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1. Lion (2016)
PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Drama
A five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
Director: Garth Davis | Stars: Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, Sunny Pawar
Votes: 251,227 | Gross: $51.74M
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: 240,222 | Gross: $52.77M
3. City of Joy (1992)
PG-13 | 132 min | Drama
An American doctor, a British nurse, and an illiterate Indian farmer unite to transform a Calcutta ghetto in this uplifting, inspirational movie starring Patrick Swayze and Pauline Collins.
Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Pauline Collins, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi
Votes: 5,629 | Gross: $14.68M
4. The Namesake (2006)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama
American-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Kal Penn, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Jacinda Barrett
Votes: 21,762 | Gross: $8.66M
5. 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: 46,956 | Gross: $3.50M
6. The World of Apu (1959)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
This final installment in Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy follows Apu's life as an orphaned adult aspiring to be a writer.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty, Swapan Mukherjee
Votes: 16,759 | Gross: $0.02M
7. 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: 5,282
8. Morituri (1965)
Approved | 123 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A war pacifist is blackmailed to pose as an SS officer and to disable the scuttling explosives on a freighter carrying rubber cargo to be captured by the Allies.
Director: Bernhard Wicki | Stars: Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Janet Margolin, Trevor Howard
Votes: 4,498
9. Aparajito (1956)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
Following his father's death, a boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a life alone.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Pinaki Sengupta, Smaran Ghosal, Kamala Adhikari, Rani Bala
Votes: 15,995 | Gross: $0.17M
10. Never So Few (1959)
Approved | 125 min | Drama, War
During WW2, the American OSS mounts covert operations with the native Kachin against the Japanese army in the jungles of Burma.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lawford, Steve McQueen
Votes: 3,420
11. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Approved | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
A major countermands orders and attacks to avenge a previous massacre of men, women, and children.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Patric Knowles, Henry Stephenson
Votes: 5,482
12. India Song (1975)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Anne-Marie Stretter, wife of a French diplomat, lives in 1930s India. She takes many lovers as systems of oppression decay around her.
Director: Marguerite Duras | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale, Mathieu Carrière, Claude Mann
Votes: 2,581
13. The Big City (1963)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama
Life at home changes when a house-wife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a saleswoman.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Anil Chatterjee, Madhavi Mukherjee, Jaya Bachchan, Haren Chatterjee
Votes: 4,965
14. Do Bigha Zamin (1953)
131 min | Drama
In the hope of earning enough money to pay off his debts and save his land, a poor farmer becomes a rickshaw puller in Calcutta and faces many difficulties.
Director: Bimal Roy | Stars: Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy, Ratan Kumar, Murad
Votes: 2,247
15. The Cloud-Capped Star (1960)
Not Rated | 126 min | Drama
A selfless young woman (Supriya Choudhury) sacrifices her own happiness for her unappreciative family.
Director: Ritwik Ghatak | Stars: Supriya Choudhury, Anil Chatterjee, Gyanesh Mukherjee, Bijon Bhattacharya
Votes: 3,240
16. Mahanadi (1994)
162 min | Crime, Drama
An innocent man is framed in a financial scam and imprisoned. After his release, he learns that his daughter was sold into prostitution and he struggles to free her.
Director: Santhana Bharathi | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Sukanya, Poornam Vishwanathan, Mahanadhi Shobana
Votes: 4,454
17. Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015)
Not Rated | 139 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy is set in the 2nd World War torn Calcutta during the 1940s. Enter a magical world of nostalgia and 'Expect the Unexpected'.
Director: Dibakar Banerjee | Stars: Sushant Singh Rajput, Anand Tiwari, Neeraj Kabi, Divya Menon
Votes: 24,378 | Gross: $0.58M
18. The Goddess (1960)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
A young woman is deemed a goddess when her father-in-law, a rich feudal land-lord, has a dream envisioning her as an avatar of Kali.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Sharmila Tagore, Soumitra Chatterjee, Chhabi Biswas, Karuna Bannerjee
Votes: 2,805 | Gross: $0.09M
19. Up at the Villa (2000)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama, Romance
A widow finds choosing a new husband might not be her choice at all, as the actions of her various prospects confine her freedom.
Director: Philip Haas | Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft, James Fox
Votes: 2,846 | Gross: $2.93M
20. Mangal Pandey (2005)
Not Rated | 150 min | Biography, Drama, History
This is a film about the leader of the 1857 mutiny and his fight against the British rule.
