Best Mongolian drama movies
Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch drama films from Mongolia, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
The Story of the Weeping Camel 2003
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.
68The Cave of the Yellow Dog 2005
The little nomad girl, Nansal, finds a baby dog in the Mongolian veld, who becomes her best friend - against all rejections of her parents. A story about a Mongolian family of nomads - their traditional way of life and the rising call of the City.
72Aberrance 2022
An estranged couple takes a retreat in the woods. Foreboding neighbors, frivolous friends, and dark unseen forces lead to a shocking conclusion.
52A World Purified by Milk 2003
It tells the story of a family that wanders from one village to another in search of work and a place to live. In search of a home, they are separated and end up living with different wealthy families, becoming blind in a blind place and lame in a lame place.
100Mamma Mia 2010
A girl who wants to find her father without telling her mother invites three men she thinks are her father to her wedding, leading to hilarious events.
90A Pearl in the Forest 2008
This is a story about a young couple whose newly planned life was destroyed by the impact of the Great Purges of 1934–1938 in Mongolia. The main goal of this movie was to provide a testimony for the many Buryats and Mongolians who were persecuted during the Great Purges initiated by Joseph Stalin. In 1937 and 1938, many people, and even entire families, were killed after being wrongfully accused of conspiracies. The movie was shot on location near the Buryat village of Dadal in the Khentii province of Mongolia. The acting and other participation of many local villagers was a great addition to the authenticity of the film
90Remote Control 2013
Teenage boy Tsog lives in the slums outside Ulan Bator. He sells milk from his neighbor to support his family, with whom he frequently quarrels. The flight of his imagination is Tsog's only solace— he spends hours drawing his hero, a young monk. After a fight with his parents Tsog takes off to the city, where he settles on the roof of an apartment building. From this new vantage point he spots a beautiful but troubled young woman inhabiting a nearby penthouse. Seeking to intertwine their fates— to bridge the gap between their social, economic, and spiritual conditions— Tsog steals a remote which he uses to control the young woman's television set.
83Silent City Driver 2024
In a city rife with corruption and scandals, surrounded by indifference, the solitary and enigmatic Myagmar lives in isolation after enduring 14 brutal years in prison. Scarred both physically and emotionally, his only companions are the stray dogs he has rescued over time.
80Khadak 2006
Set in the frozen steppes of Mongolia, a young nomad is confronted with his destiny after animals fall victim to a plague which threatens to eradicate nomadism.
63Harvest Moon 2023
Tulgaa returns to his native village to care for his dying stepfather, honouring his remaining commitments by offering to lend a hand with the summer harvest. But upon witnessing Tulgaa’s clumsy first attempts, Tuntuulei, a sassy 10-year-old boy, takes it upon himself to school the city slicker on the grassland ways. Despite getting off on the wrong foot, the two soon find common ground and form a delicate bond that will transform their lives.
70They Sing Up On The Hill 2019
Any number of superlatives describe Mongolia's capital; most remote, fastest growing, coldest and hippest. Ulaanbaatar is the loudest city you've never heard. Two young Mongolian musicians discover identity, purpose and love whilst creating the music of the city.
80The Warrior Princess 2021
Princess Khotulun is the daughter of Haidu Khan of the Ugudei dynasty. The film tells the story of Princess Khotulun, the son of Kublai Khan, known in Western and Eastern history as a wrestling princess, and her struggle to reclaim her Golden Sutra.
58The Steed 2019
Set in the first part of the 20th century during the Russian revolution's spill over into the vast majestic lands of Mongolia. This epic story is about family, love, devotion and kinship with one's homeland, told through the experiences of a boy and horse whose extraordinary bond to each other and the land gives them the courage to never give up the quest to find the other after being cruelly separated.
80The Sales Girl 2023
Saruul, a science student, is asked by an injured classmate Namuunaa to work part-time as a substitute in an adult goods store for a month. Katya, the Russian owner, a former ballet dancer who lives an elegant life on her own, realizes that Saruul, who comes daily to deliver the proceeds, has been suppressing herself against her parents' expectations, and tries to release her secret desires and sexual curiosity. Saruul, who lives with her family with little change in her life except for the evenings when she paints her favorite pictures, is exposed to a new world through her interaction with Katya, who has a wealth of life experience, but one incident leads to a growing distrust...
