Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "iran"

51. The Warden (2019)

87 min | Drama, History, Mystery

A prison is about to be evacuated to make room for an airport expansion project. Major Jahed and his officers are busy transferring all inmates to the new facility, but one inmate is missing.

Director: Nima Javidi | Stars: Navid Mohammadzadeh, Parinaz Izadyar, Setareh Pesyani, Mani Haghighi

Votes: 7,621

52. The Color of Paradise (1999)

PG | 90 min | Drama, Family

The story of Mohammed, a blind Iranian boy and his father, Hashem, who is always oscillating between accepting his son as he is and abandoning him, as he represents a burden for him, after the loss of his wife.

Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Hossein Mahjoub, Mohsen Ramezani, Salameh Feyzi, Farahnaz Safari

Votes: 18,237 | Gross: $1.81M

53. The Lizard (2004)

115 min | Comedy, Drama

A recently jailed petty thief disguises as a Mullah and succeeds in escaping; but has to stay in the Mullah' role longer than he expected to.

Director: Kamal Tabrizi | Stars: Parviz Parastui, Bahram Ebrahimi, Reza Saeedi, Shahrokh Foroutanian

Votes: 22,554

54. And Life Goes On (1992)

Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Drama

A director and his son return to a region damaged by the Guilan earthquake, hoping to find the children who appeared in his film a few years earlier.

Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Farhad Kheradmand, Pouya Payvar, Behrouz Abedini, Shahin Abzan

Votes: 7,544

55. Manuscripts Don't Burn (2013)

Not Rated | 125 min | Drama, Thriller

Khosrow and Morteza set out on a mission to kill someone. The assassination ought to be arranged as a suicide. At the last minute, however, they are obliged to change their initial plans.

Director: Mohammad Rasoulof | Stars: Anonymous, Anonymous, M. Ali Nazarian, Ramin Parham

Votes: 1,225

56. The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)

Not Rated | 118 min | Drama

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.

Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Behzad Dorani, Noghre Asadi, Roushan Karam Elmi, Bahman Ghobadi

Votes: 12,377 | Gross: $0.21M

57. The Frog (2020–2021)

Not Rated | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ramin plans a robbery on his childhood classmate Noori who has become a mysterious rich man and that's just a beginning of a brutal journey.

Stars: Saber Abar, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Fereshteh Hosseini, Sahar Dolatshahi

Votes: 29,934

58. HyperNormalisation (2016)

166 min | Documentary

Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.

Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Victor Gotbaum

Votes: 7,403

59. One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977)

Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, History

The lives of Pomme, an aspiring singer, and Suzanne, a struggling mother, as they search for their own identity in 1970s France.

Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Thérèse Liotard, Valérie Mairesse, Robert Dadiès, Mona Mairesse

Votes: 2,554 | Gross: $0.02M

60. Faces of Death II (1981)

85 min | Documentary, Horror

This movie continues in the same vein as F.O.D. 1 with short scenes of death related material. Mortuarys, accidents, police work are filmed by TV crews and home video cameras. Some of the ... See full summary »

Director: John Alan Schwartz | Stars: Michael Carr, James Brady, Mickey Crowe, Thomas K. Delahanty

Votes: 2,100

61. Taxi (III) (2015)

Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Drama

Banned from making movies by the Iranian government, Jafar Panahi poses as a taxi driver and makes a movie about social challenges in Iran.

Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Jafar Panahi, Nasrin Sotoudeh

Votes: 16,590 | Gross: $0.32M

62. Esther and the King (1960)

Approved | 109 min | Biography, Drama, History

Two decades before she would gain fame and some fortune as Alexis Carrington on Dynasty (1981), Dame Joan Collins starred as Esther in this melodramatic, routine Biblical story. The setting... See full summary »

Directors: Raoul Walsh, Mario Bava | Stars: Joan Collins, Richard Egan, Denis O'Dea, Sergio Fantoni

Votes: 923

63. No Hard Feelings (2020)

Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Romance

Second-generation Irani-German Parvis works at a refugee shelter where he meets brother and sister Irani refugees and develops a tenuous romance with Amon as his friends attempt refugee status.

