How to Watch Every Filmfare Award Winner for Best Film from 1954 to 2024 – A Complete Streaming Guide

Awarded annually by the film magazine of the same name, the Filmfare Awards celebrate the best of Bollywood every year.

Where can you watch all the Filmfare Best Film Winners?

You can watch many of the older Best Film winners on Prime Video, Shemaroo, and ZEE5. Many of the later ones are available to stream on mainstream platforms like Netflix, Prime Video and occasionally Hotstar and Voot.

What is the latest Filmfare Best Film Winner?

12th Fail, the Vikrant Massey-led drama on the trials and tribulations of an UPSC aspirant, won the top award at the latest Filmfare ceremony. You can stream Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s tearjerker on Hotstar.

What was the first-ever movie to win Filmfare for Best Film?

Bimal Roy’s acclaimed social drama Do Bigha Zamin won the Best Film award in Filmfare’s inaugural year. One can stream the Balraj Sahni and Nirupa Roy-led movie on Vi Movies & TV, the streaming platform associated with the mobile network provider Vi.

Which movie won Filmfare’s Special 50 Year Award?

Often considered as the best Hindi movie of all time, the Western epic Sholay never won a Filmfare at the time of its release. Instead, it lost Best Film to another iconic Amitabh Bachchan-starrer (Deewar). However, in 2005, to mark 50 years of the awards, Filmare instituted a Special 50 Year Award to celebrate the best movie of these five decades. It’s this time when Sholay redeemed itself on the Filmfare stage earning this all-time-great title. The Indian pop culture trailblazer can be streamed on Prime Video.

Were the Filmfare Awards ever cancelled?

The Filmfare Awards for 1986 and 1987 were not awarded owing to some unspecified security reasons. There are high chances, however, for the cancellation stemmed in Bollywood’s strike against the state government of Maharashtra in 1986.

Which Directors have the most Filmfare Best Film Wins?

Having directed five Best Film winners at the Filmfares, Sanjay Leela Bhansali sets the record for being the director with the most wins. Director/producers Yash Chopra and Bimal Roy are tied with the record of producing the highest number of Best Film winners (four each).

Which Actors have appeared in the most Filmfare Best Film winners?

Despite his reluctance to appear at award ceremonies like Filmfare, Aamir Khan has starred in nine winning films, the most for any actor in a leading role. As for leading actresses, a record of three films has been set by Nutan, Madhuri Dixit, Rani Mukerji, Aishwarya Rai, and Alia Bhatt.

Every Filmfare Award Winner for Best Film: A complete list

• 1954 - Do Bigha Zamin

• 1955 - Boot Polish

• 1956 - Jagriti

• 1957 - Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje

• 1958 - Mother India

• 1959 - Madhumati

• 1960 - Sujata

• 1961 - Mughal-e-Azam

• 1962 - Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai

• 1963 - Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam

• 1964 - Bandini

• 1965 - Dosti

• 1966 - Himalaya Ki Godmein

• 1967 - Guide

• 1968 - Upkar

• 1969 - Brahmachari

• 1970 - Aradhana

• 1971 - Khilona

• 1972 - Anand

• 1973 - Be-Imaan

• 1974 - Anuraag

• 1975 - Rajnigandha

• 1976 - Deewaar

• 1977 - Mausam

• 1978 - Bhumika

• 1979 - Mai Tulsi Tere Aangan Mei

• 1980 - Junoon

• 1981 - Khubsoorat

• 1982 - Kalyug

• 1983 - Shakti

• 1984 - Ardh Satya

• 1985 - Sparsh

• 1986 - Ram Teri Ganga Maili

• 1989 - Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak

• 1990 - Maine Pyar Kiya

• 1991 - Ghayal

• 1992 - Lamhe

• 1993 - Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar

• 1994 - Hum Hai Rahi Pyar Ke

• 1995 - Hum Aapke Hai Koun…!

• 1996 - Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

• 1997 - Raja Hindustani

• 1998 - Dil To Pagal Hai

• 1999 - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

• 2000 - Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

• 2001 - Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai

• 2002 - Lagaan

• 2003 - Devdas

• 2004 - Koi... Mil Gaya

• 2005 - Veer-Zaara

• 2006 - Black

• 2007 - Rang De Basanti

• 2008 - Taare Zameen Par

• 2009 - Jodhaa Akbar

• 2010 - 3 Idiots

• 2011 - Dabangg

• 2012 - Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

• 2013 - Barfi!

• 2014 - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

• 2015 - Queen

• 2016 - Bajirao Mastani

• 2017 - Dangal

• 2018 - Hindi Medium

• 2019 - Raazi

• 2020 - Gully Boy

• 2021 - Thappad

• 2022 - Shershaah

• 2023 - Gangubai Kathiawadi

• 2024 - 12th Fail

Here’s a roundup of all the dramas, comedies, biopics, and musicals that have won the prestigious Best Film award at every Filmfare ceremony from its inception in 1954 - 2024.