My favorite Iranian movies
by AmirSd | created - 18 Oct 2011 | updated - 26 Mar 2020 | Publicinstagram.com/filmeirani
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1. Children of Heaven (1997)
PG | 89 min | Drama, Family, Sport
After a boy loses his sister's pair of shoes, he goes on a series of adventures in order to find them. When he can't, he tries a new way to "win" a new pair.
Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Mohammad Amir Naji, Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi, Nafise Jafar-Mohammadi
Votes: 80,770 | Gross: $0.93M
2. Muhammad: The Messenger of God (2015)
162 min | Biography, Drama, History
The events, trials and tribulations of the city of Makkah in 7th century AD.
Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Mahdi Pakdel, Sareh Bayat, Mina Sadati, Ali Reza Shoja'noori
Votes: 12,056
3. Where Is the Friend's House? (1987)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Family
Eight-year-old Ahmed has mistakenly taken his friend Mohammad's notebook. He wants to return it, or else his friend will be expelled from school. The boy determinedly sets out to find Mohammad's home in the neighbouring village.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Babek Ahmed Poor, Ahmed Ahmed Poor, Khodabakhsh Defaei, Iran Outari
Votes: 18,733
4. About Elly (2009)
TV-PG | 119 min | Drama, Mystery
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.
Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Taraneh Alidoosti, Golshifteh Farahani, Shahab Hosseini, Merila Zare'i
Votes: 57,201 | Gross: $0.11M
5. A Separation (2011)
PG-13 | 123 min | Drama
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.
Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Payman Maadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini
Votes: 258,665 | Gross: $7.10M
6. The Salesman (2016)
PG-13 | 124 min | Drama, Thriller
While Ranaa and Emad, a married couple, are participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," she is assaulted in their new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.
Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Mina Sadati, Babak Karimi
Votes: 64,748 | Gross: $2.40M
7. The Lizard (2004)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
A recently jailed petty thief disguises as a Mullah and succeeds in escaping; but has to stay in the Mullah' role longer than he expected to.
Director: Kamal Tabrizi | Stars: Parviz Parastui, Bahram Ebrahimi, Reza Saeedi, Shahrokh Foroutanian
Votes: 22,471
8. So Close, So Far (2005)
121 min | Drama
Dr. Alam, a very profiled specialist in neurology and a successful surgeon, is drowned in his professional and social work, in a way that he has totally forgotten all about his son Saman. ... See full summary »
Director: Reza Mirkarimi | Stars: Alireza Phoenix, Masoud Rayegan, Afshin Hashemi, Farbod Masoud Vaziri
Votes: 2,848
9. Leily Is with Me (1996)
95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
During the war with Iraq, an absurd set of events has an Iranian documentary cinematographer seemingly unable to get out of a dangerous project documenting the war.
Director: Kamal Tabrizi | Stars: Parviz Parastui, Mahmoud Azizi, Maziar Lorestani, Rahman Bagherian
Votes: 5,036
10. The Tenants (1987)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
The tenants of a rundown building on the outskirts of Tehran with no legal heir face major housing problems to deal with: major repairs and threat of eviction by greedy building manager who wants to own the building.
Director: Dariush Mehrjui | Stars: Akbar Abdi, Ezzatolah Entezami, Faramarz Fardtombekian, Farimah Farjami
Votes: 2,756
11. The Song of Sparrows (2008)
PG | 96 min | Drama, Family
When an ostrich-rancher focuses on replacing his daughter's hearing aid, which breaks right before crucial exams, everything changes for a struggling rural family in Iran. Karim motorbikes ... See full summary »
Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Mohammad Amir Naji, Maryam Akbari, Kamran Dehghan, Hamid Aghazi
Votes: 11,114 | Gross: $0.12M
12. Taste of Cherry (1997)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
An Iranian man drives his car in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolhosein Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi
Votes: 36,813 | Gross: $0.31M
13. The Color of Paradise (1999)
PG | 90 min | Drama, Family
The story of Mohammed, a blind Iranian boy and his father, Hashem, who is always oscillating between accepting his son as he is and abandoning him, as he represents a burden for him, after the loss of his wife.
Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Hossein Mahjoub, Mohsen Ramezani, Salameh Feyzi, Farahnaz Safari
Votes: 18,208 | Gross: $1.81M
14. The Music Man (2007)
107 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Not being able to work because of the religious country's prejudice against music, a talented Santour player has to deal with poverty, addiction and the absence of his ex-wife.
Director: Dariush Mehrjui | Stars: Bahram Radan, Golshifteh Farahani, Masoud Rayegan, Roya Teymourian
Votes: 9,362
15. Redhat and Cousin (1995)
92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A boy travels a long way from his village to Tehran to work as a showman in a kid's show; but finds it harder than he thought.
Director: Iraj Tahmasb | Stars: Morteza Ahmadi, Akbar Doodkar, Farokhlagha Hushmand, Hamid Jebeli
Votes: 4,917
16. Bag of Rice (1996)
80 min | Drama, Family
A small child and her elderly neighbor are having all kinds of small adventures in the streets of Tehran to get a sack of rice.
Director: Mohammad Ali Talebi | Stars: Masume Eskandari, Jairan Abadzade, Shirin Bina, Hossein Kalantar
Votes: 313
17. Tales (2014)
88 min | Drama
A series of seven vignettes about different people dealing with their every day problems in modern day Iran, that are loosely related to each other.
Director: Rakhshan Banietemad | Stars: Habib Rezaei, Mohammad Reza Forutan, Mehraveh Sharifinia, Golab Adineh
Votes: 1,521
18. Bodyguard (2016)
105 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A government bodyguard protects a politician from a suicide bomber, and then begins to question his dedication to his job.
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Parviz Parastui, Merila Zare'i, Babak Hamidian, Amir Aghaee
Votes: 4,970
19. Track 143 (2014)
94 min | Drama, War
Olfat is raising her children in hardship. She has one daughter and one son called Yonos who works in Kerman copper mine. One day, she finds a note at home with this massage "My friends and... See full summary »
Director: Narges Abyar | Stars: Merila Zare'i, Mehran Ahmadi, Gelareh Abbassi, Javad Ezati
Votes: 2,178
20. Abba Jaan (2017)
75 min | Drama, War
The story is in Zanjan 1980s. It tells the life of people of that city and their problems in those years.
Director: Hatef Alimardani | Stars: Shabnam Moghadami, Melisa Zakeri, Saeed Aghakhani, Fatemah Motamed-Aria
Votes: 523
21. I'm Not Angry! (2014)
110 min | Drama, Romance
I'm not Angry. is the story of Navid, a starred and expelled university student who - while trying to provide the least requirements of a normal life -, tries not to get angry when he is ... See full summary »
Director: Reza Dormishian | Stars: Baran Kosari, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Milad Rahimi, Bahram Afshari
Votes: 3,212
22. Fish & Cat (2013)
134 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A number of students have traveled to the Caspian region in order to participate in a kite-flying event during the winter solstice. Next to their camp is a small hut occupied by three cooks who work at a nearby restaurant.
Director: Shahram Mokri | Stars: Babak Karimi, Saeed Ebrahimifar, Siavash Cheraghi Pour, Mohammad Berahmani
Votes: 2,880
23. Breath (2016)
112 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
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.
Director: Narges Abyar | Stars: Mehran Ahmadi, Pantea Panahiha, Siamak Safari, Gelareh Abbassi
Votes: 1,793
24. The Sealed Secret (2013)
PG | 89 min | Drama
The story of life of a lonely girl who always writes her daily life in her blog till one day when her brother's friend propose to her. She who wasn't doing her ritual praying in her life ... See full summary »
Director: Hadi Moghadamdoost | Stars: Khatereh Asadi, Fathollah Ghaffari, Leila Hatami, Amir Karami
Votes: 338
25. The Traveler (1974)
83 min | Drama
A grade-school-age boy, neglected by his parents, lies, cheats, and steals to accumulate enough money to afford a bus ride to a large city and a ticket to see his favorite soccer team play.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Masud Zandbegleh, Hassan Darabi, Mostafa Tari, Hasan Arab
Votes: 2,150
26. The Cow (1969)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
An old villager deeply in love with his cow goes to the capital for a while. While he's there, the cow dies and now the villagers are afraid of his possible reaction to it when he returns.
