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Best Persian Language Movies by Rank

Rating
Rank
No
Title
Year
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
5 Stars
322
1
Close-up
1990
Abbas Kiarostami
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Hossain Sabzian, Abolfazl Ahankhah
Documentary / Drama
Iran
Persian
5 Stars
439
2
Taste of Cherry
1997
Abbas Kiarostami
Homayon Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi
Drama
France / Iran
Persian
4.5 Stars
511
3
A Separation
2011
Asghar Farhadi
Peyman Moaadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini, Sarina Farhadi
Drama
Iran
Persian
4.5 Stars
719
4
Ten
2002
Abbas Kiarostami
Mania Akbari, Amin Maher, Roya Arabshahi, Katayoun Taleidzadeh
Drama / Documentary / Experimental
France / Iran / USA
Persian
4 Stars
1217
5
Kandahar
2001
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Nelofer Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Sadou Teymouri, Hoyatala Hakimi
Drama
Iran / France
Persian
4 Stars
1249
6
The House Is Black
1963
Forugh Farrokhzad
Documentary / Short
Iran
Persian
4 Stars
1284
7
The Circle
2000
Jafar Panahi
Nargess Mamizadeh, Maryiam Palvin Almani
Drama
Iran / Switzerland / Italy
Persian
4 Stars
1454
8
The Wind Will Carry Us
1999
Abbas Kiarostami
Behzad Dorani, Noghre Asadi, Roushan Karam Elmi, Bahman Ghobadi, Shahpour Ghobadi
Drama
Iran / France
Persian
3.5 Stars
1568
9
The Salesman
2016
Asghar Farhadi
Taraneh Alidoosti, Shahab Hosseini, Babak Karimi, Mina Sadati
Drama / Thriller
Iran / France
Persian
3.5 Stars
1634
10
A Time for Drunken Horses
2000
Bahman Ghobadi
Ayoub Ahmadi, Rojin Younessi, Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini
Drama / Crime
Iran
Persian
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Rating
Rank
No
Title
Year
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
3.5 Stars
1768
11
Through the Olive Trees
1994
Abbas Kiarostami
Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Farhad Kheradmand, Zarifeh Shiva
Drama / Documentary
France / Iran
Persian
3.5 Stars
1880
12
Gabbeh
1996
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Abbas Sayah, Shaghayeh Djodat, Hossein Moharami, Rogheih Moharami
Drama / Romance
Iran / France
Persian
3.5 Stars
1892
13
The White Balloon
1995
Jafar Panahi
Aida Mohammadkhani, Mohsen Kafili, Fereshteh Sadr Orfani, Anna Borkowska
Drama / Family / Adventure
Iran
Persian
3 Stars
2095
14
A Hero
2021
Asghar Farhadi
Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Sarina Farhadi
Drama / Thriller
France / Iran
Persian
3 Stars
2107
15
The Day I Became a Woman
2000
Marzieh Meshkini
Fatemeh Cherag Akhar, Hassan Nebhan, Shahr Banou Sisizadeh
Drama
Iran
Persian
3 Stars
2124
16
The Children of Heaven
1997
Majid Majidi
Mohammad Amir Naji, Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi
Comedy / Drama / Family
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2222
17
The Color of Paradise
1999
Majid Majidi
Hossein Mahjoub, Mohsen Ramezani, Salameh Feyzi, Farahnaz Safari, Elham Sharifi
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2263
18
Where Is the Friend's Home?
1987
Abbas Kiarostami
Babek Ahmed Poor, Ahmed Ahmed Poor, Kheda Barech Defai
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2299
19
Gaav
1969
Dariush Mehrjui
Ezzatolah Entezami, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Parviz Fanizadeh, Jamshid Mashayekhi
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2356
20
The Apple
1998
Samira Makhmalbaf
Massoumeh Naderi, Zahra Naderi, Ghorban Ali Naderi
Drama / Comedy
Iran / France
Persian
2.5 Stars
2431
21
Offside
2006
Jafar Panahi
Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ayda Sadeqi, Golnaz Farmani, Mahnaz Zabihi
Comedy / Drama / Sports
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2522
22
The Stoning of Soraya M.
