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8.3
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80
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78
/1881/
4.4
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99
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92
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95
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cc age 16+

A Separation (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.
poster
87
8.0
/104200/
79
/2427/
78
/2055/
4.2
/202302/
96
/163/
92
/7558/
90
/31/
cc age 15+

Persepolis (2007)
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.
poster
87
7.9
/20917/
78
/824/
77
/378/
4.2
/81208/
98
/198/
89
/68/
91
/33/
cc age 14+

Flee (2021)
Recounted mostly through animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his past as a child refugee from Afghanistan as he grapples with a secret he’s kept hidden for 20 years.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
8.1
/21982/
81
/563/
78
/410/
4.4
/113171/
100
/11/
91
/86/

Where Is The Friend's House? (1987)
An 8-year-old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.
poster
85
7.7
/6557/
74
/178/
71
/166/
4.0
/95249/
98
/175/
91
/7/
91
/41/

It Was Just an Accident (2025)
Vahid, an Azerbaijani auto mechanic, was once imprisoned by Iranian authorities. During his sentence, he was interrogated blindfolded. One day, a man named Eqbal enters his workshop. His prosthetic leg creaks, and Vahid thinks he recognizes one of his former torturers.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
8.2
/26076/
80
/658/
79
/427/
4.4
/121064/
89
/19/
88
/179/
92
/15/

Close-Up (1990)
This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf—as the basis for a stunning, multilayered investigation into movies, identity, artistic creation, and existence, in which the real people from the case play themselves.
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Kanopy
85
7.9
/60301/
76
/767/
75
/525/
4.1
/43096/
99
/72/
84
/217/
87
/29/

About Elly (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.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
7.3
/2239/
73
/56/
71
/32/
4.0
/9040/
100
/8/
85
/5/
94
/4/

Chess of the Wind (1976)
The first lady of a noble house has died and now there is conflict between the remainders for taking over her heritage.
poster
Kanopy
84
8.2
/88320/
79
/1031/
79
/680/
4.2
/47518/
83
/30/
95
/979/
77
/14/
cc age 10+

Children of Heaven (1997)
Zohre's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zohre until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes. School awaits.
poster
Disney Plus
84
7.9
/1202307/
80
/61579/
76
/27511/
3.8
/2007222/
94
/278/
91
/82987/
79
/38/
cc age 13+

Iron Man (2008)
After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
poster
Hulu
83
7.6
/18223/
74
/751/
75
/392/
4.0
/102036/
97
/159/
94
/24/
84
/30/

The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024)
Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.
poster
83
8.1
/19164/
79
/162/
75
/182/
4.0
/10885/
87
/31/
96
/332/
80
/25/

The Color of Paradise (1999)
Mohammad joyfully returns to his tiny village on summer vacation from the Institute for the Blind, unaware of his widowed father's intentions to disown him in order to win the hand—and dowry—of a local woman. With the wedding swiftly approaching, Mohammad's future hangs precariously in the balance as his father struggles against his destiny, unable to see the wonder of life and love that's so clear to his son.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
83
7.7
/659805/
76
/16909/
72
/8683/
3.7
/438461/
96
/360/
90
/10915/
86
/45/
cc age 16+

Argo (2012)
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
7.6
/2783/
69
/32/
70
/31/
4.1
/4309/
100
/20/
82
/4/

The Runner (1984)
A young orphan named Amiro lives alone in an abandoned tanker in the Iranian port city of Abadan. He survives by shining shoes, selling water, and collecting deposit bottles. Although he sometimes finds himself at odds with both adults and competing older kids, he finds solace in dreams about departing cargo ships and airplanes—and by running.
poster
Hulu
83
7.8
/189896/
76
/3280/
74
/1963/
4.1
/122531/
96
/135/
90
/2578/
85
/34/
cc age 16+

The Insider (1999)
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
poster
Kanopy
82
7.2
/4952/
72
/153/
68
/120/
3.9
/19477/
99
/110/
79
/9/
93
/29/

