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1. The Kite Runner (2007)
PG-13 | 128 min | Drama
After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Khalid Abdalla, Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, Atossa Leoni, Shaun Toub
Votes: 82,626 | Gross: $15.80M
2. Close-Up (1990)
Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of Hossain Sabzian, a cinephile who impersonated the director Mohsen Makhmalbaf to convince a family they would star in his so-called new film.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Hossain Sabzian, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Abolfazl Ahankhah, Mehrdad Ahankhah
Votes: 23,170 | Gross: $0.00M
3. The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary, History
A comprehensive history of the medium and art of motion pictures.
Stars: Mark Cousins, Juan Diego Botto, Aleksandr Sokurov, Norman Lloyd
Votes: 4,838
4. September 11 (2002)
Unrated | 134 min | Drama
The effects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks are told from different points of view around the world.
Directors: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitai, Shôhei Imamura, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, Samira Makhmalbaf, Mira Nair, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Sean Penn, Danis Tanovic | Stars: Maryam Karimi, Mohamad Dolati, Agelem Habibi, Esmat Vahedi
Votes: 5,934
5. Osama (2003)
PG-13 | 83 min | Drama
After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a pre-teen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.
Director: Siddiq Barmak | Stars: Marina Golbahari, Zubaida Sahar, Khwaja Nader, Mohammad Arif Herati
Votes: 9,541 | Gross: $1.13M
6. A Moment of Innocence (1996)
Not Rated | 78 min | Comedy, Drama
A semi-autobiographical account of Makmahlbaf's experience as a teenager when, as a 17-year-old, he stabbed a policeman at a protest rally. Two decades later, he tracks down the policeman he injured in an attempt to make amends.
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Mirhadi Tayebi, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Ali Bakhsi, Ammar Tafti Dehghan
Votes: 4,426 | Gross: $0.04M
7. Kandahar (2001)
Not Rated | 81 min | Drama
After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Nelofer Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Ike Ogut, Sadou Teymouri
Votes: 7,071 | Gross: $0.02M
8. The President (2014)
119 min | Drama
A brutal dictator comes face to face with the injustices committed by his regime when his country is taken over by revolutionists.
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Mikheil Gomiashvili, Dachi Orvelashvili, Ia Sukhitashvili, Guja Burduli
Votes: 1,808
9. Leonor Will Never Die (2022)
101 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Fiction and reality blur when Leonor, a retired filmmaker, falls into a coma after a television lands on her head, compelling her to become the action hero of her unfinished screenplay.
Director: Martika Ramirez Escobar | Stars: Sheila Francisco, Bong Cabrera, Rocky Salumbides, Anthony Falcon
Votes: 778
10. The Apple (1998)
86 min | Drama
After twelve years of imprisonment by their own parents, two sisters are finally released by social workers to face the outside world for the first time.
Director: Samira Makhmalbaf | Stars: Massoumeh Naderi, Zahra Naderi, Ghorban Ali Naderi, Azizeh Mohamadi
Votes: 2,760 | Gross: $0.12M
11. The Silence (1998)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama, Music
Every day, 10-year-old Khorsid takes the bus to his work at an instrument maker's shop, and every day something unexpected happens.
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Tahmineh Normatova, Nadereh Abdelahyeva, Goibibi Ziadolahyeva, Araz M. Shirmohamadi
Votes: 1,894 | Gross: $0.03M
12. Hollywood Insider (2018– )
Talk-Show
A show focused on substance and meaningful entertainment while staying away from gossip and scandal.
Stars: Pritan Ambroase, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Holland, Margot Robbie
Votes: 1,420
13. Gabbeh (1996)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
When an old couple washes their gabbeh - a type of Persian rug - a young woman magically appears and tells them her life story.
