| Film | Year | Cultural Theme | |------|------|----------------| | Chemmeen | 1965 | Caste, sea taboo, matriliny | | Elippathayam | 1981 | Feudal decline, masculine crisis | | Amma Ariyan | 1986 | Political violence, caste oppression | | Sallapam | 1996 | Gulf migration, aspiration and failure | | Ore Kadal | 2007 | Urban upper-caste guilt, modernity | | Kumbalangi Nights | 2019 | Toxic masculinity, family, eco-feminism | | Jallikattu | 2019 | Collective violence, ecology, ritual | | Nayattu | 2021 | Caste and police power in contemporary Kerala |