IMDb: 1001 Movies irani You Must See Before You Die

1.

Bacheha-Ye aseman (1997)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.4/10  

When Ali loses his sister's shoes, the two decide to share his to avoid getting in trouble. (89 mins.)

Director: Majid Majidi

Stars: Mohammad Amir Naji, Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi, Nafise Jafar-Mohammadi

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2.

Ajans-E Shisheh-I (1999)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10  

The Glass Agency is the story of a war veteran living in post war Iran. It depicts veterans who are suffering from social problems after the war... (114 mins.)

Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia

Stars: Parviz Parastui, Reza Kianian, Habib Rezaei, Bita Baadraan

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3.

Madar (1991)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.6/10  

A poweful movie about life, family, love and culture. (108 mins.)

Director: Ali Hatami

Stars: Rogheyeh Chehreh-Azad, Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Farimah Farjami, Amin Tarokh

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4.

Baran (2001)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10  

In a building site in present-day Tehran, Lateef, a 17-year-old Turkish worker is irresistibly drawn to Rahmat, a young Afghan worker. The revelation of Rahmat's secret changes both their lives. (94 mins.)

Director: Majid Majidi

Stars: Hossein Abedini, Zahra Bahrami, Mohammad Amir Naji, Hossein Mahjoub

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5.

Rang-e khoda (1999)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10  

Mohammad, a boy at Tehran's institute for the blind, waits for his dad to pick him up for summer vacation... (90 mins.)

Director: Majid Majidi

Stars: Hossein Mahjoub, Mohsen Ramezani, Salameh Feyzi, Farahnaz Safari

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6.

Khane-ye doust kodjast? (1987)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10  

An 8 year old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school. (83 mins.)

Director: Abbas Kiarostami

Stars: Babek Ahmed Poor, Ahmed Ahmed Poor, Kheda Barech Defai, Iran Outari

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7.

Lakposhtha parvaz mikonand (2004)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10  

Near the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of an American invasion, refugee children like 13-year-old Kak (Ebrahim), gauge and await their fate. (98 mins.)

Director: Bahman Ghobadi

Stars: Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Feysal, Hiresh Feysal Rahman

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8.

Bashu, gharibeye koochak (1990)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10  

During the Iran-Iraq War, Bashu, a young boy loses his house and all his family. Scared, he sneaks into a truck that is leaving the area... (120 mins.)

Director: Bahram Beizai

Stars: Susan Taslimi, Parvis Pourhosseini, Adnan Afravian, Bashu

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9.

Davandeh (1990)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10  

Amiro is a young boy who has lost his home during the war. He spends his days by working odd jobs, until... (94 mins.)

Director: Amir Naderi

Stars: Abbas Nazeri, Majid Niroumand, Musa Torkizadeh

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10.

Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (2011)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.5/10  

A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease. (123 mins.)

Director: Asghar Farhadi

Stars: Peyman Moaadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini

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11.

Marmoulak (2004)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.6/10  

Reza is a petty thief who escapes jail by posing as a mullah. When he has to stay in disguise longer than he expected... (115 mins.)

Director: Kamal Tabrizi

Stars: Parviz Parastui, Bahram Ibrahimi, Shahrokh Foroutanian, Farideh Sepah Mansour

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12.

Ejareh-Nesheenha (1986)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10  

(109 mins.)

Director: Dariush Mehrjui

Stars: Akbar Abdi, Ezzatolah Entezami, Farimah Farjami, Manouchehr Hamedi

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13.

Ta'm e guilass (1997)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10  

An Iranian man drives his truck in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide. (95 mins.)

Director: Abbas Kiarostami

Stars: Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi

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14.

Avaze gonjeshk-ha (2008)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10  

When an ostrich-rancher focuses on replacing his daughter's hearing aid, which breaks right before crucial exams... (96 mins.)

Director: Majid Majidi

Stars: Mohammad Amir Naji, Maryam Akbari, Kamran Dehghan, Hamid Aghazi

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15.

