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Best Indian Movies on OTT
Highly rated movies from the Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada catalogue, with a currently live streaming, rental or purchase offer.
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The selection criteria
IMDb rating of at least 7/10 from at least 1,000 recorded IMDb votes. Ranked by IMDb rating, then vote count, then title. Titles without a source vote count do not qualify. Movies only, with at least one non-withdrawn offer marked available in India and no future date on that offer. Library titles are included; web series are not.
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99 matching movies
Showing the first 36, in the order described above. Browse the language and platform catalogues below for more titles.
Why it qualifies: Telugu primary language · IMDb 9.5/10 from 1,973 votes · live offer on Prime Video.
A couple is in love. One partner's excessive spending pushes the other into debt. When the burdened partner decides to seek a divorce, the other files a police complaint through the leader of a women's association. As they begin living together, they gradually understand each other's struggles. Eventually, they reconcile and choose to continue their life together.
Why it qualifies: Telugu primary language · IMDb 8.9/10 from 1,103 votes · live offer on Netflix.
Follows a struggling family whose lives change when a receipt printer starts generating money after a lightning strike, leading to public chaos when society discovers the money-making machine.
Why it qualifies: Telugu primary language · IMDb 8.8/10 from 4,128 votes · live offer on Netflix.
Follows Santosh, a young man who forgets his past including his school days and love Vaishali, as his friends and family help him retrieve his memory by walking him through his early life experiences.
Why it qualifies: Malayalam primary language · IMDb 8.7/10 from 14,497 votes · live offer on Prime Video, JioHotstar.
A young couple, Ganga and Nakulan, arrives at the ancestral home called Madampalli of the latter. Hailing from a family that follows tradition and superstitions, Nakulan's uncle Thampi objects to the couple's idea of moving into the allegedly haunted mansion, which Nakulan ignores. The couple moves in anyway following which seemingly supernatural events begin to happen.
Why it qualifies: Telugu primary language · IMDb 8.4/10 from 3,062 votes · live offer on Prime Video.
In a village divided between Karmani and Dharmani lineages, Chandu and Bujjamma are born into rival sides of a feud and grown as enemies. When love blossoms between them, it disrupts the village's beliefs about loyalty, identity, and fate.
Why it qualifies: Hindi primary language · IMDb 8.3/10 from 2,45,757 votes · live offer on Netflix, JioHotstar.
Dangal is an extraordinary true story based on the life of Mahavir Singh and his two daughters, Geeta and Babita Phogat. The film traces the inspirational journey of a father who trains his daughters to become world class wrestlers.
Why it qualifies: Telugu primary language · IMDb 8.3/10 from 1,190 votes · live offer on Aha, Prime Video.
Siddharth's life is a string of misfortunes, losing love, money, and dignity, making him the unwitting star of a slum-based comedy of errors. Hope only reappears in the form of Shravya, a no-nonsense single mother. However, just as Siddharth begins to rebuild his life and pursue a chance at love, his past resurfaces to threaten everything.
Why it qualifies: Kannada primary language · IMDb 8.2/10 from 1,70,803 votes · live offer on Prime Video.
The blood-soaked land of Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) has a new overlord now - Rocky, whose name strikes fear in the heart of his foes. His allies look up to Rocky as their Savior, the government sees him as a threat to law and order; enemies are clamoring for revenge and conspiring for his downfall. Bloodier battles and darker days await as Rocky continues on his quest for unchallenged supremacy.
Why it qualifies: Hindi primary language · IMDb 8.2/10 from 67,526 votes · live offer on JioHotstar, Netflix.
As rival gangs, corrupt officials and a ruthless Major Iqbal close in, Hamza's mission for his country spirals into a bloody personal war where the line between patriot and monster disappears in the streets of Lyari.
Why it qualifies: Tamil primary language · IMDb 8.2/10 from 15,990 votes · live offer on JioHotstar.
A quirky Sri Lankan family seeking a fresh start in India transforms a disconnected neighborhood into a vibrant community with their infectious love and kindness.
Why it qualifies: Kannada primary language · IMDb 8.2/10 from 10,130 votes · live offer on Prime Video.
In the heart of 'Sapta Sagaradaache Ello’ resides an ardent love story between Manu and Priya. Set in 2010, the couple hails from a middle-class background. Circumstances land Manu in jail, putting his relationship with Priya in jeopardy.
Why it qualifies: Kannada primary language · IMDb 8.2/10 from 4,480 votes · live offer on Prime Video.
