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51. Amu (2005)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama
Amu is the story of an Indian American woman who returns to India. The film takes a dark turn as Kaju learns that a horrifying genocide that took place twenty years ago turns out to hold the key to her mysterious origins.
Director: Shonali Bose | Stars: Konkona Sen Sharma, Yashpal Sharma, Brinda Karat, Ankur Khanna
Votes: 962 | Gross: $0.01M
52. Ball & Chain (2004)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When Ameet and Saima's Indian-American families arrange for their marriage, they manage to stop it, only to realize they have actually fallen in love. By then, however, Saima's parents have promised her hand to sleazy playboy Ashol.
Director: Shiraz Jafri | Stars: Sunil Malhotra, Lisa Ray, Purva Bedi, Kal Penn
Votes: 624 | Gross: $2.26M
53. Midnight Delight (2016)
Not Rated | 85 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Set of characters in a smoking lounge reflect over daily existence, societal curiosities conversing about various topics with people they have never met before.
Director: Rohit Gupta | Stars: Maggie Alexander, John Crann, Adit Dileep, Joshua Echevarria
Votes: 65
54. The Tiger Hunter (2016)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy
A young Indian man relocates to 1970s Chicago to become an engineer, but when his job falls through, resorts to an elaborate charade with misfit friends in order to woo his childhood sweetheart.
Director: Lena Khan | Stars: Danny Pudi, Rizwan Manji, Jon Heder, Karen David
Votes: 1,131 | Gross: $0.06M
55. Spelling the Dream (2018)
TV-G | 82 min | Documentary
Chronicle of the ups and downs of four Indian-American students as they compete to realize their dream of winning the iconic tournament.
Director: Sam Rega | Stars: Srinivas Ayyagari, Jacques Bailly, Valerie Browning, Ratnam Chitturi
Votes: 799
56. 75 (2017)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.
Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith
Votes: 60
57. Leela (2002)
97 min | Drama, Romance
Leela is a film based on the South Asian-American experience. By providing a dynamic expression of the struggles and celebrations of the expatriate lifestyle, Leela has the potential to be ... See full summary »
Director: Somnath Sen | Stars: Dimple Kapadia, Vinod Khanna, Deepti Naval, Amol Mhatre
Votes: 162
58. The Distance Between Us (2014)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Romance
The Distance Between Us tells the story of a love affair between two young Indian immigrants, Megha and Ravi, who work as software engineers. For Megha, her career is an opportunity to ... See full summary »
Directors: Chandu Yarram, Chandu Satya | Stars: Rahul Rai, Leah Kavita, Ariane Mallon, Akshay Reddy
Votes: 117
59. Kali Ma (2007)
14 min | Short, Comedy, Thriller
When an Indian mother finds out her son is the victim of a vicious bully, she delivers her own brand of vigilante justice.
Director: Soman Chainani | Stars: Brendan Bradley, Manish Dayal, Kamini Khanna, Trevis Waters
Votes: 433
60. Pashmina
Animation, Adventure, Comedy | Pre-production
Pashmina is an animated tale of a Indian-American girl who rediscovers her heritage through her magical pashmina.
Director: Gurinder Chadha
61. Just Indian (2004)
92 min | Comedy
Just Indian unearths the class of values, the differences, and the internal conflict experienced by Indian Americans. The film brings Indian Americans from all walks of life to a commonly ... See full summary »
Director: Sonny Jhamb | Stars: Nader Dajani, Frank Fata, Sonny Jhamb, Melanie Leftick
Votes: 28
62. Wings of Hope (2001)
Drama
Director: Raj Basu | Stars: Ismail Bashey, Purva Bedi, Jeffrey Lofton, Swaylee Loughnane
Votes: 32
63. American Chai (2001)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
Sureel is a young first-generation Indian American. All he wants is to be like his American friends, but his strict immigrant parents keep a tight rein on his life. Will he realize his dream of performing rock-and-roll music?
