Best Payman Maadi movies

Original Title: Police
Payman Maadi as: Asomidin Tohirov
Genre: Drama
Release: 2020
Three officers are tasked with escorting an illegal immigrant to Charles de Gaulle airport, where he will be forced onto a plane and sent back to his homeland. But when they find out about the truth, they have to make a difficult choice.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Christopher Murray movies?

Original Title: خوک
Payman Maadi as: Payman Maadi
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Horror
Release: 2018
A serial killer is going around killing Iran's most beloved filmmakers. Hasan, a blacklisted filmmaker himself, is depressed and wonders: why isn't he being targeted?
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Adam Arkin movies?

Payman Maadi as: Jabir
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama
Release: 2023
Since losing her husband, Sophie has struggled to manage grief, a full-time job, and parenting her devastated daughter, but when a former physicist reveals a secret time-bending machine, Sophie will be faced with an impossible choice.

Payman Maadi as: Murat Alimov
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Release: 2019
After faking his death, a tech billionaire recruits a team of international operatives for a bold and bloody mission to take down a brutal dictator.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Ben Hardy movies?

Original Title: ملبورن
Genre: Drama
Release: 2014
Amir and Sara are a young couple on their way to Melbourne to continue their studies. However, just a few hours before the departure of their flight, they are unintentionally involved in a tragic event.

Payman Maadi as: Emperor
Genre: Action, Adventure
Release: 2015
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.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Lee Ingleby movies?

Payman Maadi as: Ali
Genre: Drama
Release: 2014
A young woman joins the military to be part of something bigger than herself and her small-town roots. Instead, she ends up as a new guard at Guantanamo Bay, where her mission is far from black and white. Surrounded by hostile jihadists and aggressive squadmates, she strikes up an unusual friendship with one of the detainees.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Kristen Stewart movies?

Original Title: متری شش و نیم
Payman Maadi as: Samad
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Release: 2019
Samad is nobody’s fool. The narcotics officer has seen his share of a drug dealer’s lies and games, and his patience has come to run thin. While searching for the infamous drug baron Nasser Khakzad, he and his colleague Hamid scour the streets of Tehran, turning an overcrowded prison on its head. With his rough and dubious approach, Samad finally manages to find the criminal’s whereabouts – but things do not quite go according to plan...

Payman Maadi as: Amahl
Genre: War, Action, History, Drama
Release: 2016
An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Julia Butters movies?

Original Title: درباره الی‎‎
Payman Maadi as: Peyman
Genre: Drama
Release: 2009
The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Golshifteh Farahani movies?

Original Title: برادران لیلا
Payman Maadi as: Manouchehr
Genre: Drama
Release: 2022
At the age of 40, Leila has spent her entire life caring for her parents and four brothers. A family that is constantly arguing and under pressure from various debts in the face of sanctions against Iran. While her brothers are struggling to make ends meet, Leila makes a plan.

Original Title: جدایی نادر از سیمین
Payman Maadi as: Nader
Genre: Drama
Release: 2011
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.

Original Title: ابد و یک روز
Payman Maadi as: Morteza
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Release: 2016
Somaieh, the youngest daughter of an indigent family, is getting married and fear is overwhelming each and every member of the family regarding how to overcome their difficulties after she's gone.