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By Decade

The Best Hindi
Films of the 2010s

76 films from this decade made the canon, 29 of them inside the ranked top 100.

The best decade for Hindi cinema since the 70s. Streaming money arrives, small films get distribution, and the range runs from Gangs of Wasseypur to The Lunchbox to Andhadhun without anything feeling like a compromise.

76 films from the 2010s made the canon, 29 of them inside the ranked top 100, led by Gangs of Wasseypur at #11. The decade leans Drama (49), Comedy (24), Thriller (12), and the directors carrying it here are Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, Zoya Akhtar, Imtiaz Ali.

Every title below has its own page with links to Wikipedia, IMDb, trailers and legal streaming. Compare against the 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s, or read how the ranking was scored.

RankFilmYearDirectorGenre
11 Gangs of Wasseypur गैंग्स ऑफ़ वासेपुर 2012Anurag KashyapCrime, Drama
15 Masaan मसान 2015Neeraj GhaywanDrama
29 Haider हैदर 2014Vishal BhardwajDrama, Thriller
46 Udaan उड़ान 2010Vikramaditya MotwaneDrama, Coming-of-age
47 Queen क्वीन 2013Vikas BahlComedy, Drama
48 Andhadhun अंधाधुन 2018Sriram RaghavanThriller, Comedy
49 Tumbbad तुंबाड़ 2018Rahi Anil BarveHorror, Fantasy
50 Kahaani कहानी 2012Sujoy GhoshThriller
57 Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara ज़िंदगी न मिलेगी दोबारा 2011Zoya AkhtarDrama, Comedy
58 Gully Boy गली बॉय 2019Zoya AkhtarDrama, Musical
60 Barfi! बर्फी! 2012Anurag BasuRomance, Comedy
61 Rockstar रॉकस्टार 2011Imtiaz AliDrama, Musical
65 Paan Singh Tomar पान सिंह तोमर 2012Tigmanshu DhuliaBiography, Drama
66 The Lunchbox द लंचबॉक्स 2013Ritesh BatraRomance, Drama
67 Ship of Theseus शिप ऑफ़ थीसियस 2012Anand GandhiDrama, Philosophy
68 Ankhon Dekhi आँखों देखी 2013Rajat KapoorDrama, Comedy
69 Newton न्यूटन 2017Amit V. MasurkarComedy, Political
70 Talvar तलवार 2015Meghna GulzarCrime, Drama
71 Drishyam दृश्यम 2015Nishikant KamatThriller, Drama
72 Special 26 स्पेशल 26 2013Neeraj PandeyHeist, Thriller
74 Peepli Live पीपली लाइव 2010Anusha RizviSatire, Comedy
75 Vicky Donor विक्की डोनर 2012Shoojit SircarComedy, Romance
76 Piku पीकू 2015Shoojit SircarComedy, Drama
77 Badhaai Ho बधाई हो 2018Amit Ravindernath SharmaComedy, Drama
78 Stree स्त्री 2018Amar KaushikHorror, Comedy
79 Article 15 आर्टिकल 15 2019Anubhav SinhaCrime, Drama
80 Mukkabaaz मुक्केबाज़ 2017Anurag KashyapSports, Drama
81 Raazi राज़ी 2018Meghna GulzarThriller, Drama
82 Bhaag Milkha Bhaag भाग मिल्खा भाग 2013Rakeysh Omprakash MehraBiography, Sports
– Shahid शाहिद 2012Hansal MehtaBiography, Legal
– Aligarh अलीगढ़ 2015Hansal MehtaBiography, Drama
– Tamasha तमाशा 2015Imtiaz AliDrama, Romance
– Highway हाईवे 2014Imtiaz AliDrama, Road
