War in the Middle East
by alifatehi | created - 11 Nov 2018 | updated - 18 Aug 2019 | PublicIn recent years, the Middle East has always been under tension. War is also one of the causes of this disintegration and is the subject of many films.
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1. The Queen (2012)
Not Rated | 104 min | Action, Drama, War
During the war between Iran and Iraq, a scout (Milad Keymaram), in the Abadan Oil Refinery, tries to reveal geographical coordinates of Iraqi soldiers' ambushes for Iranian army forces to ... See full summary »
Director: Mohammad Ali Bashe Ahangar | Stars: Hossein Ahangar, Hamid Reza Azarang, Hooman Barghnavard, Homayoun Ershadi
Votes: 240
2. The Face of the Ash (2014)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
During the Iraqi-Iranian war, which started in 1980 and lasted for eight years, a Muslim family in a Kurdish village received from the government the corpse of their son, who had been ... See full summary »
Director: Shakhwan Idrees | Stars: Taha Aghajan, Naser Hasan
Votes: 29
3. Kilomètre zéro (2005)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Set during the Iraq-Iran war in the 80s, the film tells of a tragicomic road trip set in Iraq's Kurdistan.
Director: Hiner Saleem | Stars: Nazmi Kirik, Eyam Ekrem, Belçim Bilgin, Ehmed Qeladizeni
Votes: 501
4. 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
5. Al Qadisiyya (1981)
145 min | Drama, History
The movie is about the four days battle of Qadisiyya between the Arab army under the command of Saad and the Persian army under the command of Rustam in the year 640 AD in Iraq
Director: Salah Abouseif | Stars: Suad Husni, Ezzat El Alaili, Shada Salim, Laila Taher
Votes: 107
6. The Bear (2012)
105 min | Drama
During Iran-Iraq war Noor Aldin who is a carpenter is missing. He is captured by Iraqi army. After 8 years he returns home, but finds out that in his absence his wife is married to another man.
Director: Khosro Masumi | Stars: Parviz Parastui, Merila Zare'i, Farhad Aslani, Akbar Moazezi
Votes: 185
7. Night Bus (2007)
90 min | Drama, Romance, War
Two young Iranian soldiers guard a bus load of prisoners of war on a trip to prison.
Director: Kiumars Poorahmad | Stars: Khosro Shakibai, Mohammad Reza Forutan, Amir Mohammad Zand, Elnaz Shakerdoost
Votes: 630
8. Deportees (2007)
107 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
The movie is the story of a gang of men who decide to participate in Iran-Iraq war, also known as First Gulf War, which lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. the main character, Suzuki... See full summary »
Director: Masoud Dehnamaki | Stars: Kambiz Dirbaz, Arzhang Amirfazli, Akbar Abdi, Alireza Osivand
Votes: 9,763
9. Deportees 2 (2009)
114 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
In this sequel the deportees are now captured by the Iraqis and are living in a camp. On the other hand their families who are going to Mashad are imprisoned when their airplane is hijacked... See full summary »
Director: Masoud Dehnamaki | Stars: Akbar Abdi, Hamid Ahadi, Arzhang Amirfazli, Sepand Amirsoleimani
Votes: 5,943
10. Deportees 3 (2011)
112 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
The war is over and the deportees are back to their homes and each is after his life. A TV-show is trying to meet some old veterans of war. One of them who is very sick should go to ... See full summary »
Director: Masoud Dehnamaki | Stars: Akbar Abdi, Kamand Amirsoleimani, Afshin Arashtanabieh, Naser Azad
Votes: 1,800
11. House of Saddam (2008)
TV-MA | 232 min | Biography, Drama, History
A mini-series that explores the inner workings of Saddam Hussein's family and his relationship with his closest advisors.
Stars: Igal Naor, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Makram Khoury, Philip Arditti
Votes: 5,151
12. Standing in the Dust (2016)
98 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Ahmad is an army commander who must confront the enemy at the gates of the Khorramshahr. But his fate is determined far from the Iranian border.
Director: Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian | Stars: Hadi Hejazifar, Yousef Aghaei, Mohammad Ahmadi, Mehdi Ahmadpour
Votes: 2,306
13. 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: 2,748
14. In the Name of the Father (2006)
96 min | Drama, War
This is about a father and his daughter who has been injured from the mines from Iran-Iraq war.
