With Bombay Talkies (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. 5 Weddings (2018)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An American journalist travels to India to cover Bollywood weddings, only to uncover a mosaic of cultural clashes, transgender tangles and lost loves with her travels culminating at a destination where the only journey is the one within.
Director: Namrata Singh Gujral | Stars: Nargis Fakhri, Rajkummar Rao, Bo Derek, Candy Clark
Votes: 316
2. Mahal (1949)
165 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young lawyer is involved with a ghostly woman in his new house, where the builder and his fiancée died shortly after it was built.
Director: Kamal Amrohi | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Madhubala, M. Kumar, Vijayalaxmi
Votes: 329
3. Dulari (1949)
Not Rated | 133 min | Musical, Romance
Prem Shankar lives a wealthy life-style circa after the British Rule in India, with his businessman father, Girija, and housewife mother, Kamini. He is now of marriageable age, and his ... See full summary »
Director: Abdul Rashid Kardar | Stars: Suresh, Shyam Kumar, Madhubala, Geeta Bali
Votes: 29
4. Yahudi (1958)
170 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A vengeful Jew adopts an abducted Roman child, who grows up and unknowingly falls in love with a Roman.
Director: Bimal Roy | Stars: Sohrab Modi, Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari, Nigar Sultana
Votes: 179
5. Patanga (1949)
Not Rated | 143 min | Comedy, Romance
Two movie actors are confronted by startling and hilarious obstacles.
Director: Harnam Singh Rawail | Stars: Nigar Sultana, Shyam, Raj Mehra, Mohana
Votes: 23
6. Rail Ka Dibba (1953)
Drama
A heart-warming tale of good samaritanism. A poor but large-hearted young man gives shelter to three helpless, forlorn people in his home - an abandoned railway coach. However, tensions ... See full summary »
Director: Prem Narayan Arora | Stars: Madhubala, Shammi Kapoor, Sajjan, Om Prakash
Votes: 20
7. Patita (1953)
143 min | Drama
Radha earns a living begging in order to support herself and her crippled and ailing father. They live in a small tenement, under the constant threat of eviction by their landlord for ... See full summary »
Director: Amiya Chakrabarty | Stars: Dev Anand, Usha Kiran, Agha, Shivraj
Votes: 56
8. Pukar (1939)
Not Rated | 165 min | Drama, History
A love affair and two feuding families who play out a Romeo and Juliet type drama in 17th century India, under the Emperor Jehangir.
Director: Sohrab Modi | Stars: Sohrab Modi, Chandra Mohan, Naseem Banu, Sheela
Votes: 56
9. Achhut Kanya (1936)
142 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
An "untouchable" girl and a Brahmin boy fall in love, but the strict caste system and the gossip of the villagers threaten to keep them apart.
Director: Franz Osten | Stars: Devika Rani, Ashok Kumar, Monorama, Pramila
Votes: 90
10. Jwar Bhata (1944)
120 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Amiya Chakrabarty | Stars: Ruma Guha Thakurta, Aga Jaan, Vikram Kapoor, Dilip Kumar
Votes: 25
11. Kismet (1943)
Not Rated | 143 min | Drama
A former theater owner and his crippled daughter live in poverty until a chance encounter with a young pickpocket brings romance for the petty criminal and daughter as well as a chance by ... See full summary »
Director: Gyan Mukherjee | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Mumtaz Shanti, Shah Nawaz, P.F. Pithawala
Votes: 78
12. Daag (1952)
Not Rated | 149 min | Drama, Romance
Living a poor lifestyle with his widowed mother, Shankar sells toys for a living, but is addicted to alcohol. He is attracted to Parvati, who also lives a poor lifestyle along with her ... See full summary »
Director: Amiya Chakrabarty | Stars: Dilip Kumar, Nimmi, Usha Kiran, Lalita Pawar
Votes: 140
13. Rashtraputra (2018)
122 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Legendary film company, The Bombay Talkies Studios along with Kamini Dube, Bombay Talkies Foundation, Vishwa Sahitya Parishad, Aazaad Federation, World Literature Organization and filmmaker... See full synopsis »
Director: Aazaad | Stars: Aazaad, Rakesh Bedi, Abhay Bhargav, Manish Chaudhary
Votes: 20
14. Basant (1942)
146 min | Drama, Musical
Uma (Mumtaz Shanti) and Babul (Suresh) are poor and homeless siblings. Both of them have got singing talent but are unable to find any job. Then they meet Nirmal who is younger brother of ... See full summary »
Director: Amiya Chakrabarty | Stars: Mumtaz Shanti, Ulhas, Mumtaz Ali, Suresh