Director: Anurag Mehta | Stars: Aalok Mehta, Sheetal Sheth, Aasif Mandvi, Josh Ackerman
Votes: 329
64. Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert (2008)
PG | 83 min | Documentary, Comedy, Family
The film features live stand-up performances by Azhar Usman, Preacher Moss and Mohammed Amer as well as behind the scenes sequences highlighting the individual comedians. The trio poke fun ... See full summary »
Director: Andrea Kalin | Stars: Preacher Moss, Azhar Usman, Mohammed Amer
Votes: 73 | Gross: $0.07M
65. Quarter Life Crisis (2006)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Accompanied by his posse of four testosterone-packed schmoes, Neil Desai--age 27, directionless, and confused--embarks on a journey to find the perfect date and the meaning of love and ... See full summary »
Director: Kiran Merchant | Stars: Maulik Pancholy, Lisa Ray, Russell Peters, Manu Narayan
Votes: 274
66. Uncommitted (2015)
Unrated | 112 min | Drama, Romance
A person who doesn't believe in the marriage system gets into an inner conflict, whether to marry a woman who he is in love with or live with the woman who has a similar ideology. A series ... See full summary »
Director: Chandu Yarram | Stars: Ashok Chaudhary, Ingrid Vollset, Ajna Jai, Roni Mazumdar
Votes: 76
67. The Color of Me (2018)
20 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
An adopted African-American named Lewis Clark, falls in love with a young woman named Lisa Adams, who has an unusual condition. Every hour, her skin magically changes color and she turns ... See full summary »
Director: Sreejith Nair | Stars: Carlo Aparo, Norma Chacon, Lj Flora, Koby Kalhoun
Votes: 8
68. Life! Camera Action... (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Family
A young girl in pursuit of her dreams of becoming a filmmaker against all odds.
Director: Rohit Gupta | Stars: Dipti Mehta, Shaheed K. Woods, Noor Naghmi, John Crann
Votes: 126
69. Walkaway (2010)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
Four intersecting stories, each exploring different aspects of love and companionship, as four friends struggle to find their way through the meanders of Indian matrimony, in a bittersweet ... See full summary »
Director: Shailja Gupta | Stars: Manu Narayan, Samrat Chakrabarti, Sanjiv Jhaveri, Manish Dayal
Votes: 815
70. Green Card Fever (2003)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Green Card Fever is the story of a young man in the United States who overstays his visa in the pursuit of a "Green Card". He naively muddles through an underworld of illegal immigrants, ... See full summary »
Director: Bala Rajasekharuni | Stars: Vikram Dasu, Purva Bedi, Deep Katdare, Chayton Arvin
Votes: 200 | Gross: $0.11M
71. Upside Brown (2023– )
Comedy, Drama
Conservative Indian patriarch Amol Tyagi allows college friend Akash Malhotra and his family to stay for a few days at his house before they move cross-country. The two families find themselves at odds due to their conflicting worldviews.
Stars: Yash Hatkar, Rajesh Hatkar, Rahul Dhiman, Mehak Arora
Votes: 12
72. Cosmopolitan (2003 TV Movie)
53 min | Drama, Romance
The story of an East Indian immigrant who turns to pop culture as he tries to reinvent his life and woo the girl next door.
Director: Nisha Ganatra | Stars: Roshan Seth, Carol Kane, Madhur Jaffrey, Yolande Bavan
Votes: 100
73. Indian Cowboy (2004)
84 min | Comedy, Romance
A spirited multi-cultural romantic comedy that asks, very tongue-in-cheek, if true love is indeed just like they show in the movies!
Director: Nikhil Kamkolkar | Stars: Sheetal Sheth, Nikhil Kamkolkar, Deep Katdare, Sundra Oakley
Votes: 71
74. A Decent Arrangement (2011)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
A Decent Arrangement is the story of Ashok Khosla, an Indian-American copywriter, who travels to India for an arranged marriage. After he encounters an American woman traveling through ... See full summary »
Director: Sarovar Banka | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Diksha Basu, Adhir Bhat, Adam Laupus
Votes: 248
75. Love Etc. (2010)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Romance
A documentary on a group of diverse couples, each in different stages of their relationships in New York City.
