The Best Babak Karimi Movies, Ranked
37 credits from 2007 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Yalda, a Night for Forgivness (2020) comes out on top with a score of 85. The biggest box office hit is Ex (2009) with $16.8M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Babak Karimi Box Office Hits
Babak Karimi's films have made $18.8M worldwide in total. Ex (2009) is the biggest hit at $16.8M, ahead of A Wedding (2016) ($635K). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
The Best Babak Karimi Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Babak Karimi has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 20 films, and Yalda, a Night for Forgivness (2020) is the pick of them.
The Best Babak Karimi Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Babak Karimi's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Babak Karimi Movies
The most recent films Babak Karimi is credited on, newest first — starting with Sunshine Express (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Sunshine Express 2025 · The Judge -
Guardian of the Field 2025 · Helma's father -
Fossil 2023 · Khosravi (Savaki) -
Set Me Free 2023 · Family -
The Wastetown 2022 · Mohandes -
Bucharest 2022 · Drama -
Visiting Time 2022 · Drama -
Lawless City 2022 · Salar -
Odyssey of Solitude 2022 · Victor -
The Loser Man 2022 · Mystery -
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(Im)perfetti Criminali 2022 · Amir -
Until Tomorrow 2022 · Mr. Mahmoudi
The Best Babak Karimi Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Babak Karimi films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Babak Karimi movie?
Yalda, a Night for Forgivness (2020) is the best-rated Babak Karimi film, with a Movie Echo Score of 85, ahead of The Life Ahead (2020) (80) and Zeros and Ones (2021) (31). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Yalda, a Night for Forgivness: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Babak Karimi movie?
Ex (2009) made the most at the box office, with $16.8M worldwide, followed by A Wedding (2016) with $635K. Together, Babak Karimi's films with box office figures have made $18.8M.
Which Babak Karimi movie won the most awards?
The Life Ahead (2020) is the most decorated Babak Karimi film, with 1 win from 3 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Babak Karimi drama movie?
Yalda, a Night for Forgivness (2020) is the best-rated of Babak Karimi's drama films, with a score of 85. In other genres: Last Minute Marocco (comedy), Zeros and Ones (thriller) and Ex (romance).
What is the newest Babak Karimi movie?
The newest film on Babak Karimi's filmography is Sunshine Express (2025), with Babak Karimi as The Judge.
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