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1. Nidhanaya (1972)
110 min | Drama
This film chronicles the tale of Willie Abeynayake (Gamini Fonseka) and his effort to uncover a treasure, which can only be attained by sacrificing a virgin girl with four birthmarks. ... See full summary »
Director: Lester James Peries | Stars: K.L. Coranelis Appuhamy, Kumarasinghe Appuhamy, Saman Bokalawala, Thilakasari Fernando
Votes: 166
2. A River Called Titas (1973)
Not Rated | 159 min | Drama
After their wedding night, a fisherman's young wife is kidnapped on the Titas River in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh.
Director: Ritwik Ghatak | Stars: Rosy Samad, Kabori Sarwar, Rawshan Zamil, Rani Sarkar
Votes: 1,345
3. Raid into Tibet (1966)
28 min | Documentary, Short, War
In May 1964, three British filmmakers traveled with the Khampa guerrillas over a 20,000-foot pass into occupied Tibet from the remote Tsum region of Nepal and captured dramatic footage of an ambush on a Chinese military convoy.
Director: Adrian Cowell
4. Kalpana (1948)
Not Rated | 122 min | Musical
Kalpana is a dramatic dance fantasy, about the story of a young dancer and his dream of setting up a dance academy.
Director: Uday Shankar | Stars: Uday Shankar, Amala Shankar, Lakshmi Kanta, G.V. Subbarao
Votes: 130
5. The Line of Destiny (1956)
89 min | Drama
A sprawling portrait of rural life in Sri Lanka; the story revolves around a boy and his friend--a blind girl who he accidentally 'heals' by giving her sight. Though the girl believes the ... See full summary »
Director: Lester James Peries | Stars: Somapala Dharmapriya, Myrtle Fernando, Shesha Palihakkara, Romulus de Silva
Votes: 121
6. Gamperaliya (1963)
105 min | Drama
A girl is forced into a loveless marriage by her family.
Director: Lester James Peries | Stars: Punya Heendeniya, Henry Jayasena, Wickrema Bogoda, Trelicia Gunawardena
Votes: 189
9. Ammawarune (2006)
Drama
A Buddhist monk, a soldier and a girl in an abusive marriage are siblings. The mother laments on not being able to see her soldier son and loses her mind. A bomb blast changes all their lives as death comes to cause them great sorrow.
Director: Lester James Peries | Stars: Malini Fonseka, Roshan Pilapitaya, Pradeep Dharmadasa, Gayani Gisanthika
10. Sandesaya (1960)
120 min | Drama
Director: Lester James Peries | Stars: Ananda Jayaratne, Kanthi Gunatunga, Eddie Jayamanne, Gamini Fonseka
Votes: 28
11. Kaliyugaya (1982)
83 min | Thriller
Piyal and Nanda have now aged, and their children have left them. Priya reminisces on her life after her son sends her a letter from London accusing her and her husband of various faults.
Director: Lester James Peries | Stars: Punya Heendeniya, Henry Jayasena, Trelicia Gunawardena, Wickrema Bogoda
Votes: 20
12. Yagunthaya (1985)
Drama
Director: Lester James Peries | Stars: Suwinitha Weerasinghe, Richard De Soysa, Mahal Wijewardena, Punya Heendeniya
Votes: 21
13. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
R | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A year after their father's funeral, three brothers travel across India by train in an attempt to bond with each other.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Amara Karan
Votes: 217,069 | Gross: $11.90M
14. Black Narcissus (1947)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
A group of nuns struggle to establish a convent in the Himalayas, while isolation, extreme weather, altitude, and culture clashes all conspire to drive the well-intentioned missionaries mad.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Jenny Laird
Votes: 27,700
15. 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: 21,765 | Gross: $8.66M
16. 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: 16,769 | Gross: $0.02M
17. 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: 16,004 | Gross: $0.17M
18. Pather Panchali (1955)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Banerjee, Chunibala Devi
Votes: 38,579 | Gross: $0.54M
19. Monsoon Wedding (2001)
R | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India.
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah, Vijay Raaz
Votes: 26,695 | Gross: $13.88M
20. The River (1951)
Approved | 99 min | Drama, Romance
The growing pains of three young women contrast with the immutability of the holy Bengal River, around which their daily lives unfold.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Patricia Walters, Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight, Arthur Shields
Votes: 6,889
21. Aalavandhan (2001)
Not Rated | 177 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Nandu and Vijay are brothers, who were abused by their stepmother during their younger days. Nandhu, who is mentally ill, decides to kill Vijay's fiancee as he visualizes her as his stepmother.
Director: Suresh Krishna | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Raveena Tandon, Manisha Koirala, Kitu Gidwani
Votes: 2,983
22. 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: 577
23. The Party (1968)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
A clerical mistake results in a bumbling Indian film star being invited to an exclusive Hollywood party instead of being fired.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Peter Sellers, Claudine Longet, Natalia Borisova, Jean Carson
Votes: 43,751
24. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure
In 1935, Indiana Jones is tasked by Indian villagers with reclaiming a rock stolen from them by a secret cult beneath the catacombs of an ancient palace.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri
Votes: 535,589 | Gross: $179.87M
25.
Kung Fu (1972–1975)
Episode:
This Valley of Terror
(1974)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
A journey to mysterious Indian burial grounds -- and into the frightening recesses of the human mind -- awaits Caine when he encounters a young woman who has escaped from an insane asylum.
Director: Harry Harris | Stars: David Carradine, Sondra Locke, Jan Sterling, Ken Swofford
Votes: 102
26. Blue Water, White Death (1971)
G | 99 min | Documentary
Documentary focusing on great white sharks.
Directors: Peter Gimbel, James Lipscomb | Stars: Tom Chapin, Phil Clarkson, Stuart Cody, Peter Lake
Votes: 437 | Gross: $0.54M
27. Kaante (2002)
R | 150 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Six bank robbers trying to pull off the perfect heist discover one of them is an undercover cop.
Director: Sanjay Gupta | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Mahesh Manjrekar
Votes: 5,421 | Gross: $1.04M
28. Baraka (1992)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
A collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion.
Director: Ron Fricke | Star: Patrick Disanto
Votes: 41,002 | Gross: $1.33M
29. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
PG | 138 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon
Votes: 217,039 | Gross: $132.09M
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