List of Afghan films

A list of notable films produced in Afghanistan.

• The highest grossing Afghan film as of 2017 is Osama with over $3,800,000 from a budget of only $46,000. The film was very well received by the Western cinematic world. It gathered a rating of 96% based on 100 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, a website which tabulates the reviews from professional film critics into a single rating.

1930s–1970s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1939
Laila Majnoon	Mir Hamza Shinwari	Rafiqe Ghaznawi, Habib Jan
1960
New ray	Mir Hamza Shinwari
1962
Like An Eagle
1963
Tiga	Mir Hamza Shinwari	Umer Daraz
1968
Roz Garan
1969
Talabgar		Kahn Aqasorur, Rasol Maimuna, Rafiq Sadek, Habiba Askar
1970
Yousuf Khan aw Sherbano	Aziz Shamim	Badar Munir, Yasmin, Saqi
Sandar Gharai		Badar Munir, Yasmin, Naemat Sarhadi
Kala Khazan Kala Bahar	Jamil Ahmad	Aman
1971
Andarzi Mudar	Mir Hamza Shinwari
1972
Aalaqa Ghair	Abdul Khaliq Halil
1974
Rabia Balkhi,	Abdul Khaliq Halil, Toryali Shafaq, Abdullah Shadan, Mohamed Nazir, Daoud Farani
Rozhai Dushwar	Wali Latifi
1975
Mojasema Ha May Khandand	Toryalai Shafaq	Zakida Khozad and Youssof Kohzad
1978
Siamoi wa Jallali	Abbas Shaban
1979
Mardara Qawl Ast	Saeed Orokzai

1980s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1980
Shekaste Mahasera	Eng. Faqeer Nabi	Nassir Aziz,Qadir Farrukh, Salam Sangi, Azizullah Hadaf, Asad Tajzai, Shakila, Faqeer Nabi
Dehkada ha Bidar Maishawand	Khaliq Haleem	Nassir Aziz, Sahera Hazem, Qadir Farrukh, Azizullah Hadaf
Aktare Maskhara	Eng. Latif Ahmadi	Nassir Aziz, Faqeer Nabi, Ibrahim Tughyan, Baseera, Khatera
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
1985
Saboore Sarbaz	Eng. Latif Ahmadi	Nassir Aziz, Saboor Toofan, Ibrahim Tughyan, Jawanshir Haidari
Roya		Fahim Sadozai, Hashmat Khan
1986
Parenda haye Mahajir	Eng. Latif Ahmadi	Nassir Aziz, Nehmat Arash, Asadullah Aram, Qadir Farrukh, Hadela Hadim
Begana		Salam Sangi
1987
Parinda ha e Mohajir		Latif Abdul Latif
1988
De Kondai Zoi		Mamnoon Maqsoodi
1989
Dukhter baa perahan safid
Baabaa		Salam Sangi

1990s–2010s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1990
Gumashtan	Engineer Ahmed Latif	Saboor Toofan, Qader Faroskh, Nemat Arash, Habib Zilgai, Lina
Sayeh	Nacir Alqas	Yasemin Yarmal
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
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
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 –

External links

• Afghan film at the Internet Movie Database