Director: Dariush Mehrjui | Stars: Ezzatolah Entezami, Mahin Shahabi, Ali Nasirian, Jamshid Mashayekhi
Votes: 7,995
27. No Men Allowed (2011)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
This movie is about a strict girls high school whose faculties are all female. After the maternity leave of a chemistry teacher, the principal has to bent the rules for the presence of a male teacher in the girls high school.
Director: Rambod Javan | Stars: Reza Attaran, Vishka Asayesh, Pegah Ahangarani, Mani Haghighi
Votes: 7,832
28. Penniless (2009)
108 min | Comedy, Drama
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Hamid Nematollah | Stars: Bahram Radan, Leila Hatami, Nader Fallah, Siamak Ansari
Votes: 2,686
29. The Double Lottie (1996)
93 min | Drama, Family, Musical
Two separated twins, each living with a single parent and unaware from other one's existence, meet each other and switch places.
Director: Kiumars Poorahmad | Stars: Khosro Shakibai, Afsaneh Bayegan, Parvindokht Yazdanian, Elahe Allahyari
Votes: 1,876
30. Day of the Angel (1994)
82 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Nyatollah is a rich stingy guy who loves money. One day when he goes to the court to do a job for a friend he is thrown from the roof. This is the beginning of his acquaintance with Djin and the beginning of his adventure.
Director: Behruz Afkhami | Stars: Ezzatolah Entezami, Akbar Abdi, Mina Lakani, Mohamad Reza Honarmand
Votes: 512
31. The Willow Tree (2005)
PG | 96 min | Drama
Youssef, a blind university professor, is suddenly diagnosed with a fatal disease and must undergo treatment in France. Back home, will he find the life he had before?
Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Parviz Parastui, Roya Teymourian, Soghra Obeisi, Mohammad Amir Naji
Votes: 4,527 | Gross: $0.03M
32. Superstar (2009)
103 min | Drama
An arrogant movie star's life drastically changes when a teenage girl shows up.
Director: Tahmineh Milani | Stars: Shahab Hosseini, Fataneh Malekmohamadi, Leila Zare, Afsaneh Bayegan
Votes: 3,499
33. The Kingdom of Solomon (2010)
110 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Solomon, Prophet and the King, has asked God to give him an ideal kingdom which has never been given to anybody before. He is told to prepare himself and his subjects with evil and unearthly creatures that haunt the men.
Director: Shahriar Bahrani | Stars: Amin Zendegani, Mahmoud Pakniat, Hossein Mahjoub, Mehdi Faghih
Votes: 4,964
34. Bending the Rules (2013)
94 min | Drama
The Rule of Accident is about a group of theatre students who are trying to prepare and present a piece of theatre.
Director: Behnam Behzadi | Stars: Amir Jafari, Ashkan Khatibi, Mehrdad Sedighian, Baharan BaniAhmadi
Votes: 418
35. The Third Day (2007)
99 min | Action, Drama, Romance
During the Iran-Iraq War, a disabled young woman is taken captive by Iraqi Baathist forces in Khuzestan Province (in Southern Iran). Her brother, along with his fellow combatants, tries to free his sister from the clutches of the enemy.
Director: Mohammad Hossein Latifi | Stars: Pouria Poursorkh, Baran Kosari, Hamed Behdad, Borzou Arjmand
Votes: 1,389
36. Ice Age (2015)
106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the tenth year of marriage, Babak and Manizheh face the biggest challenge of their life. Financial problems and difficult social situation cause Babak to work very hard and this leads to... See full summary »
Director: Mostafa Kiaei | Stars: Mahtab Keramati, Bahram Radan, Farhad Aslani, Sahar Dolatshahi
Votes: 1,388
37. Cease Fire (2006)
104 min | Comedy, Romance
The domestic problems of a wealthy young couple goes through the scrutiny of an adroit psychologist to be solved.
