With Kazakhfilm Studios (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. The Old Man (2012)
102 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
This is a survival story - a Hemingway's 'Old Man and the Sea' as if written for our days.
Director: Ermek Tursynov | Stars: Ondassyn Bessikbassov, Erbolat Toguzakov
Votes: 718
2. The Legend of Tomiris (2019)
TV-14 | 156 min | Action, Drama, History
This is the story of the life of the great queen of of the steppe - legendary Tomiris. She is destined to become a skillful warrior, survive the loss of close people and unite the Scythian/Saka tribes under her authority.
Director: Akan Satayev | Stars: Ghassan Massoud, Aizhan Lighg, Eduardo Minett, Almira Tursyn
Votes: 42,023
3. Nomad: The Warrior (2005)
R | 112 min | Drama, History, War
A historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan, where a young man is destined to unite the country's three warring tribes.
Directors: Sergei Bodrov, Ivan Passer | Stars: Kuno Becker, Jason Scott Lee, Jay Hernandez, Doskhan Zholzhaksynov
Votes: 3,867 | Gross: $0.08M
4. Paris Song (2018)
90 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based on a true story, a small-town Kazakh singer, Amre Kashaubayev, journeys to Paris to compete in an international singing competition at the 1925 Paris Expo. Along the way he befriends American songwriter George Gershwin, thus forming a beautiful and unlikely friendship.
Director: Jeff Vespa | Stars: Ben Aldridge, Tom J. Benedict, Philip Brodie, Maxim Busel
Votes: 79
5. The Needle (1988)
81 min | Drama, Thriller
Moro returns to Alma Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits his former girlfriend Dina, and discovers she has become a morphine addict. He ... See full summary »
Director: Rashid Nugmanov | Stars: Viktor Tsoy, Marina Smirnova, Pyotr Mamonov, Aleksandr Bashirov
Votes: 2,502
6. Revenge (1990)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, History
After their daughter is murdered, a couple raises a son to avenge her.
Director: Yermek Shinarbayev | Stars: Aleksandr Pan, Valentina Te, Kasym Zhakibayev, Lyubov Germanova
Votes: 458
7. Kazakh Khanate: The Golden Throne (2019)
111 min | Action, Drama, History
Fifteenth century. In the vast expanses of Eurasia for several centuries, the descendants of the great Genghis Khan have created their own and crushed the alien states. One of them is the ... See full summary »
Directors: Rustem Abdrashev, I. Kolyada, Prince Oak Oakleyski | Stars: Yerkebulan Daiyrov, Batyrkhan Abayevich Malikov, Anastasia Marusenko, Prince Oak Oakleyski
Votes: 39
8. Myn Bala: Warriors of the Steppe (2012)
Not Rated | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A universal story about the freedom of the human spirit and the struggle against slavery and despotism, about love, loss and betrayal. It is seen through the eyes of simple Kazakh kids and teenagers.
Director: Akan Satayev | Stars: Asylkhan Tolypov, Ayan Utepbergen, Kuralai Anabekova, Tlektes Meiramov
Votes: 921
9. Kazakh Khanate: Diamond Sword (2016)
133 min | Action, Drama, History
Diamond Sword is a large-scale historical drama of first Kazakh Khans, which BBC called "Kazakh Game Of Thrones". The action takes place in the XV century, and the plot demonstrates the key... See full summary »
Director: Rustem Abdrashev | Stars: Kairat Kemalov, Yerkebulan Daiyrov, Doskhan Zholzhaksynov, Isbek Abilmazhinov
Votes: 828
10. Shynyraw (2018) (2018)
Drama
Shynyraw tells a story of the complex relationship between a father and a son. Ensep is a well digger. Completely immersed in his work, he neglects spending time with his young son, Zhomart, who is going through a personal drama.
Director: Zhanabek Zhetiruov | Stars: Aldabek Shalbayev, Asylkhan Tolypov, Aizhan Zhetiru
Votes: 34
11. The Liquidator (2011)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Thriller
A highly skilled bodyguard avenging his brother's untimely death uncovers a ring of corruption extending to the highest levels of society and government.
Director: Akan Satayev | Stars: Berik Aytzhanov, Vinnie Jones, Aziz Beyshenaliev, Karlygash Mukhamedzhanova
Votes: 512
12. AKYN (Poet) (2021)
105 min | Drama
Didar is an unrecognized poet who contemplates a rebellious 19th-century poet, executed by the authorities.
