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89
8.3
/274605/
80
/3184/
78
/1881/
4.4
/169910/
99
/177/
92
/1633/
95
/41/
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
Netflix
75
7.3
/31067/
71
/818/
73
/480/
3.6
/84914/
82
/141/
78
/22/
66
/30/
cc age 16+

Holy Spider (2022)
A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.
poster
80
71
8.4
/24194/
78
/128/
75
/85/
3.6
/5260/
94
/494/

The Lizard (2004)
The satirical commentary on clergymen in post-revolutionary Iran. While in prison, petty criminal Reza (Parviz Parastui) comes across a clergyman, sparking a plan for escape. Reza dons his new acquaintance's clerical robes and makes a bid for freedom. He soon learns that being a clergyman brings little respect from the public. Reza travels to the outlying villages, from where he plots to escape the country. However, his plans must be put on hold when the villagers accept him into their community and expect him to perform religious duties. Will Reza's prison break transform him into an unlikely pillar of the community?
poster
Criterion Channel
80
71
7.9
/8759/
79
/195/
77
/164/
4.3
/36497/

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
Amazon Prime Video
71
7.9
/22868/
77
/374/
76
/246/
3.6
/8395/
58
/84/
87
/640/
50
/20/

The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009)
In 1986 Iran, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village, enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant ended in tragedy.
poster
69
6.7
/1311/
58
/7/
59
/13/
3.5
/290/
83
/58/
64
/39/
75
/25/

Secret Ballot (2001)
A female election agent and a gun-toting soldier try to collect votes among the local islanders with mixed success.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
6.6
/11116/
64
/411/
64
/188/
3.2
/4736/
76
/153/
68
/280/
67
/35/
cc age 15+

Rosewater (2014)
In 2009, Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was covering Iran's volatile elections for Newsweek. One of the few reporters living in the country with access to US media, he made an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, in a taped interview with comedian Jason Jones. The interview was intended as satire, but if the Tehran authorities got the joke they didn't like it - and it would quickly came back to haunt Bahari when he was rousted from his family home and thrown into prison.
poster
77
65
8.1
/19309/
79
/130/
78
/69/
3.5
/8051/

Life and a Day (2016)
Somaieh, the youngest daughter of an indigent family, is getting married and fear is overwhelming each and every member of the family regarding how to overcome their difficulties after she's gone.
poster
73
65
7.2
/2850/
74
/282/
75
/500/
3.7
/6253/

All Three of Us (2015)
An Iranian family survives the shah and the ayatollah and moves to France. This story follows the family through it all. Despite the politics, revolution, prison, beatings, assassinations and suicides this is a comedy.
poster
Hoopla
57
6.2
/26467/
69
/2995/
60
/736/
3.0
/15502/
65
/31/
48
/68/
36
/7/
cc age 16+

6 Days (2017)
London, England, April 1980. Six terrorists assault the Embassy of Iran and take hostages. For six days, tense negotiations are held while the authorities decide whether a military squad should intervene.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
56
6.2
/2071/
61
/92/
69
/50/
3.2
/497/
31
/42/
62
/27/
49
/17/
cc age 14+

Desert Dancer (2014)
Inspirational true story of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, who risked his life for his dream to become a dancer despite a nationwide dancing ban.
poster
Kanopy
64
54
6.2
/2845/
66
/33/
63
/48/
3.4
/2529/
73
/40/
52
/44/
68
/16/

Women Without Men (2009)
Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran's 1953 CIA-backed coup d'état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard garden, where they find independence, solace and companionship.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
50
7.1
/2889/
72
/183/
72
/79/
3.4
/895/
89
/20/

American Wrestler: The Wizard (2017)
In 1980, a teenage boy escapes the unrest in Iran only to face more hostility in America, due to the hostage crisis. Determined to fit in, he joins the school's floundering wrestling team.
poster
70
49
7.4
/6225/
66
/48/
75
/21/
3.4
/3333/

The Painting Pool (2013)
Maryam (Negar Javaherian) and Reza (Shahab Hosseini) are different from other people, it's not just a simple difference, but a very big difference. They must try to prove to others they have solved the big difference with the miracle of love ...
poster
81
46
7.6
/416/
74
/18/
76
/18/
4.0
/1983/
100
/7/

Seven Winters in Tehran (2023)
After seven years in prison, a female student in Tehran is hanged for murder. She had acted in self-defence against a rapist. For a pardon, she would have had to retract her testimony. This moving film reopens the case.
poster
72
45
7.8
/3182/
70
/22/
68
/20/
3.7
/2104/