65Mother 2010
In the 1960s, about 3,000 Chinese orphans were sent to Inner Mongolia. In the Xilingol grassland, Qiqigema Erji adopted Chen Chen and Yu Sheng even though her husband disapproved. The children grew up as Mongolian nomads. But 20 years later, upon hearing the news that biological parents were looking for their children, Chen Chen left for Shanghai in the hope of meeting his parents. Yu Sheng finally did meet his parents and faced a choice as to where he wanted to live.
73Outliers 2017
Living in a city is punishment for a nomad who moves freely across the land. Simply waiting at a stoplight is akin to being in a cage.
66The Wolves Always Come at Night 2025
Davaa and Zaya are a young nomadic couple in the vast Bayanhongor region of Mongolia who are in the throes of animal birthing season when a seismic event suddenly changes their lives. They are forced to migrate afar but are haunted by their past lives.
70Mountain Cat 2020
A troubled teenage girl is coerced into seeing a local shaman in search of spiritual healing. Trapped by ancient beliefs that serve only to pacify her mother, she finds peace in the physical realm by unleashing her repressed, youthful spirit on the unsuspecting shaman when she realises his true identity.
70Horizon 2023
A childless couple adopts another family's only son, hoping to build the family they've always dreamed of. But fate takes a cruel turn, and they lose him. Just when they think their lives are empty once again, they are blessed with a biological son. However, the past comes knocking— the family that once gave up their only child now returns, seeking to take the couple’s son as their own.
70Out of Paradise 2018
Dorj and his heavily pregnant wife Suren live an idyllic nomadic life on the Mongolian steppe, but as Suren develops complications during childbirth, the local doctor advises them to venture into the capital city to seek medical attention. With no official documentation they find themselves unable to cover the medical fees and Dorj must pawn their wedding belongings before signing up to a local karaoke contest. A heart- warming and feel-good road movie about the clash between nature and the urban world. Out of Paradise is as much a love story as a reflection on our modern ways of living.
70Hers 2017
Lyric drama based on true story of motherhood without any shiny part. Everyday we confort small kiosk around the corner, but never observed what kind of life goes inside of the small store.
60The Last Princess of Royal Blood 2008
Despite being the last royal blood of the Great Ghenghis Khan, a woman still has to face poverty and loss in the 20th century.
60Stairs 2019
A young man's dream to make a living in Ulaanbaatar is put to the test when he must navigate the social and physical obstacles in his path.
50Joy 2016
Az is seven years old girl lives in small village with her parents. Az soon will have baby sister. It is the most joyful moment for her life. But this joy wouldn't last long, because her mother dies after the birth. Tseden will raise her daughters in difficult condition. But Az will struggle with all those difficulties. She becomes strong and smart, she will take care whole family. Tsende's sorrow will disappear as time passes. Tseden starts to sell milk in the city. Mean time two daughters stays home alone for few days. As their life gets better sad news comes from city. Tseden dies in an accident.
50If You Love Your Life 1997
Film released in 1997
50The Silent Souls 2018
A couple moves into a village, hoping to be together all the time, but not knowing they would discover hidden personalities and grow distant from each other and eventually, they will have to decide whether stay together or get separated.
50The Pursuit of Lust 5 2025
VMX Crush Vern Kaye takes the spotlight in this erotic drama, which follows a foreign couple on a trip to the Philippines, where they meet an enchanting local photographer. What began as an attempt to rekindle the lovers’ spark soon develops into an unexpected threesome.
46Lineage 2002
A legendary film about the conflicts between the many scattered tribes of ancient Mongolia, the love between a young couple from two different tribes, and their tragic fate.
20Mr. Crazy 2002
Tsog is the No. 1 stockbroker and a wealthy man with a luxurious lifestyle. His wife Naran, who has been living with him for 5 years, is greedy for his property, and together with his driver Bayar, he plans to destroy her. They cover the mouths of people such as garage guards and policemen with money, make false statements and slander Tsog as a mental patient. Tsog escapes from a psychiatric hospital, and on the way he meets Tuya, a hairdresser, and encounters Bayar, who has transferred his assets to his name. If Bayar and Tsog fall off a cliff and die while trying to kill Tsog, Tsog will recover his honor and wealth.
20Ferocious Saint Lord of Gobi 1997
A lavish period costume picture that traces, from birth to death, the life of Ravjaa Khutagt, a 19th century Mongolian priest, "a living Buddha" who exerted a large influence over his country's literature, music, and drama.
20The Last Queen of the King 2000
A historical tragedy about the last emperor and queen of Mongolia.
