THE BOLLYWOOD 100

By Decade

The Best Hindi
Films of the 2000s

43 films from this decade made the canon, 21 of them inside the ranked top 100.

The multiplex splits the audience, and the industry discovers it can make two kinds of film at once. Dil Chahta Hai, Lagaan and Munna Bhai in the same window; Maqbool, Black Friday and Omkara underneath them.

43 films from the 2000s made the canon, 21 of them inside the ranked top 100, led by Lagaan at #13. The decade leans Drama (31), Comedy (8), Crime (8), and the directors carrying it here are Anurag Kashyap, Ashutosh Gowariker, Vishal Bhardwaj, Dibakar Banerjee.

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RankFilmYearDirectorGenre
13 Lagaan लगान 2001Ashutosh GowarikerDrama, Sports
14 Dil Chahta Hai दिल चाहता है 2001Farhan AkhtarDrama, Comedy
23 Black Friday ब्लैक फ्राइडे 2004Anurag KashyapCrime, Drama
27 Omkara ओंकारा 2006Vishal BhardwajCrime, Drama
28 Maqbool मक़बूल 2003Vishal BhardwajCrime, Drama
44 Khosla Ka Ghosla खोसला का घोसला 2006Dibakar BanerjeeComedy, Drama
45 Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! ओए लकी! लकी ओए! 2008Dibakar BanerjeeComedy, Crime
51 3 Idiots थ्री इडियट्स 2009Rajkumar HiraniComedy, Drama
52 Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. मुन्ना भाई एम.बी.बी.एस. 2003Rajkumar HiraniComedy, Drama
53 Taare Zameen Par तारे ज़मीन पर 2007Aamir KhanDrama
54 Swades स्वदेस 2004Ashutosh GowarikerDrama
55 Rang De Basanti रंग दे बसंती 2006Rakeysh Omprakash MehraDrama, Political
56 Chak De! India चक दे! इंडिया 2007Shimit AminSports, Drama
59 Jab We Met जब वी मेट 2007Imtiaz AliRomance, Comedy
62 Dev.D देव डी 2009Anurag KashyapDrama, Musical
64 Company कंपनी 2002Ram Gopal VarmaCrime, Drama
73 A Wednesday! अ वेडनसडे! 2008Neeraj PandeyThriller
86 Guru गुरु 2007Mani RatnamDrama, Biography
87 Black ब्लैक 2005Sanjay Leela BhansaliDrama
88 Devdas देवदास 2002Sanjay Leela BhansaliRomance, Drama
91 Om Shanti Om ओम शांति ओम 2007Farah KhanDrama, Musical
– Hera Pheri हेरा फेरी 2000PriyadarshanComedy
– Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... कभी खुशी कभी ग़म 2001Karan JoharFamily, Drama
– Wake Up Sid वेक अप सिड 2009Ayan MukerjiDrama, Coming-of-age
– Iqbal इक़बाल 2005Nagesh KukunoorSports, Drama
– Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi हज़ारों ख़्वाहिशें ऐसी 2003Sudhir MishraDrama, Political
– Manorama Six Feet Under मनोरमा सिक्स फीट अंडर 2007Navdeep SinghNeo-noir, Thriller
– Johnny Gaddaar जॉनी गद्दार 2007Sriram RaghavanNeo-noir, Thriller
– Ek Hasina Thi एक हसीना थी 2004Sriram RaghavanThriller, Revenge
– Gulaal गुलाल 2009Anurag KashyapPolitical, Drama
– No Smoking नो स्मोकिंग 2007Anurag KashyapSurreal, Thriller
– Chandni Bar चांदनी बार 2001Madhur BhandarkarDrama, Crime
– Astitva अस्तित्व 2000Mahesh ManjrekarDrama
– Monsoon Wedding मॉनसून वेडिंग 2001Mira NairDrama, Romance
– Dor डोर 2006Nagesh KukunoorDrama
– Firaaq फ़िराक़ 2008Nandita DasDrama
– Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na जाने तू... या जाने ना 2008Abbas TyrewalaRomance, Comedy
– Kaminey कमीने 2009Vishal BhardwajCrime, Thriller
– Jodhaa Akbar जोधा अकबर 2008Ashutosh GowarikerHistorical, Romance
– Sarkar सरकार 2005Ram Gopal VarmaCrime, Drama
– Zubeidaa ज़ुबैदा 2001Shyam BenegalBiography, Drama
– Raincoat रेनकोट 2004Rituparno GhoshRomance, Drama
– Supermen of Malegaon सुपरमैन ऑफ़ मालेगांव 2008Faiza Ahmad KhanDocumentary

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