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Amazon Prime Video
84
8.5
/42907/
84
/1310/
82
/665/
4.3
/39352/
81
/26/
96
/21691/

Baraka (1992)
A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life.
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Netflix
81
8.0
/264817/
81
/14383/
80
/6852/
3.9
/358631/
84
/268/
91
/1552/
69
/45/
cc age 13+

Lion (2016)
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
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MGM Plus
79
7.4
/86933/
72
/1994/
69
/939/
3.5
/24009/
93
/164/
79
/8249/
75
/32/
cc age 13+

An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.
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Hoopla
79
7.2
/18729/
69
/326/
68
/245/
3.8
/4794/
95
/106/
91
/1029/
78
/32/

Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta. Director Zana Briski went to photograph the prostitutes when she met and became friends with their children. Briski began giving photography lessons to the children and became aware that their photography might be a way for them to lead better lives.
poster
82
77
8.4
/25411/
77
/215/
75
/95/
4.0
/7521/
90
/10/
92
/137/
76
/5/

Black Friday (2004)
Bombs tear through Bombay in 1993, wreaking havoc and polarising the citizens. With perpetrators at large, the state launches a massive man-hunt to unmask the perpetrators behind these events.
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Hoichoi
75
66
7.7
/5838/
70
/69/
72
/40/
3.8
/4598/
80
/5/
80
/90/

Raincoat (2004)
Tells the story of two lovers, separated by destiny, who meet again one day. This encounter allows each to realize the truth about the lives they are living.
poster
70
61
7.2
/10057/
65
/99/
65
/53/
3.4
/3041/
85
/160/

Parineeta (2005)
Childhood sweethearts Lalita and Shekhar wish to get married someday. However, Shekhar's growing suspicions about Lalita coupled with his conniving father's antics threaten to tear them apart.
poster
63
59
6.8
/18122/
65
/242/
62
/108/
3.2
/9030/
59
/411/

Love Aaj Kal (2009)
Two lovers break up after they realize that their career goals are pulling them in different directions.
poster
48
5.8
/14195/
60
/411/
56
/250/
2.7
/4174/
19
/159/
31
/1240/
37
/34/
cc age 11+

Amelia (2009)
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
poster
56
41
6.1
/2915/
62
/58/
58
/31/
3.0
/848/
60
/5/
39
/45/
55
/4/

The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
When Chester accidentally memorises and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, he and Harry are thrust into international intrigue, trying to stay alive while keeping the formula out of enemy hands.
poster
64
40
7.0
/11369/
61
/39/
43
/6/
3.1
/1016/
Popcorn
85
/39/

The Bengal Files (2025)
A criminal investigator uncovers a web of corruption during a missing person investigation, while a figure connected to the case reflects on the communal violence which broke out ahead of India's partition.
poster
61
32
6.1
/1013/
62
/12/
59
/9/
75
/16/
52
/50/

The Waiting City (2010)
An outwardly happy Australian couple journey to Calcutta to collect their adopted baby, but on arrival find that the arrangements have yet to be finalized. Soon, the intoxicating mystic power of the Indian city pulls them in separate and unexpected directions, and the vulnerability of their marriage begins to reveal itself.
poster
78
30
8.1
/1997/
76
/12/
65
/11/
3.8
/1210/
92
/10/

Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962)
A debauchee Zamindar greatly neglects his wife. The decadence of the Bengali Zamindar milieu in the late 19th century, seen through the eyes of a young upward mobile rustic seeking fortune in Calcutta, fascinated by the lonely lady of the house.
poster
?
6.7
/13/
80
/1/

Kolkata (2005)
A portrait of North Kolkata (Calcutta), this film searches the streets for the ebb and flow of humanity and reflects the changing landscape of a city at once medieval and modern. -Mark Toscano. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2014.
poster
?
8.7
/143/

Maharaaj (2024)
The movie contains an impeccable narrative of a contemporary social drama. The story revolves around an unconventional cook who suddenly joins the chaotic life of a busy millennial couple, like a comet, improves their lifestyle, and all of a sudden takes his leave in some bizarre circumstances. How does the weird equation among these three paves its way toward the future?
poster
?
8.3
/42/
60
/1/

Sugar Baby (2011)
The lives of three young street singers change when they find a baby on the street and decide to take care of it.
poster
?
5.9
/34/

High Spots of the Far East (1933)
Highlights include China's Pearl River, Temple of 500 Buddhas and Siam's palaces.
poster
56
?
5.8
/123/
53
/3/

The Five Cents of Lavarede (1939)
Some try to travel around the world with a time constraint, but Lavarède has to perform an even harder task than Phineas Fogg. His assignment is to go around the globe with a mere five cents coin. Worse, he can't even spend it or else he will not come into the money of his inheritance. To make sure Lavarède plays by the rules of the game, two supervisors stick to him like a shadow. Will the young man meet this unbelievable challenge?
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Hoichoi
75
?
7.2
/353/
74
/5/
80
/2/

