If you’re a South Asian, you’ve probably seen at least one Shah Rukh Khan movie even if you don’t watch Bollywood. He’s one of the biggest names in Bollywood so we decided to compile a list of his best movies according to imdb’s ratings starting from the highest.
1. Chak De! India
After failing to score the winning goal, Kabir Khan (Shah Rukh Khan), Captain of the Men’s Hockey Team is blamed for the team’s loss and fired. Years later he is given a chance to salvage his reputation, when he is offered the position as coach of the Women’s Hockey Team. One of his star players, Vidya (Vidya Malvade), is forced to convince her tradition-minded parents that she should be allowed to play as the team prepares for a big tournament in Australia.
2. Swades: We The People
Living in America, a NASA engineer (Shah Rukh Khan) returns to India and reconnects with a childhood friend (Gayatri Joshi) and his former wet nurse.
3. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
Raj and Simran meet on a trip to Europe. After some initial misadventures, they fall in love. The battle begins to win over two traditional families.
4. Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa
A man (Shah Rukh Khan) belongs to a middle-class family and is intent on pursuing his career with a music group, despite his dad’s disapproval. He is also in love with the lead singer (Suchitra Krishnamoorthi), but she sees him mainly as a friend.
5. Darr
Kiran Awasthi (Juhi Chawla) is engaged to Sunil (Sunny Deol), a successful young navy man who has the approval of Kiran’s family. But someone doesn’t approve of the pair’s plans and begins making threatening calls to their house. The culprit turns out to be Kiran’s scorned, obsessed lover, Rahul (Shah Rukh Khan), who takes his jealousy too far, even attempting to kill Sunil. Kiran and Sunil flee to Switzerland, but Rahul manages to discover their whereabouts and heads west to confront them.
6. Kal Ho Naa Ho
A young woman (Preity Zinta) falls for a carefree man, but she believes he is in love with another.
7. Hey Ram
This fictional Indian drama tells the story of Saketh Ram (Kamal Hassan), a disillusioned man who tries to kill Mohandas Gandhi (Naseeruddin Shah). After sectarian violence claims the life of his wife, Aparna (Rani Mukharjee), Saketh becomes a Hindu extremist, and, although Muslims are responsible for his wife’s death, he begins to blame Gandhi and his tolerant approach to religious differences. Concerned only with his idea of vengeance, Saketh is consumed with hatred and zealotry.
8. Baazigar
When Vishwanath Sharma (Anant Mahadevan) loses his business to treacherous employee Madan Chopra (Dalip Tahil), Sharma’s son, Ajay (Shah Rukh Khan), vows to avenge him. While secretly dating Madan’s daughter, Seema (Shilpa Shetty), a disguised Ajay introduces himself to her father and her sister, Priya (Kajol), as businessman Vicky Malhotra, charming them both. After murdering Seema and making it look like a suicide, Ajay prepares to marry into Madan’s family to complete his revenge.
9. My Name Is Khan
10. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Before dying, a woman (Rani Mukherjee) leaves letters asking her daughter to play matchmaker for her father (Shahrukh Khan) and his college friend (Kajol).
