Here we've displayed a list of the best Iran films : People of the Wind(1976), Persepolis(2007), Beautiful City(2004), The Wind Will Carry Us(1999), The Baader Meinhof Complex(2008), Everyday Rebellion(2013), In This World(2002), Offside(2006), Half Moon(2006), Tehran Taboo(2017), Kabul, City in the Wind(2018), My Sweet Pepper Land(2013) ... ...
Documentary
USA
1976
127 Minutes
tribal leader wife widow daughter shepherd jafar qoli fascinating gutsy spirited valley river iran zard kuh mountain, iran zagros mountains migration nomadic lifestyle danger society journey babadi tribe
There are two hundred miles of raging rivers and dangerous mountains to cross. There are no towns, no roads, no bridges. There is no turning back. The Bakhtiari migration is one of the most... See full summary »
Animation, Drama
France|USA
2007
95 Minutes
child friend teacher father veteran police officer intense dark witty france austria airport school iran family home tyrants marriage air raids father/daughter relationship justice
A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
Drama
Iran
2004
101 Minutes
Faramarz Gharibian Taraneh Alidoosti Babak Ansari Hossein Farzi-Zadeh
daughter sister father mother friend prisoner intense moving tense iran prison family dysfunction money forgiveness race against time death sentence law and order quest revenge 2000s
In Islamic Iran, how much is a woman worth in comparison with a man, and who pays the difference? This film is tale of vengeance, labyrinthine judicial procedure & the concept of "blood money."
Drama
Iran|France
1999
118 Minutes
Behzad Dourani
engineer relative young boy assistant townsperson old woman engaging intricate offbeat emotional iran city rural community village house road cultural differences aging unlikely friendship fitting in
Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.
Crime, History, Biography, Drama
Germany|France|Czech Republic
2008
150 Minutes
Martina Gedeck Moritz Bleibtreu Johanna Wokalek Bruno Ganz Jan Josef Liefers Alexandra Maria Lara Heino Ferch Nadja Uhl Hannah Herzsprung
anarchist journalist girlfriend police chief brutal disturbing tense germany jordan iran embassy prison red army faction terrorism political repression anarchy patriotism violence wretched excess pursuit
A look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s.
Documentary
Austria|Switzerland|Germany|Greece|Belgium
2013
118 Minutes
Andy Bichlbaum Arash T. Riahi Mike Bonanno Srdja Popovic Inna Shevchenko
arab inspiring iran protest rebellion resistance civil disobedience fall
A documentary about modern and creative forms of non-violent protest and civil disobedience.
Drama
UK
2002
88 Minutes
Jamal Udin Torabi Enayatullah Imran Paracha Hiddayatullah Allah Bauhsh Hossain Baghaeian Yaaghoob Nosraj Poor Ghodrat Poor Kerem Atabeyoglu Erham Sekizcan
refugee smuggler police officer travel agent brother mother bleak profound pakistan iran paris turkey italy england smuggling illegal immigration accidental death resilience displacement escape
A refugee family is trying to reach more peaceful lands illegally inside trucks.
Comedy
Iran
2006
92 Minutes
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
Austria|France|Iran|Iraq
2006
114 Minutes
Golshifteh Farahani Ismail Ghaffari Hedye Tehrani Allah-Morad Rashtian Farzin Sabooni Kambiz Arshi Mohamad Nahid Sadiq Behzadpoor Ali Ashraf Rezai
kurd singer son daughter woman police chief moving powerful sad iran bus village turkey iraq border politics performance music family travel
Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a permit and rounding up his ten sons, he... See full summary »
Animation, Drama
Germany|Austria
2017
96 Minutes
iranian citizen prostitute beautiful woman musician friend lover emotional passionate melodramatic engaging heartwarming spirited iran tehran, iran iranian society religious traditions attraction friendship family honor secrets
In their desperate search for freedom and happiness, four young people from Tehran, Iran are forced to break the taboos of a restrictive, islamic society.
Documentary
Afghanistan|Germany|Japan|Netherlands
2018
88 Minutes
bus driver terrorist brother father family member friend bleak brooding tense emotional touching disheartening afghan village house bus iran desert terrorism suicide bombing family
A city is an orchestration of its inhabitants. The film portraits the city Kabul through daily details of two kids and a bus driver, set against the background of a city destroyed by politic and religious powers.
