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1. The Chess Players (1977)
Not Rated | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, History
In 1856, two obsessed noblemen ignore everything while playing chess and fail to notice British rule extending into their Indian province.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Saeed Jaffrey, Shabana Azmi, Farida Jalal
Votes: 4,065
2. The Home and the World (1984)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama
When the movie opens, a woman is recalling the events that molded her perspective on the world. Years ago, her husband, a wealthy Western-educated landowner, challenged tradition by ... See full summary »
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Victor Banerjee, Swatilekha Sengupta, Gopa Aich
Votes: 1,895
3. The Goddess (1960)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
A young woman is deemed a goddess when her father-in-law, a rich feudal land-lord, has a dream envisioning her as an avatar of Kali.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Sharmila Tagore, Soumitra Chatterjee, Chhabi Biswas, Karuna Bannerjee
Votes: 2,803 | Gross: $0.09M
4. The Branches of the Tree (1990)
130 min | Drama
Four brothers converge around an ailing father.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Ajit Banerjee, Haradhan Bannerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Dipankar Dey
Votes: 852
5. Jana Aranya (1975)
131 min | Drama
A bright and idealistic young man steels himself for the dog-eat-dog business world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Pradip Mukherjee, Rafique Ahmed, S. Bagchi, Ajit Banerjee
Votes: 1,818
6. An Enemy of the People (1989)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
In this adaption of the Ibsen stage play, an idealistic physician discovers that the town's temple waters are dangerously contaminated. But with the community relying on the holy attraction for tourist dollars, his warnings go unheeded.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Dipankar Dey, Ruma Guha Thakurta
Votes: 1,573
7. Aranyer Din Ratri (1970)
115 min | Drama
A group of Calcutta city slickers, including the well-off Asim (Soumitra Chatterjee), the meek Sanjoy (Subhendu Chatterjee) and the brutish Hari (Samit Bhanja), head out for a weekend in the wilderness.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Sharmila Tagore, Kaberi Bose, Simi Garewal, Soumitra Chatterjee
Votes: 2,921
8. In Custody (1994)
PG | 126 min | Comedy, Drama
A poet of Urdu fame is struggling with his legacy while an aspiring poet and historian comes to document him like never before and in return becomes custodian of the great poets last verses.
Director: Ismail Merchant | Stars: Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Om Puri, Sushma Seth
Votes: 399 | Gross: $0.09M
9. The World of Apu (1959)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
This final installment in Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy follows Apu's life as an orphaned adult aspiring to be a writer.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty, Swapan Mukherjee
Votes: 16,757 | Gross: $0.02M
10. Garm Hava (1974)
146 min | Drama
In post-partition India, a Muslim businessman and his family struggle for their rights in a country which was once their own.
Director: M.S. Sathyu | Stars: Balraj Sahni, A.K. Hangal, Geeta Kak, Jamal Hashmi
Votes: 829
11. Mirza Ghalib (1988– )
27 min | Short, Biography, Drama
The story of the most admired poet in the History of Urdu and Persian writings, Mirza Ghalib.
Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Tanvi Azmi, Neena Gupta, Amjad Khan
Votes: 668
12. The Stranger (1991)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
A well-off family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman's long-lost uncle. The initial suspicion with which they greet the man slowly dissolves as he regales them with stories of his travels.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Utpal Dutt, Dipankar Dey, Mamata Shankar, Bikram Bhattacharya
Votes: 4,384
13. Tanu Weds Manu (2011)
Not Rated | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Manu comes to India to find a bride and falls for Tanu at first sight, but free-spirited Tanu has no plan to marry him.
Director: Aanand L. Rai | Stars: Madhavan, Kangana Ranaut, Jimmy Shergill, Deepak Dobriyal
Votes: 16,506
14. Padmaavat (2018)
Not Rated | 163 min | Drama, History, Romance
Set in medieval Rajasthan, Queen Padmavati is married to a noble king and they live in a prosperous fortress with their subjects until an ambitious Sultan hears of Padmavati's beauty and forms an obsessive love for the Queen of Mewar.
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Stars: Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapoor, Aditi Rao Hydari
Votes: 36,893 | Gross: $11.85M
15. Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015)
Not Rated | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tanu and Manu's marriage collapses. What happens when Manu meets Tanu's lookalike Kusum - and when Tanu returns?