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Shaghayeh Djodat, Hossein Moharami, Rogheih Moharami, Abbas Sayah
Votes: 3,673 | Gross: $0.27M
14. Blackboards (2000)
88 min | Drama, War
Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a ... See full summary »
Director: Samira Makhmalbaf | Stars: Said Mohamadi, Behnaz Jafari, Bahman Ghobadi, Mohamad Karim Rahmati
Votes: 2,911 | Gross: $0.00M
15. The Cyclist (1989)
82 min | Drama
The wife of Nasim, an Afghan immigrant in Iran, is gravely ill. He needs money to pay for her care, but his day labor digging wells does not pay enough. A friend connects Nasim to a two-bit... See full summary »
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Mahshid Afsharzadeh, Firouz Kiani, Samira Makhmalbaf, Mohammad Reza Maleki
Votes: 2,349
16. The Day I Became a Woman (2000)
74 min | Comedy, Drama
A film comprised of three interconnected vignettes that depict women at three stages of life in Iran. The first part centers on a young girl on her ninth birthday who is told that she can ... See full summary »
Director: Marzieh Makhmalbaf | Stars: Fatemeh Cherag Akhar, Hassan Nebhan, Shahr Banou Sisizadeh, Ameneh Passand
Votes: 1,992 | Gross: $0.34M
17. Hello Cinema (1995)
75 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Makhmalbaf puts an advertisement in the papers calling for an open casting for his next movie. However when hundreds of people show up, he decides to make a movie about the casting and the screen tests of the would-be actors.
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Shaghayeh Djodat, Behzad Dorani, Feizola Gashghai, Maryam Keyhan
Votes: 2,197
18. Sex & Philosophy (2005)
105 min | Drama, Romance
On his fortieth birthday, a man engineers a revolt against himself. He telephones his lovers -- all four of them -- and arranges to meet them at his dance school that afternoon. The women ... See full summary »
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Daler Nazarov, Mariam Gaibova, Farzona Beknazarova, Tahmineh Ebrahimova
Votes: 769
19. Two-Legged Horse (2008)
101 min | Drama
A wealthy boy hires a poor child to carry him around like a horse.
Director: Samira Makhmalbaf | Stars: Ziya Mirza Mohamad, Haron Ahad, Gol-Ghotai, Khojeh Nader
Votes: 645
20. Scream of the Ants (2006)
85 min | Adventure, Drama
A girl believing in God marries an atheist, who is consumed by doubt. They decide to spend their honeymoon in India. Searching the countryside for a guru called the "perfect man," who fobs ... See full summary »
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Mamhoud Chokrollahi, Mahnour Shadzi, Karl Maass, Tenzin Chogyal
Votes: 985
21. Secret Ballot (2001)
G | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
A female election agent and a gun-toting soldier try to collect votes among the local islanders with mixed success.
Director: Babak Payami | Stars: Nassim Abdi, Cyrus Abidi, Youssef Habashi, Farrokh Shoja
Votes: 1,279 | Gross: $0.11M
22. The Actor (1993)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
It is about a burly film actor who wants to act only in art films but is forced by his family's economic demands to do a string of trashy commercial movies. His tormented wife, infertile ... See full summary »
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Akbar Abdi, Azita Hajian, Hamideh Kheirabadi, Fatemah Motamed-Aria
Votes: 711
23. At Five in the Afternoon (2003)
105 min | Drama
In a post-Taliban Afghanistan a young woman (Agheleh Rezaie) attends school against her conservative father's will, hoping to learn more about democracy to fulfill her dream of being the country's next president.
Director: Samira Makhmalbaf | Stars: Agheleh Rezaie, Abdolgani Yousefrazi, Marzieh Amiri, Razi Mohebi
Votes: 1,582
24. Once Upon a Time, Cinema (1992)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An abstract retelling of the history of Film in Iran.
