11 Best Bangladeshi Movies to Watch

A strict medical school professor covers up a colleague's misconduct, then can't live with the choice.

Directed by Abdullah Mohammad Saad · 1h 47m

A restless Dhaka actress reevaluates her marriage and career while rehearsing a Rabindranath Tagore play.

1h 32m

A woman navigates poverty and independence after her husband is imprisoned abroad.

Directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki · 2h 04m

A woman joins the resistance during Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence.

Directed by Nasiruddin Yousuff · 2h 22m

A garment-factory worker organises her coworkers into a real, risky labour union.

Directed by Rubaiyat Hossain · 1h 35m

A traditional drummer's dying trade forces him to face his family's uncertain future.

Directed by Tanvir Mokammel · 1h 37m

A village imam bans television, which only pushes his own son to sneak around the rule he enforces.

Directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki · 1h 46m

A boy sent to a strict religious school watches his family fracture over faith and politics.

Directed by Tareque Masud · 1h 38m

A man serving a life sentence for a murder he claims he didn't commit runs an elaborate scheme from behind bars.

Directed by Amitabh Reza Chowdhury · 2h 24m

A dying elderly woman drifts between memories of her past loves inside a crumbling, dreamlike mansion.

Directed by Aditya Vikram Sengupta · 1h 36m

A talented teenage artist disguises herself as a boy to paint rickshaws and support her struggling family.

Directed by Amitabh Reza Chowdhury · 1h 50m · Rated PG