Indian cinema and culture
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1. 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: 31,325
2. Super Deluxe (2019)
Not Rated | 176 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An unfaithful newly-wed wife, an estranged father, a priest and an angry son suddenly find themselves in the most unexpected predicaments, each poised to experience their destiny, all on one fateful day.
Director: Thiagarajan Kumararaja | Stars: Vijay Sethupathi, Fahadh Faasil, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Ramya Krishnan
Votes: 17,494
3. Asuran (2019)
Not Rated | 141 min | Action, Drama
The teenage son of a farmer from an underprivileged caste kills a rich, upper caste landlord. How the pacifist farmer saves his hot-blooded son is the rest of the story.
Director: Vetrimaaran | Stars: Dhanush, Manju Warrier, Prakash Raj, Pasupathy
Votes: 33,483
4. Single Slipper Size - 7 (2019)
120 min | Drama, Thriller
An emotionally unstable murder suspect explains the modus operandi behind the crimes he had committed to a few cops which helps in unfolding some intriguing revelation.
Director: Parthiban Radhakrishnan | Stars: Parthiban Radhakrishnan, Gayathrie, Deepa Venkat
Votes: 3,429
5. Bhavesh Joshi Superhero (2018)
Not Rated | 154 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The origin story of Bhavesh Joshi, an Indian superhero, who sets out to fulfill his slain friend's wish to clean and reform the country, by training himself to fight and wearing a mask.
Director: Vikramaditya Motwane | Stars: Harshvardhan Kapoor, Priyanshu Painyuli, Ashish Verma, Shreiyah Sabharwal
Votes: 10,265
6. Princess from Kathmandu (1991)
A princess from Kathmandu, who is visiting England, is befriended by two men with criminal backgrounds.
Director: Arjun Gaur | Stars: Alan Billingham, Ken Braithwaite, Val Braithwaite, Prem Chopra
7. Flop Show (1989– )
Comedy
Jaspal Bhatti's satirical take on the common societal problems in India.
Stars: Jaspal Bhatti, Vivek Shauq, Savita Bhatti, Ravi Sharma
Votes: 1,919
8. Sarfarosh (1999)
Not Rated | 174 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After his brother is killed and father severely injured by terrorists, a young med student quits his studies to join the Indian Police Service to wipe out the terrorists.
Director: John Mathew Matthan | Stars: Aamir Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Sonali Bendre, Mukesh Rishi
Votes: 26,926
9. Peepli [Live] (2010)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
An impoverished farmer's threat to end his life invites attention from politicians and media.
Directors: Anusha Rizvi, Mahmood Farooqui | Stars: Onkar Das Manikpuri, Raghubir Yadav, Shalini Vatsa, Farrukh Jaffar
Votes: 12,775 | Gross: $0.75M
10. 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: 434,894 | Gross: $6.53M
11. 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: 206,828 | Gross: $1.22M
12. Ardh Satya (1983)
130 min | Crime, Drama
A newly appointed police rookie deals with corruption, romance, and brutality.
Director: Govind Nihalani | Stars: Om Puri, Smita Patil, Amrish Puri, Shafi Inamdar
Votes: 2,046
13. Article 15 (2019)
Not Rated | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the rural heartlands of India, an upright police officer sets out on a crusade against violent caste-based crimes and discrimination.
Director: Anubhav Sinha | Stars: Ayushmann Khurrana, Nassar, Manoj Pahwa, Kumud Mishra
Votes: 36,819
14. Gulaal (2009)
Not Rated | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A law student witnesses deception, homicide, and crime after being elected as General Secretary of his college.
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Kay Kay Menon, Raj Singh Chaudhary, Raja Chaudhary, Jesse Randhawa
Votes: 15,918
15. The Brawler (2017)
Not Rated | 154 min | Action, Drama, Sport
A boxer struggles to make his mark in the boxing world.
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Vineet Kumar Singh, Jimmy Shergill, Zoya Hussain, Ravi Kishan
Votes: 8,650 | Gross: $0.08M
16. 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: 22,008 | Gross: $0.03M
17. Dev.D (2009)
Not Rated | 144 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After breaking up with his childhood sweetheart, a young man finds solace in drugs. Meanwhile, a teenage girl is caught in the world of prostitution. Will they be destroyed, or will they find redemption?
