Director
Mani Ratnam
4 films in this canon, from 1992 to 2007. Highest ranked: #63.
Mani Ratnam holds 4 films in this canon, spanning 1992–2007 across the 1990s, 2000s. The highest-ranked is Dil Se.. (1998) at #63, which we describe as: A radio journalist falls for a woman from the insurgent Northeast who has a mission he cannot talk her out of.
The work here clusters around Drama, Romance, Thriller — 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 Mani Ratnam 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | Dil Se.. दिल से.. | 1998 | Mani Ratnam | Romance, Thriller |
| 86 | Guru गुरु | 2007 | Mani Ratnam | Drama, Biography |
| – | Bombay बॉम्बे | 1995 | Mani Ratnam | Drama, Romance |
| – | Roja रोज़ा | 1992 | Mani Ratnam | Drama, Thriller |
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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