Iran Movies, Movies about Iran

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) ... ...

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People of the Wind

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 »

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Persepolis

A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.

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Beautiful City

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."

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The Wind Will Carry Us

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.

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The Baader Meinhof Complex

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.

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Everyday Rebellion

A documentary about modern and creative forms of non-violent protest and civil disobedience.

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In This World

A refugee family is trying to reach more peaceful lands illegally inside trucks.

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Offside

Struggle of Women in a country that excludes them from entering the stadiums.

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Half Moon

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 »

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Tehran Taboo

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.

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Kabul, City in the Wind

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.

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My Sweet Pepper Land

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 »

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Gabbeh

When an old couple washes their gabbeh - a type of Persian rug - a young woman magically appears and tells them her life story.

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Blackboards

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 »

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Rosewater

Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari is detained by Iranian forces who brutally interrogate him under suspicion that he is a spy.

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Desert Dancer

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.

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Silver Bears

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 »

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Downtown Torpedoes

A Hong Kong government official blackmails hi-tech workers to steal plates so he can counterfeit British sterling.

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The Circle

Three Iranian women (Mariam Parvin Almani, Nargess Mamizadeh, Fareshteh Sadr Orafai) battle oppressive governmental regulations that affect all areas of their lives.

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Ten Little Indians

A killer lurks among dinner-party guests (Oliver Reed, Elke Sommer, Richard Attenborough) at a desert hotel in Iran.

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A Time for Drunken Horses

Kurdish orphans work odd jobs for food and to raise money so their severely handicapped brother can have surgery.

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