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1. Moulin Rouge! (2001)
PG-13 | 127 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A poor Bohemian poet in 1890s Paris falls for a beautiful courtesan and nightclub star coveted by a jealous duke.
Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent
Votes: 299,504 | Gross: $57.39M
2. Along Came Polly (2004)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
A buttoned-up newlywed finds his strictly organized life descend into chaos when he falls in love with an old classmate.
Director: John Hamburg | Stars: Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Debra Messing, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Votes: 143,724 | Gross: $88.10M
3. Vanity Fair (2004)
PG-13 | 141 min | Drama
Growing up poor in London, Becky Sharp defies her poverty-stricken background and ascends the social ladder alongside her best friend, Amelia Sedley.
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Romola Garai, James Purefoy, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Votes: 23,511 | Gross: $16.14M
4. The Love Guru (2008)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Pitka, an American raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the States in order to break into the self-help business. His first challenge is to settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player whose wife left him for a rival athlete.
Director: Marco Schnabel | Stars: Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Romany Malco, Jessica Simpson
Votes: 54,992 | Gross: $32.24M
5. The Party (1968)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
A clerical mistake results in a bumbling Indian film star being invited to an exclusive Hollywood party instead of being fired.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Peter Sellers, Claudine Longet, Natalia Borisova, Jean Carson
Votes: 43,753
6. Help! (1965)
G | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Sir Ringo Starr finds himself the human sacrifice target of a cult, and his fellow members of The Beatles must try to protect him from it.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
Votes: 21,129 | Gross: $13.08M
7. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
G | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A troubled young woman who visits a psychotherapist to help her quit smoking undergoes hypnosis and finds herself reliving a tragic Victorian romance from a past life.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Yves Montand, Bob Newhart, Larry Blyden
Votes: 4,283 | Gross: $14.00M
8. Linda Lovelace for President (1975)
R | 95 min | Comedy
Follows Linda Lovelace's fictional grass roots campaign to run for president.
Directors: Claudio Guzmán, Arthur Marks | Stars: Linda Lovelace, Fuddle Bagley, Val Bisoglio, Jack DeLeon
Votes: 387
9. George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
Not Rated | 208 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese examines the life of musician George Harrison, weaving together interviews, concert footage, home movies and photographs.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: George Harrison, Harry Harrison, Peter Harrison, Paul McCartney
Votes: 12,633
10. The Reptile (1966)
Approved | 90 min | Horror
In a Cornish village, various locals die from mysterious snake bites, but the coroner rules the deaths as heart attacks, until a family of newcomers starts an investigation.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Noel Willman, Jennifer Daniel, Ray Barrett, Jacqueline Pearce
Votes: 3,963
11. Boom! (1968)
M/PG | 110 min | Drama, Thriller
Explores the confrontation between the woman who has everything, including emptiness, and a penniless poet who has nothing but the ability to fill a wealthy woman's needs.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Noël Coward, Joanna Shimkus
Votes: 1,760
12. The River (1951)
Approved | 99 min | Drama, Romance
The growing pains of three young women contrast with the immutability of the holy Bengal River, around which their daily lives unfold.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Patricia Walters, Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight, Arthur Shields
Votes: 6,889
13. Monterey Pop (1968)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, History, Music
A film about the greatest pre-Woodstock rock music festival.
Director: D.A. Pennebaker | Stars: Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Ravi Shankar, Country Joe McDonald
Votes: 4,931 | Gross: $0.00M
14. The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Musical
A musical of sorts set in Winnipeg during the Great Depression, where a beer baroness organizes a contest to find the saddest music in the world. Musicians from around the world descend on the city to try and win the $25,000 prize.
Director: Guy Maddin | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox
Votes: 6,322 | Gross: $0.67M
15. The Deceivers (1988)
PG-13 | 102 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Fact-based account of a secret society of murderers, and of the man who exposed them in British India 1825.
Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Saeed Jaffrey, Shashi Kapoor, Helena Michell
Votes: 1,274 | Gross: $0.35M
16. Mark of the Witch (1970)
GP | 78 min | Horror
A 300-year-old witch terrorizes a college town to get revenge on the descendant of the man who persecuted her.
Director: Tom Moore | Stars: Robert Elston, Anitra Walsh, Darryl Wells, Jack Gardner
Votes: 590
17. Tahalka (1992)
Not Rated | 168 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Dongrilla is controlled by General Dong who eyes on India.Major Krishnarao plans a mission to the region with few of his officers to stop Dong.In between the team realizes that the mission is patriotic as well as personal to Krishnarao.
Director: Anil Sharma | Stars: Dharmendra, Naseeruddin Shah, Mukesh Khanna, Aditya Pancholi
Votes: 393
18. The Marijuana Conspiracy (2020)
124 min | Drama
In 1972, young women looking for a fresh start in life endure isolated captivity in a true 98-day human experiment studying the effects of marijuana on females.
