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1. Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The story centers on a 14-year-old girl who keeps a diary about the ups and downs of being a teenager, including the things she learns about kissing.
Director: Gurinder Chadha | Stars: Georgia Groome, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Karen Taylor, Alan Davies
Votes: 30,136
2. Mississippi Masala (1991)
R | 118 min | Drama, Romance
An ethnic Indian family is expelled from Idi Amin's Uganda in 1972 and lives in Mississippi 17 years later. The dad sues Uganda to get his property back. The grown daughter falls in love with a Black man.
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore
Votes: 6,214 | Gross: $7.31M
3. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)
Not Rated | 181 min | Drama, Romance
When Raj meets Simran in Europe, it isn't love at first sight but when Simran moves to India for an arranged marriage, love makes its presence felt.
Director: Aditya Chopra | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish Puri, Farida Jalal
Votes: 77,297
4. Touch of Pink (2004)
R | 91 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance
A gay Canadian living in London has his perfectly crafted life upset when his devoutly Muslim mother comes to visit.
Director: Ian Iqbal Rashid | Stars: Jimi Mistry, Kris Holden-Ried, Suleka Mathew, Kyle MacLachlan
Votes: 4,471 | Gross: $0.56M
5. Mostly Sunny (2016)
TV-MA | 83 min | Documentary
Mostly Sunny is a documentary that tells the remarkable story of Sunny Leone, the Canadian-born, American-bred adult film star who is pursuing her dreams of Bollywood stardom.
Director: Dilip Mehta | Stars: Sunny Leone, Daniel Weber, Sundeep Vohra, Kiran Bedi
Votes: 771
6. American Desi (2001)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
College freshman Krishna Reddy, who has never cared for his Indian-American cultural heritage, looks forward to a new life on campus but is surprised to find that he has been assigned ... See full summary »
Director: Piyush Dinker Pandya | Stars: Deep Katdare, Ronobir Lahiri, Purva Bedi, Rizwan Manji
Votes: 1,669 | Gross: $0.90M
7. Betrayed by Passion (2006)
R | 86 min | Drama, Thriller
A paralyzed woman goes missing after she and her husband travel to India for specialized medical attention.
Director: Jag Mundhra | Stars: Jason Flemyng, Nicholas Irons, Tamzin Outhwaite, Andrew MacBean
Votes: 152
8. Dolly Ki Ayegi Baraat (2010)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Azar's wedding leaves Dolly heartbroken and she agrees to marry her cousin, Mushtaq as per her mother's wish however Dolly realizes her feelings for Nabeel. Set in the backdrop of wedding festivities, will Dolly be able to make a choice?
Stars: Samina Ahmed, Jawed Sheikh, Bushra Ansari, Saba Wasim Abbas
Votes: 53
9. ABCD (1999)
Unrated | 105 min | Drama
The only goal of an ageing Asian-American widow is to see her son and rebellious daughter (described as an American Born Confused Deshi or ABCD) married off to respectable Indian families.
Director: Krutin Patel | Stars: David Ari, Sheetal Sheth, Madhur Jaffrey, Faran Tahir
Votes: 326 | Gross: $0.12M
10. DesiQuest (2023– )
Fantasy
This adventure is set in a world inspired by mythology from the Indian subcontinent. DesiQuest is full of laughs, action, and drama, and tells a story about a group of characters struggling with different kinds of disconnection.
Stars: Anjali Bhimani, Rekha Shankar, Jasmine Bhullar, Sandeep Parikh
11. Stealing Vows
Crime | Post-production
Four colleagues in the wedding business have all reached a crossroads in their respected careers. An opportunity for one of them to elicit payback on a gold-digging ex-girlfriend ... See full summary »
Director: Bobby Singh Brown | Stars: Fuad Ahmed, Gia Sandhu, Amrit Kaur, Sugith Varughese
12. Azar Ki Ayegi Baraat (2009)
Comedy, Drama, Family
When Azar and Sila decides to get marry, their families who have nothing in common pave way for differences and troubles. Will Azar and Sila find their happy ending amidst their pole apart family members.
Stars: Samina Ahmed, Jawed Sheikh, Sarwat Gilani, Bushra Ansari
Votes: 18
13. Vikas Ki Bahu (2018)
109 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Vikas married with a educated girl. His wife Kiran likes to work, keep clean, talk well, help everyone, live life in a full-fledged and administering manner. She fight with the administrator of village for rights and planning of village.
Director: Dinesh Chaudhary | Stars: Kavita Joshi, Uttar Kumar
14. Lonely in America (1990)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
The dreams and aspirations about America and life of Arun, a young Indian in his 20s, change as he struggles to fit into a new and alien culture. His strained relationship with his rigidly ... See full summary »
Director: Barry Alexander Brown | Stars: Ranjit Chowdhry, Tirlok Malik, Adelaide Miller, Robert Kessler
Votes: 144
15. Holly - Bolly (2004)
Not Rated | 12 min | Comedy, Short, Drama
Two young filmmakers Obi and Dil get hired to make the ultimate cross genre film - a cross between British Gangster and Indian Bollywood.
