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1. Body of Lies (2008)
R | 128 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A CIA agent on the ground in Jordan hunts down a powerful terrorist leader while being caught between the unclear intentions of his American supervisors and Jordan Intelligence.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani
Votes: 239,603 | Gross: $39.39M
2. Persepolis (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
Directors: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi | Stars: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Gena Rowlands, Danielle Darrieux
Votes: 100,207 | Gross: $4.45M
3. Under the Shadow (2016)
PG-13 | 84 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
As a mother and daughter struggle to cope with the terrors of the post-revolution, war-torn Tehran of the 1980s, a mysterious evil begins to haunt their home.
Director: Babak Anvari | Stars: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi, Arash Marandi
Votes: 30,130 | Gross: $0.03M
4. Walnut Tree (2020)
100 min | Drama, History, War
Qader, a bricklayer from Sardasht in western Iran whose wife is pregnant with her 4th child, suddenly found himself amid a war crime perpetrated by the Saddam regime. On June 28th, 1987 ... See full summary »
Director: Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian | Stars: Payman Maadi, Mina Sadati, Minoo Sharifi, Mehran Modiri
Votes: 2,229
5. The Situation of Mehdi (2022)
98 min | Biography, Drama, War
Mehdi Bakeri, the commander of the 31st Ashura Division, wants his younger brother Hamid to return to the area and be by his side.
Directors: Hadi Hejazifar, Ali Shirzad | Stars: Hadi Hejazifar, Zhila Shahi, Vahid Hejazifar, Masoumeh Rabaninia
Votes: 1,070
6. The Glass Agency (1998)
114 min | Action, Drama, Romance
The 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Parviz Parastui, Reza Kianian, Habib Rezaei, Ghasem Zare
Votes: 7,268
7. The Lost Strait (2018)
93 min | Action, Drama, History
The resistance of Ammar battalion in Abughoraib strait at the last days of Iran-Iraq war.
Director: Bahram Tavakoli | Stars: Javad Ezati, Hamid Reza Azarang, Amir Jadidi, Ali Soleymani
Votes: 2,575
8. Where is Gilgamesh? (2024)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Post-production
A priceless tablet of Gilgamesh, the oldest and most important work of literature is stolen from a Museum. A security guard vows to do whatever it takes to get it back from a group of smugglers. Along the way, he face his own inner demons.
Director: Karzan Kardozi | Stars: Barzan Yunis, Goran Dlshad, Ragash Kizhan, Yasin Omar
9. A Moon for My Father (2019)
73 min | Documentary
An Iranian filmmaker and her British sculptor partner read letters they have exchanged with each other about their lives and social conditions.
Directors: Mania Akbari, Douglas White | Stars: Mania Akbari, Douglas White
Votes: 37
10. From Karkheh to Rhein (1993)
93 min | Drama, War
Saeed who is suffering from injuries that he received in the Iran-Iraq War, is sent to Germany for treatments. In Germany, he meets his sister and her German husband. Saeed and his sister ... See full summary »
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Ali Dehkordi, Homa Rusta, Hans Noiman, Sadegh Safaie
Votes: 3,037
11. 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
12. The 23 (2019)
101 min | Drama, War
The story of 23 young Iranian soldiers who were captivated by Iraq army.
Directors: Mehdi Jafari, Ali Shirzad | Stars: Saeed Alboebadi, Reza Noori, Majid Potki, Hamzeh Vatani
Votes: 738
13. The Scent of Joseph's Shirt (1995)
100 min | Drama, War
Ghafoor 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Niki Karimi, Ali Nasirian, Jafar Dehghan, Shirin Bina
Votes: 1,739
14. My Enemy, My Brother (2015)
PG-13 | 18 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
MY ENEMY, MY BROTHER is the real life story about two former enemies who become blood brothers for life: Zahed Haftlang was an Iranian boy who ran away from home to join the army. Najah ... See full summary »
Director: Ann Shin
Votes: 86
15. Exodus (II) (2020)
124 min | Drama
The story of a group of farmers who their lands and crops have been destroyed by a mistake of a governmental company. Now after not finding any response from the government they decide to ... See full summary »
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Faramarz Gharibian, Pantea Panahiha, Jahangir Almasi, Sam Gharibian
Votes: 852
16. Bulletproof (2012)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, War
When Salim - who sells governmental forbidden western music and film tapes in the streets- discovers he has a fatal brain tumor, he decides to join the army and get killed defending his ... See full summary »
Director: Mostafa Kiaei | Stars: Mehdi Hashemi, Jaleh Sameti, Masoud Karamati, Saeed Aghakhani
Votes: 532
17. Snake's Fang (1990)
105 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Reza, the veteran worker of a print house whose sight is adversely affected because of his job, loses his mother. Finding the gloom reigning over the home beyond bearing, he departs to ... See full summary »
Director: Masud Kimiai | Stars: Faramarz Sadighi, Golchehre Sajadieh, Ahmad Najafi, Fariba Kowsari
Votes: 285
18. Undercover (2010)
84 min | Thriller, War
Fereydoun is a war hostage that has recently came back to the country, but he goes under arrest because of the charges against him such as betraying his country and fellas during his custody in Iraq.
