Hossein Amini (Persian: حسین امینی; born 18 January 1966) is an Iranian-born British screenwriter and film director who has worked as a screenwriter since the early 1990s. He was nominated for numerous awards for the 1997 film The Wings of the Dove, including an Academy Award for Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay. He also won a "Best Adapted Screenplay" award from the Austin Film Critics Association for his screenplay adaptation of Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive (2011), based on the novel by James Sallis. For his directorial debut, he wrote and directed The Two Faces of January, an adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hossein Amini, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 18, 1966 (60)
- Iran
- Writer and producer, also director
- 16 on MovieCove · 21 credits in all
What are Hossein Amini's films like?
Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 13
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 12
Grounded 3 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 2
Gentle 0 · Charged 5 · Intense 8
Steady 4 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 6
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 6
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet10
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Hossein Amini's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Hossein Amini's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
21 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Break (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Clayface(2026)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Pigeon Tunnel(2023)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Obi-Wan Kenobi(2022)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows
The Alienist(2018)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
McMafia(2018)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
The Snowman(2017)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Our Kind of Traitor(2016)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
The Two Faces of January(2014)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
47 Ronin(2013)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Drive(2011)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Shanghai(2010)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Killshot(2008)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
The Four Feathers(2002)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
The Wings of the Dove(1997)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Deep Secrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Jude(1996)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all filmsThe Dying of the Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Break (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Ibelin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 21 titles, 18 of them dated from 1994 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
Highest rated
Drive (2011)
Most popular right now
Clayface (2026)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Hossein Amini's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th7
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 16 titles divides audiences: 9 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser9
- Broadly Agreed5
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 48/100 and the plot and story 44/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Hossein Amini's work okay for kids?
Across up to 11 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Hossein Amini work with?
People who share at least 2 of Hossein Amini's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bob Weinstein shares the most, 3.
Writers
- John le CarréShared titles: The Pigeon Tunnel (2023), Our Kind of Traitor (2016)See all 2 shared titles with John le Carré
Actors
- David DencikShared titles: Clayface (2026), The Snowman (2017)See all 2 shared titles with David Dencik
- Eddie MarsanShared titles: Clayface (2026), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Eddie Marsan
- Toby JonesShared titles: The Snowman (2017), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Toby Jones
- Oscar IsaacShared titles: The Two Faces of January (2014), Drive (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Oscar Isaac
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Jon HarrisShared titles: Clayface (2026), The Two Faces of January (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Jon Harris
- Klaus BadeltShared titles: Shanghai (2010), Killshot (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Klaus Badelt
- Eduardo SerraShared titles: The Wings of the Dove (1997), Jude (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Eduardo Serra
Producers
- Bob WeinsteinShared titles: Shanghai (2010), Killshot (2008), The Wings of the Dove (1997)See all 3 shared titles with Bob Weinstein
- Harvey WeinsteinShared titles: Shanghai (2010), Killshot (2008), The Wings of the Dove (1997)See all 3 shared titles with Harvey Weinstein
- Eric FellnerShared titles: The Snowman (2017), The Two Faces of January (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Eric Fellner
- Robyn SlovoShared titles: The Snowman (2017), The Two Faces of January (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Robyn Slovo
Mixed roles
- Max MinghellaShared titles: Clayface (2026), The Two Faces of January (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Max Minghella
