Country: India
Discover the best movies, series, and documentaries made in India. Enjoy the top titles of all time, handpicked for you.
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8.5
21 votes
Mati Manas
1985 · Documentary · 92 min. · India
Direction Mani Kaul
Cast Robin Das · Aneeta Kanwar · Ashok Sharma
Synopsis Director Mani Kaul poetically observes the ancient art of pottery and its deep cultural significance.
8.3
36 votes
8.3
36 votes
Aparajito (The Unvanquished)
1956 · Movie · 105 min. · India
Direction Satyajit Ray
Cast Kanu Bannerjee · Karuna Bannerjee · Pinaki Sengupta · Smaran Ghosal
Synopsis The second chapter in director Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy ('Pather Panchali', 'Aparajito', 'The World of Apu'). Following Apu and his family to the city, Ray explores the crowded streets and busy waterfront, introducing us to a gallery of unforgettable images...
8.2
4K votes
8.2
4K votes
The World of Apu
1959 · Movie · 117 min. · India
Direction Satyajit Ray
Cast Soumitra Chatterjee · Sharmila Tagore · Alok Chakravarty · Swapan Mukherjee
Synopsis Forced to abandon his education, Apu´s prospects look bleak until fate intervenes in the form of an insane bridegroom. To save the abandoned bride from public disgrace, Apu marries her, beginning a new life as husband and father. Third and...
8.2
4K votes
8.2
4K votes
The Bogeyman
1979 · Movie · 89 min. · India
Direction Govindan Aravindan
Cast Master Ashokan · Sivasankaran Divakaran · Kothara Gopalkrishnan · Ramunni
Synopsis The eponymous Kummatty is a part of Kerala’s rich devotional folklore: A flamboyant mythical figure who wanders the villages during the season of Onam, the harvest festival.
8.2
35 votes
8.2
35 votes
Pather Panchali
1955 · Movie · 115 min. · India
Direction Satyajit Ray
Cast Kanu Bannerjee · Karuna Bannerjee · Uma Das Gupta · Subir Bannerjee
Synopsis Tells the story of a Bengali family driven by bad fortune. The father, Harihara, is a secular clerk, healer, dreamer and poet. Sabajaya, the mother, works to feed the family and receives with hope and joy the new birth of...
8.2
6K votes
8.2
6K votes
7.9
66 votes
Siddheshwari
1990 · Documentary · 93 min. · India
Direction Mani Kaul
Cast Mita Vasisht · Muhar Biswas · Ranjana Srivastava · Shravani Mukherjee
Synopsis An impressionistic biographical look at Siddheshwari Devi (1908-1977), the classical Indian singer whose voice was appreciated by the maharajas and public alike.
7.8
27 votes
7.8
27 votes
The Big City (The Great City)
1963 · Movie · 131 min. · India
Direction Satyajit Ray
Cast Anil Chatterjee · Madhabi Mukherjee · Jaya Bhaduri · Haren Chatterjee
Synopsis Calcutta in the early 1960's. Bhambal supports his wife Arati, his parents, and two children. Money is tight, so Arati goes to work. She's successful and enjoys it, but this untraditional step throws the household into chaos: her in-laws initiate...
7.6
266 votes
7.6
266 votes
The Lonely Wife
1964 · Movie · 124 min. · India
Direction Satyajit Ray
Cast Madhabi Mukherjee · Sailen Mukherjee · Soumitra Chatterjee · Geetali Roy
Synopsis Charu lives a lonely and idle life in 1870s India. Although her husband devotes more time to his newspaper than to their marriage, he sees her loneliness and asks his brother-in-law, Amal, a would-be writer to keep her company. However,...
7.6
575 votes
7.6
575 votes
Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
2002 · Movie · 120 min. · India
Direction Aparna Sen
Cast Rahul Bose · Konkona Sen Sharma · Bhisham Sahni · Anjan Dutt
Synopsis Meenakshi Iyer comes from a devout Hindu Brahmin family, purely vegetarian, who not only abstain from meat, but also food from restaurants, is the only child, married to Subramaniam Iyer from Tamil Nadu, has just given birth to a young...
