Inspiration for Indian Movies
This list contains the Indian Movies and their inspired/copied/free make/Original Movies from World Cinema. I am not Listing the movies which were remade from one Indian language to other Indian language because that is official.
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- DirectorS. ShankarStarsRajinikanthAishwarya Rai BachchanDanny DenzongpaA brilliant scientist creates a humanoid robot to protect mankind, but things go awry when human emotions are programmed and inner turmoil causes the robot to switch sides.This is hard to believe but the basic story line of this film inspired from below movie. just watch and confirm
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsAlly SheedySteve GuttenbergFisher StevensNumber 5 of a group of experimental robots in a lab is electrocuted, suddenly becomes intelligent, and escapes.
- DirectorKamal HaasanStarsKamal HaasanAmrish PuriOm PuriDesperation to be with his only child forces a divorced man to take the guise of the child's nanny. Situations get really messy when the child's grandfather (the man's ex-father-in-law) falls in love with his disguised ex-son-in-law.
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsRobin WilliamsSally FieldPierce BrosnanAfter a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody by his former wife.
- DirectorIndra KumarStarsSanjay DuttRiteish DeshmukhArshad WarsiFour lazy slacker conmen buddies who are jobless, homeless and broke learn about the secret of a hidden treasure from a dying thief and later embark on a race against time to find the mobster's buried treasure and claim it while being pursued by a determined police inspector who is hellbent to get the treasure all by himself.This movie inspired from below two movies
- DirectorJerry ZuckerStarsBreckin MeyerAmy SmartWhoopi GoldbergA Las Vegas casino magnate determined to find a new avenue for wagering sets up a race for money.
- DirectorStanley KramerStarsSpencer TracyMilton BerleEthel MermanA group of motorists witnesses a car crash in the California desert, and after the driver's dying words indicate the location of a hidden stash of loot, they turn against each in a race across the state to get to it.
- DirectorPriyadarshanStarsMohanlalSukanyaPooja BatraAn unemployed man saves a rich woman and takes her to the hospital where her relatives mistake him as her husband. He plays along as he needs money to repay a loan.
- DirectorJon TurteltaubStarsSandra BullockBill PullmanPeter GallagherA hopelessly romantic Chicago Transit Authority ticket booth operator is mistaken for the fiancée of a comatose patient.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinVirginia CherrillFlorence LeeWith the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.
- DirectorVijay K. BhaskarStarsVenkatesh DaggubatiKatrina KaifKota Srinivasa RaoWhen her father dies, a wealthy heiress is sent to another city to protect her from people who try to harm and manipulate her. Living under an assumed identity, she meets a handsome banker and falls in love with him.This movie inspired from below two movies
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGregory PeckAudrey HepburnEddie AlbertA bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsClark GableClaudette ColbertWalter ConnollyA rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.
- DirectorG. Ram PrasadStarsVenu ThottempudiPremaShaheen KhanChirunavvutho is the story about Venu (Venu) who moves to Hyderabad after being dumped by Aruna (Prema). He falls in love with another girl called Sandhya (Shaheen Khan) and proposes to her. Sandhya who is already engaged to another man rejects his proposal. How Venu wins her love is the rest of the story.Some scenes from life is beautiful
- DirectorFrank CoraciStarsAdam SandlerDrew BarrymoreChristine TaylorRobbie, a singer, and Julia, a waitress, are both engaged, but to the wrong people. Fortune intervenes to help them discover each other.
- DirectorRoberto BenigniStarsRoberto BenigniNicoletta BraschiGiorgio CantariniWhen an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
- DirectorArun PrasadStarsJagapathi BabuMohammad AliAlutitA father whose wife has left him because of poverty she created, takes his son to Hyderabad and struggles to find a way to support the two of them and pay for the son's education.
- DirectorGabriele MuccinoStarsWill SmithThandiwe NewtonJaden SmithA struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career
- DirectorTejaStarsMahaboob BashaBhashaIshaana
- DirectorJae-young KwakStarsSon Ye-jinZo In-sungCho Seung-wooA college student finds a diary detailing a long-ago love triangle involving her mother, her future father, and his best friend.
- DirectorP. VasuStarsNagarjuna AkkineniVishnu ManchuMamta MohandasAn astrologer's advice forces Pedababu to fix his sister's wedding to Arjun, an orphan, so that he can be killed, and she can be married to a rich man. However, Lord Krishna comes to Arjun's rescue.
- DirectorTom ShadyacStarsJim CarreyJennifer AnistonMorgan FreemanA whiny news reporter is given the chance to step into God's shoes.
