Discover the best of Bangladeshi cinema, film, and television
Discover the definitive list of popular and critically-acclaimed movies and TV shows from Bangladesh. Find your next binge-watch, streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
The cinema of Bangladesh
Bangladeshi cinema is the soulful storytelling heart of Bengal, a vibrant film culture rich with emotion, poetry, and social conscience. Its industry, popularly known as Dhallywood, was truly born in the wake of the nation's independence. In those formative years, pioneers like the legendary Zahir Raihan crafted films that were not just entertainment, but vital expressions of a new national identity, powerfully capturing the spirit of the people. While commercial cinema thrived, a powerful 'parallel cinema' movement also emerged, earning global respect. This artistic tradition reached a soaring high point with Tareque Masud’s masterpiece, The Clay Bird (Matir Moina), which won a major award at the Cannes Film Festival, a moment of immense national pride. Today, that creative energy is stronger than ever. A new generation of filmmakers is making waves internationally. The country's television scene is uniquely dynamic; the culture of the 'Natok'—single-episode television dramas, often released around holidays—is a beloved national pastime. The recent rise of local streaming platforms has unleashed a golden age of gripping, high-quality series that are being discovered by a global audience. What makes Bangladeshi screen culture so compelling is its deep emotional core. Whether it's a bustling Dhallywood entertainer or a poetic art-house film, these are stories about community, family, and resilience, told with immense heart.
Best Bangladeshi series
Mohanagar 2021
One fateful night, a police station in Bangladesh, and a motley crowd consisting of criminals, an eminent industrialist, media, general public. What does this night have in store for them?
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Taqdeer 2020
The plot of the series revolves arounds a story of a freezer van driver in Dhaka named Taqdeer (played by Chanchal Chowdhury) whose whole life turns upside down when he finds a dead body inside his van. A trail of chaotic events thereby follows which pushes Taqdeer and his best friend Montu (played by Shohel Mondol) into bigger difficulties
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Kaiser 2022
Homicide detective Kaiser Chowdhury takes on a double murder that turns out to be much more than what meets the eye. Plagued by personal and professional demons, will Kaiser be able to get to the root of the mystery?
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Pett Kata Shaw 2022
Pett Kata Shaw takes the darkest most nefarious Bengali folk tales that survived generations and gives them a modern twist. Our stories and our culture must live on. Ghost stories too.
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Karagar 2022
A prisoner appears in Akashnagar Central Jail's Cell No.145, which has been shut for 50 years, and claims immortality. Who is this mystery man, and what secrets does he hold inside him?
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A prisoner appears in Akashnagar Central Jail's Cell No.145, which has been shut for 50 years, and claims immortality. Who is this mystery man, and what secrets does he hold inside him?
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Best Bangladeshi movies
Mirror Game 2016
Ayna is an actor and the prison is his stage. He slips into the characters of the powerful convicted in exchange of money and take their place in prison. This strange profession is borne out of a society that doesn't give him a chance to follow his passion of acting, but forces him to act in the real life. Falling in love with the girl next door changes his life equation and he decides to end this career with one last performance. But this one takes him too deep in the rabbit hole. The story unfolds on how an underdog survives in a society that is merciless and struggles his way out from the clutch of crime game which he is a part too.
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The Hero 1966
Arindam, a matinee idol, is going by train to collect an acting award. On the train, he is confronted by Aditi, a journalist who somewhat unwillingly starts to take his interview. Arindam, won over by Aditi's naivete, starts to disclose his past, his fears and his secrets.
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Monpura 2009
A heartbreaking tale of a poor yet honest young man as lies, conspiracies and a horrible betrayal by his rich and influential employer leads his life towards uncertainty.
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The Cloud-Capped Star 1960
A selfless young woman, the daughter of a middle-class refugee family from East Pakistan, sacrifices her own happiness for her unappreciative family.
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Hawa 2022
When eight sailors onboard their fishing trawler find a mysterious girl mid-sea, ill fortune falls upon the boat as they don't catch any fish the next few days. The fishermen try to make it back home, although the sea has other plans for them.
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Debi 2018
A girl with extraordinary powers goes to a psychiatrist for a solution. Debi: Misir Ali Prothombar or simply Debi is a 2018 Bangladeshi supernatural thriller film based on Humayun Ahmed's novel of the same name. It is directed by Anam Biswas, starring Chanchal Chowdhury as Misir Ali, Jaya Ahsan, Iresh Zaker, Animesh Aich, and Sabnam Faria.
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