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Ezzatolah Entezami, Mehdi Hashemi, Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Akbar Abdi
Votes: 1,213
25. The Gardener (2012)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Drama
The Gardener is a surreal film made using documentary-style techniques via the cameras of father and son (the Makhmalbafs) who go to Israel to learn about a religion (Baha'i faith) that ... See full summary »
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Ririva Eona Mabi, Paula Asadi, Bal Kumari Gurung, Ian David Huang
Votes: 317
26. The Scout (1989)
80 min | Drama, War
In Iran-Iraq's war, a young scout joins the front-line to help his comrades single-handed.
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Gholamreza Ali Akbari, Hamid Reza Charakchian, Ebrahim Hatamikia, Alireza Heidary
Votes: 339
27. Boycott (1986)
85 min | Drama
A young guy Valeh is arrested by the security during Shah's reign in Iran. There in prison he remembers his past and his life and begins to asks about his believes and ideals. Finally they ... See full summary »
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Mohammad Kasebi, Majid Majidi, Esmat Makhmalbaf, Zohreh Sarmadi
Votes: 391
28. Empty Your Pockets (2024)
Drama | Post-production
Director: Tara Aghdashloo | Stars: Viona Moarefi, Toomaj Danesh Behzadi, Kiarash Dadgar, Navid Mostafaee
29. Marriage of the Blessed (1989)
75 min | Crime, Drama, War
Haji is severely traumatized by the war with Iraq. Back from the front, he's unable to adapt to civilian life. Despite family opposition, his fiancée stands by him as together they ... See full summary »
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Mahmoud Hatamikia, Roya Nonahali, Ebrahim Abadi, Mohsen Zaehtab
Votes: 559
30. The Peddler (1987)
95 min | Drama
Consisting of three separate stories, the director explores "Man" as a theme: birth, life and death, to present a sometimes comic, sometimes tragic portrait of life at the bottom of the socio-economic pile.
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Mahmoud Basiri, Behzad Behzadpour, Jafar Dehghan, Farid Koshan Falah
Votes: 425
31. I'm Not My Body (2019)
25 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
An immigrant Iranian news anchor works for a Persian TV channel in the UK. His nude pictures go viral on social media, and he is trying to remove them.
Director: Nima Akbarpour | Stars: Reza Zohreh Kermani, Hosain Radvar-Zangeneh, Ania Assadi-Sabet, Maral Mohammadi
Votes: 25
32. Tales of Kish (1999)
72 min | Drama
A three episodic film made by three famous Iranian directors. The Greek Boat, The Ring and The Door which all are take place in Kish Island in south of Iran.
Directors: Abolfazl Jalili, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Nasser Taghvai | Stars: Hossein Panahi, Atefeh Razavi, Hafez Pakdel, Mohamad A. Babhan
Votes: 239
33. Nobat e Asheghi (1995)
75 min | Drama, Romance
Part one: A brown-haired man finds out that his wife cheats on him with a blonde-haired man. He kills his rival and is condemned to the capital punishment. Gazale takes her own life. Part ... See full summary »
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Shiva Gered, Abdurrahman Palay, Menderes Samancilar, Aken Tunj
Votes: 223
34. Afghan Alphabet (2002)
45 min | Documentary
Documentary showing the life of children of the Afghan villages bordering Iran, and how their life and culture were affected by Taliban regime.
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Ghafour Barahouyi, Maryam Ozbak, Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Votes: 303
35. 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
36. Mother's Paradise (2011)
82 min | Drama
Set in rural Kazakhstan, scripted by the Iranian maestro Mohsen Makhmalbaf and directed by Kyrgyz-born Aktan Arym Kubat, Mother's Paradise is a universal tale of a fractured family struggling to cope with economic hardship.
Director: Aktan Arym Kubat | Stars: Natalya Arinbasarova, Olga Landina, Mikhail Zhigalov
Votes: 22
37. Talking with Rivers (2023)
50 min | Drama
A reflection on the history of Iran and Afghanistan, by Mohsen Makhmalbaf and a compilation of his family's works. Above the image of Makhmalbaf, sitting by a river with his back to the camera, a dialogue between two speakers.