7.5
37 votes
7.5
37 votes
Like Stars on Earth
2007 · Movie · 165 min. · India
Direction Aamir Khan
Cast Darsheel Safary · Aamir Khan · Tanay Chheda · Tisca Chopra
Synopsis Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate; colours, fish, dogs and kites are just not important in the world of adults, who are much more interested in things like...
7.5
1K votes
7.5
1K votes
Direction Rajkumar Hirani
Cast Aamir Khan · Kareena Kapoor · Madhavan · Sharman Joshi
Synopsis Two friends embark on a quest for a lost buddy. On this journey, they encounter a long forgotten bet, a wedding they must crash, and a funeral that goes impossibly out of control.
7.5
3K votes
7.5
3K votes
Direction Nitesh Tiwari
Cast Aamir Khan · Sakshi Tanwar · Fatima Sana Shaikh · Sanya Malhotra
Synopsis Biopic of Mahavir Singh Phogat, who taught wrestling to his daughters Babita Kumari and Geeta Phogat. Geeta Phogat was India's first female wrestler to win at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where she won the gold medal (52 kg) while her...
7.4
551 votes
7.4
551 votes
The Cloud-Capped Star
1960 · Movie · 126 min. · India
Direction Ritwik Ghatak
Cast Supriya Choudhury · Anil Chatterjee · Niranjan Ray · Gita Ghatak
Synopsis "Meghe Dhaka Tara" tells the tragic story of the beautiful daughter of a middle-class refugee family from East Pakistan, living in the outskirts of Calcutta under modest circumstances. Neeta sacrifices everything for her family, including her personal happiness, her money,...
7.4
344 votes
7.4
344 votes
Delhi Crime (TV Series)
2019 · Series · 50 min. · India
Direction Richie Mehta
Cast Vipin Katyal · Shefali Shetty · Rajesh Tailang · Rasika Dugal
Synopsis TV Series (2019). 7 Episodes. "Delhi Crime Story" is based on real events from 2012. The series begins with the discovery of a naked man and woman in a ditch. He was beaten. She was beaten and gang-raped. The crime...
7.4
309 votes
7.4
309 votes
Distant Thunder
1973 · Movie · 101 min. · India
Direction Satyajit Ray
Cast Soumitra Chatterjee · Babita · Ramesh Mukherjee · Chitra Banerjee
Synopsis The action, which occurs in a tiny village in 1943, during World War II, is based on the man-made famine that caused the deaths of five million inhabitants of Colonial Bengal. Gangacharan, a Brahmin recently settled in the village with...
7.4
171 votes
7.4
171 votes
The Music Room
1958 · Movie · 100 min. · India
Direction Satyajit Ray
Cast Chabi Biswas · Ganga Pada Basu · Pinaki Sengupta · Kali Sarkar
Synopsis Depicts the end days of a decadent zamindar (landlord) in Bengal, and his efforts to uphold his family prestige even when faced with economic adversity.
7.4
717 votes
7.4
717 votes
Direction Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Cast Amitabh Bachchan · Rani Mukherjee · Shernaz Patel · Ayesha Kapoor
Synopsis Michelle McNally loses her eyesight and hearing at the tender age of eighteen months, causing her to grow up in a world where she is isolated in the darkness of her own existence. She understands nothing of the frustrating world...
7.4
341 votes
7.4
341 votes
Direction Deepa Mehta
Cast Sarala Kariyawasam · Seema Biswas · Lisa Ray · John Abraham
Synopsis Deepa Mehta's brave exploration of India's storied past continues in her perfectly pitched, finely judged tale of a young Hindu girl whose life is suddenly changed by the traditions of her religion. Delving into Indian society of the thirties, Mehta...
7.4
4K votes
7.4
4K votes