Drama
Iraq|France|Germany
2013
100 Minutes
Korkmaz Arslan Golshifteh Farahani Suat Usta Mir Murad Bedirxan Feyyaz Duman Tarik Akreyî Véronique Wüthrich
chief teacher war hero suspenseful powerful valley independence iran smuggling rivalry 2000s
Baran, a Kurdish independence war hero, is now sheriff in Erbil, the capital city. No longer feeling useful in this society now at peace, he thinks about quitting the police force, but ... See full summary »
Drama
Iran|France
1996
74 Minutes
Shaghayegh Djodat Hossein Moharami Roghieh Moharami Abbas Sayahi
wife husband nomad suitor uncle creative inspiring passionate iran village countryside family history marriage romance love metamorphosis forbidden love 20th century
When an old couple washes their gabbeh - a type of Persian rug - a young woman magically appears and tells them her life story.
Drama
Iran|Italy|Japan
2000
85 Minutes
Bahman Ghobadi Said Mohamadi Behnaz Jafari
teacher husband wife nomad son old man emotional gutsy inspiring iran desert village education war compassion journey smuggling kurdish culture sacrifice quest
Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
2014
103 Minutes
Gael García Bernal Shohreh Aghdashloo Golshifteh Farahani Dimitri Leonidas Haluk Bilginer Andrew Gower Arian Moayed Numan Acar Nasser Faris
journalist interrogator president political candidate brutal disheartening gripping shocking suspenseful iran prison interrogation room torture politics terror war espionage imprisonment discovery transformation
Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari is detained by Iranian forces who brutally interrogate him under suspicion that he is a spy.
Drama
UK|United Arab Emirates|Romania|Morocco
2015
104 Minutes
Freida Pinto Reece Ritchie Tom Cullen Nazanin Boniadi Makram J. Khoury Marama Corlett Bamshad Abedi-Amin Daniel Bass Neet Mohan Sam Kordbacheh Simon Kassianides
dance instructor dancer older woman government agent police officer secret agent confident passionate spirited iran tehran, iran hideout dance studio family home subjugation dance rebellion oppression adventure quest
Afshin Ghaffarian risks everything to start a dance company amidst his home country of Iran's politically volatile climate and the nation's ban on dancing.
Comedy
UK
1978
113 Minutes
Michael Caine Cybill Shepherd Louis Jourdan Stéphane Audran David Warner Tom Smothers Martin Balsam Jay Leno Charles Gray Joss Ackland Jeremy Clyde
finance expert mob boss prince mine owner con artist brash charming confident crafty hilarious iran united states switzerland silver mining money laundering con game crime forbidden love adventure
Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher (Sir Michael Caine) is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore (Martin Balsam) to buy a bank in Switzerland in order to more easily launder their profits. When he ... See full summary »
Action
1997
90 Minutes
Jordan Chan Takeshi Kaneshiro Charlie Yeung Teresa Lee Ken Wong Alex Fong
spy deaf woman computer programmer secret agent thief government official frenetic thrilling intricate tense hong kong great britain budapest, hungary iran china city espionage counterfeit money blackmail technology
A Hong Kong government official blackmails hi-tech workers to steal plates so he can counterfeit British sterling.
Drama
2000
91 Minutes
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.
Mystery & Thriller
1975
98 Minutes
Oliver Reed Elke Sommer Richard Attenborough Gert Froebe Teresa Gimpera Alberto de Mendoza Stéphane Audran Adolfo Celi Herbert Lom Maria Rohm Charles Aznavour
stranger killer murder suspect thrilling intricate hotel desert iran murder plot murderous rampage murder investigation killer among us mystery 1970s
A killer lurks among dinner-party guests (Oliver Reed, Elke Sommer, Richard Attenborough) at a desert hotel in Iran.
Drama
2000
80 Minutes
Nezhad Ekhtiar-dini Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini Madi Ekhtiar-Dini Ayoub Ahmadi Jouvin Younessi Rahman Salehi Osman Karimi Kolsolum Ekhtiar-dini
sister child kurd refugee brother orphan sad somber gritty iran iraq village mountain illness rehabilitation poverty tradition shady dealings survival pursuit
Kurdish orphans work odd jobs for food and to raise money so their severely handicapped brother can have surgery.