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Border Café
(کافه ترانزیت)
To independently support her family, a young Iranian widow defies tradition by taking over her late husband’s truck stop café.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, France, Turkey • 2005
- Director Kambuzia Partovi
- Cast Fereshteh Sadr Orafaee, Parviz Parastouei, Nikos Papadopoulos, Svieta Mikalishina, Vantzos Konstantinos, Esmail Soltanian
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame
(بودا از شرم فرو ریخت)
A young girl in Afghanistan desperately wants to go to school and learn to read and write, but isn’t allowed to.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, France, Afghanistan • 2007
- Director Hana Makhmalbaf
- Cast Habbas Alijome, Abdolali Huseinali, Nikbakht Noruz
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Cycle
(دایره مینا)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1978
- Director Dariush Mehrjui
- Cast Saeed Kangarani, Ezzatolah Entezami, Ali Nasirian, Forouzan, Esmail Mohammadi, Bahman Forsi
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
First Graders
(اولی هاSo)
A documentary film about young schoolboys and their superintendent, who is responsible for dealing with latecomers and discipline problems.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1984
- Director Abbas Kiarostami
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Garden of Stones
(باغ سنگی)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1976
- Director Parviz Kimiavi
- Cast Darvish Khan Esfandiarpoor
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Muhammad: The Messenger of God
(محمد رسول الله)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2015
- Director Majid Majidi
- Cast Mehdi Pakdel, Sare Bayat, Mina Sadati, Alireza Shojanoori, Dariush Farhang, Mohsen Tanabande
- Genre History, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
A Simple Event
(یک اتفاق ساده)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1974
- Director Sohrab Shahid Saless
- Cast Hibibollah Safarian, Mohammed Zamani, Ane Mohammad Tarikhi, Hedayatollah Navid
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Beach Flags
A young competitive lifeguard who is determined to compete internationally faces an unexpected situation when someone equally talented joins her team.
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- France, Iran • 2014
- Director Sarah Saidan
- Cast Behi Djanati Atai, Zahra Amir Ebrahimi, Soheila Emdadian, Darya Alirad, Shahrzad Akrami
- Genre Animation
- Available on Kanopy
76 Minutes and 15 seconds with Abbas Kiarostami
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- Iran • 2016
- Director Seifollah Samadian
- Cast Abbas Kiarostami, Jafar Panahi, Ali Reza Raiesian, Tahereh Ladanian, Juliette Binoche
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Lina
(لینا)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Afghanistan, Iran, Netherlands • 2017
- Director Ramin Rasouli
- Cast Amir Aghaei, Homayoun Ershadi, Hasiba Ebrahimi, Fahim Ebrahimi
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Warden
(سرخپوست)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2019
- Director Nima Javidi
- Cast Navid Mohammadzade, Parinaz Izadyar, Setareh Pesyani, Mani Haghighi, Habib Rezaei, Atila Pesyani
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Beloved
(Delband)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2018
- Director Yaser Talebi
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Fateful Day
(روز واقعه)
The Fateful Day
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1995
- Director Shahram Asadi
- Cast Alireza Shojanoori, Ezzatolah Entezami, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Mohammadali Keshavarz, Ladan Mostoufi, Mehdi Fathi
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Walnut Tree
(درخت گردو)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2020
- Director Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian
- Cast Payman Maadi, Mina Sadati, Mehran Modiri, Minu Sharifi
- Genre Drama, History, Documentary, War, Crime
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Filmzie, Plex, Plex Channel
Radiograph of a Family
(رادیوگرافی یک خانواده)
A personal documentary about the director's secular father and devout Muslim mother and their marriage before, during, and after the Iranian revolution.