- DirectorRadha MohanStarsPrakash RajTrisha KrishnanAishwariyaa BhaskaranThe father of a grown daughter meets the father of a toddler at a playground and recounts the story of his own relationship with his daughter through the years, including his difficulties with accepting her marriage.
- DirectorCharles ShyerStarsSteve MartinDiane KeatonMartin ShortWith his oldest daughter's wedding approaching, a father finds himself reluctant to let go.
- DirectorPrabhu SolmonPrabhu SolomonStarsCharmme KaurAravindAravindanFresh out of college a young man comes to Chennai to find a job but a mistaken identity lands him in trouble with two sworn enemies.Some scenes and theme inspired from below movie.
- DirectorKim Ki-dukStarsLee Seung-yunJae HeeHyuk-ho KwonA transient young man breaks into empty homes to partake of the vacationing residents' lives for a few days.
- DirectorN. ChandraStarsAnupam KherAtul KulkarniMilind GunajiLives of several people intertwine during an eventful day in Mumbai.the Main Theme and screenplay inspired from below movie
- DirectorPaul HaggisStarsDon CheadleSandra BullockThandiwe NewtonLos Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.
- DirectorSundar C.StarsKamal HaasanMadhavanKiran RathodTwo men, one young and arrogant, the other damaged - physically but not spiritually - by life, are thrown together by circumstances, and find that they are in some ways bound together by fate.
- DirectorJohn HughesStarsSteve MartinJohn CandyLaila RobinsA Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.
- DirectorGunasekharStarsMahesh BabuBhoomika ChawlaPrakash RajA Kabbadi player rescues a young woman from an unwanted marriage and hides her in his home.starting scene in this movie inspired from below movie
- DirectorJerome RobbinsRobert WiseStarsNatalie WoodGeorge ChakirisRichard BeymerTwo youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
- DirectorMani RatnamStarsMadhavanShaliniSwarnamalyaAfter a difficult romance in a class-divided society, the love birds find out marriage is not what they thought it would be.one song in this movie inspired from below movie(September masam song tune and theme)
- DirectorJerome RobbinsRobert WiseStarsNatalie WoodGeorge ChakirisRichard BeymerTwo youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
- DirectorMani RatnamStarsAjay DevgnAbhishek BachchanRani MukerjiMichael, Arjun and Lallan, three men from three different strata of society, cross paths one morning in Calcutta and change one another's lives forever.Screenplay inspired from below movie
- DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsEmilio EchevarríaGael García BernalGoya ToledoAn amateur dog fighter, a supermodel, and a derelict assassin, all separately struggling to find love, find their lives transformed by a devastating car wreck in Mexico City.
- DirectorSubhash GhaiStarsSalman KhanAnil KapoorZayed KhanTwo estranged brothers must learn to work together to claim their rightful share of an inheritance left solely to their eldest sibling.
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsDustin HoffmanTom CruiseValeria GolinoAfter a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn't know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheritance.
- DirectorDavid DhawanStarsSalman KhanGovindaLara DuttaA 'Love Guru' assists other males, woos a widowed single mother, but becomes embroiled in controversies.
- DirectorAndy TennantStarsWill SmithEva MendesKevin JamesA smooth-talking man falls for a hardened columnist while helping a shy accountant woo a beautiful heiress.
- DirectorNikkhil AdvaniStarsSalman KhanPriyanka Chopra JonasAnil KapoorSix couples in love must face different problems caused by love itself. Do they resolve their issues and face life anew, or do they succumb under pressure ?Screenplay inspired from below movie
- DirectorRichard CurtisStarsHugh GrantMartine McCutcheonLiam NeesonFollows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
- DirectorS. ShankarStarsSiddharthNakhulBharath Srinivasan'Boys' is the story of five boys and a girl from different families They are youthful, vibrant, careless violating all conventions and In the process, they discover their hidden talents.
- DirectorTom HanksStarsTom HanksLiv TylerCharlize TheronA local Pennsylvania band scores a one-hit wonder in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as they can, with lots of help from their manager.
- DirectorS.J. SuryahStarsBrahmanandamDevayaniNassarIt is the Tamil remake of 'Big'. SJ Suryah is a young man with an immature mind. He falls in love with Simran and gets married to her. The troubles that they encounter form the story.
- DirectorPenny MarshallStarsTom HanksElizabeth PerkinsRobert LoggiaAfter wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.