Rathnakara is an insurance agent living a mundane life with his unapologetically loud mother Saroja. An uncomfortable truth about his life leads him to go on a trail to find his world. What does he learn eventually?
Why it qualifies: Hindi primary language · IMDb 8.1/10 from 41,673 votes · live offer on Netflix.
A young IPS officer’s new posting in rural India has him confronting caste disparities and uncomfortable truths in the face of a gruesome crime. When three girls go missing in the fictional village of Lalgaon, two of them are found dead and there is no trace of the third one. Where is she and who is responsible for this heinous act?
Why it qualifies: Hindi primary language · IMDb 8.1/10 from 10,191 votes · live offer on JioHotstar, Prime Video.
A simple man from a village falls in love with his new neighbor. He enlists the help of his musical-theater friends to woo the lovely girl-next-door away from her music teacher.
Why it qualifies: Malayalam primary language · IMDb 8.1/10 from 5,713 votes · live offer on Prime Video.
When a soccer club manager brings one of his injured foreign players home to recuperate, they form an unlikely bond despite their cultural differences.
Why it qualifies: Telugu primary language · IMDb 8.0/10 from 11,673 votes · live offer on Prime Video, Sun NXT.
Ajay, a fiery Kabaddi player from Hyderabad, visits Kurnool for a tournament and rescues Swapna from a faction leader Obul Reddy, who wants to force her into marriage. He secretly hides her in his home and assists her in planning her escape abroad for her higher studies. But, fate has other plans.
Why it qualifies: Telugu primary language · IMDb 8.0/10 from 6,806 votes · live offer on JioHotstar.
Four friends – Hashir, Alan, Ajin and Vinayak – are considered losers and troublemakers by parents, family and the school management. They face immense social pressure as they reach adulthood, embarking them on an emotional journey of self discovery and acceptance, where they finally learn to take up their responsibilities and find success.
Why it qualifies: Telugu primary language · IMDb 8.0/10 from 1,144 votes · live offer on JioHotstar, Prime Video, Sun NXT.
Trikala is a heroic story, one of the many mysteries hidden in Indian Sanatana Dharma.When darkness descends on the world, the light comes to save it, trikala is one of the Illuminator..
Why it qualifies: Telugu primary language · IMDb 8.0/10 from 1,096 votes · live offer on Prime Video, JioHotstar.
A rootless young man grappling with his past faces a pivotal moment where goals, memories, and relationships intersect. New encounters challenge his perspective, pushing him to examine his identity and future path.
Why it qualifies: Hindi primary language · IMDb 7.9/10 from 14,072 votes · live offer on Netflix.
Two childhood friends from a small North Indian village chase a police job that promises them the dignity they’ve long been denied. But as they inch closer to their dream, mounting desperation threatens the bond that holds them together.
Why it qualifies: Hindi primary language · IMDb 7.9/10 from 5,231 votes · live offer on Prime Video, JioHotstar.
The film celebrates the survival of the human spirit against overwhelming odds and highlights the need for underprivileged children's education. Its a film based on former indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and is aimed at inspiring the poor to educate their children. Written by DaGambit Chhotu's peasant village is ruined by drought, so his ma drops the boy with uncle Bhati, who runs a tea stand at the city outskirts. Clever Chottu, who calls himself Kalam after the self-made Indian president, soon outsmarts uncle's adult assistant and makes friends with the loneliest boy in the palace, now a hotel, a prince his age.
Why it qualifies: Hindi primary language · IMDb 7.9/10 from 3,332 votes · live offer on Prime Video, JioHotstar, ZEE5.
The story of a small-town man who comes to make it big in the city, where he is almost instantly relieved of all his possessions. Homeless and penniless, he is taken in by a woman who looks after him.
Why it qualifies: Hindi primary language · IMDb 7.8/10 from 69,093 votes · live offer on JioHotstar.
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. Gradually, this fantasy threatens to overwhelm their reality.
Why it qualifies: Hindi primary language · IMDb 7.8/10 from 16,626 votes · live offer on Netflix.
In 1980s India, Shazia Bano takes her husband to court after he abandons her and their children, sparking a national battle over faith, women’s rights, and justice.
Why it qualifies: Tamil primary language · IMDb 7.8/10 from 6,058 votes · live offer on Netflix.
A quirky 29-year-old named Sathya embarks on an unexpected journey of laughter, unlikely friendships, and self-discovery. Through hilarious misadventures and chance encounters, he slowly sees life's bigger picture - its surprises, joys, and second chances.
