Best Bengali movies to watch
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
The highest-rated Bengali movies streaming in India right now, ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating. Every pick is on a subscription or free app today.
50 titles across 1 language, average IMDb rating 7.8.
1. Pather Panchali (1955)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 5m · Drama, History · IMDb 8.2 (42K votes)
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. Alone, his wife, Sarbojaya, looks after her rebellious daughter, Durga, and her young son, Apu, as well as Harihar's elderly aunt Indir. The children enjoy the small pleasures of the
Feels like: family-friendly fun + big-hearted warmth
2. Aparajito (1956)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 50m · UA · Drama · IMDb 8.2 (20K votes)
Apu and his family have moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Benares. As he progresses from wide-eyed child to intellectually curious teenager, eventually studying in Kolkata, we witness his academic and moral education, as well as the growing complexity of his relationship with his mother.
Feels like: family-friendly fun + big-hearted warmth
3. The Kingdom of Diamonds (1980)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 58m · Comedy · IMDb 8.8 (3.5K votes)
When Goopy and Bagha learn about Hirak Raja's tyranny, they try to set him right with the help of Udayan, a school teacher, and their magical powers.
Feels like: sharp humour + family-friendly fun
4. Baishe Srabon (2011)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 18m · A · Thriller, Crime · IMDb 8.1 (6.9K votes)
A serial killer terrorises the city of Kolkata and leaves behind verses of Bengali poetry. The police seek the help of a retired officer to unravel the case and find the perpetrator.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + dark, gritty edges
5. Chotushkone (2014)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 28m · UA · Thriller, Drama · IMDb 8.2 (4.5K votes)
Four famous directors and old friends are reunited together by an unknown producer to make a film. They have to make four short story in this film with one common theme: Death.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + dark, gritty edges
6. Bhooter Bhabishyat (2012)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 3m · Comedy, Horror · IMDb 8.1 (4.8K votes)
A young director listens to a hilariously scary story narrated by a stranger, where a group of ghosts try to save the only place they can haunt in peace.
Feels like: sharp humour + mind-bending twists
7. The Music Room (1958)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 40m · Drama, Music · IMDb 7.8 (7.5K votes)
An aging, decadent landlord’s passion for music becomes the undoing of his legacy as he sacrifices his wealth in order to compete with the opulent music room of his younger, richer neighbour.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + family-friendly fun
8. The Golden Fortress (1974)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 15m · Mystery · IMDb 8.3 (3.2K votes)
A young boy becomes a target for crooks, after he claims to remember his past life and mentions precious jewels in a golden fortress.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + big-screen spectacle
9. The Prisoner of Jhind (1961)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 43m · U · Drama · IMDb 8.0 (4.1K votes)
Gauri Shankar Roy looks much like the king of Jhind. When the actual king, Shakar Singh, goes missing, a person from the kingdom approaches Gauri to pretend to be the king.
Feels like: family-friendly fun + edge-of-seat suspense
10. Hawa (2022)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 10m · A · Drama, Mystery · IMDb 7.6 (7.6K votes)
When eight sailors onboard their fishing trawler find a mysterious girl mid-sea, ill fortune falls upon the boat as they don't catch any fish the next few days. The fishermen try to make it back home, although the sea has other plans for them.
Feels like: edge-of-seat suspense + big-screen spectacle
11. Jaatishwar (2014)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 30m · Music · IMDb 8.0 (3.3K votes)
Rohit, a Gujarati, studies the life of Anthony Firengee, and in the process meets with a mysterious man Kushawl Hajra.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + family-friendly fun
12. Bojhena Shey Bojhena (2012)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 25m · UA · Drama, Family · IMDb 7.8 (3.2K votes)
A horrible accident takes place between two buses on the highway in Behrampore which includes students returning after winning their kabadi match, a newly-wed couple, a lover taking his love of life to meet his parents and a girl traveling for the very first time to the city of Kolkata - later it's revealed how lives o
Feels like: mind-bending twists + big-hearted warmth
13. Gumnaami (2019)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 22m · UA · Action, Drama · IMDb 7.8 (3K votes)
Gumnaami is a film based on the Mukherjee Commission Hearings which happened from 1999 to 2005 where the three theories about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's death were discussed and debated. It is a dramatization of the hearings where an investigative journalist supporting the Gumnaami Baba theory locks horns with the of
Feels like: mind-bending twists + edge-of-seat suspense
14. Hemlock Society (2012)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 20m · A · Thriller, Romance · IMDb 7.6 (4.1K votes)
Hemlock Society is a school that teaches aspirants how to successfully commit suicide. Meghna, one of the aspirants, has a near-death experience, turning everybody's lives upside-down.
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + mind-bending twists
15. Happy Pill (2018)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 2m · Drama, Comedy · IMDb 8.3 (1.4K votes)
A medical student has to drop out of college due to unfortunate circumstances and starts running a sweet shop. However, his boring life encounters a sudden twist when he claims to have discovered the formula for a pill that can make people happy.