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Abhay Deol, Mahie Gill, Kalki Koechlin, Dibyendu Bhattacharya
Votes: 32,262 | Gross: $0.01M
18. Udaan (2010)
Not Rated | 134 min | Drama
Expelled from his school, a 16-year old boy returns home to his abusive and oppressive father.
Director: Vikramaditya Motwane | Stars: Rajat Barmecha, Ronit Roy, Manjot Singh, Ram Kapoor
Votes: 47,417 | Gross: $0.01M
19. Aaranya Kaandam (2010)
Not Rated | 126 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A mob boss must deal with a disgruntled mistress and a vanishing bag of cocaine.
Director: Thiagarajan Kumararaja | Stars: Sampath Raj, Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Yasmin Ponnappa
Votes: 5,394
20. Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1990)
Not Rated | 122 min | Biography, Drama
After years of painstaking research at the cost of his domestic pleasure, Dr. Dipankar Roy discovers a vaccine for leprosy. The news is flashed over television and overnight, an ... See full summary »
Director: Tapan Sinha | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Pankaj Kapur, Irrfan Khan, Deepa Sahi
Votes: 1,543
21. 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: 17,756
22. Aligarh (2015)
Not Rated | 114 min | Biography, Drama
A gay, linguistic professor living in a small orthodox city must deal with the aftermath of a sting operation that puts his sexual orientation in front of the entire nation.
Director: Hansal Mehta | Stars: Manoj Bajpayee, Rajkummar Rao, Ashish Vidyarthi, Balaji Gauri
Votes: 7,778
23. The Great Indian Kitchen (2021)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
After marriage, a woman struggles to be the submissive wife that her husband and his family expect her to be. The story follows her journey, as she changes herself and, even more so, changes the household.
Director: Jeo Baby | Stars: Nimisha Sajayan, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Ajitha V.M., T. Suresh Babu
Votes: 9,862
24. Duvidha (1973)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Film is Based on Duvidha by Vijayadan Detha, it's about merchant's son, whose relationship with his young bride, Lachhi is thwarted by his work and a ghost who falls in love with her, resulting in the ghost soon impersonating the husband.
Director: Mani Kaul | Stars: Kana Ram, Raisa Padamsee, Hardan, Shambhudan
Votes: 878
25. Indian Predator: Murder in a Courtroom (2022)
TV-MA | 168 min | Documentary, Crime
In 2004, a brutal predator was lynched in a courtroom. This is the story of the community he terrorized - and the vengeance they unleashed.
Stars: Sangramsingh Thakur, Happy Kalizpuria, Shubham Gautam, Tarzan Kumar
Votes: 857
26. Bell Bottom (2019)
130 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Police constable Divakar finally gets a chance to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a detective when a mysterious robbery takes place at the local police station.
Director: Jayathirtha | Stars: Rishab Shetty, Haripriya, Yograj Bhat, P.D. Sathish Chandra
Votes: 2,742
27. Sarkari. Hi. Pra. Shale Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai (2018)
147 min | Drama
The happy and mischief-filled lives of the children of a Kannada medium school in Kerala are brought to a halt when the government decided to close the school.
Director: Rishab Shetty | Stars: Anant Nag, Ramesh Bhat, Mahendra, Saptha Pavoor
Votes: 2,942
28. Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu (2016)
144 min | Drama, Thriller
The film is about Venkob Rao (Anant Nag), a middle class simpleton ailing with Alzheimer's, who goes missing. His son, Shiva (Rakshit Shetty) is a career driven person, who is forced to ... See full summary »
Director: Hemanth M. Rao | Stars: Anant Nag, Rakshit Shetty, Sruthi Hariharan, Achyuth Kumar
Votes: 3,647
29. Lucia (I) (2013)
Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A man suffering from insomnia is tricked into buying a drug, Lucia, that makes his desires come true in his dreams, blurring the line between fantasy and reality.
Director: Pawan Kumar | Stars: Sathish Neenasam, Sruthi Hariharan, Achyuth Kumar, Sabreen Baker
Votes: 13,388
30. Trial by Fire (2023)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, History
Difficult yet resilient journey of two parents - Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy, trying to seek justice over the last two decades.
