Persian Films
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1. Beehive (1975)
103 min | Drama
Recently have been released from jail, Ebi makes a bet with his Friend that he goes and drinks in seven bars without even paying any money.
Director: Fereydun Gole | Stars: Behrouz Vossoughi, Davoud Rashidi, Reza Karam Rezai, Jalal Pishvaian
Votes: 979
2. 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: 1,238
3. Dash Akol (1971)
99 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Dash Akol is greatly respected in Shiraz as an honorable man who has lost his family's money through helping his friends. He has an enemy, however, named Kaka Rostam, a mean and spiteful ... See full summary »
Director: Masud Kimiai | Stars: Behrouz Vossoughi, Bahman Mofid, Mary Apick, Kan'an Kiani
Votes: 1,385
4. 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
5. The Deer (1974)
120 min | Drama
The Deer is a typical Kimiai-style tale of friendship and honour. When a good man fallen on hard times meets his erstwhile protégé, fate puts their relationship to the ultimate test: will you die for me?
Director: Masud Kimiai | Stars: Behrouz Vossoughi, Faramarz Gharibian, Nosrat Partovi, Parviz Fanizadeh
Votes: 2,950
6. Tight Spot (1973)
114 min | Drama, Thriller
This film, based on a well-known novel of the same name by Sadegh Chooback, is about a wronged man seeking revenge. Director Amir Naderi's inspiration for making the film was one of his ... See full summary »
Director: Amir Naderi | Stars: Behrouz Vossoughi, Parviz Fanizadeh, Jafar Vali, Enayat Bakhshi
Votes: 876
7. 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
8. The Tenants (1987)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
The tenants of a rundown building on the outskirts of Tehran with no legal heir face major housing problems to deal with: major repairs and threat of eviction by greedy building manager who wants to own the building.
Director: Dariush Mehrjui | Stars: Akbar Abdi, Ezzatolah Entezami, Faramarz Fardtombekian, Farimah Farjami
Votes: 2,753
9. Escape from the Trap (1971)
102 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Morteza who is recently freed from prison, promises Mehri to buy her out the debt she has to pay her husband. In order to do so, he commits a rubbery that won't turn out well.
Director: Jalal Moghadam | Stars: Behrouz Vossoughi, Davoud Rashidi, Nilufar, Jalal Pishvaian
Votes: 199
10. 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: 983
11. Still Life (1974)
93 min | Drama
The daily life of Mohammad Sardari(Zadour Bonyadi) , a railway switchman on the verge of retirement, who lives with his wife and soldier son near the railway track.
Director: Sohrab Shahid Saless | Stars: Zadour Bonyadi, Mohammed Kani, Hedayatollah Navid, Hibibollah Safarian
Votes: 1,327
12. The Cycle (1977)
101 min | Drama
Ali and his father go from their poor neighborhood in the outskirts of the city to a hospital so that Ali's father can be treated for his sickness. However since they have no money, Ali starts to work for Dr. Sameri who deals in blood.
Director: Dariush Mehrjui | Stars: Saeed Kangarani, Ezzatolah Entezami, Fourouzan, Bahman Forsi
Votes: 826
13. Drown (2020)
120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A film of a woman swimming in a pool is distributed through the internet. Now her husband and her brother are after finding the one who is responsible for that and taking revenge on him.
Director: Mohammad Kart | Stars: Javad Ezati, Tannaz Tabatabaei, Amir Aghaee, Pantea Bahram
Votes: 5,813
14. 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
15. A Man of Integrity (2017)
PG-13 | 113 min | Drama
A drama about corruption and injustice in Iranian society. You are the oppressed, or you have to join the oppressor to survive.
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof | Stars: Reza Akhlaghirad, Soudabeh Beizaee, Nasim Adabi, Zeinab Shabani
Votes: 2,656
16. Holy Spider (2022)
118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.
Director: Ali Abbasi | Stars: Alice Rahimi, Diana Al Hussen, Soraya Helli, Mehdi Bajestani
Votes: 25,421
17. There Is No Evil (2020)
151 min | Drama
The four stories that are variations on the crucial themes of moral strength and the death penalty that ask to what extent individual freedom can be expressed under a despotic regime and its seemingly inescapable threats.
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof | Stars: Zhila Shahi, Baran Rasoulof, Mahtab Servati, Ehsan Mirhosseini
Votes: 6,160
18. The White Meadows (2009)
92 min | Drama
Rahmat has been asked to meet the inhabitants of these islands to collect their tears. Although for years people have been giving their tears to Rahmat, no one knows exactly what he has been doing with them.
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof | Stars: Hassan Pourshirazi, Younes Ghazali, Mohammad Rabbani, Mohammad Shirvani
Votes: 1,049
19. Leila's Brothers (2022)
165 min | Drama
Leila, who has spent her entire life caring for her family, makes a plan as her brothers are struggling to make ends meet.
Director: Saeed Roustayi | Stars: Saeed Poursamimi, Taraneh Alidoosti, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Payman Maadi
Votes: 14,044
20. World War III (2022)
117 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
After being cast in a movie, a day laborer has to secretly shelter his lover on the set or else risk losing her and all that movie stardom has promised him.
Director: Houman Seyyedi | Stars: Mohsen Tanabandeh, Mahsa Hejazi, Neda Jebraeili, Hossein Norouzi
Votes: 3,304
21. 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: 36,782 | Gross: $0.31M
22. 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: 1,462
23. Atabai (2020)
105 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The story is about Kazem, a middle-aged man who lives in a village. He has left the university because of a former love but when two sisters enter his life he falls in love once again.
Director: Niki Karimi | Stars: Hadi Hejazifar, Sahar Dolatshahi, Javad Ezati, Danial Nourvash
Votes: 999
24. Subtraction (2022)
107 min | Drama, Mystery
A married couple believe they meet their doppelgängers in Tehran.
Director: Mani Haghighi | Stars: Navid Mohammadzadeh, Taraneh Alidoosti, Ali Bagheri, Saeed Changizian
Votes: 2,001
25. 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: 983
26. A Man without a Shadow (2019)
85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A movie maker experiences in real life the similar events he made a movie about.
Director: Alireza Raisian | Stars: Leila Hatami, Ali Mosaffa, Farhad Aslani, Amir Aghaee
Votes: 391
27. A Minor (2022)
100 min | Drama, Music
Nadi is interested in playing, but her father strongly opposes music, and this is where her problems begin.
Director: Dariush Mehrjui | Stars: Pardis Ahmadieh, Ali Nasirian, Siamak Ansari, Behnaz Jafari
Votes: 414
28. Through the Olive Trees (1994)
G | 103 min | Drama
A depiction of the off-screen relationship between the actors who play the newlyweds in the film And Life Goes On (1992).
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Farhad Kheradmand, Zarifeh Shiva, Hossein Rezai
Votes: 10,001 | Gross: $0.04M
29. Solitary (III) (2022)
95 min | Action, Comedy
The film tells the story of a man named Amir who owes money to influential people and decides to steal like in the past and asks Javad and his colleague Bahram to help him. but they do not get enough money.
Director: Masoud Atyabi | Stars: Mehdi Hashemi, Reza Attaran, Ahmad Mehranfar, Borzou Arjmand
Votes: 564
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