Summer Goldstein
Providence, RI
Editorial Intern at Telescope Film!
Horror Highlights
House
(ハウス)
A group of Japanese schoolgirls discover there is more to their vacation house than meets the eye.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1977
- Director Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
- Cast Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Ai Matsubara, Mieko Satoh
- Genre Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Suspiria
Unfortunately for an American transplant, a German ballet school is home to the strange, the sinister, and the supernatural…
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1977
- Director Dario Argento
- Cast Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé, Barbara Magnolfi
- Genre Horror
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Criterion Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
The Innocents (1961)
(The Innocents)
A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1961
- Director Jack Clayton
- Cast Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave, Martin Stephens, Pamela Franklin
- Genre History, Horror, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Raw
(Grave)
When vegetarian Justine is forced to eat raw meat for the first time in her life, unexpected consequences occur.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium, Italy • 2016
- Director Julia Ducournau
- Cast Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laurent Lucas, Joana Preiss
- Genre Drama, Horror
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Train to Busan
(부산행)
Martial law is declared when a mysterious viral outbreak pushes Korea into a state of emergency.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2016
- Director Yeon Sang-ho
- Cast Gong Yoo, Ma Dong-seok, Jung Yu-mi, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee, Kim Soo-an
- Genre Action, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Kocowa, Hi-YAH, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Rakuten Viki, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
The Haunting
You may not believe in ghosts but you cannot deny terror.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 1963
- Director Robert Wise
- Cast Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, Fay Compton, Rosalie Crutchley
- Genre Horror
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV
Eyes Without a Face
(Les Yeux sans visage)
A plastic surgeon goes to extreme lengths to give his disfigured daughter a new face.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1960
- Director Georges Franju
- Cast Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel, Alexandre Rignault, Béatrice Altariba, Charles Blavette
- Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
[REC]
One witness. One camera
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Spain • 2007
- Director Paco Plaza
- Cast Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza, Martha Carbonell, David Vert, Carlos Lasarte, Pablo Rosso
- Genre Horror, Mystery
- Available on Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV
Stoker
An introverted girl dealing with her father's death turns her down a dark, twisted path.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2013
- Director Park Chan-wook
- Cast Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver, Lucas Till
- Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Dead Ringers
Two bodies. Two minds. One soul.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, United States • 1988
- Director David Cronenberg
- Cast Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon, Shirley Douglas, Stephen Lack
- Genre Thriller, Horror
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Cat People
A newlywed fears she is cursed to transform into a wild panther if she consummates her marriage.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States • 1942
- Director Jacques Tourneur
- Cast Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Jack Holt, Henrietta Burnside
- Genre Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Hellraiser
He'll tear your souls apart.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1987
- Director Clive Barker
- Cast Ashley Laurence, Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Sean Chapman, Oliver Smith, Robert Hines
- Genre Horror
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Hoopla
Nope
Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, Japan • 2022
- Director Jordan Peele
- Cast Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea, Michael Wincott, Steven Yeun, Wrenn Schmidt
- Genre Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Ringu
(リング)
One curse, one cure, one week to find it
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1998
- Director Hideo Nakata
- Cast Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Hiroyuki Sanada, Yuko Takeuchi, Hitomi Satô, Yôichi Numata
- Genre Horror, Thriller
- Available on Shudder, Screambox, Screambox Amazon Channel, Shudder Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, RetroCrush Amazon Channel, AsianCrush, AMC+ Amazon Channel, ARROW, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Retrocrush, Midnight Pulp, Kanopy
The Lighthouse
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, United States • 2019
- Director Robert Eggers
- Cast Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman, Logan Hawkes, Kyla Nicolle, Shaun Clarke
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy, Plex Channel
Let the Right One In
(Låt den rätte komma in)
Oskar's new neighbor has been 12 years old for 200 years...and she's looking for a friend.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden • 2008
- Director Tomas Alfredson
- Cast Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl, Karin Bergquist, Peter Carlberg
- Genre Horror, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, DistroTV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Ginger Snaps
Hungry like the Wolf.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2000
- Director John Fawcett
- Cast Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche, Mimi Rogers, Jesse Moss, Danielle Hampton
- Genre Drama, Horror
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Plex Channel
Tag
(リアル鬼ごっこ)
All high school girls out there you are a little too obnoxious so we decided to reduce your numbers.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2015
- Director Sion Sono
- Cast Reina Triendl, Mariko Shinoda, Erina Mano, Yuki Sakurai, Aki Hiraoka, Ami Tomite
- Genre Action, Fantasy, Horror
- Available on Night Flight Plus
The Witch
Evil takes many forms.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Canada, United States • 2016
- Director Robert Eggers
- Cast Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, Lucas Dawson
- Genre Mystery, Horror
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
There's Something Wrong With This House!
