Critically acclaimed Hindi movies
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1. No One Killed Jessica (2011)
136 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A journalist, who is more of an activist teams up with the sister of a murdered model, as she gets interested in the case and wants to bring justice to her case.
Director: Raj Kumar Gupta | Stars: Rani Mukerji, Vidya Balan, Myra Karn, Neil Bhoopalam
Votes: 12,337 | Gross: $0.44M
2. Saare Jahaan Se Mehnga... (2013)
Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
A man under pressure due to the countrys growing inflation rates comes up with a unique idea to deal with the rising prices. However, things go wrong and his naivety lands him in big trouble.
Director: Anshul Sharma | Stars: Annapoorna, V.M. Badola, Rampal Barsewal, Mukesh Bharti
Votes: 1,357
3. Manorama: Six Feet Under (2007)
Not Rated | 137 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Manorama, wife of an irrigation minister, tasks Satyaveer to find if her husband is cheating. As Satyaveer starts investigating, he gets trapped in a web of lies and must uncover the entire truth.
Director: Navdeep Singh | Stars: Abhay Deol, Gul Panag, Raima Sen, Sarika Thakur
Votes: 8,740
4. I Am Kalam (2010)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
An impoverished boy forms an unlikely and unstable friendship with the lonely son of a nobleman.
Director: Nila Madhab Panda | Stars: Gulshan Grover, Harsh Mayar, Pitobash, Hussan Saad
Votes: 4,877
5. Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive (2016)
104 min | Comedy
A Bollywood director is hired by an American talent agent to make a film on Osama bin Laden. The plan to use an Osama doppelganger in order to prove his death boomerangs when a Taliban arms dealer hijacks their idea to prove he's alive.
Directors: Abhishek Sharma, Deepak Chandra | Stars: Maniesh Paul, Pradhuman Singh, Sikandar Kher, Parthaa Akerkar
Votes: 1,008
6. Phas Gaye Re Obama (2010)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Om Shastri, a recession victim comes to India to sell his ancestors property to clear is debt. On reaching he comes to know that selling the property will make his family homeless in India. Later he is kidnapped by goons thinking a rich NRI.
Director: Subhash Kapoor | Stars: Rajat Kapoor, Neha Dhupia, Sanjay Mishra, Manu Rishi Chadha
Votes: 5,868
7. Trapped (XVII) (2016)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Thriller
A man struggles to survive after he unintentionally locks himself up in a high rise devoid of food, water and electricity.
Director: Vikramaditya Motwane | Stars: Rajkummar Rao, Geetanjali Thapa, Shiladitya Sen, Rahul Patel
Votes: 13,689
8. Shahid (2012)
Not Rated | 129 min | Biography, Drama
The account of Human Rights lawyer Shahid Azmi, an ordinary citizen with an extraordinary commitment to justice.
Director: Hansal Mehta | Stars: Rajkummar Rao, Prabhleen Sandhu, Mohd. Zeeshan Ayyub, Baljinder Kaur
Votes: 17,751
9. Khosla Ka Ghosla! (2006)
Not Rated | 135 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A Delhi-based retired middle-class man tries half-heartedly to get his land back from a swindling property dealer with the help of his sons and their friends.
Directors: Dibakar Banerjee, Pravin E. Birje | Stars: Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Parvin Dabas, Tara Sharma
Votes: 25,011 | Gross: $0.03M
10. Nil Battey Sannata (2015)
100 min | Drama, Family
A story about a single woman (a Mom) and dreams on her Daughter.
Director: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari | Stars: Swara Bhasker, Riya Shukla, Ratna Pathak Shah, Pankaj Tripathi
Votes: 8,092
11. Amal (2007)
101 min | Drama
When Amal impresses an eccentric millionaire with his humility and humanity, he unknowingly becomes the old man's beneficiary.
Director: Richie Mehta | Stars: Rupinder Nagra, Naseeruddin Shah, Seema Biswas, Koel Purie
Votes: 2,226
12. Badla (2019)
Not Rated | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A dynamic young entrepreneur finds herself locked in a hotel room with the corpse of her dead lover. She hires a prestigious lawyer to defend her and they work together to figure out what actually happened.
Director: Sujoy Ghosh | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Antonio Aakeel, Mark Mansfield
Votes: 30,889 | Gross: $1.86M
13. 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: 102,704 | Gross: $1.37M
14. Bioscopewala (2017)
91 min | Drama
A woman meets her dead father's old friend, who was the operator of a Bioscope show that she loved in her childhood. Connecting India and Afghanistan, a story of love and cinema unfolds.
