We are living in the era of Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Prime and other streaming online streaming platforms, and there’s a slim chance of finding someone who has never binge-watched a show or movies. Honestly, the trend of binge-watching has become so popular that we can barely wait a day to watch the next episode. We can literally watch movies for eight hours straight without pausing, and feel like it’s only been a couple of hours.
When it comes to international cinema, I feel Netflix has a great collection (trust me, I’d know–I’ve already spent hours on it). So much so that “Are you still watching…?” is an everyday statement. Of course, I’m still watching, it’s 2019 and our entire generation is ‘still watching…’. If you’re a Bollywood buff, Amazon Prime will have more options for you.
So whether you like to binge-watch while sipping on wine by yourself or with your squad during a girls night in, we’ve listed our favourite top binge-worthy movies so that you don’t spend hours deciding what to watch. So start binging!
Bollywood Movies You Can Binge-Watch
Every time my buddies and I get together at someone’s home, we either end up YouTubing the latest songs (if we’re in the mood to dance) or we end up scrolling good movies on Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hotstar for hours to find a movie we can all agree to watch. The repeated cycle of scrolling encouraged me to make a list of good movies to watch with friends at a sleepover. The key is to keep it light yet entertaining!
Rom-Com
Love Per Square Foot
Starring: Vicky Kaushal, Angira Dhar, Alankrita Sahai, Ratna Pathak Shah, Supriya Pathak
The film revolves around a working girl and a boy who come from different family backgrounds. The two work in the same office and want to achieve their dream of buying their own house. The boy approaches the girl with a scheme that will help them do so, and the plot revolves around the issues they face as they try to buy an apartment together as an unmarried couple.
Watch it here.
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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Starring: Anushka Sharma, Ranbir Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Ayan Sanger, a singer who has acquired fame for his non-filmy songs is narrating his story in an interview. A story where he falls in love with his best friend, Alizeh while she doesn’t. While the love of his life marries someone else, Ayan finds support in Saba. Alizeh and Ayan do meet each other again only to see a tragic ending to their story. Watch it if you’re in for a sob fest!
Watch it here.
Comedy
Get ready for the laugh riot as you pour another cup of coffee in your new favourite-to-be mug!
Fukrey
Starring: Pulkit Samrat, Ali Fazal, Manjot Singh, Varun Sharma, Priya Anand, Richa Chadda, Vishaka Singh.
Two Delhi-based backbenchers, a struggling music artist and a sweet seller’s son are in need of money to secure their future. One of them, popularly known as Choocha, has a gift that can get them all the cash they need but they need an investor. And yes, they have found one! But what happens when their investor and a local gangster loses all her money? Watch the movie to know.
Watch it here.
Hindi Medium
Starring: Irrfan Khan, Saba Qamar
A couple who have studied in Hindi medium schools and have been looked down upon by society despite their healthy financial status is eager to send their daughter to the best school in Delhi. But the fight isn’t easy. They’ll have to do a lot for their daughter to be admitted in Delhi’s best school which includes changing houses, taking classes and pretending to be poor. Will they be able to pull it off?
Watch it here.
Action
Baahubali – The Conclusion
Starring: Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah, Sathyaraj, Ramya Krishna, Nassar
Chances are that you’re already mesmerised by the charm of this epic film but for the sake of Mahishmati, watch it again with your friends. In the second part of Baahubali: The Beginning, Kattappa continues to narrate how he killed Amarendra Baahubali. The movie shows the love story of Amarendra Baahubali and Devasena and the struggles they face before and after marriage.
Watch it here.
Gangs of Wasseypur Part 2
Starring: Reema Sen, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Richa Chadda, Piyush Mishra, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Huma Qureshi, Pankaj Tripathi, Jameel Khan, Zeishan Quadri, Rajkummar Rao, Aditya Kumar
This crazy riot of a movie resumes with the murder of Sardar Khan by Sultan Qureshi and his men. When Sardar’s sons go to retrieve his body, the eldest son kills the lone captured killer and pledges to kill the other three men. Sardar’s wife Nagma doubts his son Faizal’s ability to take revenge but Faizal promises her that he will take revenge and so he does.
Watch it here.
