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- DirectorReza AttaranStarsReza AttaranMerila Zare'iAkbar AbdiReza is a naive and honest middle age teacher that has difficulties in communicating with women. He meets a gummies saleswoman.
- DirectorRasool Mollagholi PoorStarsGolshifteh FarahaniHosein YariJamshid HashempurWhat appears to be a grand love story turns sour when parents-to-be discover that their unborn child will likely be born with serious birth defects, as a result of the mother's exposure to chemical weapons during the Iran-Iraq war. The father does not want to have a disabled child, but the mother insists on going through with the pregnancy.
- DirectorTahmineh MilaniStarsShahab HosseiniFataneh MalekmohamadiLeila ZareAn arrogant movie star's life drastically changes when a teenage girl shows up.
- DirectorRambod JavanStarsReza AttaranVishka AsayeshPegah AhangaraniThis 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.
- DirectorFereydoun JeyraniStarsBaran KosariFarhad AslaniHabib RezaeiAva is sentenced to capital punishment for the murder of saeed, the friend of his father and her lover who had raped her.
- DirectorBehruz AfkhamiStarsPeyman GhassemkhaniMohsen TanabandehBahareh RahnamaA 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.
- DirectorEbrahim HatamikiaStarsHamid FarrokhnezhadLeila HatamiGohar KheirandishA domestic Iranian flight is taken hostage by a man Ghasem who is a refugee of war and has financial problems. He will go any distance for his family and wants to find a better place for living.
- DirectorHamid NematollahStarsMohammad Reza GolzarGolshifteh FarahaniReza RooygariEti, a 17-year-old girl from a poor family, wants to escape her infernal class boundaries with the help of Jahan, a young man.
- DirectorTahmineh MilaniStarsMahnaz AfsharMohammad Reza GolzarAtila PesianiThe domestic problems of a wealthy young couple goes through the scrutiny of an adroit psychologist to be solved.
- DirectorAli HatamiStarsRogheyeh Chehreh-AzadMohamad Ali KeshavarzFarimah FarjamiHow a mother acts in the hardest parts of her, and her children's lives.
- DirectorDariush MehrjuiStarsGolab AdinehParsa PirouzfarAmin HayayeeA mother of a poor family, has guests coming over, yet doesn't know how to get the dinner party altogether with limited resources.
- DirectorReza MirkarimiStarsAlireza PhoenixMasoud RayeganAfshin HashemiDr. 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. Samantha the beautiful nights of desert with it starfull sky attracts Saman to itself and the young boy falls in love with night sky and observation of stars. Due to an event the doctor leaves his profession and work behind and goes through the desert to find his son.
- DirectorBahram BeyzaieStarsMozhdeh ShamsaiMajid MozaffariReza KianianWhile the post-revolution frenzy is at its peak in Iran, a woman attempts to help her secretive husband out of jail by settling his debts for him on her own.
- DirectorMaziar MiriStarsMahnaz AfsharAmir AghaeeHamed BehdadA look at the lives of 3 well-off Iranian couples who are ostensibly living an idyllic life and are going to have a get-together for a birthday party. Each couple bearing their own sordid secrets attend the party to find out what follows on the hills of the cold welcome of their host.
- DirectorReza MirkarimiStarsHengameh GhazianiMehran KashaniSafa AghajaniTomorrow is an important day for Amir. He had participated in an international architecture competition to win the competition with foreign companies. His wife ,Tahereh (Hengameh Ghaziani), followed him to make their home in a quiet environment, but ...
- DirectorRasoul SadrameliStarsTaraneh AlidoostiNegar JavaherianHossein MahjoubFifteen year old Taraneh, whose widowed father is in jail, refuses the unwanted attentions of carpet salesman Amir - until Amir's mother talks Taraneh into accepting Amir's marriage proposal. Within four months the couple realize that they are incompatible, they divorce and Amir emigrates back to Germany. When Taraneh discovers she is pregnant she decides against all advice and intense social pressure, to keep the baby.