The Haunting
You may not believe in ghosts but you cannot deny terror.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 1963
- Director Robert Wise
- Cast Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, Fay Compton, Rosalie Crutchley
- Genre Horror
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV
House
(ハウス)
A group of Japanese schoolgirls discover there is more to their vacation house than meets the eye.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1977
- Director Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
- Cast Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Ai Matsubara, Mieko Satoh
- Genre Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
His House
This unique film fuses haunted-house horror with the modern-day refugee crisis.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2020
- Director Remi Weekes
- Cast Sope Dirisu, Wunmi Mosaku, Matt Smith, Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba, Javier Botet, Emily Taaffe
- Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The House
Three Visionary Tales. One Unforgettable Place.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2022
- Director Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Emma De Swaef, Marc James Roels
- Cast
- Genre Animation
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Exterminating Angel
(El ángel exterminador)
A high society party devolves into chaos when the guests are mysteriously unable to leave the room.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico • 1962
- Director Luis Buñuel
- Cast Silvia Pinal, Jacqueline Andere, José Baviera, Augusto Benedico, Luis Beristáin, Antonio Bravo
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Cultpix, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Plex, Plex Channel
The Babadook
A recently widowed mother battles "The Babadook,” a dark character from a children's book who is lurking in the house.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Australia, Canada • 2014
- Director Jennifer Kent
- Cast Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Hayley McElhinney, Daniel Henshall, Barbara West, Benjamin Winspear
- Genre Drama, Horror
- Available on Netflix, MUBI, Shudder, MUBI Amazon Channel, Shudder Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Netflix basic with Ads, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Shudder Apple TV Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Ghostwatch
The BBC airs a special “live” investigation into the most haunted house in Britain. It quickly spirals out of control.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1992
- Director Lesley Manning
- Cast Michael Parkinson, Sarah Greene, Craig Charles, Mike Smith, Gillian Bevan, Brid Brennan
- Genre Horror, TV Movie
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Shudder Apple TV Channel, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Parasite
(기생충)
A poor family lies and schemes their way into the employ of a wealthy household — successfully, but with great consequences.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2019
- Director Bong Joon-ho
- Cast Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Chang Hyae-jin
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Under the Shadow
After Shideh's building is hit by a missile during the Iran-Iraq War, a superstitious neighbor says the missile was cursed.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Jordan, Qatar • 2016
- Director Babak Anvari
- Cast Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi, Ray Haratian, Hamid Djavadan, Bijan Daneshmand
- Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller, War
- Available on Netflix, Hoopla, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store
My House Walk-Through
(ぼくのうち)
This is not a horror video. This video was created simply by filming inside my house.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2016
- Director PiroPito
- Cast Nana
- Genre Horror
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Wolf House
(La casa lobo)
Once upon a time, there was a country within a country from which nobody could escape.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Chile, Germany • 2018
- Director Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña
- Cast Amalia Kassai, Rainer Krause, Karina Hyland, Carlos Cociña, Natalia Geisse
- Genre Animation, Drama, Horror
- Available on fuboTV, OVID, Metrograph, Apple TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex Channel
The Changeling
His vacation home is haunted by a vengeful spirit. To save his own life, he'll need to solve the ghost's death.