Director: Ketan Mehta | Stars: Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Toby Stephens, Coral Beed
Votes: 10,507 | Gross: $0.87M
21. Calcutta (1946)
Passed | 83 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Neale and Pedro fly cargo between Chungking and Calcutta. After their buddy Bill is murdered, they investigate. Neale meets Bill's fiancée Virginia and becomes suspicious of a deeper plot while also falling for her charms.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Alan Ladd, Gail Russell, William Bendix, June Duprez
Votes: 726
22. JL50 (2020– )
42 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A plane is discovered to have recently crashed in West Bengal. However, what is so baffling about the incident is that plane originally went missing 35 years ago.
Stars: Abhay Deol, Pankaj Kapur, Ritika Anand, Piyush Mishra
Votes: 10,077
23. Mother Teresa (2003 TV Movie)
110 min | Biography, Drama
Mother Teresa's life is portrayed from the beginning of her ministry to her death. She seeks to serve the poor by creating a new "congregation" in the Church, establishing refuges for the ... See full summary »
Director: Fabrizio Costa | Stars: Olivia Hussey, Sebastiano Somma, Ingrid Rubio, Michael Mendl
Votes: 772
24. Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)
178 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In order to give her son a good future, Ganga sets out on a journey to Kolkata to find her husband who left her.
Director: Raj Kapoor | Stars: Rajeev Kapoor, Mandakini, Divya Rana, Saeed Jaffrey
Votes: 1,130
25. Jana Aranya (1975)
131 min | Drama
A bright and idealistic young man steels himself for the dog-eat-dog business world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Pradip Mukherjee, Rafique Ahmed, S. Bagchi, Ajit Banerjee
Votes: 1,820
26. Pratidwandi (1970)
110 min | Drama
A young college graduate is struggling to find a job. He lives in a flat with his younger, employed sister, revolutionary brother and widowed mother. The strain of the situation ultimately causes him to hallucinate.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Dhritiman Chatterjee, Asgar Ali, Arabinda Banerjee, Soumitra Bannerjee
Votes: 1,914
27. Janwar (1965)
247 min | Musical, Romance
The wealthy patriarch of a Mumbai family learns more than wants to about his own origins after his refusal to accept his sons' chosen spouses drives them and his own wife away.
Director: Bhappi Sonie | Stars: Shammi Kapoor, Rajshree, Rehman Khan, Shyama
Votes: 217
28. Kabuliwala (1961)
95 min | Drama
A poor Afghani leaves his family behind to earn a living as a dried fruit vendor in India. Profoundly homesick, he befriends a young girl who reminds him of his own daughter. Meanwhile, the locals are distrustful of all foreigners.
Director: Hemen Gupta | Stars: Balraj Sahni, Baby Sonu, Usha Kiran, Padma
Votes: 359
29. China Town (1962)
Not Rated | 151 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A Darjeeling-based singer is asked to impersonate and take over the life of a Calcutta-based China Town gangster.
Director: Shakti Samanta | Stars: Shammi Kapoor, Shakila, Helen, Madan Puri
Votes: 248
30. Gandhi, My Father (2007)
Not Rated | 136 min | Biography, Drama, History
The account of troubled relationship between Mahatma Gandhi and his eldest son.
Director: Feroz Abbas Khan | Stars: Akshaye Khanna, Darshan Jariwala, Shefali Shah, Bhoomika Chawla
Votes: 1,731 | Gross: $0.24M
31. Saat Hindustani (1969)
144 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A woman awaiting surgery recalls her life as a revolutionary along with seven other countrymen.
Director: Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | Stars: Madhu, Utpal Dutt, Jalal Agha, Anwar Ali
Votes: 238
32. Choodalani Vundi (1998)
148 min | Action, Drama, Romance
In Calcutta, a man searches for his son who has been kidnapped by his father-in-law.
Director: Gunasekhar | Stars: Chiranjeevi, Soundarya, Anjala Zaveri, Prakash Raj
Votes: 508
33. Clive of India (1935)
Approved | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
In the mid-1700's the East India Company has power over commerce on the sub-continent, with the blessings of the British government. A clerk in the company, Robert Clive, is frustrated by ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Colin Clive, Francis Lister
Votes: 457
34. Mohabbat Isko Kahete Hain (1965)
102 min | Drama, Romance
Vijay and Rajni have been childhood sweethearts in a small town called Rajgarh. They did separate for a few years when Rajni and her maternal grandma, Leela, went to live in Calcutta. When ... See full summary »
Director: Akhtar Mirza | Stars: Nanda Karnataki, Shashi Kapoor, Ramesh Deo, Leela Chitnis
Votes: 31
35. Neel Akasher Neechey (1959)
Not Rated | 133 min | Drama
A poor Chinese hawker, Wang Lu, sells his merchandise, China silk in the streets of Calcutta.
