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1. Nizami (Nizami)

The historical film about great Azerbaijan poet and philosopher Nizami Ganjavi's life.

It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.

2. Our Teacher Jabish (Bizim Cəbiş müəllim)

Events are happening in WW2. Jabish is a teacher at primary school. His complaining wife drives him mad about not bribing. Then she makes him to cook a soap for making the money. Also other processes are shown in the course of the war.

It has an average vote of 4.3 on TMDB.

3. Asif, Vasif, Ağasif (Asif, Vasif, Ağasif)

A funny adventures of three little brothers.

It has an average vote of 3 on TMDB.

4. Latif (Лятиф)

Latif a seven year old boy living during the collectivization policy in USSR.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

5. The 40th Door (40-cı Qapı)

Fourteen-year-old Rustam lives with his mother in a village; his father was killed by the Russian mafia. After his father's death, Rustam tries to provide for himself and his mother without resorting to illegal money-making schemes. But his dream is to join a music band. The title of the film refers to an Azerbaijani fairy tale about saving a princess from a house with 40 doors; no one has succeeded in opening the last door, and thus its secret remains hidden. The villagers have named their village the 40th door as well.

6. The Meeting (Görüş)

The film is about Azerbaijanian and Uzbekistan's cotton-growers contest and about two young people's love.

It has an average vote of 3.3 on TMDB.

7. I Loved You More than Life (Sizi Dünyalar Qədər Sevirdim)

Biopic about general Hazi Aslanov, who died fighting Germans in WW2.

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

8. The Scoundrel (Yaramaz)

Film exposes the corruption and the decadence of the late Soviet bureaucracy in Azerbaijan SSR through the eyes of a naive Azerbaijani adult man, Hatem.

It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.

9. Arshin Takes a Wife (Arşın mal alan)

Set in Baku at the turn of the 20th century, a young successful businessman Asgar wishes to marry. He wants his bride to be the choice of his heart, however, Azerbaijani tradition restricted him from communicating with the lady as a lover before marriage. So Asgar decides to disguise himself as a mere cloth peddler and the young woman Gulchohra falls in love with him.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

10. Nabat (Nabat)

The story is set during an upsurge in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and revolves around an old, sick ex-forestry worker and his wife Nabat, whose son has died in battle.

It has an average vote of 6.222 on TMDB.

11. Caucasia (Kavkaz)

After her husband's death, a widow returns to Moscow with her mother-in-law, unaware that a depressed passenger is determined to blow up the train en route

It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.

12. The Bat (Yarasa)

In a Azerbaijan, in the beginning of this century, the first films made in the history of cinema are shown.The characters meet each other in a room. Three characters who will witness the linking up of their destinies through their common love for this new captivating art.

It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.

13. Buta (Buta)

"Buta" is the story of a lonely 7-year old boy , who lives in a mountain village with his grandmother. He is befriended by an old man, a liquid soap merchant who once loved Buta's grandmother. The old man's friendship and wise advice helps Buta to overcome his difficulties in life. Buta's grandmother, in the meantime, is weaving a special carpet in memory of Buta's mother. The carpet features a special pattern , which represents love. The boy is inspired by his grandmother's work, and decides to make his own "buta" made of rocks and stones, high on the top of the mountain...

14. The Hostage (Girov)

During the late 1980s and early 1990s the Armenian minority in Nagorono-Karabakh attempted to break away from Azerbaijan, one of the former Soviet republics. Overnight these former neighbors became enemies, and simple village folk were suddenly made hostages in a complex power game. One of the Azerbaijani villages right on the border is home to the family of the peasant farmer Kerim, who has just been captured by the Armenians. The village council decides to take an Armenian in order to arrange a hostage exchange. They imprison the wounded man in the barn next to Kerim's house, where his wife and three children desperately await the husband's return. The captive from the other side of the border finds himself in exactly the same situation - he, too, has three children, he finds it hard to scrape a living together, he has never done anything to harm anyone and, like Kerim, he just wants to go back home. But life in Karabakh is far more complex now. Blood calls for blood.

It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.

15. Down the River (Axınla aşağı)

Young Ruslan rows for a team coached by his father Ali, who places many demands upon his son and is continually dissatisfied by his performance. But when tragedy strikes, his father is overcome with emotions he doesn’t know how to deal with. Debut director Asif Rustamov treats the heavy topic with remarkable subtlety and discretion, emphasizing the characters’ carefully elaborated psychology.

It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.

16. The Last Night of Childhood (Uşaqlığın Son Gecəsi)

Murad, a young man fails the entrance exam to the Institute and starts working at the meat factory. His cousin Rustam, a worker on a building site, fights with him against the dishonest people who sell pieces of meat from the factory. After a series of dramatic situations, Murad and Rustam manage to uncover the thieves.

It has an average vote of 4.7 on TMDB.

17. Tahmina (Təhminə)

This Azerbaijani romantic drama depicts the love affair between Zaur, a man from an affluent family, and Tahmina, a divorced woman doing her best to survive in a conservative society.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

18. Another Life (Özgə ömür)

Psychological drama about a university dean who leads a double life.

19. The Last Mountain Pass (Axırıncı aşırım)

Based on a novel by Farman Karimzade, the movie shows the life in an Azerbaijani village under the Soviet rule in 1930s. Here two former "beys" are opposing each other. One is loyal to the ideology of the past and can't reconcile himself to the new power, to second rejects the past and accepts the power of the Bolsheviks, believing that it will establish justice.

It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.

20. From Two Worlds as a Keepsake

In Soviet Azerbaijan, a divorced Armenian couple fights over the custody of their daughter, Ashen. Stolen from one parent to another, Ashen's guardians are tragically killed in the bloody war surrounding them. Will the arrival of a new savior finally bring Ashen freedom? Official selection of the Global Lens Collection presented by the Global Film Initiative.