Director: Aanand L. Rai | Stars: Kangana Ranaut, Madhavan, Jimmy Shergill, Deepak Dobriyal
Votes: 29,697
16. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
PG | 224 min | Drama, Musical, Sport
The people of a small village in Victorian India stake their future on a game of cricket against their ruthless British rulers.
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker | Stars: Aamir Khan, Raghubir Yadav, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley
Votes: 120,687 | Gross: $0.91M
17. Talvar (2015)
Not Rated | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An experienced investigator confronts several conflicting theories about the perpetrators of a violent double homicide.
Director: Meghna Gulzar | Stars: Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Neeraj Kabi, Sohum Shah
Votes: 38,419 | Gross: $0.34M
18. Veer (2010)
Not Rated | 169 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Prithvi seeks revenge on Gyanendra Singh and the British. He sends his son Veer to Britain to study their plans. Veer kills Gyanendra's son but ends up falling in love with his daughter.
Director: Anil Sharma | Stars: Salman Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Jackie Shroff, Neena Gupta
Votes: 8,779 | Gross: $0.50M
19. Kranti (1981)
187 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The story of India's freedom struggle between the years 1825 and 1875.
Director: Manoj Kumar | Stars: Dilip Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini
Votes: 1,071
20. Jhansi Ki Rani (1953)
Not Rated | 97 min | Biography, Drama, History
Rajguru (Sohrab Modi) decides that Jhansi should get its proper recognition in history. He comes across a young girl Manu (the young Rani Lakshmibai) played by Baby Shikha. Her father has ... See full summary »
Director: Sohrab Modi | Stars: Mehtab, Sohrab Modi, Mubarak Mechant, Ulhas
Votes: 117
21. Mangal Pandey (2005)
Not Rated | 150 min | Biography, Drama, History
This is a film about the leader of the 1857 mutiny and his fight against the British rule.
Director: Ketan Mehta | Stars: Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Toby Stephens, Coral Beed
Votes: 10,503 | Gross: $0.87M
22. Mangal Pandey (1983)
Not Rated | 136 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Abused by his step-mother; Rajmer, Jaipur-based young Mangal faces more trauma when his father Havaldar Rajnath Pandey is shot dead by Daku Lal Singh. He then gets separated from his sister... See full summary »
Director: Harmesh Malhotra | Stars: Rajeet Sood, Harbans Darshan M. Arora, Tyrone Aviet, Parveen Babi
Votes: 43
23. Junoon (1979)
141 min | Drama
Set during the 1857 War of Independence, an obsessed Indian Nawab desires to wed a young Anglo-Indian woman, but the girl's obstinate mother stands between them.
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Shashi Kapoor, Nafisa Ali, Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah
Votes: 572
24. Umrao Jaan (1981)
145 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In Faizabad, British India, Dilawar is sentenced to several years in prison after Amiran's Daroga dad testifies against him. After his discharge around 1840, he extracts his vengeance by ... See full summary »
Director: Muzaffar Ali | Stars: Rekha, Farooq Shaikh, Naseeruddin Shah, Raj Babbar
Votes: 1,127
25. Umrao Jaan (2006)
188 min | Drama, Romance
J.P. Dutta's adaption of the Urdu novel "Umrao Jan Ada" by Mirza Haadi Ruswa (1905).
Director: J.P. Dutta | Stars: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Suniel Shetty, Abhishek Bachchan
Votes: 2,049
26. Fire (1996)
Unrated | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Two mentally unstable women who are abandoned by their husbands find love and solace in each other.
Director: Deepa Mehta | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das, Karishma Jhalani, Ramanjeet Kaur
Votes: 6,365 | Gross: $0.40M
27. Omkara (2006)
Not Rated | 155 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A politically-minded enforcer's misguided trust in his lieutenant leads him to suspect his wife of infidelity in this adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Othello'.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma
Votes: 22,100 | Gross: $0.79M
28. Maqbool (2003)
Not Rated | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The intrigue of the Shakespearean tragedy 'Macbeth' is transposed to the Mumbai underworld.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj | Stars: Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Pankaj Kapur, Naseeruddin Shah
Votes: 12,014
29. Company (2002)
Not Rated | 142 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A small-time gangster named Chandu teams up with Malik, a low-level enforcer for a criminal syndicate. Together they eliminate all their enemies, becoming the most feared gangsters in Mumbai.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Mohanlal, Manisha Koirala, Seema Biswas
Votes: 16,155
30. Gangaajal (2003)
Not Rated | 157 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An IPS officer motivates and leads a dysfunctional, corrupt police force of Tezpur to fight against the corrupt politician.
