List of the best Jafar Panahi movies: The White Balloon(1995), Offside(2006), Taxi(2015), 3 Faces(2018), Closed Curtain(2013), The Circle(2000), This Is Not a Film(2010), Closed Curtain(2013) ... ...
Drama
Iran
1995
85 Minutes
Director
Aida Mohammadkhani Mohsen Kalifi Fereshteh Sadr Orfani Anna Bourkowska Mohammad Shahani Mohammad Bahktiari
young girl brother mother snake charmer balloon seller shop owner engaging moving emotional endearing tehran, iran house courtyard street market childhood innocence trust poverty iranian society
Several people try to help a little girl to find the money her mom gave her to buy a goldfish with.
Comedy
Iran
2006
92 Minutes
Director
Sima Mobarakshai Safar Samandar Shayesteh Irani Mohamad Kheirabadi Aida Sadeghi Golnaz Farmani Mahnnaz Zabihi Nazanin Sediq-zadeh
teenager friend police officer soldier offbeat touching inspiring iran stadium soccer sexism social activism gender identity iranian laws women's rights rise transformation adventure 2000s
Struggle of Women in a country that excludes them from entering the stadiums.
Comedy, Drama
Iran
2015
82 Minutes
Director
Jafar Panahi is banned from making movies by the Iranian government, he poses as a taxi driver and makes a movie about social challenges in Iran.
Drama
Iran
2018
100 Minutes
Director
Narges Delaram
actress girl filmmaker villager family member amusing hilarious tense emotional small town village car field house tradition following your dreams growing up small-town life adventure discovery
Three actresses at different stages of their career. One from before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, one popular star of today known throughout the country and a young girl longing to attend a drama conservatory.
Drama
Iran
2013
106 Minutes
Film Editor
Kambuzia Partovi Kambozia Partovi Maryam Moqadam Jafar Panahi Hadi Saeedi Azadh Torabi Zeynab Khanum Abolghasem Sobhani Mahyar Jafaripour
In a secluded house by the sea with the curtains shut, a screenwriter hides from the world with only his dog as company. The tranquility is abruptly broken one night by the arrival of a ... See full summary »
Drama
2000
91 Minutes
Director
Mariam Parvin Almani Nargess Mamizadeh Fareshteh Sadr Orafai Monir Arab Elham Saboktakin Fatemeh Naghavi Mojgan Faramarzi Fereshteh Sadr Orafai Maryiam Palvin Almani Solmaz Panahi
woman friend husband prostitute prisoner pregnant woman suspenseful disheartening profound emotional iran prison hospital street city bus pregnancy prison life iranian society journey
Three Iranian women (Mariam Parvin Almani, Nargess Mamizadeh, Fareshteh Sadr Orafai) battle oppressive governmental regulations that affect all areas of their lives.
Documentary
2010
75 Minutes
Director
Jafar Panahi Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi makes a video diary with his phone in response to his government's threats against him.
Drama
Iran
2013
106 Minutes
Film Editor
Kambuzia Partovi Kambozia Partovi Maryam Moqadam Jafar Panahi Hadi Saeedi Azadh Torabi Zeynab Khanum Abolghasem Sobhani Mahyar Jafaripour
In a secluded house by the sea with the curtains shut, a screenwriter hides from the world with only his dog as company. The tranquility is abruptly broken one night by the arrival of a ... See full summary »