- DirectorAlireza RaisianStarsSahar AbdolahiFarzan AthariSeyyed Ebrahim BahrololoumiLove at 40 is about a lost love re found. Negar is a married woman who works at a musical company. When she is given an assignment to collaborate with an Iranian expat Orchestra leader, she comes face to face with a former lover. Meanwhile, Negar finds herself in a compromised situation with her husband, who turns out has had a hand in her falling out with her former lover.
- DirectorMehdi KarampourStarsBahram RadanMahnaz AfsharFarhad AslaniWooden Bridge was a passage over the northern trench of old Tehran, connecting the capital to the countryside of Shemiran. A connection between old Tehran and modern Tehran.
- DirectorMani HaghighiStarsTaraneh AlidoostiMani HaghighiSaeed ChangizianAn 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.
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsTaraneh AlidoostiGolshifteh FarahaniShahab HosseiniThe 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.
- DirectorAbdolreza KahaniStarsReza AttaranHabib RezaeiMahtab KeramatiA corrupted police officer insists on bribing a broke man, so he has to go to everybody and do everything in order to be able to pay him in the very night.
- DirectorEbrahim HatamikiaStarsFariborz ArabniaSaeed RadMerila Zare'iAn overview of the two-day doctor Mostafa Chamran life (commander of the Iran-Iraq War, who was educated in America and was expert in guerrilla warfare) this film about Defense for peace in the Paveh (city in Iran).
- DirectorDariush MehrjuiStarsKhosro ShakibaiEzzatolah EntezamiHossein SarsharHamoon'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.
- DirectorMani HaghighiStarsMohammad Reza ForutanTaraneh AlidoostiAfsaneh BayeganMina has decided to leave her older husband Morteza after ten years of marriage. Next Monday will be her divorce date, which means her first step towards her goal; immigration. However, the arrival of her older sister, Azar, together with the illness of her mother in law is causing her trouble. To her surprise, meanwhile, she finds out she is pregnant.
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsBérénice BejoTahar RahimAli MosaffaAn Iranian man deserts his French wife and her two children to return to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife starts up a new relationship, a reality her husband confronts upon his wife's request for a divorce.
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsFaramarz GharibianTaraneh AlidoostiBabak AnsariIn Islamic Iran, how much is a woman worth in comparison with a man, and who pays the difference? This film is tale of vengeance, labyrinthine judicial procedure & the concept of "blood money."
- DirectorDariush MehrjuiStarsBahram RadanGolshifteh FarahaniMasoud RayeganNot 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.
- DirectorAlireza AminiStarsSaber AbarHoda AhangarTaraneh AlidoostiNiloufar (Taraneh Alidoosti) lives with her family. After an incident happened, her family exposed to a deep trouble: they have to provide a large amount of money to save a family member's life while they have only three days ...
- DirectorEbrahim HatamikiaStarsHamid FarrokhnezhadKhazar Ma'soomiFarhad GhaemianAn undercover Iranian intelligence officer investigates the political status of a college student, whose parents were active members of the mujahedin khalgh radical group.
- DirectorVaruzh Karim-MasihiStarsHamed KomailyBahram RadanTaraneh AlidoostiSiavash Roozbehan is a young man and he has lost his father after his mysterious suicide.His uncle is managing his father's wealth. He is in love with his cousin Mahtab whose father is his uncle's councilor. Siavash gradually realizes that his uncle is going to marry his mother. After some days he also sees a lot of similarities between his own life and of Shakespeare's Hamlet. He goes to Garo, his best friend, and they try to change the end of the tragic story.
- DirectorRakhshan BanietemadStarsHabib RezaeiMohammad Reza ForutanMehraveh SharifiniaA series of seven vignettes about different people dealing with their every day problems in modern day Iran, that are loosely related to each other.
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsPayman MaadiLeila HatamiSareh BayatA 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.
- DirectorMaziar MiriStarsSeyed Mahmoud ChaharsoughiSiamak EhsaiiSepahrad FarzamiMaryam (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 ...
- DirectorAli RafieStarsMehdi HashemiHanieh TavassoliShahrokh ForoutanianA man is living with his only daughter and does everything he can for a living and for his daughter's sake hoping she is his forever. But a misunderstanding makes everything really complicated for him.
