| 1. |  | A Separation (2011) 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 Alzheimers. Dir: Asghar Farhadi With: Peyman Maadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat Drama  120 mins. |
| 2. |  | Circumstance (2011) A wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's dangerous obsession. Dir: Maryam Keshavarz With: Sarah Kazemy, Nikohl Boosheri, Reza Sixo Safai Drama  107 mins. |
| 3. |  | Children of Heaven (1997) Zohre's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zohre... Dir: Majid Majidi With: Mohammad Amir Naji, Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi Adventure | Drama | Family  89 mins. |
| 4. |  | About Elly (2009) It's a story about three Iranian families who are traveling to North of Iran in order that they can... Dir: Asghar Farhadi With: Golshifteh Farahani, Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti Drama | Mystery 119 mins. |
| 5. |  | Turtles Can Fly (2004) 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. Dir: Bahman Ghobadi With: Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Feysal Drama | War 98 mins. |
| 6. |  | The Color of Paradise (1999) Mohammad, a boy at Tehran's institute for the blind, waits for his dad to pick him up for summer vacation... Dir: Majid Majidi With: Hossein Mahjoub, Mohsen Ramezani, Salameh Feyzi Drama | Family 90 mins. |
| 7. |  | The Hunter (2010) In an act of vengeance, a young man, randomly kills two police officers. He escapes to the forest, where he is arrested by two other officers... Dir: Rafi Pitts With: Rafi Pitts, Mitra Hajjar, Naser Madahi Thriller 90 mins. |
| 8. |  | Rhinos Season (2012) Dir: Bahman Ghobadi With: Monica Bellucci, Beren Saat, Belçim Bilgin Drama |
| 9. |  | Taste of Cherry (1997) An Iranian man drives his truck in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide. Dir: Abbas Kiarostami With: Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari Drama 95 mins. |
| 10. |  | September 11 (2002) The effects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks are told from different points of view around the world. Dir: Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitaï With: Maryam Karimi, Emmanuelle Laborit, Jérôme Horry Drama  134 mins. |
| 11. |  | F for Fake (1973 Documentary) A documentary about fraud and fakery. Dir: Orson Welles With: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Joseph Cotten Documentary 89 mins. |
| 12. |  | Close-Up (1990) Pretending to be Mohsen Makhmalbaf making his next movie, Ali Sabzian enters the home of a well-to-do family in Tehran... Dir: Abbas Kiarostami With: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Hossain Sabzian, Abolfazl Ahankhah Crime | Drama 98 mins. |
| 13. |  | Offside (2006) Struggle of Women in a country that excludes them from entering the stadiums. Dir: Jafar Panahi With: Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ayda Sadeqi Comedy | Drama | Sport 93 mins. |
| 14. |  | No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009) Iranian musicians Negar and Ashkan look for band members to play at a London concert ... and the visa that allows them to leave Tehran to do so. Dir: Bahman Ghobadi With: Negar Shaghaghi, Ashkan Koshanejad, Hamed Behdad Drama | Music 106 mins. |
| 15. |  | This Is Not a Film (2010 Documentary) It's been months since Jafar Panahi, stuck in jail, has been awaiting a verdict by the appeals court. By depicting a day in his life, Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb try to portray the deprivations looming in contemporary Iranian cinema. Dir: Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi With: Jafar Panahi Documentary |
| 16. |  | The Song of Sparrows (2008) When an ostrich-rancher focuses on replacing his daughter's hearing aid, which breaks right before crucial exams... Dir: Majid Majidi With: Mohammad Amir Naji, Maryam Akbari, Kamran Dehghan Drama 96 mins. |
