# List of Afghan films

A list of notable films produced in Afghanistan.
The highest grossing Afghan film as of 2018 is Osama (2003) with over $3,800,000 from a budget of only $46,000.

## 1930s–1970s

| 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 | | | Drama | Music Composition: Hangama, Ustad Arman & Ustad Nangyalai |
| 1969 |||||
| Talabgar | Khaliq Alil | Khan Aqa Sarwari, Rasol Maimuna, Rafiq Sadeq, Habiba Askar | Black comedy, drama | Music Group: Rukhshana, Ustad Nangyalai |
| 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 | | |

## 1980s

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre |
| 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 | |

## 1990s–2010s

| 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 | 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 | |
| Korengal | Sebastian Junger | | Documentary | |
| The Hornet's Nest | David Salzberg, Christian Tureaud | | Documentary | |
| 2015 |||||
| No Woman | Yama Rauf | Noor Jamal, Habibullah Nikzad | Experimental/Arthouse short film | |
| 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 |
| 2019 |||||
| Jirga | Benjamin Gilmour | Amir Shah Talash, Sam Smith, Sher Alam Miskeen Ustad | Drama film | Toronto Film Festival – |