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1. The Physician (2013)
R | 155 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 11th-century Persia, a surgeon's apprentice disguises himself as a Jew to study at a school that does not admit Christians.
Director: Philipp Stölzl | Stars: Tom Payne, Stellan Skarsgård, Olivier Martinez, Emma Rigby
Votes: 41,966
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: 100,218 | Gross: $4.45M
3. The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008)
R | 114 min | Drama
A story told by Zahra to a French journalist of her niece Soraya Manutchehri, a 35-year-old married woman, who received capital punishment and stoned to death because of false accusations in the remote village of Kuhpayeh, Iran, in 1986.
Director: Cyrus Nowrasteh | Stars: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jim Caviezel, Mozhan Navabi, Navid Negahban
Votes: 21,747 | Gross: $0.66M
4. Genghis Khan (1965)
Approved | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, History
During the thirteenth century, the shy Mongol boy Temujin becomes the fearless leader Genghis Khan, who unites all Mongol tribes and conquers most of Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Omar Sharif, James Mason, Eli Wallach
Votes: 2,538 | Gross: $0.00M
5. Caravans (1978)
PG | 127 min | Action, Adventure, History
In 1948, at the U.S. embassy in Zadestan, a young diplomat is ordered to find the missing daughter of an influential U.S. Senator.
Director: James Fargo | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Michael Sarrazin, Christopher Lee, Jennifer O'Neill
Votes: 1,151 | Gross: $1.00M
6. Soraya (2003 TV Movie)
200 min | Biography, Drama
Biopic of Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, the second wife of the last Shah of Iran, who was overthrown in the 1979's Islamic Revolution.
Director: Lodovico Gasparini | Stars: Anna Valle, Erol Sander, Mathilda May, Stoyan Aleksiev
Votes: 347
7. Omar Khayyam (1957)
Not Rated | 101 min | Adventure, Biography, Romance
During the 11th century, Persian poet Omar Khayyam's lover marries the Shah but the Shah, whose life is threatened by a sect of assassins, appoints Omar royal advisor.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, John Derek
Votes: 376
8. All Three of Us (2015)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
An Iranian family survives the shah and the ayatollah and moves to France. This story follows the family through it all. Despite the politics, revolution, prison, beatings, assassinations and suicides this is a comedy.
Director: Kheiron | Stars: Kheiron, Leïla Bekhti, Gérard Darmon, Zabou Breitman
Votes: 2,680
9. Breath (2016)
112 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Breath is about an Iranian family who lives in Iran. It tells the story of Bahar, who is living with her father, Ghafour and Grandmother during the 70s.She is living in her childish and surreal world, filled with their dreams and fantasies.
Director: Narges Abyar | Stars: Mehran Ahmadi, Pantea Panahiha, Siamak Safari, Gelareh Abbassi
Votes: 1,793
10. Nightingales (1988)
720 min | Action, Drama, History
A corrupt, six-fingered detective is sent to recruit a retired assassin now living a secluded life as a calligrapher to assassinate a prominent government official known as Hezardastan who has stolen jewels from a member of the royal family. However, the calligrapher one-ups the detective and holds him as his prisoner and tortures him. The calligrapher begins to reflect upon his life gone by, and... See full summary »
Stars: Ali Nasirian, Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Ezzatolah Entezami
Votes: 1,643
11. Hajji Washington (1983)
98 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A loyal and simple-minded statesman is appointed as the first Iranian ambassador in the U.S. but soon starts to lose his mind from homesickness and inaction.
Director: Ali Hatami | Stars: Ezzatolah Entezami, Richard Harrison, Russel Case, Mario Donatone
Votes: 769
12. Bashi-Achuki (1956)
100 min | Adventure, Romance, War
Bashi-Achiki is a hero in personal and patriotic battlefields during an uprising against Persian conquerors. Started in Kakheti, the uprising spread all over the Georgia and lead to Bakhtrioni war of liberation.
