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1. The Secret Garden (1993)
G | 101 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A young, recently-orphaned girl is sent to England after living in India all of her life. Once there, she begins to explore her new, seemingly-isolated surroundings, and its secrets.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Kate Maberly, Maggie Smith, Heydon Prowse, Andrew Knott
Votes: 44,489 | Gross: $31.18M
2. Gandhi (1982)
PG | 191 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Rohini Hattangadi, Roshan Seth
Votes: 240,234 | Gross: $52.77M
3. The Secret Garden (2020)
PG | 99 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
An orphaned girl discovers a magical garden hidden at her strict uncle's estate.
Director: Marc Munden | Stars: Dixie Egerickx, Richard Hansell, David Verrey, Tommy Gene Surridge
Votes: 10,059
4. Kalank (2019)
Not Rated | 166 min | Drama, Romance
The lives of six enigmatic characters become entangled whilst in search of love, but separated by the dichotomy between the two worlds of Husnabad, a town in North India.
Director: Abhishek Varman | Stars: Kriti Sanon, Alia Bhatt, Kiara Advani, Sanjay Dutt
Votes: 16,970 | Gross: $2.73M
5. Indian Summers (2015–2016)
TV-14 | 52 min | Drama
Drama set in 1932 during the final years of British colonial rule in India.
Stars: Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Jemima West, Julie Walters, Rick Warden
Votes: 4,549
6. The Secret Garden (1987 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Family, Drama
Mary Lennox is sent to live at Misselthwaite Manor where she befriends a young boy and learns about a secret garden.
Director: Alan Grint | Stars: Gennie James, Barret Oliver, Jadrien Steele, Michael Hordern
Votes: 1,880
7. The Secret Garden (1949)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, Family
A girl is sent to live with her uncle on his estate when her parents die. There she discovers much intrigue, family history and secrets and personal baggage. In particular, a screaming child and...a secret garden.
Director: Fred M. Wilcox | Stars: Margaret O'Brien, Herbert Marshall, Dean Stockwell, Gladys Cooper
Votes: 3,307
8. The Lovers (I) (2015)
R | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
An epic, sweeping and riveting tale of an impossible love set across two time periods and continents.
Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Bipasha Basu, Tamsin Egerton, James Mackay
Votes: 3,435
9. Young Winston (1972)
PG | 124 min | Biography, Drama, War
Complex family relationships, as well as a combat experience, form the personality of the future world-known politician.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Simon Ward, Robert Shaw, Peter Cellier, Ronald Hines
Votes: 2,982 | Gross: $4.69M
10. Gunga Din (1939)
Approved | 117 min | Adventure, Comedy, War
In 19th century India, three British soldiers and a native waterbearer must stop a secret mass revival of the murderous Thuggee cult before it can rampage across the land.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Votes: 12,801
11. The Sea Wolves (1980)
PG | 120 min | Action, History, War
During World War II, British Intelligence brings a crew of ex-soldiers out of retirement, using their age as cover, to take to the seas and pull off an unlikely undercover mission in neutral Goa.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, David Niven, Trevor Howard
Votes: 5,283
12. 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: 122,372 | Gross: $2.20M
13. North West Frontier (1959)
Not Rated | 129 min | Adventure, Drama
Set on the North West Frontier of colonial India in 1905. A British Army Officer, Captain Scott is sent to rescue a five year old Indian Prince and his American governess, Catherine Wyatt from certain death at the hands of rebel tribesman.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Votes: 3,053
14. Carry on Up the Khyber (1968)
Not Rated | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy
Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the British outpost near the Khyber Pass. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you would think they were safe but the Khazi of Kalabar has other ideas.
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Roy Castle
Votes: 5,464
15. Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
PG | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
At a British Regimental party in Colonial India, the widow of Captain Scarlett is assaulted in the garden, and she accuses one of the newly arrived junior Lieutenants of the crime.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Michael York, Richard Attenborough, Trevor Howard, Stacy Keach
Votes: 962
16. Tusk (1980)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama
An English girl and an Indian elephant born on the same day share a common destiny.
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Stars: Cyrielle Clair, Anton Diffring, Serge Merlin, Christopher Mitchum
Votes: 575
17. Kaalapani (1996)
178 min | Action, Drama, History
Govardhan, a doctor by profession, is wrongly accused of bombing a train and is jailed by the British in Cellular Jail, also known as Kala Pani, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He witnesses the sufferings of hundreds of Indian prisoners there.
Director: Priyadarshan | Stars: Mohanlal, Amrish Puri, Prabhu, Tabu
Votes: 4,596
18. Kim (1950)
Approved | 113 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
During the British Raj, the orphan of a British soldier poses as a Hindu and is torn between his loyalty to a Buddhist mystic and aiding the English secret service.
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, Paul Lukas, Robert Douglas
Votes: 2,259
19. Madrasapattinam (2010)
165 min | Drama, History, Romance
A film set in 1940s India, during the country's struggle for independence. The young daughter of an English governor falls in love with a local Indian boy.
