Here, we celebrate the popular face of Hindi movies – the huge films that have been entertaining audiences in India and elsewhere for over six decades. To find the 100 greatest Bollywood movies, we asked a select group of Bollywood experts to share their favourite Hindi movies. The result is this list of 100 great Bollywood movies – excellent films that feature the best Bollywood actresses and actors. Explore, and have fun!
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Director: Sooraj R Barjatya
Cast: Madhuri Dixit, Salman Khan, Tuffy
Genre: musical, romance
Director: Ayan Mukherjee
Cast: Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor, Kalki Koechlin, Aditya Roy Kapoor
Genre: romance, comedy
Director: Yash Chopra
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherji
Genre: romance
Director: Muzaffar Ali
Cast: Rekha, Farouque Shaikh, Naseeruddin Shah
Genre: drama
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi, Kishori Balal
Genre: drama, romance, musical
Director: Mira Nair
Cast: Shafiq Syed, Raghuvir Yadav, Nana Patekar
Genre: drama
Director: Kunal Kohli
Cast: Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan
Genre: romance
Director: Rajkumar Hirani
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Vidya Balan, Boman Irani
Genre: comedy, drama, musical
Director: Govind Nihalani
Cast: Om Puri, Smita Patil, Amrish Puri
Genre: crime, drama
Director: Priyadarshan
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal
Genre: comedy, drama, musical
Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Cast: Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor
Genre: biopic, drama, sports
Director: Kiran Rao
Cast: Aamir Khan, Monica Dogra, Prateik Babbar
Genre: romance, drama, musical
Director: Shakti Samanta
Cast: Rajesh Khanna, Asha Parekh, Prem Chopra
Genre: romance, musical, drama
Director: Anurag Kashyap
Cast: Aditya Srivastava, Kay Kay Menon, Pavan Malhotra
Genre: drama, thriller
Director: Anurag Kashyap
Cast: Manoj Bajpai, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Richa Chadda
Genre: action, thriller
Director: Mahesh Bhatt
Cast: Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil
Genre: romance, drama
Director: Sanjay Gadhvi
Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Uday Chopra, John Abraham
Genre: action
Director: Sujoy Ghosh
Cast: Vidya Balan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Parambrata Chatterjee
Genre: thriller, drama
Director: Abhinav Kashyap
Cast: Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Sonu Sood
Genre: action, drama, musical
Director: Anurag Basu
Cast: Emran Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut, Shiney Ahuja
Genre: musical, thriller
Director: Yash Chopra
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Rakhee Gulzar, Shashi Kapoor
Genre: romance, drama
Director: Shyam Benegal
Cast: Karisma Kapoor, Rekha, Manoj Bajpayee
Genre: romance
Director: Manmohan Desai
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Rishi Kapoor
Genre: drama
Director: Prakash Mehra
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri, Ajit, Pran
Genre: action, drama
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan
Genre: drama
Director: Basu Chatterjee
Cast: Amol Palekar, Vidya Sinha, Ashok Kumar
Genre: romance, comedy, musical
Director: Vijay Anand
Cast: Dev Anand, Ashok Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Tanuja
Genre: thriller
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Madhuri Dixit, Jackie Shroff
Genre: drama, romance
Director: Bimal Roy
Cast: Dilip Kumar, Vyjayantimala, Pran
Genre: romance, thriller, musical
Director: Yash Chopra
Cast: Sridevi, Rishi Kapoor, Vinod Khanna
Genre: romance, drama
Director: Amit Maitra, Sombhu Mitra
Cast: Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Motilal
Genre: drama, satire, musical
Director: Shaad Ali
Cast: Rani Mukerji, Abhishek Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan
Genre: comedy, drama
Director: Vikramaditya Motwane
Cast: Ranveer Singh, Sonakshi Sinha, Adil Hussain
Genre: romance, thriller, musical
Director: Mahesh Bhatt
Cast: Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla
Genre: romance, comedy
Director: MS Sathyu
Cast: Balraj Sahni, Farooque Shaikh, AK Hangal
Genre: history, drama
Director: Sachin Kundalkar
Cast: Rani Mukerji, Prithviraj, Anita Date
Genre: romance, comedy, musical
Director: Raj Kapoor
Cast: Shashi Kapoor, Zeenat Aman
Genre: romance
Director: Vijay Krishna Acharya
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor
Genre: action, romance, musical
Director: Abrar Alvi
Cast: Meena Kumari, Rehman, Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman
Genre: drama
Director: N Chandra
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Anupam Kher
Genre: romance, drama
Director: Raj Kapoor
Cast: Raj Kapoor, Vyjayanthimala, Rajendra Kumar
Genre: drama, romance
Director: Imtiaz Ali
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri, Aditi Rao Hydari
Genre: musical, romance, drama
Director: Farah Khan
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Sushmita Sen, Sunil Shetty
Genre: comedy, drama
Director: Vikas Bahl
Cast: Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao, Lisa Haydon