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- Norway, Iran, Switzerland • 2020
- Director Firouzeh Khosrovani
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Winners
(Barandeha)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2023
- Director Hassan Nazer
- Cast Reza Naji, Hossein Abedini, Parsa Maghami, Martine Malalai Zikria, Helia Mohammadkhani, Mahmoud Jafari
- Genre Drama, Comedy, Family
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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 Cyclist
(بایسیکل ران)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1989
- Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- Cast Mahshid Afsharzadeh, Firouz Kiani, Samira Makhmalbaf, Mohammadreza Maleki, Esmail Soltanian, Moharram Zaynalzadeh
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Our Times
(روزگار ما)
A documentary about the 2002 presidential election in Iran.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2002
- Director Rakhshan Bani-Etemad
- Cast Pegah Ahangarani, Arezu Bayat, Reza Davoudnejad, Ehsan Delaviz, Baran Kosari
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Film Movement Plus
The Chorus
(همسرایان)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1982
- Director Abbas Kiarostami
- Cast Yoosef Moghaddam
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Night of the Hunchback
(شب قوزی)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1965
- Director Farrokh Ghaffari
- Cast Farhang Amiri, Farrokh Ghaffari, Paria Hakemi, Mohammadali Keshavarz, Pari Saberi, Zackaria Hashemi
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Bread and Poetry
(نان و شعر)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1993
- Director Kiumars Pourahmad
- Cast Mehdi Bagher Beigi, Parvindokht Yazdanian, Jamshid Sadri, Mohammad Ali Miandar
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Finding Farideh
(در جستجوی فریده)
An Iranian woman raised by a Dutch couple travels to Iran to try and find her biological parents.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, Netherlands • 2018
- Director Kourosh Ataee, Azadeh Moussavi
- Cast Eline Farideh Koning
- Genre Documentary
- Available on True Story, Hoopla
Son-Mother
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, Czech Republic • 2020
- Director Mahnaz Mohammadi
- Cast Raha Khodayari, Mahan Nasiri, Reza Behboudi, Maryam Boubani, Shiva Ordooie
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Shadow of Imagination
(سایه خیال)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1991
- Director Hossein Dalir
- Cast Ezzatolah Entezami, Hamid Jebeli, Hossein Panahi, Hamide Kheyrabadi, Jalal Moghadam
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Without Anything
(بی همه چیز)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2021
- Director Mohsen Gharaie
- Cast Parviz Parastouei, Hedie Tehrani, Hadi Hejazifar, Baran Kosari, Babak Karimi, Pedram Sharifi
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Shame
(شرم)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1992
- Director Kiumars Pourahmad
- Cast Mehdi Bagher Beigi, Parvindokht Yazdanian, Jahanbakhsh Soltani, Ali Morad Keyvandarian
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Doctors' building
(ساختمان پزشکان)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2011
- Creator Sorush Sehhat
- Cast Behnam Tashakkor, Houman Barghnavard, Bijan Banafshekhah, Shaghayegh Dehghan, Farnaz Rahnama, Rambod Javan
- Genre Comedy, Family
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Raving Iran
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- Switzerland, Iran • 2016
- Director Susanne Regina Meures
- Cast Amir Rashidi
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
I Am Trying to Remember
(من سعی میکنم فراموش نکنم)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, Czech Republic • 2021
- Director Pegah Ahangarani
- Cast Pegah Ahangarani
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
A Cube of Sugar
(یک حبه قند)
On the occasion of Pasandide’s wedding, three generations of her extended family come together to celebrate.
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- Iran • 2011
- Director Reza Mirkarimi
- Cast Reza Kianian, Negar Javaherian, Farhad Aslani, Saeed Poursamimi, Parivash Nazarieh, Rima Raminfar
- Genre Drama, Comedy, Family
- Available on No streaming locations found.
