Indian cinema
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1. Maachis (1996)
Not Rated | 160 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A realistic, hard-hitting portrayal of terrorism and youth in the Punjab after the 1984 riots.
Director: Gulzar | Stars: Om Puri, Tabu, Chandrachur Singh, Kanwaljeet Singh
Votes: 2,439
2. Gaja Gamini (2000)
122 min | Drama, Fantasy
Gaja Gamini, the embodiment of the Indian spirit, inspires artists of all kinds, interacts with and influences the West, and exists through the ages.
Director: M.F. Hussain | Stars: Madhuri Dixit, Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Shilpa Shirodkar
Votes: 804
3. Chhoti Si Baat (1976)
123 min | Comedy, Romance
A timid suitor seeks the help of a ruthless colonel to win the woman of his dreams when a bold young man begins to pursue her in this romantic comedy.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Vidya Sinha, Amol Palekar, Govardhan Asrani
Votes: 4,500
4. Guide (1965)
Not Rated | 183 min | Drama, Romance
When mistaken to be a sage by some villagers, an ex-tour guide reflects on his past and lost love to search for spiritual wisdom to guide the villagers.
Director: Vijay Anand | Stars: Dev Anand, Waheeda Rehman, Leela Chitnis, Anwar Hussain
Votes: 8,592
5. Pinjar (2003)
188 min | Drama
In the days leading up to Partition, a Hindu woman is abducted by a Muslim man. Soon, she finds herself not only forced into marriage, but living in a new country as the borders between India and Pakistan are drawn.
Director: Chandra Prakash Dwivedi | Stars: Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpayee, Sanjay Suri, Sandali Sinha
Votes: 3,000
6. Mirch Masala (1986)
Not Rated | 128 min | Drama, Thriller
In colonial India, subedars (tax collectors) went from village to village with soldiers, often demanding more than taxes. A subedar commands Sonbai, a beautiful and confident woman whose ... See full summary »
Director: Ketan Mehta | Stars: Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Ratna Pathak Shah
Votes: 1,554
7. Mandi (1983)
167 min | Comedy, Drama
Forbidden love, fraying loyalties and flagrant hypocrisy emerge when sanctimonious politicians drive a madam's brothel from the heart of Hyderabad.
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Amrish Puri
Votes: 952
8. Bazaar (1982)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Family
A young man challenges traditional customs by standing up to the father of the woman he loves, who has promised her to a wealthy expatriate.
Director: Sagar Sarhadi | Stars: Farooq Shaikh, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Supriya Pathak
Votes: 615
9. Thirst (1957)
Not Rated | 146 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Vijay, a talented but indigent poet, struggles for love and recognition in this selfish world.
Director: Guru Dutt | Stars: Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Mala Sinha, Rehman Khan
Votes: 7,276
10. Tamas (1988– )
297 min | Drama
This TV miniseries ("Darkness" in English) became famous in India in the mid/late 80s for its realistic depiction of the partition of the Indian subcontinent. In 1947, the sub-continent ... See full summary »
Stars: Pankaj Kapur, Deepa Sahi, Amrish Puri, Bhisham Sahni
Votes: 419
11. Firaaq (2008)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Chronicles the devastating impact on vulnerable Muslims in Gujarat after riots.
Director: Nandita Das | Stars: Inaamulhaq, Nassar, Shahana Goswami, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Votes: 2,584
12. Arth (1982)
138 min | Drama, Romance
A film-maker who is having an extra-marital affair with an actress decides to leave his wife. Arth is the story of this women's search for her identity.
Director: Mahesh Bhatt | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Smita Patil, Raj Kiran
Votes: 1,560
13. Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai (1980)
110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A man from Mumbai (then Bombay) is angry about various issues in different circumstances.
Director: Saeed Akhtar Mirza | Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, Dilip Dhawan
Votes: 504
14. Nishant (1975)
140 min | Crime, Drama
A man whose wife is abducted seeks to have the culprits prosecuted for their crime, but no one will help him. Meanwhile, the wife-abused and berated by her abductors-cannot bring herself to face her husband.
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Girish Karnad, Shabana Azmi, Anant Nag, Amrish Puri
Votes: 731
15. Bhumika (1977)
142 min | Drama
A girl learns music from her courtesan grandmother and breaks into the burgeoning show business industry of 1930s Bombay, which eventually leads to decades of superstardom as well as romantic entanglements.
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Smita Patil, Anant Nag, Naseeruddin Shah, Amrish Puri
Votes: 711
16. Do Ankhen Barah Haath (1957)
143 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Progressive, reform-minded young warden gets permission to take six surly murderers from prison to dilapidated country farm, to rehabilitate it and themselves through hard work and kindly guidance.
Director: Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre | Stars: Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, Sandhya, Ulhas, Brij Mohan Vyas
Votes: 1,904
17. Paper Flowers (1959)
Unrated | 148 min | Drama, Romance
Suresh Sinha, a famous director, discovers star potential in Shanti, a woman he stumbled into one rainy evening, and casts her as the lead in a film. In a twist of fate, Shanti becomes a superstar and Suresh faces a decline in his career.
Director: Guru Dutt | Stars: Waheeda Rehman, Guru Dutt, Kumari Naaz, Johnny Walker
Votes: 2,775
18. Bhuvan Shome (1969)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
A lonely bureaucrat goes on holiday to a Gujarat village where a young peasant woman helps him see beyond his job and develop a newfound empathy for people.
Director: Mrinal Sen | Stars: Utpal Dutt, Suhasini Mulay, Shekhar Chatterjee, Sadhu Meher
Votes: 581
19. Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962)
Not Rated | 152 min | Drama, Musical
A lowly servant, Bhootnath gets close to the wife of his employer and narrates her story through his eyes and perspective.
