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poster
Criterion Channel
86
8.1
/22279/
81
/567/
78
/418/
4.4
/119522/
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
Criterion Channel
85
8.2
/26359/
80
/660/
80
/433/
4.4
/125883/
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.
poster
Kanopy
84
8.2
/88942/
79
/1060/
79
/692/
4.2
/50807/
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
Criterion Channel
83
7.6
/2814/
70
/32/
72
/33/
4.1
/4689/
100
/20/
83
/5/

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
Kanopy
73
7.7
/42760/
77
/910/
76
/679/
4.3
/183585/
83
/40/
83
/383/
80
/22/

Taste of Cherry (1997)
A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city, the seemingly well-to-do Badii meets with numerous people, including a Muslim student, asking them to take on the job, but initially he has little luck. Eventually, Badii finds a man who is up for the task because he needs the money, but his new associate soon tries to talk him out of committing suicide.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
71
7.9
/8867/
79
/196/
76
/167/
4.3
/37970/

Life, and Nothing More… (1992)
After the earthquake of Guilan, a film director and his son travel to the devastated area to search for the actors from the movie the director made there a few years previously. In their search, they see how people who have lost everything in the earthquake still have hope and try to live life to the fullest.
poster
78
53
8.0
/3709/
71
/25/
74
/31/
4.2
/3851/
88
/17/

Bashu, the Little Stranger (1991)
During the Iran-Iraq War, Bashu, a young boy loses his house and all his family. Scared, he sneaks into a truck that is leaving the area. He gets off the truck in the Northern part of the country, where everything from landscape to language is different. He meets Naii, who is trying to raise her two young children on a farm, while her husband is away. Despite cultural differences, and the fact that they do not speak the same language, Bashu and Naii slowly form a strong bond.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
49
7.5
/2495/
69
/45/
72
/48/
3.9
/6500/
90
/14/

The Traveler (1974)
Hassan Darabi, a troublesome, amoral 10-year-old boy in a small Iranian town wishes to see the Iran national football team play an important match in Tehran. In order to achieve that, he scams his friends and neighbors.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
46
7.8
/2330/
68
/45/
75
/42/
4.1
/8712/
78
/6/

Homework (1989)
Young male students at a local Iranian school are asked about their feelings on homework.
poster
Criterion Channel
69
44
7.1
/1669/
68
/29/
65
/40/
3.7
/5452/

The Bread and Alley (1970)
After returning from an errand to get bread, a young boy encounters a dog that frightens him making the journey to get home more difficult than he could’ve imagined.
poster
Criterion Channel
63
38
6.6
/1282/
60
/33/
57
/38/
3.5
/3427/

Two Solutions to One Problem (1975)
During breaktime, Dara and Nader have a fierce argument about a torn exercise book that the former has given back to the latter. There are two possible outcomes, which the film shows one after the other. One is that Dara wants to get his own back, and the two boys start a violent fight; the other is that they work together to mend the exercise book with a little glue.
poster
Criterion Channel
68
32
6.9
/1105/
68
/15/
64
/17/
3.6
/2376/

The Experience (1973)
The hard daily life of a kid working in a photo shop while trying to get closer to the girl he likes.
poster
68
32
7.2
/785/
66
/11/
60
/19/
3.8
/2470/

The Chorus (1982)
An old man with a hearing aid tires of listening to the noises of the town. But when he takes his aid out he can't hear his grandchildren coming to see him.
poster
Criterion Channel
62
31
6.2
/872/
60
/14/
60
/23/
3.4
/2903/

Breaktime (1972)
A boy on his way home from school kicks a ball out of a street where some children are playing. He's chased and forced to take a new way home.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
28
7.5
/893/
69
/11/
68
/9/
3.9
/2105/

First Case, Second Case (1979)
A documentary about a teacher who sends a group of pupils out of the classroom when one of them does not own up to talking behind the master's back.
poster
Criterion Channel
69
27
7.1
/866/
75
/9/
70
/15/
3.7
/2170/
50
/8/

