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1. Satyam Shivam Sundaram: Love Sublime (1978)
172 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Rupa (Zeenat Aman) grew up being cursed as "unlucky" in her birth village. Her mother died during childbirth, then a kitchen accident leaves half her face disfigured. This is an artistic ... See full summary »
Director: Raj Kapoor | Stars: Shashi Kapoor, Zeenat Aman, Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi, A.K. Hangal
Votes: 1,154
2. Waqt (1965)
178 min | Drama, Romance
Members of a family are separated in a natural disaster. Several years down the line, they aren't united but their lives are strangely interconnected.
Director: Yash Chopra | Stars: Sunil Dutt, Sadhana Shivdasani, Raaj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor
Votes: 1,530
3. 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: 8,599
4. Dosti (1964)
Not Rated | 163 min | Drama, Family, Musical
Mr. Gupta passes away after an accident while on duty, leaving behind his ailing wife and school-going son, Ramnath. Both await for some compensation, and when they are informed that the ... See full summary »
Director: Satyen Bose | Stars: Sudhir Kumar, Sushil Kumar, Sanjay Khan, Farida Dadi
Votes: 1,869
5. Naya Daur (1957)
173 min | Action, Drama, Musical
When the son of a landlord decides to modernize his business by replacing the horse carts with buses, a horse cart rider decides to challenge him.
Director: B.R. Chopra | Stars: Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Ajit Khan, Chand Usmani
Votes: 1,311
6. Ghunghat (1960)
Drama, Family
Ravi's parents asks him to marry someone else rather then is love Laxmi for the sake of his father.After the wedding they travel in a train which has newly married couples the train meets ... See full summary »
Director: Ramanand Sagar | Stars: Pradeep Kumar, Bina Rai, Bharat Bhushan, Asha Parekh
Votes: 39
7. Phool Aur Patthar (1966)
163 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A criminal young man decides to reform himself for a left away widowed woman. But their relationship faces challenges.
Director: O.P. Ralhan | Stars: Meena Kumari, Dharmendra, Shashikala Jawalkar, Lalita Pawar
Votes: 285
8. Awaara (1951)
193 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A poor young man named Raj joins a criminal gang to feed his mother. But when he falls in love with Rita, he decides to reform himself for her.
Director: Raj Kapoor | Stars: Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Prithviraj Kapoor, K.N. Singh
Votes: 4,502
9. Bin Maa Ke Bachche (1980)
131 min | Drama
Director: Satyen Bose | Stars: Leela Chitnis, Bindu Desai, Raju Desai, Vishal Desai
Votes: 50
10. Prince (1969)
Romance
A rich prince who lives in luxury wants to attain inner peace. He leaves his riches to become an ordinary villager and from there on, his adventure begins.
Director: Lekh Tandon | Stars: Shammi Kapoor, Vyjayanthimala, Rajendranath Malhotra, Ajit Khan
Votes: 224
11. Gunga Jumna (1961)
178 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Gungaram, a poor, indebted farmer, works hard to educate his younger brother Jumna and make him a police officer. Years later, circumstances force Gungaram to become an outlaw and now the brothers confront each other as enemies.
Director: Nitin Bose | Stars: Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Nasir Khan, Azra
Votes: 670
12. Kanoon (1960)
150 min | Drama, Crime, Mystery
A lawyer holds the eyewitness evidence to catch a killer, but the identified criminal is the lawyer's own mentor, prospective father-in-law, and also the judge who presides over the case.
Director: B.R. Chopra | Stars: Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Ashok Kumar, Nanda Karnataki, Nana Palsikar
Votes: 515
13. Dhool Ka Phool (1959)
153 min | Drama
Mahesh and Meena fall in love but he marries another girl at his father's behest. When Meena takes their baby to Mahesh, he rejects her saying their relationship was a mistake.