Directors: Mahdi Foyuzi, Ahmad Kavari | Stars: Amir Jafari, Nasrin Moghanloo, Ghasem Zare, Mohammad Kasebi
Votes: 212
19. Days of Solitude (2018)
92 min | Animation, Drama, Family | Completed
This animated film is based on true events that happened during the war between Iran and Iraq.
Directors: Solmaz Ghaeli, Mahdi Mohamadazar
20. Gilane (2005)
80 min | Drama, War
A mother's courage, hardship, and love, in times of war. In 1988, during the Iran-Iraq war, Gilane escorts her pregnant daughter, Maygol, from the relative calm of their village, Espili, ... See full summary »
Directors: Mohsen Abdolvahab, Rakhshan Banietemad | Stars: Fatemah Motamed-Aria, Bahram Radan, Baran Kosari, Jaleh Sameti
Votes: 734
21. The Sergeant (1991)
86 min | Drama, Thriller, War
Ravaged physically and psychologically by the war, sergeant Rostam Darre Kalaye is retired to go back to his family in the northern part of Iran. During his long absence, his wife Golbakht ... See full summary »
Director: Masud Kimiai | Stars: Ahmad Najafi, Golchehre Sajadieh, Shahed Ahmadloo, Mir Mohammad Tajaddod
Votes: 93
22. Kermchaleh (2019)
15 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Subjective experiences of a woman who encounters a betrayal. What should she do? Infinite possibilities arise from her decision. . Nobody knows that whether all the events are occurring in her story or in the reality.
Director: Vahid Davoodi Pooya | Stars: Mina Vahid, Mohammad Mehdi Hosseini, Mahtab Amin, Azadeh Seifi
23. Freedom and Other Maladies (2016)
53 min | Documentary, Biography, Romance
Gholam-Hossein Saedi was an acclaimed Iranian author, playwright and screenwriter with an oeuvre that contains more than thirty publications. Freedom And Other Maladies depicts Saedi's ... See full summary »
Director: Shirin Saghaie | Stars: Reza Aghnami, Bahman Amini, Ali Badri, Jimmy Carter
Votes: 17
24. Pale Blue (2017)
72 min | Documentary, War
37 years ago, war broke out somewhere...
Director: Arash Lahooti
Votes: 18
25. Levelek Perzsiából (1996)
85 min
Maria, an Iranian teenager evacuated with her mother to Hungary at the start if the Iran-Iraq War, had assumed that her father was dead back in Iran until she discovers some letters that ... See full summary »
Director: Rambod Lotfi | Stars: Noémi Demjén, Károly Eperjes, Lili Monori, Kati Rák
26. Our Friend Saddam (2003 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
A documentary that examines relationship that US, French & German politicians had with Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein and how western countries supplied him with weapons.
Stars: Said Aburish, Jacques Attali, Tariq Aziz, Robert Byrd
Votes: 10
27. The Tree That Remembers (2002)
Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary
In 1992, a young Iranian student hanged himself on the outskirts of a small Ontario town. Having escaped the Ayatollah's regime and found a new home in Canada, he could not escape his past.... See full summary »
Director: Masoud Raouf | Stars: Niousha Farahi, Reza Gahfari, Shirin Ghanbari, Shokoufeh Sakhi
Votes: 25
28. Bazm-e Razm (2017)
123 min | Documentary, History, Music
This documentary is about the vicissitudinous story of Iranian music between 1979-1989. The years just after 1979 Revolution through the end of Iran-Iraq war. The narrative of restrictions ... See full summary »
Director: Seyyed Vahid Hosseini | Stars: Hossein Alizadeh, Bijan Kamkar, Ali Akbar Shekarchi, Majid Derakhshani
Votes: 70
29. Memorial (II) (2018)
20 min | Short, Drama, War
During the Iran/Iraq war, a team of Iranian commandos is sent to the border on a scouting mission and is ambushed.