- DirectorAbdolreza KahaniStarsReza AttaranPantea BahramNegar JavaherianA couple are moving in to a house with a lot of boxes to start their married life, but the former residents are still there with their wrapped up furniture and boxes too! They also have a small wedding ceremony to host that very night.
- DirectorRouhollah HejaziStarsHamid FarrokhnezhadHengameh GhazianiTaraneh AlidoostiThe Mahmoodies live in an old large house, having traditional values and beliefs. They have decided to renovate the building. Mrs. Mahmoodi's niece arrives with her architect husband to take care of the renovation. conflicts about renovating the house expand to their relations and connections. it is gradually revealed that the people in the house are torn between traditional and modern viewpoints and so are the guest.
- DirectorShahram MokriStarsBabak KarimiSaeed EbrahimifarSiavash Cheraghi PourA 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.
- DirectorMasud KimiaiStarsBehrouz VossoughiPouri BaneaiNaser Malek MotieeA young man's drive to avenge for his sister and brother.
- DirectorMasud KimiaiStarsDariush ArjmandMohammad Reza ForutanMitra HajjarAmir who was in jail for a murder gets free after twelve years behind bars and finds that now there is a huge gap between his generation and his brothers'.
- DirectorMasud KimiaiStarsEzzatolah EntezamiKhosro ShakibaiLeila HatamiSahand, 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 after Reza to get a fake passport for Forouzande. But the troubles begin when Sahand and Forouzande begin to disagree with each other.
- DirectorMasud KimiaiStarsPoulad KimiayiHamed BehdadShabnam DarvishBetween years 1976-79 in Tehran, the story of Reza Sarcheshmeh, a man who does not want to compromise on his believes. He is imprisoned and then after 2 years released but involved in the Islamic Revolution.
- DirectorMasud KimiaiStarsMahnaz AfsharMohammad Reza ForutanPoulad KimiayiThe story of two youngsters who one night meet a woman Khatoon who has take refuge in a billiard club. This put them on many challenges.
- DirectorHamid JebeliStarsElizabet AminiHamid JebeliSoghra KarimiLiving with his aged father, Reza works in a wedding accessories shop and is in Love with one of the bridal mannequins in the shop window. He falls into some kind of depression when the mannequin is moved away but days after that falls for a customer who seems a rich beautiful lady, unknowing that she's married. Reza goes through a journey to find the true love of his life who was always there for him, waiting to be seen.
- DirectorReza MirkarimiStarsReza KianianNegar JavaherianFarhad AslaniThe story happens in an old house in an old city of Iran. Because of the wedding of the youngest sister, Pasandide, all of her sisters come to their old house to help their mother.
- DirectorBahram TavakoliStarsFatemah Motamed-AriaSaber AbarNegar JavaherianThe 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.
- DirectorHamid NematollahStarsBahram RadanLeila HatamiNader FallahA 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.
- DirectorAli MosaffaStarsLeila HatamiAli MosaffaAlireza AghakhaniA dead man tells us about his feelings and his life.
- DirectorKamal TabriziStarsParviz ParastuiBahram EbrahimiReza SaeediA 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.
- DirectorEbrahim HatamikiaStarsNiki KarimiAli NasirianJafar DehghanGhafoor is a Taxi Driver whose son is saying to be killed during war but he is refusing to believe it. Although all the evidences proves that his son is dead and everyone believe so, he still is waiting for his beloved son Yousef. Then one day in the airport Ghafoor encounters a strange woman Shirin.
- DirectorHomayoon Ass'adianStarsNegar JavaherianBehrouz ShoaybiJavad EzatiA Tehran mullah-in-training struggles to take care of his ailing wife and their children in this profoundly moving melodrama. A film of near-universal appeal, it puts a human face on Iran's Muslim clergy with its unusual tale of a man forced by hardship to become a better husband and father. Seyed Reza has just moved with his family to Tehran so he can study the Koran, and he relies on his lovely wife Zahra to look after their two young children and weave the intricate rugs that earn them a living. But one evening Zahra collapses and is taken to the hospital, where she's diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Scarcely able to process the tragedy, Seyed is left to cook, change diapers, walk his daughter to school and take his toddler son with him to his classes, where peers and elders treat him with scorn. But Seyed eventually learns to cope, his prayers and devotional studies taking on deeper meaning as he attends to the hard nightly work of rug weaving, getting through with a heavy assist from friends, neighbors and kind strangers.
