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1. No End (2022)
113 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Ayaz is an ordinary man who wishes for his own home. His brother-in-law left Iran for a long time due to his anti-government activities, but the news of his possible return reaches Ayaz. ... See full summary »
Director: Nader Saeivar | Stars: Vahid Mobasseri, Shahin Kazem Nezhad, Fahime Jahani, Narges Delaram
Votes: 35
2. At the Movies (2004–2014)
30 min | News, Talk-Show
Following the 18-year success of their reviews on The Movie Show (1991), renowned Australian critics and film supporters David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz take to a new show, where each ... See full summary »
Stars: David Stratton, Margaret Pomeranz, Judith Lucy, Jason di Rosso
Votes: 239
3. Nasrin (2020)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
An immersive portrait of one of the world's most courageous human rights activists and political prisoners, Nasrin Sotoudeh, and of Iran's remarkably resilient women's rights movement.
Director: Jeff Kaufman | Stars: Olivia Colman, Ann Curry, Shirin Ebadi, Narges Hosseini
Votes: 126
4.
Sodankylä Forever (2010)
Episode:
Valon draama
(2010)
58 min | Documentary
Director: Peter von Bagh | Stars: Peter von Bagh, Ettore Scola, Bob Rafelson, Robert Parrish
Votes: 8
5. Little Brother (II) (2012)
17 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
A Nobel Peace Prize nominee, armed with an unbreakable determination to battle tyranny and fueled by haunted memories of a dark past, challenges the status quo; as we get to know her ... See full summary »
Directors: Gautam Pinto, Cyrus Saidi | Stars: Natalie Brown, Stephen McHattie, Navid Negahban, Tariq Leslie
Votes: 22
6.
Sodankylä Forever (2010)
Episode:
Elokuvan vuosisata
(2010)
90 min | Documentary
Director: Peter von Bagh | Stars: Peter von Bagh, Milos Forman, Marlen Khutsiev, Robert Parrish
Votes: 19
7. Through the Olive Trees (1994)
G | 103 min | Drama
A depiction of the off-screen relationship between the actors who play the newlyweds in the film And Life Goes On (1992).
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Farhad Kheradmand, Zarifeh Shiva, Hossein Rezai
Votes: 10,006 | Gross: $0.04M
8. The White Meadows (2009)
92 min | Drama
Rahmat has been asked to meet the inhabitants of these islands to collect their tears. Although for years people have been giving their tears to Rahmat, no one knows exactly what he has been doing with them.
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof | Stars: Hassan Pourshirazi, Younes Ghazali, Mohammad Rabbani, Mohammad Shirvani
Votes: 1,053
9. And, Towards Happy Alleys (2023)
75 min | Documentary
A passionate declaration of love for the cinema and poetry of Iran, which also offers a frank view of the precarious situation for critics of the regime and shows the uncompromising daily struggle of Iranian women against their oppression.
Director: Sreemoyee Singh | Stars: Mina Mohammad Khani, Aida Mohammadkhani, Jafar Panahi
Votes: 44
10.
Sodankylä Forever (2010)
Episode:
Ensimmäisen elokuvamuiston kaiho
(2010)
59 min | Documentary
Director: Peter von Bagh | Stars: Peter von Bagh, Jean-Marie Sénia, Maud Linder, Jean Dréville
Votes: 11
11. The White Balloon (1995)
Unrated | 85 min | Drama, Family
Several people try to help a little girl to find the money her mom gave her to buy a goldfish with.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Aida Mohammadkhani, Mohsen Kafili, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Anna Borkowska
Votes: 8,246 | Gross: $0.47M
13. Sodankylä Forever (2010)
270 min | Documentary
Sodankyla film festival started at 1986 and was created by Finnish directors Anssi Manttari, Aki and Mika Kaurismaki, along with Peter Von Bagh.
Sodankyla Forever is a great documentary ... See full synopsis »
Stars: Peter von Bagh, Robert Parrish, Roy Ward Baker, Víctor Erice
Votes: 73
14. The Mirror (1997)
95 min | Drama
When a young girl becomes lost in the hustle and bustle of Tehran, her journey turns into a dazzling exercise on the nature of film itself.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Mina Mohammad Khani, Kazem Mojdehi, Naser Omuni, M. Shirzad
Votes: 3,139 | Gross: $0.04M
15. This Is Not a Film (2011)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary
It's been months since Jafar Panahi, stuck in jail, has been awaiting a verdict by the appeals court. By depicting a day in his life, Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb try to portray the deprivations looming in contemporary Iranian cinema.