Director: Azar Faramarzi | Stars: Hojjat Alimanesh, Ali Arianejad, Javad Asadi, Armin Ghodrati
30.
The Frog (2020–2021)
Episode:
The Smell Of Rotten Bitter Orange
(2021)
Not Rated | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A cut finger makes Ramin recall his childhood in summer 1988.
Director: Houman Seyyedi | Stars: Omid Mohammadzadeh, Samaneh Moniri, Yuna Tadayyon, Peyman Mirzaei
Votes: 2,366
31.
Tank Overhaul (2006– )
Episode:
The BMP
(2009)
TV-G | 49 min | Documentary
The Soviet BMP was the world's first infantry fighting vehicle for the nuclear battlefield. Now, Greg Taylor, one of the most experienced tank restorers, will rebuild a Cold War vehicle ... See full summary »
Director: P.J. Naworynski | Stars: Rick Coster, Yuri Desyatnik, Gilroy Hamilton, Andrew Pifko
32.
Irak, destruction d'une nation (2021)
Episode:
L'allié
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
From the beginning of the 1980s, the tension between the Iran of the mullahs and the Iraq of the Raïs, Saddam Hussein, was at its height. Westerners see in the latter a final bulwark ... See full summary »
Votes: 9
33.
Wars in the Middle East (2003)
Episode:
Iran-Iraq War
(2003)
37 min | Documentary
In 1980 Iraqi mechanized forces using blitzkrieg style tactics, less air power, invaded an unprepared Iran. How Iran managed to mobilize and gain the upper hand is explained. The events ... See full summary »
Star: Terry Lloyd
34.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
Bio-Chemical Weapons
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
Get a closer look at chemical and biological agents, the deadliest of secret weapons. From mustard gas artillery shells used along the trenches in WWI to the U. S. gas stockpiles in the ... See full summary »
Stars: Charlton Heston, Matthew Meselson, John Moon, Mark Wheelis
35.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
Super Guns
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
From Germany's Big Bertha in World War One to Iraq's top secret Project Babylon, secret cannons designed to hit their targets miles away, handheld rifles that packed the power of the atom ... See full summary »
Stars: Charlton Heston, Nicholas Hall, Ian Hogg, Christopher Henry
36.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
Battlefield Deceptions
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
From rubber tanks and camouflage to booby traps and tactical manoeuvers of deception, the role "trickery" plays on the modern battlefield.
Stars: Charlton Heston, James F. Dunnigan, Albert Nofi, Douglas Waller
37.
The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode:
Iran-Iraq War
(2019)
18 min | Documentary, Animation
Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen
38.
Ward Carroll (2020– )
Episode:
Iranian F-14 Tomcat Ace Reveals His Iraqi MiG-Killing Secrets
(2021)
26 min | Documentary
The Shah of Iran had acquired seventy-nine F-14 Tomcats to counter an Iraqi aircraft build up. But following the mayhem of the Iranian revolution only twelve Tomcats were serviceable when ... See full summary »
Star: Ward Carroll
39.
William Spaniel (2009– )
Episode:
The Three Reasons the Russia-Ukraine War Hasn't Ended
(2022)
14 min | Documentary
Professor Spaniel presents the thesis that the Russia Ukraine conflict will end when both sides feel they have achieved their best possible outcome. He further shares what the combatants may believe from three perspectives.
Star: William Spaniel
40.
Dark Seas (2021– )
Episode:
Iranian Vessel's Unexpected Attack Against an Insanely Armored US Warship
(2024)
16 min | Documentary
A concise history of America's guide missile cruiser CG-28 USS Wainwright culminating in its role in Operation Praying Mantis at the close of the Iran Iraq war
41.
Task & Purpose (2014– )
Episode:
That Time US Forces Pulverized Iran's Navy
(2024)
22 min | Documentary, News
A detailed account of Operation Praying Manitis that ended the tanker wars in 1988.
Star: Chris Cappy