20Words Whispered to the Heart 2001
The only son of the family, Deleg, went to the army four years later and disappeared without telling his family. Waiting for the missing man, the dowry will be turned away by the local men, but the man thinks of the PROMISE he made to his husband and continues to live with his mother-in-law as his wife and neighbor... The movie shows the heart of a wife who waits for her missing spouse, the heart of a mother who complains to her daughter-in-law when she is sad that she is going to die, and the broken heart of a daughter who is her father. The knot of the whole story of the film is unraveled by the hoarse whisper.
20The Ship of Dreams 2001
It shows the current school curriculum and the lives of students.
20The Only Reason 2022
A suicidal young guy meets a little girl with life-threatening cancer while a vocalist with stage fright tries to overcome her condition with the help of a musician. This is a film about living and loving, a film that embraces the ordinary.
10One Among Many: Episode 1 1962
The evolution of Chimed, the main character, is shown by the evolution of a servant man who was enslaved by foreign merchants and scorned by local rich people, who found his freedom with the revolution and then strives to work for his country. The feature of the film is that the behavior of the common man is formed along with the process of the revolution, and it clearly shows how a boy from the pastoral people not only learns to read and write by benefiting from science, but also works with all his strength to educate the people's children and grows into a leading intellectual.
10Exodus 1968
It shows how the October Revolution affected the hearts of the Mongolian people, and how they defeated the white bandit Baron Ungern at the beginning of the revolution and put an end to his evil activities.
10One Among Many: Episode 3 Human Traces 1965
During the years of the People's Government, the contribution of our intellectuals to the great work of building a new society and a new life by hand, as well as showing the scene of repression during the Mongolian society, which was a black spot in Mongolian society, is shown through how Chimid overcomes the obstacles in his life.
10One Among Many: Episode 2 1962
The evolution of Chimed, the main character, is shown by the evolution of a servant man who was enslaved by foreign merchants and scorned by local rich people, who found his freedom with the revolution and then strives to work for his country. The feature of the film is that the behavior of the common man is formed along with the process of the revolution, and it clearly shows how a boy from the pastoral people not only learns to read and write by benefiting from science, but also works with all his strength to educate the people's children and grows into a leading intellectual.
10Echoes from Numrug Rock 1966
When the music teacher was working poorly, he was asked to help the herdsmen during cattle feeding, and he reluctantly left with only his music and nothing else, wearing thick black sandals. On the way, he gets lost in a blizzard, and helps him when he comes across a woman who is struggling to keep a lot of sheep in the storm. Write a symphony for a young musician and a cowherd girl who discovers the value of work, and call it "Echoes of Cloak Rock".
10Greedy's Loss 1964
This fairy-tale-themed movie tells about the emotional world of two rich and poor people, quoting from the folk proverb, "When greed becomes too much, you become a witch."
10Mandoukhai the Wise: Episode 3 - Mandoukhai the Wise 1988
Set in the 15th century after the collapse of Genghis Khan's empire, and follows Mandoukhai from her youth when she's forced to marry the new ruler to her violent death after unifying the vast Mongolian empire.
10To My Father in Ulaаnbaatar 1961
He expressed the idea that this issue should be a universal concern, while clearly stating that the care of parents has a special role in the development of children's morals.
10Mandoukhai the Wise: Episode 2 - Mandoukhai the Wise 1988
Set in the 15th century after the collapse of Genghis Khan's empire, and follows Mandoukhai from her youth when she's forced to marry the new ruler to her violent death after unifying the vast Mongolian empire.
10Mandoukhai the Wise: Episode 4 1988
Set in the 15th century after the collapse of Genghis Khan's empire, and follows Mandoukhai from her youth when she's forced to marry the new ruler to her violent death after unifying the vast Mongolian empire.
10The Clear Tamir: Episode 1 1970
The image of the Mongolian countryside, the struggle for freedom, and the changes in the minds of the people of the new social relations are reflected in the form of an epic. The main characters of the film are the well-known characters such as Erdene, his wife Dolgor, the rich Itgum, and Timur, a good glass man called "silicon", and the complex events of their lives. appears.
10Five Fingers of One Hand 1982
When her mother dies and her father marries another woman, Suren takes on the responsibility to raise her four siblings.
10I Love You 1985
Boys and girls who are graduating from middle school tell about how they are going through the complexities of life through their naive and immature childhood relationships and friendships.
10A Messenger of the People 1959
Darbazar, who was carrying a secret letter to General Sukhbaatar about how ordinary herdsmen participated in the People's Revolution of 1921, fell into the hands of the enemy, and before being killed, he left his wife to continue the work he intended to do. tells about the face-to-face encounter with the great general Sukhbaatar
10The People of Bayanbulag 1973
The work of an agronomist working in an agricultural union is shown through a fun event in the dairy department.