Director: Yash Chopra | Stars: Mala Sinha, Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Nanda Karnataki, Manmohan Krishna
Votes: 201
14. Aap Ki Parchhaiyan (1964)
Not Rated | 128 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A family drama with a special focus on two generations of the Chopra family. Dinanath Chopra lives in a small tenement with his wife, and two sons Baldev, and Chandramohan. Dinanath ... See full summary »
Director: Mohan Kumar | Stars: Dharmendra, Supriya Choudhury, Vijayalaxmi, Shashikala Jawalkar
Votes: 53
15. Asli-Naqli (1962)
145 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Renu lives a poor lifestyle with her mom, dad and a brother. Her dad decides to travel to Africa so that he can earn enough money to send his son to study engineering, so that he can find ... See full summary »
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Dev Anand, Sadhana Shivdasani, Nasir Hussain, Sandhya Roy
Votes: 350
16. Hum Dono (1961)
164 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
When an army officer is presumed dead in battle, his lookalike is tasked with breaking the news to his family. However, circumstances force him to impersonate the dead man.
Directors: Amarjeet, Vijay Anand | Stars: Dev Anand, Nanda Karnataki, Sadhana Shivdasani, Lalita Pawar
Votes: 488
17. Sadhna (1958)
137 min | Drama
Mohan (Sunil Dutt) is the only bachelor son of his widowed mother and works as a professor. He is against prostitution and considers prostitutes a black spot on society. But due to some ... See full summary »
Director: B.R. Chopra | Stars: Vyjayanthimala, Sunil Dutt, Radhakrishan, Leela Chitnis
Votes: 87
18. Kala Bazar (1960)
163 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
A man sells movie tickets on the black market, but starts to have a change of heart after he falls in love.
Director: Vijay Anand | Stars: Dev Anand, Waheeda Rehman, Nanda Karnataki, Vijay Anand
Votes: 333
19. 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
20. Aurat (1967)
Not Rated | 149 min | Comedy, Drama
A woman responsible for her mother and 7 siblings faces challenges after marrying a widower with 6 children.
Directors: S.S. Balan, S.S. Vasan | Stars: Padmini, Pran Sikand, Rajesh Khanna, Feroz Khan
Votes: 73
21. Jeevan Mrityu (1970)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A bank manager is unjustly framed for robbery by his colleagues and imprisoned. After his release, he assumes another identity to exact vengeance.
Director: Satyen Bose | Stars: Dharmendra, Rakhee Gulzar, Ajit Khan, Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi
Votes: 267
22. Suhagan (1964)
Drama, Romance
Sharda (Mala Sinha) is the only daughter of a wealthy educationist and founder of Sharda College, Dubeyji (Nazir Hussain), where she studies. Dubeyji hires a young man as a Professor in ... See full summary »
Director: K.S. Gopalakrishnan | Stars: Guru Dutt, Mala Sinha, Om Prakash, Indrani Mukherjee
Votes: 26
23. Bhai Bhai (1970)
Action, Drama, Family
Deep Sharma lives a very poor lifestyle with his widowed mom, Radha, and a younger brother, Ashok, who he would like to become a Judge. Unable to fend for themselves in the small town, Deep... See full summary »
Director: Raja Nawathe | Stars: Sunil Dutt, Asha Parekh, Mumtaz Askari, Mehmood
Votes: 28
24. Punar Milan (1964)
Drama
Dr. Mohan comes from a decent upper-caste Brahman family. He is of marriageable age, and is in love with Shobhna Bakshi. They plan to get married soon. The marriage takes place, and during ... See full summary »
Director: Ravindra Dave | Stars: Balraj Sahni, Ameeta, Jagdeep, Shashikala Jawalkar
Votes: 11
25. Sangdil (1952)
150 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A loose adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic, Jane Eyre. In this version childhood sweethearts are separated and grow up in different worlds. The girl is brought up to be a 'pujaaran' (... See full summary »
Director: R.C. Talwar | Stars: Madhubala, Dilip Kumar, Dara Singh Randhawa, Shammi
Votes: 130
26. Zindagi (1964)
Not Rated | 157 min | Musical, Drama, Family
Beena works as a stage actress and lives a poor lifestyle with her widowed mother. One day while returning home she is molested by Bankhe and two other men, but Rajan comes to her rescue. ... See full summary »
Director: Ramanand Sagar | Stars: Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Raaj Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Prithviraj Kapoor
Votes: 71
27. Intaquam (1969)
Not Rated | 144 min | Drama, Thriller
Humiliated and falsely imprisoned, Reeta Mehra (Sadhana) swears to take revenge against Sohanlal (Rehman). Upon her release she finds out that her ailing mother (Leela Chitnis) has passed ... See full summary »
Director: R.K. Nayyar | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Sadhana Shivdasani, Sanjay Khan, Rehman Khan
Votes: 65
28. Dharmputra (1961)
150 min | Drama
The story of two families, that of Nawab Badruddin and Gulshan Rai, living in an India under British rule, sharing life's ups and downs together almost as one family together.