A Wedding Suit (1976)
A woman orders a suit from a tailor for her young son to wear to her sister's wedding. The tailor's apprentice, together with two other teenage boys who work in the same building, devise a plan to try on the suit at night to see what it feels like.
poster
Criterion Channel
62
25
6.5
/582/
55
/10/
55
/20/
3.6
/1494/

Orderly or Disorderly? (1981)
A sense of order is the necessary basis of any good social organisation. To illustrate this axiom, Kiarostami presents a series of paired scenes in this educational short film in which the same action is first shown in an organised way and then in an anarchic one. The film crew, however, finds it difficult to organise disorder.
poster
Criterion Channel
64
24
6.2
/450/
62
/4/
60
/12/
3.6
/2134/

The Colours (1976)
By showing a series of different-coloured objects, the film aims to familiarize very young children with the various colours.
poster
Criterion Channel
60
19
5.9
/404/
47
/8/
54
/10/
3.2
/1955/

So Can I (1975)
Two children watching animals move in an animated film try to imitate their gestures — until they see real birds fly and a real airplane take off.
poster
Criterion Channel
72
19
7.3
/487/
68
/10/
71
/7/
3.8
/1145/

First Graders (1996)
A documentary film about a boys school in Iran. The film shows numerous, funny and moving interviews of many different young pupils of this school summoned by their superintendent for questions of discipline. The man is not severe, but clever and fair. He teaches loyalty, fellowship and righteousness to these boys. Besides these interviews, we see scenes of this school’s quotidian life.
poster
69
19
7.5
/579/
56
/8/
67
/10/
3.9
/946/

Harmonica (1974)
Set on the southern coast of Iran, "Harmonica" begins as a young boy receives a musical present from abroad. Fascinated and envious, his friends make him the leader of the pack, as they compete for the privilege of holding the harmonica or even blowing a few notes, until the games and horseplay begin to take on a sinister edge.
poster
Criterion Channel
60
9
6.1
/206/
60
/3/
55
/6/
3.3
/579/

Tribute to the Teachers (1977)
A documentary featuring interviews with teachers and officials on the profession of teaching and what it means to them.
poster
63
8
6.6
/214/
72
/4/
47
/3/
3.5
/670/

Solution No. 1 (1978)
A man, unable to hitch a ride back to his broken-down car with a new tire, rolls it back to his car while running.
poster
Criterion Channel
55
7
5.9
/201/
46
/3/
54
/5/
3.4
/563/

Toothache (1980)
A eductional short film based on a child named Mohammed-Reza and his poor dental habits. A majority of the second half film discusses many questions on dental hygiene.
poster
?
20
/1/

Tales of the Bazaar (1996)
This film consists of three parts: The first part is called: The Parrot and the grocer, which is based on the poems of Rumi's Masnavi. The second part is called "Entering the world of the puppets". This section is a combination of puppetry, animation, and live action, showing how to make a puppet movie in a musical, fantasy style. The third part: In this part called "The Jewel Mountain", the story of an evil and greedy jeweler is shown.
poster
?
6.5
/19/
20
/1/

The Jewel Mountain (1996)
In a bazaar, a poor young boy sees precious stones behind the shop window. The merchant invites him to enter, then takes him to the mountain, where he will have to face multiple dangers...
poster
?
20
/1/

The Flower, the Bird and the Sun (2001)
A sunflower growing in the shade of a wall has no sunlight. Bees and butterflies do not fly near it. Eventually, a bird advises the flower that it must grow above the wall in order to reach the sunlight. Animated using paint on glass.
poster
63
?
7.1
/199/
50
/4/
60
/6/
3.7
/429/

Journey (1972)
The story is about two poor boys’ search for their father through a Journey from downtown to uptown. Two hungry boys are forced to move through the events, people and unrealistic and risky places in a nightmarish way. A daily journey in search of their lost identity and worth!
poster
?
10
/1/

