Discoveries from Pakistan World Cinema

When a young girl comes out to her biased psychiatrist in 1983, he calls her parents for an intervention to cure her.

In Karachi, three women from a shelter home — an orderly, a nurse, and a guard — venture into the outside world for a day to confront their families and a society that has failed them.

The romance of Falak,a young Pakistani living in Switzerland,who has unidentified yearnings for eastern culture, and Sitara.

A documentary on the making of the film Jinnah (1998), and the trials and tribulations faced by a British production team.

A woman flees with the child of a Nawab, leaving behind her own son with Nawab (who's thinks of him as his biological son).

Rulia, a local hood who finds Ishq-e-Khuda , after he is ‘privileged’ by the prayer of a Sufi Dervish. In a parallel unconnected arc Ashan Khan – playing Ahsan, an engineer from Karachi – falls for Iqra, while Kulsoom, Iqra’s best childhood-bud, falls for Ahsan.

Mangti (1961) is a Pakistani Punjabi drama film directed by Ashraf Khan and released on May 26, 1961. The film stars Bahar Begum, Aslam Pervaiz, and Sultan Rahi, featuring music by Saif Chughtai

It follows two friends who visit a haunted house out of curiosity.

Film starring Zeba and Mohammad Ali.

On the eve of Independence Day, Zainab learns that she has to find a lawyer for a case that has been going on about her family’s ancestral land which had been unlawfully seized by a powerful political tycoon — thrusting her into a fight against a corrupt system that mirrors the very freedom being celebrated.

A married couple lives happily in Singapore but than someone try to come between them.

The story of serial killer Javed Iqbal, who sexually abused and killed more than 100 children in Lahore between 1998 and 1999.

The story of Nisar Ahmed Khan, told through his children and the people he served, a spiritual guide whose followers still visit his tomb on his birth and death anniversaries. And alongside how his family spends a few days at the village keeping his traditions alive.

Three friends, Fawad, Zafar and Raja Yasir, navigate love, relationships and friendship. Charming and witty Fawad falls in love with Sara, but their relationship is put to the test when Woo, a quirky and eccentric friend, gets involved.

A newly married couple moves in next door to a mysterious, dysfunctional couple.

When a young woman’s father wants her to marry within her caste, she elopes with the man she is in love with. But eloping comes with its own struggles and with their parents right on their tail, will everything work out?

A man who has devoted his life to the Kashmir struggle attempts to pass his vision along to the younger generation.

A university student stepped in crime circle run by evil politicians.

Seher, an ‘influencer’ who makes true crime content, faces constant disapproval from her brother over her life choices, and must convince the world that her neighbor is a serial killer in a bid to prove herself and maintain her fan following.

The Chhottu gang brought terror on the land and the people living there, a group of police force have been sent there to put a stop to the Chottu Gang although this would not be a solid operation, it would be a bloody dog war fight for the strong.

Najma, a destitute but caring young woman, lives with her aunt and cousins in Murree. Her life slowly spirals out of control with the arrival of a rebellious young man from Karachi.

A family faces disturbing paranormal events that strain the bond between a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, forcing them to confront whether the real horror is supernatural-or within their own home. Inspired by true events.

When Marjaan's grandmother passes away without getting the family tree she always dreamed of, Marjaan learns there is more to family than the tangible. It is the little things that join them together.

Khalid lives with his brother, Raza, his sister-in-law, Jamila, and his niece, Najma, in a humble household. Khalid's family struggles to make ends meet and fund his education. Despite their poverty, Jamila and Raza decide to arrange for Khalid's marriage, as per Khalid's wish, with his class fellow, Naheed, who belongs to a richer family. When the news of their marriage spreads in the neighbourhood, a neighbour of Raza who likes Naheed starts spreading rumour and gossip about the relationship of Khalid and Jamila, leading to a series of tragic events.

When the killer of an adolescent labor activist is acquitted, journalist Shahbaz Bhatti sees glaring loopholes in the verdict, and begins a quest for justice. But each lead he follows contradicts the one before, and the twisted story reveals the ugly truth of child labor in 1990s Pakistan.

Saman and Haadi are in love with each other and they want to get married. Haadi comes from a broken family and was raised by his uncle who has a certain condition for getting Haadi married.

In the 1990s in a lower middle-class Karachi neighbourhood, two teenage brothers, Mazhar and Fakhar, try to fast-track their growth to appear cooler. In their pursuit, they attempt to watch an adult film on VCR.

A ghost inhabits the body of a goat in order to fulfil some unfinished business with the help of his family.

A man turns up on the door to inspect the house he seeks to purchase, though the tenant's tour reveals more than what he expected.

After Shabana leaves her home to pursue a singing career, her husband struggles bringing up their only son. Will the family ever get together or there will be always someone missing? Winner of the 1981 Nigar Award for Best Urdu Film.