Director: Yash Chopra | Stars: Mala Sinha, Shashi Kapoor, Rehman Khan, Manmohan Krishna
Votes: 129
29. Janta Hawaldar (1979)
Not Rated | 126 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Janta, a beautiful naive simple minded young man who wants to join the police force in the following of both his grandfather and his father after getting refused then accepted him with the ... See full summary »
Director: Mehmood | Stars: Rajesh Khanna, Ashok Kumar, Yogeeta Bali, Mehmood
Votes: 59
30. Kanch Ki Gudiya (1961)
Drama, Family
The story is woven round a luckless girl, Shukla, young, innocent and delicate, but destitute in a big city. Her dying mother was full of fears at the thought that after her death, her ... See full summary »
Director: Harnam Singh Rawail | Stars: Manoj Kumar, Sayeeda Khan, Shobha Khote, Tarun Bose
Votes: 14
31. Dil Hi To Hai (1963)
128 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An impoverished widowed Hindu nanny brings up an abused and abandoned Muslim lad.
Directors: C.L. Rawal, P.L. Santoshi | Stars: Raj Kapoor, Nutan, Agha, Pran Sikand
Votes: 138
32. Post Box 999 (1958)
115 min | Action, Mystery
Mohan is a young man who lives with his widowed mother, is in love with a young woman named Shyama, and both would like to get married. Unfortunately, before that could happen, Shyama is ... See full summary »
Director: Ravindra Dave | Stars: Sunil Dutt, Shakila, Leela Chitnis, Purnima
Votes: 37
33. Takkar (1980)
Not Rated | 157 min | Drama
A wicked stepmother and her brother attempt to kill her stepson but he survives, and years later re-enters their lives. On the other hand, a smuggler assumes the identity of an honest man who looks like him, in order to evade the police.
Director: K. Bapaiah | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Zeenat Aman, Jaya Prada
Votes: 48
34. Phir Subha Hogi (1958)
168 min | Drama, Romance
An adaption of Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment; Ram is a destitute but bright law student who decides to rob the safe of the moneylender.
Director: Ramesh Saigal | Stars: Raj Kapoor, Mala Sinha, Rehman Khan, Mubarak Mechant
Votes: 94
35. The Guide (1965)
120 min | Drama
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 in this lesser-known English-language version of R.K. Narayan's classic.
Director: Tad Danielewski | Stars: Dev Anand, Waheeda Rehman, Leela Chitnis, K.N. Singh
Votes: 33
36. Parakh (1960)
139 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Niravan (Nazir Hussain), the village postmaster receives an envelope with a cheque for a very large amount, with the instructions that he is to turn this cheque over to the most honest man ... See full summary »
Director: Bimal Roy | Stars: Motilal, Vasant Choudhury, Sadhana Shivdasani, Nasir Hussain
Votes: 148
37. Mohabbat Isko Kahete Hain (1965)
102 min | Drama, Romance
Vijay and Rajni have been childhood sweethearts in a small town called Rajgarh. They did separate for a few years when Rajni and her maternal grandma, Leela, went to live in Calcutta. When ... See full summary »
Director: Akhtar Mirza | Stars: Nanda Karnataki, Shashi Kapoor, Ramesh Deo, Leela Chitnis
Votes: 31
38. Dr. Vidya (1962)
Drama
The movie was shot in an era when educated people in cities were getting influenced by the western culture hence the people from rural areas who placed a lot of importance to values and ... See full summary »
Director: Rajendra Bhatia | Stars: Manoj Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Mumtaz Askari, Mumtaz Begum
Votes: 35
39. Funtoosh (1956)
Comedy, Drama
Ram goes crazy after death of his mother and sister, once released from mental hospital comes across Mr Kirorimal who insures him and wants him dead for the money. However Ram ends up marrying his daughter.