Gheisar (1969)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10  

A young man's drive to avenge for his sister and brother.

Director: Masud Kimiai

Stars: Behrouz Vossoughi, Pouri Baneai, Nasser Malekmotei, Jamshid Mashayekhi

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16.

Gaav (1969)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10  

The whole village knows that Mashti Hassan loves his cow to death. One day he goes to the Tehran. His cow dies. The villagers are afraid of what might happen once Hassan finds out his cow is dead. What will happen when he finds out? (105 mins.)

Director: Dariush Mehrjui

Stars: Ezzatolah Entezami, Mahin Shahabi, Ali Nassirian, Jamshid Mashayekhi

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17.

Sooteh-Delan (1978)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.4/10  

Desiderium lyrically charts the hapless loves of a three brother: Majid, they young handicapped brother with a deformed head falls in love with Aghdas... (120 mins.)

Director: Ali Hatami

Stars: Behrouz Vossoughi, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Fakhri Khorvash, Shohreh Aghdashloo

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18.

Sagkoshi (2001)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10  

Golrokh an Iranian lady who is a talented author struggles to settle her presumably disloyal but amorous... (135 mins.)

Director: Bahram Beizai

Stars: Mozhdeh Shamsai, Majid Mozaffari, Reza Kianian, Mitra Hajjar

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19.

Offside (2006)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10  

Struggle of Women in a country that excludes them from entering the stadiums. (93 mins.)

Director: Jafar Panahi

Stars: Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ayda Sadeqi, Golnaz Farmani

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20.

Darbareye Elly (2009)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10  

A group of middle-class friends travel from Tehran to spend the weekend at the seaside. Sepideh invites Elly... (119 mins.)

Director: Asghar Farhadi

Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Merila Zare'i

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21.

Dayereh (2000)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10  

Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran. (90 mins.)

Director: Jafar Panahi

Stars: Maryiam Palvin Almani, Nargess Mamizadeh, Mojgan Faramarzi, Elham Saboktakin

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22.

Tangsir (1974)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10  

This film, based on a well-known novel of the same name by Sadegh Chooback, is about a wronged man seeking revenge... (112 mins.)

Director: Amir Naderi

Stars: Behrouz Vossoughi, Parviz Fanizadeh, Jafar Vali, Enayat Bakhshi

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23.

Ertefae Past (2002)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10  

Ghasem (Hamid Farokhnezhad) with his wife, Narges (Leila Hatami), his mother and other relatives and parents take a flight to Bandar Abbas... (115 mins.)

Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia

Stars: Hamid Farokhnezhad, Leila Hatami, Gohar Kheirandish, Mohammad Ali Inanloo

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24.

Nassereddin Shah, Actor-e Cinema (1992)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10  

(90 mins.)

Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Stars: Akbar Abdi, Morteza Ahmadi, Dariush Arjmand, Ezzatolah Entezami

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25.

Leily Ba Man Ast (1996)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10  

During the Iran-Iraq war, a television cinematographer, having financial problems, needs to get a loan... (95 mins.)

Director: Kamal Tabrizi

Stars: Parviz Parastui, Mahmud Azizi, Shohreh Lorestani, Sahereh Matin

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26.

Nakhoda Khorshid (1987)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10  

(117 mins.)

Director: Naser Taghvai

Stars: Dariush Arjmand, Ali Nassirian, Saeed Poursamimi, Parvaneh Massoumi

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27.

Adam barfi (1995)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10  

A Iranian man (Akbar Abdi) stuck in Turkey, desperately wants to get a VISA to go to America. He starts dressing up as a woman in hopes of marrying an American man to get American citizenship, but he starts having doubts and... (97 mins.)

Director: Davood Mir-Bagheri

Stars: Akbar Abdi, Dariush Arjmand, Parviz Parastui, Azita Hajian

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28.

Ye habe ghand (2011)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10  

The story happens in an old house in an old city of Iran. Because of the wedding of the youngest sister, Pasandide, all of her sisters come to their old house to help their mother. (116 mins.)

