By Genre
The Best Bollywood
Action Films
10 films in the canon are filed under Action, from 1973 to 2023.
10 films in this canon are filed under Action, running from 1973 to 2023. The highest-ranked is Sholay (1975) at #1 — The Curry Western that became the country's shared memory.
The genre is spread across the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, with Yash Chopra (2), Ramesh Sippy, Shekhar Kapur, Manmohan Desai doing the heaviest lifting. Hindi cinema rarely respects a single genre for a whole runtime, so most of these titles are cross-filed — follow the tags on any film page to find its neighbours.
Every entry links out to Wikipedia, IMDb, a trailer and a legal streaming search. See also the full ranked 100 and how we scored them.
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1975Sholayशोले1
Sholay
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1987Mr. Indiaमिस्टर इंडिया22
Mr. India
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1977Amar Akbar Anthonyअमर अकबर एंथनी33
Amar Akbar Anthony
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1973Zanjeerज़ंजीर96
Zanjeer
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1978Donडॉन97
Don
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1978Trishulत्रिशूल98
Trishul
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1979Kaala Pattharकाला पत्थर99
Kaala Patthar
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1995Karan Arjunकरण अर्जुन
Karan Arjun
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1999Sarfaroshसरफ़रोश
Sarfarosh
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2023Killकिल
Kill
| Rank | Film | Year | Director | Genre |
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| 1 | Sholay शोले | 1975 | Ramesh Sippy | Action, Drama |
| 22 | Mr. India मिस्टर इंडिया | 1987 | Shekhar Kapur | Sci-Fi, Action |
| 33 | Amar Akbar Anthony अमर अकबर एंथनी | 1977 | Manmohan Desai | Action, Comedy |
| 96 | Zanjeer ज़ंजीर | 1973 | Prakash Mehra | Action, Crime |
| 97 | Don डॉन | 1978 | Chandra Barot | Action, Thriller |
| 98 | Trishul त्रिशूल | 1978 | Yash Chopra | Drama, Action |
| 99 | Kaala Patthar काला पत्थर | 1979 | Yash Chopra | Drama, Action |
| – | Karan Arjun करण अर्जुन | 1995 | Rakesh Roshan | Action, Drama |
| – | Sarfarosh सरफ़रोश | 1999 | John Matthew Matthan | Action, Thriller |
| – | Kill किल | 2023 | Nikhil Nagesh Bhat | Action, 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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