Shohreh Aghdashloo
Also Known As: شهره آغداشلو
Biography: Shohreh Aghdashloo (born May 11, 1952) is an Iranian American actress. After establishing a theatre and film career in Iran, Aghdashloo moved to England during the Iranian Revolution in 1979, and subsequently became a citizen of the United States. After several years playing supporting roles in television and film, her performance in House of Sand and Fog (2003) brought her several film critics' awards and a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has continued to play supporting and character roles in film and television and won an Emmy Award for her work in the television drama House of Saddam (2008). Description above from the Wikipedia Shohreh Aghdashloo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran
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Birthday: May 11, 1952
Age: 73 years old
Gender: Female
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The Lake House
Overview: A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-16
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Overview: Four young women continue the journey toward adulthood that began with "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants." Now three years later, these lifelong friends embark on separate paths for their first year of college and the summer beyond, but remain in touch by sharing their experiences with each other.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-06
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The Nativity Story
Overview: Mary and Joseph make the hard journey to Bethlehem for a blessed event in this retelling of the Nativity story. This meticulously researched and visually lush adaptation of the biblical tale follows the pair on their arduous path to their arrival in a small village, where they find shelter in a quiet manger and Jesus is born.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-30
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House of Sand and Fog
Overview: Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an unfair legal dispute with the county, she is left with nowhere to go. Wanting her house back, she hires a lawyer and befriends a police officer. Neither Kathy nor Behrani have broken the law, so they find themselves involved in a difficult moral dilemma.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-19
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American Dreamz
Overview: The new season of "American Dreamz," the wildly popular television singing contest, has captured the country's attention, as the competition looks to be between a young Midwestern gal and a showtunes-loving young man from Orange County. Recently awakened President Staton even wants in on the craze, as he signs up for the potential explosive season finale.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-04
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The Stoning of Soraya M.
Overview: In 1986 Iran, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village, enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant ended in tragedy.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-26
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Overview: When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-18
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X-Men: The Last Stand
Overview: When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men—led by Professor Charles Xavier—and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organised under Xavier's former ally, Magneto.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-24
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Twenty Bucks
Overview: A story about the life of a twenty dollar bill as it weaves in and out of the various lives of several people.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-21
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On the Inside
Overview: A decent but troubled young man is sent to a psychiatric institution for the criminally insane and soon finds himself in a fight for his life battling ghosts inside his head and very real enemies all around him.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-31
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Overview: A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-15
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Renfield
Overview: Having grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula's lackey, Renfield finds a new lease on life — and maybe even redemption — when he falls for feisty, perennially angry traffic cop Rebecca Quincy.
Genres: Comedy Horror Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-07
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Surviving Paradise
Overview: Surviving Paradise follows the adventures of 10-year-old Sam and 8-year-old Sara, Iranian children lost in Los Angeles, as they struggle to search for an uncle and elude the hit man who kidnapped their mother. On their way, they encounter a colorful cast of character and dangerous situations, but through connections they endure the rigors of life on the street.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-01
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Iranium
Overview: Iranium is a timely documentary presenting the dangerous scenarios posed to the free world by a nuclear Iran. The film exposes the dangerous ideology guiding the Iranian regime, and the devastation caused both inside and outside Iran's borders.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-06
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The Report
Overview: A tax collector is accused of taking bribes, and also has to deal with problems at home, including a suicide attempt by his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Damsel
Overview: A young woman's marriage to a charming prince turns into a fierce fight for survival when she's offered up as a sacrifice to a fire-breathing dragon.
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-03-07
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Chess of the Wind
Overview: The first lady of a noble house has died and now there is conflict between the remainders for taking over her heritage.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1976-11-01
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Rosewater
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-07
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For Neda
Overview: On June 20, 2009, Neda Agha-Soltan was shot and killed on the streets of Tehran during the turmoil that followed the Iranian presidential contest. Within hours, images of her dying moments, captured on cell phones, appeared on computer screens across the world, focusing the world's attention on mass protests against the rigged elections in Iran. Featuring previously unseen footage of Neda with friend and family, as well as exclusive video of her recorded the day she died, "For Neda" debuts just before the anniversary of her death.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-14
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Maryam
Overview: An Iranian-born teenager living in suburban New Jersey thinks of herself as simply an American until anti-Iranian sentiment erupts in her community after American hostages are held in Iran.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-22
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The Voice of Dust and Ash
Overview: When Iran’s ayatollah banned music and performances in the entire country, instruments and records became contraband, and artists were exiled, imprisoned, or executed. As the new government began to crush basic human rights, Maestro Shajarian risked everything to confront the regime, singing truth to power and uniting the country in a chorus of millions strong. His life long pursuit of equality through art is immortalized for generations to come, through his majestic, soaring vocals and lyrics. His internationally renowned hymn, “MORGHE SAHAR”, performed at the finale of all his concerts is widely considered the Unofficial National Anthem for Iranian Freedom.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-18
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Mystic Iran: The Unseen World
Overview: Mystical practices in Iran. Shoreh Aghadashloo narrated this documentary. Explores practices rarely if ever seen on film before.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-13
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Desiderium
Overview: Desiderium lyrically charts the hapless loves of a three brother: Majid, they young handicapped brother with a deformed head falls in love with Aghdas, a prostitute hired by his eldest brother Habib to entertain him, not knowing the truth about her profession. Karim, the middle brother is so infatuated with a quail that he almost completely ignores his wife and her emotions. Habib himself is in love with Foroogh, a tailor lady who lives with them, while his sense of responsibility about Majid keeps him from requiting her affections.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1977-11-24
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America So Beautiful
Overview: This film follows the odyssey of a group of Iranian immigrants in Los Angeles, trying to find their place in America amidst the unfolding of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-11
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Sweet Smell of Love
Overview: Directed by Hooshang Tozie.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-02
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The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Overview: When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is true.
