Watch movies with Shohreh Aghdashloo

House of Saddam

The intimate world of Saddam Hussein and his closest inner circle is in this gripping four-part drama that charts the rise and fall of one of the most significant political figures in recent history.

TV-MA BBC Two

6.6

2008 Drama 60 min Play

6.3

The Cuban

When a young Afghan immigrant named Mina gets her first job in a nursing home, an unexpected friendship with Luis, a resident with dementia, reignites her love of music and changes her life forever.

NR

6.3

2020 Drama 109 min Play

5.1

A Simple Wedding

Cultures clash and families collide when an Iranian woman finds love with an eccentric bisexual artist.

NR

5.1

2018 Comedy 88 min Play

6.6

Rosewater

In 2009, Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was covering Iran's volatile elections for Newsweek. One of the few reporters living in the country with access to US media, he made an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, in a taped interview with comedian Jason Jones. The interview was intended as satire, but if the Tehran authorities got the joke they didn't like it - and it would quickly came back to haunt Bahari when he was rousted from his family home and thrown into prison.

NR

6.6

2014 Drama 103 min Play

7.8

The Stoning of Soraya M.

A drama set in 1986 Iran and centered on a man, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village and enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant had a tragic ending.

NR

7.8

2009 Crime 114 min Play

6.3

The Report

The movie revolves around the life of a tax collector who is accused of taking bribes, and also has to deal with problems at home, including the suicide attempt of his wife.

NR

6.3

1977 Drama 112 min Play