Bollywood cinema has seen many stars, each with its fans. Akshay Kumar is one of them. Stay with us in this review to look at some of the best movies of this actor’s career.
Akshay Kumar has been known as one of the most popular and loved actors in Bollywood for the past three decades. Of course, the fans of Indian cinema can like this actor or not be very satisfied with his performance. However, one cannot deny that Akshay Kumar is one of the prominent actors in the action genre.
Of course, fortunately, this actor’s talent in the comedy genre also made us witness brilliant works in this field, some of which have taken a place in the list of the best Bollywood comedy films. Akshay Kumar has attracted many fans with his lifestyle, particular discipline, and skills.
Stay with us as we look at some of the best movies of this actor, each of which was one of the best sellers at the box office.
The movies have been selected and ranked based on the opinions of the cinema editors.
Akshay Kumar’s best movies
20.Mission Mangal movie
Mission Mangal movie
- Genre: Drama, Historical
- Director : Jagan Shakti
- Actors: Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan and Sonakshi Sinha
- Publication year: 2019
- Average rating of Mission Mangal on IMDB: 6.5
The story of the Mars operation is dedicated to one of India’s essential achievements in space research and satellite launch. On November 5, 2013, the Indian Space Research Organization launched its orbiter, Mangalyaan. This was India’s first interplanetary mission and made the Indian Space Research Organization the fourth space agency in the world to do so. This rover was the first Asian Mars probe, and India was the first country to achieve this feat in its first attempt.
Operation Mars movie deals with the efforts of the leading team involved in this project. In this film, Akshay Kumar plays the role of the project manager who, along with his colleague Vidya Balan, leads a group of genius scientists to launch the Mars probe successfully. Of course, in some ways, this movie contains points that may not be applicable in the real world. However, the film Operation Mars captures the spirit of their extraordinary achievement and glorifies it while paying little attention to the correctness of the methods and formulas necessary to do so.
19. film Dhadkan
film Dhadkan
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Director: Dharmesh Darshan
- Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty and Shilpa Shetty
- Publication year: 2000
- The average rating of Dhadkan on IMDB is 6.5
The romantic movie Palpitation of Heart deals with one of the common themes of this genre, which is the existence of a love simile. Sunil Shetty, Shilpa Shetty, and Akshay Kumar are the three sides of this triangle involved in love, hate, and madness. You should know that the story of this movie is inspired by the famous book “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Brontë.
At the time of its release, the movie “Heartbeat” was one of the commercial successes at the box office and the fourth highest-grossing movie of the year. Sunil Shetty won the Filmfare Best Villain Award for his performance in this film. The music and songs of this film were also very well received. Hence, the music album of the film Palpation of Heart, after the movie “Mohabbatein,” took the second place in the list of the best-selling music albums of the year.
18- film Mujhse Shaadi Karogi
film Mujhse Shaadi Karogi
- Genre: Comedy, Romance
- Director : David Dhawan
- Actors: Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Priyanka Chopra
- Publication year: 2004
- Average rating of Mujhse Shaadi Karogi on IMDB: 6/7
You Will Marry Me is about Sameer Malhotra, played by Salman Khan, who suffers from an anger management problem. This issue adversely affects his personal life and his relationship with the girl he is in love with. At this stage, Sunny (Akshay Kumar) enters the story and tries to take advantage of Sameer’s position, set traps for him, and steal his love. This situation pits the two against each other, although everything is different.
The movie “Will You Marry Me” was well received by critics, who praised this work’s cinematography, direction, acting, choreography, and costume design. Akshay Kumar won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Global Indian Film Awards for his performance in this film.
17.Garam Masala movie
Garam Masala movie
- Genre: Comedy, Romance
- Director: Priyadarshan
- Actors: Akshay Kumar, John Abraham and Paresh Rawal
- Publication year: 2005
- Average rating of Garam Masala on IMDB: 6/7
The spicy spice comedy is a remake of the Malayalam movie “Boeing Boeing” by the same director. This film, released on Diwali 2005, was the scene of another brilliant performance by Akshay Kumar. This performance earned him the best actor in the leading role at the Filmfare Awards.
The story of this entertaining film is about a man who has yet to find the true love of his life, so he tries to win the hearts of three different girls simultaneously. But when an old friend enters his life, everything gets messed up, and things get out of control. All in all, Spicy Spice should be considered one of the best Indian comedy movies of all time.
