Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "south-asia"

1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

PG | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Charlie, a young boy from an impoverished family, and four other kids win a tour of an amazing chocolate factory run by an imaginative chocolatier, Willy Wonka, and his staff of Oompa-Loompas.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter

Votes: 529,585 | Gross: $206.46M

2. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

After New York City receives a series of attacks from giant flying robots, a reporter teams up with a pilot in search of their origin, as well as the reason for the disappearances of famous scientists around the world.

Director: Kerry Conran | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi

Votes: 87,496 | Gross: $37.76M

3. Extraction (2020)

R | 116 min | Action, Thriller

Tyler Rake, a fearless black market mercenary, embarks on the most deadly extraction of his career when he's enlisted to rescue the kidnapped son of an imprisoned international crime lord.

Director: Sam Hargrave | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Bryon Lerum, Ryder Lerum, Rudhraksh Jaiswal

Votes: 263,222

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: 16,971 | Gross: $2.73M

5. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Drama

After awakening from a nine year coma, Big Boss forms a new mercenary group called, Diamond Dogs, and teams up with his former rival, Ocelot, to track down the men responsible for the destruction of MSF.

Directors: Hideo Kojima, Junji Tago | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Robin Atkin Downes, Troy Baker, Stefanie Joosten

Votes: 8,544

6. 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: 22,007 | Gross: $0.03M

7. Company (2002)

Not Rated | 142 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A small-time gangster named Chandu teams up with Malik, a low-level enforcer for a criminal syndicate. Together they eliminate all their enemies, becoming the most feared gangsters in Mumbai.

Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Mohanlal, Manisha Koirala, Seema Biswas

Votes: 16,161

8. Border (I) (1997)

Not Rated | 176 min | Action, Drama, History

In 1971, along the border region of Longewala, a small battalion of Indian soldiers goes up against a large Pakistani strike force.

Director: J.P. Dutta | Stars: Sunny Deol, Suniel Shetty, Akshaye Khanna, Jackie Shroff

Votes: 17,682

9. Bombay (1995)

Not Rated | 130 min | Drama, Romance

A Hindu man and a Muslim woman fall in love in a small village and move to Mumbai, where they have two children. However, growing religious tensions and erupting riots threaten to tear the family apart.

Director: Mani Ratnam | Stars: Arvind Swamy, Manisha Koirala, Nassar, Kitty

Votes: 13,711

10. Fiza (2000)

Not Rated | 170 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

In 1993 Fiza's brother Aman disappears during the riots in Mumbai. In 1999 Fiza is tired of waiting and goes looking for him.

Director: Khalid Mohamed | Stars: Karisma Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Raza

Votes: 4,487 | Gross: $0.62M

11. The Ice Cream Sellers (2021)

75 min | History

The film The Ice Cream Sellers (2021, 75mn) is a human story of the Rohingya people - 'the most persecuted minority in the world. The film invites the audience to become a part of the ... See full summary »

Director: Sohel Rahman | Stars: Ms. Asia, Muhammad Ayas

12. 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

13. Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–2001)
Episode: Between the Lines (1999)

Not Rated | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Xena and Gabrielle save a woman in India from dying in the fire pit where her husband's corpse is being burnt. She sends them to the future, where Xena is a pacifist and Gabrielle a male warrior, to fight Alti's reincarnation.

Director: Rick Jacobson | Stars: Lucy Lawless, Renée O'Connor, Claire Stansfield, Tharini Mudaliar

Votes: 513

14. Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–2001)
Episode: Devi (1999)

Not Rated | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Xena and Gabrielle arrive to India, where they meet a mysterious man, Eli, and Gabrielle finds out she has healing powers.

Director: Garth Maxwell | Stars: Lucy Lawless, Renée O'Connor, Monroe Reimers, Mukhtar Ali

Votes: 504

15. Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–2001)
Episode: The Way (1999)

Not Rated | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Xena loses her arms, just to gain four of them, fighting a Hindi demon, having god Krishna as an ally. Gabrielle, instead, embraces the non-violent way.

Director: John Fawcett | Stars: Lucy Lawless, Renée O'Connor, Timothy Omundson, Jake McKinnon

Votes: 496

16. WION: Gravitas Plus (2020– )
Episode: Is Bangladesh a Secular State? (2021)

9 min | Documentary, Short, News

In this 98th episode of the "WION: Gravitas Plus", Palki Sharma Upadhyay asks "Can Bangladesh be called a secular country?"

Star: Palki Sharma Upadhyay

17. NCIS (2003– )
Episode: Double Down (2017)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Torres and Sloane run protection detail for a U.S. senator in Afghanistan during the holidays and must return to the States when they learn the senator's son is in the ICU.

Director: Alrick Riley | Stars: Mark Harmon, Pauley Perrette, Sean Murray, Wilmer Valderrama

Votes: 543