Director: Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi

Stars: Reza Kianian, Negar Javaherian, Farhad Aslani, Saeed Poursamimi

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29.

Badkonake sefid (1995)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10  

Several people try to take advantage of a little girl's innocence to hustle money her mom gave to her to buy a goldfish with. (85 mins.)

Director: Jafar Panahi

Stars: Aida Mohammadkhani, Mohsen Kafili, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Anna Borkowska

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30.

Niaz (1992)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.0/10  

Two boys compete for one job they both need desperately. This movie portrays their rivalry. (82 mins.)

Director: Alireza Davoudnejad

Stars: Mohammad-Reza Davoudnejad, Tarahom Fathi, Shojaoddin Habibian, Shohreh Lorestani

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31.

Bicycleran (1987)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10  

The wife of Nasim, an Afghan immigrant in Iran, is gravely ill. He needs money to pay for her care,... (95 mins.)

Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Stars: Mahshid Afsharzadeh, Firouz Kiani, Samira Makhmalbaf, Mohammad Reza Maleki

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32.

Man, taraneh, panzdah sal daram (2002)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10  

Fifteen year old Taraneh, whose widowed father is in jail, refuses the unwanted attentions of carpet salesman Amir... (110 mins.)

Director: Rasoul Sadrameli

Stars: Taraneh Alidoosti, Hossein Mahjoub, Mahtab Nasirpour, Milad Sadrameli

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33.

Rooban-e ghermez (1999)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10  

(110 mins.)

Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia

Stars: Azita Hajian, Reza Kianian, Parviz Parastui

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34.

Nema-ye Nazdik (1990)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10  

Pretending to be Mohsen Makhmalbaf making his next movie, Hossain Sabzian enters the home of a well-to-do family in Tehran... (98 mins.)

Director: Abbas Kiarostami

Stars: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Hossain Sabzian, Abolfazl Ahankhah, Mehrdad Ahankhah

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35.

Zir-e noor-e maah (2001)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10  

Seyyed Hassan, a young seminary student, is preparing to don the clerical attire. While the other students are also busy with similar preparations... (96 mins.)

Director: Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi

Stars: Hossein Parastar, Hamed Rajabali, Mehran Rajabi, Mahmud Nazar-Alian

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36.

Mosaferan (1993)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10  

A young woman's wedding becomes a ritual of mourning when her sister and family die in an auto accident on the way to the wedding... (90 mins.)

Director: Bahram Beizai

Stars: Karim Akbari Mobarakeh, Shahin Alizadeh, Hamid Amjad, Fariborz Arabnia

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37.

Shah-re ziba (2004)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10  

Akbar has just turned eighteen. He has been held in a rehabilitation centre for committing murder at the age of sixteen when he was condemned to death... (101 mins.)

Director: Asghar Farhadi

Stars: Taraneh Alidoosti, Faramarz Gharibian, Babak Ansari, Hossein Farzi-Zadeh

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38.

Zire darakhatan zeyton (1994)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10  

The movie focuses on one of the events in Zendegi Edame Darad (1992), and explores the relationship between the movie director... (103 mins.)

Director: Abbas Kiarostami

Stars: Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Farhad Kheradmand, Zarifeh Shiva, Hossein Rezai

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39.

Kolah ghermezi va pesar khale (1994)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10  

(92 mins.)

Director: Iraj Tahmasb

Stars: Morteza Ahmadi, Akbar Doodkar, Farokhlagha Hushmand, Hamid Jebeli

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40.

Shayad Vaghti Deegar (1988)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10  

(159 mins.)

Director: Bahram Beizai

Stars: Simin Ansari, Siamak Atlassi, Dariush Farhang, Ghodrat Latifi

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41.

Beed-e majnoon (2005)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10  

Youssef, a blind university professor, is suddenly diagnosed with a fatal disease and must undergo treatment in France. Back home, will he find the life he had before? (96 mins.)

