Best Bangladeshi fantasy movies

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.

'Pett Kata Shaw' is the modern revival of the mysterious and lurid plots of traditional folk tales told from generation to generation.

The tale of five criminals facing five different miraculous consequences at five distinct points in time.

A story of an astrologer that went viral.

‘Dui Shaw’ is the modern revival of the mysterious and lurid plots of traditional South Asian folk tales told from generation to generation. A sequel series to ‘Pett Kata Shaw’, Dui Shaw delves into the horrors of the present instead of the folktales of old.

The story of an artist born without the inherent skill for rhythm or melody.

This film focuses on a 400-year-old folk tale, which, in turn, is based on a popular fairy tale.

The story of supernatural martial life of Antara.

The story of an old peasant,Bancharam (Mitra),who defeats the tyrannical landlord Chhakari (Dey).Inheriting a dry patch of land, Bancharam converts it into a fabulous garden.The British magistrate supports him when Chhakari attempts to acquire the garden, after which he dies. Chhakari's son Nakari tries a new stratagem: he promises Bancharam Rs 400 every month provided Bancharam bequeaths his garden to the landowner after his death. Bancharam agrees but amazingly becomes healthier with every passing day, repeatedly promising to die but failing to do so.

A royal prince arrives on an island of fascist rule and inspires a rebellion among its women in this hallucinogenic adaptation of a classic play.

The boy Ove loved his friend Siam Mehraf very much. After a while emptiness leads to their friendship. The boy Ove gets angry at his friend Siam Mehraf and he couldn't even say anything because of Ove's anger. And he goes away sad. But after a time, the story of the boy Siam Mehraf becomes something else. What is that story? Who's that story about? Who knows.

Based on a perennially popular Bengali folk tale, Sat Bhai Chompa has had many cinematic outings in both India and Bangladesh. This, the 1968 version directed by Dilip Shom, is one of the most delightful. A king has three wives. The two elder wives connive to throw the pregnant third wife out of the palace. The third wife gives birth to eight children - seven sons and a daughter. The enraged elder wives, with the help of a sorcerer, turn the seven sons into flowers. It is now up to the daughter to turn her brothers back into humans and regain their rightful place in the palace.

This psychedelic short features the director in two roles: a smoker and an eccentric parasite in his ash tray.

A 40 year old painter, who lives in a wooden and bamboo house on stilts in the middle of a polluted lake on the outskirts of Dhaka City. Alpha's house serves as his painting. Dogs, roosters and birds also share the space with him. There are many moments when he feels a oneness with nature and with the birds and animals that surround him. He also feels deeply drawn to 'an androgynous' male-female identity. Alpha has neighbors in the nearby slum with whom he has close interaction.

A love story between Rahim, Rupban and Tajel. Rupban gets married to a 12 days old Rahim when she is 12 years. Once he grows up, he is unable to consider Rupban as his wife and falls in love with Tajel

Behula is a 1966 Bengali film directed by Zahir Raihan and stars Razzak and Shuchanda as lead pair. It was based on the Hindu mythology of Behula, who fights vehemently to goddess Manasa for her husband Lakhindar's life.