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Parviz Parastui, Mahtab Nasirpour, Golshifteh Farahani, Kambiz Dirbaz
Votes: 1,831
15. Red Soil (2002)
Adventure, Drama, War
A political prisoner in Shaah regime who lost his little girl in Tehran City before his conviction, be released and return to his own city (Khorramshahr) after 15 years. In this time his ... See full summary »
Stars: Amir Aghaee, Amir Kaveh AhaninJan, Shahin Alizadeh, Maryam Boubani
Votes: 316
16. Dead Wave (2001)
Drama, War
Even after ten years, Lieutenant Morteza Rashed still has nightmares of corpses and dolls floating around after the fall of the Airbus plane by those who served aboard USS Vincennes at 1988.
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Parviz Parastui, Azita Hajian, Ghasem Zare, Kambiz Kashefi
Votes: 392
17. The Red Ribbon (1999)
110 min | Drama, War
A man and a woman fight over the rights to a property.
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Azita Hajian, Reza Kianian, Parviz Parastui
Votes: 1,202
18. 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: 7,263
19. Minoo Watch Tower (1996)
82 min | Drama, War
Minoo who is married to Moosa recently, is moving to the new house. But Moosa receive a letter in which he being told to get back to the Minoo Island (a border island between Iran and Iraq)... See full summary »
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Niki Karimi, Ali Mosaffa, Mohammad Reza Sharifinia, Ali Nasirian
Votes: 397
20. 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: 1,738
21. 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: 3,036
22. Union of the God (1992)
85 min | Drama, War
Amir insists on celebrating the wedding ceremony despite the dangerous situation made by Iran-Iraq's war.
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Hassan Abbasi, Kobra Farrokhi, Habibollah Bahmani, Asghar Naghizadeh
Votes: 99
23. 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
24. The Immigrant (1990)
95 min | Drama, War
A man who controls small airplanes to detect Iraq's front line, is put in danger not being able to return.
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Seyed Ali Reza Khatami, Seyed Ebrahim Asgharzadeh, Ali Reza Heydari, Asghar Naghizadeh
Votes: 356
25. Identity (1987)
92 min | Drama, War
Nasser Pooyan goes on a trip to the north of Iran with some of his friends. He has an accident with a child hitting him with his motorcycle. Because of his conscience hurting him badly he ... See full summary »
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Jalil Farjad, Reza Asadi, Ali Gholami
Votes: 81
26. Parental Farm (2004)
90 min | Drama, War
When Mamhoud is invited to a conference to speak about his new war novel, 'Parental farm,' his aim to discuss war literature in general turns into a much more personal journey. Having lost ... See full summary »
Director: Rasool Mollagholi Poor | Stars: Mehdi Ahmadi, Ateneh Faghih Nasiri, Ghasem Zare, Ghorban Najafi
Votes: 95
27. Toadstool (2002)
93 min | Drama
Director: Rasool Mollagholi Poor | Stars: Jamshid Hashempur, Mitra Hajjar, Farhad Ghaemian, Amir Jafari
Votes: 165
28. Hiva (1999)
110 min | Drama, War
Heeva Akbari after 15 years of the disappearance of her husband Hamid in the war decides to visit the old house she was living there by her husband. Amir Karami who is the ambassador of ... See full summary »
Director: Rasool Mollagholi Poor | Stars: Jamshid Hashempur, Golchehre Sajadieh, Atila Pesiani, Babak Bayat
Votes: 140
29. 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
30. The Survivors (1996)
81 min | War
During the war a field hospital is bombard. A group of red crescent helpers bring an injured soldier to take him to the behind lines. But it is not easy at all and in the way they face many difficulties.
