My. Gosh! You’re looking for the best Ranbir Kapoor movies list ever, you’ve come to the absolute right place!
Honestly, my friends and I are huge fans, and I’ve kinda done all the research on his films so you don’t have to. He is like, one of the biggest superstars and a complete heartthrob.
Whether you’re a new fan or you think you know all his films, this list is for you. So get ready to make your watchlist super awesome!
Who is Ranbir Kapoor?
Are you really asking that question? OMG! You have been living under the rocks or what!? Just joking! Ranbir Kapoor is essentially Bollywood royalty. Actually his whole bloodline has famous actors beginning from the famous Prithviraj Kapoor.
His dad was the legendary Rishi Kapoor and his mom is Neetu Kapoor. So yeah, acting kinda runs in his blood! Already to ya! But he ain’t just famous cuz of family.
Ranbir is without any doubt a very talented actor. With his diverse roles he has proved that he can carry any role on his shoulders. He can play chocolatey role, action role, intense role… you name it, he can do it. And his dancing is just. wow!
The Complete Ranbir Kapoor Movies List
These are all the movies you MUST see. I’ve watched most of them on a repeat mode.
Saawariya (2007)
Synopsis: This was his first film, his debut! He’s such a dreamy guy and falls for a girl in one night, only she’s waiting for someone else. It’s so beautiful but sad too.
- Genre: Romantic Musical
- Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali (He’s the guy who made epic movies like Devdas, Bajirao Mastani, and Padmaavat. He loves grand sets!)
- Co-stars: Sonam Kapoor, Salman Khan, Rani Mukerji
- Release Date: November 9, 2007
- IMDb Rating: 5.2/10
- Box Office Collection: ₹39 crore
- Hit/Flop Status: Flop
- Award Won by Ranbir Kapoor: Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut
Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008)
Synopsis: He’s such a playboy and dates three different women at different points in his life. The entire film is spent with him returning to apologize. It has incredible songs!
- Genre: Romantic Comedy
- Director: Siddharth Anand (He also directed War and the recent blockbuster Pathaan!)
- Co-stars: Bipasha Basu, Minissha Lamba, Deepika Padukone
- Release Date: August 15, 2008
- IMDb Rating: 6.2/10
- Box Office Collection: ₹62 crore
- Hit/Flop Status: Semi-Hit
Wake Up Sid (2009)
Synopsis: He’s a lazy, entitled college student who doesn’t have a clue what to do with his life. Then he gets to meet a cool older girl who helps him to finally grow up. I absolutely adored this one!
- Genre: Coming-of-age, Romantic Comedy
- Director: Ayan Mukerji (His first movie! He later made Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and Brahmāstra with Ranbir. They are best friends!)
- Co-stars: Konkona Sen Sharma
- Release Date: October 2, 2009
- IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
- Box Office Collection: ₹47 crore
- Hit/Flop Status: Semi-Hit
- Award Won by Ranbir Kapoor: Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009)
Synopsis: This film is SO funny. He plays a guy who is constantly helping others, and he falls in love with a woman (Katrina Kaif!), but she is in love with another fellow. It’s a comedy of mistakes!
- Genre: Romantic Comedy
- Director: Rajkumar Santoshi (He made the classic comedy Andaz Apna Apna.)
- Co-stars: Katrina Kaif, Salman Khan (special appearance)
- Release Date: November 6, 2009
- IMDb Rating: 6.4/10
- Box Office Collection: ₹103 crore
- Hit/Flop Status: Super Hit
Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year (2009)
Synopsis: He is a very honest fellow who runs his own business and continues to work at his old, boring job. It’s serious enough but it teaches you how intelligent and diligent you are supposed to be.
- Genre: Comedy-Drama
- Director: Shimit Amin (He also directed the super famous Chak De! India.)
- Co-stars: Gauahar Khan, Shazahn Padamsee
- Release Date: December 11, 2009
- IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
- Box Office Collection: ₹34 crore
- Hit/Flop Status: Flop
Raajneeti (2010)
Synopsis: This is a seriously political film. It’s sort of a contemporary Mahabharata with tons of family politics and drama. Ranbir is great in an entirely different character here.
- Genre: Political Thriller
- Director: Prakash Jha (He is known for making serious political films like Gangaajal.)
- Co-stars: Ajay Devgn, Nana Patekar, Katrina Kaif, Arjun Rampal
- Release Date: June 4, 2010
- IMDb Rating: 7.1/10
- Box Office Collection: ₹145 crore
- Hit/Flop Status: Blockbuster
Anjaana Anjaani (2010)
Synopsis: Two strangers (Ranbir and Priyanka Chopra!) accidentally meet when they are both poised to do something mad. They decide to make merry during their last few days. It’s a hip road trip film.
