Best Hindi Romance Movies of All Time

Farhan Akhtar · 183 min · Excel Entertainment

Three young men Akash, Sameer, and Siddharth are close friends, but their tastes and characters are completely incompatible. So when Siddharth falls in love with a much older woman, Tara, a woman who has been unsuccessful in keeping her marriage intact as well as alcohol-dependent, widens the rift between the trio, forcing them to part company. Years later, the trio will be re-united, they will be much mature and understanding, but will they still accept Siddharth love for Tara, especially when they themselves have fallen in love with women around their respective ages?

Cast: Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (8.1/10 on IMDb (76,921 votes), 100% on Rotten Tomatoes), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Aditya Chopra · 181 min · Yash Raj Films

When Raj (Shah Rukh Khan) and Simran (Kajol) first met on an inter-rail holiday in Europe, it wasn't exactly Love at first sight but when Simran is taken back to India for an arranged marriage, things change. Encouraged by his father Dharamvir (Anupam Kher), Raj decides to fly down from London to not just win his Bride but her whole family and the blessings of her father Baldev Singh (Amrish Puri).

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish Puri

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (8.0/10 on IMDb (84,286 votes), 100% on Rotten Tomatoes), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Imtiaz Ali · 138 min

A depressed wealthy businessman finds his life changing after he meets a spunky and care-free young woman.

Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Tarun Arora

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (7.9/10 on IMDb (64,602 votes), 100% on Rotten Tomatoes), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

K. Asif · 197 min

A 16th century prince falls in love with a court dancer and battles with his emperor father.

Cast: Prithviraj Kapoor, Madhubala, Dilip Kumar

AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (8.1/10 on IMDb (9,053 votes), 93% on Rotten Tomatoes), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Hrishikesh Mukherjee · 120 min

Ramprasad is a recent college graduate who finds a job with a finicky man, Bhavani Shankar, who believes that a man without a mustache is a man without a character. Bhavani Shankar is also against any of his employees indulging in recreation of any kind. When Ramprasad is caught by his boss at a hockey match, he has to invent a twin brother, the clean-shaven Laxman Prasad, to save his job. When Bhavani's daughter falls in love with the clean-shaven Laxman Prasad, and insists on marrying him, and Bhavani insists she should marry Ramprasad, things take a whacky turn. A fake mother and a hilarious chase are other enjoyable features involved in this comedy.

Cast: Amol Palekar, Utpal Dutt, Bindiya Goswami

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (8.5/10 on IMDb (20,351 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Amit Sharma · 125 min · Junglee Pictures / Chrome Pictures

Nakul a 25 year old in relationship with Renne and soon plan to marry .His father Jeetender Kaushik works for railways while mother Priyamvada is housewife whose always taunted by his grandmother.When Nakul finds that his mother is pregnant at the age when Nakul is about to marry he starts to avoid their parents ,friends and society.

Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Neena Gupta, Gajraj Rao

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (7.2/10 on TMDb (177 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Hrishikesh Mukherjee · 146 min · Rupam Chitra

Raghav brags that he can smell a rat or an impersonator automatically, and Dr. Parimal Tripathi decides to take him on - result: funny family slapstick comedy, with a dose of pure Hindi and Urdu thrown in, especially the dialogue delivery by Om Prakash, Dharmendra, and Amitabh Bachchan. Notable songs are :Sare ga ma, ma sa re ga ma...."; "Ab ke sajan sawan me, aag lagegi badan mein, ghata barshegi, magar tarsegi nazar, mil na sakenghe do mahn ek hi aagan mein..."; "Chupke chupke chal di purvaiya, basuri bajaike raas rachaye daiya re daiya, chupke...".

Cast: Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Amitabh Bachchan

AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (8.3/10 on IMDb (13,442 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Vijay Anand · 183 min · Navketan Films

Raju is released from jail much before his term he decides to go back to his usual life of Guide.But changes his mind and reaches a small religious village where people mistake him of being a god men and call him Swami.Few months later his mother and lover Rosie come to jail on his actual release date but find he has left much before.Raju's mother hates Rosie as she believes she was responsible for his current state.Rosie tells her that being daughter of Devdasi nobody wanted to marry her and she had to marry a rich older man Marco.Rosie soon found Marco won't be able to give her a child and was more interested in research of caves and other women then her.During a tour Rosie and Marco met Raju and she would have frequent fights with Marco but being with Raju she found own identity and Raju also praised her for her passion of classical dancing.Raju once tells Rosie to rebel on Marco who ignored her following which he asked to leave the house.Raju and Rosie who were very much in love and Raju keeps her in his house against wishes of his mother and also gets in tiff with neighbors for talking about her.Raju then discovered passion of Rosie's dancing and made her a star but differences start between them due to their lifestyle and both decided to part ways.