Director: Deb Medhekar | Stars: Danny Denzongpa, Geetanjali Thapa, Adil Hussain, Tisca Chopra
Votes: 1,029
15. Beyond the Clouds (2017)
120 min | Drama, Family
A hedonistic teenager in Mumbai is busted for dealing drugs and goes to his estranged sister for help, but complications land her in jail.
Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Ishaan Khattar, Malavika Mohanan, Goutam Ghose, Sharada
Votes: 2,581
16. A Wednesday (2008)
Not Rated | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A retiring police officer reminisces about the most astounding day of his career. About a case that was never filed but continues to haunt him in his memories - the case of a man and a Wednesday.
Director: Neeraj Pandey | Stars: Anupam Kher, Naseeruddin Shah, Veerendra Saxena, Mahesh Kanual
Votes: 82,326
17. Victoria & Abdul (2017)
PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Tim Pigott-Smith, Eddie Izzard
Votes: 38,250 | Gross: $22.25M
18. Bheja Fry (2007)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
Ranjit, who makes fun of idiots, gets completely annoyed when he invites a tax inspector and a singer to his house.
Director: Sagar Ballary | Stars: Vinay Pathak, Rajat Kapoor, Sarika Thakur, Milind Soman
Votes: 12,210
19. Ankhon Dekhi (2013)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
After a distressing incident, a Delhi man vows to believe only what he can see, but his new ideals soon take his life in extreme directions.
Director: Rajat Kapoor | Stars: Sanjay Mishra, Seema Pahwa, Rajat Kapoor, Taranjit Kaur
Votes: 12,815
20. Gour Hari Dastaan: The Freedom File (2015)
114 min | Biography, Drama
The film tells the dramatic tale of two generations locked in a see-saw battle- one extolling values, the other groping in the dark.
Director: Anant Mahadevan | Stars: Vinay Pathak, Konkona Sen Sharma, Ranvir Shorey, Tannishtha Chatterjee
Votes: 606
21. Dasvidaniya (2008)
113 min | Comedy, Drama
A man who loves to make "to-do lists" makes one last bucket list when he realizes he is about to die.
Director: Shashant Shah | Stars: Vinay Pathak, Sarita Joshi, Rajat Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla
Votes: 6,551
22. Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002)
120 min | Drama
During a bus journey, a devout Hindu Brahmin woman protects a Muslim man when communal rioting breaks out.
Director: Aparna Sen | Stars: Rahul Bose, Konkona Sen Sharma, Bhisham Sahni, Surekha Sikri
Votes: 4,940
23. Today's Special (2009)
R | 99 min | Comedy
In this super-feel-good foodie comedy, young Manhattan chef Samir rediscovers his heritage and his passion for life through the enchanting art of cooking Indian food.
Director: David Kaplan | Stars: Dean Winters, Aarti Mann, Kevin Corrigan, Jess Weixler
Votes: 6,733 | Gross: $0.40M
24. Iqbal (2005)
Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, Sport
Iqbal, the deaf and mute son of a farmer, has a passion for the game of cricket and seeks the tutelage of a washed-up, alcoholic ex-player.
Director: Nagesh Kukunoor | Stars: Shreyas Talpade, Naseeruddin Shah, Shweta Basu Prasad, Yatin Karyekar
Votes: 17,697
25. Shaurya (2008)
Not Rated | 149 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Maj. Siddhant Chaudhary, an Indian Army lawyer, attempts to defend Capt. Javed Khan who is accused of killing a decorated officer. The problem is that Khan does not wish to be defended and freely admits to his crime.
Director: Samar Khan | Stars: Rahul Bose, Jaaved Jaaferi, Minissha Lamba, Seema Biswas
Votes: 5,178
26. Hope Aur Hum (2018)
96 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A father obsessed with an old school copying machine wreaks havoc on the family, causing a change in their relationships. Explores the life of each family member and how their lives are intertwined with each other.
Director: Sudip Bandyopadhyay | Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Kabir Sajid Shaikh, Virti Vaghani, Sonali Kulkarni
Votes: 457
27. Ankur Arora Murder Case (2013)
Not Rated | 129 min | Drama, Thriller
A highly reputed doctor makes a small mistake, which costs the life of a kid Ankur Arora. Will he succeed in hiding his mistake or will the mother of the kid get Justice.
Director: Sohail Tatari | Stars: Kay Kay Menon, Visshesh Tiwari, Tisca Chopra, Arjun Mathur
Votes: 2,219
28. Paan Singh Tomar (2012)
Not Rated | 135 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The story of Paan Singh Tomar, an Indian athlete and seven-time national steeplechase champion who becomes one of the most feared dacoits in Chambal Valley after his retirement.
Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia | Stars: Irrfan Khan, Mahie Gill, Rajesh Abhay, Hemendra Dandotiya
Votes: 37,873 | Gross: $0.04M
29. Billu (2009)
Not Rated | 137 min | Comedy, Drama
In an Indian village, a struggling barber sees his luck begin to turn when residents learn that a famous actor he once knew is coming to town.
Director: Priyadarshan | Stars: Irrfan Khan, Lara Dutta, Om Puri, Govardhan Asrani
Votes: 13,390 | Gross: $0.75M
30. 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: 38,427 | Gross: $0.34M
31. Piku (2015)
Not Rated | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
A quirky comedy about the relationship between a daughter and her aging father, whose eccentricities drive everyone crazy.
Director: Shoojit Sircar | Stars: Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan, Irrfan Khan, Moushumi Chatterjee
Votes: 34,022
32. Finding Fanny (2014)
102 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A man embarks on a road trip to find his lost love.
Director: Homi Adajania | Stars: Deepika Padukone, Arjun Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia
Votes: 6,736 | Gross: $0.52M
33. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A teenager from the slums of Mumbai becomes a contestant on the show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati?' When interrogated under suspicion of cheating, he revisits his past, revealing how he had all the answers.
Directors: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan | Stars: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla, Anil Kapoor
Votes: 877,933 | Gross: $141.32M
34. Hindi Medium (2017)
Not Rated | 132 min | Comedy, Drama
A couple from Chandni Chowk aspire to give their daughter the best education and thus be a part of and accepted by the elite of Delhi.
Director: Saket Chaudhary | Stars: Irrfan Khan, Saba Qamar, Dishita Sehgal, Deepak Dobriyal
Votes: 32,003
35. The Lunchbox (2013)
PG | 104 min | Drama, Romance
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system connects a young housewife to an older man in the dusk of his life as they build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox.
Director: Ritesh Batra | Stars: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Lillete Dubey
Votes: 60,882 | Gross: $4.23M
36. The Namesake (2006)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama
American-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Kal Penn, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Jacinda Barrett
Votes: 21,761 | Gross: $8.66M
37. Masaan (2015)
109 min | Drama
Along India's Ganges River, four people face prejudice, a strict moral code and a punishing caste system as they confront personal tragedies.
Director: Neeraj Ghaywan | Stars: Richa Chadha, Sanjay Mishra, Vicky Kaushal, Pankaj Tripathi
Votes: 31,310
38. Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015)
Not Rated | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Prem and his oversized wife Sandhya are supposed to spend a lifetime together. Will a regular arranged marriage turn out to be a perfect mismatch?
Director: Sharat Katariya | Stars: Ayushmann Khurrana, Bhumi Pednekar, Sheeba Chaddha, Sanjay Mishra
Votes: 21,097
39. Vicky Donor (2012)
Not Rated | 126 min | Comedy, Romance
A man is brought in by an infertility doctor to supply him with his sperm, where he becomes the biggest sperm donor for his clinic.
Director: Shoojit Sircar | Stars: Ayushmann Khurrana, Yami Gautam, Annu Kapoor, Dolly Ahluwalia
Votes: 45,337 | Gross: $0.17M
40. Jolly LLB (2013)
Not Rated | 135 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Wanting to earn fame and fortune, a small time lawyer files a PIL for an infamous hit-and-run, and thus learns what it really is like to be a lawyer.
Director: Subhash Kapoor | Stars: Arshad Warsi, Amrita Rao, Boman Irani, Saurabh Shukla
Votes: 21,315
41. Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami (2014)
140 min | Comedy
Follows two brothers and their quest to fulfill their father's last wish, a twenty-one gun salute.
Director: Ravindra Gautam | Stars: Anupam Kher, Neha Dhupia, Divyendu Sharma, Manu Rishi Chadha
Votes: 570
42. Ishqiya (2010)
Not Rated | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
While on the run from goons, a man and his nephew fall for a kidnapper's seductive widow.
Director: Abhishek Chaubey | Stars: Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi, Salman Shahid
Votes: 10,909
43. Dedh Ishqiya (2014)
Not Rated | 152 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two lousy crooks find paradise in the seven stages of love.
Director: Abhishek Chaubey | Stars: Huma Qureshi, Naseeruddin Shah, Madhuri Dixit, Vijay Raaz
Votes: 7,497
44. Newton (2017)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A government clerk on election duty in the conflict ridden jungle of Central India tries his best to conduct free and fair voting despite the apathy of security forces and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks by communist rebels.
