A list of notable films produced in Afghanistan.The highest grossing Afghan film is Osama (2003) with over $3,800,000 from a budget of only $46,000.[1]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | ||||
| Laila Majnoon | Rafiqe Ghaznawi, Habib Jan | |||
| 1960 | ||||
| New ray | ||||
| 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 | ||
| width=21% | Title | width=16% | Director | width=22% | Cast | width=13% | Genre | width=28% | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | |||||||||
| Shekaste Mahasera | |||||||||
| 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 | Saboor Toofan, Qader Faroskh, Nemat Arash, Habib Zilgai, Lina | ||||
| Sayeh | Nacir Alqas | Yasamin Yarmal | |||
| Uruj[2] | Sidiq Barmaque | ||||
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#e9e9e9" | 2000 | ||||
| In Foreign Land | Hafiz Asefi | ||||
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#e9e9e9" | 2003 | ||||
| Osama | Siddiq Barmak | Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar, Khwaja Nader | |||
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#e9e9e9" | 2004 | ||||
| Earth and Ashes | Screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival | ||||
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#e9e9e9" | 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 | |
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#e9e9e9" | 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 | |
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#e9e9e9" | 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 | Animated | Dedicated to Hussain Ali Yousafi as it was released after his assassination | ||
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#e9e9e9" | 2013 | ||||
| Wajma | Barmak Akram | Wazhma Bahar, Mustafa Abdulsatar, Haji Gul Aser, Breshna Bahar | Drama | Nominated to Sundance | |
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#e9e9e9" | 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] | ||
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#e9e9e9" | 2015 | ||||
| No Woman | Yama Rauf | Noor Jamal, Habibullah Nikzad | Experimental/Arthouse short film | ||
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#e9e9e9" | 2017 | ||||
| Black Kite | Leena Alam, Haji Gul Aser | ||||
| A Letter to the President | Leena Alam, Mamnoon Maqsoodi | ||||
| Faceless | Ali Akbar Kamal | Humayoon Shams Khan, Rahmatullah Khostai, Farahnaz Nawab | Action | First Afghan superhero film | |
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#e9e9e9" | 2019 | ||||
| Jirga | Benjamin Gilmour | Amir Shah Talash, Sam Smith, Sher Alam Miskeen Ustad | Drama film | Toronto Film Festival – | |