Director: Majid Majidi

Stars: Parviz Parastui, Roya Taymourian, Afarin Obeisi, Mohammad Amir Naji

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42.

Mehman-e maman (2004)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10  

A mother of a poor family, has guests coming over, yet doesn't know how to get the dinner party altogether with limited resources.

Director: Dariush Mehrjui

Stars: Golab Adineh, Roya Alemi, Amin Hayayee, Amir Hoseini

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43.

Le passé (2013)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10  

An Iranian man deserts his French wife and two children to return to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife starts up a new relationship, a reality her husband confronts upon his wife's request for a divorce. (130 mins.)

Director: Asghar Farhadi

Stars: Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa, Pauline Burlet

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44.

Ansuyeh Atash (1990)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10  

(100 mins.)

Director: Kianoush Ayari

Stars: Siamak Atlassi, Atefeh Razavi, Khosrow Shojazadeh, Parvin Solaymani

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45.

Khak (1972)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10  

Director: Masud Kimiai

Stars: Behrouz Vossoughi, Farzaneh Taidi, Faramarz Gharibian, Jafar Vali

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46.

Az Karkheh ta Rhein (1993)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10  

Saeed who is suffering from injuries that he received in the Iran-Iraq War, is sent to Germany for treatments...

Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia

Stars: Ali Dehkordi, Homa Rusta, Hans Noiman, Sadeq Safaei

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47.

Gavaznha (1976)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10  

Wounded by the police, a thief looks up his old friend in order to leave the proceeds of his theft with him... (115 mins.)

Director: Masud Kimiai

Stars: Behrouz Vossoughi, Faramarz Gharibian, Nosrat Partovi, Garshasb Raoufi

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48.

Ragbar (1972)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10  

A well educated and humble teacher arrives in a new city and at a new job in the pre-revolutionary Iran... (128 mins.)

Director: Bahram Beizai

Stars: Parviz Fanizadeh, Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Jamshid Layegh, Parvaneh Massoumi

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49.

The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10  

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. (118 mins.)

Director: Abbas Kiarostami

Stars: Behzad Dorani, Noghre Asadi, Roushan Karam Elmi, Bahman Ghobadi

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50.

Honarpisheh (1993)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10  

(88 mins.)

Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Stars: Akbar Abdi, Fatemah Motamed-Aria, Mahaya Petrossian

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51.

Zir-e poost-e shahr (2001)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10  

Tuba works daily at a grueling textile factory in Iran, returning home every night to deal with the rest of her problematic family... (92 mins.)

Director: Rakhshan Bani-Etemad

Stars: Golab Adineh, Mohammad Reza Forutan, Baran Kosari, Ebrahin Sheibani

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52.

Zendegi va digar hich (1992)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10  

After the earthquake of Guilan, the film director and his son, Puya, travel to the devastated area to... (95 mins.)

Director: Abbas Kiarostami

Stars: Farhad Kheradmand, Buba Bayour, Hocine Rifahi, Ferhendeh Feydi

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53.

Kheili dour, kheili nazdik (2005)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10  

(121 mins.)

Director: Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi

Stars: Afshin Hashemi, Elham Hamidi, Ashkan Khatibi, Masoud Rayegany

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54.

Khoon bazi (2006)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10  

(78 mins.)

Director: Mohsen Abdolvahab, Rakhshan Bani-Etemad

Stars: Bita Farahi, Baran Kosari, Bahram Radan, Masoud Rayegany

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55.

Dash akol (1971)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10  

Dash Akol is greatly respected in Shiraz as an honorable man who has lost his family's money through helping his friends... (95 mins.)

Director: Masud Kimiai

Stars: Behrouz Vossoughi, Mary Apick, Manoucher Ahmadi, Bahman Mofid

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56.

Pedar (1996)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10  

Mehrollah is a 14-year-old boy who is forced to find a job to support his family after his father dies. He travels to the southern parts of Iran, looking for work. Upon his return to his hometown, he notices certain changes in his family. (96 mins.)