– Titli तितली 2014Kanu BehlCrime, Drama
– Sir सर 2018Rohena GeraRomance, Drama
– Court कोर्ट 2014Chaitanya TamhaneDrama, Legal
– Kai Po Che! काई पो चे! 2013Abhishek KapoorDrama, Sports
– Karwaan कारवां 2018Akarsh KhuranaComedy, Road
– Mardaani मर्दानी 2014Pradeep SarkarCrime, Thriller
– Neerja नीरजा 2016Ram MadhvaniBiography, Thriller
– Sui Dhaaga सुई धागा 2018Sharat KatariyaDrama, Comedy
– Dum Laga Ke Haisha दम लगा के हईशा 2015Sharat KatariyaRomance, Comedy
– Manjhi – The Mountain Man मांझी 2015Ketan MehtaBiography, Drama
– Raman Raghav 2.0 रमन राघव 2.0 2016Anurag KashyapCrime, Thriller
– Trapped ट्रैप्ड 2016Vikramaditya MotwaneSurvival, Thriller
– Lootera लुटेरा 2013Vikramaditya MotwaneRomance, Drama
– Bajrangi Bhaijaan बजरंगी भाईजान 2015Kabir KhanDrama, Adventure
– PK पीके 2014Rajkumar HiraniComedy, Sci-Fi
– Talaash तलाश 2012Reema KagtiMystery, Drama
– Photograph फ़ोटोग्राफ़ 2019Ritesh BatraRomance, Drama
– Ishqiya इश्क़िया 2010Abhishek ChaubeyCrime, Comedy
– Udta Punjab उड़ता पंजाब 2016Abhishek ChaubeyCrime, Drama
– Delhi Belly दिल्ली बेली 2011Abhinay DeoComedy, Crime
– Shanghai शंघाई 2012Dibakar BanerjeePolitical, Thriller
– Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! डिटेक्टिव ब्योमकेश बख्शी! 2015Dibakar BanerjeeMystery, Thriller
– Sulemani Keeda सुलेमानी कीड़ा 2014Amit MasurkarComedy
– Bombay Talkies बॉम्बे टॉकीज़ 2013Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, Anurag KashyapAnthology, Drama
– Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi रामप्रसाद की तेरहवीं 2019Seema PahwaDrama, Comedy
– Anaarkali of Aarah अनारकली ऑफ़ आरा 2017Avinash DasDrama
– Pink पिंक 2016Aniruddha Roy ChowdhuryLegal, Drama
– Kapoor & Sons कपूर एंड संस 2016Shakun BatraDrama, Family
– Margarita with a Straw मार्गरीटा विद अ स्ट्रॉ 2014Shonali BoseDrama, Coming-of-age
– English Vinglish इंग्लिश विंग्लिश 2012Gauri ShindeDrama, Comedy
– Kadvi Hawa कड़वी हवा 2017Nila Madhab PandaDrama
– Hindi Medium हिंदी मीडियम 2017Saket ChaudharyComedy, Drama
– Nil Battey Sannata निल बट्टे सन्नाटा 2015Ashwiny Iyer TiwariDrama, Comedy
– Secret Superstar सीक्रेट सुपरस्टार 2017Advait ChandanDrama, Musical
– Dangal दंगल 2016Nitesh TiwariSports, Biography
– Stanley Ka Dabba स्टेनली का डब्बा 2011Amole GupteDrama, Children
– Chintu Ka Birthday चिंटू का बर्थडे 2019Devanshu Kumar, Satyanshu SinghDrama, Comedy
– Island City आइलैंड सिटी 2015Ruchika OberoiAnthology, Satire
– Chauthi Koot चौथी कूट 2015Gurvinder SinghDrama
– Mukti Bhawan मुक्ति भवन 2016Shubhashish BhutianiDrama, Comedy
– B.A. Pass बी.ए. पास 2012Ajay BahlNeo-noir, Drama
– An Insignificant Man प्रूव्ड इनोसेंट 2016Khushboo Ranka, Vinay ShuklaDocumentary, Political
– Gulabi Gang गुलाबी गैंग 2012Nishtha JainDocumentary

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