50 Yash Chopra Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

Raj Malhotra and Simran Singh are two young non resident Indians living in London. They meet while traveling across Europe with their friends and somehow miss the train at Zurich, forcing them to complete the trip all by themselves. By the time they return to London, they realize they are in love. But will Simran’s orthodox father approve of the match?

Deewar is an action thriller crime film which tells the story of Vijay, a dockworker who turns to crime, and eventually becomes a leading figure of the underworld. Meanwhile, his younger brother Ravi becomes an educated and upright police officer. Things take an ugly turn, and the two brothers find themselves against one another, when Ravi is sent to arrest Vijay.

Veer Zaara is a romantic drama film, which tells the story of an Indian pilot Veer Pratap Singh, who rescues a stranded Pakistani girl, Zaara. Love eventually blooms between them. As Veer spends a long time in a Pakistani jail, Zaara believes him to be dead and devotes her life to his village in India. 

Kabir Khan, the captain of Indian Men’s National hockey team is blamed after his team loses to Pakistan. After seven years, he returns as the coach of Indian women’s hockey team, determined to clear his name by creating Team India out of 16 girls who believe in playing for themselves than for nation. Can he build a winning team that shines as champions? 

A Hindi drama movie produced by B. R. Chopra, Waqt tells the story of Lala Kedarnath Prasanta, a rich merchant who loses his fortunes and family in an earthquake. After many years, he is finally reunited with his three long-lost sons and wife. The film pioneered the concept of movies with multiple stars in Indian cinema. 

This romantic psychological thriller film tells the story of Rahul, who gets obsessed with Kiran, a girl from his college, and starts stalking her constantly. When he learns that Kiran is now engaged to Sunil, a Navy officer, he decides to kill Sunil, to claim Kiran for himself. However, things don’t go as planned.

Mashaal is a 1984 action drama film, which revolves around Vinod Kumar, an honest man, who tries to expose the ills of society through his newspaper Mashaal. But, circumstances force Vinod to become an underworld Don.

Narayan is a strict and stubborn principal of a prestigious college who doesn’t believe in love and therefore forbids his students from following their hearts. Any student caught indulging in romance is immediately expelled. However, things take a turn when a music teacher challenges his authority.

Artist Dilip Roy, who threatens to kill his wife if she damaged his artwork, is sent to psychiatric asylum when his wife is found dead. He escapes on a stormy night and hides in the house of a married woman, Rekha. But when Rekha’s husband Jagmohan is found dead, Dilip is accused of killing him. Is he responsible for both the murders?

A shy and introverted government employee named Surinder, falls in love at first sight, with the cheerful and extroverted daughter of his former Professor, at her engagement. When her fiancé is killed in a road accident, the Professor suffers a major cardiac arrest, and on his death bed, he asks Surinder to marry his daughter, fearing that his daughter will be alone in the world. 

Sunil and Sonia who are on their honeymoon decide to spend the night in Sunil’s boss’s bungalow. Things take a turn when his boss attempts to rape Sonia and Sunil is forced to kill him in order to save her. Now he has no other option but to run from the law. 

During the British rule in India, the families of Nawab Badruddin and Gulshan Rai are quite close, despite the fact that Nawab is a Muslim and Gulshan is a Hindu. Husn, the daughter of Nawab falls in love with a man named Hamid, but unfortunately when she gets pregnant, Hamid abandons her and disappears. The baby boy is named Dilip and is raised by the Rai family, after Nawab passes away, and Husn gets married to another man Javed. When Husn comes back years later, she finds that Dilip has become a fascist Muslim hater who wants all Muslims to leave India.  

Dil to Pagal Hain is a musical romance film which tells the story of Rahul and Nisha, who are members of a musical troupe. Nisha is secretly in love with Rahul, though Rahul is unaware of this.  Things get complicated when Pooja enters the picture, and Rahul finds himself attracted to her, though she is engaged to another man.

