List of all movies directed by Satyajit Ray ranked from best to worst with photos. Films directed by Satyajit Ray are listed here and include movie posters and Satyajit Ray movie trailers whenever possible. This is a collection of the best movies directed by Satyajit Ray as voted on by film buffs. If you think the greatest Satyajit Ray movie isn't as high as it should be on this list, then make sure to vote so that your opinion of what the top Satyajit Ray film is can be factored into this list.
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The World of ApuSharmila Tagore, Soumitra Chatterjee, Panchanan Bhattacharya The World of Apu, originally titled Apur Sansar, is a Bengali drama film directed by Satyajit Ray. It is the third part of The Apu Trilogy, about the childhood and early adulthood of a young ...more
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Apu trilogy The Apu Trilogy comprises three Bengali films directed by Satyajit Ray: Pather Panchali, Aparajito and Apur Sansar. They are based on two Bengali novels written by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay: ...more
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Pather PanchaliChunibala Devi, Tulsi Chakraborty, Karuna Banerjee Pather Panchali is a 1955 Bengali drama film directed by Satyajit Ray and produced by the Government of West Bengal, India. It is based on Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay's 1929 Bengali novel of the ...more
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Nayak: The HeroSharmila Tagore, Uttam Kumar, Sumita Sanyal Nayak is a 1966 Indian Bengali drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray. It was Ray's second entirely original screenplay, after Kanchenjungha. The story revolves around a matinee idol on ...more
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The Golden FortressSoumitra Chatterjee, Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Kamu Mukherjee Sonar Kella, also Shonar Kella, released in the United States as The Golden Fortress, is a 1971 mystery novel and a 1974 film by Bengali writer and director Satyajit Ray. The film is an ...more
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AparajitoKali Bannerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Kanu Banerjee Aparajito is a 1956 Indian Bengali drama film directed by Satyajit Ray, and is the second part of The Apu Trilogy. It is adapted from the last one-fifth of Bibhutibhushan Bannerjee's novel ...more
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The Big CityJaya Bhaduri Bachchan, Madhabi Mukherjee, Anil Chatterjee Mahanagar is a 1963 Bengali drama film directed by Satyajit Ray and starring Madhabi Mukherjee in the leading role of Arati. Based on a short story, Abataranika by Narendranath Mitra, it ...more
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The Lonely WifeSoumitra Chatterjee, Kamu Mukherjee, Madhabi Mukherjee Charulata is a 1964 Indian Bengali drama film by director Satyajit Ray, based upon the novella Nastanirh by Rabindranath Tagore. It features Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee and Sailen ...more
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Days and Nights in the ForestSharmila Tagore, Soumitra Chatterjee, Simi Garewal Aranyer Din Ratri is an Indian Bengali adventure drama film released in 1970 and directed by Satyajit Ray. It is based upon the Bengali novel of the same name by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It was one ...more
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The Music RoomChhabi Biswas, Ustad Bismillah Khan, Begum Akhtar Jalsaghar is a 1958 Indian Bengali drama film directed by Satyajit Ray and starring Chhabi Biswas. It was the fourth feature film directed by Satyajit Ray. The shooting was done at Nimtita ...more
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The Adventures of Goopy and BaghaHarindranath Chattopadhyay, Chinmoy Roy, Rabi Ghosh Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne is a 1969 Indian Bengali fantasy adventure comedy film directed by Satyajit Ray and based on a story by his grandfather Upendra Kishore Roychowdhury. The film is the first ...more
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The Chess PlayersRichard Attenborough, Amitabh Bachchan, Shabana Azmi Shatranj Ke Khilari is a 1977 Indian film by Bengali director Satyajit Ray, based on Munshi Premchand's short story of the same name. Amjad Khan plays the role of Wajid Ali Shah, King of Awadh, ...more
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The VisitorUtpal Dutt, Mamata Shankar, Dhritiman Chatterjee Agantuk is a 1991 Bengali drama film directed by Satyajit Ray. It was Ray's last film, based on one of his short stories, Atithi. It was a joint Indian-French production with financial backing ...more
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The Kingdom of DiamondsSoumitra Chatterjee, Utpal Dutt, Rabi Ghosh Hirak Rajar Deshe is the sequel to 1969 film Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne and the second installment of Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne series directed by Satyajit Ray. A unique aspect of the film is that most ...more
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The MiddlemanUtpal Dutt, Aparna Sen, Dipankar Dey Jana Aranya, is a 1976 Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray, based on the novel of the same name by Mani Shankar Mukherjee. It is the last among Ray's Calcutta trilogy series, the previous two ...more
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Joi Baba FelunathSoumitra Chatterjee, Utpal Dutt, Biplab Chatterjee Joi Baba Felunath is a 1979 Indian Bengali mystery film by director Satyajit Ray, featuring Soumitra Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta, Siddartha Chatterjee, Utpal Dutt among others. The film is based ...more
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Two DaughtersSoumitra Chatterjee, Aparna Sen, Kali Bannerjee Teen Kanya is a 1961 Indian Bengali anthology film directed by Satyajit Ray, and based upon short stories by Rabindranath Tagore. The title means "Three Girls", and the film's original ...more
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The AdversaryBiplab Chatterjee, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Shefali Pratidwandi or Pratidandi is a 1970 Indian Bengali drama film directed by Satyajit Ray based on the novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It is the first part of the Calcutta trilogy. Set during the ...more
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The Chess Players The Chess Players is a genre painting of 1876 by American artist Thomas Eakins.
