Best children's films
by udit-sun | created - 18 May 2018 | updated - 03 Jan 2022 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. The Blue Umbrella (2005)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
In a small village when a little girl's prescious umbrella is stolen, things goes wrong for a greedy tea seller who was very much interested in buying that umbrella from her.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj | Stars: Pankaj Kapur, Shreya Sharma, Deepak Dobriyal, Rahul Kumar
Votes: 2,198
2. Stanley Ka Dabba (2011)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A school-teacher, who forces children to share their food with him, forbids one from entering the school until he brings his own Tiffin/Lunch-box.
Director: Amole Gupte | Stars: Partho A. Gupte, Numaan Sheikh, Abhishek Reddy, Sai Shara Shetty
Votes: 7,620
3. Jalpari: The Desert Mermaid (2012)
94 min | Drama, Family, Mystery
When they travel to their father's ancestral village, city kids expecting a natural paradise instead find a poor, dusty town that harbors secrets.
Director: Nila Madhab Panda | Stars: Lehar Khan, Krishang Trivedi, Parvin Dabas, Suhasini Mulay
Votes: 2,283
4. Welcome to Sajjanpur (2008)
Not Rated | 133 min | Comedy, Drama
An educated man spends his days writing letters for the varied inhabitants of his small, poor, and illiterate village, in this political and social satire.
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Shreyas Talpade, Amrita Rao, Ravi Kishan, Ila Arun
Votes: 3,354
5. Filmistaan (2012)
Not Rated | 117 min | Comedy
In Mumbai, affable Bollywood buff and wanna-be-actor Sunny, who works as an assistant director, fantasizes on becoming a heart-throb star. However, at every audition he is summarily thrown ... See full summary »
Director: Nitin Kakkar | Stars: Sharib Hashmi, Inaamulhaq, Kumud Mishra, Gopal Datt
Votes: 3,659
6. Well Done Abba! (2009)
144 min | Comedy
A mild mannered chauffeur finds that the government in his parched village is giving loans to dig one's own well. After fudged photographs and bribes, he has no loan amount left to build his well. Aggrieved, he protests by abjuring water.
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Boman Irani, Minissha Lamba, Sammir Dattani, Ila Arun
Votes: 1,994
7. Gattu (2011)
90 min | Drama
A cheeky nine-year-old boy called Gattu lives in Roorkee. The small town along with Gattu shares an obsession with flying kites and defeating the ruler of the skies above Roorkee.
Director: Rajan Khosa | Stars: Naresh Sharma, Mohammad Samad, Jayanta Das, Md. Sohaib
Votes: 432
8. Mammo (1994)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama
13 year old Riyaz lives a poor lifestyle in Bombay, India, with his grandmother, Fayyuzi, and her sister, Mehmooda alias Mammo. Quite outspoken and embittered over his dad abandoning him, ... See full summary »
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Farida Jalal, Surekha Sikri, Amit Phalke, Himani Shivpuri
Votes: 526
9. Bubble Gum (II) (2011)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama
A teenager faces interfering parents, a sibling, and a rival for the girl he loves.
Director: Sanjivan Lal | Stars: Apoorva Arora, Tanvi Azmi, Delzad Hiwale, Sachin Khedekar
Votes: 488
10. Udaan (2010)
Not Rated | 134 min | Drama
Expelled from his school, a 16-year old boy returns home to his abusive and oppressive father.
Director: Vikramaditya Motwane | Stars: Rajat Barmecha, Ronit Roy, Manjot Singh, Ram Kapoor
Votes: 47,409 | Gross: $0.01M
11. 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
12. Nil Battey Sannata (2015)
100 min | Drama, Family
A story about a single woman (a Mom) and dreams on her Daughter.
Director: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari | Stars: Swara Bhasker, Riya Shukla, Ratna Pathak Shah, Pankaj Tripathi
Votes: 8,090
13. Do Dooni Chaar (2010)
PG | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A middle class family in India tries to buy a new car.
Director: Habib Faisal | Stars: Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Aditi Vasudev, Archit Krishna
Votes: 5,937
14. I Am Kalam (2010)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
An impoverished boy forms an unlikely and unstable friendship with the lonely son of a nobleman.
Director: Nila Madhab Panda | Stars: Gulshan Grover, Harsh Mayar, Pitobash, Hussan Saad
Votes: 4,877
15. Shakespeare-Wallah (1965)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a family troupe of English actors in India. They travel around the towns and villages giving performances of Shakespearean plays. Through their travels we see the changing face... See full summary »
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Shashi Kapoor, Felicity Kendal, Geoffrey Kendal, Laura Liddell
Votes: 880 | Gross: $0.00M
16. Gandhi (1982)
PG | 191 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Rohini Hattangadi, Roshan Seth
Votes: 240,205 | Gross: $52.77M
17. Hip Hip Hurray (1984)
121 min | Drama, Sport
Sports is no for Jamnadas School in Ranchi so the boys out there pass their time by doing rebellious pastimes.Raghu is a smart looking boy on whom many girls have crush. But he is having a ... See full summary »
Director: Prakash Jha | Stars: Raj Kiran, Deepti Naval, Satish Anand, Ram Gopal Bajaj
Votes: 109
18. Two Brothers (2004)
PG | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Two tigers are separated as cubs and taken into captivity, only to be reunited years later as enemies by an explorer who inadvertently forces them to fight each other.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Guy Pearce, Freddie Highmore, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Oanh Nguyen
Votes: 15,905 | Gross: $18.95M
19. Dear Zindagi (2016)
Not Rated | 151 min | Drama, Romance
Kaira is a budding cinematographer in search of a perfect life. Her encounter with Jug, an unconventional thinker, helps her gain a new perspective on life. She discovers that happiness is all about finding comfort in life's imperfections.