- ✭ ✭
- Canada • 1980
- Director Peter Medak
- Cast George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, John Colicos, Barry Morse, Madeleine Sherwood
- Genre Horror
- Available on Shudder, Screambox Amazon Channel, Shudder Amazon Channel, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Night Flight Plus, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Full Moon Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Midnight Pulp, Troma NOW, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Cineverse, Plex, Plex Channel
Housebound
Terror gets domesticated.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- New Zealand • 2014
- Director Gerard Johnstone
- Cast Morgana O'Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru, Cameron Rhodes, Millen Baird, Ross Harper
- Genre Horror, Comedy, Thriller
- Available on Screambox, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, Midnight Pulp, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Cineverse, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Iranian New Wave: First Wave
The Cow
(گاو)
An old villager is driven mad by the loss of his beloved cow.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1969
- Director Dariush Mehrjui
- Cast Ezzatolah Entezami, Mahin Shahabi, Ali Nasirian, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Firouz Behjat-Mohamadi, Jafar Vali
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel
Downpour
(رگبار)
A dedicated teacher starting life in a new city falls in love with a hardworking, underprivileged young woman.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1972
- Director Bahram Beyzai
- Cast Parviz Fanizadeh, Mohammadali Keshavarz, Jamshid Layegh, Parvaneh Massoumi, Esmat Safavi, Hossein Kasbian
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
The House Is Black
(خانه سیاه است)
A look at life and suffering in a leper colony with a focus on the beauty of creation.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1963
- Director Forugh Farrokhzad
- Cast Forugh Farrokhzad, Ebrahim Golestan, Hossein Mansouri
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Traveler
(مسافر)
How many people would you deceive to do what you want?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1974
- Director Abbas Kiarostami
- Cast Hassan Darabi, Masud Zandbegleh, Mostafa Tari, Pare Gol Atashjameh
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Lost Cinema: Iranian Political Films in the 70s
A film essay on the loss of Iranian New Wave films and decades of film heritage due to restrictive government censorship.
- United States • 2007
- Director Jamsheed Akrami
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Iranian New Wave: Second Wave
Where Is the Friend's House?
(خانهی دوست کجاست؟)
After accidentally taking his friend's notebook, an 8-year-old boy sets out to return it.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1987
- Director Abbas Kiarostami
- Cast Babek Ahmed Poor, Ahmed Ahmed Poor, Kheda Barech Defai, Iran Outari, Ait Ansari, Sadika Taohidi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Children of Heaven
(بچههای آسمان)
A brother and sister swap one worn pair of shoes to avoid burdening their already struggling parents.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1997
- Director Majid Majidi
- Cast Reza Naji, Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi, Nafise Jafar-Mohammadi, Fereshte Sarabandi, Kamal Mirkarimi
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Hoopla
The Apple
(سیب)
After twelve years of imprisonment by their own parents, two sisters are finally released by social workers to face the outside world for the first time.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, France, Netherlands • 1998
- Director Samira Makhmalbaf
- Cast Massoumeh Naderi, Zahra Naderi, Ghorban Ali Naderi, Azizeh Mohamadi, Zahra Saghrisaz
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kanopy
The Colour of Paradise
(رنگ خدا)
How far will a widowed father go to deny his blind son in order to find a new wife?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1999
- Director Majid Majidi
- Cast Hossein Mahjoub, Mohsen Ramezani, Salameh Feyzi, Farahnaz Safari, Elham Sharifi, Behzad Rafi
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on Fandango At Home
Close-Up
(کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک)
A young man is arrested for impersonating a famous filmmaker.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1990
- Director Abbas Kiarostami
- Cast Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Monoochehr Ahankhah, Mahrokh Ahankhah, Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi
- Genre Crime, Documentary, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
The Mirror
(آینه)
When a young girl becomes lost in the hustle and bustle of Tehran, her journey turns into an exploration of the nature of film itself.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1997
- Director Jafar Panahi
- Cast Mina Mohammad Khani, Kazem Mojdehi, Naser Omuni, M. Shirzad, T. Samadpour
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Gabbeh
(گبه)
As an elderly couple wash their gabbeh – a traditional Persian rug – a woman magically appears to recount her life story.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, France • 1996
- Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- Cast Shaghayeh Djodat, Abbas Sayah, Hossein Moharami, Rogheih Moharami, Parvaneh Ghalandari
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Available on ARROW, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
The White Balloon
(بادکنک سفید)
Seven-year-old Razieh and her brother set out for the pet shop, after Razieh sets her heart on a goldfish in the shop window.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1995