Votes: 17
15. Aurat (1940)
154 min | Drama
Radha (Sardar Akhtar) is an indomitable woman, toiling away to feed her three sons and to pay off Sukhilala (Kanhaiyalal), the village's rapacious moneylender. When she learns that she is ... See full summary »
Director: Mehboob Khan | Stars: Surendra, Sardar Akhtar, Lala Yaqoob, Arun
Votes: 25
16. Dard (1947)
Drama, Family, Musical
Director: Abdul Rashid Kardar | Stars: Shyam Kumar, Nusrat, Munawar Sultana, Badri Prasad
Votes: 13
17. Dekh Kabira Roya (1957)
Not Rated | 141 min | Comedy, Romance
Mohan, Pradeep, and Ranjeet are three struggling and unemployed artistes, who share the same rooming house. Mohan is a singer; Pradeep paints; while Ranjeet is an writer in a newspaper. ... See full summary »
Director: Amiya Chakrabarty | Stars: Anita Guha, Anoop Kumar, Jawahar Kaul, Ameeta
Votes: 27
18. Dastan (1950)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Indira (Suraiya) is an orphan brought up the strict and uprighteous Rani (Veena). Indira grows up to be a beauty and is sought by three suitors Raj (Raj Kapoor), Kundan (Al Nasir), and ... See full summary »
Director: Abdul Rashid Kardar | Stars: Suraiya, Raj Kapoor, Veena, Suresh
Votes: 44
19. Tamasha (1952)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama
Dilip, spoilt and careless grandson of wealthy Rai Bahadur, is in love with film actress Nayantara and wants to marry her. However, Nayantara wants to marry him only for his wealth. Rai ... See full summary »
Director: Phani Majumdar | Stars: Dev Anand, S.N. Banerjee, Sunalini Devi, Bipin Gupta
Votes: 34
20. Aham Brahmasmi (2019)
105 min | Action
Aham Brahmasmi is the first mainstream Sanskrit film in the history of World cinema which teaches ultimate timeless patriotism and showcases the immortal values of this Sanatan Bharat i.e ... See full summary »
21. Towards the Light (1944)
122 min | Drama
Anup writes for a newspaper, and his sister is invited to a girl's birthday party by her rich friend Gopa. After she leaves the party, accused of being a thief, Gopa comes to the house to ... See full summary »
Director: Bimal Roy | Stars: Maya Basu, Biswanath Bhaduri, Radhamohan Bhattacharya, Smriti Biswas
Votes: 25
22. Malapilla (1938)
175 min | Drama
The son of a priest falls in love with a Harijan girl and elopes with her. The film was a social drama that deals with untouchability prevalent in pre-independent India.
Director: Gudavalli Ramabrahmam | Stars: Govindrajulu Subba Rao, Kanchanamala, Suri Babu P., Sundaramma
Votes: 39
23. Mischief (1949)
Drama, Family
Two lovers are separated by the girl's conniving uncle, who marries her off to another man. Heartbroken, the man wanders around aimlessly until a common friend decides to reunite the two lovers.
Director: Abdul Rashid Kardar | Stars: Shyam Kumar, Shyam, Suraiya, Sharda
Votes: 11
24. Bhabi (1938)
Drama, Family
Director: Franz Osten | Stars: Renuka Devi, Paidi Jairaj, Meera, Maya Devi
Votes: 9
25. Bhagawat Ek Jung (2001)
Not Rated | 113 min | Action
Krishna and Arjun are enemies because their bosses, and criminal bigwigs, are sworn enemies. Inspector Vijay tries to end this enmity because Krishna's sister and Arjun's brother are in love.
Director: Deepak Pawar | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Manvi Goswami, Mohan Joshi, Razak Khan
Votes: 12
26. Prem Sanyas (1925)
97 min | Drama
This adaptation of Arnold's 1861 Orientalist epic opens with documentary shots of tourists in Bombay watching street performers. Then a white-bearded old man sitting under the bodhi tree ... See full summary »
Directors: Franz Osten, Himanshu Rai | Stars: Seeta Devi, Himanshu Rai, Sarada Ukil, Ranibala
Votes: 120
27. Basant Bahar (1956)
Not Rated | 150 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A very classic film, a milestone in the annals of film industry. I like it most.
Director: Raja Nawathe | Stars: Bharat Bhushan, Nimmi, Kumkum, Manmohan Krishna
Votes: 28
28. Veer Azad
122 min | Action | Post-production
Director: Aazaad | Stars: Raza Murad, Ruhi Singh, Rakesh Bedi, Manish Chaudhary
29. Jailor (I) (1938)
150 min
Modi's first psychodramatic role as a liberal man becoming a tyrannical jailer. He loses his wife to a lover who then goes blind. The jailer locks up his wife, Kanwal, in their own home, ... See full summary »
Director: Sohrab Modi | Stars: Sohrab Modi, Leela Chitnis, Sadiq Ali, Eruch Tarapore
30. Naata (1955)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A traumatized woman relates the romance between her sister and a new post-master.