Directors: Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi | Stars: Jafar Panahi, Igi, Mrs. Gheirat, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
Votes: 5,645 | Gross: $0.08M
16. The Circle (2000)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Maryiam Palvin Almani, Nargess Mamizadeh, Mojgan Faramarzi, Elham Saboktakin
Votes: 6,686 | Gross: $0.67M
17. Crimson Gold (2003)
Unrated | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An Iranian pizza delivery man sees the worst of corruption and social unbalance in his city and is driven to crime.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Hossain Emadeddin, Kamyar Sheisi, Azita Rayeji, Shahram Vaziri
Votes: 5,302 | Gross: $0.15M
18. L'Iran: une révolution cinématographique (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary
Today Iranian cinema is one of the most highly regarded national cinemas in the world, regularly winning festival awards and critical acclaim for films which combine remarkable artistry and... See full summary »
Director: Nader T. Homayoun | Stars: Rakhshan Banietemad, Bahram Beyzaie, Farokh Ghafari, Bahman Ghobadi
Votes: 235
19. Hit the Road (2021)
93 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Follows a chaotic, tender family that is on a road trip across a rugged landscape and fussing over the sick dog and getting on each others' nerves. Only the mysterious older brother is quiet.
Director: Panah Panahi | Stars: Pantea Panahiha, Mohammad Hassan Madjooni, Rayan Sarlak, Amin Simiar
Votes: 6,491
20. No Bears (2022)
106 min | Drama, Romance
Two parallel love stories in which the partners are thwarted by hidden, inevitable obstacles, the force of superstition, and the mechanics of power.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Jafar Panahi, Vahid Mobasseri, Bakhtiyar Panjeei, Mina Kavani
Votes: 3,803
21. Taxi (III) (2015)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Drama
Banned from making movies by the Iranian government, Jafar Panahi poses as a taxi driver and makes a movie about social challenges in Iran.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Jafar Panahi, Nasrin Sotoudeh
Votes: 16,549 | Gross: $0.32M
22. Offside (2006)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
The struggle of women in a country that excludes them from entering stadiums.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ayda Sadeqi, Mohammad Asarian
Votes: 8,613 | Gross: $0.18M
23. Border Café (2005)
107 min | Drama, Romance
"Cafe Transit" depicts an independent-minded widow who bucks tradition to run her dead husband's truck stop café.
Director: Kambuzia Partovi | Stars: Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Parviz Parastui, Nikos Papadopoulos, Svieta Mikalishina
Votes: 2,172
24. Crítico (2008)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary
70 critics and filmmakers discuss cinema from the age old conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. From 1998 to 2007, Kleber Mendonça Filho has collected ... See full summary »
Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho | Stars: Cláudio Assis, Sophie Avon, Karim Aïnouz, Hector Babenco
Votes: 212
25. 3 Faces (2018)
100 min | Drama
Three actresses at different stages of their career. One from before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, one popular star of today known throughout the country, and a young girl longing to attend a drama conservatory.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Behnaz Jafari, Jafar Panahi, Marziyeh Rezaei, Maedeh Erteghaei
Votes: 4,796 | Gross: $0.07M
26. Mourning (2011)
85 min | Drama
A violent quarrel breaks out between a couple at midnight. Being at a relative,s house in the north of Iran, they depart for Tehran in the middle of the night, but they do not bring along ... See full summary »
Director: Morteza Farshbaf | Stars: Kiomars Giti, Sharareh Pasha, Amir Hossein Maleki, Sahar Dolatshahi
Votes: 402
27. Hidden (V) (2020)
18 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Jafar Panahi sets out to find a young woman with a golden voice that has been forbidden to sing by her family.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Shabnam Yousefi, Solmaz Panahi, Jafar Panahi, Leyla Khezri
Votes: 646
28. The Fish (1989)
70 min | Drama, Family
Javad who his father is in jail buys a gold fish for the Persian new year but his mother orders him to release the fish. Javad doesn't want to lose his fish but finally agrees to do so. His father returns back home and Javad becomes happy.
Director: Kambuzia Partovi | Stars: Ataollah Zahed, Mahbubeh Bayat, Azam Ghashghaee, Hassan Shoja
Votes: 33
29. The Accordion (2010)
8 min | Short, Drama
Two young street musicians look for their stolen accordion.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Khadije Bahrami, Kambiz Bahrami
Votes: 326
30. Friendly Persuasion: Iranian Cinema After the 1979 Revolution (2000)
100 min | Documentary
This documentary features interviews with several Iranian filmmakers, plus clips from a number of their best films.
Director: Jamsheed Akrami | Stars: Sara Nodjoumi, Rakhshan Banietemad, Bahram Beyzaie, Ebrahim Hatamikia
Votes: 40
31. Closed Curtain (2013)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
In a secluded house by the sea with the curtains shut, a screenwriter hides from the world with only his dog as company. The tranquility is abruptly broken one night by the arrival of a ... See full summary »
Directors: Jafar Panahi, Kambuzia Partovi | Stars: Kambuzia Partovi, Maryam Moghadam, Jafar Panahi, Hadi Saeedi
Votes: 1,369 | Gross: $0.03M
32. Cinema Iran (2005 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
Tracing the history and influence of Iranian cinema and its filmmakers.
