Best Hindi Drama Movies of 2014

Vikas Bahl · 146 min

A Delhi girl from a traditional family sets out on a solo honeymoon after her marriage gets cancelled.

Cast: Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao, Lisa Haydon

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (8.1/10 on IMDb (69,745 votes), 90% on Rotten Tomatoes), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Rajkumar Hirani · 153 min

An alien on Earth loses the only device he can use to communicate with his spaceship. His innocent nature and child-like questions force the country to evaluate the impact of religious views on people.

Cast: Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Sanjay Dutt

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (8.1/10 on IMDb (219,596 votes), 80% on Rotten Tomatoes), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Vishal Bhardwaj · 160 min · UTV Motion Pictures / VB Pictures

Vishal Bhardwaj's adaptation of William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', Haider - a young man returns home to Kashmir on receiving news of his father's disappearance. Not only does he learn that security forces have detained his father for harboring militants, but that his mother is in a relationship with his very own uncle. Intense drama follows between mother and son as both struggle to come to terms with news of his father's death. Soon Haider learns that his uncle is responsible for the gruesome murder, what follows is his journey to avenge his father's death.

Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Tabu, Shraddha Kapoor

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (8.0/10 on IMDb (58,694 votes), 88% on Rotten Tomatoes), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Rajat Kapoor · 104 min · Mithya Talkies / Drishyam Films

Raje Bauji (Sanjay Mishra) is a man in his late fifties, living out a dreary but eventful life in a small house in old Delhi- where he lives with his extended family. A random incident is going to change his life in a dramatic way- though he does not realize at the moment. Bauji's daughter has been seeing a boy of ill repute. When that fact is revealed to the family, after much deliberation they decide to do the obvious- lock up the girl and go beat the willful boy. It is a funny old journey of this man, this old fool- who is both Lear and the fool.

Cast: Sanjay Mishra, Seema Pahwa, Rajat Kapoor

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Anurag Kashyap · 128 min

The case of a missing girl takes us through a journey of human greed and brushes upon the egos and repressed emotions of the characters.

Cast: Rahul Bhat, Ronit Roy, Tejaswini Kolhapure

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (7.9/10 on IMDb (23,912 votes), 60% on Rotten Tomatoes), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.