Genres: Crime Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-09
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Last Knights
Overview: When an evil emperor executes their leader, his band of knights – bound by duty and honour – embarks on a journey of vengeance that will not come to an end until they've destroyed their mortal foe.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-03
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Septembers of Shiraz
Overview: In this adaptation of the critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer, a secular Jewish family is caught up in the maelstrom of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-15
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Abbas Kiarostami: A Report
Overview: A look at the formation of the career of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2013-01-01
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The Promise
Overview: Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle develops between Mikael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated artist Ana, and Chris, a renowned American journalist based in Paris.
Genres: History Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-02
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Window Horses
Overview: Rosie Ming, a young Canadian poet, is invited to perform at a Poetry Festival in Shiraz, Iran, but she’d rather be in Paris. She lives at home with her over-protective Chinese grandparents and has never been anywhere by herself. Once in Iran, she finds herself in the company of poets and Persians, all who tell her stories that force her to confront her past; the Iranian father she assumed abandoned her and the nature of Poetry itself. It’s about building bridges between cultural and generational divides. It’s about being curious. Staying open. And finding your own voice through the magic of poetry. Rosie goes on an unwitting journey of forgiveness, reconciliation, and perhaps above all, understanding, through learning about her father’s past, her own cultural identity, and her responsibility to it.
Genres: Animation Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-10
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Star Trek Beyond
Overview: The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-07
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Guests of Hotel Astoria
Overview: An Iranian couple (Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mohsen Marzban) declare themselves political refugees after police detain them on their way to Cuba.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1989-04-17
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A Simple Wedding
Overview: Cultures clash and families collide when an Iranian woman finds love with an eccentric bisexual artist.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-21
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Lie 12
Overview: The Lie 12 is a story of love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2019-04-01
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The Cuban
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-07-31
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Run Sweetheart Run
Overview: A woman runs for her life though the streets of Los Angeles after her blind date suddenly turns violent.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-27
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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Overview: In their quest to confront the ultimate evil, Percy and his friends battle swarms of mythical creatures to find the mythical Golden Fleece and to stop an ancient evil from rising.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-07
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Possessed
Overview: In Possessed, a seemingly mad woman in an Islamic village evokes questions of social acceptability.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2003-02-19
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Babak & Friends: A First Norooz
Overview: Babak and Friends - A First Norooz is the story of little Babak who is not familiar with the traditions of the Persian New Year Norooz. When his cousins Saman and Sousanne come to visit, little Bobby realizes that he is missing out on the Best Day of the Year! With the help of Amoo Norooz and Haji Firooz and a trip to the ancient capital of the Persian Empire, Persepolis, Babak learns about Norooz and rejoices in the rich culture of Iran.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-10
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Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses
Overview: An examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979 revolution, featuring myriad interviews and rare film clips.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2016-12-31
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Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
Overview: Three Mysterious Curses, two lost souls... and one incredibly difficult dance. A lowly goatherd seeks out a reclusive witch to break the evil enchantment that has long kept him from taking a wife. When he completes the three impossible trials the witch prescribes, the man earns the hand of the legendary Princess, only heir of the Old King of the Cursed Kingdom. But when he arrives at the altar with a perfect fairytale ending hanging in the balance, both the goatherd and mysterious witch who helped transform him into the perfect eligible bachelor find that there is one enchantment they can't figure out how to break... true love.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-07-28
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Still Here
Overview: Two strangers receive test results from the hospital: A young, up-and-coming sports agent has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, while a grim old loner, anticipating his own death, is sentenced... to live. We follow these two men as they are forced to leave behind their old lives and face the deep yearning in their hearts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-19
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Still Smiling
Overview: Darya escapes war-torn Iran at 15, determined to build a new life in Los Angeles. She marries the charismatic Sam, who promises love and security, but beneath his charm lies a dark and dangerous obsession. As Sam’s control turns to violence, Darya makes a daring escape—only to realize he will never let her go.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
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