Director: Dishad Husain | Stars: Robert Atiko, Mark Forbes, Honey Kalaria, Riz Meedin
Votes: 27
16. Brown Girls and Hair (2020)
9 min | Short, Comedy
Maya, a 20-something Desi in San Francisco, finds herself in a hairy situation the day before a much-anticipated first date.
Director: Nemma Adeni | Stars: Nemma Adeni, Amanda Nordquist
17. Indian Cowboy (2004)
84 min | Comedy, Romance
A spirited multi-cultural romantic comedy that asks, very tongue-in-cheek, if true love is indeed just like they show in the movies!
Director: Nikhil Kamkolkar | Stars: Sheetal Sheth, Nikhil Kamkolkar, Deep Katdare, Sundra Oakley
Votes: 71
18. Pink Ludoos (2004)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In a community which values boys over girls, Gugan, a young feisty Indo-Canadian girl sets on collision course with her traditionally-minded mother when she gets pregnant out of wedlock...with triplet girls!
Director: Gaurav Seth | Stars: Shaheen Khan, Juggun Kazim, Jasbir Mann, Chenier Hundal
Votes: 64
19. Sweetiee Weds NRI (2017)
Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sweetie's father wants her daughter to get married to an NRI from England.
Director: Hasnain Hyderabadwala | Stars: Himansh Kohli, Zoya Afroz, Darshan Jariwala, Kiran Juneja
Votes: 278
20. Walkaway (2010)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
Four intersecting stories, each exploring different aspects of love and companionship, as four friends struggle to find their way through the meanders of Indian matrimony, in a bittersweet ... See full summary »
Director: Shailja Gupta | Stars: Manu Narayan, Samrat Chakrabarti, Sanjiv Jhaveri, Manish Dayal
Votes: 814
22. Cosmopolitan (2003 TV Movie)
53 min | Drama, Romance
The story of an East Indian immigrant who turns to pop culture as he tries to reinvent his life and woo the girl next door.
Director: Nisha Ganatra | Stars: Roshan Seth, Carol Kane, Madhur Jaffrey, Yolande Bavan
Votes: 100
23. Legally Desi (2004)
140 min | Comedy
Long, long, ago on a far away Indian subcontinent lived a guy named Jaspal Singh. As many of his comrades do yearly, he too came to America on student visa, a Turban on head, suitcase in ... See full summary »
Director: Amin Jay Rupani | Stars: Chinmayi Bhatt, Nick Ferrin, Adam Ghazi, Rachit Trehan
Votes: 23
24. That Game of Chess (2005)
Drama
A cross cultural love story of an ambitious Indian guy, who comes to United States to achieve his dreams, but gets distracted during the course. Finally meets a girl of his dreams who brings him back to the path of success.
Director: Raja Bundela | Stars: John Bozeman, Jym Braun, Mary Christina Brown, Raja Bundela
Votes: 29
25. Wedded Bliss? (2002)
105 min | Drama
Wedded Bliss? explores the perception that one's wedding and one's newly wedded life are the most perfect, most romantic time of one's life. The reality of so many people from two families ... See full summary »
Director: Devashish Saxena | Stars: Julie Arebalo, Anu Gandhi, Suraiya Hyder, Zia Khan
Votes: 9
26. The Bride (2007)
3 min | Short, Drama
As she is prepared for her wedding, a bride recalls her final encounter with her previous lover.
Director: Sami Khan | Stars: Anna George, Sirisha Nandi, Pia Shah
28. Blink (II) (2005)
10 min | Short, Drama
Blink follows the tragic story of the families of Maya, a 16-year old Hindu girl and Ali, a 17-year old Muslim boy on the night of their wedding.
Director: Trevor Fernando | Stars: Wajid, Sathya Jesudasson, Naz Mohammed, Jayden Staab
Votes: 15
29. Tere Layi (2014)
5 min | Short, Romance
Director: Pav Dharia | Stars: Babbal Rai, Priya Bharat-Khanna, Kristie Brearley, Sheenal Kaur
30. Didi Says... Let's Talk! (2009– )
30 min | Talk-Show
A lifestyle talk show catering to the Indian American audience.
31. Madame (I) (2006)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
An infatuated convenience store clerk pushes a customer to her limits.
Directors: Ajay Bhai, Marquise Lee | Stars: Atul Singh, Jessica Knutson, Marquise Lee
32.
Brides of Beverly Hills (2011– )
Episode:
Sunny
(2011)
Reality-TV
Stars: Kevin Lee, Sunny Leone, Lia, Sharaé Nikai
33.
Iryû: Team Medical Dragon (2006– )
Episode:
Episode #4.1
(2014)
108 min | Drama
Corporate-speak and euphemisms aside, the health-care system is under attack from for-profit and greedy businesses who are slick, jazzy and even have publicists and men in suits giving ... See full summary »
Director: Ryô Tanaka | Stars: Kenji Sakaguchi, Izumi Inamori, Teppei Koike, Sadao Abe