The Deer (1976)
An urban guerrilla, wounded after a bank robbery, seeks refuge with his childhood friend—only to discover that his friend has fallen into addiction. The guerrilla hides in his house and gradually begins to influence him, helping him regain his courage and strength. Eventually, he entrusts the stolen money to him…
poster
80
44
7.6
/1251/
71
/16/
75
/28/
4.0
/3343/
80
/5/
100
/5/

The White Meadows (2009)
Rahmat travels to a host of islands in a vast salt pan in order to collect the inhabitant's tears for an unknown purpose. He is joined on his mysterious journey by a young boy searching for his father. As their travel nears its end, a potent critique of Iran's political leadership emerges.
poster
69
41
6.4
/1229/
64
/44/
62
/11/
3.2
/2057/
94
/16/

Opponent (2023)
In the aftermath of a devastating rumor, Iman and his family have been forced to flee Iran. As refugees, they end up in a run-down hotel in northern Sweden. Despite feeling powerless, Iman tries to maintain his role as the family patriarch. To increase their chances of asylum, he breaks a promise to his wife and joins the local wrestling club. As the rumors start to resurface, Iman’s fear and desperation begin to take a hold.
poster
63
39
6.7
/3840/
68
/25/
64
/22/
2.8
/1815/

Midday Event (2017)
In 1981, Islamic Republic intelligence agents work to track down MEK operatives trying to assassinate Iranian officials in the aftermath of the resignation of President Banisadr.
poster
79
36
8.3
/1413/
73
/13/
77
/10/
4.3
/2489/

Death of Yazdgerd (1982)
Bahram Beyzai's poetic imagining of the circumstances that led to the death of Yazdgerd III, the last of the Sassanid kings of Iran. His death in 651, during the Arab invasions that brought Islam to this Zoroastrian realm, was mysterious: his corpse was discovered in a mill, but the cause of his death—and the whereabouts of his remains—are unknown.
poster
Kanopy
76
36
7.4
/585/
61
/10/
71
/12/
3.8
/942/
100
/148/

Divorce Iranian Style (1998)
DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE unfolds inside an Iranian divorce court, providing a subtle and intimate look at the lives of women in a country stereotypically associated with fanaticism and oppression. Astute and beautifully observed, the film reveals the ingenuity and humour with which Iranian women negotiate the restrictions of their society.
poster
66
36
6.6
/3050/
64
/37/
59
/32/
3.4
/3263/
73
/1/

A Dragon Arrives! (2016)
On Jan. 22, 1965, the day before the Iranian prime minister is assassinated, a car drives up to a shipwreck. Inside the wreck, a banished political prisoner has hung himself and the walls are covered in diary entries, literary quotes, and strange symbols. Fifty years later, the evidence, including intelligence tape recordings, is found in a box. The contents attest to the fact that the inspector and his colleagues were arrested, but why?
poster
70
33
6.5
/362/
50
/6/
71
/14/
3.3
/665/
100
/9/

Empty Nets (2024)
Amir, a young Iranian, signs on with a fisherman on the rugged Caspian Sea coast in order to earn the money he needs to marry his sweetheart, Narges. But in so doing, he becomes entangled in the criminal machinations of caviar poaching. Piece by piece, a complex hierarchy is revealed in a parallel realm that becomes ever more constricting and oppressive, endangering Amir’s relationship with Narges as well.
poster
58
31
6.3
/2787/
53
/17/
60
/13/
2.9
/1660/

Poverty (2009)
A haughty acclaimed newly married fashion designer named Iraj is shown the door by his boss after the boss's son arrives at Iran to take over his father's company. Iraj reluctant to promulgate the loss of his job, starts using his savings, trying to conceal the truth from his naive wife. Having squandered all the money he had on trivial matters, he tells his wife about being axed & that's when the tables turn on him.
poster
71
30
7.4
/1321/
69
/24/
65
/8/
3.8
/1950/

Travelers (1992)
A young woman's wedding becomes a ritual of mourning when her sister and family die in an auto accident on the way to the wedding. The sisters' mother refuses to accept her daughter's death, and in the midst of wedding guests and mourners, including the drivers of the truck that caused the accident, she orders the wedding to take place. But how can the daughter marry in the midst of a wake and without the family's traditional mirror, which the sister was bringing to the service?
poster
66
29
7.4
/1912/
66
/20/
61
/13/
3.3
/1247/

Breath (2016)
Breath is about an Iranian family who lives in Iran. It tells the story of Bahar, who is living with her father, Ghafour and Grandmother during the 70s.She is living in her childish and surreal world, filled with their dreams and fantasies.
poster
70
25
7.2
/1001/
72
/23/
66
/16/
3.5
/1003/