Director: Darezhan Omirbayev | Stars: Aida Abdurakhman, Klara Kabylgazina, Yerdos Kanaev, Gulmira Khasanova
Votes: 18
13. Ya ne vernus (2014)
110 min | Drama
A young woman who grew up in orphanage is longing to be loved, but does not have it in her to love others. Her teenage looks help her while falsely accused of committing a crime to hide in ... See full summary »
Directors: Ilmar Raag, Dmitry Sheleg | Stars: Polina Pushkaruk, Vika Lobachova, Andrey Astrakhantsev, Sergey Yatsenyuk
Votes: 939
14. Sunflower (III) (2021)
Drama
Director: Elya Gilman | Stars: Yerkebulan Daiyrov, Kirill Käro, Sloboda Micalovic, Rashid Musin
15. Yellow Cat (2020)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Ex-con Kermek and his beloved Eva want to leave their crime-infested lives on the Kazakh steppes behind. He has a dream: building a movie theater in the mountains.
Director: Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Stars: Azamat Nigmanov, Kamila Nugmanova, Sanjar Madi, Yerzhan Zhamankulov
Votes: 484
16. Begletsy (2014)
95 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
An escaped convict and his band of fugitives fight for freedom in this adventure saga. Led by revolutionary Pavel Nechaev, a group of escaped convicts band together to brave the woods of ... See full summary »
Director: Rustam Mosafir | Stars: Kirill Anisimov, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Pyotr Fyodorov, Valeriy Grishko
Votes: 74
17. Ulzhan (2007)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
Somewhere in the endless steppes of Central Asia lies a treasure. One man holds the key to it, a fragment of an ancient map. But in his restless quest, Charles isn't looking for fame or ... See full summary »
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Philippe Torreton, Ayanat Ksenbai, David Bennent, Maximilien Muller
Votes: 636
18. Schizo (2004)
86 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Shiza is the nickname of a 15-year-old boy. Money, power, and women - he has none of these, yet, in his young life. But, he does have the illegal, underground circuit of bare-knuckle ... See full summary »
Director: Gulshat Omarova | Stars: Oldzhas Nusupbayev, Olga Landina, Eduard Tabishev, Viktor Sukhorukov
Votes: 1,025 | Gross: $0.05M
19. Harmony Lessons (2013)
120 min | Drama
Lonely Kazakh teenager Aslan is bullied at his new school. He prepares himself for a bloody revenge on the school bully Bolat.
Director: Emir Baigazin | Stars: Timur Aidarbekov, Aslan Anarbayev, Mukhtar Andassov, Anelya Adilbekova
Votes: 938
20. Waiting for the Sea (2012)
109 min | Fantasy
After a prison-stay captain Marat returns to his hometown to get back in the sea, when it turns out that the water has gone and his boat lays in the desert. Marat's plan is to bring his boat to where the water is.
Director: Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov | Stars: Egor Beroev, Anastasiya Mikulchina, Detlev Buck, Dinmukhamet Akhimov
Votes: 86
21. The End of the Ataman (1971)
Not Rated | 146 min | Drama
The film is about the historical events that happened in Kazakhstan in 1920 - an operation to liquidate the White Guard troops of Ataman Dutov.
Director: Shaken Ajmanov | Stars: Asanali Ashimov, Viktor Avdyushko, Gennadi Yudin, Yuriy Sarantsev
Votes: 73
22. The Gift to Stalin (2008)
97 min | Drama
A Jewish child deported to Kazakhstan is saved and adopted by Kasym, an old Kazakh railway-man. Kasym gives him a Kazakh name, Sabyr, that in Kazakh language means humble. The child grows ... See full summary »
Director: Rustem Abdrashev | Stars: Nurzhuman Ikhtymbaev, Bakhtiar Khoja, Yekaterina Rednikova, Dalen Shintemirov
Votes: 268
23. The Composer (2019)
104 min | Drama
The film follows the true life story of one of China's greatest composers, Xian Xinghai. The start of the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany in 1941 made it difficult ... See full summary »
Director: Xierzhati Yahefu | Stars: Jun Hu, Berik Aytzhanov, Aruzhan Jazilbekova, Xue Ju
Votes: 50
24. The River (2018)
108 min | Drama
A portrait of five brothers living on a farm on the Kazakh plains, where the sudden intrusion of the modern world brings corruption, temptation and deceit.
