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Movies: Best Movies in Kirghiz(Кыргыз тили)

Kyrgyz is a Turkic language of the Kipchak branch spoken in Central Asia. Kyrgyz is the official language of Kyrgyzstan and a significant minority language in the Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, China and in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan. There is a very high level of mutual intelligibility between Kyrgyz, Kazakh, and Altay. A dialect of Kyrgyz known as Pamiri Kyrgyz is spoken in north-eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan. Kyrgyz is also spoken by many ethnic Kyrgyz through the former Soviet Union, Afghanistan, Turkey, parts of northern Pakistan, and Russia. Kyrgyz was originally written in Göktürk script, gradually replaced by the Perso-Arabic alphabet (in use until 1928 in the USSR, still in use in China). Between 1928 and 1940 a Latin-script alphabet, the Uniform Turkic Alphabet, was used. In 1940, Soviet authorities replaced the Latin script with the Cyrillic alphabet for all Turkic languages on its territory. When Kyrgyzstan became independent following the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991, a plan to adopt the Latin alphabet became popular. Although the plan has not been implemented, it remains in occasional discussion. ()

Kirghiz is spoken in People's Republic of China, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan and 47 movies (between 1965 and 2024) with this language have been recorded so far. Most of these movies were shot in Kyrgyzstan (39). Popular genres for Kirghiz movies are Drama (34), Documentary (5) and Action (2). Call of God (2022), Sanzhyra (2001), Running to the Sky (2019), The Song of the Tree (2018) and Sol (2011) are among the best known & most successful Kirghiz movies.

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Beyish(2024)

Drama

The story of 35-year-old Adil, a special person whose mental development remained at the level of an 8-year-old child. Adil lives in a small village with his 75-year-old mother, Raikhan Apa, who always tells Adil that the Almighty loves him in a special way, and therefore he will go straight to Heaven. But Adil doesn't want to go to Paradise without his mother. One day he learns from another 8-year-old boy that if he takes his mother on foot to the holy city of Mecca, then his mother can go to Heaven.

The Song of the Tree(2018)

1h 33min | Action, Drama, Music
2.4/5 (with 2 votes)

Esen, a young man who has been expelled from his village, escapes with the daughter of one of the most powerful men in the village. Whilst being pursued, he is forced to fight for her hand in a battle that results in the destruction of a sacred totem tree. This puts the whole village in jeopardy, and it is up to Esen to redeem himself and save them all.

Sol(2011)

45min

There are revolutions and disorder in the country. However, an old man doesn't leave his motherland as many others and continues his lonely life.

A Father's Will(2016)

1h 52min | Drama

After living as an immigrant in the USA for 15 years, Azat flies to Kyrgyzstan to his family village. His father, Murat, died in the USA a year ago. It was his dying wish to pay back the money he owed to the villagers. Azat discovers the family home derelict. Choro, the younger brother of Murat, and their relations left a long time ago. Despite most villagers not liking him. One day, Choro, who was imprisoned because of Murat, arrives and the most important question about Murat's will is decided.

Directed by Bakyt Mukul, Dastan Zhapar Uulu

Saratan(2005)

1h 24min
3.2/5 (with 2 votes)

Episodic portrait of the absurdities of Kyrgyz village life in the summer.

Men without Women(1981)

1h 19min

A team of rescue workers do what they can in the desperate situation left by an earthquake in the Kyrgyz mountains.

Directed by Algimantas Vidugiris

Heavenly Nomadic(2015)

1h 21min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 3 votes)

A family of nomads lives in the remote high mountains of Kyrgyzstan...

Directed by Mirlan Abdykalykov

Golden Autumn(1980)

1h 23min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Directed by Tolomush Okeyev.