No Bears (2022)
Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who has been barred from leaving the country, arrives at a village on the Iran-Turkey border to supervise a film based on a real-life couple seeking passports to Europe being shot in Turkey, but both his stay and the production run into trouble.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.5
/3586/
75
/187/
67
/86/
4.1
/18285/
100
/105/
69
/20/
89
/21/

Cameraperson (2016)
As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that illuminate moments and situations that have personally affected her. What emerges is an elegant meditation on the relationship between truth and the camera frame, as Johnson transforms scenes that have been presented on Festival screens as one kind of truth into another kind of story—one about personal journey, craft, and direct human connection.
poster
81
7.4
/2992/
74
/192/
78
/136/
3.9
/16857/
94
/32/
93
/35/
77
/5/
cc age 14+

Tatami (2024)
Iranian female judokas Leila and her coach Maryam, travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran’s first gold medal. Midway through the Judo World Championships, they receive an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to fake an injury and lose, or she will be branded a traitor of the state. With her own and her family’s freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: comply with the Iranian regime as her coach Maryam implores her to do, or fight on, for the gold.
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Kanopy
81
7.2
/8275/
71
/226/
67
/138/
3.9
/32816/
95
/99/
79
/22/
91
/28/

Hit the Road (2021)
A chaotic family is on a road trip across a rugged landscape. In the back seat, Dad has a broken leg, Mom tries to laugh when she's not holding back tears, and the youngest keeps exploding into car karaoke. Only the older brother is quiet.
poster
81
7.8
/788/
80
/56/
79
/13/
3.8
/1092/
100
/44/
87
/8/
80
/12/

Coup 53 (2019)
Tehran, Iran, August 19, 1953. A group of Iranian conspirators who, with the approval of the deposed tyrant Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, have conspired with agents of the British MI6 and the US CIA, manage to put an end to the democratic government led by Mohammad Mosaddegh, a dramatic event that will begin the tragic era of coups d'état that, orchestrated by the CIA, will take place, over the following decades, in dozens of countries around the world.
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Kanopy
81
7.5
/7627/
71
/202/
75
/146/
3.8
/14073/
98
/53/
90
/6/
82
/15/

There Is No Evil (2020)
Set against the backdrop of Iran's strict and oppressive legal system, this anthology film tells the stories of four men who each face a moral crisis when having to deal with death penalties.
poster
Fandor
81
7.6
/14508/
74
/212/
74
/145/
3.8
/11372/
100
/45/
84
/31/
84
/18/

Fireworks Wednesday (2006)
Rouhi, a young bride-to-be, is hired as a maid for an affluent family in Tehran. Upon arriving, she is suddenly thrust into an explosive domestic conflict. The wife is convinced her husband is having an affair and enlists Rouhi as a spy, to follow her husband, and confirm her suspicions. What Rouhi discovers, however, threatens not only their marriage but her own future.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.7
/67999/
75
/1405/
73
/910/
3.8
/55275/
96
/196/
84
/140/
85
/36/
cc age 14+

The Salesman (2016)
Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the young couple’s life.
poster
Hoopla
80
7.2
/1618/
73
/53/
74
/52/
3.4
/7491/
96
/27/
83
/11/

Terrestrial Verses (2023)
A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under authoritarian rule. Whether choosing a name for a newborn, graduating from grade school, getting a driver’s license, applying for a job, or seeking approval for a film script, if you live in Iran, you best come fluent in Orwellian discourse.
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Kanopy
80
6.9
/2707/
73
/98/
73
/34/
3.8
/25589/
95
/83/
73
/14/
84
/24/

Universal Language (2024)
Winter. Somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg. Negin and Nazgol find a sum of money frozen deep within the sidewalk ice and try to find a way to get it out. Massoud leads a group of befuddled tourists upon an increasingly-strange walking tour of Winnipeg historic sites. Matthew leaves his job at the Québec government and embarks upon a mysterious journey to visit his estranged mother.
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Kanopy
80
7.7
/560/
80
/11/
68
/12/
4.0
/1422/
100
/21/
84
/7/
76
/11/