Director: Emir Baigazin | Stars: Zhalgas Klanov, Zhasulan Userbayev, Ruslan Userbayev, Bagdaulet Sagindikov
Votes: 173
25. Kelin (2009)
82 min | Drama, History
A woman is led by her family to her new husband's home, to live with, presumably, his elderly mother and younger brother. Despite being forced into the marriage, she discovers that he is ... See full summary »
Director: Ermek Tursynov | Stars: Gulsharat Zhubyeva, Turakhan Sadykova, Erzhan Nurymbet, Kuandyk Kystykbaev
Votes: 385
26. The Fierce One (1974)
97 min | Drama
On the Kazakh steppe during the days of the Revolution a young boy raises a wolf cub.
Director: Tolomush Okeev | Stars: Kambar Valiyev, Suymenkul Chokmorov, Aliman Zhankorozova, Kargynbai Satayev
Votes: 121
27. Cardiogram (1995)
75 min | Drama
Jasulan suffers from heart disease. To treat him, his mother took him to Alma-Ata, the capital of Kazkahstan. The child discovers the big city. Here everyone speaks Russian and soon Jasulan will face exclusion in his own country.
Director: Darezhan Omirbayev | Stars: Baurzhan Akhmetov, Zhasulan Asauov, Asil Badayev, Almas Bekgullayev
Votes: 155
28. The Road to Mother (2016)
130 min | Drama, History, War
The story of several generations of a Kazakh family from the 1930s to the present time, the film traces the most momentous events in the history of Kazakhstan through war, separation and the determination of the clan to remain united.
Director: Akan Satayev | Stars: Bolat Abdilmanov, Adil Akhmetov, Berik Aytzhanov, Aruzhan Jazilbekova
Votes: 85
29. The Needle Remix (2010)
87 min | Drama, Thriller
Moro returns to his native Alma-Ata for the money debt of the swindler Spartak and stays with his girlfriend, whom he parted for a long time. Old love has returned, but Dina surprises him with her strange behavior.
Director: Rashid Nugmanov | Stars: Viktor Tsoy, Aleksandr Bashirov, Pyotr Mamonov, Marina Smirnova
Votes: 194
30. Joker (I) (2013)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Thriller
A man avenges his brothers' death with the help of an otherworldly monk who teaches him the skills to destroy his enemies. What could cause the heavens to issue a license to kill?
Director: Talgad Zhanibekov | Stars: Denis Lituyev, Erbolat Toguzakov, Aisulu Azimbayeva, Sazhidat Kadiyeva
Votes: 18
31. Wild Pigeon (1986)
100 min | Drama
In 1946 Kazakhstan, breeding pigeons is one of the ways to escape from the grim post-war reality. When a fine white pigeon appears in the small town, teenager Ivan goes to great lengths to get it.
Director: Sergey Solovyov | Stars: Vyacheslav Ilyushchenko, Liubomiras Laucevicius, Sultan Banov, Vladimir Steklov
Votes: 170
32. Amanat (2016)
127 min | Drama
This film follows three distinct story lines depicting unfortunate fates of Kazakh patriots who refused to be subjugated by the colonial policy of Tsarist Russia and later by that of the Soviet totalitarian system.
Director: Satybaldy Narymbetov | Stars: Dulyga Akmolda, Kuralai Anabekova, Berik Aytzhanov, Aziz Beyshenaliev
Votes: 20
33. The Horse Thieves. Roads of Time (2019)
84 min | Drama
One morning, a man who loves his family very much goes to a town market to sell his horse with the other villagers. After exchanging affectionate glances with his wife, and leaving his 10-... See full summary »
Directors: Yerlan Nurmukhambetov, Lisa Takeba | Stars: Dulyga Akmolda, Madi Minaidarov, Mirai Moriyama, Adiya Mussina
Votes: 67
34. Kyz-Zhibek (1972)
143 min | Drama, History, Romance
Kyz-Zhibek decides to commit suicide after she hears that her lover has been killed in a duel.
Director: Sultan Khodzhikov | Stars: Meruert Utekesheva, Kuman Tastanbekov, Asanali Ashimov, Anvar Moldabekov
Votes: 20
35. Molitva Leyly (2002)
149 min | Drama
Director: Satybaldy Narymbetov | Stars: Dulyga Akmolda, Natalya Arinbasarova, Ayanat Ksenbai, Baadur Tsuladze
Votes: 17
36. The Wounded Angel (2016)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
In a godforsaken Kazakh village four adolescent teenagers try to find their place in the world.