Director: Leo Esakia | Stars: Otar Koberidze, Dodo Abashidze, Lia Eliava, Medea Chakhava
Votes: 272
13. Guests of Hotel Astoria (1989)
124 min | Drama
Tale of a group of Iranian families, fleeing from Iran to Turkey in order to seek asylum from Turkey to some Western European country or USA. The movie shows the hardship and very sad days ... See full summary »
Director: Reza Allamehzadeh | Stars: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Marshall Manesh, Mohsen Marzban, Alan Desatti
Votes: 92
14. Case #1, Case #2 (1979)
53 min | Documentary, Drama
While the teacher is faced towards the blackboard, one of the students makes some funny noises. The teacher can't find the person who did that, so he decides to dismiss a group of students ... See full summary »
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Mehdi Azadbakht, Mohammadreza Barati, Hedayat Matin Daftari, Nader Ebrahimi
Votes: 787
15. Kamalolmolk (1984)
122 min | Biography, Drama, History
The movie chronicles the life of the famous painter Kamololmolk, and his relationship with various kings.
Director: Ali Hatami | Stars: Jamshid Mashayekhi, Ezzatolah Entezami, Ali Nasirian, Davoud Rashidi
Votes: 1,239
16. Giorgi Saakadze (1942)
184 min | Drama, History, War
Georgia is being torn into pieces by the Ottoman Empire, Persia and the Russian Empire. Only one man can unite Georgian people in their fight for independence - Giorgi Saakadze. But is he ready to step up and pay the price?
Director: Mikheil Chiaureli | Stars: Akaki Khorava, Veriko Anjaparidze, Liana Asatiani, Merab Kokochashvili
Votes: 148
17. Drottningen och jag (2008)
90 min | Documentary
Filmmaker and Iranian exile Nahid Persson Sarvestani talks with the widow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the late Shah of Iran, who was overthrown in 1979.
Director: Nahid Persson | Stars: Farah Pahlavi, Nahid Persson, Zinat S. Lloyd, Reza Tiregar
Votes: 610
18. Sattar khan (1973)
Action, Biography, History
Director: Ali Hatami | Stars: Ali Nasirian, Ezzatolah Entezami, Parviz Sayyad, Enayat Bakhshi
Votes: 202
19. White Knuckles (2010)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Thriller
A sweet career housewife has been married to the same crotchety man for 40 years and she just can't take another day of it. She starts to poison his food - just to see if he might change. ... See full summary »
Director: Kevin K. Shah | Stars: Martie Ashworth, Larry Strauss, Sue Rihr, Kelly McCracken
Votes: 87
20. O Iran (1990)
110 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Towards the end of the Shahanshah's reign, Sergeant Makvandi is assigned the commander of the gendarmerie station in a small town. A stern disciplinarian, Sergeant Makvandi tries to impose ... See full summary »
Director: Nasser Taghvai | Stars: Akbar Abdi, Hossein Sarshar, Soraya Hekmat, Gholamhossein Naghshineh
Votes: 385
21. Soltan-e sahebgharan (1974– )
History
The life of Amir Kabir, from the Ghajar dynasty.
Stars: Jamshid Mashayekhi, Parviz Fanizadeh, Naser Malek Motiee, Zahra Hatami
Votes: 222
22. Secrets of the Treasure of the Jinn Valley (1974)
137 min | Comedy, Drama
Ali (Parviz Sayyad) who is a poor farmer when plowing his farm finds a treasure. He secretly begins to sell some of this treasure in the city and making a luxurious life for himself. By the... See full summary »
Director: Ebrahim Golestan | Stars: Parviz Sayyad, Mary Apick, Shahnaz Tehrani, Sadegh Bahrami
Votes: 185
23. Mirza Koochak Khan (1983)
Biography, Drama, History
Director: Amir Ghavidel | Stars: Valiollah Momeni, Siroos Ghahremani, Shahruz Ramtin, Kazem Afrandnia
Votes: 68
24. In the Dark (2008)
Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Action, Drama
The eve of Ayatollah Khomeini's return to Iran, a double agent, hunted by the new revolutionary government, agrees to exchange crucial information with the CIA in return for safe passage out of the country.
