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1. Divergent (2014)
PG-13 | 139 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she's Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.
Director: Neil Burger | Stars: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, Jai Courtney
Votes: 488,500 | Gross: $150.95M
2. Planet of the Apes (1968)
G | 112 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans
Votes: 192,822 | Gross: $33.40M
3. Snowpiercer (2020–2025)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a perpetually-moving train that circles the globe, where class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival play out.
Stars: Daveed Diggs, Mickey Sumner, Alison Wright, Iddo Goldberg
Votes: 62,347
4. Origin (2023)
PG-13 | 141 min | Drama, History
The unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash, Emily Yancy
Votes: 4,131
5. The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart with the help from others on her side.
Director: Robert Schwentke | Stars: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Theo James, Kate Winslet
Votes: 254,795 | Gross: $130.18M
6. Snowpiercer (2013)
R | 126 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a future where a failed climate change experiment has killed all life except for the survivors who boarded the Snowpiercer (a train that travels around the globe), a new class system emerges.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris
Votes: 388,593 | Gross: $4.56M
7. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
PG-13 | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than advertised, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways.
Director: John Madden | Stars: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 99,403 | Gross: $46.41M
8. Disturbing Behavior (1998)
R | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The new kid in Cradle Bay, Washington stumbles across something sinister about the town's method of transforming its unruly teens into upstanding citizens.
Director: David Nutter | Stars: James Marsden, Katie Holmes, Nick Stahl, Tobias Mehler
Votes: 25,251 | Gross: $17.41M
9. Vampire Academy (2022)
TV-MA | 47 min | Drama, Fantasy
In a world of privilege and glamour, two young women's friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter royal vampire society.
Stars: Sisi Stringer, Daniela Nieves, Kieron Moore, Jonetta Kaiser
Votes: 9,041
10. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
PG | 224 min | Drama, Musical, Sport
The people of a small village in Victorian India stake their future on a game of cricket against their ruthless British rulers.
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker | Stars: Aamir Khan, Raghubir Yadav, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley
Votes: 120,615 | Gross: $0.91M
11. Devdas (I) (2002)
Not Rated | 185 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
After his wealthy family prohibits him from marrying the woman he is in love with, Devdas Mukherjee's life spirals further and further out of control as he takes up alcohol and a life of vice to numb the pain.
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jackie Shroff
Votes: 46,871 | Gross: $3.50M
12. 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: 98,440 | Gross: $1.22M
13. Caged (1950)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A gentle, naive, pregnant 19-year-old widow is slowly, inexorably ground down by the hardened criminals, sadistic guards, and matron at a woman's prison. Will she be the same person when her sentence is up?
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby, Hope Emerson
Votes: 4,686
14. Paatal Lok (2020– )
TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A down-and-out cop lands the case of a lifetime when four suspects are nabbed in the assassination attempt of a journalist. The pursuit leads him to 'Paatal Lok' and to shocking discoveries in the four suspects' pasts.
Stars: Jaideep Ahlawat, Ishwak Singh, Neeraj Kabi, Abhishek Banerjee
Votes: 64,685
15. Death of A Cheerleader (1994 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 91 min | Crime, Drama
Who could have stabbed popular, beautiful cheerleader Stacy to death? It could have been antisocial Goth girl Monica, it could've been angst-ridden Jill--or maybe it was the plain girl nobody suspected.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Kellie Martin, Tori Spelling, James Avery, Eugene Roche
Votes: 2,555
16. The Hidden Blade (2004)
R | 132 min | Drama, History, Romance
A 19th Century samurai, held in low esteem due to an action by his late father, must resolve his history with a maid and with his close friend.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Matsu, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Votes: 7,191 | Gross: $0.04M
17. Bandit Queen (1994)
Not Rated | 119 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The story of the bandit queen Phoolan Devi who was sent to prison in 1983 and got free in 1994.
Director: Shekhar Kapur | Stars: Seema Biswas, Nirmal Pandey, Rajesh Vivek, Raghubir Yadav
Votes: 5,312 | Gross: $0.40M
18. Swept from the Sea (1997)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The story of Russian emigrant Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of nineteenth century. When Yanko enters a farm, sick and hungry after a shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy.
