Bim is a 1974 Trinidad and Tobago film written by Raoul Pantin and directed by Hugh A. Robertson. It was described by Bruce Paddington as "one of the most important films to be produced in Trinidad and Tobago and ... one of the classics of Caribbean cinema".

In 1975 at the United States Virgin Islands Film Festival in St Thomas, Bim won a gold medal special jury award as "a film of unusual merit".

Bim (pronounced Bheem) Singh is an Indo-Trinidadian teenage boy living in the rural Indian countryside of Chaguanas in Caroni County in central Trinidad with his parents and sister during the British colonial era. The character is based partly on Bhadase Sagan Maraj and partly on Boysie Singh according to historian Angelo Bissessarsingh. He is friends with a girl his age named Anna. His sister Ria is going to marry Ramdass, and Bim's father, Bhagwan Singh, a famous trade union leader and activist, is in a feud with rival Gopaul. On the day of Ria's wedding, Bhagwan Singh sends his men to kill Gopaul's two sons: Harry and Charlie. Sookdeo informs him that the men have killed Harry, but Charlie escapes. Bhagwan Singh orders whatever it takes for Charlie to be killed. Bim is seen with Anna throughout the wedding and his father's friends joke about him and Anna getting married. Later that night, while Bhagwan Singh and his family are enjoying the wedding festivities, Charlie arrives at Bhagwan Singh's house, kills him and shoots Bim.

After his father's funeral Bim is sent to live with his paternal aunt, Babsie and her Afro-Trinidadian husband, Balo in the suburban district of Belmont in the multiethnic capital, Port of Spain. Bim's uncle, Balo, is an abusive, racist, gambling addict and dockworker. He beats Babsie after she refuses to tell him if Bim's family sent any money. He steals the money sent by Bim's family for his schooling, after Bim, meeting him for the first time, tells him where the money is. He then beats Bim for not responding to his question and then tells him not to worry as he knows a good teacher to send him to. At his new school, Bim is the only Indian, and is ridiculed by his racist teacher Mr. Hudson and isolated and picked on by the Afro-Trinidadian students because of his coolie (Indian laborer) heritage. During a break the students, led by Pinhead, gang up against Bim and steal his book and verbally and physically abuse him. When he fights back, the students disperse as Mr. Hudson is making his way back and Pinhead threatens to deal with him after class. After class, Bim seeks Mr. Hudson's help who makes a mockery of Bim and pays him no mind. When he leaves class the students are waiting for him and Bim is forced to stab Pinhead as a means of defense to make it home alive. This incident leads to Bim's expulsion from the school, which causes a fight between Balo and him. He then runs away from home and spends the night in a cemetery.

The film flash-forwards and Bim is now an adult who goes by "Bim Bim" and is a vagabond who steals to get by in Port of Spain. He tries his hand in playing in a steelpan band but quits after an argument with the bandleader. After quitting, Bim and his friends Mango-head and Tallsocks try to rob a gas station where he knows the attendant but is interrupted when a police officer stops by and the attendant yells for help. He runs from the police and takes refuge at his friend, Wabham's, underground poker joint and brothel, where he gambles away most of his money and sleeps with Angela, a prostitute he frequents. Wabham tells him to go out of town for a while and promises to find something for him. The next morning, Bim is awakened by Corporal Leslie Joseph, who is revealed to be a corrupt cop who is paid off by Wabham. Corporal Joseph transports Bim in his trunk to Cedros by Wabham's friend The Captain, who is an Afro-Grenadian immigrant that is a fisherman and involved in smuggling. Tozo, The Captain's right-hand man tells Corporal Joseph that someone has been tipping off the police as they had a run-in with the cops the night before and that it was the fifth time in the last two months. The Captain meets Bim and takes a liking to him. Corporal Joseph tells The Captain that he is waiting for his payment for bringing Bim, and The Captain tells him to ask Wabham for the money. Later that night, The Captain and Bim are drinking and talking and The Captain asks Bim to tell him about the time that the notorious gangster Goldteeth was looking for Bim.

In a flashback, Bim is in a bar sitting and listening to music when approached by Goldteeth. Goldteeth tells Bim that he heard he's looking for him, but Bim gets scared and tells Goldteeth he wants no trouble and that he was only talking big. Goldteeth calls his girlfriend Suzy and asks if Bim is the one planning for his head and she confirms and Bim tells her to tell him that he was only joking with her. Goldteeth then makes a slight cut in Bim's forehead and tells him to remember who put it there. Back in the present-day, The Captain says he knew Goldteeth when he was a child and they share a laugh about it. The Captain tells Bim he should stop being called "Bim Bim". Bim tells him his real name is Bim Singh and The Captain says that he remembers who his father was and asks about his family. Bim reveals that his mother died three years ago and he could not go because he would be dead if he set foot in Caroni County again, and he says that his sister and brother-in-law moved to Venezuela and that he has no family left. The Captain tells him he also has no family and that family ties down a man and it is better to be alone. The Captain suggests he should be called Bim (pronounced Bim like dim).

In another scene in the Police Commissioner's office, Detective Jones tells the Police Commissioner about a boatload of illegal Grenadian immigrants found off the coast of Cedros who were waiting for someone to pick them up and that The Captain is a suspect, however, there is no evidence to prove it.

Back in Caroni County, Jalwat Singh, a distant relative of Bhagwan Singh and Bim, is campaigning against Charlie who now goes by Baba Charlie. However, even though the people dislike Charlie, they fear more the instability of what could happen when they get independence and the Blacks take over, and Jalwat says that Charlie is using race to control them. Late in the night, Charlie's men set fire to Jalwat's house and car, and Jalwat and his family barely escape.