Fifi Howls from Happiness (2013)
Bahman Mohassess was a celebrated artist at the time of the Shah. Trained in Italy, he created sculptures and paintings in his homeland. But audiences often took offence at the pronounced phalli on his mostly naked bronze figures and his work was regularly censored. All traces of him were lost after the revolution. It was said he destroyed his remaining paintings and disappeared.
poster
MGM Plus
80
7.3
/9817/
71
/134/
70
/124/
3.7
/4624/
96
/101/
87
/459/
83
/35/

Osama (2004)
After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a preteen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.
poster
80
7.8
/9343/
74
/98/
74
/84/
3.7
/4372/
89
/62/
90
/166/
79
/25/

Baran (2001)
On a building site in present-day Tehran, Lateef, a 17-year-old Turkish worker is irresistibly drawn to Rahmat, a young Afghan worker. The revelation of Rahmat's secret changes both their lives.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.2
/22716/
70
/490/
72
/491/
3.8
/35681/
89
/108/
80
/869/
87
/32/

Russian Ark (2002)
A ghost and a French marquis wander through the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, encountering scenes from many different periods of its history.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
7.7
/10896/
78
/1441/
73
/247/
3.7
/4729/
90
/73/
75
/51/
77
/23/

Zero Days (2016)
Alex Gibney explores the phenomenon of Stuxnet, a self-replicating computer virus discovered in 2010 by international IT experts. Evidently commissioned by the US and Israeli governments, this malware was designed to specifically sabotage Iran’s nuclear programme. However, the complex computer worm ended up not only infecting its intended target but also spreading uncontrollably.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
7.7
/73432/
78
/2592/
76
/1247/
3.9
/51367/
91
/119/
88
/235/
70
/21/
cc age 13+

A Man Called Ove (2015)
Despite being deposed as president of his condominium association, grumpy 59-year-old Ove continues to watch over his neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she accidentally back into Ove’s mailbox, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.
poster
79
7.9
/560/
66
/12/
68
/13/
4.1
/4835/
83
/13/

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk (2025)
An Iranian filmmaker participates in a series of video calls with a young Palestinian photojournalist who describes her life confined in Gaza during the current regional conflict.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
7.5
/32404/
73
/562/
73
/358/
3.8
/42694/
97
/187/
83
/57/
82
/39/

A Hero (2021)
Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned. Is he truly a hero?
poster
79
7.4
/7123/
73
/85/
68
/87/
3.8
/6993/
94
/64/
79
/99/
85
/28/

The Circle (2000)
Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
7.4
/5939/
69
/124/
69
/99/
3.9
/12376/
97
/102/
69
/124/
90
/27/

This Is Not a Film (2011)
Renowned Iranian director Jafar Panahi received a 6-year prison sentence and a 20-year ban from filmmaking and conducting interviews with foreign press due to his open support for the opposition party in Iran's 2009 election. In this film, which was shot secretly by Panahi's close friend Mojtaba Mirtahmasb and smuggled into France on a USB stick concealed inside a cake for a last-minute submission to Cannes, Panahi documents his daily life under house arrest as he awaits a decision on his appeal.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
7.2
/2891/
76
/137/
68
/71/
3.7
/3596/
91
/117/
81
/22/
77
/22/

Human Flow (2017)
More than 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war, the greatest displacement since World War II. Filmmaker Ai Weiwei examines the staggering scale of the refugee crisis and its profoundly personal human impact. Over the course of one year in 23 countries, Weiwei follows a chain of urgent human stories that stretch across the globe, including Afghanistan, France, Greece, Germany and Iraq.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.6
/652/
75
/16/
59
/12/
4.0
/1381/
98
/47/
82
/6/
79
/19/