Director: Beeban Kidron | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Vincent Perez, Ian McKellen, Kathy Bates
Votes: 3,607 | Gross: $0.28M
19. Bhowani Junction (1956)
Approved | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger, Bill Travers, Abraham Sofaer
Votes: 2,078
20. Water (I) (2005)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama
Set in colonial India against Gandhi's rise to power, it's the story of 8-year-old Chuyia, who is widowed and sent to a home to live in penitence; once there, Chuyia's feisty presence deeply affects the lives of the other residents.
Director: Deepa Mehta | Stars: Lisa Ray, John Abraham, Seema Biswas, Sarala Kariyawasam
Votes: 15,355 | Gross: $3.22M
21. Mother India (1957)
Not Rated | 172 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
In this melodrama, a poverty-stricken woman raises her sons through many trials and tribulations. But no matter the struggles, she always sticks to her own moral code.
Director: Mehboob Khan | Stars: Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Raaj Kumar
Votes: 9,848
22. Manjhi: The Mountain Man (2015)
TV-14 | 120 min | Biography, Drama
Using only a hammer and a chisel, a man spends twenty-two years carving a road through a treacherous mountain.
Director: Ketan Mehta | Stars: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte, Ashutosh Acharya, Shahzad Ahmed
Votes: 19,987
23. American Teen (2008)
PG-13 | 95 min | Documentary
A documentary on seniors at a high school in a small Indiana town and their various cliques.
Director: Nanette Burstein | Stars: Hannah Bailey, Jake Tusing, Megan Krizmanich, Colin Clemens
Votes: 4,229 | Gross: $0.94M
24. 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: 4,870
25. Ankur: The Seedling (1974)
131 min | Drama
Belonging to a lower caste, Lakshmi and her deaf-mute husband Kishtayya serve the landlord's son, Surya. When Surya's young wife finds out about his affair with Lakshmi, they all find themselves at crossroads.
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Sadhu Meher, Anant Nag, Priya Tendulkar
Votes: 1,668
26. 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: 1,180
27. Will (2024)
Short, Drama | Post-production
A young boy is forced to face his own mortality in a chaotic world.
Director: La Monde Byrd | Stars: La Monde Byrd, Danny Farber, Erika Hamilton, Tiberius Byrd
28. Fandry (2013)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Family
It is about a teenager from a Dalit (Oppressed caste) family, who lives at the village fringe, and falls in love with an upper caste girl.
Director: Nagraj Manjule | Stars: Somnath Awghade, Rajeshwari Kharat, Suraj Pawar, Kishore Kadam
Votes: 2,565
29. 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: 667
30. Paruthiveeran (2007)
Not Rated | 162 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A village tough finally succumbs to the unconditional love of his angelic cousin, but his romance faces insurmountable challenges, including family opposition and his own delinquent personality.
Director: Ameer Sultan | Stars: Karthi, Priyamani, Saravanan, Ponvannan
Votes: 4,032
31. Tukaram (2012)
Not Rated | 156 min | Biography, Drama, History
This is the story of Tukaram's transformation into a extremely compassionate spiritual saint.
Director: Chandrakant Kulkarni | Stars: Jitendra Joshi, Radhika Apte, Vrishasen Dabholkar, Padmanabh Gaikwad
Votes: 354
32. The Coward (1965)
70 min | Drama, Romance
A chance meeting rekindles old memories between a screenwriter and his ex-girlfriend, who is by now married to a well-to-do man.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhavi Mukherjee, Haradhan Bannerjee, Santi Chatterjee
Votes: 2,412
33. 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: 934
34. Calcutta (1969)
105 min | Documentary
With minimal narration by the director and very little context this is a kaleidoscope of stunning visuals from Calcutta, a city of 8,000,000 in the late 1960's: rich and poor, exotic and ... See full summary »
Director: Louis Malle | Star: Louis Malle
Votes: 781
35. Paar (1984)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama
This is Goutam Ghose's speculative commentary on poverty and exploitation in rural Bihar, based on Bengali story Paathi.
Director: Goutam Ghose | Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Utpal Dutt, Anil Chatterjee
Votes: 556
36. Gulabi Gang (2012)
96 min | Documentary
In Bundelkhand, India, a revolution is in the making among the poorest of the poor, as the fiery women of the Gulabi Gang empower themselves and take up the fight against gender violence, caste oppression and widespread corruption.