| 17. |  | Baran (2001) In a building site in present-day Tehran, Lateef, a 17-year-old Kurdish worker is irresistibly drawn to Rahmat, a young Afghan worker. The revelation of Rahmat's secret changes both their lives. Dir: Majid Majidi With: Hossein Abedini, Zahra Bahrami, Mohammad Amir Naji Drama | Romance 94 mins. |
| 18. |  | The Circle (2000) Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran. Dir: Jafar Panahi With: Maryiam Palvin Almani, Nargess Mamizadeh, Mojgan Faramarzi Drama United States-NOT-RATED 90 mins. |
| 19. |  | Shirin (2008) A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators... Dir: Abbas Kiarostami With: Mahnaz Afshar, Pegah Ahangarani, Taraneh Alidoosti Drama 92 mins. |
| 20. |  | Ten (2002) Ten sequences examine the emotional lives of women at significant junctures. Dir: Abbas Kiarostami With: Mania Akbari, Amin Maher, Kamran Adl Drama 94 mins. |
| 21. | | Snow (2008) Dir: Aida Begic With: Zana Marjanovic, Jasna Beri, Sadzida Setic Drama 100 mins. |
| 22. | | My Tehran for Sale (2009) Marzieh is a young female actress living in Tehran. The authorities ban her theatre work and, like all young people in Iran... Dir: Granaz Moussavi With: Marzieh Vafamehr, Amir Chegini, Asha Mehrabi Drama 96 mins. |
| 23. |  | A Time for Drunken Horses (2000) Young Iranian Kurds (brothers and sisters) try to save the youngest of them, who is seriously ill. Dir: Bahman Ghobadi With: Ayoub Ahmadi, Rojin Younessi, Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini Drama | War 80 mins. |
| 24. |  | Kandahar (2001) After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her. Dir: Mohsen Makhmalbaf With: Nelofer Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Ike Ogut Biography | Drama | War 85 mins. |
| 25. |  | The Wind Will Carry Us (1999) 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. Dir: Abbas Kiarostami With: Behzad Dorani, Noghre Asadi, Roushan Karam Elmi Drama 118 mins. |
| 26. |  | Leila (1998) Dir: Dariush Mehrjui With: Leila Hatami, Ali Mosaffa, Jamileh Sheikhi Drama | Romance 102 mins. |
| 27. |  | Dog Sweat (2010) Intertwines the lives of six young Iranians as they struggle to satisfy their private desires in the face of conservative Islamic society. Dir: Hossein Keshavarz With: Ahmad Akbarzadeh, Tahereh Esfahani, Bagher Forohar Drama 90 mins. |
| 28. |  | The White Balloon (1995) 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. Dir: Jafar Panahi With: Aida Mohammadkhani, Mohsen Kafili, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy Drama | Family 85 mins. |
| 29. | | Fireworks Wednesday (2006) 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. Dir: Asghar Farhadi With: Hedye Tehrani, Taraneh Alidoosti, Hamid Farokhnezhad 102 mins. |
| 30. |  | Bab'Aziz - The Prince That Contemplated His Soul (2005) Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul is the story of a blind dervish named Bab'Aziz and his spirited granddaughter... Dir: Nacer Khemir With: Parviz Shahinkhou, Maryam Hamid, Golshifteh Farahani Drama 96 mins. |
| 31. | | Saadat Abad (2011) Dir: Maziar Miri With: Mahnaz Afshar, Amir Aghai, Hamed Behdad Drama |
| 32. | | The Beautiful City (2004) 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... Dir: Asghar Farhadi With: Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Ansari, Faramarz Gharibian Drama 101 mins. |
| 33. |  | Where is the Friend's Home? (1987) An 8 year old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school -- hardly what in Hollywood parlance is called "high concept." Dir: Abbas Kiarostami With: Babek Ahmed Poor, Ahmed Ahmed Poor, Kheda Barech Defai Drama | Family 83 mins. |
| 34. |  | 20 Fingers (2004) A film in several episodes with Bijan Daneshmand and Mania Akbari, exposing some of the issues of men... Dir: Mania Akbari With: Bijan Daneshmand, Mania Akbari Drama 72 mins. |