Midnight Traveler (2019)
In 2015, the Taliban put a price on the head of Hassan, a filmmaker, who was forced to flee Afghanistan with his wife and two young daughters. Using their camera phones, the fugitives show first-hand the many dangers refugees face when seeking asylum in a safe place.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.2
/1394/
75
/16/
66
/16/
3.5
/1113/
93
/27/
79
/7/
88
/10/

Manuscripts Don't Burn (2014)
Khosrow and Morteza set out on a mission to kill someone. The assassination ought to be arranged as a suicide. At the last minute however, they are obliged to change their initial plans…
poster
Criterion Channel
78
7.4
/3028/
76
/91/
71
/109/
4.1
/24135/
65
/49/
81
/1/

One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977)
The intertwined lives of two women in 1970s France, set against the progress of the women's movement in which Agnes Varda was involved. Pomme and Suzanne meet when Pomme helps Suzanne obtain an abortion after a third pregnancy which she cannot afford. They lose contact but meet again ten years later. Pomme has become an unconventional singer, Suzanne a serious community worker - despite the contrast they remain friends and share in the various dramas of each others' lives, in the process affirming their different female identities.
poster
78
7.7
/9406/
74
/117/
76
/113/
3.9
/6286/
86
/36/
86
/1/
78
/24/

A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)
After their father dies, a family of five children are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
78
7.4
/13675/
74
/246/
71
/187/
4.1
/30634/
97
/32/
84
/125/
87
/19/

The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural Kurdish village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.
poster
77
7.3
/1164/
74
/87/
70
/21/
3.7
/1722/
93
/30/
84
/10/

Retrograde (2022)
The story of the last months of the 20-year war in Afghanistan through the intimate relationship between American Green Berets and the Afghan officers they trained.
poster
Fandor
77
7.4
/5722/
72
/74/
68
/82/
3.8
/6404/
88
/85/
81
/72/
82
/26/

Crimson Gold (2003)
Pizza man Hussein is a daily witnesses to the unjust distribution of wealth in his native Iran. One day, he finds a purse filled with shockingly expensive receipts from an upscale jewelry store. He attempts to bring the purse back to the store, but because of his working-class attire, he's not allowed inside. Then, during a delivery, a rich man invites Hussein into his extravagant mansion – an event that spurs Hussein to make a desperate bid for wealth.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
77
7.8
/6127/
76
/164/
73
/142/
4.3
/22596/
100
/7/
95
/54/

The House Is Black (1963)
Set in a leper colony in the north of Iran, The House is Black juxtaposes "ugliness," of which there is much in the world as stated in the opening scenes, with religion and gratitude.
poster
77
7.3
/2106/
70
/26/
59
/33/
3.9
/3856/
88
/60/
83
/56/
84
/24/

The Day I Became a Woman (2000)
A girl reaches the age of nine and is supposed to act as a grown woman according to her family. A girl participates in a bike race against the will of her husband. An elderly woman decides she wants to buy all the things she always wanted but could never get.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.2
/3077/
73
/66/
68
/63/
3.5
/3111/
100
/19/
80
/2/
78
/10/

A Man of Integrity (2017)
Reza, residing in the wilderness with his wife and son, lives a retired life and devotes himself to freshwater fish farming. A private company that has targets on his land is ready to do anything to force him to sell.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.3
/17616/
72
/499/
70
/455/
3.8
/30357/
96
/110/
79
/67/
91
/25/

Taxi (2015)
A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. His camera placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio captures the spirit of Iranian society through this comedic and dramatic drive…
poster
Hoopla
77
7.5
/75217/
71
/1080/
71
/809/
3.6
/20278/
74
/180/
83
/2300/
71
/41/
cc age 17+

House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an unfair legal dispute with the county, she is left with nowhere to go. Wanting her house back, she hires a lawyer and befriends a police officer. Neither Kathy nor Behrani have broken the law, so they find themselves involved in a difficult moral dilemma.


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