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Horror Movies
Pari
Starring: Anushka Sharma, Parambrata Chatterjee, Rajat Kapoor, Ritabhari Chakraborty, Mansi Multani
The movie revolves around the concept of Ifrit and Auladchakra, a satanic cult in Bangladesh that aims at progressing the bloodline of Ifrits. Arnab, the male lead in the film, unknowingly brings home an Ifrit’s daughter who is innocent. His life takes an unexpected turn once he discovers what is he dealing with. Will he protect the daughter of Ifrit or will she be killed for being herself?
Watch it here.
Stree
Starring: Rajkummar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor
A female spirit, who abducts the men of the village and leaves behind their clothes, has returned at the time of pooja. To protect their homes, the citizens have painted their walls in blood saying “O Stree, come tomorrow.” However, on one party night, Vicky, the most-talented tailor in the village played by Rajkummar Rao, removes the writing from the wall leaving the words “O Stree, come” which leads to his friend being abducted by Stree. The story further revolves around how Vicky saves the village from an angry spirit.
Watch it here.
Hollywood Movies You Can Binge-Watch
If you’re not in the mood for Bollywood drama, want to skip the trail of songs and are looking for the best Hollywood movies to watch with friends, we have the list ready for you!
Rom-Com
The Holiday
Starring: Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Jack Black, Eli Wallach, Edward Burns, Rufus Sewell
A wedding columnist in London, Irs Simkins is still in love with her co-worker Jasper Bloom for over three years even though he cheated on her. When she finds out about his engagement to another woman, he feels distraught and in need of a change. Meanwhile, a workaholic business executive from Los Angeles, Amanda Woods discovers that her boyfriend Ethan Ebbers has been cheating on her. After breaking up with her, she decides to get away for Christmas holidays and visits a home-exchange website on which Iris’s cottage in Surrey, England is also listed. Amanda reaches out to Iris and the two exchange their homes for two weeks which also takes them to their new lives!
Watch it here.
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before
Starring: Lana Condor, Noah Centineo, Janel Parrish, Anna Cathcart, Andrew Bachelor, Trezzo Mahoro, Madeleine Arthur, Emilija Baranac, Israel Broussard, John Corbett
What will happen if your all your crushes received a love letter from you? Will they confront you? Will they express the desire to be in a relationship with you? Or will they just let it go? Lara Jean Covey started a whole new chaotic yet adorable chapter of her life when six letters written by her to six of her crushes were posted to them by her younger sister Kitty. Did she find the love of her life or did things just get messed up? Watch this teen drama to know.
Watch it here.
Comedy
Grown Ups
Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider
Five childhood friends Lenny Feder, Eric Lamonsoff, Kurt McKenzie, Marcus Higgins and Rob Hilliard reunite for the funeral of their favourite basketball coach Robert Ferdinando. Later, they stay at a rented lake house along with their families to celebrate with each other only to realise that their kids have forgotten how to make friends and have grown apart because of technology. They extend their stay and spend time with their loved ones in order to fix their lives.
Watch it here.
Action
Knight & Day
Starring: Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sarsgaard, Viola Davis, Gal Gadot, Jordi Mollà, Paul Dano
Knight & Day’s Bollywood remake Bang Bang might have disappointed you, but this classic never will. June Havens is returning home to Boston for her sister’s wedding when she collides with Roy Miller at the airport, twice. Roy basically introduces trouble, action and romance in June’s life. While June is trying to understand Roy and his plan, she falls for him.
Watch it here.
Horror
Before I Wake
Starring: Kate Bosworth, Thomas Jane, Jacob Tremblay
A couple, Mark and Jessie, are still mourning the death of their child. Amidst the pain, they welcome a foster child Cody into their house, only to discover that he has strange abilities.
Watch it here.
Thriller
The Revenant
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter
In 1823, a fur trapper struggles for survival when he is left to die along the Missouri River. The film revolves around Hugh Glass’s struggle to survive the goons and the cold.
Watch it here.
Sci-Fi
The Hunger Games
Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
Teen Katniss and Peeta are pitted against each other in a fight to the death. During the last segment, Peeta urges Katniss to shoot him, but she convinces him they should eat the ‘nightlock’ together. Just before they do, Crane hastily declares them co-victors.
Watch it here.
So what you are you waiting for? Grab your BFFs and get… set… binge!
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