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- DirectorTareque MasudStarsNurul Islam BabluRussell FaraziJayanto ChattopadhyayA family must come to grips with its culture, its faith, and the brutal political changes entering its small-town world.
- DirectorCatherine MasudTareque MasudStarsMahmudur Rahman BenuShaheen SamadZiauddin Tariq AliDuring the Liberation War of Bangladsh in 1971, a cultural troupe, named 'Bangladesh Mukti Shangrami Shilpi Shangstha' ('Association of Liberation Fighters (Artists) of Bagladesh') used to travel to refugee camps and different places in liberated areas (also known as 'Mukta Anchal'). They performed patriotic songs, arranged puppet shows and staged dramas to inspire the freedom fighters and lift the spirit of war affected people. Muktir Gaan (1995), 25 years in the making, Tareque Masud and Catherine Masud used original footage shot by American film-maker Lear Levin, as well as other archival footage collected from United Kingdom and India.
- DirectorSuchandaStarsRiazSharmin Zoha ShosheeA.T.M. ShamsuzzamanSets around some rural people and their village dealing with their lifestyle, struggle of survival, religion, marriage, relations, death and this ongoing process.
- DirectorKamaleswar MukherjeeStarsDevGérard RudolfMartin Cito OttoFaced with the prospect of a dim future in his impoverished village, young Shankar bids farewell to his family in rural Bengal and makes a journey to the fabled "Mountain Of The Moon" in search of gold and diamond mines.
- DirectorMatin RahmanStarsRiazIpshita Shabnam SrabontiAbdul KaderThe story revolves around different comical events regarding telephonic conversation. Athoi (Shrabanti), a young girl loves to dial wrong numbers and through such an incident, gets involved with a boy Abir (Riaz). The story advances through a series of humorous events.
- DirectorMorshedul IslamStarsChowdhury Zawata AfnanAshraful TusharRayan Ibtesham ChowdhuryAmar Bondhu Rashed, a fictional story based on the Liberation War of Bangladesh and written by the popular children's literature Dr Mohammad Jafar Iqbal
- DirectorMostofa Sarwar FarookiStarsFerdous AhmedJaya AhsanMoutushi BiswasIntertwined story of a bunch of bachelor friends living together and their romance complications. Sathi (Aupee Karim) does not believe in love, however, maintains "just friends" relationships with both Fahim (Ferdous Ahmed) and Rumel (Ahmed Rubel). This in turn initiates an ego clash between these two men. Hasan (Hasan Masood) is a forty plus single guy who is attracted to his much younger classmate, Shaila (Jaya Ahsan), but cannot express his feelings for her. Abrar (Humayun Faridi) is in his late fifties and is desperately looking for love. Some goes to great extent to get the love of their life and some find themselves as a part of a circle.
- DirectorMd. Hafizur RahmanGiasuddin SelimStarsChanchal ChowdhuryFarhana MiliShirin AlamA housemaid is killed by a local landlord's son. His servant takes the blame for the murder, to save the landlord's mentally ill son and is marooned in an island named Monpura. There the servant comes across a fisherman's daughter.
- DirectorTauquir AhmedStarsBipasha HayatAzizul HakimMahfuz AhmedIt's a story of boat journey of Bangladesh in 1971 of helpless people was going towards the safe border.Pakistan military had unleashed genocide in the country. Heroic sons of the soil started a war of liberation.
- DirectorMostofa Sarwar FarookiStarsShahir Huda RumiChanchal ChowdhuryNusrat Imrose TishaAs a leader of the local community, Chairman Amin bans every kind of image in his water-locked village in rural Bangladesh. He even goes on to claim that imagination is also sinful since it gives one the license to infiltrate into any prohibited territory. But change is a desperate wind that is difficult to resist by shutting the window. The tension between this traditional window and modern wind grows to such an extent that it starts to leave a ripple effect on the lives of a group of typically colorful, eccentric, and emotional people living in that village. But at the very end of the film, Television, which he hated so much, comes to the rescue and helps Chairman Amin reach a transcendental state where he and his God are unified. A new twist to the story makes him embrace IMAGE and IMAGINATION
- DirectorHumayun AhmedStarsMamunTariq Anam KhanMunmun AhmedStory of a teenage boy who is hired by a colonial era landlord to entertain him until the annual flood is over.
