List of the best Golshifteh Farahani movies: Half Moon(2006), The Patience Stone(2012), Girls of the Sun(2018), The Song of Scorpions(2017), Shelter(2017), Go Home(2015), Two Friends(2015), Paterson(2016), My Sweet Pepper Land(2013), The Night Eats the World(2018), Finding Altamira(2016), Santa & Cie(2017) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
Austria|France|Iran|Iraq
2006
114 Minutes
Niwemang
Golshifteh Farahani Ismail Ghaffari Hedye Tehrani Allah-Morad Rashtian Farzin Sabooni Kambiz Arshi Mohamad Nahid Sadiq Behzadpoor Ali Ashraf Rezai
kurd singer son daughter woman police chief moving powerful sad iran bus village turkey iraq border politics performance music family travel
Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a permit and rounding up his ten sons, he... See full summary »
Drama
Afghanistan|France|Germany|UK
2012
98 Minutes
The Woman
Golshifteh Farahani Hamid Djavdan Hassina Burgan Massi Mrowat Mohamed Al Maghraoui Malak Djaham Khazal Hiba Lharrak Aya Abida
muslim woman emotional powerful afghanistan secrets dreams transformation
In a war ridden country a woman watches over the husband reduced to a vegetable state by a bullet in the neck, abandoned by Jihad companions and brothers. One day, the woman decides to say things to him she could never have done before.
War, Drama
France|Belgium|Georgia|Switzerland
2018
115 Minutes
Bahar
Golshifteh Farahani Emmanuelle Bercot Evin Ahmad Erol Afsin Zübeyde Bulut Behi Djanati Atai Arabi Ghibeh Sinama Alievi
female fighter journalist mother son terrorist intense tense disheartening gripping emotional brutal iraq abandoned building camp village war extremism family love women soldiers
A Kurdish female battalion prepares to take back their town from extremists.
Drama
France
2017
119 Minutes
Nooran
Golshifteh Farahani Irrfan Khan Waheeda Rehman Shashank Arora Sara Arjun Shefali Bhushan
In a village by the Meuse river, located near the French-Belgian border, a factory storekeeper named Basile Matrin leads a dreary life with his wife, Rose. The young Maryse Duval, who had ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Germany|Israel|France
2017
93 Minutes
Mona
Golshifteh Farahani Neta Riskin Lior Ashkenazi Yehuda Almagor Doraid Liddawi Mark Waschke Haluk Bilginer Ronald Kukulies Dagmar von Kurmin
government agent terrorist informant tense uneasy suspenseful on the run safe house haunted by the past new life stories identity transformation revenge 2010s
A Lebanese informer and an Israeli Mossad agent are trapped together in a safehouse where nothing is safe and no one can be trusted.
Drama
France|Switzerland|Belgium
2015
98 Minutes
Nada
Golshifteh Farahani Wissam Fares Julia Kassar Mireille Maalouf François Nour Maximilien Seweryn
How do you come home when everything has changed? Through hidden memories, ambiguous fantasies and violent sensations. The story of a young woman searching for herself in Lebanon.
Romance
2015
102 Minutes
Golshifteh Farahani Vincent Macaigne Louis Garrel Mahaut Adam Pierre Maillet Aymeline Valade Eric Bartonio Rachid Hami
Comedy, Drama
France|Germany|USA
2016
118 Minutes
Adam Driver Golshifteh Farahani Barry Shabaka Henley Cliff "Method Man" Smith Chasten Harmon William Jackson Harper Masatoshi Nagase Sterling Jerins Rizwan Manji
bus driver passenger dog bartender wife writer calm emotional heartwarming inspiring profound new jersey bus bar house small-town life writing working class work-life balance discovery
A quiet observation of the triumphs and defeats of daily life, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details.
Drama
Iraq|France|Germany
2013
100 Minutes
Govend
Korkmaz Arslan Golshifteh Farahani Suat Usta Mir Murad Bedirxan Feyyaz Duman Tarik Akreyî Véronique Wüthrich
chief teacher war hero suspenseful powerful valley independence iran smuggling rivalry 2000s
Baran, a Kurdish independence war hero, is now sheriff in Erbil, the capital city. No longer feeling useful in this society now at peace, he thinks about quitting the police force, but ... See full summary »
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
France
2018
93 Minutes
Sarah
Anders Danielsen Lie Golshifteh Farahani Denis Lavant Sigrid Bouaziz David Kammenos Jean-Yves Cylly Nancy Murillo Lina-Rose Djedje Victor Van Der Woerd Léo Poulet
zombie survivor neighbor brash bleak uneasy thrilling suspenseful apartment apartment building roof paris france party zombies apocalypse relationships survival escape discovery
The morning after a party, a young man wakes up to find Paris invaded by zombies.
Drama, History
Spain
2016
93 Minutes
Antonio Banderas Golshifteh Farahani Allegra Allen Pierre Niney Clément Sibony Rupert Everett Tábata Cerezo Tristán Ulloa Irene Escolar Henry Goodman Nicholas Farrell
archaeologist daughter suspenseful spirited rousing patriotic passionate spain archaeological dig cave discovery archaeology spanish culture controversy history discovery 1870s
Life and events of the man who realized one of the most important discoveries of the 19th century: Altamira's caves.