Director: Tahmineh Milani | Stars: Mahnaz Afshar, Mohammad Reza Golzar, Atila Pesiani, Elsa Firouz Azar
Votes: 2,848
38. Sperm Whale (2015)
87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
It's about an Iranian man who tells his life story from childhood to now and his love.
Director: Saman Moghadam | Stars: Mahnaz Afshar, Sepand Amirsoleimani, Afshin Arashtanabieh, Vishka Asayesh
Votes: 5,639
39. Here Without Me (2011)
100 min | Drama
The story is about the world of a small family with familiar dreams and not so remarkable problems. The mother is trying to lead everything to save her family, but small events disarrange all her plans.
Director: Bahram Tavakoli | Stars: Fatemah Motamed-Aria, Saber Abar, Negar Javaherian, Parsa Pirouzfar
Votes: 4,626
40. Facing Mirrors (2011)
98 min | Drama
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 transgender man prevented from living as his ... See full summary »
Director: Negar Azarbayjani | Stars: Shayesteh Irani, Ghazal Shakeri, Homayoun Ershadi, Maryam Boubani
Votes: 643
41. Barcode (2016)
96 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
At a job interview, a conman recounts the recent events in his life that lead him to the meeting.
Director: Mostafa Kiaei | Stars: Bahram Radan, Mohsen Kiayee, Sahar Dolatshahi, Bahareh Kian Afshar
Votes: 3,313
42. Dowry's Sugar Bowl (2015)
93 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Ata and Masoumeh are living in a rented house. Their lease time is over and they can not pay the rent added. But they like to stay and live in this house...
Director: Ali Mollagholi Poor | Stars: Saber Abar, Negar Javaherian, Akbar Abdi, Afsaneh Chehreh Azad
Votes: 626
43. Special Line (2014)
98 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A hacker group empty a bank account of a big strong person. The story goes on and now they must pay for that.
Director: Mostafa Kiaei | Stars: Mostafa Zamani, Hanieh Tavassoli, Mohsen Kiayee, Houman Seyyedi
Votes: 1,483
44. 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: 8,249 | Gross: $0.47M
45. Hamoun (1990)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
Hamoon's wife is leaving him. He is also unsuccessfully trying to finish his Ph. D. thesis. He is forced to reexamine his life. In a series of flashbacks and dreams, Hamoon tries to figure out what he did wrong.
Director: Dariush Mehrjui | Stars: Khosro Shakibai, Ezzatolah Entezami, Hossein Sarshar, Bita Farahi
Votes: 7,248
46. Days of Life (2012)
87 min | Action, Drama, War
The story of a couple who during the Iran-Iraq war in 1988, are working in a field hospital. Amir Ali and his wife because of many years which they spent there, are very fond of that place.... See full summary »
Director: Parviz Sheikh Tadi | Stars: Hamid Farrokhnezhad, Hengameh Ghaziani, Karim Akbari Mobarakeh, Koorosh Soleimani
Votes: 122
47. Cheque (2012)
89 min | Comedy, Drama
Despite their different characters and beliefs, four persons are obliged to spend two nights and one whole day together as they are going to have their shares after cashing a check. ... See full summary »
Directors: Kazem Rast Goftar, Reza Akbari | Stars: Farhad Aeesh, Homayoun Ershadi, Shahrokh Estakhri, Mozhgan Bayat
Votes: 208
48. Saint Petersburg (2010)
120 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A newly released prisoner and an ostensibly rich youth become aware of the place of the Russian Tsar's long lost treasure by a twist of fate.
Director: Behruz Afkhami | Stars: Peyman Ghassemkhani, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Bahareh Rahnama, Shila Khodadad
Votes: 4,561
49. The Book of Law (2009)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rahman falls in love with a Christan woman from Lebanon. She becomes a Muslim before her second meeting with Rahman.
Director: Maziar Miri | Stars: Parviz Parastui, Darine Hamze, Davood Fathali Beigi, Farideh Sepah Mansour
Votes: 2,040
50. Damascus Under Fire (2018)
113 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Two Iranian pilots are in a special mission to save the people of a small Syrian city who are surrounded by the terrorists. But they have to face many challenges before manage to accomplish their mission.
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Babak Hamidian, Hadi Hejazifar, Pierre Dagher, Layth Al-Mufti
Votes: 2,751
51. Kissing the Moon-Like Face (2012)
90 min | Drama
Story of two old women Ehteramossadat and Forugh being closely related and neighbors for more than 40 years awaiting the return of their sons' bodies who martyred at Iran-Iraq war 20 years ago and the self-sacrifice done by Ehteramossadat.
Director: Homayoon Ass'adian | Stars: Shirin Yazdanbakhsh, Rabe'e Madani, Sheida Khaligh, Saber Abar
Votes: 280
52. Modest Reception (2012)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
An Iranian couple from the city drive around a remote mountainous region. They hand out bags of money to poor villagers in return for them carrying out unusual requests the couple make of them.
Director: Mani Haghighi | Stars: Taraneh Alidoosti, Mani Haghighi, Saeed Changizian, Esmaeel Khalaj
Votes: 2,192
53. A 5 Star (2014)
105 min | Drama
In order to pay the university's tuition, Maryam starts working in a hotel in which she gets accused of having stolen an expensive watch.
Director: Mahshid Afsharzadeh | Stars: Behnoosh Bakhtiari, Shirin Bina, Leila Bolukat, Homayoun Ershadi
Votes: 400
54. Crazy Rook (2015)
110 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A group of people who met on social media are forced to work together when one of them commits a crime which if not solved, will concern all of them.
Director: Abolhassan Davoodi | Stars: Tannaz Tabatabaei, Saber Abar, Saed Soheili, Nazanin Bayati
Votes: 2,647
55. Born in 1987 (2016)
80 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
This romantic drama tells the story of dreams and ambitions for a generation of young Iranians who often find those things difficult to come by. In this unique tale of a familiar theme, a ... See full summary »
Director: Majid Tavakoli | Stars: Hengameh Hamidzadeh, Pedram Sharifi, Ehsan Amani, Maryam Saadat
Votes: 327
56. 13 (2014)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A drama about Bemani, a reticent and monosyllabic 13-year-old boy. His parents are separated and he's being bullied at school. His world is falling apart. A gang whose leader is a lovely-looking girl is his safe haven. Or so it seems.
Director: Houman Seyyedi | Stars: Yasna Mirtahmasb, Amir Jadidi, Azadeh Samadi, Navid Mohammadzadeh
Votes: 1,292
57. Trapped (2013)
103 min | Drama, Thriller
This fascinating moral thriller is centered on the bristling relationship between two very different young women in contemporary Tehran. Moving to the city for her studies and desperate for... See full summary »
Director: Parviz Shahbazi | Stars: Nazanin Bayati, Pegah Ahangarani, Behrang Alavi, Ahmad Mehranfar
Votes: 1,201
58. Searing Summer (2017)
80 min | Drama
A couple's son, Parham disappears in the babysitter's house. Complications arise as the babysitter claims Parham hasn't been to their house.
Director: Ebrahim Irajzad | Stars: Parinaz Izadyar, Ali Mosaffa, Mina Sadati, Saber Abar
Votes: 605
59. Centipede (2018)
197 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Reza and his friend Mansoor are pickpockets. When Reza by his mother becomes aware that a rich girl has take an oath to marry a war injured person he decides to get close to her and find a way to marry her and inherit her fortune.
Director: Abolhassan Davoodi | Stars: Reza Attaran, Javad Ezati, Sara Bahrami, Mehran Ahmadi
Votes: 3,888
60. Mastermind (2019)
94 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Iran and Spain are about to lunch a big project in the Hendurabi Island in the south of Iran. Meanwhile many companies are trying to win the rights of this project at it's auction. Engineer... See full summary »
Director: Azita Moguie | Stars: Bahram Radan, Merila Zare'i, Pejman Jamshidi, Hanieh Tavassoli
Votes: 503
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