#1 of 20 ranked Best-rated Bengali movie
2025 Drama Comedy 1h 52m Bengali
93 Echo Score $179.6K worldwide
Directed by Tanim Noor
About Utshob Language · South Asia
Bengali Movies: New Releases, Best-Rated Films & Box Office
989 Bengali-language films are on What’s After the Movie, 406 of them (41%) from the 2010s. Drama leads with 589, then romance (211) and comedy (154). The best-rated is Utshob (2025) with an Echo Score of 93; the newest release is The Exile, out Sep 19, 2025. 50 films have reported box office, $14.4M worldwide in all.
- Bengali films on the site
- 989
- ranked by rating
- 20
- worldwide gross of 50 films
- $14.4M
- busiest decade (406 films)
- 2010s
#1 of 20 ranked New releases
What Are the Newest Bengali Movies?
The 6 most recent Bengali-language releases, newest first: The Exile came out on Sep 19, 2025. The full list below has all 975 released Bengali films, newest first.
Best-rated
What Are the Best Bengali Movies?
With an Echo Score of 93, Utshob (2025) ranks first of the 20 ranked Bengali films, ahead of The Wound (2017) and Borbaad (2025). 9 of the top 10 are from the 2020s. Ranked by Echo Score, our 0–100 rating.
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2. Borbaad 85 Echo (Echo Score 85 out of 100)2025 · Romance, Action · 2h 19m
Dir. Mehedi Hasan Hridoy
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2. Made in Bangladesh 85 Echo (Echo Score 85 out of 100)2020 · Drama · 1h 35m
Dir. Rubaiyat Hossain
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6. The Puppet’s Tale 83 Echo (Echo Score 83 out of 100)2025 · Drama, History · 2h 16m
Dir. Suman Mukhopadhyay
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Genres
What Kinds of Bengali Movies Are There?
Drama is part of 60% of Bengali films (589); romance (211) and comedy (154) follow. Compared with the whole catalogue, Bengali films lean most towards romance: 21% of them, against 11% of all films. Films can have several genres. Each bar opens the full list filtered to that genre, with its best-rated film underneath.
- Drama 589 · 60%Best-rated: Utshob (2025)
- Romance 211 · 21%Best-rated: The Wound (2017)
- Comedy 154 · 16%Best-rated: Pradhan (2023)
- Thriller 146 · 15%Best-rated: Taandob (2025)
- Action 103 · 10%Best-rated: Borbaad (2025)
- Mystery 85 · 9%Best-rated: A Land Imagined (2019)
- Crime 79 · 8%Best-rated: Khadaan (2024)
- Family 77 · 8%Best-rated: Grihapravesh (2025)
- History 42 · 4%Best-rated: The Puppet’s Tale (2025)
- Adventure 40 · 4%Best-rated: Chander Pahar (Mountains Of The Moon) (2014)
Smaller genres: Horror (37), Music (36), Fantasy (27), Documentary (22), War (15), Sci-Fi (11), Animation (2), Biography (1), Western (1).
Decade by decade
Bengali Cinema, Decade by Decade
The 2010s are the busiest decade with 406 films (41%); the earliest Bengali film on the site is from 1937. The best-rated of the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s: The Clay Bird (2004), The Wound (2017) and Utshob (2025). No Bengali film from before the 2000s is ranked.
- 21 Bengali films from the 1950s 1950sNo ranked film
- 41 Bengali films from the 1960s 1960sNo ranked film
- 44 Bengali films from the 1970s 1970sNo ranked film
- 35 Bengali films from the 1980s 1980sNo ranked film
- 63 Bengali films from the 1990s 1990sNo ranked film
- 125 Bengali films from the 2000s 2000s
The Clay Bird 75 Metascore - 406 Bengali films from the 2010s 2010s The Wound 85 Echo
- 238 Bengali films from the 2020s 2020s Utshob 93 Echo
Box office
Which Bengali Movies Earned the Most?
