my best iranian film
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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: 258,568 | Gross: $7.10M
2. 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: 57,172 | Gross: $0.11M
3. No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009)
106 min | Drama, Music
Iranian musicians Negar and Ashkan look for band members to play at a London concert - and the visas that allow them to leave Tehran to do so.
Director: Bahman Ghobadi | Stars: Negar Shaghaghi, Ashkan Koshanejad, Hamed Behdad, Babak Mirzakhani
Votes: 7,479 | Gross: $0.08M
4. Offside (2006)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
The struggle of women in a country that excludes them from entering stadiums.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ayda Sadeqi, Mohammad Asarian
Votes: 8,607 | Gross: $0.18M
5. The Kingdom of Solomon (2010)
110 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Solomon, Prophet and the King, has asked God to give him an ideal kingdom which has never been given to anybody before. He is told to prepare himself and his subjects with evil and unearthly creatures that haunt the men.
Director: Shahriar Bahrani | Stars: Amin Zendegani, Mahmoud Pakniat, Hossein Mahjoub, Mehdi Faghih
Votes: 4,963
6. The Last Supper (2002)
96 min | Drama, Romance
Mrs. Mashreghi, who is a prominent university professor, is divorced from her husband. She leads a happy life for a while until one her students who is almost the same age of her daughter ... See full summary »
Director: Fereydoun Jeyrani | Stars: Katayoun Riahi, Hanieh Tavassoli, Mohammad Reza Golzar, Soraya Ghasemi
Votes: 892
7. Hamoun (1990)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
Hamoon's wife is leaving him. He is also unsuccessfully trying to finish his Ph. D. thesis. He is forced to reexamine his life. In a series of flashbacks and dreams, Hamoon tries to figure out what he did wrong.
Director: Dariush Mehrjui | Stars: Khosro Shakibai, Ezzatolah Entezami, Hossein Sarshar, Bita Farahi
Votes: 7,246
8. Two Women (1999)
95 min | Drama, Romance
A sensation when released in 1999 in Iran, Two Women charts the lives of two promising architecture students over the course of the first turbulent years of the Islamic Republic. Tahimine ... See full summary »
Director: Tahmineh Milani | Stars: Niki Karimi, Merila Zare'i, Mohammad Reza Forutan, Atila Pesiani
Votes: 1,729
9. Cease Fire (2006)
104 min | Comedy, Romance
The domestic problems of a wealthy young couple goes through the scrutiny of an adroit psychologist to be solved.
Director: Tahmineh Milani | Stars: Mahnaz Afshar, Mohammad Reza Golzar, Atila Pesiani, Elsa Firouz Azar
Votes: 2,848
10. 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
11. Circumstance (2011)
R | 107 min | Drama
A wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's dangerous obsession.
Director: Maryam Keshavarz | Stars: Sarah Kazemy, Nikohl Boosheri, Reza Sixo Safai, Soheil Parsa
Votes: 8,007 | Gross: $0.44M
12. Boutique (II) (2004)
113 min | Drama
Eti, a 17-year-old girl from a poor family, wants to escape her infernal class boundaries with the help of Jahan, a young man.
Director: Hamid Nematollah | Stars: Mohammad Reza Golzar, Golshifteh Farahani, Reza Rooygari, Ali Alaei
Votes: 2,576
13. 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
14. The Hidden Half (2001)
103 min | Drama
An official is sent from his home in Tehran to hear the final appeal of a woman sentenced to death, a political prisoner. The official's wife of nearly 20 years, Fereshteh Samimi, writes ... See full summary »
Director: Tahmineh Milani | Stars: Niki Karimi, Mohammad Nikbin, Atila Pesiani, Akbar Moazezi
Votes: 876
15. 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: 7,265
16. The Lizard (2004)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
A recently jailed petty thief disguises as a Mullah and succeeds in escaping; but has to stay in the Mullah' role longer than he expected to.
Director: Kamal Tabrizi | Stars: Parviz Parastui, Bahram Ebrahimi, Reza Saeedi, Shahrokh Foroutanian
Votes: 22,453
17. 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
18. Tambourine (2008)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Mohammad is sent to an apartment situated in uptown Tehran to install their satellite dishes, while having satellite TV is illegal in Iran. He arrives there with a girl named Shirin who ... See full summary »
Director: Parisa Bakhtavar | Stars: Baran Kosari, Saber Abar, Mehran Modiri, Amin Hayayee
Votes: 4,602
19. Doubt (2009)
131 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Siavash Roozbehan is a young man and he has lost his father after his mysterious suicide.His uncle is managing his father's wealth. He is in love with his cousin Mahtab whose father is his ... See full summary »
Director: Varuzh Karim-Masihi | Stars: Hamed Komaily, Bahram Radan, Taraneh Alidoosti, Mahtab Keramati
Votes: 716
20. 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: 1,832
21. 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: 13,491
22. Red (1999)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Hasti, a widowed nurse who has a daughter, marries a paranoid wealthy man.
