A list of notable films produced in Afghanistan.
The highest grossing Afghan film as of 2018 [update] is Osama (2003) with over $3,800,000 from a budget of only $46,000. [1]
A list of notable films produced in Afghanistan.
The highest grossing Afghan film as of 2018 [update] is Osama (2003) with over $3,800,000 from a budget of only $46,000. [1]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | ||||||
| Laila Majnoon | Mir Hamza Shinwari | Rafiqe Ghaznawi, Habib Jan | ||||
| 1960 | ||||||
| New ray | Mir Hamza Shinwari | |||||
| 1964 | ||||||
| Like An Eagle | Faiz Mohammad Khairkhowah | Najia Hamidi, Saeed Bibi Naqi, Wali Ahmad Khairkhowah, Zahir Howaida | ||||
| 1963 | ||||||
| Tiga | Mir Hamza Shinwari | Umer Daraz | ||||
| 1968 | ||||||
| Roz Garan | ||||||
| 1969 | ||||||
| Talabgar | Khaliq Alil | Khan Aqa Sarwari, Rasol Maimuna, Rafiq Sadeq, Habiba Askar | Black comedy, drama | |||
| 1970 | ||||||
| Yousuf Khan aw Sherbano | Aziz Shamim | Badar Munir, Yasmin Khan, Saqi | ||||
| Sandar Gharai | Badar Munir, Yasmin Khan, Naemat Sarhadi | |||||
| Kala Khazan Kala Bahar | Jamil Ahmad | Aman | ||||
| 1971 | ||||||
| Andarz e Mother | Khaliq Alil | Mahbobah Jabbari, Mohammad Nazir, Ghazal Saeed | Drama | |||
| 1972 | ||||||
| Aalaqa Ghair | Khaliq Alil | |||||
| 1974 | ||||||
| Rabia Balkhi, | Khaliq Alil, Toryali Shafaq, Abdullah Shadan, Mohamed Nazir, Daoud Farani | |||||
| Roz Hai Dushwar | Wali Latifi | Wali Latifi, Hamid Jalil, Shazia, Farida | ||||
| 1975 | ||||||
| Mojasema Ha May Khandand | Toryalai Shafaq | Zakia Kohzad, Youssof Kohzad, Abdullah Khamosh, Mohammad Jan Goran | ||||
| 1978 | ||||||
| Siamoi wa Jallali | Abbas Shaban | Faqeer Nabi | ||||
| 1979 | ||||||
| Mardara Qawl Ast | Saeed Orokzai | Saeed Orokzai, Adela Adim, Wali Talash, Amin Rahimi | ||||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | ||||||
| Shekaste Mahasera | Faqeer Nabi | Nassir Aziz,Qadir Farrukh, Salam Sangi, Azizullah Hadaf, Asad Tajzai, Shakila, Faqeer Nabi | ||||
| Dehkada ha Bidar Maishawand | Khaliq Alil | Nassir Aziz, Sahera Hazem, Qadir Farrukh, Azizullah Hadaf | ||||
| Khakestar | Saeed Orokzai | Abdullah Samadi, Homa Mostamandi, Amin Rahimi | drama, crime | |||
| Aktare Maskhara | Eng. Latif Ahmadi | Nassir Aziz, Faqeer Nabi, Ibrahim Tughyan, Baseera, Khatera | black comedy | |||
| 1981 | ||||||
| Gunah | Eng. Latif Ahmadi | Salam Sangi | ||||
| Janayat Karan | Toryali Shafaq | |||||
| Ghulam Ishq | Toryali Shafaq | |||||
| Khana 555 | ||||||
| Gharatgara | Abbas Shaban | |||||
| 1982 | ||||||
| Faraar | Eng. Latif Ahmadi | Nassir Aziz, Fareema, Shakila, Mahrefat Shah, Asadullah Aram, Anwar Rezaye, Khorshid | ||||
| 1983 | ||||||
| Tabistan Garm Kabul | Ali Khamraev, Wali Latifi | |||||
| 1984 | ||||||
| Hamasa e Ishq | Eng. Latif Ahmadi | Asadullah Aram, Qader Farukh, Sabera, Arash, Habib Zelgai, Yasamin Yarmal | ||||
| 1985 | ||||||
| Saboore Sarbaz | Eng. Latif Ahmadi | Nassir Aziz, Saboor Toofan, Ibrahim Tughyan, Jawansher Haidari | war, drama | |||
| Roya | Fahim Sadozai, Hashmat Khan | |||||