Director: Majid Majidi

Stars: Hossein Abedini, Mohammad Kasebi, Parivash Nazarieh, Hassan Sadeghi

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57.

Rusari Abi (1995)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10  

An elderly owner of a tomato farm and sauce factory, after his wife's death, falls in love with one... (85 mins.)

Director: Rakhshan Bani-Etemad

Stars: Golab Adineh, Afsar Asadi, Jamshid Esmailkhani, Farhad Aslani

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58.

Mim mesle madar (2006)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10  

What appears to be a grand love story turns sour when parents-to-be discover that their unborn child will likely be born with serious birth defects... (113 mins.)

Director: Rasool Mollagholi Poor

Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Hosein Yari, Jamshid Hashempur, Mohammad-Ali Shadman

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59.

Dayereh mina (1978)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10  

Ali and his father go from their poor neighborhood in the outskirts of the city to a hospital so that Ali's father can be treated for his sickness... (101 mins.)

Director: Dariush Mehrjui

Stars: Saeed Kangarani, Ezzatolah Entezami, Fourouzan, Bahman Fersi

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60.

Dayereh-e zangi (2008)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10  

Mohammad is sent to an apartment situated in uptown Tehran to install their satellite dishes, while having satellite TV is illegal in Iran... (110 mins.)

Director: Parisa Bakhtavar

Stars: Baran Kosari, Saber Abbar, Hamed Behdad, Afarin Chitsaz

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61.

Baduk (1992)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10  

(89 mins.)

Director: Majid Majidi

Stars: Norahmad Barahoi, Hossein Hajian, Mohammad Kasebi, Majid Majidi

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62.

Nafas-e amigh (2003)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10  

(86 mins.)

Director: Parviz Shahbazi

Stars: Mansur Shahbazi, Maryam Palizban, Said Amini

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63.

Cafe Setareh (2006)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10  

(90 mins.)

Director: Saman Moghadam

Stars: Afsaneh Bayegan, Pejman Bazeghi, Hamed Behdad, Shahrokh Foroutanian

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64.

Aghaye Hallou (1971)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10  

Director: Dariush Mehrjui

Stars: Ali Nassirian, Ezzatolah Entezami, Fakhri Khorvash, Mohamad Ali Keshavarz

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65.

Bikhod & Bi Jahat (2012)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10  

A couple are moving in to a house with a lot of boxes to start their married life, but the former residents are still there with their wrapped up furniture and boxes too! They also have a small wedding ceremony to host that very night.

Director: Abdolreza Kahani

Stars: Reza Attaran, Pantea Bahram, Negar Javaherian, Ahmad Mehranfar

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66.

Mosaferan-e mahtab (1987)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10  

Director: Mehdi Fakhimzadeh

Stars: Mehdi Fakhimzadeh, Hosein Gil, Khosro Amir Sadeghi, Mahmud Bahrami

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67.

Aramesh dar Hozur Deegaran (1973)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10  

(86 mins.)

Director: Naser Taghvai

Stars: Masud Asadollahi, Manouchehr Atashi, Leila Baharan, Soraya Ghasemi

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68.

Talaye sorkh (2003)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10  

An Iranian pizza delivery man sees the worst of corruption and social unbalance in his city and is driven to crime. (97 mins.)

Director: Jafar Panahi

Stars: Hossain Emadeddin, Kamyar Sheisi, Azita Rayeji, Shahram Vaziri

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69.

Sadegh Korde (1972)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.5/10  

(110 mins.)

Director: Naser Taghvai

Stars: Saeed Rad, Ezzatolah Entezami, Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Atash Khayyer

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70.

Tcherike-ye Tara (1979)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10  

Tara, the young beautiful widow, returns with her two little kids from country to her village. In her way home... (110 mins.)

Director: Bahram Beizai

Stars: Susan Taslimi, Manuchehr Farid, Reza Babak, Siamak Atlassi

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71.