Directors: Nishtha Jain, Torstein Grude | Stars: Sampat Pal Devi, Ram Dulari, Devrati, Babu
Votes: 232
37. White Heat (1934)
Passed | 62 min | Drama, Romance
Plantation owner William Hawkes (David Newell) doesn't approve of the fact that most of the white men on the island have married, or are living with native girls. He doesn't approve of ... See full summary »
Director: Lois Weber | Stars: Virginia Cherrill, Mona Maris, Hardie Albright, David Newell
Votes: 71
38. Jyu oh sei (2006)
TV-14 | Animation, Drama, Mystery
Thor and his younger brother Rai get sent to a planet for the worst criminals in the Bulken system, where they must survive to see the future of their life
Stars: Michael C. Pizzuto, Nana Mizuki, Shun Oguri, Duncan Brannan
Votes: 499
39. Legong: Dance of the Virgins (1935)
Passed | 65 min | Drama, Romance
In Bali, a young woman falls in love with a musician, but he may have eyes for her half-sister.
Director: Henri de la Falaise | Stars: Poetoe Aloes Goesti, Bagus Mara Goesti, Saplak Njoman, Njong Njong Njoman
Votes: 264
40. You Can't Curry Love (2009)
23 min | Short, Drama, Romance
A handsome South Asian from London visits India, falls for a local guy, encounters a transgender 'hijra', and discovers a country he only thought he knew.
Director: Reid Waterer | Stars: Ashwin Gore, Rakshak Sahni, Russell Reynolds, Upasana Beharee
Votes: 312
41. Phantom India (1969– )
378 min | Documentary
"Phantom India" is regarded as the crowning achievement of Louis Malle's career.
Stars: Louis Malle, Thomas Frederick Howard, Rajani Desai, Namboodiripad
Votes: 499
42. Indian Summer (I)
Drama | Announced
A British Lord and his beautiful wife are sent to India in 1947 to oversee the handover of power.
Star: Sheila McLaughlin
43. Bitto hamai collector ban gayi (2022)
41 min | Short, Drama
Lalita a poor girl escape from house for preparation of Civil Service Exam against the will of his poor father. She gets support of her friend Ankur who was declared as missing in an terrorist attack. Ankur comes back and make her happy
Director: Ravi Verma | Stars: Sunil Bajpai, Sarita Dwivedi, Shyam Manohar, Akriti Mishra
44. Vanaja (2006)
111 min | Drama
Vanaja, the 15 year old daughter of a financially troubled fisherman goes to work in the local landlady's house in hopes of learning Kuchipudi dance. She does well, but when the Landlady's ... See full summary »
Director: Rajnesh Domalpalli | Stars: Mamatha Bhukya, Urmila Dammannagari, Ramachandriah Marikanti, Krishnamma Gundimalla
Votes: 549 | Gross: $0.15M
45. Selling Children (2018)
58 min | Documentary
Director Pankaj Johar sets out to understand how, in the biggest democracy in the world, it is possible for millions of children to be bought and sold.
Director: Pankaj Johar | Stars: Sher Bahadur, Biswajit Barman, Suresh Bhuiya, Cecilia
Votes: 38
46. Devdas (1936)
139 min | Drama, Romance
Devdas (Saigal/Barua), son of a zamindar, and Parvati (aka Paro)(Jamuna), his poor neighbour's daughter, are childhood sweethearts. Status and caste differences prevent their marriage and ... See full summary »
Director: P.C. Barua | Stars: K.L. Saigal, A.H. Shore, Pahadi Sanyal, Krishna Chandra Dey
Votes: 124
47. Periyar (2007)
Not Rated | 173 min | Biography, Drama
A look at the life of social reformer and rationalist Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, who fought against Brahminical dominance and gender and caste inequality in Tamil Nadu, India.
Director: Gnana Rajasekaran | Stars: Chandrasekhar, Jyothirmayi, Vijay Krishnaraj, Kushboo
Votes: 141
48. Light Fly, Fly High (2013)
80 min | Documentary, Drama, Sport
As a young Indian girl born outside caste, Thulasi is trying to box her way out of poverty, but the struggle for an independent life is hardest outside the ring.
Directors: Beathe Hofseth, Susann Østigaard
Votes: 75
49. Dream Driven (2014)
96 min | Documentary
Director: Timo Peltokangas | Stars: Juho Leppänen, Arman Alizad, Riku Rantala, Mikael Hautala
Votes: 228
50. Sammohanam (1994)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
A mysterious girl Pennu comes to a quiet village, creating a strange chasm among the male folks, breaking marriages and old friendships.
Director: C.P. Padmakumar | Stars: Archana, K.P.A.C. Lalitha, Murali, Bindu Panikkar
Votes: 16