Feels like: sharp humour + family-friendly fun
16. Apur Panchali (2014)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 47m · Family, History · IMDb 8.2 (1.5K votes)
Arko, a film student, invites Subir Banerjee, who played the legendary role of Apu, to attend an award ceremony in Germany. But the old man hesitates to accept the invitation.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + family-friendly fun
17. Ballabhpurer Roopkotha (2022)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 16m · U · Horror, Comedy · IMDb 8.0 (1.8K votes)
The almost crumbling Rajbari of Ballabhpur only has two men living — the last descendant of Ray dynasty, Bhupati Ray, and his inherited menial, Manohar. Both the dwellers are overburdened with heavy debts and seek no hope of betterment until one day, Kolkata's soap King, Mr. Haldar, plans buying the property. Can Bhupa
Feels like: family-friendly fun + sharp humour
18. Distant Thunder (1973)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 41m · Drama · IMDb 7.9 (1.9K votes)
Gangacharan is the new Brahmin of a village, where he assumes various duties: teaching, organizing religious events, and trying to prevent epidemics. But in that year 1943, war is raging (as reminded by the planes occasionally heard flying over the countryside), and a major famine is under way. As food shortages reach
Feels like: family-friendly fun + dark, gritty edges
20. Haami (2018)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 13m · U · Drama · IMDb 7.9 (1.6K votes)
Little Bhutu and Chini are best friends. When Bhutu kisses Chini, their innocent friendship leads to a major scandal. Who is to be blamed when our society lets down the little ones?
Feels like: family-friendly fun + big-hearted warmth
21. Nabab (2017)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 20m · Comedy, Romance · IMDb 7.5 (2.8K votes)
An intelligence agent from Bangladesh is tasked with a secret operation in West Bengal, India.
Feels like: breakneck pacing + edge-of-seat suspense
22. The Padma Boatman (1993)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 6m · Drama · IMDb 8.2 (1.1K votes)
In pre-Partition Bengal, Kuber, a poor fisherman struggles to survive along the wild Padma River. While navigating an affair with his spirited sister-in-law, Kuber becomes entangled with Hossain, a charismatic trader recruiting desperate villagers to settle on the isolated island of Moynadeep.
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + family-friendly fun
23. The Expedition (1962)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 26m · UA · Drama · IMDb 7.9 (1.5K votes)
Narsingh, a North Indian taxi driver, attempts to reinvent his life by visiting his native place, but instead gets embroiled in a local Marwari businessman's smuggling and human trafficking business.
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + edge-of-seat suspense
24. Tonic (2021)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 8m · Comedy · IMDb 7.6 (2.1K votes)
75 years Jaladhar Sen and spouse Umarani plan for a foreign trip and come across Rhea and Tonic, the travel agents. The story shows how Tonic takes the couple to Darjeeling instead and becomes the best medicine.
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + family-friendly fun
25. Autograph (2010)
Movie · Bengali · 2h · Drama · IMDb 7.4 (2.8K votes)
Arun, a famous Bengali actor, approves Shuvobrata's proposal of remaking Satyajit Ray's famous film 'Nayak'. Problems arise when Shuvobrata requests his live-in girlfriend Shrin to act opposite Arun.
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + family-friendly fun
26. Dhananjoy (2017)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 20m · A · Drama · IMDb 7.9 (1.1K votes)
A security guard Dhananjoy stands accused of the gruesome murder of Hema Parekh, which took place in the year 1990.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + dark, gritty edges
27. Colours of Innocence (2016)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 21m · Drama · IMDb 8.4 (728 votes)
10-year-old Gopal's carefree childhood is disrupted when his father meets with an accident, leaving his family destitute.
Feels like: family-friendly fun + big-hearted warmth
28. Muktodhara (2012)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 40m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 8.0 (922 votes)
Muktodhara is a 2012 Bengali film directed by Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy.This is a story of about the prisoners of a correctional home ‒ Presidency jail who all have a dark past life but here they are being reformed day by day.
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + dark, gritty edges
29. Dracula Sir (2020)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 4m · Thriller · IMDb 7.4 (2.2K votes)
A small town school teacher with protruding canine teeth finds that he has striking similarities with the legendary Count Dracula.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + dark, gritty edges
30. Deya Neya (1963)
Movie · Bengali · 2h · Drama, Music · IMDb 8.3 (670 votes)
The son of a wealthy industrialist aspires to be a singer against the wishes of his father.
Feels like: family-friendly fun + big-hearted warmth
31. Meghe Dhaka Tara (2013)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 58m · Drama · IMDb 8.1 (781 votes)
Nilkantha, an artist, is admitted in a mental asylum but even while undergoing treatment, he manages to write a play.
