Best Movie in South Asia?
by ShuvoIMDb | created - 16 Dec 2020 | updated - 28 Jan 2021 | PublicHere is the list of best South Asian movies according to the IMDb rating, award, and popularity.
The list is based on movies from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, as movies from Bhutan, Afghanistan, and Maldives didn't reach the rating/number of votes parameters.
Movies from Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan have been added to the list with an IMDb rating above 7.9 and a minimum of 1000 votes. Bangladeshi movies have been added to the list on the basis of a minimum 8.2 IMDb rating and a minimum of 2000 votes. Indian movies have been included in the list on the basis of a minimum 8.2 IMDb rating and a minimum of 20000 votes.
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1. Pashupati Prasad (2016)
140 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a man named Pashuati comes to Kathmandu to pay his father loans while in Kathmandu he discovers Pashupatinath where he fights the danger of Kathmandu.
Director: Dipendra K. Khanal | Stars: Khagendra Lamichhane, Rabindra Singh Baniya, Bipin Karki, Prakash Ghimire
Votes: 1,727
Nepal
2. Machan (2008)
109 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A group of sad slum residents, living on the limits of society under immense pressure, find an invitation to a handball tournament in Bavaria.
Director: Uberto Pasolini | Stars: Dharmapriya Dias, Gihan De Chickera, Dharshan Dharmaraj, Namal Jayasinghe
Votes: 2,256
Nepal
3. Vazhakku Enn 18/9 (2012)
Not Rated | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A girl gets in trouble when her boyfriend films her private moments on his mobile phone without her knowledge.
Director: Balaji Sakthivel | Stars: Sri, Urmila Mahanta, Mithun Murali, Manisha Yadav
Votes: 2,373
Sri Lanka
4. Aloko Udapadi (2017)
113 min | Drama, History
"Aloko Udapadi" ("Light Arose") is an Epic Film of the unswerving human effort to record for all time, a unique spiritual heritage. In 89 BC, King Walagamba of Sinhala kingdom (present day ... See full summary »
Directors: Chathra Weeraman, Bharatha Hettiarachchi | Stars: Uddika Premarathna, Dilhani Ekanayake, Roshan Ravindra, Menaka Peiris
Votes: 6,882
Sri Lanka
5. Bol (2011)
Not Rated | 151 min | Drama
A female convict on death row, her last wish is to tell her story to the media.
Director: Shoaib Mansoor | Stars: Humaima Malik, Manzar Sehbai, Shafqat Cheema, Iman Ali
Votes: 9,197 | Gross: $0.15M
Pakistan
6. Maalik (2016)
PG-13 | 155 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man of Pakistan's Elite Special Forces whose life gets entangled with politics. They soon realize that serving the nation is more complicated than simple following of orders.
Director: Ashir Azeem | Stars: Ashir Azeem, Farhan Ali Agha, Hassan Niazi, Sajid Hasan
Votes: 3,863
Pakistan
7. In the Name of God (2007)
Not Rated | 168 min | Drama
A drama about three stories centered on the effects of extremism and 9/11 on Pakistanis.
Director: Shoaib Mansoor | Stars: Shaan Shahid, Fawad Khan, Iman Ali, Austin Marie Sayre
Votes: 9,598
Pakistan
8. Shyamol Chhaya (2004)
110 min | Drama
Twelve people are passengers on board.The boatmen are taking them to safety, far away from the fierce clutches of war. All the people on board are devastated by the horrors of war. As the story advances, different events unravel.
Director: Humayun Ahmed | Stars: Meher Afroz Shaon, Riaz, Swadhin Khosru, Ahmed Rubel
Votes: 2,417
Bangladesh
9. Srabon Megher Din (1999)
150 min | Drama, Romance
The second movie directed by Humayun Ahmed. A village drama interweave around a charming girl, a folk singer, his love interest and the local aristocratic family's involvement, the movie provide with some beautiful songs.
