Best Movies from Iran   (60) Most Notable
Sorted by Rank
 RATING   TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
# 1 Iran, # 461 Overall Taste of Cherry 1997 Kiarostami, Abbas France / Iran BY
# 2 Iran, # 569 Overall A Separation 2011 Farhadi, Asghar Iran BD
# 3 Iran, # 572 Overall Close-up 1990 Kiarostami, Abbas Iran BD
# 4 Iran, # 843 Overall Ten 2002 Kiarostami, Abbas France / Iran / USA Y
# 5 Iran, # 1205 Overall Kandahar 2001 Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Iran / France Y
# 6 Iran, # 1212 Overall The Circle 2000 Panahi, Jafar Iran / Switzerland / Italy Y
# 7 Iran, # 1501 Overall The Wind Will Carry Us 1999 Kiarostami, Abbas Iran / France D
# 8 Iran, # 1572 Overall A Time for Drunken Horses 2000 Ghobadi, Bahman Iran D
# 9 Iran, # 1631 Overall The Salesman 2016 Farhadi, Asghar Iran / France BD
# 10 Iran, # 1643 Overall The House Is Black 1963 Farrokhzad, Forugh Iran Y
# 11 Iran, # 1708 Overall F for Fake 1974 Welles, Orson France / Iran / West Germany BD
# 12 Iran, # 1913 Overall Gabbeh 1996 Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Iran / France D
# 13 Iran, # 1930 Overall Through the Olive Trees 1994 Kiarostami, Abbas France / Iran BD
# 14 Iran, # 1950 Overall The Past 2013 Farhadi, Asghar France / Iran BD
# 15 Iran, # 1996 Overall The White Balloon 1995 Panahi, Jafar Iran
# 16 Iran, # 2009 Overall The Day I Became a Woman 2000 Meshkini, Marzieh Iran
# 17 Iran, # 2075 Overall A Hero 2021 Farhadi, Asghar France / Iran
# 18 Iran, # 2092 Overall The Children of Heaven 1997 Majidi, Majid Iran Y
# 19 Iran, # 2113 Overall Baran 2001 Majidi, Majid Iran D
# 20 Iran, # 2129 Overall The Color of Paradise 1999 Majidi, Majid Iran D
# 21 Iran, # 2331 Overall Offside 2006 Panahi, Jafar Iran D
# 22 Iran, # 2363 Overall Gaav 1969 Mehrjui, Dariush Iran D
# 23 Iran, # 2380 Overall The Apple 1998 Makhmalbaf, Samira Iran / France
# 24 Iran, # 2396 Overall Blackboards 2000 Makhmalbaf, Samira Iran / Italy / Japan Y
# 25 Iran, # 2448 Overall Under the Shadow 2016 Anvari, Babak Iran / Qatar / UK / Jordan D
# 26 Iran, # 2571 Overall The Runner 1985 Naderi, Amir Iran
# 27 Iran, # 2612 Overall Where Is the Friend's Home? 1987 Kiarostami, Abbas Iran BD
# 28 Iran, # 2651 Overall Ayneh 1997 Panahi, Jafar Iran
# 29 Iran, # 2655 Overall Chiens égarés 2004 Meshkini, Marzieh Iran / France Y
# 29 Iran, # 2655 Overall Secret Ballot 2001 Payami, Babak Italy / Canada / Switzerland / Iran Y
# 29 Iran, # 2655 Overall The Silence 1998 Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Iran / Tajikistan / France Y
# 29 Iran, # 2655 Overall Sun Children 2020 Majidi, Majid Iran D
# 29 Iran, # 2655 Overall Tales 2014 Bani-Etemad, Rakhshan Iran
# 29 Iran, # 2655 Overall Yek Dastan-e Vaghe'i 1996 Jalili, Abolfazl Iran
# 30 Iran, # 2658 Overall The Song of Sparrows 2008 Majidi, Majid Iran D
# 31 Iran, # 2660 Overall Turtles Can Fly 2004 Ghobadi, Bahman Iran / France / Iraq D
# 32 Iran, # 2663 Overall Life and Nothing More... 1991 Kiarostami, Abbas Iran Y
# 33 Iran, # 2670 Overall Brick and Mirror 1965 Golestan, Ebrahim Iran
# 33 Iran, # 2670 Overall The Child and the Soldier 2000 Mir-Karimi, Seyyed Reza Iran
# 33 Iran, # 2670 Overall Crimson Gold 2003 Panahi, Jafar Iran Y
# 33 Iran, # 2670 Overall Fellow Citizen 1983 Kiarostami, Abbas Iran
# 33 Iran, # 2670 Overall Homework 1989 Kiarostami, Abbas Iran
# 33 Iran, # 2670 Overall Marriage of the Blessed 1989 Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Iran Y
# 33 Iran, # 2670 Overall The Mongols 1973 Kimiavi, Parviz Iran
# 33 Iran, # 2670 Overall Orderly or Unorderly 1981 Kiarostami, Abbas Iran
# 33 Iran, # 2670 Overall The Peddler 1987 Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Iran Y
# 33 Iran, # 2670 Overall Salaam Cinema 1995 Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Iran
# 33 Iran, # 2670 Overall The Traveller 1974 Kiarostami, Abbas Iran
# 33 Iran, # 2670 Overall Two Solutions for One Problem 1975 Kiarostami, Abbas Iran
# 34 Iran, # 2672 Overall Other Side of the Wind 2018 Welles, Orson France / Iran / USA S
# 35 Iran, # 2675 Overall Sonita 2015 Ghaemmaghami, Rokhsareh Germany / Switzerland / Iran
# 35 Iran, # 2675 Overall Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness 2019 Bakhshi, Massoud Iran / France / Germany / Switzerland / Luxembourg D
# 36 Iran, # 2679 Overall At Five in the Afternoon 2003 Makhmalbaf, Samira Iran / France
# 37 Iran, # 2680 Overall The Hunter 2010 Pitts, Rafi Iran / Germany D
# 37 Iran, # 2680 Overall This Is Not a Film 2011 Mirtahmasb, Mojtaba / Panahi, Jafar Iran D
# 37 Iran, # 2680 Overall Two Women 1999 Milani, Tahmineh Iran D
# 38 Iran, # 2687 Overall Ava 2017 Foroughi, Sadaf Iran / Canada / Qatar
# 39 Iran, # 2708 Overall A Moment of Innocence 1996 Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Iran / France
# 40 Iran, # 2723 Overall Still Life 1974 Saless, Sohrab Shahid Iran
# 41 Iran, # 2724 Overall Bashu, The Little Stranger 1989 Beizai, Bahram Iran
 RATING   TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
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T   Theaters (US)
B   Blu-ray Disc
D   DVD
V   VHS
Y   Yes (DVD or VHS, unspecified)
S   Soundtrack