- DirectorK. Raghavendra RaoStarsVenkatesh DaggubatiShilpa Shetty KundraMalasriIn 1947 when the British finally left India, they stole a shipload of gold, diamonds, jewelry, and artifacts. Unfortunately, the ship sank, and attempts to recover the wealth has been in vain so far. Wealthy Motichand decides to consult a woman named Bhairavi with occult powers, and she informs him that the treasure can only be recovered with the help of a mermaid. Using her powers she locates the mermaid (Shilpa Shetty) and forces her to come ashore. The mermaid is rescued by local fisherman Raviraj (Venkatesh) and his crew, and he lets her stay until she recovers. She is incapable of human speech, and mimics everyone around her, so therefore everyone thinks she is insane. Raviraj decides to call her Sona. Bhairavi locates Sona, but must first overcome Raviraj and his crew. She schemes with Ganga (Malashri), who is in love with Raviraj and feels threatened by Raviraj's attentions to Sona, and will do anything, including kill, to have Raviraj for herself. Raviraj is unaware of Sona's true identity or her tendency to develop scaled fins when she's wet. Will Raviraj accept Sona as she is?
- DirectorRon HowardStarsTom HanksDaryl HannahEugene LevyA young man is reunited with a mermaid he briefly encountered as a boy and falls in love with her without knowing her secret.
- DirectorA. KarunakaranStarsYasho SagarSneha UllalAnanthA complicated love story between childhood friend BALAJI and only friend Arvind. Which one Dhana should choose to spend his entire life with?main theme(love story) from below movie
- DirectorHarold RamisStarsBill MurrayAndie MacDowellChris ElliottA narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.
- DirectorSrihari NanuStarsBablooBabu MohanRaghu BabuKrishna lives a middle-classed lifestyle, and likes to sculpt. He gets a job as a Tourist Guide on the condition that he gets engaged to his boss' daughter, to which he reluctantly agrees. Thereafter he re-locates to Goa along with two male friends. He starts to sculpt images, especially of Hindu deities, and castles. One day he meets with a young woman, Chandni, and is instantly attracted to her. They spend the rest of the day together, and he finds out that she is from Delhi, is in Goa on vacation, visiting her paternal uncle. The next day he meets with her, and is shocked to find that she does not recognize him nor have any recollection of their meeting from the previous day. He eventually finds out that she was involved in an accident during the year 2006, and a result of which she suffered damage to her brain lode, resulting in temporary memory loss, leaving her doomed to repeat what occurred on August 22, 2006, everyday for the rest of her life. He attempts to assist her to regain her memory, but initially her family prevent him doing so. Subsequently when they discover that Chandni is happier after she meets with him, they permit them to meet. Their lives will soon undergo a major change when Krishna's fiancée will show up, and will not exhibit any qualms in exposing Chandni to the truth - and may end up permanently damaging her brain.
- DirectorPeter SegalStarsAdam SandlerDrew BarrymoreRob SchneiderHenry Roth is a man afraid of commitment until he meets the beautiful Lucy. They hit it off and Henry think he's finally found the girl of his dreams until discovering she has short-term memory loss and forgets him the next day.
- DirectorRajkumar HiraniStarsSanjay DuttArshad WarsiGracy SinghA gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.
- DirectorTom ShadyacStarsRobin WilliamsDaniel LondonMonica PotterThe true story of a heroic man, Hunter "Patch" Adams, determined to become a medical doctor because he enjoys helping people. He ventured where no doctor had ventured before, using humour and pathos.
- DirectorRajkumar HiraniStarsSanjay DuttArshad WarsiVidya BalanMunna Bhai embarks on a journey with Mahatma Gandhi in order to fight against a corrupt property dealer.Radio theme inspired from below movie
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsRobin WilliamsForest WhitakerTom T. TranIn 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station in Vietnam.
- DirectorA. KarunakaranStarsRam PothineniTamannaah BhatiaRichard RishiUnfortunate lovers of past meet in this life. But the meeting encounters escape from Paris, from terrorists and struggle to bring back the love to life. What ensues is a series of comedy and action filled sequence. Will they reconcile and recognize each other?
- DirectorJerry ZuckerStarsPatrick SwayzeDemi MooreWhoopi GoldbergAfter a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
- DirectorZoya AkhtarStarsHrithik RoshanFarhan AkhtarAbhay DeolThree friends decide to turn their fantasy vacation into reality after one of their friends gets engaged.this movie may had some influence of below movie
- DirectorAldo BaglioGiacomo PorettiGiovanni StortiStarsAldo BaglioGiovanni StortiGiacomo PorettiThree friends cross Italy by car in order to deliver their boss his dog and a wooden leg.