- Genre: Romantic Comedy
- Director: Siddharth Anand
- Co-stars: Priyanka Chopra
- Release Date: October 1, 2010
- IMDb Rating: 5.7/10
- Box Office Collection: ₹69 crore
- Hit/Flop Status: Average
Rockstar (2011)
Synopsis: WOW, this is one of his all-time best films! He plays a cheerful college guy who becomes a gigantic, furious rockstar when his heart gets broken. The music is just heavenly.
- Genre: Musical Romantic Drama
- Director: Imtiaz Ali (The genius behind movies like Jab We Met and Highway.)
- Co-stars: Nargis Fakhri
- Release Date: November 11, 2011
- IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
- Box Office Collection: ₹108 crore
- Hit/Flop Status: Hit
- Award Won by Ranbir Kapoor: Filmfare Award for Best Actor & Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor
Barfi! (2012)
Synopsis: He plays a deaf and mute fellow named Barfi who is perpetually cheerful and mischievous. He cannot talk, but his performance speaks volumes. This film will make you laugh and cry.
- Genre: Comedy-Drama
- Director: Anurag Basu (He made movies like Life in a… Metro.)
- Co-stars: Priyanka Chopra, Ileana D’Cruz
- Release Date: September 14, 2012
- IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
- Box Office Collection: ₹175 crore
- Hit/Flop Status: Super Hit
- Award Won by Ranbir Kapoor: Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013)
Synopsis: The ultimate film about friendship, love, and pursuing your dreams. He acts in a man who is a travel-loving and non-settling type, but then ends up falling in love with his buddy.
- Genre: Coming-of-age, Romantic Comedy
- Director: Ayan Mukerji
- Co-stars: Deepika Padukone, Aditya Roy Kapur, Kalki Koechlin
- Release Date: May 31, 2013
- IMDb Rating: 7.3/10
- Box Office Collection: ₹319 crore
- Hit/Flop Status: Blockbuster
Besharam (2013)
Synopsis: He’s a car thief turned heroic good guy. It’s a silly, hilarious movie where he worked with his actual parents! How awesome is that?
- Genre: Action Comedy Romance
- Director: Abhinav Kashyap (previously directed Dabangg)
- Co-stars: Pallavi Sharda, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor
- Release Date: October 2, 2013
- IMDb Rating: 3.5/10
- Box Office Collection: ₹102 crores
- Hit/Flop Status: Flop
Roy (2014)
Synopsis: This film is sort of confusing, honestly. He’s a mysterious thief in a story that one of the other characters is writing about him. He really does look super cool in it though.
- Genre: Romantic Mystery Drama
- Director: Vikramjit Singh (debut directorial venture)
- Co-stars: Arjun Rampal, Jacqueline Fernandez
- Release Date: February 13, 2015
- IMDb Rating: 3.2/10
- Box Office Collection: ₹56 crores
- Hit/Flop Status: Disaster
Bombay Velvet (2015)
Synopsis: This is an old-timey Bombay gangster film. He’s a street fighter who aspires to be a big shot. It’s very stylish but also very serious.
- Genre: Period Crime Drama
- Director: Anurag Kashyap (previously directed Black Friday, Dev.D, Gangs of Wasseypur)
- Co-stars: Anushka Sharma, Karan Johar
- Release Date: May 15, 2015
- IMDb Rating: 5.5/10
- Box Office Collection: ₹43.13 crores
- Hit/Flop Status: Disaster
Tamasha (2015)
Synopsis: He meets a girl on vacation and they pretend to be different people. But when they meet again in real life, he’s a totally boring guy with a normal job. It’s about finding your true self.
- Genre: Romantic Drama
- Director: Imtiaz Ali
- Co-stars: Deepika Padukone
- Release Date: November 27, 2015
- IMDb Rating: 7.4/10
- Box Office Collection: ₹136 crore
- Hit/Flop Status: Average
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016)
Synopsis: A movie all about one-sided love. He loves his best friend so much but she does not love him back equally. The songs will leave you heartbroken, I assure you.
- Genre: Musical Romantic Drama
- Director: Karan Johar (The king of romantic dramas like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai!)
- Co-stars: Anushka Sharma, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
- Release Date: October 28, 2016
- IMDb Rating: 5.9/10
- Box Office Collection: ₹239 crore
- Hit/Flop Status: Hit
Jagga Jasoos (2017)
Synopsis: It’s a musical adventure film! He stars as a young detective searching for his missing father. It’s like a comic book brought to life. So unique and entertaining.