16. Good Newwz movie
Good Newwz movie
- Genre: Drama, Comedy
- Director: Raj Mehta and Ranjit Singh
- Actors: Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor and Diljit Dosanjh
- Publication year: 2019
- Average rating of Good Newwz on IMDB: 6/8
The comedy movie Khabar Khab revolves around the theme of pregnancy. Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor play the role of a middle-class couple who struggle to have a child. On the other hand, a wealthy couple in the movie also dreams of having a child. The two couples go to a state-of-the-art artificial insemination clinic to solve their problem. However, due to the similarity of the surnames of both families, issues arise. Their efforts to solve the problem form the core of this family comedy.
The film was well received by critics in India, describing its humor as brilliant and its script as clever. At its release, this film was announced as the sixth best-selling film of the year.
15. welcome movie
Welcome movie
- Genre: Drama, Crime
- Director : Anis Bazmi
- Actors: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif and Nana Patekar
- Publication year: 2007
- Average score of Welcome on IMDB: 7
The movie “Welcome is about the tribulations of disrupting a planned marriage. While Rajeev and Sanjana (Kumar and Kaif) are interested in each other, things do not go their way. Sanjana’s adopted brother and best friend are criminals, which complicates the situation. Rajiv’s uncle also seeks to disrupt their marriage because Sanjana’s family is a criminal. Rajiv, who has fallen in love, tries to encourage these two people to stay away from wrongdoing and live an honorable life, which is not easy.
The film was very successful at the box office. It was well received, especially at the same time the hit film Taare Zameen Par starring Aamir Khan had just been released. Critics praised this work for its funny sequences, beautiful performances, and cheerful and comedic atmosphere.
14.Bhool Bhulaiyaa movie
Film Bhool Bhulaiyaa
- Genre: horror, mystery
- Director: Priyadarshan
- Actors: Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan and Shiney Ahuja
- Publication year: 2007
- Average rating of Bhool Bhulaiyaa on IMDB: 4.7
The movie Labyrinth was inspired by another movie produced by South Indian cinema. The film tells the story of a couple who live in their ancestral mansion, which is haunted. However, there is a truth hidden behind these rumors, a truth that ultimately leads to the formation of a scary situation. In this film, Akshay Kumar plays the role of a psychiatrist who helps the couple to solve their problems.
The film Maze is a perfect combination of comedy and a dark and scary atmosphere, and it should probably be considered the first Indian language film made with such an approach.
13. Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty
movie Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty
- Genre: Crime, Action
- Director : A. R. Murugades
- Actors: Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha and Govinda
- Publication year: 2014
- Average rating of Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty on IMDB: 2.7
Holiday is an action thriller starring Akshay Kumar as an army officer. He is apparently on vacation, but at the same time, he is involved in a search to arrest the leader of a terrorist network. Akshay Kumar was so keen to act in this film that he signed the contract to work in it even before the script was completed.
The movie “Holiday” was well received by critics and became one of the best-selling movies at the box office. Also, Akshay Kumar was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in this work.
12. Baby movie
Baby movie
- Genre: action, crime, espionage
- Director: Neeraj Pandey
- Actors: Akshay Kumar, Danny Denzongpa and Rana Daggubati
- Publication year: 2015
- Average rating of Baby on IMDB: 7/9
Neeraj Pandey has established himself as one of the directors in the world of exciting and action works, and the movie Nawazd is proof of this claim. In this film, Akshay Kumar plays the role of an intelligence officer who has to find a way to thwart the terrorist’s destructive plan.
The baby movie was a tremendous commercial success in terms of reception by critics and audiences. It became one of the most successful Indian films in the spy genre. The film was also the second collaboration between Kumar and Pandey.
11. Mehre movie
Mohra movie
- Genre: Drama, Crime
- Director: Rajeev Rai
- Actors: Akshay Kumar, Raveena Tandon and Sunil Shetty
- Publication year: 1994
- Average rating of Mohra on IMDB: 7
Mehreh’s movie was a fascinating drama and one of the most exciting movies of its time. In this film, Akshay Kumar plays the role of a police officer who seeks to arrest a dangerous criminal. Mehreh’s film is mainly known for its collection of lasting and memorable songs. However, this film is a spectacular and attractive work, and Akshay Kumar fans must watch it at least once.
