Best family Bengali movies in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
173 movies in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.7. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity; showing the top 30.
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1. Pather Panchali (1955)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 5m · Drama, History · IMDb 8.2 (42.5K votes)
Slow-burnFamily-friendlyLow-stakesHeartwarming
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
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2. Aparajito (1956)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 50m · UA · Drama · IMDb 8.2 (20.5K votes)
Slow-burnFamily-friendlyLow-stakesHeartwarming
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.
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3. The Kingdom of Diamonds (1980)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 58m · Comedy · IMDb 8.8 (3.5K votes)
FunnyFamily-friendlyHeartwarmingVisually stunning
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.
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4. Chotushkone (2014)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 28m · UA · Thriller, Drama · IMDb 8.2 (4.5K votes)
TwistyCold & detachedSlow-burnDialogue-driven
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.
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5. Bhooter Bhabishyat (2012)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 3m · Comedy, Horror · IMDb 8.1 (4.8K votes)
FunnyTwisty
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.
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6. The Music Room (1958)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 40m · Drama, Music · IMDb 7.8 (7.5K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyFamily-friendly
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.
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7. The Golden Fortress (1974)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 15m · Mystery · IMDb 8.3 (3.2K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningEdge-of-seatFamily-friendly
A young boy becomes a target for crooks, after he claims to remember his past life and mentions precious jewels in a golden fortress.
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8. The Prisoner of Jhind (1961)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 43m · U · Drama · IMDb 8.0 (4.1K votes)
Family-friendlyEdge-of-seat
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.
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9. Jaatishwar (2014)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 30m · Music · IMDb 8.0 (3.3K votes)
TwistyFamily-friendlyHeartwarmingSlow-burn
Rohit, a Gujarati, studies the life of Anthony Firengee, and in the process meets with a mysterious man Kushawl Hajra.
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10. Bojhena Shey Bojhena (2012)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 25m · UA · Drama, Family · IMDb 7.8 (3.2K votes)
TwistyHeartwarming
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
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11. Gumnaami (2019)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 22m · UA · Action, Drama · IMDb 7.8 (3.0K votes)
TwistyCold & detachedSerious
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
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12. Ballabhpurer Roopkotha (2022)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 16m · U · Horror, Comedy · IMDb 8.0 (1.8K votes)
Family-friendlyFunny
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
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13. Distant Thunder (1973)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 41m · Drama · IMDb 7.9 (1.9K votes)
Slow-burnFamily-friendlyDark & gritty
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
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14. Happy Pill (2018)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 2m · Drama, Comedy · IMDb 8.3 (1.4K votes)
Low-stakesFunnyLight-heartedFamily-friendly
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.
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15. Apur Panchali (2014)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 47m · Family, History · IMDb 8.2 (1.5K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyLow-stakesFamily-friendly
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.
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17. Haami (2018)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 13m · U · Drama · IMDb 7.9 (1.6K votes)
Family-friendlyDialogue-drivenSlow-burnHeartwarming
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?
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18. Tonic (2021)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 8m · Comedy · IMDb 7.6 (2.1K votes)
HeartwarmingFamily-friendlyFunnyLow-stakes
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.
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19. Autograph (2010)
Movie · Bengali · 2h · Drama · IMDb 7.4 (2.8K votes)
Dialogue-driven
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.
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20. The Expedition (1962)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 26m · UA · Drama · IMDb 7.9 (1.5K votes)
Cold & detachedDark & grittyMatureSerious
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.
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21. Golondaaj (2021)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 30m · Romance, History · IMDb 7.2 (2.5K votes)
StraightforwardLight-heartedFamily-friendlyLow-stakes
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.
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22. Generation Aami (2018)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 2m · U · Drama · IMDb 7.6 (1.4K votes)
Slow-burnHeartwarming
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.
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23. Shikari (2016)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 25m · U · Action, Drama · IMDb 7.1 (3.1K votes)
Edge-of-seatDark & grittyCold & detachedSerious
A disguised professional assassin with a mysterious past is tasked with assassinating a top government official.
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24. Noukadubi (2011)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 26m · Romance, Drama · IMDb 7.7 (1.2K votes)
TwistyFamily-friendlyHeartwarming
Months after an accident following his marriage, a husband finds that the veiled woman he brought home is not his wife.
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25. Colours of Innocence (2016)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 21m · Drama · IMDb 8.4 (728 votes)
Family-friendlySlow-burnLow-stakesStraightforward
10-year-old Gopal's carefree childhood is disrupted when his father meets with an accident, leaving his family destitute.
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26. Uma (2018)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 29m · Drama · IMDb 7.4 (1.6K votes)
HeartwarmingFamily-friendly
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.
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27. Sathi (2002)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 23m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 7.5 (1.4K votes)
HeartwarmingFamily-friendlySerious
A man sacrifices everything for his love, but his identity remains hidden from her for most of the movie.
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28. Royal Bengal Rahasya (2011)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 47m · UA · Thriller · IMDb 7.4 (1.6K votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatCold & detached
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.
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29. Goopy Bagha Feere Elo (1992)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 59m · U · Adventure, Fantasy · IMDb 7.8 (1.0K votes)
Family-friendlyHeartwarmingFunnyLight-hearted
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.
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30. Raktabeej (2023)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 19m · UA · Thriller, Crime · IMDb 7.2 (2.1K votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatTwisty
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?
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