Cricket Movies
by zzzorf | created - 31 Dec 2016 | updated - 01 Apr 2021 | PublicThis list contains movies which are all about the sport of Cricket.
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1. It's Not Cricket (1949)
Approved | 77 min | Adventure, Comedy
Kicked out of Army Intelligence, a pair of upper class twits set up as private detectives. The result is refined English chaos.
Directors: Roy Rich, Alfred Roome | Stars: Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Susan Shaw, Maurice Denham
Votes: 183
2. Badger's Green (1934)
68 min | Comedy
A picturesque village is threatened with redevelopment by a speculative builder, leading to widespread protest. In the end the builder agrees to settle the future of the village on the result of a cricket match.
Director: Adrian Brunel | Stars: Valerie Hobson, Bruce Lester, David Horne, Sebastian Smith
Votes: 17
3. Badger's Green (1949)
62 min | Comedy
A village cricket match begins to assume Homeric proportions.
Director: John Irwin | Stars: Barbara Murray, Brian Nissen, Garry Marsh, Kynaston Reeves
Votes: 14
4. The Final Test (1953)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Sam Palmer is a cricketer about to play the final test match of his career. His schoolboy son Reggie is a budding poet who disappoints him by not attending the penultimate day's play. ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Jack Warner, Robert Morley, George Relph, Adrianne Allen
Votes: 247
5. Playing Away (1987)
100 min | Comedy
To mark the conclusion of their "Third World Week" celebration, a cricket team in a small English village invites a black cricket team from South London to a charity game with comical results.
Director: Horace Ové | Stars: Norman Beaton, Robert Urquhart, Helen Lindsay, Nicholas Farrell
Votes: 198
6. First Rank (1990)
150 min | Action, Drama, Sport
The DGP of Police discovers a terrorist plot hatched by a sacked cricketer to blow up the stadium where an important cricket match is in progress.
Director: Dev Anand | Stars: Dev Anand, Aamir Khan, Ekta Sohini, Aditya Pancholi
Votes: 1,191
7. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
PG | 224 min | Drama, Musical, Sport
The people of a small village in Victorian India stake their future on a game of cricket against their ruthless British rulers.
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker | Stars: Aamir Khan, Raghubir Yadav, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley
Votes: 120,700 | Gross: $0.91M
8. Wondrous Oblivion (2003)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Eleven-year-old David Wiseman is mad about cricket but no good at it. He has the entire kit but none of the skill. So when a Jamaican family moves in next door and builds a cricket net in the back garden, David is in seventh heaven.
Director: Paul Morrison | Stars: Sam Smith, Leagh Conwell, Dominic Barklem, Jo Stone-Fewings
Votes: 1,247 | Gross: $0.09M
9. Iqbal (2005)
Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, Sport
Iqbal, the deaf and mute son of a farmer, has a passion for the game of cricket and seeks the tutelage of a washed-up, alcoholic ex-player.
Director: Nagesh Kukunoor | Stars: Shreyas Talpade, Naseeruddin Shah, Shweta Basu Prasad, Yatin Karyekar
Votes: 17,697
10. Hit for Six (2007)
99 min | Drama, Sport
A sidelined West Indies cricketer fights demons of his past, including a match fixing charge, and learns about love in an unlikely quest to play in a major global tournament and earn the ... See full summary »
Director: Alison Saunders-Franklyn | Stars: Andrew Pilgrim, Rudolph Walker, Jeanille Bonterre, Alison Sealy-Smith
Votes: 19
11. Chennai 600028 (2007)
141 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Friendship, love, and rivalry spice up the game of street cricket in the suburb of Chennai whose zip code give this movie its name.
Director: Venkat Prabhu | Stars: Shiva, Jai, Nitin Sathya, Premgi Amaren
Votes: 2,499
12. Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii (2007)
118 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
An orphan kid who goes on to achieve name, fame and above all self belief.