It is not harmful to know that initially, the young and promising Indian actress Divya Bharti was supposed to play the leading female role in this film. Still, unfortunately, with the sudden death of this actress at the beginning of the production of the film Mehre, the lottery fell on the name of another young actress in Indian cinema, Raveena Tandon. Mehreh’s movie became the second best-selling movie of the year. It was also nominated for Filmfare awards in various fields. The music album of this movie was also a bestseller.
10. Namastey London movie
Film Namastey London
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Director : Viput Amrutlal Shah
- Actors: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif and Rishi Kapoor
- Publication year: 2007
- Average rating of Namastey London on IMDB: 1.7
The film Salam London should be considered the beginning of nationalism in Akshay Kumar’s career. However, except for the issue of patriotism, this movie has a romantic and beautiful story that attracts the general audience’s attention. In this film, Katrina Kaif plays the role of a young girl who agrees to marry an Indian boy named Arjun (Akshay Kumar) to make her parents happy, who, of course, does not like her and does not love her.
Salam London was well received by the audience and critics who praised the storyline, the actors’ performance, and, of course, the music and songs of this work. Also, Akshay Kumar was again nominated for the Filmfare Award for acting in this film.
9. The movie Phir Hera Pheri
film Phir Hera Pheri
- Genre: Comedy, Crime
- Director : Neeraj Vora
- Actors: Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty and Paresh Rawal
- Publication year: 2006
- The average rating of Phir Hera Pheri on IMDB is 2.7
The movie Kolk Der Kolk is a comedy work made as a sequel to “Seh Nakhale” (Hera Pheri) and is the second movie of this series. This film shows another collaboration between Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal. This film is one of the biggest commercial successes of Indian cinema. At its release, it won the title of the eighth best-selling film of the year.
Over the years since the release of this film, Kolk Dar Kolk is still famous and noted for its strong performances, so it can be called one of the cult works of Indian cinema that continues to have a significant following throughout the generations. The movie Kolk Der Kolk should be considered a turning point in the comedy genre of Indian cinema and also one of the best sequels ever made.
8. Kesari movie
Kesari movie
- Genre: Drama, Historical
- Director : Anurag Singh
- Actors: Akshay Kumar, Parineeti Chopra and Suvinder Vicky
- Publication year: 2019
- The average rating of Kesari on IMDB is 4.7
In the movie Saffron, Akshay Kumar is a Sikh soldier living in British-occupied India. The story of this film is also about the events leading to the “Saragarhi battle,” a battle between 21 Sikh soldiers and a group of ten thousand Afghan Pashtun tribesmen. The war became a symbol of bravery by the bravery of the Sikh soldiers.
This film was released for the first time during the Holi festival and received many positive reviews. Saffron movie also had a good start at the box office. The director of this work was Anurag Singh, one of the best directors of Indian cinema in the field of making Punjabi films.
7. Rostam movie
Rustom movie
- Genre: Drama, Crime
- Director: Tino Suresh Desai
- Actors: Akshay Kumar, Ileana D’Cruz and Arjan Bajwa
- Publication year: 2016
- Average rating of Rustom on IMDB: 7
In the movie Rustam, we meet Indian Navy officer Rustam Pawari, played by Akshay Kumar. After a long time away, he returns home and finds that his wife, Cynthia, is not home. With a little search at home, he finds love letters in his wife’s closet and finds out about her secret relationship with one of his friends, Vikram. Rustam grabs a gun from the naval ship’s arsenal and goes to Vikram, shoots him three times, and after killing Vikram, surrenders himself to the chief inspector. But is this all true?
Overall, Rostam received positive reviews that praised the script and the actors’ performances. Rostam won the title of the fifth best-selling film of 2016 at its release. Also, Akshay Kumar won the Best Actor award at the 64th National Film Awards for his role in this film.
6. Toilet movie: a love story
Movie Toilet: A Love Story
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Director: Shri Narayan Singh
- Actors: Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher and Bhumi Pednekar
- Publication year: 2017
- Average rating of Toilet: A Love Story on IMDB: 2.7
In recent years, Akshay Kumar became a social activist, reflected in several of the actor’s films, including Toilet: A Love Story. In this film, he plays the role of Kishav, a man who falls in love and marries a girl from another village. But he is unaware that the women of this village are not used to using the toilet and prefer to go outside to relieve themselves.
This upsets Kishav, so he decides to find a way to change this behavior, and it is during these efforts that the film conveys an important social message to Indian society.