Director: Jill Andresevic
Votes: 129 | Gross: $0.01M
76. Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath (2006)
110 min | Documentary
When a turbaned Sikh man is brutally murdered in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, a college student journeys across America to discover who counts as "American" in times of crisis.
Director: Sharat Raju
Votes: 94
77. Interpreter of Maladies
Drama | Announced
When the Indian-American Das family takes a trip to India, Mrs. Das becomes close with their tour guide, as she tells him secrets not even her husband knows.
Director: Amitav Kaul
78. Bollywood and Vine (2004 Video)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
An Indian tour bus driver in Hollywood gets more than he bargained for when he writes a comeback vehicle for his idol, reclusive actress Delilah Leigh.
Directors: Donald Farmer, Edward Jordon | Stars: Skye Aubrey, Jamey Schrick, J.R. Jones, Trish Dempsey
Votes: 134
80. The Fob and I (2015– )
20 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Jisha and Sita are cousins who have never met. Jisha, a FOB from India, and Sita, an Americanized Indian, are forced to live together in one Hollywood apartment. These two girl cousins find... See full summary »
Stars: Uttera Singh, Shefali Deshpande, Wendy Girard, Nardeep Khurmi
Votes: 23
81. Heavenly Beauties (2005)
10 min | Short, Fantasy
Director: Deborah Abbott | Stars: Deborah Abbott, Patricia Vonne, Kelli Cooke, Christy Keller
82. Bugaboo (1999)
82 min | Comedy
BUGABOO is a Silicon Valley film. It has been produced by people who live and work in Silicon Valley and who have prospered with the high-tech boom of the nineties. The Internet and the ... See full summary »
Director: Sujit Saraf | Stars: Sujit Saraf, Maheshwar Umasankar, Amit Nanavati, Rajiv Nema
Votes: 29
83. A Pocket Full of Dreams (2001)
R | 100 min | Drama
An Indian family comes to America seeking the American dream and gets disillusioned along the way. Half the family winds up going back to India and the other half decides to stay.
Director: Vishal Bhandari | Stars: Mohan Agashe, Anju Mahendru, Sachin Khedekar, Sheetal Sheth
Votes: 10
84. Distant Beats (2011)
101 min | Drama, Musical
A struggling classical singer trying to elevate his old traditional music format, an upcoming Seattle singer, an aspiring musician and an Indian folk singer come together in a life changing journey.
Director: Sriram Vegaraju | Stars: Nathan Gifford, Janet Hietter, Sarah Mantei, Scott Mantei
85. Another Day Another Life (2009)
5 min | Short, Drama, Romance
A man struggles with his natural instincts for revenge when he is rescued by the only person that really mattered in grand scheme of life.
Director: Rohit Gupta | Stars: Rohit Gupta, Benjamin Jacobs, Amneek Sandhu, Raj Mehta
Votes: 85
86. Finding Preet (2006)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
Thirty-four divorced and INDIAN! Priti is a 34 year old Indian American physician and restaurant owner searching for preet (a hindi word for love). Her traditional Indian parents find her ... See full summary »
Director: Adrian Fulle | Stars: Frank Zieger, Dawn Birch, Sean Bradley, Cynthia Castiglione
Votes: 62
87. Anjali (2008)
15 min | Short, Drama
When Anjali, a rebellious Indian-American teenager, comes home with her boyfriend only to witness her father's betrayal, she must decide whether she will share her secret and risk devastating her family.
Director: Maya Anand | Stars: Vaishnavi Sharma, Anna George, Sanjiv Jhaveri, Manish Dayal
Votes: 11
88. Indian Comedy Tour (2010 Video)
Not Rated | 65 min | Comedy
A hilarious night of comedy with five of the funniest Indian stand up comedians.