Director: Prakash Jha | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Gracy Singh, Mohan Joshi, Yashpal Sharma
Votes: 18,133
31. Kaminey (2009)
Not Rated | 130 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The desperate lives of two estranged twin brothers converge over missing drugs, politics, racial prejudice, corrupt cops and an unplanned pregnancy.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Deb Mukherjee, Shivkumar Subramaniam
Votes: 18,128 | Gross: $1.29M
32. The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002)
Not Rated | 155 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The story of a young revolutionary who raised an armed resistance against the British rule in India.
Director: Rajkumar Santoshi | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Sushant Singh, D. Santosh, Akhilendra Mishra
Votes: 17,295
33. Khosla Ka Ghosla! (2006)
Not Rated | 135 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A Delhi-based retired middle-class man tries half-heartedly to get his land back from a swindling property dealer with the help of his sons and their friends.
Directors: Dibakar Banerjee, Pravin E. Birje | Stars: Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Parvin Dabas, Tara Sharma
Votes: 25,011 | Gross: $0.03M
34. Gulaal (2009)
Not Rated | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A law student witnesses deception, homicide, and crime after being elected as General Secretary of his college.
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Kay Kay Menon, Raj Singh Chaudhary, Raja Chaudhary, Jesse Randhawa
Votes: 15,909
35. Vaastav: The Reality (1999)
Not Rated | 145 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Consequences force an innocent man to get involved in crime after making an error.
Director: Mahesh Manjrekar | Stars: Sanjay Dutt, Namrata Shirodkar, Reema Lagoo, Shivaji Satam
Votes: 14,762
36. Satya (1998)
Not Rated | 170 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An innocent man is embroiled in underworld after being falsely charged and sets out to punish the perpetrators who subjected his life to misery.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: J.D. Chakravarthi, Manoj Bajpayee, Urmila Matondkar, Paresh Rawal
Votes: 16,703
37. Paan Singh Tomar (2012)
Not Rated | 135 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The story of Paan Singh Tomar, an Indian athlete and seven-time national steeplechase champion who becomes one of the most feared dacoits in Chambal Valley after his retirement.
Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia | Stars: Irrfan Khan, Mahie Gill, Rajesh Abhay, Hemendra Dandotiya
Votes: 37,871 | Gross: $0.04M
38. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)
Not Rated | 186 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The truth behind the ascension of Milkha Singh, who was scarred by of the India-Pakistan partition.
Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Stars: Farhan Akhtar, Kousi Orfahli, Deepak Singh Rawat, Japtej Singh
Votes: 72,306 | Gross: $1.63M
39. Kahaani (2012)
Not Rated | 122 min | Mystery, Thriller
A pregnant woman's search for her missing husband takes her from London to Kolkata, but everyone she questions denies having ever met him.
Director: Sujoy Ghosh | Stars: Vidya Balan, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Indraneil Sengupta, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Votes: 65,893 | Gross: $1.04M
40. A Wednesday (2008)
Not Rated | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A retiring police officer reminisces about the most astounding day of his career. About a case that was never filed but continues to haunt him in his memories - the case of a man and a Wednesday.
Director: Neeraj Pandey | Stars: Anupam Kher, Naseeruddin Shah, Veerendra Saxena, Mahesh Kanual
Votes: 82,319
41. Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
Not Rated | 321 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A clash between Sultan and Shahid Khan leads to the expulsion of Khan from Wasseypur, and ignites a deadly blood feud spanning three generations.
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Manoj Bajpayee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Richa Chadha
Votes: 103,842
42. Drishyam (2015)
Not Rated | 163 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Desperate measures are taken by a man who tries to save his family from the dark side of the law, after they commit an unexpected crime.
Director: Nishikant Kamat | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Shriya Saran, Tabu, Rajat Kapoor
Votes: 94,321 | Gross: $0.74M
43. Aiyaary (2018)
Not Rated | 157 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After finding out about an illegal arms deal, a military intelligence officer goes rogue with highly sensitive data related to his organization, and his mentor, a colonel, races to hunt him down.
Directors: Neeraj Pandey, Feroz Khan Bollybrothers | Stars: Sidharth Malhotra, Manoj Bajpayee, Rakul Preet Singh, Pooja Chopra
Votes: 5,216
44. Agneepath (2012)
Not Rated | 174 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young boy's father is lynched before his eyes; fifteen years later he returns home for revenge.
