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The 100 best Bollywood movies: the list at a glance

Explore our list of the best Bollywood films ever made, voted for by leading Bollywood experts and critics

Written by
Time Out editors
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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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The 100 best Bollywood movies: 100-81

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Swades (2004)
  • Film
  • Drama

Director: Ashutosh Gowariker

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi, Kishori Balal

Genre: drama, romance, musical

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Arth (1982)
  • Film

Director: Mahesh Bhatt

Cast: Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil

Genre: romance, drama

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The 100 best Bollywood movies: 80-61

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Devdas (2002)
  • Film
  • Drama

Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Madhuri Dixit, Jackie Shroff

Genre: drama, romance

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The 100 best Bollywood movies: 60-41

Lootera (2013)
  • Film
  • Drama

Director: Vikramaditya Motwane

Cast: Ranveer Singh, Sonakshi Sinha, Adil Hussain

Genre: romance, thriller, musical

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Tashan (2008)
  • Film
  • Action and adventure

Director: Vijay Krishna Acharya

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor

Genre: action, romance, musical

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Rockstar (2011)
  • Film
  • Bollywood

Director: Imtiaz Ali

Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri, Aditi Rao Hydari

Genre: musical, romance, drama

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Queen (2014)
  • Film
  • Bollywood

Director: Vikas Bahl

Cast: Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao, Lisa Haydon

Genre: drama, musical

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Khakee (2004)
  • Film

Director: Rajkumar Santoshi

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn

Genre: drama, action, thriller

The 100 best Bollywood movies: 40-21

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Anand (1971)
  • Film

Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Cast: Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Johnny Walker

Genre: drama, tragedy, musical

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Shaan (1980)
  • Film

Director: Ramesh Sippy

Cast: Amitabh Bachhan, Shashi Kapoor, Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Genre: action, comedy, thriller

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The 100 best Bollywood movies: 20-1

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Satya (1998)
  • Film

Director: Ram Gopal Varma

Cast: JD Chakravarty, Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpai

Genre: crime, drama, romance

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3 Idiots (2009)
  • Film
  • Bollywood

Director: Rajkumar Hirani

Cast: Aamir Khan, Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Kareena Kapoor

Genre: Comedy, drama, family

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Lagaan (2001)
  • Film
  • Drama

Director: Ashutosh Gowariker

Cast: Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh

Genre: adventure, drama, sport, historical

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Guide (1965)
  • Film

Director: Vijay Anand

Cast: Dev Anand, Waheeda Rehman, Leela Chitnis

Genre: romance, drama, musical

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Sholay (1975)
  • Film

Director: Ramesh Sippy

Cast: Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Amjad Khan

Genre: action, thriller, western

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