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51. Kandagar (2010)
103 min | Action, Drama, War
Based on the true story of five Russian pilots captured by the Taliban. They are forced to spend three-hundred-seventy-eight days in hell, while facing questions of loyalty, survival and planing their treacherous escape route home.
Director: Andrey Kavun | Stars: Aleksandr Baluev, Yury Belyayev, Bogdan Benyuk, Aleksandr Golubev
Votes: 2,162
52. Revenge of the Worthless (2016)
150 min | Action, War
A film depicting the brutally disfigured cultural narrative of a land with the most enviable cultural heritage highlighting the heroic struggle of a few unsung heroes during 2009 Swat Insurgency.
Director: Jamal Shah | Stars: Qunber Ali, Faheem Azam, Firdaus Jamal, Emel Karakose
Votes: 86
53. Ghosts of Afghanistan (2021)
89 min | Documentary
As the Taliban seize control of Afghanistan and the "good war" ends in chaos and tragedy, war correspondent Graeme Smith offers a first-hand account of NATO's failed attempt to bring democracy, women's rights and freedoms to the country.
Director: Julian Sher | Star: Graeme Smith
Votes: 51
54. House of Saud: A Family at War (2018)
59 min | Documentary
A look at the role of Saudi Arabia in recent years in politics and international conflicts, in particular at the changes in politics in recent years, as the kingdom is changing under the rule of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Stars: Saskia Reeves, Bruce Riedel, Ali Shihabi, Madawi Al-Rasheed
Votes: 183
55. Afghan Star (2009)
Unrated | 110 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary about the simultaneously unifying and divisive effects of Afghanistan's version of the TV talent show format on its society. It focuses on "Afghan Star" which airs on the Tolo TV channel in Afghanistan.
Director: Havana Marking | Stars: Rafi Naabzada, Lima Sahar, Hameed Sakhizada, Setara Hussainzada
Votes: 1,017 | Gross: $0.10M
56. Inbetween Worlds (2014)
98 min | Drama, War
Jesper is a soldier in the German army. Although his brother was killed whilst serving in Afghanistan, he nevertheless reports for a new tour of duty in this war zone. He and his unit are ... See full summary »
Director: Feo Aladag | Stars: Ronald Zehrfeld, Mohsin Ahmady, Saida Barmaki, Salam Yousefzai
Votes: 694
57. Watandar, My Countryman (2022)
70 min | Documentary, History
When former Afghan Refugee Muzafar Ali, discovers that Afghans have been an integral part of Australia for over 160 years, he begins to photograph their descendants in a search to define ... See full summary »
Director: Jolyon Hoff | Stars: Muzafar Ali, Nici Cumpston, Ken Dadleh, Elaine Mackean
Votes: 16
58. Ragion di stato (2013– )
Action
During an operation in Afghanistan, in an ambush member of Italian secret service is captured. To free him they rely on Rashid, a Lebanese warlord, but Rosso will have to deal with the protection of Raniah, Rashid's wife, and his daughter.
Stars: Vincent Riotta, Saadet Aksoy, Giorgio Colangeli, Luca Argentero
Votes: 26
59. I Am a Girl (2013)
88 min | Documentary, Biography
Six girls coming of age, ready to become something extraordinary.
Director: Rebecca Barry | Stars: Habiba, Breani Saintonge
Votes: 137
60. Chasing Freedom (2004 TV Movie)
R | 88 min | Drama
A lawyer reluctantly takes on the pro bono asylum case of a woman who has fled the brutal Taliban regime in Afghanistan and arrived in the United States seeking freedom.
Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Juliette Lewis, Layla Alizada, Bruce Gray, Michael David Simms
Votes: 415
61. My Childhood, My Country: 20 Years in Afghanistan (2021)
90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Award-winning filmmakers, Phil Grabsky and Shoaib Sharifi, present a real-life epic of boyhood and manhood, filmed across twenty years in one of the most embattled corners of the globe.
