The title Best Bolly Movies doesn’t really do justice to this list, because the term “Bollywood” is not necessarily an accurate description of the entire cinema industry of India. But you get the gist of it.

Here’s a nice list of all Bollywood movies that were produced since 2000 and are considered as most popular in the ranks. If I missed out on something please don’t hesitate to let me know in the comments below.

This list contains block-busters based on box office details and general ratings, but also cult classics that weren’t so popular upon release, but are slowly being recognized by a minimum of 10,000 voters on IMDB (with at least a 6,0 rating).

Information sources:

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• IMDB
• Wikipedia

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50Dabangg (2010)

• Directed by: Abhinav Kashyap
• Starring: Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Vinod Khanna
• Filming budget: Rs. 30 crore ($4,800,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 215 crore ($33,000,000)

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49Chennai Express (2013)

• Directed by: Rohit Shetty
• Starring: Deepika Padukone, Shah Rukh Khan, Satyaraj
• Filming budget: Rs. 75 crore (US$12 million)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 406 crore ($62,000,000)

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48Om Shanti Om (2007)

• Directed by: Farah Khan
• Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal
• Filming budget: Rs. 35 crore ($5,600,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 249 crore ($38,000,000)

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47Main Hoon Na (2004)

• Directed by: Farah Khan
• Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Sushmita Sen, Sunil Shetty
• Filming budget: Rs. 25 crore ($3,800,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 67,82 crore ($10,000,000)

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46Mohabbatein (2000)

• Directed by: Aditya Chopra
• Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Uday Chopra
• Filming budget: Rs. 18,1 crore ($2,800,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 74,11 core ($11,000,000)

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45Don 2 (2011)

• Directed by: Farhan Akhtar
• Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Florian Lukas, Om Puri
• Filming budget: Rs. 70 crore ($11,000,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 206 crore ($32,000,000)

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44Agneepath (2012)

• Directed by: Karan Malhotra
• Starring: Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Sanjay Dutt
• Filming budget: Rs. 60 crore ($9,200,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 193 crore ($30,000,000)

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43Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008)

• Directed by: Aditya Chopra
• Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Vinay Pathak, Anushka Sharma
• Filming budget: Rs. 20 crore ($3,100,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 158 crore ($24,000,000)

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42Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012)

• Directed by: Yash Chopra
• Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma
• Filming budget: Rs. 60 crore ($9,200,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 211 core ($32,000,000)

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41Fanaa (2006)

• Directed by: Kunal Kohli
• Starring: Aamir Khan, Kajol, Rishi Kapoor
• Filming budget: Rs. 30 crore ($4,600,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 104 crore ($16,000,000)

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40Don (2006)

• Directed by: Farhan Akhtar
• Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Arjun Rampal, Isha Koppikar
• Filming budget: Rs. 35 crore ($5,400,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 105 crore ($16,000,000)

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39Aashiqui 2 (2013)

• Directed by: Mohit Suri
• Starring: Aditya Roy Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Shaad Randhawa
• Filming budget: Rs. 9 crore ($1,400,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 100 crore ($15,000,000)

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38Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… (2001)

• Directed by: Karan Johar
• Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Amitabh Bachchan
• Filming budget: Rs. 40 crore ($6,100,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 117.29 crore ($18,000,000)

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37Ghajini (2008)

• Directed by: A. R. Murugadoss
• Starring: Aamir Khan, Asin, Jiah Khan
• Filming budget: Rs. 45 crore ($6,900,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 190 crore ($29,000,000)

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36Devdas (2002)

• Directed by: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
• Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
• Filming budget: Rs. 50 crore ($7,700,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 843 core ($13,000,000)

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35Talaash (2012)

• Directed by: Reema Kagti
• Starring: Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Rani Mukerji
• Filming budget: Rs. 40 crore ($6,100,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 174 crore ($27,000,000)

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34Monsoon Wedding (2001)

• Directed by: Mira Nair
• Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shetty
• Filming budget: $1,200,000
• Box Office, gross: $30,787,356

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33Wake Up Sid (2009)

• Directed by: Ayan Mukerji
• Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Shruti Bapna
• Filming budget: Rs. 15 crore ($2,300,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 46.2 crore ($7,100,000)

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32RockStar (2011)

• Directed by: Imtiaz Ali
• Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri, Shammi Kapoor
• Filming budget: Rs. 60 crore ($9,200,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 74,11 core ($11,000,000)

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31Veer-Zaara (2004)

• Directed by: Aditya Chopra
• Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Uday Chopra
• Filming budget: Rs. 18,1 crore ($2,800,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 108 crore ($17,000,000)

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30Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na (2008)

• Directed by: Abbas Tyrewala
• Starring: Imran Khan, Genelia D’Souza, Manjari Phadnis
• Filming budget: Rs. 11 crore ($1,700,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 83.2 crore ($13,000,000)

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29My Name Is Khan (2010)

• Directed by: Karan Johar
• Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Sheetal Menon
• Filming budget: Rs. 38 crore ($5,800,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 200 crore ($31,000,000)

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28Kai po che! (2013)

• Directed by: Abhishek Kapoor
• Starring: Amit Sadh, Sushant Singh Rajput, Raj Kumar Yadav
• Filming budget: Rs. 30 crore ($4,600,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 8.04 crore ($7,400,000)

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27Water (2005)

• Directed by: Deepa Mehta
• Starring: Lisa Ray, John Abraham, Seema Biswas
• Filming budget: ?
• Box Office, gross: $10,422,387

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26English Vinglish (2012)

• Directed by: Gauri Shinde
• Starring: Sridevi, Adil Hussain, Mehdi Nebbou
• Filming budget: Rs. 15 crore ($2,300,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 85 crore ($13,000,000)