- DirectorA.R. MurugadossStarsSuriyaAsin ThottumkalNayantharaSanjay Ramaswamy, who is suffering from short-term memory loss, sets out on a quest to find and eliminate the people responsible for his ladylove Kalpana's murder.heroine blind person road crossing scene inspired from amelie. and screenplay and story inspired from memento
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsGuy PearceCarrie-Anne MossJoe PantolianoA man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.
- DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsAudrey TautouMathieu KassovitzRufusDespite being caught in her imaginative world, Amelie, a young waitress, decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love.
- DirectorA. Kodandarami ReddyStarsVenkatesh DaggubatiCharu HaasanVallabaneni JanardhanAn irresponsible young man is forced by his grandfather to join police force. But when he learns that his father had murdered his mother, he decides to become a good police officer and take revenge.Police Training camp scenes inspired from below movie
- DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsRichard GereDebra WingerDavid KeithA young man must complete his work at a Navy Officer Candidate School to become an aviator, with the help of a tough Gunnery Sergeant and his new girlfriend.
- DirectorJeethu JosephStarsDileepMamta MohandasSaikumarManu's boss in an IT firm is Priya, an evil woman, who verbally abuses and criticises her subordinates. However, Manu's life takes a turn when Priya forces him to act as her husband to avoid going back to Australia.
- DirectorAnne FletcherStarsSandra BullockRyan ReynoldsMary SteenburgenA pushy boss forces her young assistant to marry her in order to keep her visa status in the U.S. and avoid deportation to Canada.
- DirectorRam Gopal VarmaStarsSunilSwathi ReddySakshi GulatiAn aspiring director gets his chance to direct his dream project only to get his project changed by the film crew from an emotional drama to a comedy one.
- DirectorMel BrooksStarsMel BrooksMarty FeldmanDom DeLuiseA film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in forty years.
- DirectorRamesh VarmaStarsNaniTanishShweta Basu PrasadArjun always wanted to ride a bike but being from a middle class he is unable to buy one. Mahesh also hailing from a middle class family has to buy a bike for work. His mother gives him her silver articles to buy a bike. Some time later he loses his bike and desperately search for it. Police doesn't seem to be much help. By accident he seems his bike with Arjun. But Arjun claims he bought the bike from some guy.
- DirectorXiaoshuai WangStarsLin CuiXun ZhouBin LiA seventeen-year-old country boy working in Beijing as a courier has his bicycle stolen, and finds it with a schoolboy his age.
- DirectorGunasekharStarsChiranjeeviSimranSanghaviRaju lives a poor lifestyle in rural India along with his parents. He meets with a wealthy city girl, both fall in love, and get married much to the chagrin of her father who decides to separate them with much success. When she gives birth to Akila, she goes to meet with Raju, but he refuses to speak with her. Now an Engineer, she is assigned the task of building a railroad bridge that is jinxed by the frequent appearance of a ferocious and fearless lion that continually preys on laborers. Local people believe that the site of the railroad bridge should have been a temple, as an idol of Devi Maa was found buried there, but the authorities refuse to believe this. They seek the assistance of Raju to kill this beast and he agrees to do so. Whenever he sets a trap, the lion avoids the trap and manages to kill even more laborers. Raju's parents, while trying to protect Akila, are also killed. Then one day Akila goes missing and both Raju and his wife, temporarily setting aside their differences, begin a frantic search little knowing that she has wandered on to the territory of the lion.
- DirectorStephen HopkinsStarsMichael DouglasVal KilmerTom WilkinsonA bridge engineer and an experienced old hunter begin a hunt for two lions after they start attacking local construction workers.
- DirectorSagar BallaryStarsVinay PathakRajat KapoorSarika ThakurRanjit, who makes fun of idiots, gets completely annoyed when he invites a tax inspector and a singer to his house.
- DirectorFrancis VeberStarsThierry LhermitteJacques VilleretFrancis HusterA few friends have a weekly fools' dinner, where each brings a fool along. Pierre finds a champion fool for next dinner. Surprise.
- DirectorAnurag BasuStarsHrithik RoshanBárbara MoriNicholas BrownA wounded man searches for his sweetheart in the Mexican desert while on the run from the police, bounty hunters, and others.the basic idea inspired from below movie
- DirectorPierre SalvadoriStarsAudrey TautouGad ElmalehMarie-Christine AdamJean, a shy waiter who works at a high-end hotel, is mistaken for a young millionaire by the beautiful and intriguing fortune hunter Irene.