- Director Jafar Panahi
- Cast Aida Mohammadkhani, Mohsen Kafili, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Anna Borkowska, Mohammad Shahani
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on Criterion Channel
Through the Olive Trees
(زیر درختان زیتون)
Art doesn't always imitate life...even when you want it to.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, France • 1994
- Director Abbas Kiarostami
- Cast Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Farhad Kheradmand, Zarifeh Shiva, Hossein Rezai, Tahereh Ladanian, Hocine Redai
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Silence
(سکوت)
A young blind boy’s fascination with music often causes him to lose track of time, jeopardizing his job.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, Tajikistan, France • 1998
- Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- Cast Tahmineh Normatova, Nadereh Abdelahyeva, Goibibi Ziadolahyeva
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Iranian New Wave: Third Wave
This Is Not a Film
(این فیلم نیست)
If we could tell a film, then why make a film?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2011
- Director Jafar Panahi
- Cast Jafar Panahi, Igi, Mrs. Gheirat, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Rakhsan, Sima
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kanopy
A Time for Drunken Horses
(Zamani barayé masti asbha)
Courage and hardships of a family of Kurdish orphans forced to support themselves.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2000
- Director Bahman Ghobadi
- Cast Ayoub Ahmadi, Rojin Younessi, Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini, Madi Ekhtiar-dini, Kolsolum Ekhtiar-dini, Karim Ekhtiar-dini
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Kanopy, Eventive
About Elly
(درباره الی)
A woman vanishes during a vacation with friends, causing them to blame each other for the disappearance.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, France • 2009
- Director Asghar Farhadi
- Cast Golshifteh Farahani, Tarane Alidousti, Shahab Hosseini, Merila Zarei, Mani Haghighi, Peyman Maadi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
A Separation
(جدایی نادر از سیمین)
Simin wants to leave Iran to give her daughter, Termeh, a different kind of life outside the country. But Nader, Termeh’s father, refuses to leave his ailing father behind.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, France • 2011
- Director Asghar Farhadi
- Cast Leila Hatami, Payman Maadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, Sarina Farhadi, Babak Karimi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Turtles Can Fly
(لاکپشتها هم پرواز میکنند)
In 2003 at the Iraqi-Turkish border, Kurdish refugees await invasion by American soldiers.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, France, Iraq • 2005
- Director Bahman Ghobadi
- Cast Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Feysal, Hiresh Feysal Rahman, Abdol Rahman Karim, Ajil Zibari
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
No One Knows About Persian Cats
(کسی از گربههای ایرانی خبر نداره)
Two young Iranian songwriters must find musicians for their underground band while trying to receive visas to perform in Europe.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2009
- Director Bahman Ghobadi
- Cast Negar Shaghaghi, Ashkan Koshanejad, Hamed Behdad, Babak Mirzakhani, Kosh Mirzahi
- Genre Drama
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Ten
(ده)
Hear her speak.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, France • 2002
- Director Abbas Kiarostami
- Cast Mania Akbari, Amin Maher, Kamran Adl, Roya Arabshahi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Kanopy
The Salesman
(فروشنده)
Emad and Rana move into a new flat, but an incident with the previous tenant dramatically changes their life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, France • 2016
- Director Asghar Farhadi
- Cast Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi, Mina Sadati, Mehdi Koushki, Farid Sajjadi Hosseini
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
Fireworks Wednesday
(چهارشنبه سوری)
A dissatisfied wife enlists her housekeeper’s help to gather information on the woman she suspects is having an affair with her husband.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2006
- Director Asghar Farhadi
- Cast Hamid Farrokhnejad, Hedie Tehrani, Tarane Alidousti, Pantea Bahram, Sahar Dolatshahi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
The Song of Sparrows
(آواز گنجشکها)
Karim motorbikes into the incredibly hectic Tehran, where sudden opportunities for independence thrill and challenge him.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2008
- Director Majid Majidi
- Cast Mohammad Amir Naji, Hamid Aghazi, Kamran Dehghan, Maryam Akbari, Hamid Aghazi, Schabnam Akhlaghi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Tubi TV
Crimson Gold
(طلای سرخ)
A delivery driver is a daily witness to Iran’s unjust distribution of wealth, eventually driving him to crime.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2003
- Director Jafar Panahi
- Cast Hossain Emadeddin, Kamyar Sheisi, Azita Rayeji, Shahram Vaziri, Ehsan Amani, Pourang Nakhael
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, OVID, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
Offside
(آفساید)
Since women are banned from attending men's sporting events in Iran, a group of female soccer fans disguise themselves as men to watch a match at Tehran's stadium.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2006
- Director Jafar Panahi
- Cast Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ayda Sadeqi, Golnaz Farmani, Mahnaz Zabihi
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube