6 Best Azerbaijani Movies to Watch

By Vlad Zakh · November 4, 2026

Azerbaijan Drama thought provoking

Azerbaijani cinema has leaned into stark, minimalist rural dramas since its post-Soviet revival, films that measure the country’s upheavals through the eyes of people the state has mostly left behind.

The 40th Door (2009) 01

The 40th Door (2009)

IMDb ★ 6.3

A woman haunted by a childhood trauma finds an unlikely path toward reconciling with her past.

Nabat (2014) 02

Nabat (2014)

IMDb ★ 6.9

An elderly widow refuses to abandon her remote mountain village even as war empties it around her.

Buta (2011) 03

Buta (2011)

IMDb ★ 6.6

A young boy raised by his grandfather in a remote village sets out to find the father who abandoned him.

The Precinct (2010) 04

The Precinct (2010)

IMDb ★ 6.0

A weary Azerbaijani police officer's routine casework uncovers corruption reaching into his own department.

Steppe Man (2012) 05

Steppe Man (2012)

IMDb ★ 6.1

A rural Azerbaijani farmer haunted by a childhood trauma struggles to reconnect with his estranged family.

Ali and Nino (2016) 06

Ali and Nino (2016)

IMDb ★ 6.0

A Muslim Azerbaijani prince and a Christian Georgian princess's forbidden love collides with the outbreak of World War I.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.