Director: Gauri Shinde | Stars: Alia Bhatt, Shah Rukh Khan, Kunal Kapoor, Ali Zafar
Votes: 43,583 | Gross: $1.40M
20. The Climb (I) (2017)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young man from the suburbs with no mountaineering experience decides to climb Mt Everest to show a woman he'd do anything for her.
Director: Ludovic Bernard | Stars: Ahmed Sylla, Alice Belaïdi, Kévin Razy, Nicolas Wanczycki
Votes: 8,313
21. Rainbow (2015)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
Believing actor and goodwill ambassador Shah Rukh Khan can help her brother get an operation to restore his sight, a 10-year old girl takes her blind 8-year old brother on a trek across Rajasthan in search of the superstar.
Director: Nagesh Kukunoor | Stars: Hetal Gada, Krrish Chhabria, Vipin Sharma, Gulfam Khan
Votes: 4,466
22. Poorna (2017)
Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
An Adivasi 13-year-old from Telangana becomes the youngest girl in history to climb Mount Everest.
Directors: Rahul Bose, Prashant Pandey | Stars: Aditi Inamdar, Rahul Bose, Heeba Shah, Arif Zakaria
Votes: 1,518
23. A Little Romance (1979)
PG | 110 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
An American teenager living in Paris meets and falls in love with a local.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, Thelonious Bernard, Arthur Hill
Votes: 6,427
24. Ballet Shoes (2007 TV Movie)
PG | 85 min | Drama, Family, Musical
In 1930s London, three orphan girls are adopted by their great uncle, who is an eccentric paleontologist, and his niece.
Director: Sandra Goldbacher | Stars: Emma Watson, Yasmin Paige, Lucy Boynton, Emilia Fox
Votes: 9,175
25. Children of Invention (2009)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
Two young children living illegally in a model apartment outside Boston are left to fend for themselves when their hardworking mother disappears.
Director: Tze Chun | Stars: Cindy Cheung, Michael Chen, Crystal Chiu, Stephen Gevedon
Votes: 661 | Gross: $0.01M
26. Dasvidaniya (2008)
113 min | Comedy, Drama
A man who loves to make "to-do lists" makes one last bucket list when he realizes he is about to die.
Director: Shashant Shah | Stars: Vinay Pathak, Sarita Joshi, Rajat Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla
Votes: 6,550
27. Makdee (2002)
90 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
In a small North Indian village, Legend has it that a 100 years-old witch lives in an abandoned mansion on the village outskirts, and any person who goes inside is turned into an animal. In... See full summary »
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Shweta Basu Prasad, Makrand Deshpande, Aalaap Majgavkar
Votes: 2,261
28. 1971 (2007)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Drama, War
Based on true facts, the film revolves around 6 brave soldiers who escape from the clutches of the Pakistan Army and risk death with honour and courage with sacrifice towards their journey home.
Director: Amrit Sagar | Stars: Manoj Bajpayee, Ravi Kishan, Deepak Dobriyal, Kumud Mishra
Votes: 2,723
29. Manjhi: The Mountain Man (2015)
TV-14 | 120 min | Biography, Drama
Using only a hammer and a chisel, a man spends twenty-two years carving a road through a treacherous mountain.
Director: Ketan Mehta | Stars: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte, Ashutosh Acharya, Shahzad Ahmed
Votes: 19,998
30. Hawaa Hawaai (2014)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Family, Sport
Arjun dreams of skating. Can Arjun follow his dream and be a champion?
Director: Amole Gupte | Stars: Makrand Deshpande, Partho A. Gupte, Devraya Gole, Neha Joshi
Votes: 1,838
31. 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
32. Chak De! India (2007)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, Family, Sport
Kabir Khan, the coach of the Indian Women's National Hockey Team, dreams of making his all-girls team emerge victorious against all odds.
Director: Shimit Amin | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Vidya Malvade, Sagarika Ghatge, Shilpa Shukla
Votes: 84,964 | Gross: $1.11M
33. Swades (2004)
Not Rated | 189 min | Drama, Musical
A successful Indian scientist returns to an Indian village to take his nanny to America with him and in the process rediscovers his roots.