Director: Karan Malhotra | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sanjay Dutt, Rishi Kapoor
Votes: 26,866 | Gross: $1.98M
45. Jodhaa Akbar (2008)
Not Rated | 213 min | Action, Drama, History
A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodha.
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Poonam Sinha
Votes: 34,602 | Gross: $3.44M
46. Krrish (2006)
Not Rated | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Krishna is forced by circumstances to use his superpowers and become the masked superhero Krrish, before getting drawn towards his lost legacy.
Director: Rakesh Roshan | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Rekha, Naseeruddin Shah
Votes: 24,046
47. Lakshya (2004)
Not Rated | 186 min | Action, Drama, Romance
An aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero.
Director: Farhan Akhtar | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Preity G Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan, Om Puri
Votes: 25,546 | Gross: $0.75M
48. Mohenjo Daro (2016)
Not Rated | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 2016 BC, a kind farmer leads an uprising in the city of Mohenjo Daro.
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Pooja Hegde, Kabir Bedi, Arunoday Singh
Votes: 12,727 | Gross: $1.25M
49. Krrish 3 (2013)
Not Rated | 152 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Krrish and his scientist father must save the world and their own family from an evil man named Kaal and his gang of mutants, led by the ruthless Kaya.
Director: Rakesh Roshan | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Vivek Oberoi, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Kangana Ranaut
Votes: 25,243 | Gross: $2.19M
50. Kites (I) (2010)
Not Rated | 123 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A wounded man searches for his sweetheart in the Mexican desert while on the run from the police, bounty hunters, and others.
Director: Anurag Basu | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Bárbara Mori, Nicholas Brown, Kangana Ranaut
Votes: 13,758 | Gross: $1.60M
51. Devdas (I) (2002)
Not Rated | 185 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
After his wealthy family prohibits him from marrying the woman he is in love with, Devdas Mukherjee's life spirals further and further out of control as he takes up alcohol and a life of vice to numb the pain.
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jackie Shroff
Votes: 46,931 | Gross: $3.50M
52. 3 AM: A Paranormal Experience (2014)
Not Rated | 103 min | Horror, Romance
The story of the movie revolves around three friends who are going to make a reality show on the existence of ghosts in the world.
Director: Vishal Mahadkar | Stars: Salil Acharya, Kavin Dave, Jason Matthew Ethier, Anindita Nayar
Votes: 619
53. Blood Money (II) (2012)
Not Rated | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young man elopes with the girl he loves and moves to South Africa, where he works in the diamond-exporting business. Slowly, he is pulled into the underworld.
Director: Vishal Mahadkar | Stars: Manish Chaudhari, Kunal Kemmu, Amrita Puri, Cyrus Sahukar
Votes: 1,180
54. The Stoneman Murders (2009)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1980s Bombay, a serial killer starts targeting homeless street dwellers, whilst a suspended police officer attempts to solve the case.
Director: Manish Gupta | Stars: Kay Kay Menon, Arbaaz Khan, Rukhsar Rehman, Veerendra Saxena
Votes: 3,488
55. Aakrosh (1980)
144 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A public prosecutor discovers the harsh realities about life of the scheduled tribes in India during 1980s while defending a case of a tribesman charged of murdering his wife.
Director: Govind Nihalani | Stars: Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil, Amrish Puri
Votes: 1,183
56. Water (I) (2005)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama
Set in colonial India against Gandhi's rise to power, it's the story of 8-year-old Chuyia, who is widowed and sent to a home to live in penitence; once there, Chuyia's feisty presence deeply affects the lives of the other residents.
Director: Deepa Mehta | Stars: Lisa Ray, John Abraham, Seema Biswas, Sarala Kariyawasam
Votes: 15,359 | Gross: $3.22M
57. Samsara (2001)
R | 138 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A spiritual love-story set in the majestic landscape of Ladakh, Himalayas. Samsara is a quest; one man's struggle to find spiritual Enlightenment by renouncing the world. And one woman's ... See full summary »
Director: Pan Nalin | Stars: Shawn Ku, Christy Chung, Neelesha Barthel, Lhakpa Tsering
Votes: 8,252
58. Valley of Flowers (2006)
155 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A great Asian love story, an unforgettable tale about passion, death and reincarnation. A mesmerizing Himalayan epic that spans two centuries, from the Silk Route of the early 19th century to the bustling metropolis of modern-day Tokyo.