Director: Chetan Anand | Stars: Dev Anand, Sheila Ramani, K.N. Singh, Hammad
Votes: 91
40. Ujala (1959)
TV-14 | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An impoverished male turns to crime, kills someone, tries to make a honest living but ends up becoming a suspect for theft.
Director: Naresh Saigal | Stars: Mala Sinha, Shammi Kapoor, Raaj Kumar, Leela Chitnis
Votes: 88
41. Man-Mauji (1962)
Not Rated | 141 min | Comedy, Musical
Raja's frequent brushes with crime force his sister Rani to disown him, and she decides to work in Dr. Mohan's house. However, Dr. Mohan finds out the truth about Rani and her brother.
Directors: R. Krishnan, S. Panju | Stars: Kishore Kumar, Sadhana Shivdasani, Kumari Naaz, Durga Khote
Votes: 52
42. Shaheed (1948)
Not Rated | 164 min | Drama, Romance
Circa 1940s India, a young freedom fighter faces opposition from his own father as well as an ambitious police officer, who is also his rival for affection of a mutual childhood sweetheart.
Director: Ramesh Saigal | Stars: Dilip Kumar, Kamini Kaushal, Chandra Mohan, Prabhu Dayal
Votes: 91
43. Hum Hindustani (1960)
Drama, Family
Surendra Nath and Satyendra Nath are two brothers who live in an old palatial home with their dad, mom, and sister. The Nath family is undergoing hard times as their property is under ... See full summary »
Director: Ram Mukherjee | Stars: Sunil Dutt, Joy Mukherjee, Asha Parekh, Prem Chopra
Votes: 80
44. Dulhan Ek Raat Ki (1967)
170 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Arrogant son of a wealthy, blind woman, rapes his mother's nurse and abandons her. She gets pregnant but the child does not live, and she continues to live her life and follow up on her ... See full summary »
Director: D.D. Kashyap | Stars: Dharmendra, Nutan, Johnny Walker, Leela Chitnis
Votes: 53
45. Char Diwari (1961)
136 min | Drama, Romance
Sunil leads a poor lifestyle along with his widowed mother, and two school-going siblings, Anu and Tikku. He gets married to Lakshmi, who soon gets pregnant. Anu graduates from school and ... See full summary »
Director: Krishan Chopra | Stars: Shashi Kapoor, Nanda Karnataki, Manmohan Krishna, Leela Chitnis
Votes: 31
46. Johar-Mehmood in Goa (1965)
Not Rated | 145 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Mary and Peter fall in love with each other and are about to get married, when Peter is asked to re-join his regiment to go to war. Shortly thereafter, he is missing, believed to be dead, ... See full summary »
Director: I.S. Johar | Stars: Mehmood, Simi Garewal, I.S. Johar, Sonia Sahni
Votes: 56
47. Maa Baap (1960)
130 min | Family, Romance
Sohan and Raju are two brothers. Raju works for a tea garden in Ooty and Sohan works for a textile mill and stays with his blind father, mother, wife Sarju, younger sister Pratima and son ... See full summary »
Director: V.M. Vyas | Stars: Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Kamini Kadam, Pran Sikand, Anwar Hussain
Votes: 24
48. Bewaqoof (1960)
Not Rated | 160 min | Musical
In his quest for a heir, Rai Bahadur has an affair with a prostitute Meher. When Meher becomes pregnant he promises to take the child and educate him. But fate has other plans, for his wife... See full summary »
Director: I.S. Johar | Stars: Kishore Kumar, Mala Sinha, I.S. Johar, Pran Sikand
Votes: 53
49. Majhli Didi (1967)
Not Rated | 136 min | Drama
Bipinchandra breaks family tradition by marrying a city girl, Hemangini, much to the chagrin of his sister-in-law, Kadambini, and her husband, Navinchandra. Things are delicate even after ... See full summary »
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Meena Kumari, Dharmendra, Lalita Pawar, Sachin Pilgaonkar
Votes: 116
50. Baadbaan (1954)
Drama, Family
Director: Phani Majumdar | Stars: Dev Anand, Meena Kumari, Ashok Kumar, Usha Kiran
Votes: 24