Director: Fereydoun Jeyrani | Stars: Hediyeh Tehrani, Mohammad Reza Forutan, Kamand Amirsoleimani, Turan Mehrzad
Votes: 1,470
23. The Music Man (2007)
107 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Not being able to work because of the religious country's prejudice against music, a talented Santour player has to deal with poverty, addiction and the absence of his ex-wife.
Director: Dariush Mehrjui | Stars: Bahram Radan, Golshifteh Farahani, Masoud Rayegan, Roya Teymourian
Votes: 9,356
24. M like Mother (2006)
PG | 113 min | Drama
What appears to be a grand love story turns sour when parents-to-be discover that their unborn child will likely be born with serious birth defects, as a result of the mother's exposure to ... See full summary »
Director: Rasool Mollagholi Poor | Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Hosein Yari, Jamshid Hashempur, Sahar Dolatshahi
Votes: 5,705
25. Mother (1990)
108 min | Drama
How a mother acts in the hardest parts of her, and her children's lives.
Director: Ali Hatami | Stars: Rogheyeh Chehreh-Azad, Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Farimah Farjami, Amin Tarokh
Votes: 5,099
26. Gheisar (1969)
100 min | Crime, Drama
A young man's drive to avenge for his sister and brother.
Director: Masud Kimiai | Stars: Behrouz Vossoughi, Pouri Baneai, Naser Malek Motiee, Jamshid Mashayekhi
Votes: 3,767
27. Marriage Iranian Style (2006)
110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Shirin leads a peaceful life in Iranian good middle-class, until the day her uncle Saeed asks her father to hire her in his travel agency. She finally decides to work. Her destiny changes, ... See full summary »
Director: Hasan Fathi | Stars: Dariush Arjmand, Fatemeh Goudarzi, Daniel Holmes, Shila Khodadad
Votes: 693
28. Killing Mad Dogs (2001)
135 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
While the post-revolution frenzy is at its peak in Iran, a woman attempts to help her secretive husband out of jail by settling his debts for him on her own.
Director: Bahram Beyzaie | Stars: Mozhdeh Shamsai, Majid Mozaffari, Reza Kianian, Mitra Hajjar
Votes: 2,947
29. Green Days (2009)
73 min | Drama
A playwright Iran tries to confront a creative crisis while political clashes erupt during her country's 2009 election.
Director: Hana Makhmalbaf
Votes: 144
30. Snowman (1995)
109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Iranian man (Akbar Abdi) stuck in Turkey, desperately wants to get a VISA to go to America. He starts dressing up as a woman in hopes of marrying an American man to get American citizenship, but he starts having doubts and...
Director: Davood Mir-Bagheri | Stars: Akbar Abdi, Dariush Arjmand, Parviz Parastui, Azita Hajian
Votes: 2,392
31. 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
32. 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: 3,037
33. A Mother's Love (1998)
90 min | Drama, Family
Mehdi is an orphan who lost his father in a car accident and his mother too passed away in giving birth to her second child. He thinks that Mrs. Fahimy who is a social worker is very look ... See full summary »
Director: Kamal Tabrizi | Stars: Fatemah Motamed-Aria, Hossein Soleimani, Jamshid Esmailkhani, Mohammad Reza Davoudnejad
Votes: 773
34. King of the Hearts (1968)
135 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A little girl with a blind mother, accidentally becomes friends with a famous and rich singer who decides to help her in her life.
Director: Mohamad Ali Fardin | Stars: Mohamad Ali Fardin, Azar Shiva, Victoria Nerssisian, Habibollah Boloor
Votes: 998
35. In Love with Leily (2008)
84 min | Drama, Romance
It is a story of five different episodes and is about a valentine day present which rounds from hand to hand till finally.
Director: Ghasem Jafari | Stars: Mohammad Reza Golzar, Elnaz Shakerdoost, Hamid Goudarzi, Nima Shahrokh Shahi
Votes: 503
36. 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
37. Zero Point Orbit (2007)
50 min | Drama, History, Romance
This drama centers on a love story between an Iranian-Palestinian Muslim man and a French Jewish woman. Based upon a true story of Abdol Hussein Sardari, who worked at the Iranian embassy ... See full summary »
Stars: Shahab Hosseini, Nathalie Matti, Roya Teymourian, Masoud Rayegan
Votes: 1,719
38. Thief of Dolls (1990)
77 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Leila and Bahram's mother wants to get a loan to buy a house for her children to live in. But the villain old lady sends her son Ganjo to steal the money. The children decide to sell their ... See full summary »
Director: Mohamad Reza Honarmand | Stars: Ebrahim Abadi, Akbar Abdi, Mehri Sadat Alagha, Manouchehr Azari
Votes: 1,245
39. The Green House (1996– )
40 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A typical Iranian family living in Tehran during the 90's dealing with ordinary and extraordinary events of life in their own dramatic, romantic ways insisting on being and acting "green" in their daily struggles.