Director: Pan Nalin | Stars: Milind Soman, Mylène Jampanoï, Naseeruddin Shah, Jampa Kalsang Tamang
Votes: 1,914
59. Haqeeqat (1964)
184 min | Action, Musical, War
A platoon of Indian soldiers encounters harsh realities while fighting in the Sino-Indian War of 1962.
Director: Chetan Anand | Stars: Balraj Sahni, Dharmendra, Vijay Anand, Indrani Mukherjee
Votes: 554
60. Accident on Hill Road (2010)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In order not to jeopardize her overseas career, an impaired woman, who had just run over a male, decides to conceal her crime with the victim trapped in the windshield.
Director: Mahesh Nair | Stars: Farooq Shaikh, Celina Jaitly, Abhimanyu Singh, Rukhsar Rehman
Votes: 314
61. Not a Love Story (2011)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An aspiring movie actress and her boyfriend are arrested and charged with Homicide.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: Deepak Dobriyal, Mahie Gill, Zakir Hussain, Subhash Dhankar
Votes: 737
62. Monica (2011)
Not Rated | 124 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
An accused and three politically-connected suspects are prosecuted for their involvement in the homicide of a journalist.
Director: Sushen Bhatnagar | Stars: Ashutosh Rana, Divya Dutta, Rajit Kapoor, Yashpal Sharma
Votes: 95
63. Shaitan (2011)
Not Rated | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Five substance-abusing friends decide to fake a kidnapping in order to bribe a police constable for covering-up a hit-and-run accident.
Director: Bejoy Nambiar | Stars: Kalki Koechlin, Shiv Panditt, Gulshan Devaiah, Rajeev Khandelwal
Votes: 8,944
64. Sigappu Rojakkal (1978)
Not Rated | 129 min | Drama, Thriller
Kamal Haasan, the central character, is a man terribly soured by his unvaryingly devastating encounters with the opposite sex. He develops a pathological hatred for women and uses his charm... See full summary »
Director: Bharathiraja | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Sridevi, Bhagyaraj, Goundamani
Votes: 3,602
65. Paanch (2003)
Not Rated | 130 min | Crime, Thriller
Kidnapping plot gone wrong when four friends plans to kidnap their own friend who accidentally got killed.
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Kay Kay Menon, Aditya Srivastav, Joy Fernandes, Vijay Maurya
Votes: 2,474
66. Pather Panchali (1955)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Banerjee, Chunibala Devi
Votes: 38,546 | Gross: $0.54M
67. The Hero (1966)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
En route to Delhi to receive an award, a Bengali film star reevaluates his success through his fellow passengers, dreams, and past experiences.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Uttam Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Bireswar Sen, Somen Bose
Votes: 5,116
68. The Kingdom of Diamonds (1980)
Not Rated | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The musical duo of Goopi and Bagha make a comeback when they are invited to play for a king.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Tapan Chatterjee, Rabi Ghosh, Utpal Dutt, Soumitra Chatterjee
Votes: 3,049
69. Sonar Kella (1974)
Not Rated | 136 min | Adventure, Family, Mystery
A young boy becomes a target for crooks, after he claims to remember his past life and mentions precious jewels in a golden fortress.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Santanu Bagchi, Ajoy Banerjee, Haradhan Bannerjee
Votes: 2,764
70. Distant Thunder (1973)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
As food shortages reach catastrophic proportions, Gangacharan attempts to preserve his privileged situation while his generous wife Ananga conversely tries to help and support the community.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Bobita, Sandhya Roy, Chitra Banerjee
Votes: 1,721
71. Seemabaddha (1971)
110 min | Drama
Chatterji is an ambitious and self-made young man who becomes the director of the company he works for.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Sharmila Tagore, Barun Chanda, Paromita Chowdhury, Ajoy Banerjee
Votes: 1,405
72. Pratidwandi (1970)
110 min | Drama
A young college graduate is struggling to find a job. He lives in a flat with his younger, employed sister, revolutionary brother and widowed mother. The strain of the situation ultimately causes him to hallucinate.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Dhritiman Chatterjee, Asgar Ali, Arabinda Banerjee, Soumitra Bannerjee
Votes: 1,914
73. Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969)
132 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Goopy wants to sing, and Bagha wants to play the dhol. They meet accidentally and are helped by King of Ghosts. With newly endowed abilities, they land in kingdom of Shundi, where their adventure begins.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Tapan Chatterjee, Rabi Ghosh, Ajoy Banerjee, Iva Banerjee