One, Two, Three, More... (1980)
A comical look at power and its disadvantages.
poster
?
6.4
/11/

Seven Cities (1971)
A story about love...
poster
?
6.0
/14/

Douch (2018)
Ten-year-old Gholamreza, who lives in a village in northern Iran, needs a bicycle to win a bicycle race and pay off his father's debt. To get money for the new bicycle, he notices a prize for teaching an illiterate person how to read and write, but there aren't any illiterate people in the village except a 90-year-old bad tempered woman who does not want to learn anything.
poster
67
?
6.3
/143/
80
/2/
58
/4/
3.5
/393/

How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting (1977)
"A humorous slice of educational instruction on refurbishing and painting" (MoMA).
poster
?
10
/1/

We Are Going the Other Way (1972)
An old mountaineer goes to the mountains with his friend. Due to the avalanche, he gets stuck in the mountains. The federation of professional mountaineers sends a team to save him, and on the other hand, the children of this mountaineer go to rescue their father too. Both groups arrive almost simultaneously...
poster
?
10
/1/

Hassani (1974)
The short movie "Hassani"
poster
?
6.7
/36/
60
/1/

Wooden Pistols (1976)
Lives of children living near a train station changes when they watch a Western film on a newly arrived TV set...
poster
?
10
/1/

The Peach Tree (1971)
The short movie "Peach Tree"
poster
?
10
/1/

The Gate (1973)
Every gate opens to a new perspective, and every vision leads to a dream land. A land made with the creativity and imagination of a filmmaker. This film is a combination of a number of situations in which every child finds himself happily. In the end, there are questions that every child has to answer based on their imagination.
poster
?
6.1
/13/
10
/1/

Excursion on a Bright Sunny Day (1974)
Gholamabbas lives in a house with his father and his old cook. The father is busy with his own small business, and the child is obsessed with the old man's stories, which he listens to at night after reading the Qur'an.
poster
56
?
6.4
/196/
40
/2/
55
/2/
3.3
/319/

Uncle Moustache (1970)
A lonely old man takes to terrorizing the kids who build a football pitch next to his house.
poster
?
6.3
/10/
10
/1/

Never (1973)
A little girl loves sheep, her dream is seeing a sheep come to life, a butcher does it for her and fills the child's heart with innumerable love.
poster
?
35
/2/

A Green Dot (1972)
A Green Dot
poster
?
25
/2/

The Weightlifter (1970)
A fraudulent appears in the form of a hero, but cannot lift weights. And He loves to show off.
poster
?
10
/1/

Protected Area (1971)
Ahmad Agha Shahr-e Farangi is facing a market slump. The existence of cinema and television has greatly reduced his customers. In order to earn a living, he goes to an unfamiliar village at the beginning of the protected area of Semnan province, which is not far from Tehran. Upon arrival, he encounters extreme poverty and sad stories in the village. The behavior of village’s children is not predictable for Ahmad Agha. Their fear of this stranger and his strange device does not prevent them from approaching it to arouse curiosity….
poster
?
6.0
/8/
10
/1/

He Who Daydreamed and He Who Acted (1971)
A boy finally succeeds, after many attempts, to pick a fruit from the tree. In the face of his constant efforts, every time a daydreamer makes fun of him.
poster
?
6.7
/12/
10
/1/

Boasting (1974)
This film combines elements from Iranian epics, street wit and humor, and is in fact an animation of what Sadeghi considers his main artistic inspiration, namely Iranian folklore and storytelling screens.
poster
?
5.4
/12/

Uncle Pumble (2018)
The story is about a doll named Amo Pumble who teaches children how to live in society by reading a magic book to children.
poster
?
5.5
/15/
80
/1/

Crab (2020)
A shy, withdrawn boy has his heart on being in the school theater group, but the only role offered to him is that of a crab.
poster
?
10
/1/

Pari (1972)
Pari is Zackaria Hashemi's short film


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