Stars: Abhay Deol, Rajshri Deshpande, Punit Tiwari, Akanksha Vishwakarma
Votes: 4,330
31. Joyland (2022)
126 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The youngest son in a traditional Pakistani family takes a job as a backup dancer in a Bollywood-style burlesque and quickly becomes infatuated with the strong-willed trans woman who runs the show.
Director: Saim Sadiq | Stars: Ali Junejo, Rasti Farooq, Alina Khan, Sarwat Gilani
Votes: 6,264
32. Om Dar-B-Dar (1988)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
A carefully constructed nonsense about a teenage boy named Om in a small Indian village.
Director: Kamal Swaroop | Stars: Anita Kanwar, Gopi Desai, Lalit Tiwari, Lakshminarayan Shastri
Votes: 565
33. Satya (1998)
Not Rated | 170 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An innocent man is embroiled in underworld after being falsely charged and sets out to punish the perpetrators who subjected his life to misery.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: J.D. Chakravarthi, Manoj Bajpayee, Urmila Matondkar, Paresh Rawal
Votes: 16,720
34. 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: 25,020 | Gross: $0.03M
35. Maqbool (2003)
Not Rated | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The intrigue of the Shakespearean tragedy 'Macbeth' is transposed to the Mumbai underworld.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj | Stars: Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Pankaj Kapur, Naseeruddin Shah
Votes: 12,024
36. Omkara (2006)
Not Rated | 155 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A politically-minded enforcer's misguided trust in his lieutenant leads him to suspect his wife of infidelity in this adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Othello'.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma
Votes: 22,119 | Gross: $0.79M
37. Haider (2014)
Not Rated | 160 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young man returns to Kashmir after his father's disappearance to confront his uncle, whom he suspects of playing a role in his father's fate.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Tabu, Shraddha Kapoor, Kay Kay Menon
Votes: 57,918 | Gross: $0.90M
38. Aakrosh (1980)
144 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A public prosecutor discovers the harsh realities about life of the scheduled tribes in India during 1980s while defending a case of a tribesman charged of murdering his wife.
Director: Govind Nihalani | Stars: Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil, Amrish Puri
Votes: 1,187
39. Mandi (1983)
167 min | Comedy, Drama
Forbidden love, fraying loyalties and flagrant hypocrisy emerge when sanctimonious politicians drive a madam's brothel from the heart of Hyderabad.
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Amrish Puri
Votes: 952
40. 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
41. Antardwand (2008)
Not Rated | 114 min | Crime, Drama
A young man is kidnapped by a local strongman with the intention of forcing him to marry his daughter to secure a family alliance.
Director: Sushil Rajpal | Stars: Raj Singh Chaudhary, Raja Chaudhary, Swati Sen, Akhilendra Mishra
Votes: 730
42. 3 Deewarein (2003)
Not Rated | 115 min | Crime, Drama
The story of a documentary movie-maker who films the reformation story of three hardened criminals within the prison walls - and in the process, finds redemption in her own life.
Director: Nagesh Kukunoor | Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Jackie Shroff, Juhi Chawla, Nagesh Kukunoor
Votes: 2,608
43. Agra (2023)
132 min | Drama
A family and an exploration of space in an increasingly crowded world. It follows the quest for a sexual odyssey of an individual.
Director: Kanu Behl | Stars: Mohit Agarwal, Priyanka Bose, Vibha Chhibber, Rahul Roy
Votes: 430
44. Ram Ke Naam (1992)
90 min | Documentary
Since gaining independence in 1947, India has been a secular state. But now, as religious fundamentalism grips much of India's population, the greatest danger to the nation's extremely ... See full summary »
Director: Anand Patwardhan
Votes: 936
45. Pitra, Putra Aur Dharamyuddha (1994)
120 min | Documentary, Drama
A documentary in two parts: the first (Trial by Fire) examines the link between the violence of the Hindu nationalist movement and sexual violence against women. The second (Hero Pharmacy) looks at masculinity in urban India.
Director: Anand Patwardhan
Votes: 165
46. Reason (2018)
261 min | Documentary
A detailed chronicling of injustices in India told in eight parts.
Director: Anand Patwardhan
Votes: 208
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