Best Pakistani Films
An introduction to contemporary Pakistani cinema.
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- DirectorShoaib MansoorStarsShaan ShahidFawad KhanIman AliA drama about three stories centered on the effects of extremism and 9/11 on Pakistanis.
- DirectorShoaib MansoorStarsHumaima MalikManzar SehbaiShafqat CheemaA female convict on death row, her last wish is to tell her story to the media.
- DirectorsMeenu GaurFarjad NabiStarsAmna IlyasNaseeruddin ShahKhurram PatarasThree young men try to escape the reality of their everyday lives and succeed in ways they had least expected.
- DirectorSarmad Sultan KhoosatStarsSania SaeedShamoon AbbasiDanyal Adam KhanThe chronicles of Manto, a famous Urdu novelist who opts to live in Lahore after the independence of Pakistan. He left Bombay because it wasn't safe anymore for Muslims, but his artistic choices made him face obscenity charges.
- DirectorJamiStarsHameed SheikhSamiya MumtazAbdul QadirAfter the death of the family's matriarch, her husband and son must confront not only the corruption in society around them but the corruption within themselves.
- DirectorNabeel QureshiStarsJawed SheikhFahad MustafaMohsin Abbas HaiderThree men unwittingly become a prey of a ruthless don after their quick-rich schemes goes awry.
- DirectorAfia NathanielStarsSamiya MumtazMohib MirzaSaleha ArefIn the mountains of Pakistan, a mother and her ten-year-old daughter flee their home on the eve of the girl's marriage to a tribal leader. A deadly hunt for them begins.
- DirectorAdnan SarwarStarsAdnan SarwarGulab ChandioKiran ChaudhrySHAH is the biography of great boxer Syed Hussain Shah. This film covers the story of this Legend's journey from homeless child in the streets of Layari,Karachi to become Olympian for his country PAKISTAN.
- DirectorAsim RazaStarsMahira KhanAdeel HusainSheheryar MunawarThree college friends, passionate about music, face difficulties as they pursue their common dream.
- DirectorMehreen JabbarStarsNandita DasRashid FarooqiSyed Fazal HussainA 7 year old Pakistani boy and his father belonging to the untouchable Hindu caste accidentally cross the border and spend years in an Indian jail while the mother on the other side doesn't know what has happened to them.
- DirectorsJamiSummer NicksStarsShaan ShahidAyub KhosoAamina SheikhA gripping action thriller in which two men executes a plan to stop the war between Afghanistan and Pakistan within 21 hours.
- DirectorNadeem BaigStarsAziz AkhmedovMehwish HayatMykola UdianskyiA single divorce lawyer takes his three married friends on a vacation to escape their wives.
- DirectorNasir KhanStarsAdeel HashmiSanam SaeedMohib MirzaA bubbly Indian girl, Aalia, while on vacation in Mauritius, is forced by circumstances to place her faith in a Pakistani cab driver, Vicky, who then takes it upon himself to make Aalia's safe return to India possible.
- DirectorsMomina DuraidShehzad KashmiriStarsMahira KhanArmeena Rana KhanHumayun SaeedA young woman is conflicted when she falls in love with a man who courts her friend.
- DirectorAshir AzeemStarsAshir AzeemFarhan Ali AghaHassan NiaziA man of Pakistan's Elite Special Forces whose life gets entangled with politics. They soon realize that serving the nation is more complicated than simple following of orders.
- DirectorAnjum ShahzadStarsIman AliInam HasanSyed Fazal HussainA modern poet Jamal who is against the traditional Urdu Poetry reads the biography of Mir Taqi Mir,one of the greatest poets of the 18th century. And sees Mir's reflection on his personality.
- DirectorsJohn AngierSharmeen Obaid-ChinoyStarsMuneeba YaseenHanzala ShahidZuhab Khan3 Bahadur is story of three extraordinary children who rise from most unlikeliest of places.
- DirectorBilal LashariStarsShaan ShahidHamza Ali AbbasiShamoon AbbasiThe efforts of the Pakistani security forces in their fight against terrorism and how the lives of security officials are affected. A retired security officer returns to save Pakistan from a major terrorist attack.
