Best Movies on Amazon Prime India

Best Movies on Amazon Prime India

Amazon prime is one of the largest OTT platforms which has tons of amazing content. Amazon Prime is a teeming streaming treasure trove of some of the most esoteric, fantastic, and underappreciated cinema of the last 80 years. Still, good picks can feel nearly impossible to sift through the sometimes overwhelming glut of strangely terrible titles buried in Primes depths. Not to mention the services penchant for dropping titles unexpectedly, only to have them reappear under a different link just as suddenly. Who is going to keep track of all of this?

Top 10 Best Movies on Amazon Prime 

1. The Lunchbox (2014)

This endearing, feel-good drama follows Saajan (Irrfan Khan) and Ila (Nimrat Kaur), two lonely people who form an unlikely friendship after a lunchbox delivery service mix-up. We learn more about their struggles and nuanced characters as they exchange secret notes throughout the film.

2. Kai Po Che (2013)

If theres one positive thing to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, its all the brilliant films it inspired. Among them is the Hindi anthology Unpaused, which focuses on the lives of various characters affected by it. The film addresses loneliness, relationships, hope, and new beginnings.

3. Shikara (2020)

Partly inspired by Rahul Panditas memoir, Our Moon Has Blood Clots, Shikara follows the love story of a Kashmiri Pandit couple, Shanti (Sadia Khateeb) and Shiv Dhar (Aadil Khan), during the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits several violent anti-Hindu attacks that took place after the insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir during the 90s.

4. Kai Po Che (2013)

Prepare to cry because this powerful story of friendship is incredibly moving. This film, set in Ahmedabad during the 2002 Gujarat Riots, tells the story of three ambitious friends, Ishaan (Sushant Singh Rajput), Omi (Amit Sadh), and Govind (Rajkummar Rao), who want to open their own sports academy. However, politics and communal violence challenge their relationship.

5. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)

Which is more critical: following your heart or family tradition? This is the central theme of this romantic comedy about two young Indians who meet and fall in love while travelling abroad. Though Raj (Shah Rukh Khan) tries to persuade Simrans (Kajol) family to allow their marriage, Simrans father insists on her marrying his friends son.

6. Section 375 (2019)

This thought-provoking courtroom drama is based on Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code laws. It follows a case in which Rohan Khurana (Rahul Bhat), a famous Bollywood director, faces rape allegations from his female employee. With powerful performances and sharp dialogue, this will keep you on the edge of your seat.

7. Hichki (2019)

Rani Mukerji stars as Ms Naina Mathur, who struggles to find a teaching position due to her Tourette syndrome, in this inspiring adaptation of Brad Cohens autobiography, Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had. She finally gets a chance to prove herself at the prestigious St. Notkers School, where she has to teach a group of misbehaving students.

8. Maqbool (2004)

We follow Miyan Maqbool (Irrfan Khan) in this Bollywood adaptation of William Shakespeares Macbeth, a devoted follower of Mumbais most notorious underworld crime lord, Jahangir Khan. However, when his true love convinces him to murder Khan and take his place, they are both haunted by his ghost.

9. Karwaan (2018)

Avinash, a dissatisfied man who feels trapped in his dead-end job, is thrown a major curveball when he learns that his controlling father has died. When he remembers this, he and a friend set out on a long journey from Bengaluru to Kochi, picking up a young teen along the way. Get ready for a powerful storyline and some beautiful scenery.

10. Thappad (2020)

When Amrita Sandhus husband, Vikram Sabharwal, assaults her in front of everyone at a party, he refuses to accept responsibility, and her guests advise her to "move on." However, Amrita, shaken, interprets this as a sign that she should leave and protect herself. An acrimonious divorce and a custody battle for her unborn child follow.