The Best Anurag Kashyap Movies, Ranked
45 credits from 2000 to 2024, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Maharaja (2024) comes out on top with a score of 90. The biggest box office hit is Akira (2016) with $4.29M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Anurag Kashyap Movies
The 12 highest-rated films Anurag Kashyap is credited on. Maharaja (2024) leads with 90, followed by Viduthalai: Part II (2024) at 75. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 90 Maharaja 2024 · Thriller -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 Viduthalai: Part II 2024 · Action -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 Lust Stories 2018 · Drama -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 73 Kennedy 2023 · Crime -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 73 Bombay Rose 2019 · Animation -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 72 Imaikkaa Nodigal 2018 · Drama -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 71 Manmarziyaan 2018 · Drama -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 Rifle Club 2024 · Thriller -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 65 Ghost Stories 2019 · Thriller -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 59 Choked (Paisa Bolta Hai) 2020 · Drama -
#11 Movie Echo Score: Score 53 Ghoomketu 2020 · Comedy -
#12 Movie Echo Score: Score 48 Ghost Stories 2020 · Horror
Biggest Anurag Kashyap Box Office Hits
Anurag Kashyap's films have made $13.6M worldwide in total. Akira (2016) is the biggest hit at $4.29M, ahead of Gulaal (2009) ($2.36M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Akira 2016 · Thriller $4.29M $219K dom. - 2
Gulaal 2009 · Crime $2.36M - 3
Bombay Talkies 2013 · Romance $1.79M - 4 Maharaja 2024 · Thriller $976K
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No Smoking 2007 · Drama $798K - 6
Bombay Velvet 2015 · Drama $758K $451K dom. - 7
Return Of Hanuman 2007 · Family $742K - 8 Rifle Club 2024 · Thriller $652K
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Shagird 2011 · Drama $353K - 10 Viduthalai: Part II 2024 · Action $304K
The Best Anurag Kashyap Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Anurag Kashyap has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 14 films, and Lust Stories (2018) is the pick of them.
- Drama 14 films Lust Stories 2018 · Director Movie Echo Score: 75
- Thriller 5 films Maharaja 2024 · as Selvam Movie Echo Score: 90
- Crime 5 films Kennedy 2023 · Director Movie Echo Score: 73
- Comedy 3 films Ghoomketu 2020 · as Inspector Badlani Movie Echo Score: 53
- Action 2 films Viduthalai: Part II 2024 · as Naxal Leader Movie Echo Score: 75
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Music 1 film Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat 2022 · Director Movie Echo Score: 40 - Horror 1 film Ghost Stories 2020 · Director Movie Echo Score: 48
- Animation 1 film Bombay Rose 2019 · as Raja Khan (voice) Movie Echo Score: 73
- Romance 1 film Bombay Talkies 2013 · Director
The Best Anurag Kashyap Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Anurag Kashyap's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Anurag Kashyap Movies
The most recent films Anurag Kashyap is credited on, newest first — starting with Viduthalai: Part II (2024). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Viduthalai: Part II 2024 · Naxal Leader
- Rifle Club 2024 · Dayanand Bare
- Maharaja 2024 · Selvam
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Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust 2024 · Sharab Customer (voice) - Kennedy 2023 · Director
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Four Slippers 2023 · Director -
Kuttey 2023 · Politician - Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat 2022 · Director
- Choked (Paisa Bolta Hai) 2020 · Director
- Ghoomketu 2020 · Inspector Badlani
- Ghost Stories 2020 · Director
- Ghost Stories 2019 · Director
The Best Anurag Kashyap Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Anurag Kashyap films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Anurag Kashyap movie?
Maharaja (2024) is the best-rated Anurag Kashyap film, with a Movie Echo Score of 90, ahead of Viduthalai: Part II (2024) (75) and Lust Stories (2018) (75). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Maharaja: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Anurag Kashyap movie?
Akira (2016) made the most at the box office, with $4.29M worldwide, followed by Gulaal (2009) with $2.36M. Together, Anurag Kashyap's films with box office figures have made $13.6M.
What is the best Anurag Kashyap drama movie?
Lust Stories (2018) is the best-rated of Anurag Kashyap's drama films, with a score of 75. In other genres: Maharaja (thriller), Kennedy (crime) and Ghoomketu (comedy).
What is the newest Anurag Kashyap movie?
The newest film on Anurag Kashyap's filmography is Viduthalai: Part II (2024), with Anurag Kashyap as Naxal Leader.
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