Cast: Dev Anand, Waheeda Rehman, Leela Chitnis

AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (8.3/10 on IMDb (8,725 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Mansoor Khan · 174 min

A rich brat and a poor chap try to woo a girl, with their rivalry culminating in the most prestigious college event - the marathon cycle race.

Cast: Aamir Khan, Ayesha Jhulka, Deepak Tijori

AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (8.1/10 on IMDb (24,617 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Jyoti Swaroop · 157 min

A simple man from a village falls in love with his new neighbor. He enlists the help of his musical-theater friends to woo the lovely girl-next-door away from her music teacher.

Cast: Sunil Dutt, Saira Banu, Mehmood

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (8.1/10 on IMDb (7,685 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Anurag Basu · 151 min · UTV Motion Pictures

Set in the 1970s in a pretty corner of India, Barfi. is the story of three young people who learn that love can neither be defined nor contained by society's norms of normal and abnormal. Barfi, a hearing and speech impaired boy falls in love with Shruti. In spite of her deep affection for Barfii, Shruti gives into societal and parental pressure to marry a 'normal' man and lead a 'normal' life. Many years later their paths cross once again when Barfi, now in love with Jhilmil, is on the run from the police. Barfi is desperately seeking Jhilmil, who has gone missing. Shruti's realization that Jhilmil is autistic makes her recognize that true love is really blind. Caught in a cat and mouse game, in the search for the girl Barfi loves, Shruti realizes that she is still in love with him.

Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Ileana D'Cruz

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (8.1/10 on IMDb (91,570 votes), 80% on Rotten Tomatoes), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Karan Johar · 165 min

Rizwan Khan, a Muslim from the Borivali section of Mumbai, has Asperger's syndrome. He marries a Hindu single mother, Mandira, in San Francisco. After 9/11, Rizwan is detained by authorities at LAX who treat him as a terrorist because of his condition and his race.

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Arjan Aujla

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (8.0/10 on TMDb (1475 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Rajkumar Hirani · 144 min

Munna Bhai embarks on a journey with Mahatma Gandhi in order to fight against a corrupt property dealer.

Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (8.0/10 on IMDb (51,250 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Rajkumar Santoshi · 160 min

Two slackers competing for the affections of an heiress inadvertently become her protectors from an evil criminal.

Cast: Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Raveena Tandon

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (8.0/10 on IMDb (56,036 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Kiran Rao · 123 min

In 2001, somewhere in rural India, two young brides get accidentally swapped on a train. In the ensuing chaos, they both encounter a host of colourful characters, resulting in hilarious and unexpected consequences.

Cast: Nitanshi Goel, Pratibha Ranta, Sparsh Shrivastava

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (7.8/10 on TMDb (162 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Guru Dutt · 146 min

Vijay, a destitute poet, searches for true love while attempting to get his work published. With the assistance of two women in his life, his dream comes true - but at a cost that causes Vijay to rethink his worldview.

Cast: Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Mala Sinha

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (7.3/10 on TMDb (74 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

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Dev who, after spurning Paro's love due to a misunderstanding, turns to drugs and vodka for solace. Paro moves on but Dev still is in remorse. He meets Chanda, a prostitute with problems of her own. Dev likes her but his penchant for self-destruction prevents him and Chanda from truly getting together. He also meets sleazy people like Chunni, Chanda's pimp who drags Dev further into self-destruction to further his own needs.

Cast: Abhay Deol, Mahie Gill, Kalki Koechlin

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (7.0/10 on TMDb (152 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Farhan Akhtar · 186 min

An aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero.

Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.7/10 on TMDb (123 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Ritesh Batra · 104 min

A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. Gradually, this fantasy threatens to overwhelm their reality.

Cast: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (7.4/10 on TMDb (831 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Nitesh Tiwari · 143 min · Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment

The setup was within 1990's till present where Anni, a divorcee used his past experience in overcoming challenges of being a loser in college where he met His Wife, Maya and his Losers friends, Saxa, Mummy, Acid, Derek and Bevda. His shares past experience to his son, Raghav who struggles with being failed at getting an offer to college despite being an excellent student.

Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Shraddha Kapoor, Varun Sharma

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (8.3/10 on IMDb (70,415 votes), 58% on Rotten Tomatoes), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Nikkhil Advani · 187 min

An uptight MBA student falls for the charismatic new neighbor who charms her troubled family – but he has a secret that forces him to push her away.

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (7.5/10 on TMDb (451 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.