Director: A.L. Vijay | Stars: Arya, Carole Trangmar-Palmer, Amy Jackson, Cochin Hanifa
Votes: 2,894
20. Indian (1996)
Not Rated | 185 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A veteran freedom fighter enraged with the rising crime and corruption in the society murders all the wrong doers one by one using an ancient martial arts technique.
Director: S. Shankar | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Sukanya, Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar
Votes: 13,864
21. Thugs of Hindostan (2018)
Not Rated | 164 min | Action, Adventure
A story about one man's love for his nation and another's love for power. An epic adventure filled with edge-of-the-seat thrills and war on the seas.
Director: Vijay Krishna Acharya | Stars: Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Lloyd Owen, Katrina Kaif
Votes: 21,965 | Gross: $1.45M
22. Jugnu (1973)
Not Rated | 149 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A wealthy businessman moonlights as a philanthropist, robbin' the hood as it were.
Director: Pramod Chakravorty | Stars: Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Pran Sikand, Prem Chopra
Votes: 238
23. The Drum (1938)
Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, War
During the British Raj, Captain Carruthers works under cover to track smuggled shipments of arms on the restless Northwest Frontier of India. He fears a full-scale rebellion is brewing. To ... See full summary »
Director: Zoltan Korda | Stars: Sabu, Raymond Massey, Roger Livesey, Valerie Hobson
Votes: 940
24. Jinnah (1998)
110 min | Biography, Drama, War
The story of the Indian politician Muhammad Ali Jinnah who successfully campaigned for an independent Pakistan and became its first Governor-General.
Director: Jamil Dehlavi | Stars: Christopher Lee, Shireen Shah, James Curran, Zafar Hameed
Votes: 3,142
25. Queenie (1987)
233 min | Drama, Romance
An Anglo-Indian woman emigrates from India to Great Britain, pursues fame and fortune at the cost of personal happiness, and becomes a Hollywood movie star while suppressing the truth of her heritage.
Stars: Joss Ackland, Martin Balsam, Claire Bloom, Gary Cady
Votes: 470
26. Stiff Upper Lips (1997)
R | 94 min | Comedy
Spoofs Merchant-Ivory films: Aunt Agnes (Prunella Scales) tries to force Emily (Georgina Cates) to marry boring Cedric Trilling (Robert Portal) by taking her to Italy and India in hopes will forget about handsome George (Sean Pertwee).
Director: Gary Sinyor | Stars: David Artus, Kevin Furlong, Nicholas Selby, John Boswall
Votes: 1,155 | Gross: $0.07M
27. Navrang (1959)
157 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Diwakar is a poet and loves his wife Jamuna more than anything. But Jamuna feels that Diwakar lives in a fantasy world and is irresponsible in the real world. Diwakar creates a muse from ... See full summary »
Director: Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre | Stars: Sandhya, Mahipal, Keshavrao Date, Baburao Pendharkar
Votes: 173
28. Mard (1985)
177 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
King Azad gets locked in a dungeon by the British general Dyer who wants to take over his kingdom. Years later, Azad's son decides to put an end to Dyer's tyranny and comes to his father's rescue.
Directors: Manmohan Desai, Anil Nagarath, Pammy Varma | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Amrita Singh, Nirupa Roy, Dara Singh Randhawa
Votes: 2,054
29. Bonnie Scotland (1935)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy
Stan and Ollie mistakenly enlist in the army and find themselves posted to the Northwest Frontier in India on a dangerous mission.
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, June Lang, William Janney
Votes: 2,107
30. Subedar Joginder Singh (2018)
Not Rated | 139 min | Action, Biography, Drama
It is a biographical feature film on India's Highest Wartime Gallantry Award - Param Vir Chakra winner Subedar Joginder Singh. He fought three wars (as per records) for India before ... See full summary »
Director: Simerjit Singh | Stars: Gippy Grewal, Aditi Sharma, Guggu Gill, Nirmal Rishi
Votes: 407
31. The Massacre That Shook The Empire (2019)
60 min | Documentary, History
On 13 April 1919, British troops shot hundreds of peaceful protesters dead in India. This film shines new light on a deeply controversial moment in Britain's history, and examines its troubling legacy.
Director: Chris Durlacher | Stars: Sathnam Sanghera, Winston Churchill, Reginald Dyer
Votes: 26
32. Shaheed (1948)
Not Rated | 164 min | Drama, Romance
Circa 1940s India, a young freedom fighter faces opposition from his own father as well as an ambitious police officer, who is also his rival for affection of a mutual childhood sweetheart.
Director: Ramesh Saigal | Stars: Dilip Kumar, Kamini Kaushal, Chandra Mohan, Prabhu Dayal
Votes: 91
33. Maniram Dewan (1963)
Biography, History
Maniram Dutta Baruah, popularly known as Maniram Dewan, was an Assamese nobleman in British India. He was one of the first people to establish tea gardens in Assam. A loyal ally of the ... See full summary »
Director: Sarbeshwar Chakraborty | Star: Phani Sarma
34. Massey Sahib (1986)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama
Francis Massey works as a clerk in deputy commissioner's office in the colonial administration of British India. He aspires to become one of the rulers and does everything he can to impress his boss.