A group of friends are led by circumstances to find themselves at the crossroads of fate.

During the 1947 Partition, a mother and her children are separated while migrating to Pakistan. Years later, the siblings grow up in different parts of society, unaware of each other’s lives. The film follows their separate journeys and focuses on family ties shaped by loss and separation.

On a daily university van ride, two strangers exchange nothing but silent glances and louder thoughts. As days pass, their unspoken bond grows - until the silence becomes the story.

A Psychiatrist who comes to an asylum where illegal experiments are held, tries to help a patient get out of there and ends up in a ward himself.

A Pakistani Punjabi-language social film directed by Luqman, starring Naghma, Asad Bukhari, Nasira, Allauddin, Asif Jah, Zeenat, and Ajmal.

A social drama centered on the crushing weight of life’s hardships, following characters as they struggle to find hope and agency within a society that offers them very little room to breathe.

A Pakistani boy develops into a young revolutionary and confronts love, religious conflict, and his own death through Zoroastrian rituals of purification.

Two powerful landlords lure young brides to their haveli with the promise of two acres of land, only to abuse them before sending them to their in-laws’ homes. When one of their henchmen secretly spares a woman and her son, his act of mercy sparks a deadly cycle of revenge years later.

A woman alone in the house with her daughter receives a mysterious phone call. Iinspired by the 2020 Lahore motorway case.

The film is based on the expedition of mountaineer Muhammad Ali Sadpara to K2 in Pakistan, which cost him his life in 2021 at the age of 45. The film opens with him passing the bottleneck with his companions, successfully climbing it, and then returning when he is caught in an avalanche or storm and ultimately loses his life. As his life fades from memory, the film shifts to flashbacks as he recalls the events of his life.

This film's story is based upon the famous romance novel 'Love Story' by the American writer Erich Segal.

Based on he daily lives of the fishermen of East Bengal.

A poor woman dies due to her son's inability to provide necessary treatment, leading to him becoming a thief and falling in love with a girl.

Naina, a 36 year old women lives with her niece, Dua who is 19-year-old. They want to rent out their guest room. On the other hand there's Shahab and Ghouri, two friends, and struggling actors who are unable to pay the rent for the last two months. For that Shahab puts on makeup and becomes his own uncle and calls himself Ahmed Kamal. After a few interactions Naina falls in love with Shahab (Ahmed Kamal). Shahab is now truly in love with Dua and he now wants to come clean and tell her the truth that there is no Kamal, in fact he created this character just to get the room on rent.

Aakhri Nishan (1958) is a Pakistani Urdu-language action film. Directed by Ashfaq Malik, starring Sudhir, Meena Shorey, and Neelo.

A super hero films where the battle lies between good and evil. It is a story about a battered woman who goes through the painful experience of physical abuse by her lover and his companions. The rape attempt turns her into a shameful sight for her father. He ends up taking his own life, for the burden of shame is too much to bear. The physical and mental torture motivates the woman for revenge, and she who was once a happy jovial lady now becomes Hunterwali.

The law, meant to bind society, can become a suffocating cage. A 'fugitive,' in legal terms, is one who breaks free. But not all who flee are criminals. Some are victims, driven to desperate measures by the very system designed to protect them. When the privileged wield their wealth and influence to twist the law, they ensnare the innocent in a web of injustice. Forced to choose between captivity and escape, they become labeled 'fugitives.' 'Fugitive' (Mafroor) confronts this reality, exploring the social injustice that transforms the innocent into outlaws.

Rabia, a ten-year-old Pakistani girl sets out to find why her only school in the village is closed. This fable is a ghost story with a tinge of magical-realism that explores corruption from a child's perspective.

An Urdu action blockbuster set during liberation struggles against British colonizers. The first movie of Pakistani Actor Sultan Rahi

A legendary Punjabi tale of Mirza, a fearless archer, and Sahiban, his beloved, whose bond is tested by family pressures, tradition, and the harsh realities of honour-bound society.

Maula Jat tells the true story of it's eponymous hero's blood feud with the local "gunda" Nuri Nath.

A psychological thriller exploring the fragile boundary between perception and reality, where characters confront their inner demons and moral conflicts while navigating suspense-driven events that challenge identity, truth, and human nature.

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Pakistan police is working against a network of international terrorists in Lahore. Ahmed, a young unemployed man becomes a witness of suicide bombing incident and helps a Police officer Sonia to apprehend them.

Set in a 1900s Pashtun village, this tragic short film follows the lives of Sher Alam and Memoona, whose marriage is rooted in a long-standing childhood promise. While their life begins with quiet affection, the peace is shattered by the poison of jealousy and local rumors. When an innocent interaction is twisted into a scandal by a resentful friend, Sher Alam is consumed by suspicion and the crushing pressure of social "honor". His inability to trust leads to a final, devastating decision that destroys their lives and leaves a haunting legacy in the mountains