Director: Amit Masurkar | Stars: Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Anjali Patil, Raghubir Yadav
Votes: 21,211
45. Malamaal Weekly (2006)
137 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Lilaram sells lottery tickets and one customer has hit the jackpot but dies of shock upon finding out that he has won. Now, Lilaram wants all the money, and so does everyone around him.
Director: Priyadarshan | Stars: Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Riteish Deshmukh, Reema Sen
Votes: 7,798 | Gross: $0.20M
46. Main, Meri Patni... Aur Woh! (2005)
129 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A short, nondescript man, Mithilesh Shukla marries a tall and beautiful woman. Now jealousy and Mithilesh's own insecurities threaten to wreck his happy home.
Director: Chandan Arora | Stars: Rajpal Naurang Yadav, Rituparna Sengupta, Naseeruddin Shah, Kay Kay Menon
Votes: 2,577
47. Love Per Square Foot (2018)
TV-14 | 133 min | Comedy, Romance
Individually, Sanjay and Karina don't earn enough to be able to buy a home, so they enter into a marriage of convenience.
Director: Anand Tiwari | Stars: Vicky Kaushal, Angira Dhar, Alankrita Sahai, Raghubir Yadav
Votes: 9,041
48. Raincoat (2004)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Romance
All he wanted was to see her just once. Manu was from a village in the backwoods. Neeru was the girl next door, his lost love.
Director: Rituparno Ghosh | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Annu Kapoor, Mouli Ganguly
Votes: 5,050
49. Dharam Sankat Mein (2015)
Not Rated | 129 min | Comedy
At the age of 55, a Hindu man discovers that he was born Muslim and adopted by a Hindu family.
Director: Fuwad Khan | Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Paresh Rawal, Annu Kapoor, Gagan Gupta
Votes: 2,429
50. C Kkompany (2008)
Not Rated | 127 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Three down on their luck men adapts a strategical idea of extortion, only to find themselves in deep trouble.
Director: Sachin Yardi | Stars: Tusshar Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Rajpal Naurang Yadav, Raima Sen
Votes: 1,319
51. Baankey Ki Crazy Baraat (2015)
138 min | Comedy
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Director: Aijaz Khan | Stars: Rajpal Naurang Yadav, Tia Bajpai, Rakesh Bedi, Anil Charanjeett
Votes: 457
52. Cheeni Kum (2007)
140 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An egotistical 64-year-old chef and confirmed bachelor falls for a woman 30 years his junior.
Director: R. Balki | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Tabu, Paresh Rawal, Zohra Sehgal
Votes: 5,595 | Gross: $0.66M
53. Mumbai Diaries (2010)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
The lives of four people intersect in Mumbai: a washer-man who wants to become an actor, a banker-turned-photographer, a painter looking for inspiration, and a newly-married immigrant who journals her experiences on home video.
Director: Kiran Rao | Stars: Prateik Patil Babbar, Monica Dogra, Kriti Malhotra, Aamir Khan
Votes: 13,766 | Gross: $0.58M
54. 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: 103,860
55. Chaman Bahaar (2020)
111 min | Comedy, Drama
A small town panwalla falls for a schoolgirl who lives opposite his shop. He experiences love, jealousy and betrayal without meeting her even once.
Director: Apurva Dhar Badgaiyan | Stars: Jitendra Kumar, Ritika Badiani, Bhuvan Arora, Dherendra Kumar Tiwari
Votes: 10,957
56. Sharmaji Namkeen (2022)
119 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A light-hearted coming-of-age story of a lovable 60-year-old-man.
Director: Hitesh Bhatia | Stars: Rishi Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Juhi Chawla, Isha Talwar
Votes: 11,230
57. Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai (2023)
132 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A common man with honesty and integrity can take on the system when he has truth on his side.
Director: Apoorv Singh Karki | Stars: Manoj Bajpayee, Adrija Sinha, Surya Mohan Kulshreshtha, Nikhil Pandey
Votes: 28,667
58. Jaane Jaan (2023)
TV-MA | 139 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A single mother and her daughter commit a crime and a neighbor helps them cover it up amid the police investigation.
Director: Sujoy Ghosh | Stars: Kareena Kapoor, Jaideep Ahlawat, Vijay Varma, Saurabh Sachdeva
Votes: 13,761
59. 12th Fail (2023)
147 min | Biography, Drama
The real-life story of IPS Officer Manoj Kumar Sharma and IRS Officer Shraddha Joshi.
Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Stars: Vikrant Massey, Medha Shankr, Anant Joshi, Anshuman Pushkar
Votes: 111,613
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