The Devil's Bridge(1997)

10min | Documentary

Life in a Kyrgyz aul (village) in the mountains connected to the rest of the world by a cable bridge, and the teenage boys who are constructing the rope of the bridge. A rope bridge which the locals call “The devil’s bridge” forms part of each and every event which takes place in a small village lost in the mountains of the Kyrgyz Republic. A platform driven by a huge winch which they have to pull with their own strength to cross the torrent is their only link with the outside world. But the director of the documentary wondered something else: “Does this bridge unite or does it actually separate?” Through the mist and over the thrashing waters, the inhabitants of the area glide along their ropes. A film, in the director’s own words, about ordinary people who live in an extraordinary place.

Jayuk(1998)

20min | Documentary

A 20-minute documentary film about the Kyrgyz people living by the Narym River.

Pure Coolness(2007)

1h 39min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Pure Coolness (Kyrgyz: Boz Salkyn) is a 2007 film by Kyrgyz director Ernest Abdyjaparov. Asema, a Kyrgyz city girl wisiting her boyfriends family in the countryside, is mistaken for a villager and accidentally kidnapped by Sagyn, a young shepard who was too shy to ask the young girl for marriage.

Directed by Ernest Abdyzhaparov

Bitter Berry(1975)

1h 5min | Drama

Adolescent love troubles set in a beautiful Uzbek mountainside.

Directed by Kamara Kamalova
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The Manas(1965)

20min | Documentary
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Portrait of Saiakbai Karalaev, one of the last bards of the "manas," a Kyrgyz national epic.

Running to the Sky(2019)

1h 24min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Twelve-year-old Jekshen, an exceptional runner, lives in a beautiful mountain village in Kyrgyzstan. His parents are divorced, and life with his alcoholic father is difficult. Lonely Jekshen only has his girlfriend from school and his father’s friends for support. They encourage him to take part in a big race—a race that could change his life for the better.

Directed by Mirlan Abdykalykov

Queen of the Mountains(2014)

PG-13
| 2h 15min | Drama, Action
1.9/5 (with 1 vote)

At a time when most females in Asia possess little or no power over their lives, headstrong Kurmanjan Datka defies her family's authority -- and ultimately becomes the ruler of her native Kyrgyzstan region.

Directed by Sadyk Sher-Niyaz

The Swing(1993)

48min | Drama
1.8/5 (with 1 vote)

The second film by Kyrgyzstani director Aktan Arym Kubat (then credited by his Russian name Aktan Abdykalykov), it is the first of his autobiographical Kurak ("Quilt") Trilogy, followed by Beshkempir (The Adopted Son, 1998) and The Chimp (2001). Идиллия детства, радости, игры разрушается с возвращением в маленькое горное село моряка. В прекрасный мир девушки, мальчика и юродивого врывается великолепная морская форма с клешами и бескозыркой, и волшебная морская ракушка - источник всех их будущих бед.

Seide(2015)

13min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)

Young Seide lives in a secluded mountain village in the heart of Kyrgyzstan. She loves her freedom to ride her horse, the closest soul she has, and enjoys playing with the village boys. When she is faced with the prospect of an arranged marriage, her family decides to honor the tradition and kill Seide’s horse for the wedding celebration. Upset and feeling voiceless, Seide tries to understand her family’s decision but cannot let her horse be killed. Unfortunately, the horse, like herself, has nowhere to go.

The Empty Home(2012)

1h 38min | Drama

Ascel longs to escape her village in Kyrgyzstan and dreams of going to Moscow. The big city indeed tests her survival skills.

Directed by Nurbek Egen

The Fierce One(1973)

1h 37min | Drama
2.8/5 (with 3 votes)

A boy raises a wolf cub, but when released into the wild, it returns to attack him.

Directed by Tolomush Okeyev

Sanzhyra(2001)

15min | Drama

Lyrical tragicomedy. The eyes of the young hero, who will go through the rite of circumcision, shows the life of a Kyrgyz village on a holiday day.