Director: Karanjeet Saluja | Stars: Zain Khan, Rahul Bose, Kapil Dev, Nasir Khan
Votes: 2,110
13. Say Salaam India: 'Let's Bring the Cup Home' (2007)
130 min | Drama, Sport
Principal Goswami of prestigious Royal Heritage High School recruits his chum, Hari Sadu, to coach his school's five-time winning cricket team, only to let him go following complaints of ... See full summary »
Director: Subhash Kapoor | Stars: Sanjay Suri, Milind Soman, Mandar Jadhav, Sandhya Mridul
Votes: 111
14. Hattrick (2007)
110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Despite of cricket fever, there are two people in India who dislike it's influence over their lives. The first is Dr. Satyajit Chavan, who will not permit anyone in his home nor the ... See full summary »
Director: Milan Luthria | Stars: Nana Patekar, Danny Denzongpa, Paresh Rawal, Kunal Kapoor
Votes: 529
15. Meerabai Not Out (2008)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A cricket-loving school-teacher faces challenges after agreeing to marry a doctor.
Director: Chandrakant Kulkarni | Stars: Anupam Kher, Mahesh Manjrekar, Mandira Bedi, Eijaz Khan
Votes: 95
16. Hansie: A True Story (2008)
123 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
"How do you start over once you have betrayed a nation's trust?" The news of Hansie Cronjé's involvement with Indian bookmakers and his resulting public confession rocked the international ... See full summary »
Director: Regardt van den Bergh | Stars: Frank Rautenbach, Sarah Thompson, Matthew Dylan Roberts, Leslie Mongezi
Votes: 298
17. I Know How Many Runs You Scored Last Summer (2008)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A cricket team are dismissed by a moustachioed serial killer with a razor sharp cricket glove and an arsenal of sharpened stumps. One by one the killer exacts revenge for the torment he endured 20 years earlier.
Directors: Stacey Edmonds, Doug Turner | Stars: Jai Koutrae, Stacey Edmonds, Az Jackson, David Gambin
Votes: 590
18. Victory (I) (2009)
160 min | Drama, Sport
An over confident cricketer who ruins his career must prove his worth by starting all over again
Director: Ajit Pal Mangat | Stars: Harman Baweja, Amrita Rao, Anupam Kher, Dalip Tahil
Votes: 572
19. Dil Bole Hadippa (2009)
Not Rated | 148 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In a village where girls don't play cricket, Veera puts on a turban and beard and becomes Veer to fulfill her dreams and meets Rohan. And fun begins.
Director: Anurag Singh | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Rani Mukerji, Anupam Kher, Dalip Tahil
Votes: 4,649
20. Tournament - Play & Replay (2010)
150 min | Drama, Thriller
Tournament is a road movie in which the story progresses as the main characters embark on a journey. Viswam, Usman, Balu, Bobby, Chilambu and Subu start from Kochi for a Cricket match ... See full summary »
Director: Lal | Stars: Bijukuttan, Fahadh Faasil, Indrans, John
Votes: 222
21. Patiala House (2011)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Sport
A talented young Indian cricket player must defy his father's wishes to play for the side of England, a rebellion his siblings quietly cheer.
Director: Nikkhil Advani | Stars: Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma
Votes: 9,561
22. Golkonda High School (2011)
130 min | Drama, Family
A school in financial trouble hires an ex-student with a chequered past to regain the glory of its once famous cricket program
Director: Mohana Krishna Indraganti | Stars: Sumanth, Swathi Reddy, Subbaraju, Tanikella Bharani
Votes: 498
23. Ferrari Ki Sawaari (2012)
Not Rated | 140 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
How the pursuit of an Indian cricket legend's Ferrari makes a young boy's dreams of playing cricket at Lords a reality.
Director: Rajesh Mapuskar | Stars: Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani, Ritvik Sahore, Paresh Rawal
Votes: 5,890 | Gross: $0.42M
24. I Am Shahid Afridi (2013)
130 min | Drama, Sport
Young boy's dream to become Shahid Afridi
Director: Syed Ali Raza Usama | Stars: Noman Habib, Humayun Saeed, Mahnoor Baloch, Jawed Sheikh
Votes: 4,608
25. Dhoni (I) (2012)
135 min | Drama, Family
A 14 year old boy aspires to become an attacking wicketkeeper-batsman, where his father wants his son to become a MBA graduate.