- Genre: Adventure Musical Mystery
- Director: Anurag Basu (previously directed Barfi!, Life in a… Metro, Murder)
- Co-stars: Katrina Kaif
- Release Date: July 14, 2017
- IMDb Rating: 6.4/10
- Box Office Collection: ₹85 crores
- Hit/Flop Status: Flop
Sanju (2018)
Synopsis: He stars as the actor Sanjay Dutt in this biopic. He resembled EXACTLY like him. The film depicts all the wild and scandalous aspects of Sanjay Dutt’s life. Ranbir was simply fantastic.
- Genre: Biographical Drama
- Director: Rajkumar Hirani (The man who gave us 3 Idiots and the Munna Bhai series!)
- Co-stars: Paresh Rawal, Vicky Kaushal, Sonam Kapoor, Anushka Sharma
- Release Date: June 29, 2018
- IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
- Box Office Collection: ₹587 crore
- Hit/Flop Status: All-Time Blockbuster
- Award Won by Ranbir Kapoor: Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Shamshera (2022)
Synopsis: He has a double role in this one! He is a warrior from a tribe who is struggling to be free from the British. It is an action extravaganza.
- Genre: Period Action Drama
- Director: Karan Malhotra (previously directed Agneepath 2012, Brothers)
- Co-stars: Vaani Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt
- Release Date: July 22, 2022
- IMDb Rating: 4.7/10
- Box Office Collection: ₹63 crores
- Hit/Flop Status: Disaster
Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva (2022)
Synopsis: A fantasy film with stupendous special effects, like our very own Indian Avengers! He plays a DJ called Shiva who has a unique affinity with fire and must rescue the world.
- Genre: Fantasy Adventure
- Director: Ayan Mukerji
- Co-stars: Alia Bhatt, Amitabh Bachchan, Mouni Roy, Nagarjuna
- Release Date: September 9, 2022
- IMDb Rating: 5.6/10
- Box Office Collection: ₹431 crore
- Hit/Flop Status: Hit
Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar (2023)
Synopsis: A really fun romantic comedy. He and Shraddha Kapoor act out two individuals who are relationship-breakup experts, but end up falling in love with one another. Hilarious!
- Genre: Romantic Comedy
- Director: Luv Ranjan (previously directed Pyaar Ka Punchnama series, Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety)
- Co-stars: Shraddha Kapoor
- Release Date: March 8, 2023
- IMDb Rating: 6.0/10
- Box Office Collection: ₹220 crores
- Hit/Flop Status: Hit
Animal (2023)
Synopsis: Warning: This film is extremely violent! He plays a son who is crazily obsessed with his father and will do anything to keep him safe. His performance is so over the top, it’s really scary.
- Genre: Action Drama
- Director: Sandeep Reddy Vanga (He directed Kabir Singh.)
- Co-stars: Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Rashmika Mandanna
- Release Date: December 1, 2023
- IMDb Rating: 6.1/10
- Box Office Collection: ₹917 crore
- Hit/Flop Status: All-Time Blockbuster
- Award Won by Ranbir Kapoor: Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Why I Watched Those Movies
Sometimes you get hooked to movies by yourself and sometimes you get hooked through someone else. In this case, I got into Ranbir’s movies because of my sister’s friend (she is just huge fan!).
They both talk so much about him that I decided to have a look. So I started with Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.
And then I was hooked! I saw Rockstar and was amazed. Now, whenever his next movie releases, my family and I go and watch it on the first weekend.
What I Think about Ranbir Kapoor as an Actor
I believe Ranbir Kapoor is the greatest actor of my generation. Period. He doesn’t simply act as a “hero” in all his films. He’s the cutest, loveliest boy in one film and a dark, angry man in another.
He makes you think he is the character. And his expressions are simply right. He can make you happy, sad or excited with his eyes alone.
Why Should You Watch Ranbir Kapoor’s Movies
You should watch his movies coz there’s something for everyone! Like if you wanna laugh, then go for Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani.
If you wish to cry, then watch Rockstar. If you wish to witness friendship goals, then watch Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. He selects such disparate stories so that you never feel bored. His films are not films; they are like an entire experience.
FAQs (Questions My Friends Ask Me)
- Which Ranbir Kapoor movie do I have to watch first?
I would say begin with Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. It’s enjoyable, has good music, and will turn you into a fan for sure! - What was his debut film?
His debut film was Saawariya in 2007. It is a very artistic film and looks stunning. - Is he just talented in romantic films?
Far from it! You have to watch him in Sanju and Animal. He can be extremely intense and serious too. He can literally play any character.
Final Thought
So here’s the list of Ranbir Kapoor movies every fan should know. He’s really a great actor and his films always feel kinda special.
So grab the popcorn, pick a movie from this list and get ready to be amazed. Trust me, you’re not gonna be disappointed.
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