BEST OF ACTION/THRILLER {BOLLYWOOD}
by ghazab-gurkirat | created - 29 Jun 2011 | updated - 29 Jun 2011 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Ghajini (2008)
Not Rated | 186 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A short-term memory loss patient goes on a killing spree in order to avenge the death of his ladylove.
Director: A.R. Murugadoss | Stars: Aamir Khan, Asin Thottumkal, Jiah Khan, Aamir Naik
Votes: 66,736 | Gross: $2.43M
2. Dhoom 2 (2006)
Not Rated | 152 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Back in action DHOOM:2 reinvents the action comedy genre and propels it into the 21st century. Go on and enjoy the ride once again with Jai and Ali.
Director: Sanjay Gadhvi | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Uday Chopra
Votes: 29,869 | Gross: $2.64M
3. Dabangg (2010)
Not Rated | 126 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A corrupt police officer faces challenges from his family, gangsters and politicians.
Director: Abhinav Kashyap | Stars: Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Sonu Sood, Arbaaz Khan
Votes: 34,277 | Gross: $4.63M
4. Rakta Charitra (2010)
Not Rated | 125 min | Action, Biography, Crime
A killer bandit decides to become a politician in order to avenge deaths in his family.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: Vivek Oberoi, Shatrughan Sinha, Sudeep, Abhimanyu Singh
Votes: 4,730
5. Enthiran (2010)
Not Rated | 174 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A brilliant scientist creates a humanoid robot to protect mankind, but things go awry when human emotions are programmed and inner turmoil causes the robot to switch sides.
Director: S. Shankar | Stars: Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Danny Denzongpa, Santhanam
Votes: 29,985 | Gross: $4.37M
6. Race (I) (2008)
Not Rated | 149 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Destiny makes two brothers- Ranvir and Rajiv - enemies of each other. Everything is fair in love and war.
Directors: Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla, Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla | Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif
Votes: 16,000 | Gross: $1.37M
7. Omkara (2006)
Not Rated | 155 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A politically-minded enforcer's misguided trust in his lieutenant leads him to suspect his wife of infidelity in this adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Othello'.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma
Votes: 22,077 | Gross: $0.79M
8. Veer (2010)
Not Rated | 169 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Prithvi seeks revenge on Gyanendra Singh and the British. He sends his son Veer to Britain to study their plans. Veer kills Gyanendra's son but ends up falling in love with his daughter.
Director: Anil Sharma | Stars: Salman Khan, Jackie Shroff, Mithun Chakraborty, Neena Gupta
Votes: 8,772 | Gross: $0.50M
9. Kaminey (2009)
Not Rated | 130 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The desperate lives of two estranged twin brothers converge over missing drugs, politics, racial prejudice, corrupt cops and an unplanned pregnancy.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Deb Mukherjee, Shivkumar Subramaniam
Votes: 18,112 | Gross: $1.29M
10. Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010)
Not Rated | 134 min | Action, Crime, Drama
As a smuggler rises to power in in 1970s Mumbai, a younger gangster seeks to overthrow him and a police officer is caught in the middle.
Director: Milan Luthria | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut, Prachi Desai
Votes: 18,664
11. A Wednesday (2008)
Not Rated | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A retiring police officer reminisces about the most astounding day of his career. About a case that was never filed but continues to haunt him in his memories - the case of a man and a Wednesday.
Director: Neeraj Pandey | Stars: Anupam Kher, Naseeruddin Shah, Veerendra Saxena, Mahesh Kanual
Votes: 82,240
12. Gangster (2006)
Not Rated | 123 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Simran, who relocates to Seoul, is distraught when Daya, a gangster, re-enters her life. She has to make a choice between him and her lover Akash, who is a singer at an Indian restaurant.
Director: Anurag Basu | Stars: Kangana Ranaut, Shiney Ahuja, Emraan Hashmi, Gulshan Grover
Votes: 6,664
13. Sholay (1975)
Not Rated | 162 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture the bandit.
Director: Ramesh Sippy | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Amjad Khan
Votes: 58,681
14. Khakee (2004)
Not Rated | 174 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A team of police force escorts an alleged terrorist from Chandangarh to Mumbai. However their trip turns into a deadly survival when an ex-cop tries to stop them to reach Mumbai.
Director: Rajkumar Santoshi | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Votes: 16,594
15. Company (2002)
Not Rated | 142 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A small-time gangster named Chandu teams up with Malik, a low-level enforcer for a criminal syndicate. Together they eliminate all their enemies, becoming the most feared gangsters in Mumbai.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Mohanlal, Manisha Koirala, Seema Biswas
Votes: 16,141
16. Johnny Gaddaar (2007)
Not Rated | 135 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police officers recount a tale of missing money which results in lies, deceit, betrayal and death.