A Wedding Suit
(لباسی برای عروسی)
Two working-class boys devise a plan to try on a new suit from the tailor before its owner retrieves it.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1976
- Director Abbas Kiarostami
- Cast Mohammad Fassih, Mehdi Nekoueï, Massoud Zand, Reza Hashemi, Hashem Arkan
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Facing Mirrors
(آینههای روبرو)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2012
- Director Negar Azarbayjani
- Cast Shayesteh Irani, Homayoun Ershadi, Maryam Boubani, Nima Shahrokhshahi, Rabee Oskouei
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Fish & Cat
(ماهی و گربه)
A group of students traveling to a remote area set up camp next to two cooks desperate for meat…
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2013
- Director Shahram Mokri
- Cast Babak Karimi, Saeed Ebrahimifar, Abed Abest, Faraz Modiri, Pedram Sharifi, Mona Ahmadi
- Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Midnight Pulp, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spamflix, Kanopy
Parviz
(پرویز)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2012
- Director Majid Barzegar
- Cast Levon Haftvan, Mahmoud Behrouzian, Homeyra Nonahali
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Dash Akol
(داش آکل)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1971
- Director Masud Kimiai
- Cast Behrouz Vossoughi, Mary Apick, Manoucher Ahmadi, Bahman Mofid, Jahangir Forouhar
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Mr. Gullible
(آقای هالو)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1970
- Director Dariush Mehrjui
- Cast Ali Nasirian, Ezzatolah Entezami, Fakhri Khorvash, Mohammadali Keshavarz, Enayat Bakhshi
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Dead End
(بن بست)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1977
- Director Parviz Sayyad
- Cast Mary Apick, Parviz Bahador, Apik Youssefian, Bahman Zarrinpour, Mansooreh Shadmanesh
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
316
(سیصد و شانزده)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2015
- Director Payman Haghani
- Cast Sara Vazirzadeh
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
From Karkhe to Rhein
(از کرخه تا راین)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1993
- Director Ebrahim Hatamikia
- Cast Ali Dehkordi, Homa Rusta, Hans Noiman, Sadegh Safaei, Asghar Naghizade
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on No streaming locations found.
There Are Things You Don't Know
(چیزهایی هست که نمیدانی)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2010
- Director Fardin Saheb-Zamani
- Cast Ali Mosaffa, Leila Hatami, Mahtab Keramati
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Hajji Washington
(حاجی واشنگتن)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1982
- Director Ali Hatami
- Cast Ezzatolah Entezami, Richard Harrison, Ransel Cass, Mario Donatone, Ludovico Della Jojo
- Genre History, Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Hafez
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, Japan • 2007
- Director Abolfazl Jalili
- Cast Kumiko Aso, Mehdi Morady, Mehdi Negahban
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Red Ribbon
(روبان قرمز)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1999
- Director Ebrahim Hatamikia
- Cast Azita Hajian, Reza Kianian, Parviz Parastouei
- Genre Drama, War, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Take Me Home
A football bounces through the streets of southern Italy.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2016
- Director Abbas Kiarostami
- Cast Biagio di Tonno
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
AniMal
(حیوان)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2017
- Director Bahman Ark, Bahram Ark
- Cast Davoud Nourpour
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Longest Night
(شب یلدا)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2001
- Director Kiumars Pourahmad
- Cast Mohammad Reza Foroutan, Elham Charkhande, Parvindokht Yazdanian, Hilda Hashempour, Maryam Poorahmad
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Mandrake
(مهرگیاه)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 1975
- Director Fereydun Gole
- Cast Ali Nasirian, Pouri Banaei, Ezzatollah Ramazanifar, Dariush Iran Nezhad
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Accused Escaped
(متهم گریخت)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2005
- Director Reza Attaran
- Cast Sirous Gorjestani
- Genre Comedy, Family
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Old Men Never Die
(Piremard’ha Nemimirand)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2019
- Director Reza Jamali
- Cast Nader Mahdilou, Hamdollah Salimi, Salman Abbasi, Elena Azarm, Neda Haghshenas, Velayat Khoobdel
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Charcoal
(Kömür)
A man's struggle with life
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, France • 2019
- Director Esmaeel Monsef
- Cast Hadi Eftekharzade
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Ballad of a White Cow
(قصیده گاو سفید)
A woman’s life is upended when she learns that her husband was innocent of the crime for which he was executed.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, France • 2021
- Director Behtash Sanaeeha, Maryam Moghaddam
- Cast Maryam Moghaddam, Alireza Sanifar, Pouria Rahimisam, Avin Poor Raoufi, Farid Ghobadi, Lili Farhadpour
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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