Best Nepalese history movies

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch history films from Nepal, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for Dasdhunga

    Dasdhunga 2010

    Based on true events of the mysterious death of CPN-UML leader Madan Bhandari in Dashdhunga, Nepal.

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  • Poster for The Black Hen

    The Black Hen 2015

    We are in the year 2001, a temporary ceasefire brings a much-needed break to a small war-torn village in Northern Nepal, bringing much joy among the residents. Prakash and Kiran, two young close friends, are also starting to feel the change in the air. Though they are divided by caste and social creed, they remain inseparable, and start raising a hen given to Prakash by his sister, with hopes to save money by selling her eggs. However, the hen goes missing. To find it, they embark on a journey, innocently unaware of the tyranny brought by the fragile ceasefire.

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  • Poster for Panchayat

    Panchayat 2017

    A film that revolves around a girl who confronts social taboos of the Chhaupadi tradition, which prohibits Hindu women and girls from participating in normal family activities while menstruating as they are considered “impure”. Set in the seventies, the film’s title refers to Nepal’s Panchayat system of self-rule, which was abolished in 1990.

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  • Poster for Badhshala

    Badhshala 2012

    Badhshala is a story of torture inside an army barrack during maoist insurgency.

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  • Poster for Gurkha Warrior

    Gurkha Warrior 2023

    Gurkha troops battle Communist insurgents during the Malayan Emergency.

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