Director: Faraz Shariat | Stars: Benjamin Radjaipour, Banafshe Hourmazdi, Eidin Jalali, Mashid Shariat

Votes: 1,626

64. Beyond Paradise (II) (2015)

PG | 101 min | Drama, Romance

Haunted by a tragic past, Shahrzad, a stunning music student, flees her homeland and ends up in an estranged marriage in Los Angeles, where her piano teacher's lover sparks a passion in her that threatens to destroy everything.

Director: J.J. Alani | Stars: Ryan Guzman, Daphne Zuniga, Spencer Grammer, Francia Raisa

Votes: 458

65. The White Meadows (2009)

92 min | Drama

Rahmat has been asked to meet the inhabitants of these islands to collect their tears. Although for years people have been giving their tears to Rahmat, no one knows exactly what he has been doing with them.

Director: Mohammad Rasoulof | Stars: Hassan Pourshirazi, Younes Ghazali, Mohammad Rabbani, Mohammad Shirvani

Votes: 1,069

66. Kfulim (2015–2022)

40 min | Drama, Thriller

Five ordinary people wake up one morning to discover that they are implicated in a ruthless kidnapping operation following the disappearance of the Iranian Defence Minister while on a secret visit to Moscow.

Stars: Miki Leon, Angel Bonanni, Moris Cohen, Sergey Bukhman

Votes: 1,667

67. The Lion Skin (2022–2023)

50 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Naeem, who has endured 15 years in prison for his daughter's love, faces a major crisis after his release to see her.

Stars: Hadi Hejazifar, Pantea Bahram, Shahab Hosseini, Zhila Shahi

Votes: 5,546

68. Critical Zone (2023)

99 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

A man driving through Tehran's underworld with his dog, dealing drugs and healing troubled souls.

Director: Ali Ahmadzadeh | Stars: Saba Bagheri, Mina Hasanloo, Alireza Keymanesh, Amir Poosti

Votes: 369

69. Fireworks Wednesday (2006)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

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.

Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Hediyeh Tehrani, Taraneh Alidoosti, Hamid Farrokhnezhad, Pantea Bahram

Votes: 13,548

70. Sun Children (2020)

99 min | Drama

12-year-old Ali and his three friends, together they work hard to survive and support their families. In a turn of events that seems miraculous, Ali is entrusted to find hidden treasure underground.

Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Ali Nasirian, Javad Ezati, Tannaz Tabatabaei, Rouhollah Zamani

Votes: 3,931

71. Chicken with Plums (2011)

PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his day, has lost all taste for life. Finding no instrument worthy of replacing it, he decides to confine himself to bed to await death.

Directors: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Edouard Baer, Maria de Medeiros, Golshifteh Farahani

Votes: 9,992 | Gross: $0.25M

72. Circumstance (2011)

R | 107 min | Drama

A wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's dangerous obsession.

Director: Maryam Keshavarz | Stars: Sarah Kazemy, Nikohl Boosheri, Reza Sixo Safai, Soheil Parsa

Votes: 8,019 | Gross: $0.44M

73. ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (2009)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Life is wonderful for the people in the quiet, island town of Port Gamble....until a zombie virus outbreak.

Director: Kevin Hamedani | Stars: Janette Armand, Doug Fahl, Cooper Hopkins, Russell Hodgkinson

Votes: 4,290

74. Muhammad: The Messenger of God (2015)

162 min | Biography, Drama, History

The events, trials and tribulations of the city of Makkah in 7th century AD.

Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Mahdi Pakdel, Sareh Bayat, Mina Sadati, Ali Reza Shoja'noori

Votes: 12,080

75. The Song of Sparrows (2008)

PG | 96 min | Drama, Family

When an ostrich-rancher focuses on replacing his daughter's hearing aid, which breaks right before crucial exams, everything changes for a struggling rural family in Iran. Karim motorbikes ... See full summary »

Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Mohammad Amir Naji, Maryam Akbari, Kamran Dehghan, Hamid Aghazi

Votes: 11,140 | Gross: $0.12M

76. No Date, No Signature (2017)

99 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

When Dr. Kaveh Nariman, a forensic pathologist, comes to work he encounters a corpse that looks familiar.