Tengri: Blue Heavens(2008)

1h 36min | Drama
2.7/5 (with 2 votes)

- No description / details available yet. -

Directed by Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville

Salam, New York!(2013)

2h 7min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love

- No description / details available yet. -

Directed by Ruslan Akun

Aurora(2018)

1h 41min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Central Asia. A sanatorium called Aurora, is located at the shores of the high mountainous lake Issyk-Kul and the action of the film is taking place in this sanatorium. All happens in one day. The sanatorium serves as a mirror of the whole country, which is a kind of health resort for its population, with its beautiful nature. Sudden break of the balance between time and space leads to the start of the mechanism of fatal processes.

Directed by Bekzat Pirmatov

Suleiman Mountain(2017)

1h 41min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 3 votes)

After his long-lost son is suddenly thrust back into his life, a charismatic con artist takes to the road with his two wives, swindling everyone they encounter along their path.

The Move(2014)

2h 58min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

In the village, in a small house by the river, an old man lives with his granddaughter. They live a simple life in harmony with the extensive nature. One day, the man’s daughter, living in the city and doing everything in order to survive in an hostile social environment, comes home and asks him to sell a house and move to live with her in the city.

Directed by Marat Sarulu

The Light Thief(2011)

1h 20min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 6 votes)

The main hero of the film is an electrician with a far greater effect on the people around him than his job defines. He is the last link in a huge energetic system and he becomes the binding bridge between the geopolitical problems of post-soviet space and the common people. The economic devastation of the country had an enormous impact on the industrial workers and yet despite the upheaval, these people did not seize to love and suffer, to have and be friends and to enjoy their lives. In particular our resilient electrician, who possesses a wonderful and open heart. He not only brings electric light (which is often out) to the lives of the inhabitants of this small city, but he also spreads the light of love, loyalty, life and mainly laughter.

Directed by Aktan Abdykalykov - With Aktan Abdykalykov

The Chimp(2001)

1h 30min | Drama
2.7/5 (with 4 votes)

The Chimp is the nickname of a teenage boy (with large ears) who lives in the small town of Balyktchy, Kirghizstan, a former part of the USSR in central Asia. His family is being torn apart by his dad's alcoholism, his emotions are being torn as he sees his friends pair off into couples, and his job working on the railtracks is uninspiring.

Directed by Aktan Abdykalykov - With Mirlan Abdykalykov, Sergey Golovkin, Jylkychy Jakypov, Aleksandra Mitrokhina

The Adopted Son(1998)

1h 21min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)

In a Kyrgyz village, five older women adopt an infant foundling. Jump ahead about 12 years: the boy, Beshkempir, is entering puberty, the age, his granny says, when life goes berserk. He plays with friends, horsing around, sniggering about sex, going to an outdoor movie. He works, fishing and making bricks of mud. And, he's starting to notice girls. He and his best friend fight, and he learns to his consternation that he's a foundling. A death in the family pushes Beshkempir even faster toward adult roles: he must brush tears from his eyes, lead a funeral procession, and reconcile with his friend. Then, he borrows a bicycle and calls on Aynura: courtship begins.

Directed by Aktan Abdykalykov

Night Accident(2017)

1h 35min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Based on a story from Talip Ibraimov’s collection „The Old man and the Angel“. Angels can be heralds of positive or negative messages. „Night Accident“ has two main characters: the old man (Akolbek Abdõkalõkov) and the girl (Dina Jakob). The old man is alone, humiliated and despised. He is on his way to kill the man, who broke up his family and destroyed his life, but has an accident – he hits a girl. The old man takes her home and starts to treat her wounds.

Directed by Temir Birnazarov

Harvest Moon(2018)

1h 10min | Documentary
2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Each September, Bolot Tagaev and his family practice a centuries old tradition, harvesting walnuts in one of the oldest walnut forests in Kyrgyzstan. Over the course of a single season, director Zaheed Mawani gracefully captures delicate sequences such as a child interacting with a snake, or sacks of walnuts being laid gently across an attic bed. Stories attached to the forest are told and retold over the fire at night, adding a mythic dimension.

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