| 1986 | ||||||
| Parenda haye Mahajir | Eng. Latif Ahmadi | Nassir Aziz, Nehmat Arash, Asadullah Aram, Qadir Farrukh, Adela Adim | ||||
| Begana | Barmak | Salam Sangi, Adela Adim, Ibrahim Tughyan, Zaher Garandi, Ghulam Baloch, Hamayon Paeiz | ||||
| 1987 | ||||||
| Parinda ha e Mohajir | Eng. Latif Ahmadi | |||||
| 1988 | ||||||
| De Kondai Zoi | Mamnoon Maqsoodi | |||||
| 1989 | ||||||
| Dukhter baa perahan safid | ||||||
| Baabaa | Jawansher Haidari | Salam Sangi, Asadullah Aram, Wali Talash, Naheed, Akram Khurami | ||||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ||||||
| Gumashtan | Engineer Ahmed Latif | Saboor Toofan, Qader Faroskh, Nemat Arash, Habib Zilgai, Lina | ||||
| Sayeh | Nacir Alqas | Yasamin Yarmal | ||||
| Uruj [2] | Sidiq Barmaque | |||||
| 2000 | ||||||
| In Foreign Land | Hafiz Asefi | Salam Sangi, Leena Alam | ||||
| 2003 | ||||||
| Osama | Siddiq Barmak | Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar, Khwaja Nader | ||||
| 2004 | ||||||
| Earth and Ashes | Atiq Rahimi | Screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival | ||||
| 2006 | ||||||
| Zolykha's Secret | Horace Shansab | Hamida Refah, Zubaida Sahar, Gholam Farouq Baraki, Marina Golbahari | Mystery, Horror, Drama | Screened at the Palm Springs International Film Society | ||
| 2008 | ||||||
| 16 Days in Afghanistan | Anwar Hajher | co-production by United States and India | ||||
| Kabuli Kid | Barmak Akram | Haji Gul Aser, Leena Alam, Valéry Schatz, Amélie Glenn | Drama | Produced in France; screened at the 65th Venice International Film Festival | ||
| Opium War | Siddiq Barmak | Peter Bussian, Marina Golbahari, Joe Suba, Fawad Samani | Black comedy | Opened at the Rome Film Festival, where it won the Golden Marc'Aurelio Critics' Award for Best Film | ||
| 2012 | ||||||
| Buzkashi Boys | Sam French | Fawad Mohammadi, Jawanmard Paiz, Wali Talash | Drama/Action short film | 85th Academy Awards – Nominated for: Best Live Action Short Film | ||
| Buz-e-Chini | Abbas Ali | Hussain Ali Yousafi | Animated | Dedicated to Hussain Ali Yousafi as it was released after his assassination | ||
| 2013 | ||||||
| Wajma | Barmak Akram | Wazhma Bahar, Mustafa Abdulsatar, Haji Gul Aser, Breshna Bahar | Drama | Nominated to Sundance | ||
| 2014 | ||||||
| A Few Cubic Meters of Love | Jamshid Mahmoudi | Hasiba Ebrahimi | Romance | [3] | ||
| Korengal | Sebastian Junger | Documentary | [4] | |||
| The Hornet's Nest | David Salzberg, Christian Tureaud | Documentary | [5] | |||
| 2015 | ||||||
| No Woman | Yama Rauf | Noor Jamal, Habibullah Nikzad | Experimental/Arthouse short film | |||
| 2017 | ||||||
| Black Kite | ||||||
| A Letter to the President | ||||||
| Faceless | Ali Akbar Kamal | Humayoon Shams Khan, Rahmatullah Khostai, Farahnaz Nawab | Action | First Afghan superhero film | ||
| 2019 | ||||||
| Jirga | Benjamin Gilmour | Amir Shah Talash, Sam Smith, Sher Alam Miskeen Ustad | Drama film | Toronto Film Festival – | ||
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