my suggested Persian spoken movies
by akaToTo | created - 02 May 2019 | updated - 02 May 2019 | Publicthe list is not in order. This list is useful for those who are either interested in Iranian or Persian speaking cinema. the list is created after asking about it on twitter from native Persians
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1. 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: 258,486 | Gross: $7.10M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWRahIv8okc
2. 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: 7,827
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1MyISx5OeE
3. 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: 36,742 | Gross: $0.31M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewGqTdNwzgM
4. Ten (2002)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
A visual social examination in the form of ten conversations between a driving woman and her various pick-ups and hitchhikers.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Mania Akbari, Amina Maher, Kamran Adl, Roya Akbari
Votes: 8,604 | Gross: $0.11M
5. Gold and Copper (2010)
97 min | Drama, Romance
A 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... See full summary »
Director: Homayoon Ass'adian | Stars: Negar Javaherian, Behrouz Shoaybi, Javad Ezati, Sahar Dolatshahi
Votes: 3,770
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csw1__73YOk
6. 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: 7,988
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJcQpzfU3Yc
7. Leila (I) (1997)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The story of a semi-modern Iranian couple, who are trying to fight the old beliefs and old generation, but is a failing battle because the man is not strong enough.
Director: Dariush Mehrjui | Stars: Leila Hatami, Ali Mosaffa, Jamileh Sheikhi, Mohammad Reza Sharifinia
Votes: 4,110 | Gross: $0.05M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTdDJix8K1g
8. 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: 11,104 | Gross: $0.12M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56qdpQKDECA
9. There Are Things You Don't Know (2010)
92 min | Drama
A pensive taxi driver living the ordinary tedious life is little-by-little altered by one of his usual passengers: a talkative female doctor.
Director: Fardin Saheb-Zamani | Stars: Ali Mosaffa, Leila Hatami, Mahtab Keramati, Siamak Adib
Votes: 1,486
https://www.namasha.com/v/hwjAHZUV/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85_%DA%86%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D9%87%D8%B3%D8%AA_%DA%A9%D9%87_%D9%86%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C
10. 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: 4,622
11. Low Heights (2002)
115 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A 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.
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Hamid Farrokhnezhad, Leila Hatami, Gohar Kheirandish, Amir Aghaee
Votes: 3,852
with sub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGidiPFclug
12. 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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPm782vPdwE
13. 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: 7,264
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTmTDCt_GHk
14. Life and a Day (2016)
112 min | Drama
Somaieh, the youngest daughter of an indigent family, is getting married and fear is overwhelming each and every member of the family regarding how to overcome their difficulties after she's gone.
Director: Saeed Roustayi | Stars: Payman Maadi, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Parinaz Izadyar, Shabnam Moghadami
Votes: 17,519
https://www.namasha.com/v/ON7fn2Ad/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D9%88_%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2
15. 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: 57,153 | Gross: $0.11M
https://www.namasha.com/v/OKbgJzg1/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C
16. Fireworks Wednesday (2006)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
On the last Wednesday before the spring solstice ushers in the Persian New Year, people set off fireworks following an ancient Zoroastrian tradition. Rouhi, spending her first day at a new job, finds herself in the midst of a different kind of fireworks -- a domestic dispute between her new boss and his wife.
Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Hediyeh Tehrani, Taraneh Alidoosti, Hamid Farrokhnezhad, Pantea Bahram
Votes: 13,487
https://www.namasha.com/v/QjZz484z/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C_%DA%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%87_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C
17. 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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=125ejWYUF-I
18. We Only Live Twice (2008)
100 min | Drama
Siamak who is a minibus driver decides that he wants to die and chose his birth day to do so. Before that he wants to do all the things which he was wishing to do in his life. But one day he meets a girl which change his life.
Director: Behnam Behzadi | Stars: Alireza Aghakhani, Negar Javaherian, Ebadollah Karimi, Raya Nasiri
Votes: 554
19. 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: 2,879
http://www.mp4.ir/Video?Watch=17939-640503223/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%A8-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C
20. White Nights (2003)
103 min | Drama, Romance
Bright Nights is the story of the lives of two lonely people. The film tells the story of how the two characters met, became attached and separated from the language of a university professor.
Director: Farzad Motamen | Stars: Mehdi Ahmadi, Hanieh Tavassoli, Mohsen Shah-Ebrahimi, Hilda Hashempour
Votes: 1,461
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u84kcHRWwhk
21. 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: 2,844
https://www.namasha.com/v/ZMXtqajC/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%AE%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%AE%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%A9
22. 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: 64,699 | Gross: $2.40M
http://cclip.ir/v/381523/
23. 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: 18,689
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbc03GLBsTk
24. 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: 80,686 | Gross: $0.93M
https://www.namasha.com/v/mjkCdfPG/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_Children_of_Heaven_1997_%D8%A8%DA%86%D9%87_%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A2%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_
25. Ballad of Tara (1979)
110 min | Drama, Fantasy
Tara, the young beautiful widow, returns with her two little kids from country to her village. In her way home, she finds out that her grandfather has passed away. She distributes grandpa's... See full summary »
Director: Bahram Beyzaie | Stars: Susan Taslimi, Manuchehr Farid, Reza Babak, Siamak Atlassi
Votes: 796
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPwTsLhZkHI
26. 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
https://www.namasha.com/v/XLrlXUCN/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF_%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%87_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%AA
27. What's the Time in Your World? (2014)
101 min | Drama, Romance
A 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.
Director: Safi Yazdanian | Stars: Leila Hatami, Ali Mosaffa, Mohammad Dezfulizadeh, Mohammad Fathi
Votes: 2,568
http://www.mp4.ir/Video?Watch=18206-589699679/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D9%88-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA-%DA%86%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%9F
28. Under the Moonlight (2001)
96 min | Drama
Hassan is a student of Religious /Islamic school and is about to be dressed as a missioner .In such a time when his other mates are excited and are getting ready to be formally dressed and ... See full summary »
Director: Reza Mirkarimi | Stars: Hossein Parastar, Hamed Rajabali, Mehran Rajabi, Mahmoud Nazaralian
Votes: 1,135
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5pIDTS6bxk
29. Turtles Can Fly (2004)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, War
Near the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of an American invasion, refugee children like 13-year-old Kak (Ebrahim), gauge and await their fate.
Director: Bahman Ghobadi | Stars: Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Feysal, Hiresh Feysal Rahman
Votes: 20,755 | Gross: $0.26M
30. I'm Taraneh, 15 (2002)
110 min | Drama
Fifteen 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Rasoul Sadrameli | Stars: Taraneh Alidoosti, Negar Javaherian, Hossein Mahjoub, Mahtab Nasirpour
Votes: 3,812
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLVq10k_J4M
31. The Last Step (2012)
88 min | Drama
A dead man tells us about his feelings and his life.
Director: Ali Mosaffa | Stars: Leila Hatami, Ali Mosaffa, Alireza Aghakhani, Hamed Behdad
Votes: 1,491
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecorOfMz1IA
32. Journey to Chazzabeh (1996)
84 min | War
Vahid is making a movie about the war. He invites a musician friend of himself Ali to compose a theme music for this film. But Ali can not make his mind. So they go to visit the real places... See full summary »
Director: Rasool Mollagholi Poor | Stars: Habib Allahyari, Farhad Aslani, Habib Dehghan Nasab, Mehdi Faghih
Votes: 198
https://www.aparat.com/v/L2ja8/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D9%81%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%87_%DA%86%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%87_-_1374
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