Director: Vahid Jalilvand | Stars: Navid Mohammadzadeh, Amir Aghaee, Hediyeh Tehrani, Zakieh Behbahani

Votes: 6,634 | Gross: $0.04M

77. Once Upon a Time in Iran (2021– )

50 min | Drama, History, Romance

It is the story of a family on the first of September 1941, which undergoes changes during the occupation of Iran by the Allies.

Stars: Negar Javaherian, Ashkan Khatibi, Mirsaeed Molavian, Mehran Modiri

Votes: 5,531

78. The Night (II) (2020)

105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An Iranian couple living in the US become trapped inside a hotel when insidious events force them to face the secrets that have come between them, in a night that never ends.

Director: Kourosh Ahari | Stars: Shahab Hosseini, Niousha Noor, Leah Oganyan, George Maguire

Votes: 3,479

79. The Tehran Incident (1979)

Not Rated | 97 min | Adventure, Thriller

An American intelligence agent travels to pre-Islamic Revolution Iran to try to thwart a power-mad European baron from using a stolen cruise missile to destroy an unspecific target in that country.

Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Peter Graves, Curd Jürgens, Michael Dante, John Carradine

Votes: 311

80. Tehran Taboo (2017)

Not Rated | 96 min | Animation, Drama

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.

Director: Ali Soozandeh | Stars: Jasmina Ali, Hasan Ali Mete, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Milinko Ametovic Beganovic

Votes: 5,012 | Gross: $0.07M

81. Rosewater (2014)

R | 103 min | Biography, Drama

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

Director: Jon Stewart | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Kim Bodnia, Dimitri Leonidas, Haluk Bilginer

Votes: 10,971 | Gross: $3.13M

82. Offside (2006)

PG | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

The struggle of women in a country that excludes them from entering stadiums.

Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ayda Sadeqi, Mohammad Asarian

Votes: 8,647 | Gross: $0.18M

83. The Circle (2000)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.

Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Maryiam Palvin Almani, Nargess Mamizadeh, Mojgan Faramarzi, Elham Saboktakin

Votes: 6,707 | Gross: $0.67M

84. Baran (2001)

PG | 94 min | Drama, Romance

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.

Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Hossein Abedini, Zahra Bahrami, Mohammad Amir Naji, Hossein Mahjoub

Votes: 8,982 | Gross: $0.13M

85. Salman Farsi

Biography, Drama, History | Filming

The life of Salman the Persian, one of the best companions and faithful friend of Muhammad and Ali, from birth to death. His path to find God and the true religion.

Stars: Ali Reza Shoja'noori, Christina Sotiriou, Hichem Rostom, Mohammad Reza Hedayati

86. A Dying King: The Shah of Iran (2017)

TV-PG | 85 min | Documentary

Uncover the mystery of the last Shah of Iran's exile from his country during the Iranian Revolution of 1979, his illness, misdiagnosis, maltreatment and eventual death, and its impact on the Middle East, United States and the world.

Director: Bobak Kalhor | Stars: Amir Aslan Afshar, Robert Armao, Jerry Berlin, Lyn Boyd-Judson

Votes: 81

87. A Moment of Innocence (1996)

Not Rated | 78 min | Comedy, Drama

A semi-autobiographical account of Makmahlbaf's experience as a teenager when, as a 17-year-old, he stabbed a policeman at a protest rally. Two decades later, he tracks down the policeman he injured in an attempt to make amends.

Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Mirhadi Tayebi, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Ali Bakhsi, Ammar Tafti Dehghan

Votes: 4,431 | Gross: $0.04M

88. The Runner (1984)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama

After enrolling in a school, an impoverished boy finds conflict with his classmates and decides to compete to earn their respect.

Director: Amir Naderi | Stars: Madjid Niroumand, Abbas Nazeri, Musa Torkizadeh

Votes: 2,370

89. The Cow (1969)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama

An old villager deeply in love with his cow goes to the capital for a while. While he's there, the cow dies and now the villagers are afraid of his possible reaction to it when he returns.