Director: Prakash Raj | Stars: Prakash Raj, Akash Puri, Radhika Apte, Nassar
Votes: 700
26. Save Your Legs! (2012)
92 min | Comedy, Sport
Edward 'Teddy' Brown lives for his suburban cricket club and his two best friends, Rick and Stavros. But when he realizes that his beloved teammates are moving on and growing up, he's ... See full summary »
Director: Boyd Hicklin | Stars: Stephen Curry, Brendan Cowell, Damon Gameau, David Lyons
Votes: 547
27. 1983 (2014)
138 min | Drama, Sport
The story of Rameshan who has a huge craze for Cricket, and his final attempt to realize his cricket dream through his son.
Director: Abrid Shine | Stars: Nivin Pauly, Anoop Menon, Joy Mathew, Nikki Galrani
Votes: 2,949
28. Jeeva (2014)
127 min | Drama, Sport
Right from his childhood, the motherless Jeeva grows with his focus fully on Cricket. However, it is never smooth sailing for him with disruptions coming in various forms ranging from his love life to team selection politics.
Director: Suseenthiran | Stars: Vishnu Vishal, Sri Divya, Soori, Lakshman Narayan
Votes: 1,322
29. Azhar (2016)
Not Rated | 130 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Biographical sports drama based on the life of former Indian international cricketer, Mohammad Azharuddin
Director: Anthony D'Souza | Stars: Emraan Hashmi, Nargis Fakhri, Prachi Desai, Lara Dutta
Votes: 5,933
30. M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016)
Not Rated | 184 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The untold story of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's journey from ticket collector to trophy collector - the world-cup-winning captain of the Indian Cricket Team.
Directors: Mathur Goswami, Neeraj Pandey | Stars: Sushant Singh Rajput, Kiara Advani, Disha Patani, Anupam Kher
Votes: 68,157 | Gross: $1.78M
31. Fire in Babylon (2010)
TV-14 | 87 min | Documentary, Sport
A documentary on the West Indies cricket team's rise to being the best in the world, and one of the greatest cricket teams the world has ever seen, in the late-1970s and how they maintained that invincibility in the 1980s.
Director: Stevan Riley | Stars: Viv Richards, Michael Holding, Clive Lloyd, Gordon Greenidge
Votes: 1,908
32. The Little Master (2015 TV Movie)
Documentary
For over two decades, International Cricket Star Sachin Tendulkar dominated his sport and claimed lost every record for his home nation India. But the one thing that eluded him was the ... See full summary »
Directors: Gotham Chopra, Rohit Gandhi | Star: Sachin Tendulkar
Votes: 40
33. Sachin - A Billion Dreams (2017)
138 min | Documentary, Sport
A tale of a small boy with dreams and his journey to becoming the God of Cricket and the most celebrated sportsperson in his country.
Director: James Erskine | Stars: Sachin Tendulkar, Mikail Gandhi, Anjali Tendulkar, Mayur More
Votes: 8,358
34. Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings (2016)
154 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Chennai Sharks XI team goes to Theni for the marriage of their teammate Ragu, and get into a tiff with the local team that becomes a threat to the wedding.
Director: Venkat Prabhu | Stars: Jai, Shiva, Premji, Vaibhav Reddy
Votes: 1,320
35. Kanaa (2018)
Not Rated | 145 min | Drama, Sport
A woman who hails from a middle-class family background aims to excel in the competitive world of cricket with the help of her supportive father.
Director: Arunraja Kamaraj | Stars: Aishwarya Rajesh, Sathyaraj, Sivakarthikeyan, Darshan
Votes: 3,529
36. '83 (2021)
TV-14 | 162 min | Biography, Drama, History
On June 25, 1983, the Lord's Cricket Ground witnessed 14 men beat the two times World Champions West Indies, putting India back onto the cricket world stage.
Directors: Pritam Chakraborty, Kabir Khan, Amit Mishra | Stars: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Jiiva
Votes: 40,796
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