- DirectorMostofa Sarwar FarookiStarsZahid HasanShahiduzzaman SelimTariq Anam KhanAn apparently passive young man, Khorshed (Zahid Hasan), comes to Dhaka from a rural area looking for a job and a better life. He gets to stay with an uncle (Ahsanul Haq Minu) who literally robs him off every penny he has. A beautiful, flirtatious married woman next door (Rosey Siddiqui) is like a breath of fresh air in this hellhole. Khorshed is soon seen walking into a government bungalow, threatening an unsuspecting DC (Tariq Anam Khan) of Ratanpur and his PA (Shahiduzzaman Selim) that he is armed with a bomb (in a briefcase) and is not afraid to detonate it. Holding the government officials at gunpoint, he asks them to call up influential individuals of the region, including the SP (Masud Ali Khan) and ASP (Hasan Masood), leader of a youth organisation (Marzuk Russell), a leading cultural activist (Fazlur Rahman Babu), political leaders belonging to rival parties (Jayanto Chattopadhyay and Saleh Ahmed) and educationists (Amirul Haque Chowdhury and Tania Ahmed). After they all arrive, thinking they have been called upon to attend an urgent meeting with the DC, Khorshed makes his intentions clear. He reads out an eight-point demand and wants the parliament to pass new legislation to put an end to corruption.
- DirectorSalahuddin LavluStarsRiazMousumiShabnurThe charming story of the film is picked up from village life of our country. The mischief of the so-called 'Molla' who has no knowledge except fanatic sentiments perturbed all. His home is the seat of an oppressive regime.
- DirectorMorshedul IslamStarsArun SahaShubashishBulbul AhmedAn adventure story for young boys.
- DirectorTauquir AhmedStarsRiazZakia Bari MomoMosharraf KarimStory of some university friend's personal life and their ultimate goal to go on a study tour to a coral beach named 'Saint Martin'.
- DirectorMousumiStarsMousumiFerdous AhmedRazzakNodi and Srabon love each other. They face many hurdles as their relationship advances.
- DirectorSwapan SahaStarsPrasenjit ChatterjeeRituparna SenguptaRazzakAn old man is forced to do work by his unfaithful son.
- DirectorHumayun AhmedStarsMeher Afroz ShaonMuktiZahid HasanThe second movie directed by Humayun Ahmed. A village drama interweave around a charming girl, a folk singer, his love interest and the local aristocratic family's involvement, the movie provide with some beautiful songs.
- DirectorHumayun AhmedStarsMeher Afroz ShaonRiazSwadhin KhosruTwelve people are passengers on board.The boatmen are taking them to safety, far away from the fierce clutches of war. All the people on board are devastated by the horrors of war. As the story advances, different events unravel.
- DirectorAmitabh Reza ChowdhuryStarsChanchal ChowdhuryMasuma Rahman NabilaPartha BaruaA struggling actor becomes a professional impostor, hired to impersonate people for financial gain, but as he delves deeper into his work he becomes embroiled in trouble that threatens to unravel his life.
- DirectorAnam BiswasStarsJaya AhsanChanchal ChowdhuryIresh ZakerA story following the life of Ranu (Joya Ahsan) and her paranormal powers. She goes to psychiatrist Misir Ali (Chanchal Chowdhury) to find an answer to all her questions.
- DirectorMeher Afroz ShaonStarsRiazMahiya MahiAzad Abul KalamStory of two starcrossed lovers who are not destined to be together; based upon the novel of the famous bengali novelist Humayun Ahmed.
- DirectorMurad ParvezStarsFerdous AhmedSohana SabaAzad Abul KalamReligious prejudice and racial dogmatism are the curse of Mohanpur, a backwater village out of touch with progress in the contemporary world. But, as depicted in the film Brihonnola, humanity has the strength to combat and neutralist the poisonous effects of these evils on the lives of the villagers.
- DirectorEnamul Karim NirjharStarsSathi YasminHumayun FaridiTariq Anam KhanMr. Rafiq is given an option to develop the ancestral property by a privet developer agent. The house carries the style of typical historic buildings of old Dhaka; which are being pushed aside by urban modernization. With the decision hanging, Ruba, his daughter, leaves her husband in the US and returns to Dhaka. The cause being her husband's excessive misbehave. Ruba tries to find peace in her memory soaked old home but could not as the decision to reconstruct the property is discussed and debated over and over again. Another character, Soleman, obedient servant of Mr. Rafiq becomes irritating to Ruba since he has a rivalry with the local power holders. As Ruba seeks her memories in the home, she occasionally watches a man on a neighboring flat. The man notices this. With the man's efforts they finally get to be friends. But the orthodox mindset of the father desperately looks for ways to stop the developing relationship or perhaps a new hope for Ruba. The story ends with a pathetic turn of events; just like the title AHA!; (what a pity!) exemplifying the enigmatic sorrow wrapped with the old infrastructure of old Dhaka even today.
- DirectorBelal AhmedStarsSumona SomaFerdous AhmedLitu AnamA simple middle class family having problems because of their mentally sick girl.