Best Mira Nair movies by genre
Directed movies (26 total, ranked by score)
1Queen of Katwe
2016 · ★ 7.2 (475 votes)
Drama
2Salaam Bombay!
1988 · ★ 7.3 (125 votes)
Crime, Drama
3Monsoon Wedding
2001 · ★ 6.8 (225 votes)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
4The Namesake
2006 · ★ 6.8 (193 votes)
Drama
5New York, I Love You
2008 · ★ 6.0 (607 votes)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
6The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013 · ★ 6.6 (237 votes)
Thriller
7Mississippi Masala
1991 · ★ 6.4 (102 votes)
Drama, Romance
8September 11
2002 · ★ 6.4 (123 votes)
Drama
9Vanity Fair
2004 · ★ 5.8 (363 votes)
Drama, Romance
10Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
1997 · ★ 5.7 (187 votes)
Drama, History, Romance
11The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat
1993 · ★ 6.3 (3 votes)
Drama
1211’09”01—September 11: India
2002 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)
Drama
13Words with Gods
2014 · ★ 5.7 (8 votes)
Drama, Comedy
14The Perez Family
1995 · ★ 6.1 (42 votes)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
15The Laughing Club of India
2001 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)
Documentary
16Amelia
2009 · ★ 5.7 (258 votes)
Adventure, Drama, History
17Migration
2008 · ★ 5.7 (3 votes)
Drama
18Hysterical Blindness
2002 · ★ 6.1 (34 votes)
Drama, TV Movie
19My Own Country
1998 · ★ 4.5 (6 votes)
Drama, TV Movie
20India Cabaret
1985 · ★ 6.1 (6 votes)
Documentary
218
2008 · ★ 5.4 (17 votes)
Drama
22Jama Masjid Street Journal
1979
Documentary
23A Fork, A Spoon & A Knight
2015
Documentary, Drama
24So Far from India
1983 · ★ 5.5 (4 votes)
Documentary
25How Can It Be
2008
Drama
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Amri
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Drama
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.