Director: Alex Fazeli | Stars: Maz Jobrani, Jamie Anne Allman, Ali Dean, Nina Nayebi
Votes: 67
25. O chytrém sachovi (1983 TV Movie)
49 min | Family
Director: Eugen Sokolovský | Stars: Miroslav Donutil, Pavel Zatloukal, Jirí Pecha, Frantisek Derfler
Votes: 6
26. Der Polizeistaatsbesuch - Beobachtungen unter deutschen Gastgebern (1967 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his wife Farah Diba in West Germany in 1967.
Director: Roman Brodmann | Stars: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Farah Pahlavi, Kurt-Georg Kiesinger, Willy Brandt
Votes: 33
27. Mohammed Ali, Shah de Perse déchu, passe en revue les troupes qui lui sont restées fidèles (1909)
Documentary, Short
28. Shaahiparin vierailu (1970 TV Movie)
Documentary, News
29. ECW Holiday Hell 1995 (1996 Video)
Sport
Director: Paul Heyman | Stars: Bill Alfonso, Alfonso Bermudez, Terry Brunk, Lou D'angeli
30. ECW Return of the Funker (1995 Video)
Action, Sport
Stars: Terry Funk, Bob Artese, Chris Benoit, Terry Brunk
Votes: 31
31. Manuscripts don't burn (1997)
79 min | Documentary
The Movie explores the life of few soviet writers under the dictatorship of comrade Joseph Stalin. Some of these writers under severe censorship include Mikhail Bulgakov the author of The ... See full summary »
Director: Reza Allamehzadeh | Stars: Reza Allamehzadeh, Martin Andersen Nexø, Jean Richard Bloch, Emma Gershtein
Votes: 20
32.
Inspector Gadget (1983–2023)
Episode:
Doubled Agent
(1983)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Gadget is at the circus one day with his niece Penny, when Cheif Quimby gives Gadget an assignment to protect The Shah of Freeland from Dr. Claw. But, this time, Claw has more than one ... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Cox, Edouard David, Raymond Jafelice, Ken Stephenson, Bruno Bianchi | Stars: Don Adams, Cree Summer, Frank Welker, Don Francks
Votes: 81
33.
Days That Shook the World (2003–2005)
Episode:
The Road to Revolution: The Execution of Ceaucescu/The Iranian Revolution
(2005)
Documentary, History
Recap/reenactments of events surrounding the 1979 Iranian revolution in which the Shah of Iran was deposed and the 1989 Romanian Revolution in which Nicolae Ceausescu, the president of ... See full summary »
Star: Peter Guinness
Votes: 10
34.
Eastern Championship Wrestling (1993–2000)
Episode:
Hardcore TV 100
(1995)
Action, Sport
2 Cold Scorpio challenges ECW World Television Champion Dean Malenko (w/Jason) for the gold, with involvement from The Tazmaniac. Ron Simmons battles "The Shah" Hack Meyers and calls out ... See full summary »
Stars: Mike Durham, Mick Foley, Terry Funk, Donald Haviland
35.
Gekrönte Häupter (1967– )
Episode:
Schah Mohammed Reza Pahlewi vom Iran - Die weiße Revolution
(1967)
Documentary
Documentary about Shah Mohammad Schah Reza Pahlewi of Persia.
Stars: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Farah Pahlavi
36.
Eastern Championship Wrestling (1993–2000)
Episode:
Episode #3.19
(1995)
Action, Sport
Stars: Bill Alfonso, Steve Austin, Dionicio Castellanos, Nancy Daus-Sullivan