5. Khiladi movie
Khiladi movie
- Genre: Musical, Mystery
- Director: Abbas-Mostan
- Actors: Akshay Kumar, Ayesha Julka and Deepak Tijori
- Publication year: 1992
- The average rating of Khiladi on IMDB is 1.7
Player is one of Akshay Kumar’s first films that paved his way to stardom. The story of the movie Player is about a group of friends who decide to rob their wealthy friend as a joke. But with the poor friend’s death, the situation has changed, and all of them are in trouble.
This movie was not only successful at the box office. Instead, he initiated a series of works under the same title, for which Akshay Kumar is best known.
4. Padman movie
pad man movie
- Genre: Drama, Comedy
- Director: R. Balki
- Actors: Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte
- Publication year: 2018
- Average score of Padman on IMDB: 7/9
Padman is another social issue film starring Akshay Kumar. Padman’s film is concerned explicitly with the issue of women’s health. In this film, Akshay appears as a man tired of seeing the problems his wife and other women face to maintain their health and is looking for a way to solve this problem. He is trying to protect women from various diseases that they may suffer from using inappropriate sanitary pads by finding a suitable alternative.
Padman is based on the life of Arunachalam Muruganantham, a social activist and creative entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu who manufactures low-cost sanitary pads and provides them to women living in rural areas. This movie had a good box office, and it must be said that it successfully conveyed its central message.
3. Group 26 movie
Special 26 movie
- Genre: Drama, Crime
- Director: Neeraj Pandey
- Actors: Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kheer and Manoj Bajpayee
- Publication year: 2013
- Average score of Special 26 on IMDB: 8
Another successful collaboration of Akshay Kumar and Neeraj Pandey is the film Extraordinary 26, which tells the story of a group of crooks who impersonate CBI officers and seek to extort politicians and business people. But when the natural agents discover the truth and look for this group, everything falls apart very soon.
The exceptional film 26 is entertaining, although, as usual, Akshay Kumar is very well placed in his role and brilliantly collaborates with the other film actors. These issues went hand in hand and turned this movie into one of the great commercial successes, which received a positive response from the critics.
2. The movie Oh My God!
The movie OMG- Oh My God!
- Genre: Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
- Director : Umesh Shukla
- Actors: Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal and Mithun Chakraborty
- Publication year: 2012
- Average rating of Oh My God! On IMDB: 8/1
The two-person team of Paresh Rawal and Akshay Kumar has shone many times and experienced many successes together. In the movie Oh My God! Once again, we see the presence of these two actors together. However, this time, Akshay Kumar pulled back a bit and let his co-star be the lead star of this movie.
In this film, Paresh Rawal plays the role of a businessman named Kanji, who complains to God about the earthquake that destroyed his shop. Since Kanji himself doesn’t believe much in religion and mocks others for it, his family and friends believe that this happened because of his actions. But he does not give up and even files a case in the court, which causes a lot of noise and controversy. If you want to know where this controversial case will end, watch this movie once.
1. The Hera Pheri movie
- Genre: Comedy, Crime
- Director: Priyadarshan
- Actors: Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Sunil Shetty and Tabu
- Publication year: 2000
- Average rating of Hera Pheri on IMDB: 1/8
The movie Kalk or Se Nakhale should be considered one of the classic and cult works of Indian cinema, which has remained popular and famous since the release of Tabe Amroz. The couple of Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal shined in this movie, and the presence of Sunil Shetty along with them has helped to make the film more attractive.
The story of this movie is about three wicked but simple-hearted characters whose lives change after receiving a call. In this way, greed complicates the situation. It is an exciting story that, along with the good performances of the actors, created a masterpiece that has fascinated Indian cinema lovers forever. Overall, Kolk’s movie was noticed due to its honesty in depicting the economic problems of lower-middle-class families in India, situational comedy, creative dialogues, and the performance of its three main actors. So even in an online poll by “The Indian Express,” it won the title of the best Bollywood comedy film ever.
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common questions
1- What are Akshay Kumar’s best movies?
Among Akshay Kumar’s best films, the exceptional film 26, the film Oh My God, and the film Se Nakhale are considered to be the most attractive films of Akshay Kumar.
2- What is Akshay Kumar’s new movie?
The movie OMG 2, the movie Selfiee, and the movie Mission Raniganj are among the latest movies of Akshay Kumar.