Stars: Mehraneh Mahintorabi, Rambod Javan, Ateneh Faghih Nasiri, Akram Mohammadi
Votes: 1,519
40. Traveller of Rey (2001)
115 min | Action, Drama, History
The story of life of Abdol-azim Alhasani and his migration to Iran during the tenth Abbasid caliph's reign.
Director: Davood Mir-Bagheri | Stars: Amiryal Arjmand, Dariush Arjmand, Vishka Asayesh, Enayat Bakhshi
Votes: 212
41. For Liberty (1979)
111 min | Documentary
A documentary on last days of Shah's regime, the event ensued after the arson of cinema Rex in Abadan, which lead to final victory of 1979 revolution.
Director: Hossein Torabi | Stars: Shapour Bakhtiar, Mehdi Bazargan, Mohammad Beheshti, Mehdi Eraqi
Votes: 84
42. I Want to Be Alive (1995)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Aslan divorces his wife Mah Monir and marries Farangis. Barbod, Aslan's 11-year-old boy from Mah Monir, is very lonely. One day, Farangis calls Aslan with a scream. Aslan encounters the bloody body of his son at bathroom.
Director: Iraj Ghaderi | Stars: Faramarz Gharibian, Fatemeh Goudarzi, Fathali Oveisi, Jalal Moghadam
Votes: 269
43. The Changed Man (1998)
106 min | Comedy, Romance
Khosrow Paziresh who invented a magical washing powder goes to a washing powder factory to register his invention but.
Director: Mohamad Reza Honarmand | Stars: Afsaneh Bayegan, Akbar Ghadami, Mohammad Reza Haghgoo, Hamid Lolayi
Votes: 1,261
44. Croesus' Treasure (1965)
110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When two young poor men save a rich man who has decided to suicide and take care of him, he learns about the other part of the society and poor people's life.
Director: Syamak Yasami | Stars: Mohamad Ali Fardin, Armais Vartani Hovsepian, Fourouzan, Taghi Zohuri
Votes: 678
45. Coma (2004)
84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young doctorate graduate and son of a religon-exploiting rich man, in the verge of leaving Iran for the United States is confronted with events and accidents, hindering while educating him of the other classes in Iranian society.
Director: Arash Moayerian | Stars: Mahnaz Afshar, Hadis Foladvand, Mohammad Reza Golzar, Amin Hayayee
Votes: 1,480
46. The Book of Law (2009)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rahman falls in love with a Christan woman from Lebanon. She becomes a Muslim before her second meeting with Rahman.
Director: Maziar Miri | Stars: Parviz Parastui, Darine Hamze, Davood Fathali Beigi, Farideh Sepah Mansour
Votes: 2,040
47. Barareh Nights (2005–2006)
PG | 60 min | Comedy
Set in late 40s in Iran. When a politically exiled man (Ansari) meets strange rural people with weird actions and accents in a village called Barareh.
Stars: Mehran Modiri, Siamak Ansari, Falamak Jonidi, Saeed Pirdust
Votes: 17,693
48. Redhat and Cousin (1995)
92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A boy travels a long way from his village to Tehran to work as a showman in a kid's show; but finds it harder than he thought.
Director: Iraj Tahmasb | Stars: Morteza Ahmadi, Akbar Doodkar, Farokhlagha Hushmand, Hamid Jebeli
Votes: 4,916
49. 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
51. Mokhtarnameh (2010–2011)
Biography, Drama, History
Mukhtar Thaqafi was a Shiite Muslim leader who sets up a rebellion movement in 686 A.D in the town of Kufa to avenge the martyrdom of Hussain (grandson of Islamic Prophet Muhammad).
Stars: Fariborz Arabnia, Reza Rooygari, Nasrin Moghanloo, Fariba Kowsari
Votes: 9,610
52. My Tehran for Sale (2009)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
Marzieh is a young female actress living in Tehran. The authorities ban her theatre work and, like all young people in Iran, she is forced to lead a secret life in order to express herself ... See full summary »
Director: Granaz Moussavi | Stars: Marzieh Vafamehr, Amir Chegini, Asha Mehrabi, Mobina Karimi
Votes: 1,713
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