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Bahman Ghobadi

Iranian-Kurdish film director

2.55body-of-work score · ranked #427 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
February 1, 1969 · Baneh
Nationality
Iran
Work
film director, actor, screenwriter, film actor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Bahman Ghobadi
Neva Micheva · CC BY 2.5

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Turtles Can Flyلاک‌پشت‌ها هم پرواز می‌کنند

    2004 · France / Iran / Iraq · war, drama

    San Sebastián Golden Shell winner 2004 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2005 #3 · Film Comment year-end poll 2005 #38

    1.443 citations
  2. 2
    Half MoonNîvê Heyvê

    2006 · Iran / Austria / France · drama, comedy

    San Sebastián Golden Shell winner 2006

    0.751 citation
  3. 3
    A Time for Drunken Horsesزمانی برای مستی اسب‌ها

    2000 · Iran · drama, war

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2002 #6

    0.361 citation

Complete filmography

All 11 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.