Comedy
2017
95 Minutes
Amélie
Alain Chabat Golshifteh Farahani Pio Marmaï Bruno Sanches Louise Chabat Audrey Tautou Simon Aouizerate David Marsais Grégoire Ludig Patrick Timsit Kyan Khojandi
santa claus child elf reindeer friend charming engaging amusing lighthearted heartwarming hilarious earth santa's workshop christmas helping others disaster children happiness illness adventure
Drama
USA
2014
103 Minutes
Maryam
Gael García Bernal Shohreh Aghdashloo Golshifteh Farahani Dimitri Leonidas Haluk Bilginer Andrew Gower Arian Moayed Numan Acar Nasser Faris
journalist interrogator president political candidate brutal disheartening gripping shocking suspenseful iran prison interrogation room torture politics terror war espionage imprisonment discovery transformation
Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari is detained by Iranian forces who brutally interrogate him under suspicion that he is a spy.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Action
USA|UK
2008
128 Minutes
Aisha
Leonardo DiCaprio Russell Crowe Mark Strong Golshifteh Farahani Oscar Isaac Ali Suliman Alon Moni Aboutboul Vince Colosimo Simon McBurney Mehdi Nebbou Michael Gaston
cia agent terrorist partner spy tense suspenseful gripping jordan washington, d.c. hideout espionage secret identity terrorism deception pursuit sacrifice adventure 2000s
A CIA agent on the ground in Jordan hunts down a powerful terrorist leader while being caught between the unclear intentions of his American supervisors and Jordan Intelligence.
Comedy, Drama
France|Germany|Belgium
2011
91 Minutes
Irane
Mathieu Amalric Vincent Paronnaud Édouard Baer Maria de Medeiros Golshifteh Farahani Éric Caravaca Chiara Mastroianni Mathis Bour Enna Balland Didier Flamand Rona Hartner
violinist wife angel child dreamy passionate heartwarming tehran, iran household dreamworld music marital problems family dysfunction death supernatural loss adventure transformation 1950s
Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his day, has lost all taste for life. Finding no instrument worthy of replacing it, he decides to confine himself to bed to await death.
Comedy
France|Tunisia
2020
88 Minutes
Selma
Moncef Ajengui Amen Arbi Ramla Ayari Feryel Chammari Golshifteh Farahani Majd Mastoura Aïsha Ben Miled Hichem Yacoubi
After years abroad in Paris, Selma returns to Tunis with the dream of opening up her own psychotherapy practice.
Action, Drama, Adventure, History
UK|Spain|USA
2014
150 Minutes
Nefertari
Christian Bale Joel Edgerton John Turturro Aaron Paul Ben Kingsley Sigourney Weaver Golshifteh Farahani María Valverde Ben Mendelsohn Dar Salim Indira Varma
moses ramses xiii pharaoh god slave orphan emotional inspiring somber spectacular dark ancient egypt desert sinai desert mountain pyramid royal palace the bible escape plagues
The defiant leader Moses rises up against Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II, setting six hundred thousand slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
Drama
Spain|USA|Argentina
2011
120 Minutes
Leila
Charlie Cox Wes Bentley Dougray Scott Unax Ugalde Olga Kurylenko Pablo Lapadula Golshifteh Farahani Rodrigo Santoro Derek Jacobi
journalist father priest emotional past faith secrets men rivalry 1930s
Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life.
Comedy, Drama
2017
126 Minutes
Maggie
Kevin Hart Bryan Cranston Nicole Kidman Aja Naomi King Jahi Di'Allo Winston Genevieve Angelson Golshifteh Farahani Tate Donovan Julianna Margulies Suzanne Savoy
wealthy man disabled person parolee ex-wife son assistant amusing hilarious emotional tense inspiring incredible penthouse new york city hospital restaurant party unlikely friendship disability caregiving
A wealthy quadriplegic hires a struggling parolee to be his caretaker in his upscale New York penthouse. Despite coming from two different worlds, an unlikely friendship starts to blossom as both men rediscover the joy of living life to the fullest.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2020
117 Minutes
Nik Khan
Chris Hemsworth Patrick Newall Rayna Campbell Shivam Vichare Rudhraksh Jaiswal Mir Sarwar David Harbour Golshifteh Farahani Pankaj Tripathi Randeep Hooda Geetanjali Thapa
Tyler Rake, a fearless black market mercenary, embarks on the most deadly extraction of his career when he's enlisted to rescue the kidnapped son of an imprisoned international crime lord.
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|Australia|UK|Canada
2017
123 Minutes
Shansa
Johnny Depp Espen Sandberg Geoffrey Rush Javier Bardem Brenton Thwaites Kaya Scodelario Orlando Bloom Kevin R. McNally Golshifteh Farahani Stephen Graham Keira Knightley
pirate ghost soldier civilian prisoner charming quirky intense pirate ship island prison house cave beach pirates ghosts vengeance danger survival power
Captain Jack Sparrow is pursued by old rival Captain Salazar and a crew of deadly ghosts who have escaped from the Devil's Triangle. They're determined to kill every pirate at sea...notably Jack.
Drama
2014
131 Minutes
Félix de Givry Pauline Etienne Vincent Macaigne Roman Kolinka Hugo Conzelmann Zita Hanrot Vincent Lacoste Arnaud Azoulay Paul Spera Sébastien Chassagne Laurent Cazanave
disc jockey dj punk emotional eden france lost electronic dance music nightlife rise 1990s
In 1990s France, a young literature student (Félix de Givry) begins working as a disc jockey and witnesses the rise of electronic dance music.