2008
Cyrus Nowrasteh
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mozhan Marnò, James Caviezel, Navid Negahban
Drama
USA
Persian
2.5 Stars
2633
23
Under the Shadow
2016
Babak Anvari
Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi, Ray Haratian, Arash Marandi
Horror
Iran / Qatar / UK / Jordan
Persian
2.5 Stars
2655
24
No Bears
2022
Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi, Naser Hashemi, Vahid Mobaseri, Bakhtiar Panjeei, Mina Kavani
Drama / Romance
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2681
25
The Runner
1985
Amir Naderi
Abbas Nazeri, Majid Niroumand, Musa Torkizadeh
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2682
26
And Life Goes On
1992
Abbas Kiarostami
Farhad Kheradmand, Pouya Payvar, Behrouz Abedini, Shahin Abzan, Ziba Babayi
Documentary / Drama / Adventure
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2740
27
The Song of Sparrows
2008
Majid Majidi
Mohammad Amir Naji, Hossein Aghazi, Maryam Akbari, Kamran Dehghan
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2742
28
Hello Cinema
1995
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Azadeh Zanganeh, Maryam Keyhan, Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Documentary / Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2749
29
This Is Not a Film
2011
Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi
Documentary
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2788
30
Beyond the Wall
2022
Vahid Jalilvand
Navid Mohammadzadeh, Diana Habibi, Amir Aghaee, Saeed Dakh, Danial Kheirikhah
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2788
30
Chiens égarés
2004
Marzieh Meshkini
Gol-Ghotai, Zahed, Agheleh Rezaie, Sohrab Akbari, Jamil Ghanazideh
Drama
Iran / France
Persian
2.5 Stars
2788
30
Secret Ballot
2001
Babak Payami
Nassim Abdi, Cyrus Abidi, Youssef Habashi, Farrokh Shojaii
Comedy
Italy / Canada / Switzerland / Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2788
30
The Silence
1998
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Tahmineh Normatova, Nadereh Abdelahyeva, Goibibi Ziadolahyeva
Drama / Music
Iran / Tajikistan / France
Persian
2.5 Stars
2788
30
Sun Children
2020
Majid Majidi
Ali Nassirian, Javad Ezati, Tannaz Tabatabaei, Roohollah Zamani
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2788
30
Tales
2014
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad
Habib Rezaei, Mohammad Reza Forutan, Mehraveh Sharifinia, Golab Adineh
Drama / Romance
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2788
30
Women Without Men
2009
Shirin Neshat
Bijan Daneshmand, Pegah Ferydoni, Arita Shahrzad, Shabnam Toloui
Drama
Germany / Austria / France
Persian
2.5 Stars
2788
30
Yek Dastan-e Vaghe'i
1996
Abolfazl Jalili
Mohammad Ashayeri, Samad Khani, Fazlali Ahayeri, Abolfazl Jalili
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2792
31
Brick and Mirror
1965
Ebrahim Golestan
Parviz Fanizadeh, Manuchehr Farid, Zackaria Hashemi
Drama / Comedy
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2792
31
The Child and the Soldier
2000
Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi
Mehdi Lotfi, Rohalah Hosseyni, Afarin Obeisi, Mehran Rajabi
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2792
31
Crimson Gold
2003
Jafar Panahi
Hossain Emadeddin, Kamyar Sheisi, Azita Rayeji, Shahram Vaziri
Drama / Crime
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2792
31
Divorce Iranian Style
1998
Kim Longinotto, Ziba Mir-Hosseini
Joanna Rosethall
Documentary
UK
Persian
2.5 Stars
2792
31
Fellow Citizen
1983
Abbas Kiarostami
Short / Documentary
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2792
31
Homework
1989
Abbas Kiarostami
Babak Ahmadpoor, Farhang Akhavan, Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh
Documentary
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2792
31
Marriage of the Blessed
1989
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Roya Nonahali, Mahmud Bigham, Ebrahim Abadi, Mohsen Zaehtab
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2792
31
The Mongols
1973
Parviz Kimiavi
Parviz Kimiavi, Aqa Seyyed, Ali Mirza, Edris Chamani, Darvish Abbas
Adventure / History
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2792
31
Orderly or Unorderly
1981
Abbas Kiarostami
Short / Experimental
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2792
31
The Peddler
1987
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Zohreh Saramadi, Esmail Saramadian, Behzad Behzadpour
Drama / Gangster
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2792
31
The Traveller
1974
Abbas Kiarostami
Hassan Darabi, Masud Zandbegleh
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2792
31
Two Solutions for One Problem
1975
Abbas Kiarostami
Short / Comedy
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2799
32
Holy Spider
2022
Ali Abbasi
Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani, Arash Ashtiani, Forouzan Jamshidnejad
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Denmark / Germany / Sweden / France
Persian
2.5 Stars
2800
33
At Five in the Afternoon
2003
Samira Makhmalbaf
Agheleh Rezaie, Abdolgani Yousefrazi, Razi Mohebi, Marzieh Amiri
Drama / War
Iran / France
Persian
2.5 Stars
2801
34
The Hunter
2010
Rafi Pitts
Rafi Pitts, Mitra Hajjar, Malek Jahan Khazai, Naser Madahi, Ali Nicksaulat
Thriller / Crime / Drama
Iran / Germany
Persian
2.5 Stars
2801
34
Two Women
1999
Tahmineh Milani
Mohammad Reza Forutan, Niki Karimi, Reza Khandan, Atila Pesiani
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2807
35
Ava
2017
Sadaf Foroughi
Mahour Jabbari, Vahid Aghapoor, Parnian Akhtari, Sarah Alimoradi, Mona Ghiasi
Drama
Iran / Canada / Qatar
Persian
2.5 Stars
2807
35
The Patience Stone
2012
Atiq Rahimi
Golshifteh Farahani, Hamid Djavadan, Hassina Burgan, Massi Mrowat
Drama / War
Afghanistan / France / Germany / UK
Persian
2.5 Stars
2817
36
Midnight Traveler
2019
Hassan Fazili
Hassan Fazili, Nargis Fazili, Zahra Fazili, Fatima Hossaini
Documentary / War
Qatar / UK / Canada / USA
Persian
2.5 Stars
2828
37
A Moment of Innocence
1996
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Mirhadi Tayebi, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Ali Bakhsi, Ammar Tafti
Drama / Comedy
Iran / France
Persian
2.5 Stars
2840
38
Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness
2019
Massoud Bakhshi
Sadaf Asgari, Behnaz Jafari, Babak Karimi, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy
Drama
Iran / France / Germany / Switzerland / Luxembourg
Persian
2.5 Stars
2842
39
Chess of the Wind
1976
Mohammad Reza Aslani
Fakhri Khorvash, Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Akbar Zanjanpour, Shohreh Aghdashloo
Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2859
40
Still Life
1974
Sohrab Shahid Saless
Zadour Bonyadi, Mohammed Kani, Hibibollah Safarian
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2860
41
Bashu, The Little Stranger
1989
Bahram Beizai
Susan Taslimi, Parvis Pourhosseini, Adnan Afravian
Drama / Adventure
Iran
Persian
Rating
Rank
No
Title
Year
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
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