- DirectorEbrahim HatamikiaStarsParviz ParastuiReza KianianHabib RezaeiThe Glass Agency is the story of a war veteran living in post war Iran. It depicts veterans who are suffering from social problems after the war. Society does not understand them and the standard social norms are not in harmony with their personalities.
- DirectorBahman GhobadiStarsNegar ShaghaghiAshkan KoshanejadHamed BehdadIranian musicians Negar and Ashkan look for band members to play at a London concert - and the visas that allow them to leave Tehran to do so.
- DirectorMohammad Hossein LatifiStarsPouria PoursorkhBaran KosariHamed BehdadDuring 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.
- DirectorBehrouz ShoaybiStarsReza AttaranHanieh TavassoliMohammad Reza ShirkhanlooShiva (Hanieh Tavassoli) is the family head and looks after her little son, Amir Ali; a witty and playful boy, in the absence of her husband, Behzad (Reza Attaran) who has committed a murder in a fight on a parking space with another man. Now he is in prison and waiting for his verdict. Amir Ali is a first grader and thinks his father is dead, but after visiting him in the prison he gets depressed. Shiva visits the murdered man's brother-in-law everyday and asks him to talk to his family in order to get their approval to be paid the Blood money. The victim's twin sister is very persistent on doing the Equal retaliation and they can't get her satisfaction. Mr. Izadi (Shahrokh Foroutanian), the warden and his wife (Afsaneh Chehreh Azad) who is a social worker also try to help Behzad. Meanwhile, the visits between Amir Ali and Behzad becomes more and more intimate after Behzad gives his son a wooden horse which he has made in prison. Behzad is a former English teacher and teaches one of the guards privately to make him ready for the entrance exams. Because of his good behavior, Behzad gets a three day permission to go home. This out-of-prison visits improves Amir Ali's self-confidence and he becomes calmer and even his grades are better now. Finally Mr. Izadi takes Amir Ali to the victim's house where his mother is speechless for five years because of her son's death. Amir Ali apologizes for his father's action in a childish way and makes the mother cry. But we don't know whether her response is to forgive or to execute Behzad.
- DirectorGranaz MoussaviStarsMarzieh VafamehrAmir CheginiAsha MehrabiMarzieh is a young female actress living in Tehran. The authorities ban her theatre work and, like all young people in Iran, she is forced to lead a secret life in order to express herself artistically. At an underground rave, she meets Iranian born Saman, now an Australian citizen, who offers her a way out of her country and the possibility of living without fear.
- DirectorPouran DerakhshandehStarsTannaz TabatabaeiMerila Zare'iBabak HamidianShirin is supposed to get married in a couple of hours, but she unexpectedly murders a man. The cause of the crime, rooted in her nightmarish childhood, unravels gradually and the real question emerges: Who is the REAL criminal?
- DirectorReza DormishianStarsBaran KosariNavid MohammadzadehMilad RahimiI'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 faced with the immoralities prevalent in the society, and does all he can not to lose his love, Setareh.
- DirectorNegar AzarbayjaniStarsShayesteh IraniGhazal ShakeriHomayoun ErshadiRana 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 true self by his family. They find themselves on the same journey and caused to know each other in a better way.
- DirectorFaramarz GharibianStarsMohsen AfshaniOmid AhmadiSiamak Ash'arioonThe story is about a girl who got murdered suspiciously. In her life she knew many people but each person has his own perspectives about her.
- DirectorMaryam KeshavarzStarsSarah KazemyNikohl BoosheriReza Sixo SafaiA wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's dangerous obsession.