Director: Abrar Alvi | Stars: Meena Kumari, Guru Dutt, Rehman Khan, Waheeda Rehman
Votes: 1,851
20. Village Rockstars (2017)
87 min | Drama
In small-town Assam, the 10-year-old daughter of a widow defies societal norms as she befriends a group of boys and dreams of having her own rock band.
Director: Rima Das | Stars: Bhanita Das, Basanti Das, Boloram Das, Rinku Das
Votes: 1,028
21. Dinabandhu (2004)
133 min | Drama
Story of a person called Dinabandhu, his struggle in life, his family, his personal nature and all that leads to a definite climax.
Director: Munin Barua | Stars: Tapan Das, Gayatri Mahanta, Nishita Goswami, Prastuti Parasar
Votes: 84
22. Ravening (2019)
107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Two chaste lovers bow down to social taboos and repress their feelings, but doing so pushes them towards a horrific crime.
Director: Bhaskar Hazarika | Stars: Lima Das, Arghadeep Baruah, Neetali Das, Sagar Saurabh
Votes: 3,694
23. Man with the Binoculars: Antardrishti (2016)
97 min | Drama
About how a man, in the final stages of his life, reflects back on his life through what is happening in the present.He sees how he is adversely affecting his surroundings, his daugher, his... See full summary »
Director: Rima Das | Stars: Rima Das, Bishnu Kharghoria, Sasanka Samir
Votes: 14
24. 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
25. Chandni Bar (2001)
Not Rated | 150 min | Crime, Drama
A displaced woman is forced to become a beer-bar dancer, and sire children of a gangster.
Director: Madhur Bhandarkar | Stars: Tabu, Atul Kulkarni, Rajpal Naurang Yadav, Shri Vallabh Vyas
Votes: 2,792
26. Baiju Bawra (1952)
165 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In Mughal Emperor Akbar's court, young musician Baiju challenges maestro Tansen to a musical duel in order to avenge the death of his father, which he holds Tansen responsible for.
Director: Vijay Bhatt | Stars: Meena Kumari, Bharat Bhushan, Surendra, Kuldip Kaur
Votes: 427
27. Patang (2011)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
In the old city of Ahmedabad, amid India's largest kite festival, a family duels, spins and soars like the countless kites in the skies above.
Director: Prashant Bhargava | Stars: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Mukkund Shukla, Seema Biswas, Sugandha Garg
Votes: 356
28. Samskara (1970)
113 min | Drama
Naranappa, a man born in the community of Madhwa (a community of Brahmins from Karnataka) is dead in the Agrahara of the village Durvasapura. As per the Madhwa customs, the last rites of ... See full summary »
Director: Pattabhi Rama Reddy | Stars: Girish Karnad, Snehalata Reddy, P. Lankesh, B.R. Jayaram
Votes: 138
29. Nirontor (2020)
102 min | Drama
A story that started in the mountains among two colleagues in a regular office tour. And found its way down to the plains following a complex trail of relationships, love and empathy.
Director: Chandrasish Ray | Stars: Satyam Bhattacharya, Tshering Bhutia, Prasenjit Chatterjee, Poonam Gurung
Votes: 192
30. Sniffer (2013)
Not Rated | 137 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
This a journey of a detective,his life and how things are to him. His life is about following people, finding though he is still in search for himself, how he connects to the people he meets and gets intertwined in their lives.
Director: Buddhadev Dasgupta | Stars: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Pankaj Tripathi, Ananya Chatterjee, Amrita Chattopadhyay
Votes: 834
31. Prahaar: The Final Attack (1991)
Not Rated | 151 min | Drama, Thriller, Action
Prahaar is the story of Major Chauhan, a tough and stern soldier, trained to destroy the enemy. He can see the enemy on our borders but is unaware of the invisible enemy within ourselves. ... See full summary »
Directors: Subhankar Ghosh, Nana Patekar | Stars: Nana Patekar, Dimple Kapadia, Gautam Joglekar, Madhuri Dixit
Votes: 2,177
32. Aparajito (2022)
138 min | Biography, Drama, Family
This film is a tribute to master filmmaker Satyajit Ray in his birth centenary and it's inspired by the story behind the making of Ray's iconic film 'Pather Panchali'.
Director: Anik Datta | Stars: Jeetu Kamal, Saayoni Ghosh, Debashis Roy, Paran Banerjee
Votes: 5,376
33. Haasil (2003)
Not Rated | 160 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Aniruddh, a law-abiding college student, in love with Niharika, gets caught up in college politics and crime and must fight it out for himself when his friend becomes his foe.
Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia | Stars: Jimmy Shergill, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Irrfan Khan, Ashutosh Rana
Votes: 3,130
34. Sardar Udham (2021)
TV-MA | 164 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A biopic detailing the 2 decades that Punjabi Sikh revolutionary, Udham Singh, spent planning the assassination of the man responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Director: Shoojit Sircar | Stars: Vicky Kaushal, Shaun Scott, Stephen Hogan, Amol Parashar
Votes: 47,274
35. Kantara (2022)
Not Rated | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When greed paves the way for betrayal, scheming and murder, a young tribal reluctantly dons the traditions of his ancestors to seek justice.
Director: Rishab Shetty | Stars: Rishab Shetty, Kishore Kumar G., Achyuth Kumar, Sapthami Gowda
Votes: 102,840
36. Chittagong (2012)
Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Drama, War
School kids organize an armed revolt in the 1930s in British occupied Chittagong. There are casualties on both sides. Later, one of those kids successfully leads the peasants to regain their food-grains earlier commandeered by the British.
Director: Bedabrata Pain | Stars: Manoj Bajpayee, Barry John, Delzad Hiwale, Vega Tamotia
Votes: 1,796
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