Tangna (1973)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10  

Naderi's second film is set in the slums of Tehran. Hanging out in a pool hall, Ali Khoshdast becomes involved in a brawl with three brothers... (88 mins.)

Director: Amir Naderi

Stars: Saeed Rad, Nuri Kasrai, Enayat Bakhshi, Mohammad Eskandari

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72.

Telesm (1988)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.0/10  

(90 mins.)

Director: Dariush Farhang

Stars: Jamshid Mashayekhi, Atila Pesiani, Parvis Pourhosseini, Susan Taslimi

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73.

Hamsar (1994)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10  

(100 mins.)

Director: Mehdi Fakhimzadeh

Stars: Mehdi Hashemi, Fatemah Motamed-Aria, Nasrin Moghanloo, Parastoo Golestani

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74.

Sobh-e rooz-e chaharom (1972)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10  

(103 mins.)

Director: Kamran Shirdel

Stars: Saeed Rad, Vejesta, Jalal Pishvaian, Shahrzad

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75.

Ei Iran (1990)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.6/10  

Towards the end of the Shahanshah's reign, Sergeant Makvandi is assigned the commander of the gendarmerie station in a small town... (115 mins.)

Director: Naser Taghvai

Stars: Akbar Abdi, Hossein Sarshar, Soraya Hekmat, Gholamhossein Naghshineh

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76.

Boo-ye Gandom (1978)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10  

Director: Farzan Deljou, Amir Mojahed

Stars: Farzan Deljou, Aylin Vigen, Ebi, Shahram Shabpareh

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77.

Bon Bast (1977)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10  

A young woman is living with her mother at the end of a dead-end street. The young woman notices that... (95 mins.)

Director: Parviz Sayyad

Stars: Mary Apick, Parviz Bahador

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78.

Café Transit (2005)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10  

"Cafe Transit" depicts an independent-minded widow who bucks tradition to run her dead husband's truck stop café. (105 mins.)

Director: Kambuzia Partovi

Stars: Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Parviz Parastui, Nikos Papadopoulos, Svieta Mikalishina

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79.

Del Shodegan (1992)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10  

A movie about the Iranian classical musicians in Ghajar era and their struggle to release their first Record which takes them on a journey to France. (91 mins.)

Director: Ali Hatami

Stars: Faramarz Sadighi, Amin Tarokh, Akbar Abdi, Jamshid Hashempur

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80.

Taraj (1985)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10  

Zeinal Bandari (Jamshid Hashempur) is an opium dealer with a past criminal record. He is nabbed in a...

Director: Iraj Ghaderi

Stars: Jamshid Hashempur, Behzad Javanbakhsh, Fakhri Khorvash, Rasoul Tavakolli

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81.

Otoboos (1986)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10  

Director: Yadollah Samadi

Stars: Hadi Eslami, Hamid Taati, Morteza Ahmadi, Saeed Abbasi

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82.

Booy-E Pirahan-E Yusef (1995)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10  

(100 mins.)

Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia

Stars: Niki Karimi, Ali Nassirian, Jafar Dehghan, Shirin Bina

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83.

Kandu (1975)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10  

Recently have been released from jail, Ebi makes a bet with his Friend that he goes and drinks in seven bars without even paying any money.

Director: Fereydun Gole

Stars: Behrouz Vossoughi, Davoud Rashidi, Reza Karam Rezai, Jalal Pishvaian

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84.

Hamoun (1990)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10  

Hamoon's wife is leaving him. He is also unsuccessfully trying to finish his Ph.D. thesis. He is forced to reexamine his life... (120 mins.)

Director: Dariush Mehrjui

Stars: Ezzatolah Entezami, Bita Farahi, Sedigheh Kianfar, Turan Mehrzad

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85.

Aroos (1990)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.3/10  

Director: Behruz Afkhami

Stars: Abolfazl Poorarab, Niki Karimi, Abbas Amiri, Ali Sajjadi Hosseini

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86.