Director: Mark Cousins | Stars: Omid Djalili, Mania Akbari, Massoud Bakhshi, Mark Cousins
Votes: 23
33. Journey to the Land of the Traveller (1993)
Documentary
Director: Bahman Kiarostami | Stars: Hassan Darabi, Abbas Kiarostami, Jean-Pierre Limosin, Jafar Panahi
Votes: 17
34. Life (IV) (2021)
19 min | Documentary, Short
A portrait of the Panahi family's matriarch as the pandemic makes it more difficult for intergenerational connection.
Director: Jafar Panahi
Votes: 40
35. Doust (1992)
42 min | Short
This is the first fiction short movie of Panahi, who offers us his vision on what it is like to be a young boy.
Director: Jafar Panahi
Votes: 24
36. Terror Contagion (2021)
25 min | Documentary, Short
A visual study of the investigation by Forensic Architecture into the Israeli cyberweapons manufacturer NSO Group and the use of its Pegasus malware to target journalists and human rights defenders worldwide.
Director: Laura Poitras | Stars: Pierre Chanel Affognon, Alaa Al-Siddiq, Carmen Aristegui, Yahya Assiri
Votes: 49
39. Traveler from the South (1997)
90 min | Drama
Reza, a boy on the verge of his teens, takes an overnight train from the south of Iran to visit his aunt in Tehran during a public holiday. En route, he helps an old lady recover some ... See full summary »
Director: Parviz Shahbazi | Stars: Reza Moghadam, Qamar Nasiri-Jozani
Votes: 50
40. Persian Carpet (2007)
Not Rated | 117 min | Documentary
Persian Carpet is an omnibus film produced by Iran's National Carpet Center and Farabi Cinema Foundation where 15 renowned Iranian directors contributed films on the subject of Persian ... See full summary »
Directors: Behruz Afkhami, Rakhshan Banietemad, Bahram Beyzaie, Seifollah Dad, Bahman Farmanara, Mohamad Reza Honarmand, Abbas Kiarostami, Majid Majidi, Dariush Mehrjui, Reza Mirkarimi, Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Raie, Khosrow Sinai, Kamal Tabrizi, Nooreddin Zarrin Kelk | Stars: Ramzali Dadvar, Sadegh Damyar, Hossein Eskandari, Yoones Farzaneh
Votes: 197
42. The Orion (2010)
80 min | Drama
Three old friends, amir(astronomor), mehdi(film maker) and rezaei(doctor), who were friends back there at high school are now gathered together to help elham (amir s girlfriend),but they ... See full summary »
Director: Ali Zamani Esmati | Stars: Hamed Baraghani, Mohamad Reza Farzad, Nasim Kiani, Mehrdad Sheykhi
Votes: 60
43. A Cinema of Discontent (2013)
85 min | Documentary
The international success of Iranian cinema over the past decades may have veiled the fact that Iranian filmmakers work under extremely harsh circumstances rarely seen in other national ... See full summary »
Director: Jamsheed Akrami | Stars: Asghar Farhadi, Bahman Farmanara, Bahman Ghobadi, Noureddin Kelk
Votes: 23
44. Kish (1991)
45 min | Documentary
A man in the work look at a donkey
Director: Jafar Panahi
Votes: 20
45. Arte Journal (1998– )
45 min | News
Stars: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Emmanuel Macron, Nazan Gökdemir, Carolyn Höfchen
Votes: 20
46. The Year of the Everlasting Storm (2021)
115 min | Drama, Mystery
Featuring seven stories from seven auteurs from around the world, the film chronicles this unprecedented moment in time, and is a true love letter to the power of cinema and its storytellers.
Directors: Anthony Chen, David Lowery, Jafar Panahi, Laura Poitras, Dominga Sotomayor, Malik Vitthal, Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Stars: Yay Yay Bobby Jones, Catherine Machovsky, Yu Zhang, Dongyu Zhou
Votes: 333
47. Celles qui chantent (2020)
75 min | Documentary
Directors: Julie Deliquet, Sergey Loznitsa, Karim Moussaoui, Jafar Panahi
Votes: 15
48. The Alien (I) (2020)
90 min | Drama
In an ordinary Iranian town, two mysterious strangers in a car begin to park daily at the same spot for hours. This unusual occurrence causes paranoia among the locals, who suspect them to be national security.
Director: Nader Saeivar | Stars: Bakhtiyar Panjeei, Sevil Shirgir, Hadi Eftekharzadeh, Nader Mahdilou
Votes: 68
49. Où en êtes-vous Jafar Panahi? (2016)
21 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Jafar Panahi | Star: Jafar Panahi
Votes: 53
50. Verdict (2005)
104 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Sahand, Mohsen and Foroozande are attacking engineer Kazem's house on a rainy night and steal the house and injure him. They decide to flee Forouzande from Iran to another country. They go ... See full summary »
Director: Masud Kimiai | Stars: Ezzatolah Entezami, Khosro Shakibai, Leila Hatami, Bahram Radan
Votes: 737