Director: Mrinal Sen | Stars: Kali Bannerjee, Manju Dey, Smriti Biswas, Bikash Roy
Votes: 146
36. 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: 782
37. The Thirteenth Chair (1929)
Passed | 72 min | Drama, Mystery
Although his murdered friend was by all accounts a scoundrel a true "bounder" Edward Wales is determined to trap his killer by staging a seance using a famous medium. Many of the 13 seance ... See full summary »
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams, Margaret Wycherly, Helene Millard
Votes: 730
38. The Thirteenth Chair (1937)
Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama
Inspector Marney of Scotland Yard travels to Calcutta to investigate the murder of Leonard Lee, a generally despised man in these parts. John Wales, who considered Lee his best friend, is a... See full summary »
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: May Whitty, Madge Evans, Lewis Stone, Elissa Landi
Votes: 328
39. Calcutta News (2008)
Crime, Drama, Romance
Krishna priya (Meera Jasmine) get married to Harikumar (Indrajith sukumaran) and move to Culcutta with him.From there she understand that she was cheaten by his husband
Director: Blessy | Stars: Dileep, Meera Jasmine, Indrajith Sukumaran, Vimala Raman
Votes: 330
40. 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
41. A Journey from Calcutta to Kolkata (2009)
60 min
This is about the documentary feature film on the "City of Joy"- Calcutta which is framed on the transition of the city from where it used to be called Calcutta to when now it is called as Kolkata.
Director: Debasis Choudhuri | Stars: Ronald D. Phillips, Smarjit Bandopadhya, Saibal Banerjee, Sarbani Chatterjee
42. The Trouble with Merle (2002)
55 min | Documentary, Biography
The director explores the birth origins of actress Merle Oberon, traveling to Tasmania and India in search of the truth, but her quest ultimately results in probably more questions than it answers.
Director: Maree Delofski | Stars: Merle Oberon, Charles Higham, Alexander Korda, Harry Selby
Votes: 20
43. Angry Monk: Reflections on Tibet (2005)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary
A road-movie and a time-travel in the footsteps of the rebellious Tibetan monk Gendun Choephel - revealing a face of old & present-day Tibet that goes against popular clichés.
Director: Luc Schaedler | Stars: Thomas Sarbacher, Loten Namling, Phil Hayes, Philip Maurice Hayes
Votes: 111
44. Nishi Padma (1970)
90 min | Drama
Pushpa is thrown out of her house by her husband, is pushed into prostitution by someone she trusts, and has a complex relationship with an unhappily married businessman, but finally gets what she has always longed for, i.e. becoming a mother.
Director: Arabinda Mukhopadhyay | Stars: Gangapada Basu, Premangshu Bose, Nripati Chatterjee, Savitri Chatterjee
Votes: 44
45. Monsoon Baby (2014 TV Movie)
89 min | Drama
For many years Nina and Mark have been trying to have a child, including many unsuccessful attempts with IVF treatment. Adoption is not an option for them. They long for their own child, ... See full summary »
Director: Andreas Kleinert | Stars: Julia Jentsch, Robert Kuchenbuch, Tillotama Shome, Swaroopa Ghosh
Votes: 98
46. If Not for You (2019)
Documentary, Short
A tribute film on Bob Dylan, depicting Calcutta's affinity with Dylan through interviews of notable Indian musicians who were inspired by him and drawing parallels between Dylan's body of work and the Baul tradition of Bengal.
Director: Vineet Arora | Stars: Miti Adhikari, Nondon Bagchi, Dibakar Das Baul, Susmit Bose
Votes: 17
47. The Making of 'The Waiting City' (2009 Video)
33 min | Documentary, Short, Talk-Show
Director: Indrani Chakraborty | Stars: Denson Baker, Pete Baxter, Samrat Chakrabarti, Tanmoy Chakraborty
49. Quest of the H.M.S. Buffalo (1986 Video)
43 min | Documentary, Short, History
Director: Brian Grant | Stars: Brenton Whittle, John Bannon, Barry Eshman, Alan Hale
50.
Without Walls (1990–1996)
Episode:
Hell's Angel: Mother Teresa
(1994)
25 min | Documentary, Biography
Christopher Hitchens investigates whether Mother Teresa of Calcutta deserves her saintly image. He probes her campaigns against contraception and foeticide and her questionable relationships with wealthy religious and political leaders.
Director: Jenny Morgan | Stars: Christopher Hitchens, Mother Teresa, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Mihir Bose
Votes: 488