Director: D.N. Madhok | Stars: Madhubala, Abhi Bhattacharya, Vijayalaxmi, Gope
Votes: 12
31. Ziddi (1948)
Drama
Director: Shaheed Latif | Stars: Dev Anand, Kamini Kaushal, Chanda, Pran
Votes: 32
32. Pagal (1940)
142 min | Drama
Director: Abdul Rashid Kardar | Stars: Madhuri, Prithviraj Kapoor, Noor Mohammad Charlie, Khatun
33. Majboor (I) (1948)
Drama, Romance
Director: Nazir Ajmeri | Stars: Indurani, Shyam Sohan, Munawwar Sultana
34. Ek Hi Raasta (1939)
149 min
The orphan and shipwreck survivor Raja works as a coolie forming a trio of friends with Mangoo, a pickpocket, and Vithal, a hansom cab driver. Mala and her father come to the city where she... See full summary »
Director: Mehboob Khan | Stars: Arun, Sheikh Mukhtar, Sushila, Jyoti
35. Bandhan (1940)
154 min | Drama, Family
Director: N.R. Acharya | Stars: Leela Chitnis, Ashok Kumar, V.H. Desai, Purnima Desai
36. Raitu Bidda (1939)
175 min | Drama
A seminal reformist melodrama critiquing the zamindari system from the viewpoint of the Kisan Sabha agitations in A.P. Small-time landowner Narsi Reddy (Raghawan) borrows money from a ... See full summary »
Director: Gudavalli Ramabrahmam | Stars: Bellari Raghava, G.V. Sitapati, Narasimha Rao Bhimavarapu, Suri Babu P.
Votes: 12
37. Andolan (1951)
156 min | Drama, History
Director: Phani Majumdar | Stars: Kishore Kumar, Gauri Devi, Krishnakant, Bhojwani
38. Barrister Parvateesam (1940)
Comedy, Drama
Director: H.M. Reddy | Stars: L.V. Prasad, Varalakshmi G.
Votes: 19
39. Zeenat (1945)
Comedy, Drama
A disgraced widow is forced to work as a maid for her fatherless child.
Director: Shaukat Hussain Rizvi | Stars: Noor Jehan, Lala Yaqoob, Karan Dewan, Dixit
Votes: 14
40. Azad
122 min | Action, Biography, Drama | Post-production
This is the first film in history of Indian cinema which will give insights about life and times of Chandrashekhar Azad. His thoughts were like the flames of fire and acts were deadly ... See full summary »
Director: Aazaad | Stars: Raza Murad, Ruhi Singh, Rakesh Bedi, Manish Chaudhary
41. Naukadubi (1947)
147 min
Director: Nitin Bose | Stars: Dilip Kumar, Meera Mishra, Ranjana, Moni Chatterjee
Votes: 20
42. Prithvi Vallabh (1943)
121 min | Drama
Talip and his sister, Mrinalvati, of a neighboring kingdom imprison Prithvi Vallabh, the kind king of Avantipur.
Director: Sohrab Modi | Stars: Sadiq Ali, Durga Khote, Leela Mishra, Sohrab Modi
Votes: 23
45. Baghban (1938)
159 min | Drama
The naive Saroop romantically renounces earthly pleasures under the influence of a sadhu. Arrested at a fairground and jailed, fellow convicts change his view of the world. Working in the ... See full summary »
Director: Abdul Rashid Kardar | Stars: Bimla Kumari, B. Nandrekar, Sitara Devi, Yasmin
Votes: 8
46. Lal Haveli (1944)
Drama, Romance
Mukta and Anand are childhood friends and love each other. But Mukta belongs to higher social class than Anand and her family wants to arrange her marriage with Jawahar, son of a rich man.
Director: K.B. Lall | Stars: Surendra, Noor Jehan, Ulhas, Maya Banerjee
Votes: 15
48. Durga (1939)
135 min | Drama
Rural melodrama about Durga, an adolescent child of nature, living with her aged mother Heera. Unable to get the medicine required to prevent her mother's death, one misfortune after ... See full summary »
Director: Franz Osten | Stars: Vishnupant Aundhkar, Saroj Borkar, Enver, Kiran Singh Shashi
49. Mashaal (1950)
136 min | Drama
Director: Nitin Bose | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Sumitra Devi, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Kanu Roy