Director: Sriram Raghavan | Stars: Dharmendra, Rimi Sen, Ashwini Kalsekar, Neil Nitin Mukesh
Votes: 13,167
17. Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (1996)
Not Rated | 162 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man (Akshay Kumar) searches for his missing brother (Inder Kumar) who is also wanted by the police.
Director: Umesh Mehra | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Rekha, Raveena Tandon, Deven Verma
Votes: 6,313
18. Chak De! India (2007)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, Family, Sport
Kabir Khan, the coach of the Indian Women's National Hockey Team, dreams of making his all-girls team emerge victorious against all odds.
Director: Shimit Amin | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Vidya Malvade, Sagarika Ghatge, Shilpa Shukla
Votes: 84,897 | Gross: $1.11M
19. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
PG | 224 min | Drama, Musical, Sport
The people of a small village in Victorian India stake their future on a game of cricket against their ruthless British rulers.
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker | Stars: Aamir Khan, Raghubir Yadav, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley
Votes: 120,597 | Gross: $0.91M
20. Wanted (I) (2009)
Not Rated | 147 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Radhe is a ruthless gangster who will kill anyone for money. He is attracted towards Jhanvi, a middle class girl, who does not approve of his work and wants him to change.
Director: Prabhu Deva | Stars: Salman Khan, Ayesha Takia, Prakash Raj, Vinod Khanna
Votes: 25,946
21. Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (2010)
168 min | Action, Drama, History
Children who are not allowed by the oppressive British colonists to play football decide to join a group of freedom fighters.
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker | Stars: Abhishek Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Sikandar Kher, Maninder Singh
Votes: 1,410
22. Dum Maaro Dum (2011)
R | 128 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A corrupt police officer is entrusted the task of apprehending drug-dealers.
Director: Rohan Sippy | Stars: Abhishek Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Bipasha Basu, Rana Daggubati
Votes: 4,186 | Gross: $0.56M
23. Yuva (2004)
Not Rated | 161 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Michael, Arjun and Lallan, three men from three different strata of society, cross paths one morning in Calcutta and change one another's lives forever.
Director: Mani Ratnam | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Vivek Oberoi
Votes: 9,366 | Gross: $0.28M
24. Sarkar Raj (2008)
Not Rated | 125 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An even more powerful gang emerges to wipe out Sarkar from the playground. A power plant proposal becomes a cause for greater political turmoil around him. What happens to the Family?
Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Ravi Kale
Votes: 7,848 | Gross: $1.01M
25. Lakshya (2004)
Not Rated | 186 min | Action, Drama, Romance
An aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero.
Director: Farhan Akhtar | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Preity G Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan, Om Puri
Votes: 25,515 | Gross: $0.75M
26. 7 Khoon Maaf (2011)
Not Rated | 137 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Susanna is hungry for love and will go to any extent to find it in its purest form. In her quest for the perfect man, she gets married a number of times as each of her husband's die mysteriously.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj | Stars: Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Vivaan Shah, Neil Nitin Mukesh, John Abraham
Votes: 6,536 | Gross: $0.27M
27. The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003)
Not Rated | 160 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Arun is an Indian undercover agent enlisted to stop ISI chief Ishaq Khan. The village girl Reshma helps him but endangers her own life.
Director: Anil Sharma | Stars: Sunny Deol, Preity G Zinta, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Amrish Puri
Votes: 2,603 | Gross: $3.38M
28. Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001)
Not Rated | 170 min | Action, Drama, Romance
During the Partition of India in 1947, a Sikh truck driver falls in love with a Muslim girl belonging to an aristocratic family.
Director: Anil Sharma | Stars: Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel, Amrish Puri, Lillete Dubey
Votes: 15,639
29. Bluffmaster (2005)
Not Rated | 137 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A conman Roy, gets dumped by his girl-friend. Then he finds out he has a fatal disease. On the verge of death, he resolves to do some good, by helping his apprentice Dittu hoodwink the mobster who hurt his (Dittu's) family.
Director: Rohan Sippy | Stars: Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Riteish Deshmukh, Nana Patekar
Votes: 6,713 | Gross: $0.72M
30. Krrish (2006)
Not Rated | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Krishna is forced by circumstances to use his superpowers and become the masked superhero Krrish, before getting drawn towards his lost legacy.
Director: Rakesh Roshan | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Rekha, Naseeruddin Shah
Votes: 23,999
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