By Decade
The Best Hindi
Films of the 1960s
9 films from this decade made the canon, 5 of them inside the ranked top 100.
Colour, CinemaScope and the romantic epic. Also the decade of Vijay Anand, whose song picturisations remain the technical high-water mark of the form, and of Mughal-e-Azam, which nobody has out-spent since in real terms.
9 films from the 1960s made the canon, 5 of them inside the ranked top 100, led by Mughal-e-Azam at #3. The decade leans Drama (6), Romance (4), Comedy (2), and the directors carrying it here are Vijay Anand, K. Asif, Abrar Alvi, Bimal Roy.
Every title below has its own page with links to Wikipedia, IMDb, trailers and legal streaming. Compare against the 1950s, the 1970s, the 1980s, or read how the ranking was scored.
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1960Mughal-e-Azamमुग़ल-ए-आज़म3
Mughal-e-Azam
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1965Guideगाइड5
Guide
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1962Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulamसाहिब बीबी और ग़ुलाम21
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
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1963Bandiniबंदिनी26
Bandini
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1968Padosanपड़ोसन32
Padosan
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1969Aradhanaआराधना
Aradhana
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1967Jewel Thiefज्वेल थीफ़
Jewel Thief
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1966Teesri Kasamतीसरी कसम
Teesri Kasam
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1969Bhuvan Shomeभुवन शोम
Bhuvan Shome
| Rank | Film | Year | Director | Genre |
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| 3 | Mughal-e-Azam मुग़ल-ए-आज़म | 1960 | K. Asif | Historical, Romance |
| 5 | Guide गाइड | 1965 | Vijay Anand | Drama, Romance |
| 21 | Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam साहिब बीबी और ग़ुलाम | 1962 | Abrar Alvi | Drama |
| 26 | Bandini बंदिनी | 1963 | Bimal Roy | Drama |
| 32 | Padosan पड़ोसन | 1968 | Jyoti Swaroop | Comedy, Musical |
| – | Aradhana आराधना | 1969 | Shakti Samanta | Romance, Drama |
| – | Jewel Thief ज्वेल थीफ़ | 1967 | Vijay Anand | Thriller, Mystery |
| – | Teesri Kasam तीसरी कसम | 1966 | Basu Bhattacharya | Drama, Romance |
| – | Bhuvan Shome भुवन शोम | 1969 | Mrinal Sen | Comedy, Drama |
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