Director
Karan Johar
3 films in this canon, from 1998 to 2013. Highest ranked: #90.
Karan Johar holds 3 films in this canon, spanning 1998–2013 across the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s. The highest-ranked is Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) at #90, which we describe as: Best friends, a haircut, a dead wife's eight letters, and a summer camp.
The work here clusters around Drama, Romance, Family — a body of work consistent enough that the through-line is visible from any entry point. Full filmography, crew credits and awards are on Wikipedia and IMDb.
Below: every Karan Johar film in the canon, each with its own page, external sources and streaming links. Browse the rest of the canon by decade, by genre, or start from #1.
| Rank | Film | Year | Director | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai कुछ कुछ होता है | 1998 | Karan Johar | Romance, Drama |
| – | Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... कभी खुशी कभी ग़म | 2001 | Karan Johar | Family, Drama |
| – | Bombay Talkies बॉम्बे टॉकीज़ | 2013 | Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap | Anthology, Drama |
Film record Wikipedia — the article linked from each film page · data last revised 9 August 2026 · title, year, director and cast are read from that article; this site keeps no independent print record and does not claim one
Editorial The ranking and the case made for each placement — not a measurement · last revised 9 August 2026 · signed by Amit Sharma · the scoring is published in full so the machinery can be argued with, not just the result
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