Madly Bangali (2009)
Madly Bangalee is a Bengali rock band that inspires the film’s title. They rehearse in a dowdy garage of Kolkata, owned by Bobby (Lew Hilt), who owns Bobby’s Garage. Four young boys with stardust in their eyes practise their numbers not knowing what they are really aiming at. But the garage is under threat from a South Kolkata don Baburam (Chandan Sen). One morning, an elderly man, San (Anjan Dutt), arrives from "America and Paris." Baaji, (Sumit) the drummer who is a Muslim had to drop out of school. He escapes from the trap of turning a terrorist like his older brother Sultan. He later becomes a police officer who bashes up everyone who tries to bribe him. Neon (Tanaji) plays the rhythm guitar but, sucked into the world of drugs, he disappears from the face of the earth with his guitar. Pablo, lead singer, bass guitarist and lyricist, leaves for the US and the group breaks up. Bobby dies.
poster
55
?
6.9
/131/
10
/1/
88
/4/

Mother Teresa (1986)
We follow the daily activities of Mother Teresa and her nuns, in service to the poor of India and the world. Mother Teresa attends to the basic needs of her nuns and the poor, while at the same time, balances her role as world-recognized leader. Throughout the film, we witness personal and "behind-the-scenes" events, including the blessing ceremony of a nun becoming part of Mother Teresa's "Sisters of the Poor" convent.
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Hoopla
?
7.9
/43/
80
/1/
100
/12/
100
/1/
66
/5/
cc age 11+

The Revolutionary Optimists (2013)
Children are saving lives in the slums of Kolkata. Amlan Ganguly doesn't rescue slum children; he empowers them to become change agents, battling poverty and transforming their neighborhoods with dramatic results. Filmed over the course of three years, The Revolutionary Optimists follows Amlan and three of the children he works with on an intimate journey through adolescence, as they challenge the idea that marginalization is written into their destiny.
poster
38
?
6.0
/350/
44
/7/
10
/4/

Bedroom (2012)
Deb, Joy, and Ananda are unhappy with their lives. While Joy's wife earns more than he does, Ananda‘s wife is a housewife and Deb is a kind of man who wants to sleep with any girl who catches his eye. Will their bedroom stories forever be the same or will they make an effort to get along well with each other?
poster
?
6.8
/41/

Strings of Passion (2014)
Strings Of Passion is an urban commercial flick which tells the story of three men, Neel, Aman and Amit. They are young and dynamic guys who run the band "Strings of Passion" but are shadowed by the influence of drugs, broken love and bad parenting.
poster
34
?
3.9
/188/
25
/6/
38
/7/

Colkatay Columbus (2016)
'Colkatay Columbus' is a satirical film which is set in present day, modern Kolkata. Where people are busy with their own lives and struggles, which leaves them in constant need of a rescuer or a hero who will be there for them in their time of need. In Colkatay Columbus, writer and director Saurav Palodhi has shown how everyone, from the ordinary person to a legend, is in search of something. The story unfolds through an encounter of Columbus and two boys in Kolkata. When Columbus somehow lands up in Kolkata in 2016, he is surprised to see that everyone is in search of something. He is in search of roads that would lead him back home while the boys are in search for Columbus to get him to offer tips on attaining success. Columbus starts doling out suggestions to the boys but is also put off by the “competition”.
poster
?
6.3
/18/

If Not For You (2019)
A tribute film on Bob Dylan, depicting Calcutta's affinity with Dylan through cityscape and interviews of notable Indian musicians who were inspired by him. The film also draws parallels between Dylan's body of work and the Baul tradition of Bengal.
poster
Hoichoi
66
?
6.5
/213/
56
/6/
80
/3/

Banished (2015)
This is a story of isolation and hope, of a writer in exile. The writer is banished for her attack on religious fundamentalism and patriarchy and her cat is suddenly left alone.
poster
56
?
5.8
/378/
55
/6/
58
/3/
2.9
/368/
56
/6/

The Bengali Night (1988)
Allan is an engineer working in 1930s Calcutta. He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, Narendra Sen which includes his wife, Indira and daughter Gayatri. Gayatri and Allan become romantically involved leading to tragedy.
poster
66
?
7.5
/198/
45
/2/
75
/2/
3.6
/531/

Vasthuhara (1991)
Vasthuhara (Malayalam: വാസ്തുഹാര English: The Dispossessed) is a Malayalam social film by the late G. Aravindan which looks into the lives of partition refugees from East Bengal to West Bengal.
poster
42
?
5.7
/551/
52
/4/
37
/6/
22
/1/

Calcutta Mail (2003)
Avinash(Anil Kapoor) went to Calcutta for no reason. After meeting with Reema (Rani Mukherjee), he starts having flashbacks about his past and his son. His inquiries take him to Bombay via the Calcutta Mail, and this is where he will find out whether his son is alive or not, or he has been trapped.
poster
57
?
5.8
/165/
56
/3/
58
/5/

Chorabali (2016)
A whodunit thriller set in the backdrop of North Kolkata with its British Raj charm, based on Agatha Christie's Cards on the Table.
poster
?

Calcutta (1970)
Calcutta is one of India’s largest cities. Paul Cox’s camera explores the lives of the poorest of its inhabitants. Filled with the vibrant sounds of Indian music, the culture of the people of Calcutta is rich and vital despite the harsh conditions in which they live.
poster
?

Manu
Logline: Struggle of 10 year old Empath Kid in a Kolkata based Narcissistic Family on the Gangaur Festival Day. Manu is a 10 year old kid whose family is occupied with their day to day activities that they don't acknowledge his birthday & make him do all the household activities even on the Gangaur Festival Day. His innocence is crushed by the manipulation of the adults in his family. Everything in this family comes before this 10 year old. The film is a look at a young intuitive child navigating in a world full of speed, technology and anxiousness, creating dysfunctional relationships in adults and teenagers.


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