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Jawanmard Paiez
38. Marghe and Her Mother (2019)
101 min | Drama
Marghe, six years old daughter lives with her single mother Claudia who's been kicked out of her house because of payment difficulties, leaving Marghe to an old woman next door.
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Danilo Acinapura, Raffaella Gallo, Ylenia Galtieri, Margherita Pantaleo
Votes: 66
39. 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: 236
40. Tobeh Nosuh (1983)
Drama
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Farajollah Salahshoor, Mohammad Kasebi, Behzad Behzadpour, Mohammad Alidoost
Votes: 222
41. Tales of an Island (2000)
76 min | Comedy, Drama
Directors: Rakhshan Banietemad, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Dariush Mehrjui | Stars: Khosro Shakibai, Ali Mosaffa, Negar Foroozandeh, Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Votes: 165
42. Rings (1986)
88 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
The silence of this sleepy little town is soon disturbed when the residents begin to receive threatening phone calls. No one knows who is making them. The police fail to find any evidence ... See full summary »
Director: Mohamad Reza Honarmand | Stars: Ebrahim Abadi, Reza Cheraghi, Naser Forough, Mohammad Kasebi
Votes: 90
43. Lezate divanegi (2003)
73 min | Documentary
Documentary showing the backstage of production of Samira Makhmalbaf's film Panj É Asr(At Five in the Afternoon), in Kabul, after the fall of the Taliban regime. Everything was recorded ... See full summary »
Director: Hana Makhmalbaf | Stars: Bibigol Asef, Sima Asef, Agheleh Farahmand, Marzieh Makhmalbaf
Votes: 179
44. Flash-Forward (2024)
25 min | Documentary, Short | Completed
A group of friends embarks on a journey through landscapes to meet a poet imprisoned for his work. Their adventure blurs the lines between reality and fantasy, challenging their views on ... See full summary »
Director: Nima Akbarpour | Stars: Ala Koozekanani, Ebbi Kamyab, Nahid Nazemi, Sam Adl
45. Poet of the Wastes (2005)
80 min | Drama, Romance
A man whose job collecting garbage from the streets. But from this work he becomes aware of the secrets of those houses he collecting garbage from and that lead him to involve in some troubles.
Director: Mohammad Ahmadi | Stars: Saber Abar, Mohammad Ali Dashti, Mohammad Eskandari, Leila Hatami
Votes: 261
46. Samira cheghoneh 'Takhté siah' rol sakht (2000)
76 min | Documentary
Director: Maysam Makhmalbaf | Stars: Samira Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Votes: 39
47. Madresei keh baad bord (1998)
Not Rated | 8 min | Short, Drama
A rural Iranian school is conducted in a tent. A man, apparently a school inspector, visits the class and asks the students to answer several questions. The man then explains that he is ... See full summary »
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Star: Abbas Sayah
Votes: 124
48. Justification (1981)
Director: Manuchehr Haghaniparast | Stars: Tajbakhsh Fanaiyan, Ali Hessami, Abbas Nozari, Jafar Dehghan
Votes: 100
49. The Man Who Came with the Snow (2009)
75 min | Drama
Somewhere in the Soviet Union in the winter of 1992, a man walks into a low-end bar and sits silently, observing the people around him, not speaking. The mysterious stranger starts to get the attention of the other customers.
Directors: Marzieh Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Safar Khakdodov, Mahmadulloh Kabirov, Elizaveta Nis, Zulfiya Sadikova
Votes: 68
50. The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood (1990)
Not Rated | 65 min | Drama
An embittered Professor and his daughter (whose job it is to nurse sucidal patients) try to deal with life in Iran before and after the fall of the Shah.
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Manuchehr Esmaili, Mojgan Naderi, Parvaneh Goharani, Zaynab Rahdari
Votes: 286