1. 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.
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. 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.
4. Asif, Vasif, Ağasif (Asif, Vasif, Ağasif)
A funny adventures of three little brothers.
It has an average vote of 3 on TMDB.
5. Latif (Лятиф)
Latif a seven year old boy living during the collectivization policy in USSR.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. On Distant Shores (Uzaq sahillərdə)
The film portrays the life of the legendary Azerbaijani guerrilla of the Second World War Mehdi Huseynzadeh, who fought the Nazi forces in the present-day Italy and Slovenia, hence the film's name On distant shores referring to the Adriatic Sea.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
16. Beast (Köpək)
The movie tells about the tragedy of miserable people who turned to dogs. A group of people who desperately seeks for a job is abducted and forced to labor like slaves.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
17. The Labour and Rose (Əmək və qızılgül)
The film is about famous Chechen ballet and folk dancer Mahmud Essembayev's life.
18. Matteo Falcone (Matteo Falkone)
Matteo Falcone is an Azerbaijani short drama film based on Prosper Merimée's like-named story from 1829. Matteo Falcone is a successful Corsican, who lives with his wife Giuseppa and 10-year-old son Fortunato. One day he leaves home with Giuseppa, leaving Fortunato alone.
19. If Not This, Then That (O Olmasın, Bu Olsun)
Popularly known by the name of the main character, "Mashadi Ibad" was based on a musical comedy by composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov and written in the early 1900s. The story is based on the age old-theme of a beautiful young woman Gulnaz who falls in love with a young man Sarvar but is obliged to marry someone else.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
20. The Cloth Peddler (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 2 on TMDB.
