The Best Shohreh Aghdashloo Movies, Ranked
28 credits from 1976 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Deadly Vows (2025) comes out on top with a score of 87. The biggest box office hit is The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) with $145M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Shohreh Aghdashloo Movies
The 9 highest-rated films Shohreh Aghdashloo is credited on. Deadly Vows (2025) leads with 87, followed by Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps (2024) at 86. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 87 Deadly Vows 2025 · Crime -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 86 Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps 2024 · Adventure -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 84 Chess of the Wind (1976) 2021 · Drama -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 80 The Cuban 2019 · Drama -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 72 The Cuban 2020 · Drama -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 71 Renfield 2023 · Fantasy -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 71 A Simple Wedding 2018 · Romance -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 71 A Simple Wedding 2020 · Comedy -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 40 Run Sweetheart Run 2022 · Thriller
Biggest Shohreh Aghdashloo Box Office Hits
Shohreh Aghdashloo's films have made $224M worldwide in total. The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) is the biggest hit at $145M, ahead of The Nativity Story (2006) ($46.4M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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The Exorcism of Emily Rose 2005 · Drama $145M $75.1M dom. - 2
The Nativity Story 2006 · Drama $46.4M $37.6M dom. - 3 Renfield 2023 · Fantasy $26.5M $17.3M dom.
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Rosewater 2014 · Biography $3.17M $3.13M dom. - 5
Last Knights 2015 · Action $1.8M - 6
The Stoning of Soraya M. 2009 · Drama $1.12M $637K dom. - 7
Twenty Bucks 1993 · Drama $89.6K $89.6K dom. - 8 Chess of the Wind (1976) 2021 · Drama $65.7K
- 9 A Simple Wedding 2018 · Romance $54.4K $54.4K dom.
- 10 The Cuban 2020 · Drama $1.93K
The Best Shohreh Aghdashloo Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Shohreh Aghdashloo has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 12 films, and Chess of the Wind (1976) (2021) is the pick of them.
- Drama 12 films Chess of the Wind (1976) 2021 · as Lady's Maid Movie Echo Score: 84
- Thriller 2 films Run Sweetheart Run 2022 · as First Lady Movie Echo Score: 40
- Crime 1 film Deadly Vows 2025 · as Melody Movie Echo Score: 87
- Adventure 1 film Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps 2024 · as The Wisewoman Movie Echo Score: 86
- Fantasy 1 film Renfield 2023 · as Bellafrancesca Lobo Movie Echo Score: 71
- Comedy 1 film A Simple Wedding 2020 · as Ziba Husseini Movie Echo Score: 71
- Romance 1 film A Simple Wedding 2018 · as Ziba Husseini Movie Echo Score: 71
- Action 1 film Last Knights 2015
- Biography 1 film Rosewater 2014
The Best Shohreh Aghdashloo Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Shohreh Aghdashloo's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Shohreh Aghdashloo Movies
The most recent films Shohreh Aghdashloo is credited on, newest first — starting with Deadly Vows (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Deadly Vows 2025 · Melody
- Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps 2024 · The Wisewoman
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The Penguin 2024 · Nadia Maroni - Renfield 2023 · Bellafrancesca Lobo
- Run Sweetheart Run 2022 · First Lady
- Chess of the Wind (1976) 2021 · Lady's Maid
- The Cuban 2020 · Bano Ayoub
- A Simple Wedding 2020 · Ziba Husseini
- The Cuban 2019 · Bano Ayoub
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Lie 12 2019 · Drama - A Simple Wedding 2018 · Ziba Husseini
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Window Horses 2016 · Mehrnaz (voice)
The Best Shohreh Aghdashloo Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Shohreh Aghdashloo films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Shohreh Aghdashloo movie?
Deadly Vows (2025) is the best-rated Shohreh Aghdashloo film, with a Movie Echo Score of 87, ahead of Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps (2024) (86) and Chess of the Wind (1976) (2021) (84). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Deadly Vows: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Shohreh Aghdashloo movie?
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) made the most at the box office, with $145M worldwide, followed by The Nativity Story (2006) with $46.4M. Together, Shohreh Aghdashloo's films with box office figures have made $224M.
Which Shohreh Aghdashloo movie won the most awards?
Renfield (2023) is the most decorated Shohreh Aghdashloo film, with 1 win from 5 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Shohreh Aghdashloo drama movie?
Chess of the Wind (1976) (2021) is the best-rated of Shohreh Aghdashloo's drama films, with a score of 84. In other genres: Run Sweetheart Run (thriller), Deadly Vows (crime) and Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps (adventure).
What is the newest Shohreh Aghdashloo movie?
The newest film on Shohreh Aghdashloo's filmography is Deadly Vows (2025), with Shohreh Aghdashloo as Melody.
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