- DirectorVaruzh Karim-MasihiStarsFarimah FarjamiDariush ArjmandNiku Kheradmand"Gaslight" as Farsi farce. Kamran and Moluk, middle-aged siblings, live penniless in the family's Tehran mansion, selling furniture to pay expenses. Their brother, who owns the house, has died suddenly, and his widow, Forugh, is coming from the provinces to visit. Kamran writes an elaborate script and hires a troupe of five actors to be the household servants. The purpose of the charade, which will seem real to Forugh, is to drive her mad, perhaps to suicide, so that Kamran and Moluk can inherit the house. The play is elaborate, Forugh is fooled and terrified, and the police can't substantiate her wild claims. She appears insane to them. All is headed for the mysterious last act.
- DirectorAli AhmadzadehStarsMina SadatiPegah AhangaraniNazanin FarahaniA group of youngsters after having fun enjoying the north now are about to go attend a party in Tehran but that is only the beginning of their problems.
- DirectorReza DormishianStarsBaran KosariNavid MohammadzadehMaryam PalizbanA Girl, Maryam, is attacked with Acid by Pasha, a young man who is madly in love with her.
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsShahab HosseiniTaraneh AlidoostiMina SadatiWhile 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.
- DirectorSafi YazdanianStarsLeila HatamiAli MosaffaMohammad DezfulizadehA woman comes back from Paris to her country after a long time. She meets a man that she hardly knows, but he knows a lot about her life.
- DirectorParviz ShahbaziStarsNazanin BayatiPegah AhangaraniBehrang AlaviThis 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 a place to live, the quiet, scholarly Nazanin (Nazanin Bayati) rents a room from vivacious shop girl Sahar (Pegah Ahangarani). The two become unlikely companions as Sahar coerces Nazanin into joining her circle of friends. But when Sahar ends up in trouble, Nazanin is drawn into a complex web of debt and deception that surrounds her roommate. With pitch-perfect performances by the two female leads, 'Trapped' draws an intelligent portrait of the subtleties of inter-personal power dynamics.
- DirectorSaman MoghadamStarsFarhad AeeshReza AhadiPegah AhangaraniAn invitation for a famous Iranian bandmaster, Maxx, living in a foreign country, is accidentally sent to a young cabaret singer with the same name.
- DirectorSaman MoghadamStarsAfsaneh BayeganPejman BazeghiHamed BehdadThe story is about lives of three women living in an old neighborhood; one has a cafe, one is the landlady and the youngest one is engaged and waiting to get married. They somehow link together with their problems.
- DirectorPayman MaadiStarsSaber AbarAnahita AfsharMahnaz AfsharA piano teacher (Mahnaz Afshar) faced with a major event in her personal life, some secrets of her husband life is revealed ... In a two-way decision, she must either make her choice in accordance with the common law or break the tradition ...
- DirectorIraj TahmasbStarsMorteza AhmadiAkbar DoodkarFarokhlagha HushmandA 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.
- DirectorDariush MehrjuiStarsAkbar AbdiEzzatolah EntezamiFaramarz FardtombekianThe 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.
- DirectorParisa BakhtavarStarsBaran KosariSaber AbarMehran ModiriMohammad is sent to an apartment situated in uptown Tehran to install their satellite dishes, while having satellite TV is illegal in Iran. He arrives there with a girl named Shirin who seems to be his girlfriend and is in need of some money to repair her father's car with which she has had an accident the day before. Each of the house's residents have their own fish to fry and they also want their satellites installed as soon as possible.
- DirectorSaeed SoheiliStarsHamid FarrokhnezhadPoulad KimiayiSaed SoheiliThree fellows are gaining money by faking that they are Gashte Ershad (a special police for arresting guys and girls that wear clothes in a bad way).
- DirectorMohamad Reza HonarmandStarsEbrahim AbadiAkbar AbdiMehri Sadat AlaghaLeila and Bahram's mother wants to get a loan to buy a house for her children to live in. But the villain old lady sends her son Ganjo to steal the money. The children decide to sell their dolls to gather the money for buying a house again but Ganjo this time steals the dolls too. They go after Ganjo chasing him to his house but he trapped them. The dolls hurry to save the children and the police is coming too.