Director: Craig Pryce | Stars: Julia Sarah Stone, Hannah Vandenbygaart, Daniel DeSanto, Craig Burnatowski
Votes: 205
19. Dream Wife (1953)
Approved | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
A business tycoon decides to wed a Middle Eastern princess whose customs dictate the pair must live apart for several months before marrying. Even more complications settle in when the tycoon's ex-fiancée is assigned to chaperone the pair.
Director: Sidney Sheldon | Stars: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Walter Pidgeon, Betta St. John
Votes: 2,224
20. Aap Ki Kasam (1974)
153 min | Romance, Drama
Rajesh Khanna plays Mumtaz's jealous husband who begins to doubt her fidelity when his best friend Sanjeev Kumar enters their lives. She is unable to convince Rajesh Khanna that she loves ... See full summary »
Director: J. Om Prakash | Stars: Rajesh Khanna, Mumtaz Askari, Sanjeev Kumar, Rehman Khan
Votes: 510
21. Norwood (1970)
G | 96 min | Comedy
A Vietnam veteran returns to his Texas home but feels restless and decides to become a radio singer. Based on the novel by Charles Portis.
Director: Jack Haley Jr. | Stars: Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Joe Namath, Carol Lynley
Votes: 304
22. 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
23. Journey to the Lost City (1960)
94 min | Adventure
"Journey to the Lost City" is not a specific film by Fritz Lang but the combination of The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959) with its sequel The Indian Tomb (1959), done in 1960 by American International Pictures.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walther Reyer, Claus Holm
Votes: 301
24. Smashing Time (1967)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Musical
Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money and fame in the process.
Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave, Michael York, Anna Quayle
Votes: 624 | Gross: $0.63M
25. The Concert for Bangladesh (1972)
G | 103 min | Documentary, Music
The first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise humanitarian relief funds for the refugees of Bangladesh of 1971 war.
Director: Saul Swimmer | Stars: George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Starr
Votes: 1,648 | Gross: $2.05M
26. The Guru (1969)
G | 112 min | Comedy
Tom Pickle, Britain's top pop artiste, travels to Bombay, India, in the 1960s to learn to play the sitar (musical instrument) from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan. Tom is taken to Zafar's... See full summary »
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Rita Tushingham, Michael York, Utpal Dutt, Madhur Jaffrey
Votes: 174
27. Imtihaan (1994)
Not Rated | 152 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A woman's tragic past threatens to break up her marriage.
Director: Harry Baweja | Stars: Sunny Deol, Saif Ali Khan, Raveena Tandon, Govardhan Asrani
Votes: 414
28. Mutual Friends (2013)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Romance
Surprise parties rarely go well. This one is no different, as a group of 30-somethings head through life, love and a day in New York City.
Director: Matthew Watts | Stars: Caitlin FitzGerald, Cheyenne Jackson, Peter Scanavino, Michael Stahl-David
Votes: 118
29. Kohinoor (1960)
151 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After the passing of Maharaj Dhiraj Rana Chandrabhan of Kailash Nagar, the Senapati, Veer Singh, crowns Rajkumar Dhivendra Pratap Bahadur Chandrabhan as the next King. Veer's wife, who has ... See full summary »
Director: S.U. Sunny | Stars: Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari, Azim, Beena
Votes: 191
30. Chithram (1988)
159 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A woman hires a stranger to pose as her husband because she doesn't want her ailing father to know that her fiance broke their engagement.
Director: Priyadarshan | Stars: Mohanlal, Nedumudi Venu, Renjini, Poornam Vishwanathan
Votes: 6,051
31. The Beatles and India (2021)
96 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary exploring how John, Paul, George and Ringo fell in love with Indian culture while visiting the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his Himalayan ashram in 1968.
Directors: Ajoy Bose, Peter Compton | Stars: Shankara Angadi, Sidharth Bhatia, Steve Turner, Ajoy Bose
Votes: 502
32. Veera (1994)
240 min | Comedy, Romance
A talented musician from a village migrates to a city, becomes popular and marries the daughter of a music company owner. But then his first wife, whom he presumed dead, turns up and his life becomes complicated.
Director: Suresh Krishna | Stars: Rajinikanth, Meena, Roja, Mahesh Anand
Votes: 716
33. Watan Ke Rakhwale (1987)
Not Rated | 149 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Suraj and Arun are brothers who share a special bond. Suraj, a jail warden and his wife Lakshmi have brought up Arun. Radha is an orphan from a wealthy family. Radha is set to marry Naresh,... See full summary »
Director: Rama Rao Tatineni | Stars: Sunil Dutt, Dharmendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Ashok Kumar
Votes: 154
34. Dard Ka Rishta (1982)
152 min | Drama
Time is running out for Khushbu, Ravi Sharma(Sunil Dutt)'s daughter. Her leukemia can be cured only if someone's bone marrow matches her daughter .So, he goes abroad and gets in touch with her former wife (Smita Patil).