Directors: Phil Grabsky, Shoaib Sharifi | Stars: Tony Blair, Lyse Doucet, Robert Gates, Mir Hussain
Votes: 137
62. Fire Over Afghanistan (2003)
R | 92 min | Action, Drama, War
Blackhawk pilot and reporter are knocked out of the sky over renegade warlord's territory and struggle against impossible odds to escape with their lives.
Director: Terence H. Winkless | Stars: Jeff Stearns, Jordan Bayne, Fred Dryer, Mihail Meltev
Votes: 490
63. Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill (2011 TV Movie)
Documentary
The inside story of the hunt for Bin Laden.
Director: Bruce Goodison | Stars: Jamie Lee, Marc Ambinder, Osama bin Laden, John O. Brennan
Votes: 83
64. Jirga (2018)
Not Rated | 78 min | Drama, War
Former Australian soldier, Mike Wheeler, returns to Afghanistan, seeking redemption from the family of a civilian man he killed during the war.
Director: Benjamin Gilmour | Stars: Sam Smith, Mohammad Mosam, Kefayat Lag Humani, Naqibullah Khan Shinwari
Votes: 434
65. Rubicon (II)
Action | Announced
Described as a modern take on "The Seven Samurai", set in Afghanistan with U.S. Navy SEALs defending villagers from raiding Taliban forces.
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
66. Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror (2003 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
A critical documentary about the war on terror since 9-11.
Directors: Steve Connelly, John Pilger | Stars: John Pilger, John Bolton, Reed Brody, Wesley Clark
Votes: 299
67. The Nothing Man (2023)
Unrated | 122 min | Drama, War
A unstable war veteran with a troubled past reconnects with an old army buddy with tragic results.
Director: Michael Fredianelli | Stars: Shane Johnson, Rosanna Wyant, Michael Fredianelli, Shauna Richardson
68. And Still I Sing (2022)
90 min | Documentary
Under the mentorship of controversial pop star Aryana Sayeed, two young singers vie to become the first-ever female winners of Afghan Star. As their dreams are within grasp, their lives are changed when the Taliban returns to power.
Director: Fazila Amiri | Stars: Aryana Sayeed, Zahra Elham, Sadiqa Madadgar
Votes: 46
69. Batoor: A Refugee Journey (2021)
80 min | Documentary, Biography
Barat Ali Batoor was once Afghanistan's most esteemed photographer working for the United States Embassy in Kabul. But in 2011, all this changed when The Washington Post published his ... See full summary »
Director: Barat Ali Batoor | Star: Barat Ali Batoor
70. Bin Laden: War on Terror (2016)
Documentary, History, War
A re-telling of the events leading up to the death of the world's most wanted man. Includes details of the bold military operation that found, hunted and killed Osama Bin Laden.
Director: Marilyn Higgins | Stars: Barack Obama, Osama bin Laden, Yasser Arafat, George W. Bush
71. Massoud, l'Afghan (1998)
89 min | Documentary, History, War
The friendship between Christophe de Ponfilly and Commander Massoud, a legendary figure of the Afghan resistance against the Soviet invader, goes back to the filmmaker's first film, "A ... See full summary »
Director: Christophe de Ponfilly | Stars: Christophe de Ponfilly, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Merabuddine
Votes: 130 | Gross: $0.01M
72. Salute (2016)
160 min | Action, Biography, Drama
A Pakistani school boy from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan sacrifices his life by preventing a suicide bomber from entering his school. This film is a tribute to Aitzaz Hasan.
Director: Shehzad Rafiq | Stars: Ahmad, Ahsan, Manzar Baig, Mirza Ali Baig
Votes: 59
73. Son of a Lion (2007)
92 min | Drama, War
11 year old Niaz's father has been a Pashtun on jihad in Afghanistan. Back in Darra in NWFP of Pakistan, where guns and hashish are common, he wants Niaz to learn to shoot and work in his gun workshop, while Niaz wants to go to school.