- DirectorJayant ParanjiStarsMahesh BabuLisa RayBipasha BasuOutlaw in the Indian (not Native American) wild west shoots it out with bad guys over a girl and a diamond mine.
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodEli WallachLee Van CleefA bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
- DirectorAjay DevgnStarsAjay DevgnKajolSumeet RaghavanAjay's life turns upside down when he learns that his wife Piya has Alzheimer and he has no option, but to leave his wife in a mental hospital.
- DirectorPark Kyung-JinJohn H. LeeKim Tae-WonStarsJung Woo-sungSon Ye-jinJong-hak BaekA young couple's enduring love is tested when 27-year-old Su-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.
- DirectorSajid KhanStarsAkshay KumarDeepika PadukoneRiteish DeshmukhBelieving himself to be jinxed, a man attempts to find true love, but instead gets caught in a web of lies.few things are inspired from below movie
- DirectorWayne KramerStarsWilliam H. MacyMaria BelloAlec BaldwinIn an old school Las Vegas casino, its top gambling jinx breaks his curse when he falls in love, much to his boss' consternation.
- DirectorVikram BhattStarsShahid KapoorAkshay KumarSuniel ShettyA man embarks on journey to find his love in Dubai, only to learn she has different suitors and admirers.
- DirectorBobby FarrellyPeter FarrellyStarsCameron DiazMatt DillonBen StillerA man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from high school, even though his date with her back then was a complete disaster.
- DirectorSajid KhanStarsAkshay KumarFardeen KhanRiteish DeshmukhThree bachelors who are compulsive womanizers find their lives turned upside down when a baby is left at their doorstep. The trio suspect each other of being the father.the director might be watched any of the following two films
- DirectorColine SerreauStarsRoland GiraudMichel BoujenahAndré DussollierJacques, Pierre, and Michel are three adult friends who enjoy single life until they find themselves stuck with a baby.
- DirectorLeonard NimoyStarsTom SelleckSteve GuttenbergTed DansonJack Holden and his friends, Peter and Michael, spend most of their time having flings with several women in their apartment. Their life changes when a mysterious baby appears at their doorstep.
- DirectorPriyadarshanStarsAkshay KumarJohn AbrahamParesh RawalA rib tickling tale of two flirts who constantly flirt with women despite one of them being engaged. Chaos ensues when the fiancé finds out that her to-be groom is cheating on her.Priyadarshan also made this film in malayalam also, in telugu also movie made with same story line by E.V.V. Satynarayana
- DirectorJohn RichStarsTony CurtisJerry LewisDany SavalA friend visits his philandering friend just as that man's scheme of being secretly simultaneously engaged to three flight attendants goes awry.
- DirectorC. Prem KumarStarsVijay SethupathiAdithya BhaskarTrisha KrishnanTwo high school sweethearts meet at a reunion after 22 years and reminisce about their past.
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsEthan HawkeJulie DelpyVernon DobtcheffNine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.
- DirectorUmesh Vinayak KulkarniStarsNana PatekarDilip PrabhawalkarJyoti SubhashKeshya, a simple villager believes that god has arrived in his village but everyone disbelieves him. Later when the politics plays its part things take a drastic change.I am sure Umesh Kulkarni had seen the following movie. I won't say he copied but sure inspired, because the setup and progress of plot is same in both these films.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsKirk DouglasJan SterlingRobert ArthurA frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to rekindle his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control circus.
- DirectorWarren BeattyBuck HenryStarsWarren BeattyJames MasonJulie ChristieA Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally taken away from his body by an overanxious angel before he was meant to die, returns to life in the body of a recently murdered millionaire.Yamudiki Mogudu Telugu movie inspired from this
- DirectorArchie MayoStarsPaul MuniAnne BaxterClaude RainsThe Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.Yamudiki Mogudu Telugu movie inspired from this
- DirectorHoward MorrisStarsDoris DayBrian KeithPat CarrollTwo widowed people fall in love and marry, unprepared for the hostile reactions of their children.Ramadandu Telugu Movie Inspired from this movie
- DirectorMelville ShavelsonStarsLucille BallHenry FondaVan JohnsonA widower with ten children falls for a widow with eight, and they must decide about forming a huge, unconventional family.Ramadandu Telugu Movie Inspired from this movie
- DirectorDuccio ChiariniStarsMatteo CreatiniFrancesca AgostiniNicola NocchiAn awkward teenage boy with phimosis deals with lack of confidence and sexual pressure from the outside world.