Director: Dariush Mehrjui | Stars: Ezzatolah Entezami, Mahin Shahabi, Ali Nasirian, Jamshid Mashayekhi

Votes: 8,019

90. Dolphin Boy (2022)

PG | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Dolphin Snowball rescues a little boy in the waves. Since then, they carelessly grow up together, exciting the marine life with their funny tricks. But one day, the peace of their joyful little world is destroyed by the evil Octopus.

Director: Mohammad Kheirandish | Stars: Polina Avdeyenko, Aleksandr Fenin, Vasilisa Ruchimskaya, Boris Khasanov

Votes: 705

91. Iron Island (2005)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

Some poor people in the Southern coasts of Iran do not have any place to live, and thus, they reside on an old, abandoned ship in the sea. Captain Nemat, their chief, tries to persuade the ... See full summary »

Director: Mohammad Rasoulof | Stars: Ali Nasirian, Hossein Farzizade, Neda Pakdaman, Didar Razzaghi Shirazi

Votes: 1,015 | Gross: $0.02M

92. Red Sky (I) (2014)

PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Thriller

Disgraced Top Gun fighter pilot Butch Masters leads a rogue squad in recovery of a WMD. Masters must navigate a fractured friendship, a love triangle, and must take to the skies to reclaim his military and personal honor.

Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Cam Gigandet, Shane West, Rachael Leigh Cook, Mario Van Peebles

Votes: 1,729

93. Golgo 13 (1973)

104 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Golgo 13 is assigned to murder a man named Boss Goa.

Director: Jun'ya Satô | Stars: Ken Takakura, Mohsen Sohrabi, Jaleh Sam, Pouri Baneai

Votes: 370

94. Desert Dancer (2014)

PG-13 | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Afshin Ghaffarian risks everything to start a dance company amid his home country of Iran's politically volatile climate and the nation's ban on dancing.

Director: Richard Raymond | Stars: Freida Pinto, Nazanin Boniadi, Tom Cullen, Marama Corlett

Votes: 2,033 | Gross: $0.14M

95. Are All Men Pedophiles? (2013)

Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary

What is the difference between us and pedophiles?

Director: Jan-Willem Breure | Stars: Jan-Willem Breure, Dick Swaab, Corine de Ruiter, Savannah van Zweeden

Votes: 6,332

96. A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)

Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, War

Young Iranian Kurdish siblings try to save the youngest of them, who is seriously ill.

Director: Bahman Ghobadi | Stars: Ayoub Ahmadi, Rojin Younessi, Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini, Madi Ekhtiar-dini

Votes: 8,962 | Gross: $0.70M

97. Love in Persian (2018 TV Movie)

89 min | Drama, Romance

Robert goes to Iran to find his father and meets Shirin, an Iranian teacher who teaches German. Robert soon realizes that his father is someone else in Iran.

Director: Florian Baxmeyer | Stars: Felix Klare, Mona Pirzad, Günther Maria Halmer, Johanna Bittenbinder

Votes: 104

98. In This World (2002)

R | 88 min | Drama

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

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Jamal Udin Torabi, Enayatullah, Imran Paracha, Hiddayatullah

Votes: 4,419

99. The Pear Tree (1998)

95 min | Drama, Romance

Esteemed writer Mahmoud suffers from writers block. While trying to work at the family estate, concerns about an unproductive pear tree trigger in him memories of his childhood love for beautiful tomboy "M".

Director: Dariush Mehrjui | Stars: Homayoun Ershadi, Golshifteh Farahani, Mohammad Reza Shahbani Nouri, Nematollah Gorji

Votes: 1,669

100. I'm Not Angry! (2014)

110 min | Drama, Romance

I'm not Angry. is the story of Navid, a starred and expelled university student who - while trying to provide the least requirements of a normal life -, tries not to get angry when he is ... See full summary »

Director: Reza Dormishian | Stars: Baran Kosari, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Milad Rahimi, Bahram Afshari

Votes: 3,230