Votes: 2,754
74. Chiriyakhana (1967)
Not Rated | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Byomkesh Bakshi, a detective, is hired by a rich man to investigate the name of an actress appeared in a movie decades ago, who has eloped ever since. The case became complicated when the rich man is murdered by someone for that.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Uttam Kumar, Kalipada Chakraborty, Nripati Chatterjee, Shekhar Chatterjee
Votes: 1,118
75. The Holy Man (1965)
65 min | Comedy
A devout Hindu family falls victim to a charlatan posing as a holy man.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Charuprakash Ghosh, Rabi Ghosh, Prasad Mukherjee, Gitali Roy
Votes: 1,710
76. The Big City (1963)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama
Life at home changes when a house-wife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a saleswoman.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Anil Chatterjee, Madhavi Mukherjee, Jaya Bachchan, Haren Chatterjee
Votes: 4,963
77. The Expedition (1962)
Not Rated | 150 min | Drama
A taxi driver attempts to introduce his cab service in rural Bengal against many odds.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Waheeda Rehman, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Gyanesh Mukherjee
Votes: 1,338
78. Kanchenjungha (I) (1962)
102 min | Drama
An upper-class Bengali family is on vacation in Darjeeling, a popular hill station and resort near Kanchenjungha.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Chhabi Biswas, Karuna Bannerjee, Pahadi Sanyal, Anil Chatterjee
Votes: 1,207
79. The Philosopher's Stone (1958)
111 min | Comedy, Fantasy
An underpaid middle-aged clerk finds a 'parash pathar', a stone that changes iron to gold on touch.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Tulsi Chakraborty, Kali Bannerjee, Rani Bala, Gangapada Basu
Votes: 1,317
80. Killa (2014)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
A 11-year-old Indian boy who has just lost his father is forced to adapt to a new school in a small village. The story is about how he copes up and how life has to move on transforming a young mind into an adult day by day.
Director: Avinash Arun | Stars: Amruta Subhash, Devadhar Archit, Parth Bhalerao, Gaurish Gawade
Votes: 1,862
81. Like Stars on Earth (2007)
PG | 162 min | Drama, Family
An eight-year-old boy is thought to be a lazy trouble-maker, until the new art teacher has the patience and compassion to discover the real problem behind his struggles in school.
Directors: Aamir Khan, Amole Gupte | Stars: Darsheel Safary, Aamir Khan, Tisca Chopra, Vipin Sharma
Votes: 206,722 | Gross: $1.22M
82. 3 Idiots (2009)
PG-13 | 170 min | Comedy, Drama
Two friends are searching for their long lost companion. They revisit their college days and recall the memories of their friend who inspired them to think differently, even as the rest of the world called them "idiots".
Director: Rajkumar Hirani | Stars: Aamir Khan, Madhavan, Mona Singh, Sharman Joshi
Votes: 434,549 | Gross: $6.53M
83. Kala Bazaar (1989)
Not Rated | 160 min | Action, Drama
Kimtilal, a deeply corrupt person, bribes everyone to get his work done. However, Kamal, his son, grows up to be an honourable police officer and is disappointed to learn about his father's crimes.
Director: Rakesh Roshan | Stars: Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Farha Naaz, Kimi Katkar
Votes: 252
84. The Terrorist (1998)
Unrated | 95 min | Drama
A young female terrorist goes on a suicide assassination mission, but her resolve to complete it is put to the test.
Director: Santosh Sivan | Stars: Ayesha Dharker, K. Krishna, Sonu Sisupal, Vishwas
Votes: 2,040 | Gross: $0.14M
85. Mohra (1994)
177 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A journalist comes to the aid of a murderer with a life sentence when she makes an appeal in court and although he is given his freedom, they soon discover that there is a grim reason behind his release.
Director: Rajiv Rai | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Naseeruddin Shah
Votes: 8,672
86. Jolly LLB 2 (2017)
Not Rated | 137 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Jolly is a clumsy lawyer who is faced with representing the most critical court case of his career.
Director: Subhash Kapoor | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Huma Qureshi, Saurabh Shukla, Annu Kapoor
Votes: 27,137 | Gross: $1.63M
87. Kuttrame Thandanai (2016)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young man with a visual impairment uses his other heightened senses to unravel a murder mystery.