Director: Pradip Krishen | Stars: Raghubir Yadav, Barry John, Arundhati Roy, Veerendra Saxena
Votes: 152
35. Subhash Chandra Bose (2005)
Action, Drama, History
Amarchandra lives a poor lifestyle in British India along with his mom, dad, Baba Thakur, and a sister. His dad works as a guard with the British Army, which is commandeered locally by ... See full summary »
Director: K. Raghavendra Rao | Stars: Venkatesh Daggubati, Prakash Raj, Tom Alter, Genelia Deshmukh
Votes: 293
36. Kappalottiya Thamizhan (1961)
Not Rated | 197 min | Biography, Drama, History
Biography of Kappalottiya Tamizhan, "The Tamil Helmsman", an Indian freedom fighter and founder of Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company, to compete against the monopoly of the British India Steam Navigation Company.
Director: B. Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu | Stars: Shivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Savitri, T.K. Shanmugham
Votes: 110
38. With Our King and Queen Through India (1912)
126 min | Documentary
This early color film records the Indian celebrations relating to the coronation of King George V.
Stars: King George V, Queen Mary
Votes: 39
39. Lehenga (2012)
15 min | Short, Drama, Family
Set against the backdrop of a newly independent India, the film is about a little girl, Maya, who wants a new outfit for an upcoming dance competition. But her mother believes in only ... See full summary »
Director: Richa Srivastava | Stars: Priyanka Charan, Dipti Eknath, Sumit Gupt, Priyanka Sharma
Votes: 10
40.
Highlander (1992–1998)
Episode:
The Wrath of Kali
(1995)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Duncan and Richie attend the opening of an exhibit featuring the Bengal Kali, a bronze statue sacred to the now-extinct Indian assassin cult of Thuggees. Immortal Kamir, last of the ... See full summary »
Director: Duane Clark | Stars: Adrian Paul, Stan Kirsch, Jim Byrnes, Veena Sood
Votes: 162
41.
Black Narcissus (2020)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2020)
TV-MA | 54 min | Drama
With the help of Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh and the Sisters of St. Faith run a school at the mysterious palace of Mopu in the Himalayas; but some believe the place is haunted.
Director: Charlotte Bruus Christensen | Stars: Nila Aalia, Gianni Gonsalves, Lauren Okadigbo, Gemma Arterton
Votes: 219
42.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Reckoning: 1945... and after
(1974)
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
As wretched survivours suffer deprivations amongst the ruins, half of Germany and eastern Europe trade one socialist tyranny for another as the Soviets take power. Japan is occupied by the U. S., but the colonial empires disintegrate.
Stars: Laurence Olivier, Stephen Ambrose, William Robertson, Kay Summersby
Votes: 335
43.
Ms. Marvel (2022)
Episode:
Destined
(2022)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Ahead of Aamir's wedding, Kamala may face grave consequences due to a crucial decision she makes.
Directors: Meera Menon, Ian Spendloff | Stars: Iman Vellani, Matt Lintz, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur
Votes: 8,790
44.
Ms. Marvel (2022)
Episode:
Time and Again
(2022)
TV-14 | 38 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The bangle reveals to Kamala secrets about her family lineage, as well as the truth behind the Veil.
Directors: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Ian Spendloff | Stars: Iman Vellani, Matt Lintz, Zenobia Shroff, Rish Shah
Votes: 7,863
45.
World War Weird (2017– )
Episode:
Episode #2.7
(2018)
Documentary, History, War
In blacked-out London four young women are murdered - just like Jack fifty years before. When two flights disappear without a trace, the legend of the Bermuda Triangle begins.
Directors: Mike Ibeji, Justine Ostrowska | Stars: Guy Walters, Joshua Levine, Andrew Robertshaw, Martin K.A. Morgan
46.
A Little Princess (1986–1987)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1987)
TV-G | Drama, Family
Prior to entering the British Army, Captain Crewe makes sure his daughter, Sara, is well cared for in a London Boarding School. However, when bad news finds Captain Crewe back in India, his life takes a turn for the worse.
Director: Carol Wiseman | Stars: Maureen Lipman, Amelia Shankley, Nigel Havers, David Yelland
Votes: 17
47.
Bharat Ek Khoj (1988– )
Episode:
Bharat Mata Ki Jai
(1988)
History
Jawarharlal Nehru, in his book, The Discovery of India, talks about his extensive tours of British occupied India in 1936 - 37. He mentions the major rivers, Sarnath, the Asoka Pillar, Fatehpur Sikri and the Indus Valley Civilization.
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Roshan Seth, Ravi Jhankal, Vijay Kashyap, Om Puri
Votes: 16