 2007
1.1.2 Critically acclaimed films of 2007
1.2 Top grossers of 2006
1.2.1 Critically Acclaimed Films
1.3 2005
1.3.1 Critically acclaimed films
1.4 2004
1.4.1 Critically-acclaimed films
1.5 2003
1.5.1 Critically acclaimed films
1.6 2002
1.6.1 Critically acclaimed films
1.7 2001
1.8 2000
2 1990s
3 1980s
4 1970s
5 1960s
6 1950s
7 1940s
8 1930s