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KanchenjunghaChhabi Biswas, Erick Avari, Vidya Sinha Kanchenjungha is a 1962 Indian film directed by Satyajit Ray. The film is about an upper class Bengali family on vacation in Darjeeling, a popular hill station and resort, near Kanchenjunga.
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DeviChhabi Biswas, Sharmila Tagore, Soumitra Chatterjee Devi is a 1960 Bengali drama film by director Satyajit Ray, starring Soumitra Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore. It is based on a short story by Provatkumar Mukhopadhyay. The title means
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Company LimitedSharmila Tagore, Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Dipankar Dey Seemabaddha is a 1971 film directed by Satyajit Ray. It is based on the novel Seemabaddha by Mani Shankar Mukherjee. It stars Barun Chanda, Harindranath Chattopadhyay, and Sharmila Tagore in ...more
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The ExpeditionWaheeda Rehman, Soumitra Chatterjee, Ruma Guha Thakurta Abhijan is a 1962 Bengali film directed by the Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray.
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The Philosopher's StoneChhabi Biswas, Pahadi Sanyal, Kali Bannerjee Parash Pathar is a 1958 Bengali language Indian fantasy comedy film. It was Satyajit Ray's first film apart from the Apu Trilogy. It was also his first comedy and first magical realist film. ...more
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Mahapurush: The Holy ManRabi Ghosh, Santosh Dutta, Satya Banerjee Mahapurush, or The Holy Man, is a 1965 film directed by Satyajit Ray.
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SikkimSatyajit Ray Sikkim is a 1971 Indian documentary about the nation of Sikkim, directed by Satyajit Ray. The documentary was commissioned by the Chogyal of Sikkim at a time when he felt the sovereignty of ...more
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Distant ThunderSoumitra Chatterjee, Babita, Bobita Distant Thunder is a 1973 Bengali film by the renowned Indian director Satyajit Ray, based on the novel by the same name by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay. Unlike most of Ray's earlier films, ...more
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The Home and the WorldVictor Banerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Jennifer Kendal Ghare Baire is a 1984 Indian Bengali romantic drama film by director Satyajit Ray, based upon the novel Ghare Baire by Rabindranath Tagore. It features Soumitra Chatterjee, Victor Banerjee, ...more
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SadgatiOm Puri, Smita Patil, Mohan Agashe Sadgati is a 1981 Hindi film, primarily made for TV, by Satyajit Ray, based on a short story of same name by Munshi Premchand.
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Rabindranath TagorePurnendu Mukherjee, Smaran Ghosal, Norman Ellis Rabindranath Tagore is a 1961 black-and-white short film directed by an Indian director Satyajit Ray on the life and works of noted Bengali author Rabindranath Tagore. Ray started working on the ...more
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Branches of the TreeSoumitra Chatterjee, Mamata Shankar, Ranjit Mallick Shakha Proshakha is a 1990 Satyajit Ray film. It deals with four generations of a well-to-do Bengali family, with a focus on the third generation.
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Calcutta trilogy The Calcutta trilogy may refer to either of the following two Bengali film trilogies: Three films by Satyajit Ray: Pratidwandi Seemabaddha Jana Aranya Three films by Mrinal Sen: Interview ...more
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Sukumar RaySoumitra Chatterjee, Utpal Dutt, Chiranjeet Sukumar Ray is a 1987 Bengali short documentary film made by Satyajit Ray on his father, Sukumar Ray. It was released during the birth centenary year of Sukumar Ray, who was born on October 30, ...more
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An Enemy of the PeopleSoumitra Chatterjee, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Mamata Shankar Ganashatru is a 1990 Indian film by Satyajit Ray. It is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play An Enemy of the People, and was released under that title in the UK. The cast includes Ray's ...more
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The Inner Eye The Inner Eye is a 1972 short documentary film made by Satyajit Ray on Benode Behari Mukherjee, a blind artist and a teacher from Visva-Bharati University, a university founded by Rabindranath ...more
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Two Two: A Film Fable is a 1964 black-and-white short film directed by an Indian director Satyajit Ray. The film was made under the banner of Esso World Theater at the request of a non-profit ...more
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The CowardSoumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Haradhan Bannerjee Kapurush is a 1965 film directed by Satyajit Ray.
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MoniharaKali Bannerjee, Kanika Mozumdar, Govinda Chakravarti Monihara is a 1961 short film written and directed by Satyajit Ray .
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BalaUday Shankar, V. K. Narayana Menon, V. Raghavan Bala is a 1976 short documentary film made by Satyajit Ray, about a Bharata Natyam dancer, Balasaraswati, fondly known as "Bala". The film was jointly produced by National Centre for ...more
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PikooVictor Banerjee, Aparna Sen, Arjun Guha Thakurta Pikoo is a 1980 Bengali short film directed by Satyajit Ray for a French television channel, France 3. The film is based on a short story named Pikoor Diary, written by Ray for one of his books, ...more
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ChiriyakhanaUttam Kumar, Shubhendu Chattopadhyay, Subrata Chatterjee Chiriakhana or Chiriyakhana is a 1967 Bengali film by Satyajit Ray. It is a whodunit suspense thriller, starring Uttam Kumar as Byomkesh Bakshi. The title means "The Zoo". The ...more
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The Alien The Alien was an unproduced Indian-American science fiction film in development in the late 1960s which was eventually cancelled. It was to be directed by the celebrated Indian director Satyajit ...more
