(2005) – A psychological thriller about short-term memory loss that later became a nationwide phenomenon.
| Year | Notable trend | Example film | |------|----------------|----------------| | 2000 | End of 90s melodrama | Kandukondain Kandukondain | | 2003 | Dark psychological shift | Pithamagan , Kaadhal Kondein | | 2005 | Gangster realism begins | Pudhupettai | | 2007 | Rural realism explodes | Paruthiveeran | | 2010 | Experimental cult classics | Aayirathil Oruvan | tamil movies 2000 to 2010