Director: Emir Baigazin | Stars: Omar Adilov, Timur Aidarbekov, Madiyar Aripbay, Anzara Barlykova
Votes: 270
37. Baksy (2008)
87 min | Drama, Fantasy
Aidai the baksy, or witch doctor, lives in the mountains and helps people. She uses mysterious actions to cure the sick and to give infertile couples children. As capitalist forces begin to... See full summary »
Director: Gulshat Omarova | Stars: Neisipkul Omarbekova, Farkhad Amankulov, Almat Ayanov, Tolepbergen Baisakalov
Votes: 226
38. Student (2012)
90 min | Drama
A roughly faithful adaptation of Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment," set in Almaty by Kazakh filmmaker Darezhan Omirbayev A stark, Bressonian tale of a young man who commits an almost random act of murder.
Director: Darezhan Omirbayev | Stars: Ermek Ahmetov, Erkebulan Almanov, Amangeldy Aytaly, Nurlan Bajtasov
Votes: 207
39. La voix des steppes (2014)
93 min | Drama, Music, Mystery
A little boy Anatole lives in 1960s in the steppe in Kazakhstan with his parents-archaeologists. One day he witnesses the accidental death of his brother, this drama traumatizes the boy so ... See full summary »
Directors: Gérard Depardieu, Yermek Shinarbayev | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Berik Aytzhanov, Natalie Dessay
Votes: 21
40. Tale of a Pink Bunny (2010)
106 min | Drama
Director: Farkhat Sharipov | Stars: Anuar Nurpeisov, Maxim Akbarov, Sanjar Madi, Karlygash Mukhamedzhanova
Votes: 182
41. Trans-Siberian Express (1977 TV Movie)
93 min | Action, Drama
An espionage thriller set aboard the train of the title. A group of agents try to thwart the Japanese-Soviet trade agreement by assassinating a Japanese businessman.
Director: Eldor Urazbaev | Stars: Asanali Ashimov, Nonna Terentyeva, Oleg Tabakov, Man Don Uk
Votes: 96
42. My Name Is Kozha (1964)
86 min | Comedy
The film tells the story of a 12-year-old Kazakh boy named Kozha, inquisitive and kind, with an open and decisive character, constantly falling into different, sometimes innocent, and sometimes bad stories.
Director: Abdulla Karsakbayev | Stars: M. Kokenov, Kenenbai Kozhabekov, Makil Kulanbayev, G. Kurabayeva
Votes: 51
43. My Sinful Angel (2012)
Romance
The hardships encountered by Aisha, a young Kazakh singer, whose dream is to sing in Paris.
Director: Talgat Temenov | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Talgat Temenov
Votes: 15
44. Vyyti iz lesa na polyanu (1987)
99 min | Drama
Two men wander a Kazakh forest in search of mushrooms, whilst reflecting on their philosophies and memories.
Director: Yermek Shinarbayev | Stars: Aleksey Zharkov, Nikolay Grinko, Valentina Te, Gulzhamal Batyrgaliyeva
45. Kairat (1992)
72 min | Drama
Living in Almaty, Kazakhstan, a young man is preparing to become a bus conductor. One day, in between wandering the city streets, and going to the movies, he makes the acquaintance of a female student.
Director: Darezhan Omirbayev | Stars: Talgat Assetov, Samat Beysenbin, Baljan Bisembekova, Indira Jeksembaeva
Votes: 286
46. Seker (2009)
72 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Based on the life experience of the director's mother, who, by an unexpected but not so rare turn of events, was brought up as a son by a father who wanted his first child to be a boy as ... See full summary »
Director: Sabit Kurmanbekov | Stars: Ayaulyim Ahmetbekova, Irina Grineva, Nurzhuman Ikhtymbaev, Bolat Kalymbetov
Votes: 14
47. The Story of a Young Accordionist (1994)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Satybaldy Narymbetov | Stars: Raikhan Aitkozhanova, Bakhitzhan Alpeisov, Sovetbek Dzhumadylov, Petya Khaitovich
Votes: 17
48. Ironiya lyubvi (2010)
82 min | Comedy
Director: Aleksandr Chernyaev | Stars: Aleksey Chadov, Asel Sagatova, Yerik Zholzhaksynov, Irina Rozanova
Votes: 297
49. Gamlet iz Suzaka, ili Mamaya Kero (1990)
90 min | Drama
Director: Satybaldy Narymbetov | Stars: Sovetbek Dzhumadylov, Rano Kubaeva, Alma Turganbayeva, Ashir Chokubayev
Votes: 11
50. Angel wearing tubeteika (1969)
97 min | Musical
Taylak is a kind teacher of geography. People call him "Angel in a tubeteika, a traditional Central Asian skull cap," for his kind caring personality and also because he never parts with ... See full summary »
Director: Shaken Ajmanov | Stars: Amina Umurzakova, Murat Akhmadiev, K. Akhtayev, Dana Altaybayeva
Votes: 16