Best Hindi movies of 1980s

Actors : Anant Nag, Padmini Kolhapure, Shreeram Lagoo, Indrani Mukherjee,

When a successful manager decides to sell his plantation in his ancestral village to another company, his young daughter begins acting very strangely.

Actors : Anil Kapoor, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Sridevi, Sunny Deol,
Directors : Sibte Hassan Rizvi,

Dara and Karan, the sons of two of the victims of dacoit Jogi Thakur, wait many years to exact their revenge. When the Thakur's colleague Raja Singh cheats him and runs away with his loot, ...

Actors : Deepti Naval, Satish Shah, Farooq Shaikh, Iftekhar,
Directors : Raman Kumar,

Avinash, an M.A. student, is an idealistic young man with socialist views and stern principles. He is not affected by materialistic nature of his generation and strongly opposes acquiring ...

Actors : Pankaj Kapur, Shabana Azmi, Sreela Majumdar, Annu Kapoor,
Directors : Mrinal Sen,

Subhash is a photographer from the city, who has come to take pictures of some old temples and ruins in a village. Ruins fascinate him. While in the village, he gets acquainted with a young...

Actors : Poonam Dhillon, Randhir Kapoor, Yogeeta Bali, Sanjeev Kumar,
Directors : Rahul Rawail,

Singer Chandermohan is born in a well-off family and is the only child. Since he is of marriageable age, both he and his parents want him to get married. But since he was born with a strong...

Actors : Rishi Kapoor, Satish Shah, Naseeruddin Shah, Kimi Katkar,
Directors : Keshu Ramsay,

Ravi gets a call from Father Anthony saying that his missing wife is with him in the Church.But when he meets her claims that she is not his wife. Inspector Balbir finds all the proofs are against Ravi but why is Ravi not ready to face it?

Actors : Dimple Kapadia, Amjad Khan, Vinod Khanna, Alok Nath,
Directors : Gulzar,

Samir Niyogi lives in India and is assigned by the Government to travel to Rajasthan, evaluate a princely castle that once belonged to Raja Param Singh, take stock of all items, the ...

Actors : Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini, Vinod Khanna, Dharmendra,
Directors : Vijay Anand,

Unable to handle the taking of his kingdom by an Indian Government decree, the Maharaja kills himself. His son, Jaipal, takes over as the Maharaja, turns rebel, and refuses to hand over his...

Actors : Rakesh Roshan, Rajesh Khanna, Tina Ambani, Smita Patil,
Directors : J. Om Prakash,

Nisha believes she is happily married until she discovers that her successful businessman husband, Kabir, has been having an affair with her cousin, Indu. Distraught, Nisha abandons her ...

Actors : Sridevi, Sunny Deol, Dharmendra, Karan Kapoor,

Shah is the leader of the Mugal tribe in Asia; when he gets news that bandit, Razoulli and his gang are coming to launch an attack on their region, he is petrified and asks his people to ...

Actors : Meenakshi Sheshadri, Rakhee Gulzar, Sunny Deol, Suresh Oberoi,
Directors : Rahul Rawail,

Arjun Yadav return from the city after completing his studies to get settled in his village with his family consisting of his mother Devi Chaudaran, his older brother Amrit and sister. ...

Actors : Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Ashok Kumar, Nutan,
Directors : Prayag Raj,

After Laxmi has had three still-births, her husband, Satyaprakash and his mother are afraid she will not be able to give any more births, and therefore there will be no one to carry the ...

Actors : Sanjay Khan, Zeenat Aman, Raj Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar,
Directors : Sanjay Khan,

Abdullah is a devout Muslim who lives in a small hut the middle of a desert in Persia, and looks after a well so that it provides water to thirsty travelers. One day a friend, Ameer, ...

Actors : Farha Naaz, Danny Denzongpa, Sunny Deol, Amrish Puri,
Directors : J.P. Dutta,

When Inspector Yadav (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) shoots down a criminal couple in the line of duty, his heart goes out to their orphaned baby son Krishna. He adopts the child, who grows up with ...

Actors : Kiran Vairale, Shabana Azmi, Sharmila Tagore, Sanjeev Kumar,
Directors : Gulzar,

Dhaniram brings a trucker named Gerulal to Jugni's house so that he can rent a room. Jugni lives in dilapidated house with three young daughters, all of whom are of marriage age. The eldest...

Actors : Kiran Kumar, Sanjana Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Deepa Sahi,

Hyderabadi Hiralal, who is also referred to as 'Hero' due to his obsession with Bollywood movies, drives an auto-rickshaw and often gets into fisticuffs. Things change when he meets with ...

Actors : Anupam Kher, Sridevi, Sunny Deol, Gulshan Grover,
Directors : Harmesh Malhotra,

After the tragic deaths of his son, Ajit and daughter-in-law, Rajni, Raja Saheb decides to educate his grand-daughter, Neelam, in the city. Years later, Neelam has grown up and returns ...

Actors : Tom Alter, Harbans Darshan M. Arora, Birbal, Krishan Dhawan,
Directors : Subhash Ghai,

When a Police inspector is killed by a band of thugs, his grieving father Samsher Singh seeks justice. Pratap Singh has left behind a pregnant widow, who dies in chidbirth, leaving Samsher ...

Actors : Neena Gupta, Anita Kanwar, Leela Naidu, Soni Razdan,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

Set in 1961 Goa, this is a story of a rich and influential Goan family and what happens to them over a period of time. The movie is narrated in past-tense by one of the friends of the ...

Actors : Deepti Naval, Mithun Chakraborty, Shabana Azmi, Sanjeev Kumar,
Directors : Bapu,

The wealthy and lecherous Zamindar Thakur Vir Pratap Singh lord over a small region in rural India mercilessly killing anyone who opposes his rule. He gets the male villagers addicted to ...