Portrait of Bahman Ghobadi

Directing

Bahman Ghobadi

Career

Active from 1999 to 2026, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Turtles Can Fly
Turtles Can Fly
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Bahman Ghobadi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Crime
    1.5, average 3.6
  • Adrenaline
    3.6, average 4.8
  • Romance
    2.7, average 3.8
  • Wholesome
    2.4, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Kurdish Cinema 5
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Melancholy 3
  • Coming-of-Age 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

19
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles ยท average score 42
Trees are Watching
Trees are Watching (2026)

Writer, Director

The Four Walls
The Four Walls (2021)
GoodWatch score 42

Writer, Producer

2010s

6 titles ยท average score 57
A Flag Without a Country
A Flag Without a Country (2015)
GoodWatch score 50

Music, Editor

Life on the Border
Life on the Border (2015)

Producer

Words with Gods
Words with Gods (2014)
GoodWatch score 59

Screenplay, Director

Mardan
Mardan (2014)

Producer

Rhino Season
Rhino Season (2012)
GoodWatch score 62

Director, Writer

About 111 Girls
About 111 Girls (2012)

Editor, Producer

2000s

9 titles ยท average score 74
No One Knows About Persian Cats
No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009)
GoodWatch score 77

as Bahman

All My Mothers
All My Mothers (2009)

Consulting Producer

Turtles Can Fly
Turtles Can Fly (2006)
GoodWatch score 84

Director, Producer

Half Moon
Half Moon (2006)
GoodWatch score 77

Screenplay, Producer

Daf
Daf (2003)
GoodWatch score 75

Director, Screenplay

Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project
Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project (2003)

Director

Marooned in Iraq
Marooned in Iraq (2002)
GoodWatch score 73

Producer, Screenplay

A Time for Drunken Horses
A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)
GoodWatch score 80

Producer, Art Direction

Blackboards
Blackboards (2000)
GoodWatch score 54

as Rebwar

1990s

2 titles ยท average score 75
The Wind Will Carry Us
The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
GoodWatch score 75

Assistant Director

Life in Fog
Life in Fog (1999)

Director, Writer