Director: Humayun Ahmed | Stars: Meher Afroz Shaon, Mukti, Zahid Hasan, Mahfuz Ahmed
Votes: 2,703
Bangladesh
10. Amar Bondhu Rashed (2011)
96 min | War
Amar Bondhu Rashed, a fictional story based on the Liberation War of Bangladesh and written by the popular children's literature Dr Mohammad Jafar Iqbal
Director: Morshedul Islam | Stars: Chowdhury Zawata Afnan, Ashraful Tushar, Rayan Ibtesham Chowdhury, Refayat Zinnat
Votes: 3,830
Bangladesh
11. Monpura (2009)
136 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
A housemaid is killed by a local landlord's son. His servant takes the blame for the murder, to save the landlord's mentally ill son and is marooned in an island named Monpura. There the servant comes across a fisherman's daughter.
Directors: Md. Hafizur Rahman, Giasuddin Selim | Stars: Chanchal Chowdhury, Farhana Mili, Shirin Alam, Mohiuddin Bahar
Votes: 9,144
Bangladesh
12. Aguner Poroshmoni (1994)
123 min | Drama, War
In the middle of the 1971;curfew is going on all over the Bangladesh. The liberation army is operated as effective guerrilla force - Badiul Alam is one them. Alam plans for starting ... See full summary »
Director: Humayun Ahmed | Stars: Bipasha Hayat, Asaduzzaman Noor, Abul Hayat, Dolly Johur
Votes: 3,427
Bangladesh
13. The Clay Bird (2002)
95 min | Drama, History
A family must come to grips with its culture, its faith, and the brutal political changes entering its small-town world.
Director: Tareque Masud | Stars: Nurul Islam Bablu, Russell Farazi, Jayanto Chattopadhyay, Rokeya Prachy
Votes: 4,237
Bangladesh
14. Television (2012)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
As a leader of the local community, Chairman Amin bans every kind of image in his water-locked village in rural Bangladesh. He even goes on to claim that imagination is also sinful since it... See full summary »
Director: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | Stars: Shahir Huda Rumi, Chanchal Chowdhury, Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Mosharraf Karim
Votes: 5,905
Bangladesh
15. The Unnamed (2016)
100 min | Drama
The coffin of an expatriate worker with manipulated identity intense the identity crisis when another person's corpse is found inside.
Director: Tauquir Ahmed | Stars: Shahiduzzaman Selim, Ashraful Tushar, Mosharraf Karim, Nipun
Votes: 5,805
Bangladesh
16. Mirror Game (2016)
147 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A struggling actor becomes a professional impostor, hired to impersonate people for financial gain, but as he delves deeper into his work he becomes embroiled in trouble that threatens to unravel his life.
Director: Amitabh Reza Chowdhury | Stars: Chanchal Chowdhury, Masuma Rahman Nabila, Partha Barua, Lutfur Rahman George
Votes: 29,688
Bangladesh
17. Raatchasan (2018)
Not Rated | 146 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A sub-inspector sets out in pursuit of a mysterious serial killer who targets teen school girls and murders them brutally.
Director: Ram Kumar | Stars: Vishnu Vishal, Amala Paul, Radha Ravi, Sangili Murugan
Votes: 50,738
India
18. Pather Panchali (1955)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Banerjee, Chunibala Devi
Votes: 38,575 | Gross: $0.54M
India
19. Tumbbad (2018)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A mythological story about a goddess who created the entire universe. The plot revolves around the consequences when humans build a temple for her first-born.
Directors: Rahi Anil Barve, Anand Gandhi, Adesh Prasad | Stars: Sohum Shah, Jyoti Malshe, Anita Date-Kelkar, Ronjini Chakraborty
Votes: 58,997
India
20. Andhadhun (2018)
Not Rated | 139 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A series of mysterious events change the life of a blind pianist, who must now report a crime that he should technically know nothing of.
Director: Sriram Raghavan | Stars: Tabu, Ayushmann Khurrana, Radhika Apte, Anil Dhawan
Votes: 102,731 | Gross: $1.37M
India
21. Drishyam (2013)
Not Rated | 160 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man goes to extreme lengths to save his family from punishment after the family commits an accidental crime.
Director: Jeethu Joseph | Stars: Mohanlal, Meena, Asha Sharath, Ansiba
Votes: 44,077
India
22. Soorarai Pottru (2020)
TV-MA | 153 min | Action, Drama
Nedumaaran Rajangam "Maara" sets out to make the common man fly and in the process takes on the world's most capital intensive industry and several enemies who stand in his way.
Director: Sudha Kongara | Stars: Suriya, Paresh Rawal, Urvashi, Aparna Balamurali
Votes: 123,984
India
23. Dangal (2016)
Not Rated | 161 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Former wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat and his two wrestler daughters struggle towards glory at the Commonwealth Games in the face of societal oppression.
Director: Nitesh Tiwari | Stars: Aamir Khan, Sakshi Tanwar, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra
Votes: 210,899 | Gross: $12.39M
India
24. Vikram Vedha (2017)
Not Rated | 147 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Vikram, a no-nonsense police officer, accompanied by Simon, his partner, is on the hunt to capture Vedha, a smuggler and a murderer. Vedha tries to change Vikram's life, which leads to a conflict.
Directors: Gayatri, Pushkar, Gowtham Selvaraj | Stars: Madhavan, Vijay Sethupathi, Shraddha Srinath, Kathir
Votes: 50,551
India
25. Anand (1971)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, Musical
The story of a terminally ill man who wishes to live life to the fullest before the inevitable occurs, as told by his best friend.
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Sumita Sanyal, Ramesh Deo
Votes: 35,322
India
26. Like Stars on Earth (2007)
PG | 162 min | Drama, Family
An eight-year-old boy is thought to be a lazy trouble-maker, until the new art teacher has the patience and compassion to discover the real problem behind his struggles in school.
Directors: Aamir Khan, Amole Gupte | Stars: Darsheel Safary, Aamir Khan, Tisca Chopra, Vipin Sharma
Votes: 206,807 | Gross: $1.22M
India
27. 3 Idiots (2009)
PG-13 | 170 min | Comedy, Drama
Two friends are searching for their long lost companion. They revisit their college days and recall the memories of their friend who inspired them to think differently, even as the rest of the world called them "idiots".
Director: Rajkumar Hirani | Stars: Aamir Khan, Madhavan, Mona Singh, Sharman Joshi
Votes: 434,816 | Gross: $6.53M
India
28. 96 (II) (2018)
Not Rated | 158 min | Drama, Romance
Two high school sweethearts meet at a reunion after 22 years and reminisce about their past.
Director: C. Prem Kumar | Stars: Vijay Sethupathi, Adithya Bhaskar, Trisha Krishnan, Gouri Kishan
Votes: 37,107
India
29. Black Friday (2004)
Not Rated | 143 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A film about the investigations following the 1993 serial Bombay bomb blasts, told through the different stories of the people involved --police, conspirators, victims, middlemen.
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Kay Kay Menon, Pawan Malhotra, Aditya Srivastav, Dibyendu Bhattacharya
Votes: 22,006 | Gross: $0.03M
India
30. Rang De Basanti (2006)
Not Rated | 167 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The story of six young Indians who assist an English woman to film a documentary on the freedom fighters from their past, and the events that lead them to relive the long-forgotten saga of freedom.
Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Stars: Aamir Khan, Soha Ali Khan, Siddharth, Sharman Joshi
Votes: 122,377 | Gross: $2.20M
India
31. Chak De! India (2007)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, Family, Sport
Kabir Khan, the coach of the Indian Women's National Hockey Team, dreams of making his all-girls team emerge victorious against all odds.
Director: Shimit Amin | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Vidya Malvade, Sagarika Ghatge, Shilpa Shukla
Votes: 84,994 | Gross: $1.11M
India
32. Sholay (1975)
Not Rated | 162 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture the bandit.
Director: Ramesh Sippy | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Amjad Khan
Votes: 58,754
India
33. Swades (2004)
Not Rated | 189 min | Drama, Musical
A successful Indian scientist returns to an Indian village to take his nanny to America with him and in the process rediscovers his roots.
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi, Kishori Ballal, Smith Seth
Votes: 98,558 | Gross: $1.22M
India
34. Talvar (2015)
Not Rated | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An experienced investigator confronts several conflicting theories about the perpetrators of a violent double homicide.
Director: Meghna Gulzar | Stars: Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Neeraj Kabi, Sohum Shah
Votes: 38,437 | Gross: $0.34M
India
35. Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
Not Rated | 321 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A clash between Sultan and Shahid Khan leads to the expulsion of Khan from Wasseypur, and ignites a deadly blood feud spanning three generations.
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Manoj Bajpayee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Richa Chadha
Votes: 103,896
India
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