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1. Octopussy (1983)
PG | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A fake Fabergé egg recovered from the body of a fellow agent leads James Bond to uncover a jewel smuggling operation led by the mysterious Octopussy, and a plot to blow up a NATO air base.
Director: John Glen | Stars: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Kristina Wayborn
Votes: 113,211 | Gross: $67.90M
2. The Braid (2023)
121 min | Drama
Three women, Smita, Giulia and Sarah, are from different parts of the world and have never met, but are bound by something intimate and unique.
Director: Laetitia Colombani | Stars: Mia Maelzer, Sajda Pathan, Nehpal Gautam, Danish Iqbal
Votes: 722
3. 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: 41,067 | Gross: $1.33M
4. 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: 21,809 | Gross: $8.66M
5. 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: 16,058 | Gross: $0.17M
6. Cosmic Sex (2015)
TV-MA | 97 min | Drama
One night, Kripa is on the run from sex and violence when he meets Sadhavi, a woman who strangely resembles his dead mother. She gives him shelter and teaches him to travel inwards through sex.
Director: Amitabh Chakraborty | Stars: Rituparna Sen, Ayushman Mitra, Murari Mukherjee, Riwk Jaiswal
Votes: 859
7. 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: 6,900
8. Caminho das Índias (2009)
Adventure, Drama, Romance
The daughter of a traditional, rich Indian family falls in love for a Dalit, an "untouchable" man.
Stars: Juliana Paes, Laura Cardoso, Christiane Torloni, Tony Ramos
Votes: 869
9. Cold Fever (1995)
Unrated | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A Japanese businessman travels to Iceland and has a series of misadventures while venturing to a remote area to perform a traditional burial ritual where his parents died several years back.
Director: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Lili Taylor, Fisher Stevens, Gísli Halldórsson
Votes: 1,897 | Gross: $0.34M
10. The Beatles and India (2021)
96 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary exploring how John, Paul, George and Ringo fell in love with Indian culture while visiting the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his Himalayan ashram in 1968.
Directors: Ajoy Bose, Peter Compton | Stars: Shankara Angadi, Sidharth Bhatia, Steve Turner, Ajoy Bose
Votes: 507
11. Return from India (2002)
96 min | Drama, Romance
This beautiful love story that starts in Israel and goes through all scenes of India, its cultural, beauty and religions traditions, brings us to the question: "What is this love?"
Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Aki Avni, Riki Gal, Assi Dayan, Orli Perl
Votes: 115
12. Scream of the Ants (2006)
85 min | Adventure, Drama
A girl believing in God marries an atheist, who is consumed by doubt. They decide to spend their honeymoon in India. Searching the countryside for a guru called the "perfect man," who fobs ... See full summary »
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Mamhoud Chokrollahi, Mahnour Shadzi, Karl Maass, Tenzin Chogyal
Votes: 985
13. India: Matri Bhumi (1959)
90 min | Documentary, Drama
Several stories depicting the landscapes and fauna of India are mixed with documentary footage.
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Votes: 733
14. Elemental (2012)
TV-G | 92 min | Documentary, News
Elemental follows three outsiders who are obsessed by nature and driven by a deep desire to change the status quo. Rajendra Singh, an Indian government official gone rogue, mounts a ... See full summary »
Directors: Gayatri Roshan, Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee | Stars: Chief Alan Adam, Francesca Bertone, Kelsey Chapman, Eriel Tchekwie Deranger
Votes: 34
15. Shore Leave (1925)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy
While anchored down on a small New England port, on shore leave, Bilge Smith, a sailor, meets Connie Martin, the village dressmaker. Upon leaving, Bilge promises to return to Connie.
Director: John S. Robertson | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Mackaill, Ted McNamara, Nick Long
Votes: 114
16. Holiwater
108 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography | Filming
Two Indian mystics journey in search of a missing son to find that the River Ganges is dying. Friendship, bonding, memory and loss evoke in this real-life film the current state of the earth's most precious resource: water.
Director: Andrei Jewell | Stars: Deb Das Baul, Kannai Das Baul, Baskar Bhattachharrya, Lakhan Das Baul
17. In the Labyrinth (1967)
21 min | Animation, Short
A multi-image large-format film retelling of the Greek myth of Theseus and symbolizing the life of a modern man; each one in a personal labyrinth that must find their own path to triumph.
Directors: Roman Kroitor, Colin Low, Hugh O'Connor
Votes: 115
18. Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey (1962)
Not Rated | 30 min | Documentary, Short
Highlighting the First Lady's visit to India and Pakistan in the spring of 1962: the pageantry of Mrs. Kennedy's state receptions, and the beauty of such landmarks as the Taj Mahal and the Khyber Pass.
Director: Leo Seltzer | Stars: Jacqueline Kennedy, Raymond Massey, Mohammad Ayub Khan, Indira Gandhi
Votes: 7
19. India: Home of the Bengal Tiger (2004)
30 min | Short
India is home to 3500 tigers -- about 60% of the world's population.
Director: Fred Heiman | Stars: Sushial Chouhan, Fred Heiman, Peggy Heiman, Vipul Jain
21. The Ganges with Anita Rani (2021– )
70 min
Rani travels the land of her grandparents to explore its history as seen from the banks of the waterway.
Star: Anita Rani
22.
Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode:
Henry's New Job
(1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Henry decides to leave his job at Trask Engineering, which means an overseas move for the family.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Jay North, Gale Gordon, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry
Votes: 28
23.
Taboo (2002–2014)
Episode:
Death
(2002)
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary
Taboo visits Indonesia, India, and the United States and looks at how burial practices and dealing with death varies from culture to culture.