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi, Kishori Ballal, Smith Seth
Votes: 98,523 | Gross: $1.22M
34. Mary Kom (2014)
Not Rated | 122 min | Action, Biography, Drama
A chronicle of the life of Indian boxer Mary Kom, who went through several hardships before audaciously accomplishing her ultimate dream.
Director: Omung Kumar | Stars: Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sunil Thapa, Robin Das, Rajni Basumatary
Votes: 11,406 | Gross: $0.59M
35. 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
36. Iqbal (2005)
Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, Sport
Iqbal, the deaf and mute son of a farmer, has a passion for the game of cricket and seeks the tutelage of a washed-up, alcoholic ex-player.
Director: Nagesh Kukunoor | Stars: Shreyas Talpade, Naseeruddin Shah, Shweta Basu Prasad, Yatin Karyekar
Votes: 17,695
37. Soorma (2018)
PG-13 | 131 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Soorma is the story of the triumph of the human spirit, about a player, who made headlines for his miraculous comeback after facing a near death experience through sheer determination, hard work and unrelenting passion for the sport.
Director: Shaad Ali | Stars: Diljit Dosanjh, Taapsee Pannu, Angad Bedi, Vijay Raaz
Votes: 5,595 | Gross: $0.39M
38. Tahaan (2008)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
After his family's donkey is confiscated by a moneylender, 8-year-old Tahaan travels across conflict-torn Kashmir to find his beloved pet.
Director: Santosh Sivan | Stars: Victor Banerjee, Purav Bhandare, Rahul Bose, Ankush Dubey
Votes: 945
39. Gippi (2013)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A painfully awkward, overweight teenager reclaims her right to happiness and self-worth by running against a pretty, popular queen bee in the school election.
Director: Sonam Nair | Stars: Riya Vij, Acchui, Anjali, Faraz Arif Ansari
Votes: 892
40. Halo (1996)
92 min | Drama, Family
The story revolves around a seven-year-old girl, Sasha (Benaf Dadachandji), who looses her puppy. It is about her search and the variety of people she meets.
Director: Santosh Sivan | Stars: Benaf Dadachandji, Rajkumar Santoshi, Sahil Choujar, Kharabela Mohapatra
Votes: 497
41. Watch Indian Circus (2011)
101 min | Drama
Kajro (Tannishtha Chatterjee) and Jethu (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) are investing their life in fulfilling the eternal Indian dream of educating their children Ghumroo (Virendra Singh Rathod) and... See full summary »
Director: Mangesh Hadawale | Stars: Tannishtha Chatterjee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Virendrapratap Rathore, Suhani Oza
Votes: 57
42. Budhia Singh: Born to Run (2016)
Not Rated | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
A biopic about Budhia Singh, the world's youngest marathon runner whose story garnered controversy and inspiration around the world.
Director: Soumendra Padhi | Stars: Manoj Bajpayee, Mayur Mahendra Patole, Gajraj Rao, Tillotama Shome
Votes: 1,610
43. Baaja (2001)
79 min | Family
Director: Apurba Kishore Bir | Stars: Ram Awana, Saroj Bhagwar, Roni Bhatt, Chitra Pandey
Votes: 13
44. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (2005)
208 min | Biography, Drama, History
The film, which is about the last five years of the Indian leader Subhas Chandra's life, also includes his life's story in flashback sequences.
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Vinay Anand, Ila Arun, Pankaj Berry, Nicolas Chagrin
Votes: 1,364
45. Bioscopewala (2017)
91 min | Drama
A woman meets her dead father's old friend, who was the operator of a Bioscope show that she loved in her childhood. Connecting India and Afghanistan, a story of love and cinema unfolds.
Director: Deb Medhekar | Stars: Danny Denzongpa, Geetanjali Thapa, Adil Hussain, Tisca Chopra
Votes: 1,029
46. Sardar (1993)
175 min | Biography, Drama, History
An account of Vallbhbhai Patel's political life while India was taking first steps as an independent country.
Director: Ketan Mehta | Stars: Paresh Rawal, Tom Alter, Deepika Amin, Riju Bajaj
Votes: 847
47. The Walk (II) (2015)
PG | 123 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
In 1974, high-wire artist Philippe Petit recruits a team of people to help him realize his dream: to walk the immense void between the World Trade Center towers.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon, Ben Kingsley, James Badge Dale
Votes: 135,512 | Gross: $10.14M
48. Rose Island (2020)
TV-14 | 117 min | Adventure, Biography, Comedy
An idealistic engineer builds his own island off the Italian coast and declares it a nation, drawing the world's attention. Values are tested when the Italian Government declares him an enemy, but to change the world risks must be taken.
Director: Sydney Sibilia | Stars: Elio Germano, Leonardo Lidi, Matilda De Angelis, Tom Wlaschiha
Votes: 24,864
49. Hilda (2018–2023)
TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A fearless blue-haired girl named Hilda leaves the forest to go to town and find new friends, great adventures, magic and mysterious creatures who might be dangerous.
Stars: Bella Ramsey, Ameerah Falzon, Oliver Nelson, Daisy Haggard
Votes: 13,837
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