Director: Iqbal Hans | Stars: Vidur Kapur, Vijai Nathan, Mark Saldana, Dalia
Votes: 24
89. Self-Love (2017)
20 min | Short
The journey of three Indian creative people in New York City as they traverse issues of identity and diversity in the entertainment industry.
Director: Rohil Aniruth | Stars: Varunica Agrawal, Rohil Aniruth, Conor Behrens, Louis Cox
90. Indian-American (2019)
5 min | Short
A young woman finds herself on a journey that began with her ancestors carrying jugs of water in India and brought her to drinking water straight from the filtered tap in America.
Director: Richa Rudola | Stars: Ariaki Dandawate, Aanya Rastogi, Deepti Menon, Linda Collins
91. The Akankshow (2017 TV Short)
19 min | Short, Comedy
A comedy web series about a young Indian woman who, having grown up in Saudi Arabia, comes to America to fulfill her lifelong dreams of becoming a comedian.
Director: Alex Marshall | Stars: Bide Akande, Akanksha Cruczynski, Bill Gobber, Zaq Keller
92. Fillum Star: The Peter Patel Story (2004)
66 min | Comedy
Directors: Rizwan Manji, Rehana Mirza | Stars: Rizwan Manji, Sean T. Krishnan, Alaudin Ullah, Reena Dutt
Votes: 13
93. Karma Road (2010)
R | 81 min | Drama
Karma Road is a non-traditional Film about a modern generation Indian American college student whose life is challenged by the many obstacles she overcomes throughout a course of time. A ... See full summary »
Director: Mihir Pathak | Stars: Manini Gupta, Kal Parekh, Robert Stoller, Ami Sheth
Votes: 10
94. Seeta's Demon
103 min | Drama | Announced
In this dark vengeance thriller, Will Langley, loving boyfriend of stunning Indian American dancer, Gauri Joshi, suddenly finds he's a prime suspect when she is brutally raped and left for ... See full summary »
Director: Shilpa Sunthankar | Stars: Hank Harris, Samrat Chakrabarti
95. Coming Out (II) (2011)
8 min | Short, Comedy
A young boy decides he is going to come out of the Closet and tell his parents he's gay. He assumes that his parents are not going to accept the fact. He prepares himself for the worse.
Director: Eliyas Qureshi | Stars: Geeta Citygirl Chopra, Khatera Hakimi, Seril James, Eliyas Qureshi
96. Time and the Hour Run (2005)
14 min | Short, Drama
Haunted by visions of his late wife, an Indian immigrant in rural America must confront the purpose of his life's journey or else succumb to his maddening grief.
Director: Samir R. Patel | Stars: Krishen Mehta, Samrat Chakrabarti, Manish Dayal, Rajika Puri
Votes: 16
97. NWA Cyberspace: Retribution (2005 Video)
Sport
Stars: Carlene Begnaud, Rodney Begnaud, Matt Bentley, Retesh Bhalla
98. Let's Be Out, the Sun Is Shining (2012)
Drama, Romance
A film about a shy Indian-American receptionist named DIYA with romantic notions of love who falls in love with a charismatic but arrogant Brooklyn bartender PADDY to whom everyone is ... See full summary »
Director: Bornila Chatterjee | Stars: Lipica Shah, Scott Lyman, Angela Gulner, Madeleine James
99. Shades of Indigo (2019 TV Movie)
26 min | Documentary
The film follows the life of blueberry farmer Sam Dhaliwal, a first-generation Indian Immigrant and his son Rob, a horticulture graduate, as they tackle global climate change challenges. ... See full summary »
Director: Hansjeet Duggal
100. Brushing Away Time (1995)
29 min | Documentary, Short, History
In August 1983 a prairie fire raged in Southeastern Montana, consuming much of the dense grass and vegetation that was hiding the secrets of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, which was ... See full summary »
Director: Doug McChristian | Stars: Gerard Baker, Richard Fox, Dick Harmon, David Hop