Director: Benjamin Gilmour | Stars: Niaz Khan Shinwari, Sher Alam Miskeen Ustad, Baktiyar Ahmed Afridi, Anousha Vasif Shinwari
Votes: 240
74. Stray Dogs (2004)
93 min | Drama
The story of survival of 2 children in post-Taliban Afghanistan. Their mother has been imprisoned for "adultery" and their father is in Guantanamo Bay.
Director: Marzieh Makhmalbaf | Stars: Gol-Ghotai, Zahed, Agheleh Rezaie, Sohrab Akbari
Votes: 707
75. Afghan Alphabet (2002)
45 min | Documentary
Documentary showing the life of children of the Afghan villages bordering Iran, and how their life and culture were affected by Taliban regime.
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Ghafour Barahouyi, Maryam Ozbak, Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Votes: 303
76. Kabullywood (2017)
84 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A group of young Afghan artists decide to open a cultural center in the heart of Kabul.
Director: Louis Meunier | Stars: Roya Heydari, Farid Joya, Ghulam Reza Rajabi, Omid Rawendah
Votes: 55
77. ManIslam: Islam and Masculinity (2014)
58 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Muslim men can change the dark side of the masculinities in their cultures.
Director: Nefise Özkal Lorentzen | Stars: Naif Al-Mutawa, Ihsan Eliacik, Nefise Özkal Lorentzen, Imtiaz Pavel
Votes: 37
78. Fahrenhype 9/11 (2004 Video)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
A documentary which refutes and debunks "facts" made by Michael Moore in his hit film Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004).
Director: Alan Peterson | Stars: Dick Morris, Zell Miller, Ed Koch, Ron Silver
Votes: 3,702 | Gross: $3.00M
79. Mazar Sharif (2015)
83 min | Drama, War
An Iranian diplomat who survived Taliban's attack on the Iranian consulate in Mazar E Sharif narrates his 19 days of hide and escape to reach Iran's borders.
Director: Abdolhassan Barzideh | Stars: Hosein Yari, Mahtab Keramati, Masoud Rayegan, Ammar Tafti Dehghan
Votes: 188
80. Class Dismissed (2010)
33 min | Documentary, Short, News
In Swat Pakistan, an 11-year-old schoolgirl loses her education when the Taliban close her school. Her father, who owns the schools, loses his livelihood. When the military invades their ... See full summary »
Director: Adam Ellick | Star: Adam Ellick
Votes: 15
81. Daughters of Afghanistan (2003 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary
This film looks at the efforts to rebuild Afghanistan's infrastructure and culture, as seen through the eyes of women, such as former Deputy Prime Minister Sima Samar, whose fight for ... See full summary »
Director: Robin Benger | Star: Sally Armstrong
82. Dar-Badar
45 min | Drama | Completed
Dar-Badar is a human story of displacement, refuge, dreams, reality, success, failure, resilience, challenges, co-incidences and life altering experiences. Dar-Badar is a Farsi and Urdu ... See full summary »
Director: Rohit Khaitan | Stars: Chandan Roy Sanyal, Madhur Bhandarkar, Nidhi Joshi, Shoaib Lodin
83. Snow Monkey (2015)
148 min | Documentary
Snow Monkey is an epic portrait of daily life in Jalalabad, where art activist Gittoes recruited gangs of war-damaged children to shoot local, Pashto-style films: vibrant, colorful and ... See full summary »
Director: George Gittoes
Votes: 46
84. Airboss III: The Payback (2000)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Adventure
An American attack submarine on patrol in the South China Sea intercepts an SOS from a Russian freighter. The freighter was attacked by unidentified frogmen on the high seas and high grade ... See full summary »
Director: J. Christian Ingvordsen | Stars: Frank Zagarino, Kayle Watson, Caroline Strong, J. Christian Ingvordsen
Votes: 61
85. Worlds Most Dangerous Paper Route (2018 Video)
PG-13 | 58 min | Documentary
The story of the unsung heroes who deliver the 'Stars And Stripes' military newspaper to soldiers in Afghanistan. Part of the film shows the paper delivery to Camp Lightning after 90 ... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Hausle | Stars: Steven Berger, Dylan Grace, Steve Kroft, Casey McMurray