Visually-impaired Kashmiri girl Zooni travels with her friends to perform in the Republic Day Ceremony at Delhi. Against her friends’ advice, she falls for the flirtatious tour-guide Rehaan and spends a night with him. Though he arranges for her eye treatment, he reportedly gets killed in bomb-blast, before Zooni's eye operation. Zooni gains her eyesight, but remains in the dark about Rehaan’s true identity. 

Band Bajaa Baaraat is a romantic comedy drama film which tells the story of Shruti and Bittoo, two youngsters living in Delhi, who start a wedding planner business which they name ‘Shaadi Mubarak’. However, after Shruti develops feelings for Bittoo, things get complicated.     

A young architect, Nisha, joins an advertising agency just because her boss, Karan, reminds her of her dead boyfriend. Though Karan is married to Timsy, Nisha is determined to make Karan fall in love with her. 

The friendship between Jai and Munish is threatened as they fall for the same girl Meena. But when Jai gets caught in a case involving a faulty railway bridge, Munish changes his mind and decides to help his friend.

Karan and Rhea meet for the first time on a flight and end up hating each other at the end of their journey. However, at different stages of their lives, they continue to bump into one another, and they soon start befriending each other, and eventually fall in love.

Samar, who lives in London, falls in love with Meera. However, after she leaves him, he returns to India, and begins working for the army as a bomb disposal specialist. Eventually a journalist named Akira falls in love with him, but decides to reunite him with his former lover. 

Joshila is a thriller film which tells the story of Amar, a young man sentenced for murder. He is under the custody of Jailor Manmohan. Shortly after meeting Manmohan’s beautiful daughter, Shalini, they fall for one another. Shalini soon learns that Amar has been falsely implicated for killing the brother of his former lover, and therefore she tries to clear his name.

Dhoom is an action thriller film which tells the story of a biker gang who is on a robbing spree. Eventually ACP Jai Dixit is called to investigate. He seeks the help of a local bike dealer and racer named Ali Akbar, and makes a trap to catch the gang.

Mr A, a fearless thief, steals valuable and renowned artifacts from different parts of the world.  Meanwhile three police officers, Jai Dixit, Ali Akbar Khan, and Shonali Bose, are assigned to investigate Mr A’s case and apprehend him. Meanwhile Mr A finds himself attracted to a girl, although he is unable to trust her.

Salaam Namaste is a romantic comedy drama film which tells the story of Nikhil, a chef, who falls for Ambar, a radio jockey. They decide to move in together, but face difficulties, as they seem to have quite little in common. Things get complicated when Ambar gets pregnant, but Nikhil doesn’t want the child. They decide to part, but their tenancy agreement forces them to live together in a very awkward relationship.

Kush Agnihotri is looking for the ideal Indian bride for his brother Luv who stays in London. He eventually manages to find a girl Dimple Dixit. Things get complicated when Kush and Dimple start to develop feelings for one another, just few days before the wedding.

Rakesh and Vimmi are two misfits from a small town who turn to a life of crime and fraud, and eventually they begin to be known as the infamous duo Bunty and Babli. They continue scamming all kinds of people from all walks of life, but things get complicated when they attract the attention of an upset police officer.

This romantic comedy drama film tells the story of Raj, a notorious playboy who has broken the hearts of multiple girls. He learns a lesson when he meets his true love, Gayatri, but is rejected by her.

This romantic comedy drama film tells the story of a conman who pretends to fall in love with women, and then runs away with their money. Eventually, three of these women team up and hire another woman Ishika, hoping that they can settle their scores with him.

Raj, Pooja and Tina are inseparable childhood friends living in Shimla, India. Raj is in love with Tina, although he keeps his feelings to himself. Their lives take a turn when Raj migrates to UK, but he promises Tina that he will keep in touch with her through email. However, since Tina is not interested in technology, she asks her friend Pooja to communicate with Raj on her behalf, unaware that Pooja is in love with Raj. Things get complicated when Raj travels to India years later.