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + family-friendly fun
32. Noukadubi (2011)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 26m · Romance, Drama · IMDb 7.7 (1.2K votes)
Months after an accident following his marriage, a husband finds that the veiled woman he brought home is not his wife.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + family-friendly fun
33. Generation Aami (2018)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 2m · U · Drama · IMDb 7.6 (1.4K votes)
Apu, a 17-year-old boy's relationship with his parents is tested as he discovers teenage rebellion and fun in the company of Durga, a cool but troubled 19-year-old girl who shakes things up giving him the courage to be true to himself.
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + family-friendly fun
34. Goopy Bagha Feere Elo (1992)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 59m · U · Adventure, Fantasy · IMDb 7.8 (1K votes)
Goopy and Bagha are invited to the Kingdom of Shundi, where they must outwit an evil astrologer and his imposter to save the king and prevent an attack from the neighbouring kingdom of Halla.
Feels like: family-friendly fun + big-hearted warmth
35. Parineeta (2019)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 55m · Romance, Thriller · IMDb 7.4 (2K votes)
A teen learns that her love interest is dead.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + dark, gritty edges
36. Sathi (2002)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 23m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 7.5 (1.4K votes)
A man sacrifices everything for his love, but his identity remains hidden from her for most of the movie.
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + family-friendly fun
37. Uma (2018)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 29m · Drama · IMDb 7.4 (1.6K votes)
To please his dying daughter, a father tries to create the Durga Puja festival, usually held in October, during the month of April, in Kolkata.
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + family-friendly fun
38. Royal Bengal Rahasya (2011)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 47m · UA · Thriller · IMDb 7.4 (1.6K votes)
Feluda and his gang gets invited to North Bengal by a wealthy Zamindar to solve a piece of a puzzle supposedly leading to buried "treasure", but things take a turn for the unexpected with a mysterious death and rumors about a man-eating tiger in the jungles.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + edge-of-seat suspense
40. Proloy (2013)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 2m · A · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.3 (1.9K votes)
The story revolves around a brave heart Barun Biswas, who raised voice against numerous gang rapes in a village called Dukhiya. Dukhiya, where gang rapes had become a festival. These were celebrated by some political criminals.
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + edge-of-seat suspense
41. Mahalaya (2019)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 48m · U · Drama, History · IMDb 8.1 (567 votes)
Since its inception in 1931, Mahishasuramardini has been one of the most popular programmes in Bengali radio, and is currently the longest running radio programme in India, narrated by Birendra Krishna Bhadra. This film is a truthful account of what unfolded in 1976, after Aakashvani decided to replace Birendra Krishna
Feels like: family-friendly fun + big-hearted warmth
42. Golondaaj (2021)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 30m · Romance, History · IMDb 7.2 (2.5K votes)
Based on true events, Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari, "The Father of Indian Football", was the first Indian to play the sport and open a professional football club in the country.
Feels like: family-friendly fun + big-screen spectacle
43. Rosogolla (2018)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 18m · U · Drama, History · IMDb 7.6 (978 votes)
Based in the backdrop of 19th century Bengal, Rosogolla is a story of a young man with a romantic heart and brilliant mind — Nabin Chandra Das, who had set his heart on making the most delicious sweet of all time for his wife, Khirodmoni. Rosogolla is a story of the many trial and tribulations in his journey of making
Feels like: family-friendly fun + big-hearted warmth
44. Mainkar Chipay (2020)
Movie · Bengali · 50m · Thriller · IMDb 7.4 (1.4K votes)
Three men are caught in a situation inside a car. One of them is a rich man who regularly sources cocaine from a fixed peddler at a fixed spot, another is a drug dealer who comes late and the third one is a cop. What happens next?
Feels like: edge-of-seat suspense + dark, gritty edges
45. Samantaral (2017)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 54m · UA · Family, Drama · IMDb 7.5 (1.1K votes)
On a family visit, a young man and his girlfriend set out to discover why his eccentric uncle has been mysteriously confined to one room for years.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + dark, gritty edges
46. Chokher Bali (2003)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 47m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 7.2 (2.2K votes)
A young woman is left to her own devices when her sickly husband dies. Based on the novel by Rabindranath Tagore.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + dark, gritty edges
47. Titli (2002)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 43m · Drama · IMDb 7.8 (705 votes)
A tender coming-of-age drama that explores the evolving dynamics between a mother and daughter against the serene backdrop of Darjeeling. The film beautifully captures themes of adolescence, longing, and the complexities of familial relationships, offering a heartfelt glimpse into the delicate threads that bind us.
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + mind-bending twists
49. The Rest Is Personal... (2013)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 35m · Romance, Drama · IMDb 7.9 (613 votes)
While shooting a documentary on true love, Pramit learns of a mysterious village named Mohini where anyone who enters will fall in love. He and his camerman decide to seek out this strange place.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + family-friendly fun
50. Raktabeej (2023)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 19m · UA · Thriller, Crime · IMDb 7.2 (2.1K votes)
A thriller revolving around a sudden blast in a Khagragarh firecracker unit, some 70 km away from then president of India's house, ahead of Durga Puja in 2014. Is there more than meets the eye?
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + edge-of-seat suspense
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