Director: Rasool Mollagholi Poor | Stars: Atefeh Razavi, Ali Yaghoubzadeh, Jamshid Esmailkhani, Peyman Sanandaji Zadeh
Votes: 52
31. The Refugee (1993)
Director: Rasool Mollagholi Poor | Stars: Ahmad Najafi, Masoud Karamati, Maziar Lorestani, Abdolreza Akbari
Votes: 34
32. Wind and Fog (2011)
74 min | Drama, War
Captivating images from pastoral northern Iran serve as a backdrop for Mohammad-Ali Talebi's enchanting tale of a boy rendered mute after losing his mother in the Iran-Iraq war. Ostracized ... See full summary »
Director: Mohammad Ali Talebi | Stars: Payam Eris, Masume Shakori, Asadolah Asadnia, Arasto Safinejad
Votes: 23
33. Horizon (1989)
100 min | Drama, War
A group of Iranian divers are equipped to destroy the Al-Umayya platform. Nosrat goes on a mission to identify and photograph the pier alone. Ahmed, who knows that Nosrat is ill, follows him. They are surrounded by the enemy.
Director: Rasool Mollagholi Poor | Stars: Jahanbakhsh Soltani, Ali Sajjadi Hosseini, Mehrzad Nooshiravan, Seyed Javad Hashemi
Votes: 46
34. The Flight in the Night (1987)
115 min | Drama, War
During Iran-Iraq war a group of Iranian soldiers are surrounded by Iraqi army. Four soldiers are chose to go get help but only one manages to make it through enemy lines.
Director: Rasool Mollagholi Poor | Stars: Farajollah Salahshoor, Ali Yaghoubzadeh, Tajbakhsh Fanaiyan, Jafar Dehghan
Votes: 92
35. Balami be soo-ye sahel (1986)
85 min | War
At the end of October 1981, when the Khorramshahr is at risk of collapse, a battalion commander of the Revolutionary Guards to help the warriors of the city of Tehran Morteza, and because ... See full summary »
Director: Rasool Mollagholi Poor | Stars: Khosrow Ziaee, Ataollah Salmanian, Behzad Behzadpour, Jafar Dehghan
Votes: 47
36. Neynava (1983)
War
Director: Rasool Mollagholi Poor | Stars: Mahmood Norooz, Abolfazl Dehghanian, Davood Rahmati
Votes: 16
37. The Attack on H3 (1995)
93 min | Action, War
The attack of 8 Iranian F4 planes on the H3 base in Iraq near the border of Jordan. Based on a true story.
Director: Shahriar Bahrani | Stars: Jafar Dehghan, Faramarz Shahani, Hassan Abbasi, Hosein Yari
Votes: 295
38. In the Alleys of Love (1991)
87 min
We follow a young man reflecting on his life in this thought-provoking tale of childhood. Forced to flee the devastated village of Abadan with his family at the beginning of the war, the ... See full summary »
Director: Khosrow Sinai | Stars: Mehdi Ahmadi, Yousef Jokar, Bahram Zandi, Levon Haftvan
Votes: 28
39. Duel (II) (2004)
133 min | Action, Drama, War
The story of Zeinal, a man who after 20 years of being a POW, tries to clear up his past.
Director: Ahmad Reza Darvish | Stars: Saeed Rad, Pejman Bazeghi, Parivash Nazarieh, Parviz Parastui
Votes: 1,378
40. Kimia (1995)
92 min | Drama, War
During the Iran-Iraq war, Reza's wife gives birth, and dies soon afterward. Reza is taken as POW. Shokooh finds Reza's baby and raises her as her own. Many years later, Reza find's his daughter again...
Director: Ahmad Reza Darvish | Stars: Khosro Shakibai, Bita Farahi, Reza Kianian, Nader Rajabpoor
Votes: 315
41. Lebanon (2009)
R | 93 min | Drama, War
During the First Lebanon War in 1982, a lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town.
Director: Samuel Maoz | Stars: Yoav Donat, Itay Tiran, Oshri Cohen, Michael Moshonov
Votes: 11,960 | Gross: $0.37M
42. The Hurt Locker (2008)
R | 131 min | Drama, Thriller, War
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce
Votes: 473,624 | Gross: $17.02M
43. Under the Bombs (2007)
TV-14 | 98 min | Drama, Romance, War
In the wake of Israel's 2006 bombardment of Lebanon, a determined woman finds her way into the country convincing a taxi cab driver to take a risky journey around the scarred region in search of her sister and her son.
Director: Philippe Aractingi | Stars: Nada Abou Farhat, Georges Khabbaz, Rawia Elchab, Bshara Atallah
Votes: 1,769
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