Genre: drama, musical
Director: Raj Kapoor
Cast: Raj Kapoor, Simi Garewal, Rishi Kapoor
Genre: romance, biopic
Director: Karan Johar
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukerji
Genre: romance, musical
Director: Mani Ratnam
Cast: Kamal Haasan, Saranya, Nasser
Genre: crime, thriller
Director: Manmohan Desai
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Neetu Singh, Shabana Azmi
Genre: comedy, drama
Director: Sooraj Barjatya
Cast: Salman Khan, Bhagyashree, Alok Nath
Genre: romance, drama
Director: Rajkumar Santoshi
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn
Genre: drama, action, thriller
Director: Ritesh Batra
Cast: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Genre: romance, drama, comedy
Director: Mani Ratnam
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Manisha Koirala, Preity Zinta
Genre: romance, drama, musical
Director: Karan Johar
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan
Genre: melodrama, romance, musical
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonu Sood
Genre: historical, romance, drama
Director: AR Murugadoss
Cast: Aamir Khan, Asin, Jiah Khan
Genre: romance, thriller
Director: Yash Chopra
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Shatrugan Sinha
Genre: action, crime, thriller, historical
Director: Shimit Amin
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Shilpa Shukla, Vidya Malvade
Genre: sports, drama, musical
Director: Kabir Khan
Cast: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Ranvir Shorey
Genre: action, romance
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Cast: Amol Palekar, Utpal Dutt, Bindiya Goswami, Dina Pathak
Genre: comedy
Director: Anurag Basu
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra
Genre: adventure, comedy, romance
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Cast: Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Johnny Walker
Genre: drama, tragedy, musical
Director: Zoya Akhtar
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol, Farhan Akhtar
Genre: comedy, adventure, drama, road movie
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Cast: Amitabh Bachhan, Shashi Kapoor, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Genre: action, comedy, thriller
Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Cast: Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar
Genre: crime, drama, romance
Director: Imtiaz Ali
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Dara Singh
Genre: romance, musical, comedy
Director: Raj Kapoor
Cast: Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Nadira, Nemo
Genre: drama, romance, musical
Director: Farah Khan
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal
Genre: satire, romance, musical
Director: Yash Chopra
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Akshay Kumar
Genre: romance, musical
Director: Raj Kapoor
Cast: Prithviraj Kapoor, Raj Kapoor, Nargis
Genre: family courtroom drama
Director: Rajkumar Santoshi
Cast: Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Raveena Tandon
Genre: comedy, romance, musical
Director: Farhan Akhtar
Cast: Aamir Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Saif Ali Khan
Genre: coming-of-age, drama, romance
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Cast: JD Chakravarty, Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpai
Genre: crime, drama, romance
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Amrish Puri
Genre: sci-fi, action, romcom
Director: Mani Ratnam
Cast: Arvind Swamy, Manisha Koirala
Genre: romance, drama, tragedy
Director: Guru Dutt
Cast: Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Johnny Walker
Genre: drama, romance, tragedy
Director: Rajkumar Hirani
Cast: Aamir Khan, Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Kareena Kapoor
Genre: Comedy, drama, family
Director: Kundan Shah
Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Ravi Baswani, Pankaj Kapur
Genre: satire, comedy, drama
Director: Bimal Roy
Cast: Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy, Nazir Hussain
Genre: drama, tragedy, musical
Director: Manmohan Desai
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor
Genre: drama, comedy, musical
Director: Kamal Amrohi
Cast: Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, Raaj Kumar
Genre: historical romance
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Cast: Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh
Genre: adventure, drama, sport, historical
Director: Yash Chopra
Cast: Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Neetu Singh
Genre: Action, thriller, crime
Director: Vijay Anand
Cast: Dev Anand, Waheeda Rehman, Leela Chitnis
Genre: romance, drama, musical
Director: Guru Dutt
Cast: Guru Dutt, Mala Sinha, Waheeda Rehman
Genre: drama, romance, musical
Director: Aditya Chopra
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish Puri
Genre: romance, comedy, family
Director: K Asif
Cast: Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala
Genre: historical romance
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Cast: Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Amjad Khan
Genre: action, thriller, western
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