Votes: 15
86. Chinook Down (2013)
10 min | Documentary, Short
It was a close call with death that inspired War Reporter Alex Quade's film, Chinook Down. In May 2007 - an American Chinook helicopter was shot down by insurgents in southern Afghanistan. ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Quade | Stars: Brian Mennes, Stew Pitou, Alex Quade, Rhino
87. Horse Soldiers of 9/11 (2012)
19 min | Documentary, Short
It was the news the world waited for after the 9/11 terror attacks: a report of the first American troops on the ground in Afghanistan. All at once, the world's attention focused on an ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Quade | Stars: Douwe Blumberg, Max Bowers, Bart Decker, Joe Jung
88. ScaredSacred (2004)
105 min | Documentary, History, War
In a world teetering on the edge of self destruction, award-winning filmmaker Velcrow Ripper sets out on a unique pilgrimmage. Visiting the 'Ground Zeros' of the planet, he asks if it's ... See full summary »
Director: Velcrow Ripper | Stars: Mehboob Bi, Satinath Sarangi, Aki Ra, Amina Bejovic
Votes: 234
89. Saber Rock (2017)
PG | 30 min | Documentary, Short
A flamboyant, fiercely loyal interpreter named Saber Rock helps turn the tide of Helmand Province, Afghanistan against the Taliban and towards the support of coalition forces. As his successes mount, so do the threats against him.
Directors: Matthew Locastro, Thomas Locastro
Votes: 32
90. The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan (2004)
96 min | Documentary, Biography, History
In 2001, the Taliban government of Afghanistan destroyed the Buddhas of Bamiyan, the world's tallest stone sculptures. By the summer of 2002, after the fall of the Taliban, more than 250 ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Grabsky | Star: Mir Hussain
Votes: 159
91. Vores lykkes fjender (2006)
58 min | Documentary
The first Afghan woman ever to enter parliament, Malalai Joya is followed during her campaign to introduce democracy to a country long ruled by warlords and Taliban.
Director: Eva Mulvad | Star: Malalai Joya
Votes: 124
92. The Confession (VI) (2016)
96 min | Documentary
A man returns from Bagram in Afghanistan and Guantanamo to tell the story.
Director: Ashish Ghadiali | Stars: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Colin Powell, Tony Blair
Votes: 64
93. The Boy Mir (2011)
90 min | Documentary
Tracks cheeky, enthusiastic Mir from a childish eight to a fully grown eighteen-year-old in Afghanistan.
Director: Phil Grabsky | Star: Mir Hussain
Votes: 116
94. Special Operations Combat Controllers (2014)
14 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Alex Quade | Stars: Clay, Dusty, Alex Quade, Rob
95. Echoes of War (I) (2004)
70 min | Documentary, Drama
War and violence leave behind the dead, the wounded, the maimed, the victim and the witness. In ECHOES OF WAR, children left behind in Afghanistan, Colombia, Sierra Leone and New York take ... See full summary »
Director: Joop van Wijk | Star: David Llewellyn Child
Votes: 24
96. 16 Days in Afghanistan (2007 Video)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
16 Days in Afghanistan is a documentary that documents the state of Afghan people after the fall of the Taliban.
Director: Anwar Hajher
Votes: 15
97. I Am the Revolution (2018)
74 min | Documentary, Biography
The inspiring story of three women risking their lives to incite political, activist, and armed uprisings in Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq.
Director: Benedetta Argentieri | Stars: Rojda Felat, Selay Ghaffar, Yanar Mohammed
Votes: 28
99. The Forbidden Chapter (2006)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A drug addicted, middle-aged detective, beaten down by life and bureaucracy, investigates a series of murders of prostitutes in the slums of Tehran.
Director: Fariborz Kamkari | Stars: Faramarz Gharibian, Nima Hassandokht, Negar Abedi, Farhad Mohandespour
Votes: 66
100. Return to Kandahar (2003)
65 min | Documentary
Nelofer Pazira returns to Afghanistan to find her lost friend.
Directors: Paul Jay, Nelofer Pazira
Votes: 111