The Bollywood saga
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1. 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: 434,366 | Gross: $6.53M
2. 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: 5,314 | Gross: $0.40M
3. 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: 15,357 | Gross: $3.22M
4. Barfi! (2012)
Not Rated | 151 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three young people learn that love can neither be defined nor contained by society's definition of normal and abnormal.
Director: Anurag Basu | Stars: Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Ileana D'Cruz, Saurabh Shukla
Votes: 86,769 | Gross: $2.80M
5. English Vinglish (2012)
Not Rated | 134 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A quiet, sweet tempered housewife endures small slights from her well-educated husband and daughter every day because of her inability to speak and understand English.
Director: Gauri Shinde | Stars: Sridevi, Adil Hussain, Mehdi Nebbou, Priya Anand
Votes: 39,594 | Gross: $1.67M
6. Wake Up Sid (2009)
Not Rated | 138 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The story of a lazy Mumbai college student who does absolutely nothing, with a turn of events will Sid realize his potential in this world and become a success in the fast-paced life of Mumbai.
Director: Ayan Mukerji | Stars: Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Supriya Pathak, Anupam Kher
Votes: 33,925 | Gross: $0.72M
7. Earth (1998)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Romance, War
It's 1947 and the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl witnesses tragedy as her ayah (nanny) is caught between the love of two men and the rising tide of political and religious violence.
Director: Deepa Mehta | Stars: Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna, Maia Sethna
Votes: 8,112 | Gross: $0.53M
8. Guzaarish (2010)
126 min | Drama, Romance
Ethan, a magician rendered paralyzed in an accident, sets off a furor when he makes a petition to the court to end his own life.
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Shernaz Patel, Aditya Roy Kapoor
Votes: 19,726 | Gross: $1.02M
9. I Am (II) (2010)
95 min | Drama
Four traumatic and life-changing stories in various parts of modern secular India.
Director: Onir | Stars: Juhi Chawla, Rahul Bose, Radhika Apte, Nandita Das
Votes: 1,056
10. 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: 4,876
11. Luck by Chance (2009)
Not Rated | 156 min | Drama
When Vikram gets tapped to play the male lead in a Bollywood film, he can't believe his luck. But it may ruin his relationship with his girlfriend.
Director: Zoya Akhtar | Stars: Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia
Votes: 11,041 | Gross: $0.36M
12. Socha Na Tha (2005)
Not Rated | 137 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A boy is forced meet a girl for an arranged marriage but even though he refuses the match, they secretly become friends. As things get complicated and both get engaged to different people they realize they've fallen in love with each other.
Director: Imtiaz Ali | Stars: Abhay Deol, Ayesha Takia, Ayesha Jhulka, Apoorva Jha
Votes: 7,965
13. OMG: Oh My God! (2012)
Not Rated | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A shopkeeper takes God to court when his shop is destroyed by an earthquake.
Director: Umesh Shukla | Stars: Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Mahesh Manjrekar
Votes: 65,359 | Gross: $0.92M
14. Jab We Met (2007)
Not Rated | 138 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A depressed wealthy businessman finds his life changing after he meets a spunky and care-free young woman.
Director: Imtiaz Ali | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Tarun Arora, Dara Singh Randhawa
Votes: 58,778 | Gross: $0.41M
15. 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: 206,649 | Gross: $1.22M
16. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)
Not Rated | 155 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Three friends decide to turn their fantasy vacation into reality after one of their friends gets engaged.
Director: Zoya Akhtar | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol, Katrina Kaif
Votes: 85,840 | Gross: $3.11M
17. Aarakshan (2011)
164 min | Drama, Thriller
The decision by India's supreme court to establish caste-based reservations for jobs in education causes conflict between a teacher and his mentor.
Director: Prakash Jha | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Manoj Bajpayee, Deepika Padukone
Votes: 5,911 | Gross: $0.34M
18. 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: 122,351 | Gross: $2.20M
19. Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
Not Rated | 183 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.
Director: Farhan Akhtar | Stars: Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity G Zinta
Votes: 75,770 | Gross: $0.30M
20. 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: 98,494 | Gross: $1.22M
21. 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: 82,290
22. 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: 35,307
23. Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)
Not Rated | 156 min | Comedy, Drama
A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.
Director: Rajkumar Hirani | Stars: Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Gracy Singh, Boman Irani
Votes: 88,308
24. 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: 47,403 | Gross: $0.01M
25. Black (2005)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama
The cathartic tale of a young woman who can't see, hear, or speak, and the teacher who brings a ray of light into her dark world.
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Shernaz Patel, Ayesha Kapur
Votes: 36,180 | Gross: $0.73M
26. 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: 84,942 | Gross: $1.11M
27. Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006)
Not Rated | 144 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Munna Bhai embarks on a journey with Mahatma Gandhi in order to fight against a corrupt property dealer.
Director: Rajkumar Hirani | Stars: Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan, Boman Irani
Votes: 49,974 | Gross: $2.22M
28. 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: 17,694
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: 21,995 | Gross: $0.03M
30. Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008)
Not Rated | 125 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Lovinder Singh, a thief now in custody and facing trial, reflects on his life of crime while the press reflect on how he managed to get away with so much before being arrested.
Director: Dibakar Banerjee | Stars: Abhay Deol, Paresh Rawal, Nitu Chandra, Archana Puran Singh
Votes: 18,169 | Gross: $0.08M
31. Lakshya (2004)
Not Rated | 186 min | Action, Drama, Romance
An aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero.
Director: Farhan Akhtar | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Preity G Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan, Om Puri
Votes: 25,540 | Gross: $0.75M
32. Dor (2006)
147 min | Drama
Two woman --different backgrounds, miles apart, and strangers to each other-- are linked by tragedy. Their new-found friendship is tested as one holds the fate of the other's husband in her hands.
Director: Nagesh Kukunoor | Stars: Ayesha Takia, Shreyas Talpade, Gul Panag, Girish Karnad
Votes: 6,268
33. Gangaajal (2003)
Not Rated | 157 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An IPS officer motivates and leads a dysfunctional, corrupt police force of Tezpur to fight against the corrupt politician.
Director: Prakash Jha | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Gracy Singh, Mohan Joshi, Yashpal Sharma
Votes: 18,129
34. Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2003)
120 min | Drama
Set in the backdrop of Indian Emergency 1975, the story revolves around 3 friends whose lives changes drastically after the turn of events.
Director: Sudhir Mishra | Stars: Kay Kay Menon, Shiney Ahuja, Chitrangda Singh, Ram Kapoor
Votes: 5,300
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: 12,009
36. Kai Po Che (2013)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Sport
Three friends growing up in India at the turn of the millennium set out to open a training academy to produce the country's next cricket stars.
Director: Abhishek Kapoor | Stars: Amit Sadh, Sushant Singh Rajput, Rajkummar Rao, Amrita Puri
Votes: 38,748 | Gross: $1.12M
37. 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: 6,550
38. Guru (2007)
Not Rated | 166 min | Drama
A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay 1958, and rises from its streets to become the GURU, the biggest tycoon in Indian history.
Director: Mani Ratnam | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Madhavan
Votes: 24,987 | Gross: $2.09M
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