Wanted (2010) leads with $8.8M worldwide. The top 5 together took $12.6M, 87% of the $14.4M earned by the 50 Bengali films with reported box office. Grosses that look like data errors, and films stored with the wrong language, are left out.
- worldwide gross, all Bengali films
- $14.4M
- films with reported box office
- 50
- share of the top 5
- 87%
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1. Wanted $8.8M worldwide2010 · Action
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2. Raavan $2.2M worldwide2022 · Action
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3. Gangster $859.3K worldwide2016 · Action
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4. Asur $379.7K worldwide2020 · Comedy
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5. Hawa $358.1K worldwide2022 · Drama
People
Who Are the Top Bengali Directors and Actors?
Ravi Kinagi has directed the most notable Bengali films (14), ahead of Nandita Roy (9) and Satyajit Ray (8). Kharaj Mukherjee and Biswajit Chakraborty share the lead in the cast lists with 40 Bengali films each, ahead of Prosenjit Chatterjee (28) and Abir Chatterjee (26). Counted over notable features: films with ratings, box office, awards or a plot summary on the site.
Directors with the most Bengali films
- Ravi Kinagi 14 filmsBest-rated: Wanted (2010)
- Nandita Roy 9 filmsBest-rated: Bohurupi (2024)
- Satyajit Ray 8 filmsBest-rated: Pather Panchali (1955)
- Raj Chakraborty 7 filmsBest-rated: Shontaan (2024)
- Birsa Dasgupta 5 filmsBest-rated: Gangster (2016)
- Sujit Mondal 5 filmsBest-rated: Romeo (2011)
Most-cast actors in Bengali films
- Kharaj Mukherjee 40 filmsBest-rated: Pradhan (2023)
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Biswajit Chakraborty 40 filmsBest-rated: Pradhan (2023) - Prosenjit Chatterjee 28 filmsBest-rated: Kacher Manush (2022)
- Abir Chatterjee 26 filmsBest-rated: The Puppet’s Tale (2025)
- Soumitra Chatterjee 25 filmsBest-rated: Shadows of Time (2004)
- Dev 23 filmsBest-rated: Khadaan (2024)
Explained
Bengali Movies Explained: Plot Summaries & Endings
246 Bengali films have a full plot summary on the site. The newest are Grihapravesh (2025) and Onko Ki Kothin (2025).
Full list
Browse All 989 Bengali Movies
Filter all 989 Bengali films by genre, decade or year and sort them by rating, box office, release date or title. The list starts with the 975 released Bengali films, newest first.
975 released Bengali films
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Related languages
Movies in Other Languages From South Asia
South Asia has 20 languages on the site. Besides Bengali, the biggest are Hindi (3,382 films), Malayalam (2,140 films) and Tamil (2,100 films).
FAQ
Bengali Movies: Questions & Answers
Answers from the 989 Bengali films on the site: their ranking, box office and directors.
How many Bengali movies are there?
989 Bengali-language films are on What’s After the Movie, released from 1937 to 2025. 20 are ranked by rating and 50 have reported box office.
Browse all Bengali movies What is the best Bengali movie?
Utshob (2025) ranks highest (Echo Score 93), followed by The Wound (2017) and Borbaad (2025). Ranked by Echo Score, our 0–100 rating.
About Utshob What is the highest-grossing Bengali movie?
Wanted (2010), with $8.8M worldwide, ahead of Raavan (2022) at $2.2M.
About Wanted Which decade had the most Bengali films?
The 2010s, with 406 films (41% of all Bengali films on the site). Its best-rated film is The Wound (2017).
Who has directed the most Bengali films?
Ravi Kinagi has directed the most notable Bengali films (14), ahead of Nandita Roy (9) and Satyajit Ray (8). Ravi Kinagi's best-rated is Wanted (2010).
Ravi Kinagi's films What are the newest Bengali movies?
The Exile (released Sep 19, 2025), Sand City (released Jul 7, 2025) and Grihapravesh (released Jun 13, 2025).
New Bengali releases