The Best Ritesh Deshmukh Movies, Ranked
52 credits from 2003 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Welcome to New York (2018) comes out on top with a score of 78. The biggest box office hit is Total Dhamaal (2019) with $26.9M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Ritesh Deshmukh Movies
The 12 highest-rated films Ritesh Deshmukh is credited on. Welcome to New York (2018) leads with 78, followed by Ved (2022) 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 78 Welcome to New York 2018 · Drama -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 Ved 2022 · Romance -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 Dream Girl 2019 · Romance -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 52 Raid 2 2025 · Drama -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 50 Plan A Plan B 2022 · Comedy -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 45 Baaghi 3 2020 · Action -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 33 Ek Villain Returns 2022 · Action -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 31 Housefull 5 2025 · Comedy -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 30 Total Dhamaal 2019 · Action -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 30 Housefull 4 2019 · Drama -
#11 Movie Echo Score: Score 30 Kakuda 2024 · Horror -
#12 Movie Echo Score: Score 28 Marjaavaan 2019 · Romance
Biggest Ritesh Deshmukh Box Office Hits
Ritesh Deshmukh's films have made $240M worldwide in total. Total Dhamaal (2019) is the biggest hit at $26.9M, ahead of Housefull 2 (2012) ($24.9M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 Total Dhamaal 2019 · Action $26.9M $2.17M dom.
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Housefull 2 2012 · Romance $24.9M $1.79M dom. - 3
Housefull 3 2016 · Comedy $17M $1.33M dom. - 4 Baaghi 3 2020 · Action $16.7M $721K dom.
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Namastey London 2007 · Drama $15.3M $1.21M dom. - 6
Heyy Babyy 2007 · Romance $13.9M $1.44M dom. - 7
Grand Masti 2013 · Romance $13.5M $414K dom. - 8
Dhamaal 2007 · Adventure $11.1M $166K dom. - 9
Malamaal Weekly 2006 · Comedy $5.95M $205K dom. - 10 Marjaavaan 2019 · Romance $5.82M $174K dom.
The Best Ritesh Deshmukh Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Ritesh Deshmukh has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Comedy leads with 17 films, and Plan A Plan B (2022) is the pick of them.
- Comedy 17 films Plan A Plan B 2022 · as Kaustubh Chougule Movie Echo Score: 50
- Drama 11 films Welcome to New York 2018 Movie Echo Score: 78
- Romance 7 films Ved 2022 · as Satya Dinkar Jadhav Movie Echo Score: 75
- Action 7 films Baaghi 3 2020 · as Vikram Choudhary Movie Echo Score: 45
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Thriller 3 films Darna Zaroori Hai 2006 · as Altaaf - Horror 1 film Kakuda 2024 · as Victor Movie Echo Score: 30
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Fantasy 1 film Great Grand Masti 2016 · as Amar Saxena - Adventure 1 film Dhamaal 2007 · as Deshbandhu Roy
The Best Ritesh Deshmukh Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Ritesh Deshmukh's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Ritesh Deshmukh Movies
The most recent films Ritesh Deshmukh is credited on, newest first — starting with Housefull 5 (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Housefull 5 2025 · Jalabuddin / Jolly No. 1
- Raid 2 2025 · Dada Bhai aka Manohar Dhankar
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Visfot 2024 · Akash Selar - Kakuda 2024 · Victor
- Ved 2022 · Satya Dinkar Jadhav
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Mister Mummy 2022 · Amol - Plan A Plan B 2022 · Kaustubh Chougule
- Ek Villain Returns 2022 · Rakesh Mahadkar
- Baaghi 3 2020 · Vikram Choudhary
- Marjaavaan 2019 · Vishnu
- Housefull 4 2019 · Bangdu Maharaj / Roy
- Dream Girl 2019 · special appearance in song "Dhagala Lagali"
The Best Ritesh Deshmukh Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Ritesh Deshmukh films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Ritesh Deshmukh movie?
Welcome to New York (2018) is the best-rated Ritesh Deshmukh film, with a Movie Echo Score of 78, ahead of Ved (2022) (75) and Dream Girl (2019) (70). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Welcome to New York: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Ritesh Deshmukh movie?
Total Dhamaal (2019) made the most at the box office, with $26.9M worldwide, followed by Housefull 2 (2012) with $24.9M. Together, Ritesh Deshmukh's films with box office figures have made $240M.
What is the best Ritesh Deshmukh comedy movie?
Plan A Plan B (2022) is the best-rated of Ritesh Deshmukh's comedy films, with a score of 50. In other genres: Welcome to New York (drama), Ved (romance) and Baaghi 3 (action).
What is the newest Ritesh Deshmukh movie?
The newest film on Ritesh Deshmukh's filmography is Housefull 5 (2025), with Ritesh Deshmukh as Jalabuddin / Jolly No. 1.
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