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25Special Chabbis (Special 26) (2013)

• Directed by: Neeraj Pandey
• Starring: Akshay Kumar, Kajal Agarwal, Manoj Bajpayee
• Filming budget: Rs. 42 crore ($6,400,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 70 crore ($11,000,000)

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24Vicky Donor (2012)

• Directed by: Shoojit Sircar
• Starring: Ayushmann Khurrana, Yami Gautam, Annu Kapoor
• Filming budget: Rs. 5 crore ($770,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 64.50 crore ($9,900,000)

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23Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)

• Directed by: Nikhil Advani
• Starring: Preity Zinta, Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan
• Filming budget: Rs. 30 crore ($460,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 78 crore ($1,100,000)

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22Paan Singh Tomar (2010)

• Directed by: Tigmanshu Dhulia
• Starring: Irrfan Khan, Mahie Gill, Rajendra Gupta
• Filming budget: Rs. 8 crore ($1,200,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 38.4 crore ($5,900,000)

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21Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006)

• Directed by: Rajkumar Hirani
• Starring: Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan
• Filming budget: Rs. 12 crore ($1,800,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 119 crore ($18,000,000)

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20OMG: Oh My God! (2012)

• Directed by: Umesh Shukla
• Starring: Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Mithun Chakraborty
• Filming budget: Rs. 15 crore ($2,300,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 95 crore ($15,000,000)

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19Jab We Met (2007)

• Directed by: Imtiaz Ali
• Starring: Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Tarun Arora
• Filming budget: Rs. 15 crore ($2,300,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 30.25 crore ($4,600,000)

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18Dev.D (2009)

• Directed by: Anurag Kashyap
• Starring: Abhay Deol, Mahie Gill, Kalki Koechlin
• Filming budget: Rs. 6 crore ($920,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 21,5 crore ($3,300,000)

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17Hera Pheri (2000)

• Directed by: Priyadarshan
• Starring: Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty
• Filming budget: Rs. 20 crore ($3,100,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 104 crore ($16,000,000)

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16Black (2005)

• Directed by: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
• Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Shernaz Patel
• Filming budget: Rs. 18 crore ($2,700,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 32.25 crore ($4,900,000)

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15Chak De! India (2007)

• Directed by: Shimit Amin
• Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Vidya Malvade, Tanya Abrol
• Filming budget: Rs. 24 crore ($3,700,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 103.6 crore ($16,000,000)

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14Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)

• Directed by: Zoya Akhtar
• Starring: Katrina Kaif, Hrithik Roshan, Naseeruddin Shah
• Filming budget: Rs. 55 crore ($8,400,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 153 crore ($23,000,000)

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13Udaan (2010)

• Directed by: Vikramaditya Motwane
• Starring: Rajat Barmecha, Sanjay Gandhi, Ronit Roy
• Filming budget: Rs. 5 crore ($766,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 3 crore ($460,000)

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12Kahaani (2012)

• Directed by: Sujoy Ghosh
• Starring: Vidya Balan, Parambrata Chatterjee, Dhritiman Chatterjee
• Filming budget: Rs. 8 crore ($1,200,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 104 crore ($16,000,000)

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11A Wednesday! (2008)

• Directed by: Neeraj Pandey
• Starring: Anupam Kher, Naseeruddin Shah, Jimmy Shergill
• Filming budget: Rs. 5 crore ($770,000)
• Box Office, domestic nett gross: Rs. 2 crore ($1,800,000)

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10Munnabhai M.B.B.S. (2003)

• Directed by: Rajkumar Hirani
• Starring: Sunil Dutt, Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi
• Filming budget: Rs. 10 crore ($1,500,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 30.75 crore ($4,700,000)

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9Gangs of Wasseypur (Part 1 and 2) (2012)

• Directed by: Anurag Kashyap
• Starring: Manoj Bajpayee, Richa Chadda, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
• Filming budget: Rs 18.5 crore ($2,800,000)
• Box Office, nett domestic gross: Rs. 50.81 crore ($7,800,000)

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8Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)

• Directed by: Ashutosh Gowariker
• Starring: Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley
• Filming budget: Rs. 25 crore ($3,800,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 57.80 crore ($8,800,000)

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7Swades: We, the People (2004)

• Directed by: Ashutosh Gowariker
• Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi, Kishori Balal
• Filming budget: ?
• Box Office, domestic gross: Rs. 22 crore ($3,400,000)

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6Barfi! (2012)

• Directed by: Anurag Basu
• Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Haradhan Bannerjee
• Filming budget: Rs. 30 crore $4,600,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 175 crore ($27,000,000)

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5Dil Chahta Hai (2001)

• Directed by: Farhan Akhtar
• Starring: Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna
• Filming budget: Rs. 14 crore ($2,100,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 31 crore ($7,500,000)

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4Rang De Basanti (2006)

• Directed by: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
• Starring: Aamir Khan, Soha Ali Khan, Siddharth
• Filming budget: Rs. 26 crore ($4,000,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 94 crore ($14,000,000)

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3Taare Zameen Par (2007)

• Directed by: Aamir Khan
• Starring: Darsheel Safary, Aamir Khan, Tanay Chheda
• Filming budget: Rs. 12 crore ($1,800,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 88.9 crore ($14,000,000)

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23 Idiots (2009)

• Directed by: Rajkumar Hirani
• Starring: Aamir Khan, Madhavan, Mona Singh
• Filming budget: Rs. 35 crore ($5,400,000)
• Box Office, gross: Rs. 392 crore ($60,000,000)

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1Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)

• Directed by: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
• Starring: Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor, Pavan Malhotra
• Filming budget: Rs. 30 crore ($46600,000)
• Box Office, 24 day domestic nett gross: Rs. 104 crore ($16,000,000)

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