Director: Sunil Dutt | Stars: Sunil Dutt, Reena Roy, Smita Patil, Madan Puri
Votes: 78
35. Catherine Tate's Nan (2014 TV Movie)
35 min | Comedy
Catherine returns with one of her most beloved characters in a full comedy series following the life and hilarious antics of a potty-mouthed granny.
Director: Geoff Posner | Stars: Catherine Tate, Mathew Horne, Ami Metcalf, Niky Wardley
Votes: 266
36. Anmol Ghadi (1946)
122 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Childhood lovers Chander and Lata gets separated when Lata moves to Mumbai with her family. So, will they get united again ?
Director: Mehboob Khan | Stars: Surendra, Suraiya, Noor Jehan, Zahur Raja
Votes: 84
37. Bluff Master (1963)
Not Rated | 135 min | Romance
An inveterate con man falls in love and realizes the error of his ways after his mother comes to know the truth about him.
Director: Manmohan Desai | Stars: Shammi Kapoor, Saira Banu, Niranjan Sharma, Mohan Choti
Votes: 141
38. Kaikudunna Nilavu (1998)
Drama, Romance
Mahi and his family shelters Veni after her grandfather's death. He also tries to find Veni's boyfriend who is missing.
Director: Kamal | Stars: Jayaram, Augustine, Dileep, Bharat Gopy
Votes: 107
39. Barbra Streisand and Other Musical Instruments (1973 TV Special)
52 min | Music, Musical
Barbra Streisand's fifth TV special featuring rhythm and blues great Ray Charles.
Director: Dwight Hemion | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Ray Charles, Martin Erlichman, Jack Parnell Orchestra
Votes: 292
40. Selena Gomez & the Scene: Love You Like a Love Song (2011 Music Video)
4 min | Fantasy, Music, Musical
A music video of Selena Gomez's single in her third album, When The Sun Goes Down.
Directors: Georgie Greville, Geremy Jasper | Stars: Selena Gomez, Charan Andreas, Timothy Granaderos, Annie Hsu
Votes: 395
41. The Gentleman Thief (2001 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
A modern day take on the adventures of A.J. Raffles.
Director: Justin Hardy | Stars: Nigel Havers, Michael French, John Shrapnel, Frances Barber
Votes: 58
42. A Chairy Tale (1957)
Not Rated | 12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
An ordinary-looking chair refuses to be sat upon.
Directors: Claude Jutra, Norman McLaren | Star: Claude Jutra
Votes: 1,190
43. The Golden Positions (1970)
30 min | Short
James Broughtons The Golden Positions is a meditation on and catalog of the human body in all its positions and activities. The actors, mostly naked, are filmed (largely in sepia) in short ... See full synopsis »
Directors: James Broughton, Kermit Sheets
Votes: 119
44. The Creation of Woman (1961)
14 min | Short, Musical
Director: Charles F. Schwep | Stars: Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury, Dinu, Anjali Devi, Saeed Jaffrey
Votes: 90
45. Raga (1971)
97 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the life and work of Indian music star Ravi Shanker.
Director: Howard Worth | Stars: Pera Brent, Salil Chakravorty, George Harrison, Ustad Alauddin Khan
Votes: 64
46. Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds (2001)
90 min | Documentary, Music
The popular sitar player straddles two worlds: one of limos, glamour and celebrity, the other of performing sacred rites at shrines on the banks of the Ganges.
Director: Mark Kidel | Stars: John Coltrane, George Harrison, Yehudi Menuhin, Anoushka Shankar
Votes: 33
47. Parting Ways: An Unauthorized Story on Life After the Beatles (2009 Video)
Not Rated | 51 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Parting Ways treats The Beatles with the respect they deserve, and details their lives since the world's number one band fell apart.
Director: Gillian Bartlett | Stars: Peter Kent, Jane Asher, Barbara Bach, The Beatles
Votes: 22
48. 24-Seven (1999)
8 min | Comedy, Short
Raji, an East Indian store owner puts viruses in his slushies in a plan to conquer the world. Since only white people eat junk food, they are to be the only ones infected. Can Raji hold his ideas when the beautiful Claire arrives?
Director: Sean Cooney | Stars: Tariq Jalil, Jacinda Barrett, Terrence Evans, Carlos Oscar
Votes: 85
49. Ustad Alauddin Khan (1963)
24 min | Documentary, Short
Life and disciples of legendary Indian classical musician and teacher, 'Guru' of Pandit Ravishankar, 'Baba' Ustad Alauddin Khan.
Director: Ritwik Ghatak | Stars: Nikhil Banerjee, Indranil Bhattacharya, Annapurna Devi, Ali Akbar Khan
Votes: 25
50. Bhairavi (1996)
145 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Ragini is a blind, but talented young woman, well versed in all household chores, and a golden voice. She lives with her mother, Radha, who is anxious to get her married, to a point that ... See full summary »
Director: Aruna Raje | Stars: Ashwini Bhave, Sridhar, Manohar Singh, Umashri
Votes: 45