Ruz-e vagh'e (1995)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10  

(105 mins.)

Director: Shahram Assadi

Stars: Ali Reza Shoja-Nuri, Hamid Abdolmaleki, Abbas Amiri, Siamak Atlassi

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87.

Khanei ruye ab (2003)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10  

Director: Bahman Farmanara

Stars: Ezzatolah Entezami, Reza Kianian, Hediyeh Tehrani, Jamshid Mashayekhi

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88.

Niwemang (2006)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10  

Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan... (114 mins.)

Director: Bahman Ghobadi

Stars: Ismail Ghaffari, Allah-Morad Rashtian, Farzin Sabooni, Kambiz Arshi

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89.

Train (1988)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10  

(111 mins.)

Director: Amir Ghavidel

Stars: Enayat Bakhshi, Tooran Ghaderi, Faramarz Gharibian, Abbas Kasayi

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90.

Bita (1972)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10  

(95 mins.)

Director: Hajir Dariush

Stars: Googoosh, Ezzatolah Entezami, Sena Ziaian, Mehri Rahmani

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91.

Pardehe Akhar (1991)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10  

"Gaslight" as Farsi farce. Kamran and Moluk, middle-aged siblings, live penniless in the family's Tehran mansion... (105 mins.)

Director: Varuzh Karim-Masihi

Stars: Farimah Farjami, Dariush Arjmand, Niku Kheradmand, Shahin Alizadeh

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92.

Heeva (1998)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.4/10  

Director: Rasool Mollagholi Poor

Stars: Jamshid Hashempur, Golchehre Sajadieh, Atila Pesiani, Farhad Ghaemian

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93.

Kamalolmolk (1984)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10  

The movie chronicles the life of the famous painter Kamololmolk, and his relationship with various kings.

Director: Ali Hatami

Stars: Ezzatolah Entezami, Jahangir Forouhar, Leila Hatami, Mohamad Ali Keshavarz

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94.

Santoori (2007)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10  

Ali is son of a well-off family who plays santoor (an Iranian instrument like dulcimer) and has earned... (107 mins.)

Director: Dariush Mehrjui

Stars: Bahram Radan, Golshifteh Farahani, Masoud Rayegany, Roya Taymourian

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95.

Ten (2002)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10  

Ten sequences examine the emotional lives of women at significant junctures. (94 mins.)

Director: Abbas Kiarostami

Stars: Mania Akbari, Amin Maher, Kamran Adl, Roya Arabshahi

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96.

Kaghaz-e bikhat (2002)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.0/10  

Director: Naser Taghvai

Stars: Khosro Shakibai, Hediyeh Tehrani, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Niku Kheradmand

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97.

Boodan yaa naboodan (1998)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10  

(94 mins.)

Director: Kianoush Ayari

Stars: Asal Badii, Farhad Sharifi, Hossein Ilbeygi, Noor-Ali Lotfi

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98.

Khesht va Ayeneh (1965)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10  

(131 mins.)

Director: Ebrahim Golestan

Stars: Taji Ahmadi, Zackaria Hashemi, Goli Bozorgmehr, Masoud Faghih

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99.

Chaharshanbe-soori (2006)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10  

On the last Wednesday before the spring solstice ushers in the Persian New Year, people set off fireworks following an ancient Zoroastrian tradition. Rouhi, spending her first day at a new job, finds herself in the midst of a different kind of fireworks -- a domestic dispute between her new boss and his wife. (102 mins.)

Director: Asghar Farhadi

Stars: Hamid Farokhnezhad, Hediyeh Tehrani, Taraneh Alidoosti, Pantea Bahram

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100.

Inja bedoone man (2011)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10  

The story is about the world of a small family with familiar dreams and not so remarkable problems. The mother is trying to lead everything to save her family, but small events disarrange all her plans. (100 mins.)

Director: Bahram Tavakoli

Stars: Saber Abbar, Negar Javaherian, Fatemah Motamed-Aria, Parsa Pirouzfar

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