10Remorse and Reproach 1965
Luvsandorj, who was transporting hay, decided to spend the night at his old acquaintance Jamb on the way, and drank alcohol with Donoi and Dulmaa from the neighboring family. When Donoy's wife Dulmaa left the house, she did not put out the candle that was not stable. showed that it can be brought.
10Mirage Above the Gobi Desert 1980
A young teacher in Russian is promoted school director in a small Gobi village. Upon his arrival, he uses the few available resources to gain the villager’s trust. He makes rapidly new friends, such as the a young post office lady, a tractor driver unable to express his real feelings or a zealous environmental protection inspector who is trying to arrest illegal antelope hunters. One night, the school director recognizes one of the poachers. He will have to take an important decision.
10An Unfortunate Fortune 1992
In Mongolia. After the death of the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, monks are looking for a replacement. A little boy, Monchetenger, would like to be this happy chosen one, in order to relieve his widowed and destitute mother. But the monks pass by without paying attention to him. He runs in pursuit of them and at the end of his strength, ends up collapsing and sinks into madness. Desperate, his mother decides to end her life and those of her son.
10Harmonica 1963
The capital city of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, is increasing with new buildings day by day. Dari insists on not leaving her home, built by her father, and tries to keep her old home by using the construction guy whom Dari’s daughter is in love with.
10Sin and Virtue 1963
This film shows the pain and heartbreak of a young couple who recognize the nature of their teacher, a monk who hides the evils of the world under the guise of Buddhist preaching, discover the evil of the old society, and seek the holy path of free life. WRITTEN BY D. Written based on the classic story of Natsagdorji "Tears of Lambugai".
10The Sun Foal 1984
It shows the characteristics of the work and life of mining workers, which is a major industry of socialist society, and how the consciousness of the working class develops over generations.
10At the Border 1967
Based on the author T.Ulambayar's novel "Guardian of Peace", it is shown that the Khasa bandits repeatedly invaded the western part of our border in 1947 under the persuasion of the Chinese Kuomintang.
10Not Married Yet 1981
The construction of the mining industry and the methods of the young executives are told through the relationship between the engineer Gansukh and his girlfriend Suren, and it shows the conflict between the young people's views and goals in life.
10Gobi Brook 1974
Batnasan, a biologist and scientist, continued his long-term academic work in life, and after coming to the Gobi region, in order to save it from desertification, he planted trees and planted fruits in the small settlements of Gobi, and began to implement the irrigation movement by building canals with the support of the head of the association, Donoy.
10Our Potbellied 0
It tells about young children from the city and the countryside making friends, getting to know each other, and actively participating in the protection of the environment.
10The Rays of the Rising Sun: Episode 1 1987
The work reflects the historical life of the great general D. Sukhbaatar, who started participating in the People's Revolution.
10Mongoljingoo 1994
Khas and Nansalmaa, who believe in the government and do not give up on the hardships of life, lit their hearth, and despite the loss of their children, continue to talk and predict the good of tomorrow... The sadness that befalls an ordinary teacher is a social tragedy, not an ordinary individual's suffering. a film showing the incident.
10End of Ambivalence 1966
Russia and Mongolian warriors were shouldered through a good man's ways and struggles in a good man's ways of struggles in a good man's ways and struggles in a good man's way.
10Sound of Engine 1973
Through the working life of Ganaa, who works as a motorman at a single well in Gobi, culture penetrates the countryside and a new social concept flows into the minds of the people.
10Mandoukhai the Wise: Episode 1 - Mandoukhai is called 1989
Set in the 15th century after the collapse of Genghis Khan's empire, and follows Mandoukhai from her youth when she's forced to marry the new ruler to her violent death after unifying the vast Mongolian empire.
10The Awakening 1957
In 1928, when scientific hospitals were introduced to Mongolia, the Russian female doctors who came to rural areas and the famous local maarambas overcame old customs, opinions, and religious influences, and showed how people's views were changed and a new morality was formed in their minds.
10Wish I Had a Horse 1959
Dondog, a young man who grew up on a horse mane, becomes a cowherd after being reprimanded by the management for killing his horse in a race with a car. On this occasion, the relationship between Yanjmaa, a driver who came to the collective, Gonchig, who comes to trade for personal gain, and Dondog, a horseman, was shown in light comedy.
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