Mohanlal averages 6.94, Thilakan averages 8.09. Apart that suggests 7.52; together they average 8.16, a lift of +0.65.
Lift is the average of their films together minus the mean of their two career averages.
1989Best
1993Dot size shows IMDb votes; lines are rolling five-film averages. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes are left out.
| Nokketha Dhoorathu Kannum Nattu | 1984 | · | 498 | as Sreekumar | as Alexander (not counted) |
| Aram + Aram = Kinnaram | 1985 | · | 481 | as Narayanankutty | as M.N. Nambiar |
| Panchagni | 1986 | · | 297 | as Rashid | as Raman |
| Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal | 1986 | 8.5 | 2,835 | as Solomon | as Paul Pailokkaran |
| Pappan Priyappetta Pappan | 1986 | · | 274 | as Inspector Devodas | Actor |
| Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam | 1986 | 7.9 | 1,434 | as Gopalakrishna Panikkar | as Damodaran |
| Amrutham Gamaya | 1987 | · | 364 | as Dr. P. K. Haridas | as Kurup (not counted) |
| Nadodikkattu | 1987 | 8.8 | 6,829 | as Dasan | as Ananthan Nambiar |
| Unnikale Oru Kadha Parayam | 1987 | · | 370 | as Aby | as A Father |
| Pattanapravesam | 1988 | 8.2 | 3,583 | as Ramdas (aka Dasan) | as Ananthan Nambiar |
 Kireedam | 1989 | 8.9 | 9,971 | as Sethu Madhavan | as Achuthan Nair |
| Naduvaazhikal | 1989 | · | 397 | as Arjun | as Shankaran |
| Season | 1989 | · | 636 | as Jeevan | as Kanthi's Father (not counted) |
| Dhanam | 1991 | · | 267 | as Unni | Actor (not counted) |
| Kilukkam | 1991 | 8.6 | 5,528 | as Joji | as Justice Pillai |
 Manichitrathazhu | 1993 | 8.7 | 14,714 | as Dr. Sunny Joseph | as Brahmadattan Nampoothirippadu (not counted) |
| Chenkol | 1993 | 7.9 | 1,140 | as Sethu Madhavan | as Retd Police Head Constable Achuthan Nair |
| Minnaram | 1994 | 7.6 | 1,529 | as Bobby | as Mathews |
| Pakshe | 1994 | · | 337 | as Balachandran | as Contractor Vikraman |
| Pavithram | 1994 | 8.0 | 1,072 | as Unnikrishnan | as Easwara Pillai (not counted) |
| Pingami | 1994 | · | 777 | Producer, as Capt. Vijay Menon | as Kumaran |
| Spadikam | 1995 | 8.6 | 7,830 | as Thomas Chacko (Aadu Thoma) | as Chacko Master |
| Thacholi Varghese Chekavar | 1995 | · | 274 | as Thacholi Varghese Chekavar | as Avarachan |
| Oru Yathramozhi | 1997 | · | 254 | as Govindan Kutty (Chinna) | as Adhruman a.k.a. Abdul Rahiman (not counted) |
| Narasimham | 2000 | 7.6 | 2,258 | as Poovalli Induchoodan | as M.K. Menon |
| Kilichundan Mampazham | 2003 | · | 809 | as Abdul Khader | as Chekutty Muthalali (not counted) |
| Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja | 2009 | 7.6 | 3,580 | as Narrator | as Kurumbanattu Rajavu (not counted) |
| Red Chillies | 2009 | · | 488 | as OMR | as Maani Varghese |
| Ividam Swargamanu | 2009 | 7.2 | 1,274 | as Mathews | as Jeremias |
| Spirit | 2012 | 7.5 | 2,371 | as Raghunandan | as An alcoholic (not counted) |