Raving Iran (2016)
Anoosh and Arash are at the center of Tehran’s underground techno scene. Tired of hiding from the police and their stagnating career, they organize one last manic techno rave under dangerous circumstances in the desert. Back in Tehran they try their luck selling their illegally printed music album without permission. When Anoosh is arrested, there seems to be no hope left. But then they receive a phone call from the biggest techno festival in the world. Once landed in Switzerland, the haze of the instant euphoria evaporates quickly when the seriousness of the situation starts to dawn on them.
poster
64
21
7.1
/1481/
60
/13/
57
/14/
3.3
/644/

Dash Akol (1971)
Dash Akol is greatly respected in Shiraz as an honorable man who has lost his family's money through helping his friends. He has an enemy, however, named Kaka Rostam, a mean and spiteful person. Dash Akol, who is in his forties, falls in love with Marjan, daughter of the late Haji Samad, for whose estate he is the executor. But he keeps his love secret. One day a suitor asks for Marjan's hand, and Dash Akol considers it against his code of honor to refuse. On the night of the wedding, Dash Akol hands over responsibility for the family to the bridegroom. As he is leaving the house, however, Kaka Rostam is waiting for him and a fight ensues. Kaka Rostam stabs him in the back, but Dash Akol succeeds in killing him. On his deathbed, Dash Akol sends his parrot to Marjan with the confession of love he has taught it.
poster
57
16
5.8
/414/
50
/7/
48
/7/
75
/21/

Boycott (1986)
Valeh, a member of a leftist organization, is arrested by the SAVAK and sentenced to death. In prison, he reconsiders his relationships with members of his political cell, and begins to doubt the validity of the ideas for which he is condemned. At the same time, his comrades pressure him to make a sacrifice for their cause, and his beloved wife experiences personal problems and economic hardships.
poster
66
15
7.1
/670/
62
/8/
60
/21/
3.2
/415/
75
/4/

Facing Mirrors (2012)
Rana has chosen a path in order to support her family, while Adineh (Eddie) has fled his home and city to escape his complicated situation as a transsexual man prevented from living as his true self by his family. They find themselves on the same journey and caused to know each other in a better way.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
63
15
6.5
/321/
56
/9/
65
/16/
3.4
/559/

Before Summer Ends (2017)
After five years studying in Paris, Arash has not adjusted to life there and has decided to return to Iran to live. Hoping to change his mind, his two friends Hossein and Ashkan convince him to take a last trip through France.
poster
58
13
7.1
/810/
40
/6/
51
/6/
3.5
/588/

Maybe Some Other Time (1988)
Famed actress Susan Taslimi plays three roles here: Kian, who doubts her identity; Vida, the twin sister, a self-assured artist; and their mother, who gives up one child out of fear of poverty, then deprives the other of affection because she deeply regrets the child whom she has abandoned.
poster
57
11
6.4
/1431/
64
/9/
40
/2/
3.0
/318/

Duel (2004)
The story of Zeinal, a man who after 20 years of being a POW, tries to clear up his past.
poster
52
10
5.6
/451/
54
/5/
51
/10/
2.4
/589/

Dressage (2019)
Golsa is a 16-year-old girl living with her family in a small town near Tehran. She spends most of her time hanging out with a group of friends. One day the group decide on a course of action the consequences of which will have unexpected results and turn their little bit of fun into something far more complicated.
poster
78
9
7.8
/73/
90
/2/
72
/5/
3.7
/522/

The Old Young Crow (2023)
An Iranian boy befriends an old Japanese woman at a graveyard in Tokyo.
poster
58
9
5.9
/529/
66
/3/
48
/4/
3.0
/551/

Israfil (2017)
When Mahi's son dies in a car accident, Behrouz who has returned to Iran to sell his properties, attends the funeral. Their old romance catches up while Behrouz has planned to marry Sara and go back to Canada with her.
poster
Criterion Channel
60
8
6.1
/198/
60
/3/
55
/6/
3.3
/505/

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
47
7
4.9
/611/
51
/7/
52
/4/
1.8
/509/

Sara and Ayda (2017)
Sarah and Ayda are two close friends, one of whom was notorious and now they must work together to bring their conditions to normal, but they stand to where for their friendship?
poster
61
7
6.8
/328/
55
/4/
53
/3/
3.5
/413/

Prince Ehtejab (1975)
Prince Ehtejab, one of the last remaining heirs of the Qajar royal family, is suffering from tuberculosis, which he knows is fatal. He spends his last days alone in the magnificent rooms of his wintry palace, from where he recollects the glory days of his ancestors as well as days of degradation. Among the latter are the gruesome manner in which his cruel grandfather murdered his mother and brother, and the way that he himself caused the death of his wife.


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