Director: M. Manikandan | Stars: Vidharth, Pooja Devariya, Aishwarya Rajesh, Rahman
Votes: 2,165
88. Appa (2016)
124 min | Drama
Dhayalan, a friendly father, encourages his son to pursue his dreams. In contrast, Singaperumal imposes his own perspective on his son while Nadunilayan is disinterested in his boy's future.
Director: Samuthirakani | Stars: Preethi Christina Paul, Gabriella Charlton, Namo Narayana, Thambi Ramaiah
Votes: 1,442
89. Joker (2016)
Not Rated | 130 min | Comedy, Drama
Mannar Mannan, an ordinary villager, decides to call himself the president of the country and starts fighting against the injustices he comes across in his society. What's his agenda?
Directors: Raju Murugan, Raju Saravanan | Stars: Guru Somasundaram, Ramya Pandian, Gayathri, Mu Ramaswamy
Votes: 3,701
90. Pichaikkaran (2016)
Not Rated | 130 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A rich businessman chooses to lead the life of a homeless beggar for a period of 48 days in the hopes that he could cure his mother, who is on the brink of death.
Director: Sasi | Stars: Vijay Antony, Satna Titus, Bagavathi Perumal, Muthuraman
Votes: 2,673
91. Uriyadi (2016)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Four friends studying in an engineering college unintentionally end up becoming a part of caste politics led by corrupt politicians.
Director: Vijay Kumar | Stars: Vijay Kumar, Chandru, Mime Gopi, Citizen Sivakumar
Votes: 2,749
92. Naam Shabana (2017)
Not Rated | 147 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
This Spin-off from Baby (2015) provides the back-story of intelligence agent Shabana, and chronicles how she becomes a spy.
Director: Shivam Nair | Stars: Taapsee Pannu, Akshay Kumar, Manoj Bajpayee, Taher Shabbir
Votes: 7,454
93. Black Friday (2004)
Not Rated | 143 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A film about the investigations following the 1993 serial Bombay bomb blasts, told through the different stories of the people involved --police, conspirators, victims, middlemen.
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Kay Kay Menon, Pawan Malhotra, Aditya Srivastav, Dibyendu Bhattacharya
Votes: 21,999 | Gross: $0.03M
94. Bharat Ek Khoj (1988– )
History
The 5000-year history of India from its beginnings to independence in 1947.
Stars: Roshan Seth, Om Puri, Ravi Jhankal, Anang Desai
Votes: 867
95. Earth (1998)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Romance, War
It's 1947 and the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl witnesses tragedy as her ayah (nanny) is caught between the love of two men and the rising tide of political and religious violence.
Director: Deepa Mehta | Stars: Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna, Maia Sethna
Votes: 8,112 | Gross: $0.53M
96. Rang De Basanti (2006)
Not Rated | 167 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The story of six young Indians who assist an English woman to film a documentary on the freedom fighters from their past, and the events that lead them to relive the long-forgotten saga of freedom.
Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Stars: Aamir Khan, Soha Ali Khan, Siddharth, Sharman Joshi
Votes: 122,365 | Gross: $2.20M
97. Road to Sangam (2009)
135 min | Drama, Thriller
Amidst bomb explosions, fake arrests, police brutality, and protests, a determined mechanic attempts to repair an antique truck to transport the last remains of Mahatma Gandhi in modern-day India.
Director: Amit Rai | Stars: Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Pawan Malhotra, Jawed Sheikh
Votes: 907
98. Raid (2018)
Not Rated | 122 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A fearless income tax officer raids the mansion of the most powerful man in Lucknow after someone mysteriously draws his attention towards the evidence.
Director: Raj Kumar Gupta | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Ileana D'Cruz, Saurabh Shukla, Amit Sial
Votes: 19,007 | Gross: $1.01M
99. Gaganam (2011)
120 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
It is up to Ravi (Nagarjuna) to rescue a flight from Chennai to Delhi which is hijacked by Yousuf Khan's men.
Director: Radha Mohan | Stars: Nagarjuna Akkineni, Prakash Raj, Poonam Kaur, Harshavardhan
Votes: 1,168
100. Kandahar (2010)
150 min | Action, Drama
Another mission with Mahadevan and crew, as they deal with international terrorism with a flight being hijacked by hardcore terrorists.
Directors: Major Ravi, Kudamaloor Rajaji | Stars: Mohanlal, Amitabh Bachchan, Ganesh Venkatraman, Ragini Dwivedi
Votes: 434
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