Stars: Novella Nelson, Mukulika Banerjee, Christopher Davis, Wade Davis
Votes: 11
24.
Devon Ke Dev... Mahadev (2011–2014)
Episode:
Parvati refuses to eat
(2012)
Action, Drama, Fantasy
Mahadev instructs Ganga to flow after placing her in his hair. She follows Bhagirath, aiming to deliver holy water to the whole world. Meanwhile, Naresh persuades Parvati to have food as she is starving herself.
Directors: J.P. Sharma, Nikhil Sinha, Hardik Gajjar | Stars: Mohit Raina, Sonarika Bhadoria, Deepika Upadhyay, Pankaj Dheer
Votes: 11
25.
The Real Marigold Hotel (2016– )
Episode:
Episode #4.4
(2020)
58 min | Documentary
The group travel to Rishikesh in the foothills of the Himalayas. Susie and Barbara visit a Buddhist monastery, while Britt, Henry and Paul visit an alternative retirement option.
Directors: Chris Atteshlis, Georgina Burrell, James Nutt, Ben Potts, Marcin Wawro | Stars: Tom Hollander, John Altman, Duncan Bannatyne, Susie Blake
Votes: 7
26.
Ancient Mysteries (1994–1998)
Episode:
Secrets of Sex: The Kama Sutra
(1996)
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, History, Mystery
An examination of the Kamasutra, the Hindu text that details "the delights of the human sexual experience," focuses on its religious origins and whether it is sacred or profane. Included: comments from author Deepak Chopra.
Stars: Deepak Chopra, Vidya Dehejia, Vishakha N. Desai, Mohandas K. Gandhi
27.
Voyage of the Continents (2012–2015)
Episode:
Asia: The Tectonics of Life and Death
(2012)
TV-G | 51 min | Documentary, History
Asia was involved in two of the greatest mass extinctions on earth. 251 million years ago the Siberian traps erupted in a massive two million year long volcanic eruption. Scientist ... See full summary »
Directors: Chris Hooke, Yanick Rose | Stars: Eric Buffetaut, Stéphane J. Bureau, Sylvie Crasquin, Christiian France-Lanord
Votes: 10
28.
Atlas Pro (2018– )
Episode:
Why We Find Rainforests in Unexpected Places
(2021)
24 min | Documentary
Normally when we think of rainforests we think of the tropics. But there are a plethora of smaller rainforests in temperate climes. When winds blow across a large body of water toward a ... See full summary »
Star: Caelan Kelley
29.
Second Thought (2016– )
Episode:
The Water Wars Are Coming
(2021)
12 min | Documentary
Water is becoming a scare resource. Demand is increasing and availability is declining particularly along major rivers such as the Nile and Colorado. There have already been military ... See full summary »
Stars: J.T. Chapman, Kamala Harris
30.
Joe Scott (2006– )
Episode:
So Apparently Skyquakes Are a Thing: Answers with Joe
(2020)
14 min | Documentary, Short
For hundreds of years in various places around the world, usually around coastlines, people have been reporting a booming sound that can be brief or persist for more than a day. The source ... See full summary »
Star: Joe Scott
31.
An Idiot Abroad (2010–2012)
Episode:
India
(2010)
TV-MA | 44 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy
Karl is sent to India to see the Taj Mahal but he gets an unexpected surprise when it turns out he's visiting during the Hindu festival of Holi, and he struggles to adapt to the Indian lifestyle.
Directors: Luke Campbell, Krishnendu Majumdar | Stars: Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Luke Campbell
Votes: 490
32.
An Idiot Abroad (2010–2012)
Episode:
The Short Way Around: India
(2012)
TV-MA | 45 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy
Karl and Warwick arrive in Mumbai, India, the country which Karl hated on his last visit. Warwick, who is immediately taken by the sights and sounds, hopes Karl will appreciate it this ... See full summary »
Directors: Luke Campbell, Benjamin Green, Richard Yee | Stars: Karl Pilkington, Warwick Davis, Ricky Gervais, Luke Campbell
Votes: 245
33.
Cogito (2016– )
Episode:
Why are China and India so Populated
(2017)
7 min | Documentary, History
For the past ten thousand years India and China had near perfect conditions to support a rapidly growing population. Add in a head start and the major calamities that held other regions ... See full summary »
Star: Domhnall Cogito
34.
RealLifeLore (2016– )
Episode:
Why Most Indians Live Above This Line
(2022)
16 min | Documentary, History
Seven of ten of India's largest cities are in Sothern India. Yet seventy percent of Indians live in northern India at the foot of the Himalyan Mountains. The climate effect of the mountains... See full summary »
Star: Joseph Pisenti
35.
James May: Our Man in... (2020–2024)
Episode:
A Bit Like Glasgow
(2024)
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy
James finds himself in the capital Delhi, where the heavens open and all the street food is fried. Then it's time to tackle some Indian icons: cricket, trains, and the Taj Mahal, before the majestic Varanasi and the mighty River Ganges.
Directors: Frankie Fathers, Tom Whitter | Stars: James May, Vikramjit Singh, Kunal Rakshit, Kirti Bhoutika
Votes: 161
36.
Team Bachstad (2012– )
Episode:
Team Bachstad I India 3:4
(2013)
30 min | Documentary, Comedy
Team Bachstad continues its journey across India. In a tiny autorickshaw through one of the world's most densely populated areas. A stop in Varanasi gives them a slightly different view of death, while Agra fulfills a boyhood dream.
Directors: Øystein Bache, Rune Gokstad | Stars: Øystein Bache, Rune Gokstad