| 35. |  | The Kingdom of Solomon (2010) Solomon, Prophet and the King, has asked God to give him an ideal kingdom which has never been given to anybody before. He is told to prepare himself and his subjects with evil and unearthly creatures that haunt the men. Dir: Shahriar Bahrani With: Amin Zendegani, Mahmood Pakniat, Elham Hamidi Drama | History 110 mins. |
| 36. |  | Bé omid é didar (2011) Story of a young lawyer in Tehran in search of a visa to leave the country, which is what Mohammad Rasoulof did during the winter of 2010/11. Dir: Mohammad Rasoulof With: Leyla Zareh, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Shahab Hosseini Drama |
| 37. |  | The Willow Tree (2005) 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? Dir: Majid Majidi With: Parviz Parastui, Roya Taymourian, Afarin Obeisi Drama 96 mins. |
| 38. |  | Half Moon (2006) Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan... Dir: Bahman Ghobadi With: Ismail Ghaffari, Allah-Morad Rashtian, Farzin Sabooni Comedy | Drama | Music |
| 39. |  | Through the Olive Trees (1994) The movie focuses on one of the events in Zendegi Edame Darad (1992), and explores the relationship between the movie director... Dir: Abbas Kiarostami With: Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Farhad Kheradmand, Zarifeh Shiva Drama  103 mins. |
| 40. |  | Crimson Gold (2003) An Iriaian pizza delivery man sees the worst of corruption and social unbalance in his city and is driven to crime. Dir: Jafar Panahi With: Hossain Emadeddin, Kamyar Sheisi, Azita Rayeji Drama | Thriller |
| 41. |  | Hamoun (1990) Hamoon's wife is leaving him. He is also unsuccessfully trying to finish his Ph.D. thesis. He is forced to reexamine his life... Dir: Dariush Mehrjui With: Ezzatolah Entezami, Bita Farahi, Sedigheh Kianfar Drama 120 mins. |
| 42. |  | The Cow (1969) 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? Dir: Dariush Mehrjui With: Ezzatolah Entezami, Ali Nassirian, Jamshid Mashayekhi Drama 105 mins. |
| 43. |  | The Deserted Station (2002) On a pilgrimage to Mashad from Tehran, a couple's transportation breaks down, far from any major town... Dir: Alireza Raisian With: Leila Hatami, Nezam Manouchehri, Mehran Rajabi Drama 88 mins. |
| 44. | | The Lizard (2004) Reza is a petty thief who escapes jail by posing as a mullah. When he has to stay in disguise longer than he expected... Dir: Kamal Tabrizi With: Parviz Parastui, Bahram Ibrahimi, Shahrokh Foroutanian Comedy 115 mins. |
| 45. | | Buda as sharm foru rikht (2007) A young girl zealously wants to go to school and learn to read and write. Almost everywhere she is met with hostility or indifference... Dir: Hana Makhmalbaf With: Abbas Alijome, Abdolali Hoseinali, Nikbakht Noruz Drama | War |
| 46. |  | Pelada (2010 Documentary) Away from the bright lights and manicured fields, there's another side of soccer. Two players, twenty-five countries, one game. Dir: Luke Boughen, Rebekah Fergusson Documentary | Sport 90 mins. |
| 47. |  | The Day I Became a Woman (2000) A film comprised of three interconnected vignettes that depict women at three stages of life in Iran... Dir: Marziyeh Meshkini With: Fatemeh Cherag Akhar, Hassan Nebhan, Shahr Banou Sisizadeh Comedy | Drama |
| 48. |  | The Mirror (1997) A girl in traditional female clothing, and her arm in plaster, comes out of school one day and doesn't find her mother meeting her... Dir: Jafar Panahi With: Mina Mohammad Khani, Aida Mohammadkhani, Kazem Mojdehi Drama 95 mins. |
| 49. |  | Caravans (1978) Dir: James Fargo With: Anthony Quinn, Michael Sarrazin, Christopher Lee Adventure 127 mins. |
| 50. | | Gheisar (1969) Gheisar is about a young man's drive to revenge those responsible for who raped his sister and murdered his brother. Beautifully acted by Behrouz Vosoughi. Dir: Masud Kimiai With: Behrouz Vossoughi, Bahman Mofid, Pouri Baneai Crime | Drama | Romance |
Thursday 22 December 2011
Most Popular Titles With Country of Origin Iran
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