Best movies on MUBI in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
454 movies on MUBI in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.7. Most are in English (149), French (75), German (38). Newest addition: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, added to MUBI on 2 Oct. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity; showing the top 30.
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2. Night and Fog (1956)
Movie · French · 32m · Documentary, History · IMDb 8.6 (23.8K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyDark & grittyMature
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
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3. Amores Perros (2000)
Movie · Spanish · 2h 34m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 8.0 (2.7L votes)
TwistyMatureVisually stunningDark & gritty
A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man.
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4. In the Mood for Love (2000)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 39m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 8.0 (1.9L votes)
Slow-burnVisually stunningTwisty
In 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbors form an intimate bond after making a discovery about their spouses in this visually stunning tale of unrequited love.
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5. Children of Men (2006)
Movie · English · 1h 49m · A · Science Fiction, Thriller · IMDb 7.9 (5.7L votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatMatureDark & gritty
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
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6. Dogville (2003)
Movie · English · 2h 58m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.0 (1.7L votes)
Slow-burnTwistyMatureDark & gritty
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.
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8. The 400 Blows (1959)
Movie · French · 1h 39m · Drama · IMDb 8.0 (1.4L votes)
Slow-burn
For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law,
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9. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Movie · French · 2h 1m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 8.0 (1.3L votes)
Slow-burnMatureVisually stunningTwisty
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
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10. Carlito's Way (1993)
Movie · English · 2h 24m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.9 (2.5L votes)
MatureVisually stunningEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld.
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11. Do the Right Thing (1989)
Movie · English · 2h · Drama · IMDb 7.9 (1.3L votes)
MatureDark & grittyVisually stunning
Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism an
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12. Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Movie · English · 2h 20m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 7.9 (1.3L votes)
Slow-burnDark & grittyTwistyMature
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her young son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life becomes increasingly difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, dreaming u
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13. Chungking Express (1994)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 42m · Drama, Comedy · IMDb 7.9 (1.1L votes)
Slow-burnTwistyVisually stunning
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.
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14. Perfect Days (2023)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 4m · Drama · IMDb 7.9 (1.1L votes)
Slow-burnLow-stakesFamily-friendlyHeartwarming
Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.
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15. A Short Film About Love (1988)
Movie · Polish · 1h 27m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 8.1 (28.8K votes)
Slow-burn
19-year-old Tomek whiles away his lonely life by spying on his opposite neighbour Magda through binoculars. She's an artist in her mid-thirties, and appears to have everything - not least a constant stream of men at her beck and call. But when the two finally meet, they discover that they have a lot more in common than
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16. The Fall (2008)
Movie · English · 1h 57m · Adventure, Fantasy · IMDb 7.8 (1.3L votes)
TwistyVisually stunning
In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.
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17. Another Round (2020)
Movie · Danish · 1h 57m · Drama · IMDb 7.7 (2.3L votes)
Slow-burnMature
Four stagnant high school teachers decide to test out a theory that maintaining a constant level of intoxication will improve their overall lives.
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18. Breaking the Waves (1996)
Movie · Danish · 2h 39m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 7.8 (76.9K votes)
Slow-burnMatureDark & gritty
In a small, conservative Scottish village, an oilman is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when he urges her to have sex with another.
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19. Faust (1926)
Movie · German · 1h 46m · Fantasy, Drama · IMDb 8.1 (18.8K votes)
Slow-burnVisually stunningDark & grittyCold & detached
Murnau’s epic adaptation of Goethe’s tragedy stands with Fritz Lang’s Metropolis among the supreme achievements of German silent cinema. Gösta Ekman plays the alchemist who, his faith shaken in a time of plague, is offered the gift of healing and eternal youth… in exchange for his soul.
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20. The Worst Person in the World (2021)
Movie · Norwegian · 2h 8m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 7.7 (1.3L votes)
Slow-burnLow-stakesMatureFunny
The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
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22. Sentimental Value (2025)
Movie · Norwegian · 2h 13m · Drama · IMDb 7.7 (92.1K votes)
Slow-burnHeartwarmingDialogue-drivenLow-stakes
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star.
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23. Monster (2023)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 5m · Mystery, Thriller · IMDb 7.8 (44.0K votes)
TwistyDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.
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24. Dazed and Confused (1993)
Movie · English · 1h 42m · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 7.6 (2.2L votes)
FunnySlow-burnHeartwarmingLow-stakes
The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.
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25. Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
Movie · French · 1h 32m · Drama, History · IMDb 7.8 (40.0K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyLow-stakesSerious
The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple -- lovers turned friends -- recount, over many hours, previous romances an
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26. A Short Film About Killing (1988)
Movie · Polish · 1h 25m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.9 (24.8K votes)
Slow-burnMatureCold & detachedDark & gritty
Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.
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27. Lost Highway (1997)
Movie · English · 2h 14m · A · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 7.6 (1.7L votes)
TwistyMatureCold & detachedDark & gritty
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
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28. The Sacrifice (1986)
Movie · Swedish · 2h 29m · Drama · IMDb 7.8 (35.8K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyDark & grittyCold & detached
Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.
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29. Aftersun (2022)
Movie · English · 1h 41m · Drama · IMDb 7.6 (1.3L votes)
Slow-burnTwistyLow-stakesHeartwarming
Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories fill the gaps between camcorder footages as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the troubled man she didn't.
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30. Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Movie · French · 1h 30m · Drama · IMDb 7.8 (32.5K votes)
Slow-burn
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by
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