Uzbek is spoken in Russia, People's Republic of China, Turkey, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan and 45 movies (between 1924 and 2023) with this language have been recorded so far. Most of these movies were shot in Uzbekistan (27). Popular genres for Uzbek movies are Drama (22), Comedy (9) and Documentary (6). Bo Ba Bu (1998), Road Under the Skies (2006), Echogram (2003), Aral, Fishing in an Invisible Sea (2004) and Osmondagi bolalar 2 (2023) are among the best known & most successful Uzbek movies.
Rustam is a handsome and rich young man. In the afternoon he leads his company, and at night he goes to clubs and parties, where he always gets a good drink and a lot of girls. He likes this way of life until he meets Sogdiana, an attractive dancer who was adopted as a child by a former prisoner. Sogdiana loves her stepfather and says that she will never leave him. Between Rustam and Sogdiana, passion flares up, and they decide to marry. But this does not interfere with the family of a rich guy, and the stepfather of Sogdiana is an alcoholic with disabilities. Rustam's desire to be so strong with Sogdiana that he decides to kill, stepfather Sogdiana.
Tengiz marries Madiyar, an only child, and is forced to conceive within a month of their marriage. At her mother-in-law’s insistence, she hops on a train to go to the hospital and visit her parents along the way. There she learns that the train vendor Anargul and Madiyar may be having an affair.
The Aral “Sea” powerfully reveals the deadly impact of human activities—in this case, the intensive cultivation of cotton in the USSR—on an ecosystem. Daniel Asadi Faezi (The Absence of Apricots, VdR 2018) and Mila Zhluktenko (Find Fix Finish, VdR 2017) film the shore’s last inhabitants, who have lost their way of life to the desertification of their environment. A beautiful and poignant work about our probable future.
Iskander, a gentle Uzbek man, is convinced by a Russian friend to give an impromptu speech praising the Communist Revolution. Impressed by his eloquence, the Soviets make Iskander a spokesman - a precarious position in a turbulent time.
The story of the desire, love and harmony of a young man dreaming of becoming a pilot.
Islam and terrorism have nothing in common. The lack of purpose in life encourages young people to join the radicals. The main goal of the film is to show the audience the reverse side of the romanticized life of ISIS fighters.
In Uzbekistan, the government has started its own war on terror. A war that – like so many others – is waged for political reasons, which rarely have anything to do with reality. As a result, thousands of Muslims are imprisoned on false charges of conspiring to commit terrorist crimes. One of them is the human rights activist Dilya's brother Iskandar, who has been imprisoned in the notorious Jaslyk prison in a barren desert since 2002 – an inhumane place of which there are no images. Today, she lives in exile in Sweden because of the threats and harassment, but Dilya continues to fight the case of her brother and other prisoners with the help of Amnesty International.
Alisher and Dildora are in love in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. Soon they are married and even sooner they have a baby on the way. At just 18, the smitten couple had considered only romance, but now Alisher finds himself struggling to provide for his young family in the harsh economic climate of Osh. The only option left for Alisher, like so many of his generation, is to leave his new bride to try to make it big in Moscow. While the earnest love between the newlyweds has a sweetness stronger than their 3,500 mile divide, their relationship is now beset by challenges more dire than distance alone.
About how a resident of one village suddenly found a bomb in his yard. The excited inhabitants of the village at first long determine what it is, and then what to do with it.
Kamil’s peaceful life with his three wives in the remote region of Turkestan is disrupted when the fourth wife arrives. Changes simultaneously rush at a family that seem far from a historical upheaval that destroys long-standing family traditions.
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A story about two brothers - Bakhrom and Umid. Older brother Bakhrom is ready to give his life for his younger brother. After the death of his parents, caring for his younger brother fell on his shoulders. He cooks for him, wakes him up to the university and pays for his studies. You can only dream of such a caring brother. Bakhrom himself is not married, he lives with his younger brother in the same apartment. He is famous as the best auto mechanic, has his own auto repair shop. Umid dreams of introducing his older brother to his teacher, whose name is Nazira. She is beautiful and clever, and also young. Once he still manages to introduce Bakhrom and Nazora. For their short meeting Nazora manages to please Bakhrom. However, the whole idyll is spoiled by an acquaintance with a strange guy, whom Bakhrom helped to fix the car.
Another Uzbek fantasy epic.
Uzbek historical epic about Mongol tyranny in Uzbekistan.
A documentary film about the three remaining generations of fishermen in the Aral Sea-- Their everyday struggle to survive in one of the most dire and inhospitable places on the planet.
A Romeo & Juliet-esque tale set in Uzbekistan.
A young doctor serving cotton growers goes to the city. On the highway, when trying to overtake a motorcade, the traffic police stops the car. The events that take place next are an accurate and witty model of a life permeated through and through with absurd relationships, ridiculous demands and inexplicable prohibitions...
The 'super kelinchak' has found her place as a wife and mother yet is as feisty as the mother-in-law who taught her how to become the perfect daughter-in- law...
Rustam is a Soviet soldier from Uzbekistan who has been drafted for the Afghanistan war. In the war, he experiences the harsh reality of being unable to categorize the friendly and enemy forces into good and evil.
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A boy and a girl fall in love. Immersed in the euphoria of their emotions, they forget about customs and traditions. While the boy can walk away from his responsibilities, the girl pays the price of being the subject of malicious gossip and of mothering an unwanted child.
The movie tells the story of two filmmakers seeking talented people for acting in a musical entitled Maftuningman (Delighted by You). One of the filmmakers travels to different parts of the Uzbek SSR in search of potential actors. Wherever he goes he meets exceptionally talented people and hears about other gifted people in different parts of the country. The actors for the movie were in fact chosen in this way from different parts of Uzbekistan.
According to a central Asian tradition, the younger brother is responsible for the wife of his brother in his absence. So 13-year-old Jamshed is too. Lack of work made his brother leave for the West to earn money. Jamshed does what he should do, even though he dreams of things that boys of his age much prefer to do. He regards his sister-in-law and his duty to her as a burden.