THE BOLLYWOOD 100

By Decade

The Best Hindi
Films of the 2020s

19 films from this decade made the canon, 3 of them inside the ranked top 100.

Still being written. So far: a lockdown, a theatrical collapse, an OTT boom, a Cannes Grand Prix, and a genuine appetite for small, specific, regionally-flavoured Hindi films that would not have been financed in 2015.

19 films from the 2020s made the canon, 3 of them inside the ranked top 100, led by Sardar Udham at #83. The decade leans Drama (15), Biography (4), Comedy (4), and the directors carrying it here are Anubhav Sinha, Anvita Dutt, Shoojit Sircar, Vidhu Vinod Chopra.

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
83 Sardar Udham सरदार उधम 2021Shoojit SircarBiography, Historical
84 12th Fail 12वीं फेल 2023Vidhu Vinod ChopraBiography, Drama
85 Laapataa Ladies लापता लेडीज़ 2023Kiran RaoComedy, Drama
– Gangubai Kathiawadi गंगूबाई काठियावाड़ी 2022Sanjay Leela BhansaliBiography, Drama
– Mimi मिमी 2021Laxman UtekarDrama, Comedy
– Serious Men सीरियस मेन 2020Sudhir MishraSatire, Drama
– Sherni शेरनी 2021Amit V. MasurkarDrama
– Thappad थप्पड़ 2020Anubhav SinhaDrama
– Bheed भीड़ 2023Anubhav SinhaDrama
– Ludo लूडो 2020Anurag BasuAnthology, Comedy
– Jalsa जलसा 2022Suresh TriveniDrama, Thriller
– Darlings डार्लिंग्स 2022Jasmeet K. ReenDark comedy, Drama
– Kill किल 2023Nikhil Nagesh BhatAction, Thriller
– Monica, O My Darling मोनिका, ओ माय डार्लिंग 2022Vasan BalaNeo-noir, Comedy
– Bulbbul बुलबुल 2020Anvita DuttHorror, Drama
– Qala क़ला 2022Anvita DuttDrama, Musical
– Joram जोरम 2023Devashish MakhijaThriller, Drama
– All We Imagine as Light ऑल वी इमेजिन ऐज़ लाइट 2024Payal KapadiaDrama
– Chhapaak छपाक 2020Meghna GulzarBiography, Drama

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