01 A young warrior leads a Kazakh resistance against invading forces in the 18th century.
Directed by Akan Satayev · 2h 12m
Where to watch
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
8 Best Kazakh Movies to Watch
By Vlad Zakh · December 25, 2025
Kazakhstan Drama slow and atmosphericthought provoking
Kazakhstan’s biggest international moment came with Tulpan, a patient drama about a young man trying to become a shepherd on the steppe, and the country’s films have kept that unhurried, rural focus. Myn Bala follows a young warrior leading resistance against 18th-century invaders, Racketeer traces a small-time enforcer through 1990s organised crime, and Harmony Lessons has a bullied teenager’s humiliation curdle into a calculated revenge plan. The Road to Mother, A Dark, Dark Man, Ompa and Kelin round out the list.
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02 A small-time enforcer's rise through 1990s Kazakh organised crime is told with real period detail.
Directed by Akan Satayev · 1h 20m
03 A family's decades-long separation across Soviet deportation and famine is traced across three generations.
Directed by Akan Satayev · 2h 10m
Where to watch
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
04 A bullied teenager's quiet humiliation curdles into a calculated, unsettling revenge plan.
Directed by Emir Baigazin · 1h 55m
Where to watch
Rent or buy: Amazon Video
05 A young man returning from the navy struggles to convince a local family to let him marry their daughter and join the herd.
Directed by Sergei Dvortsevoy · 1h 40m
Where to watch
Stream: Klassiki
Stream: Klassiki · Rent: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, BFI Player · Buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
06 A small-town detective's convenient arrest of a suspect unravels into an investigation nobody really wants finished.
Directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov · 2h 10m
07 A group of children in a Kazakh village form an unlikely bond with a wandering, mute stranger.
Directed by Satybaldy Narymbetov · 1h 23m
08 A silent, wordless drama follows a young bride navigating harsh nomadic life on the ancient Kazakh steppe.
Directed by Ermek Tursunov · 1h 24m
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