Paper Dream

2022

Persian

5.7

♡ 6

Drama

Ali Atshani Director

Nazila Babapoor as

Vahid Mahindoost as

Mohammad Farzaneh as

Abbas Taheri as

The story of a young albino boy who has been hidden from the public because of him being an albino. A young girl takes advantage of his pure heart to make him a social media influencer. Meanwhile, the young albino boy falls in love with the girl.

Polaris

4.8

Soudabeh Moradian Director

Elisabeth Röhm as Christine

Coby Ryan McLaughlin as Daniel

Diane Marshall-Green as Nina

Bahram Radan as Poorya

A psychologically traumatized war photographer is locked in a desperate struggle to protect her secrets and escape her inevitable return to the Middle East.

Hollywoodgate

2023

Persian

6.9

♡ 2

92%

Ibrahim Nash'at Director

Ibrahim Nash'at as Self

Immediately after the US pullout from Afghanistan, Taliban forces occupied the Hollywood Gate complex, which is claimed to be a former CIA base in Kabul.

Leila's Brothers

2022

Persian

7.9

♡ 24

86%

91%

brother brother relationship

brother sister relationship

Drama

family conflict

Saeed Roustayi Director

Navid Mohammadzadeh as Alireza

Taraneh Alidoosti as Leila

Peyman Moaadi as Manouchehr

Farhad Aslani as Parviz

At the age of 40, Leila has spent her entire life caring for her parents and four brothers. A family that is constantly arguing and under pressure from various debts in the face of sanctions against Iran. While her brothers are struggling to make ends meet, Leila makes a plan.

24 Frames

2017

Persian

6.8

♡ 22

92%

48%

Action

Drama

Abbas Kiarostami Director

Mohamad Ramezani Pour as Pilot

Kimia Tajzad as Singer

A collection of 24 short four-and-a-half minutes films inspired by still images, including paintings and photographs. An experimental project made by filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami in the last three years of his life.

No Bears

2022

Persian

7.2

♡ 13

99%

Jafar Panahi Director

Mina Khosrovani as

Jafar Panahi as Jafar Panahi

Ehsan Ahmad Khanpour as Kid

Sinan Yusufoglu as Sinan

Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who has been barred from leaving the country, arrives at a village on the Iran-Turkey border to supervise a film based on a real-life couple seeking passports to Europe being shot in Turkey, but both his stay and the production run into trouble.

Shayda

2023

Persian

6.7

♡ 12

97%

mother daughter relationship

shelter

Noora Niasari Director

Mojean Aria as Farhad

Leah Purcell as Joyce

Zahra Amir Ebrahimi as Shayda

Jillian Nguyen as Vi

Shayda, a young Iranian woman living in Australia, finds refuge in a women’s shelter with her 6-year-old daughter, Mona. Having fled her husband, Hossein, and filed for divorce, Shayda struggles to maintain normalcy for Mona. Buoyed by the approach of Nowruz, she tries to forge a fresh start with new and unfettered freedoms. But when a judge grants Hossein visitation rights, he reenters their life, stoking Shayda’s fear that he’ll attempt to take Mona back to Iran.

Taste of Cherry

1997

Persian

7.7

♡ 48

83%

Abbas Kiarostami Director

Homayoun Ershadi as Mr. Badii

Abdolrahman Bagheri as Mr. Bagheri

Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari as Soldier

Safar Ali Moradi as The soldier

A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city, the seemingly well-to-do Badii meets with numerous people, including a Muslim student, asking them to take on the job, but initially he has little luck. Eventually, Badii finds a man who is up for the task because he needs the money, but his new associate soon tries to talk him out of committing suicide.

In the Land of Brothers

2024

Persian

7.2

♡ 4

100%

Drama

Raha Amirfazli Director

Mehdi Ghanbari as

Hamed Manafi as Farmandeh

Shahriar Fard as Farshid

Sepideh Fazlyab as Maral

Three members of an extended Afghan family start their lives over in Iran as refugees, unaware they face a decades-long struggle ahead to be "at home".

Universal Language

2024

Persian

6.9

♡ 9

95%

Matthew Rankin Director

Denis Houle as Jean Suissûr

Matthew Rankin as Matthew

Bernard Arene as Pharmacist

Sarianne Cormier as Ticket agent

Winter. Somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg. Negin and Nazgol find a sum of money frozen deep within the sidewalk ice and try to find a way to get it out. Massoud leads a group of befuddled tourists upon an increasingly-strange walking tour of Winnipeg historic sites. Matthew leaves his job at the Québec government and embarks upon a mysterious journey to visit his estranged mother.

Where Is the Friend's House?

1987

Persian

8.1

♡ 52

Abbas Kiarostami Director

Hager Faraz Poor as Apple Seller

Maria Chdjari as Girl who Stutters

Hamdallah Askar Poor as Old Man

Kadiret Kaoiyen Poor as Religious Old Man

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

Holy Spider

2022

Persian

7.3

♡ 38

82%

Ali Abbasi Director

Sima Seyed as

Hamid Djavadan as Agha Rasul

Wael Baghdadi as Photographer

Zahra Amir Ebrahimi as Rahimi

A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.

Through the Olive Trees

1994

Persian

7.7

♡ 43

88%

The Great Yawn of History

2024

Persian

5.5

♡ 3

cave

coins

Drama

Aliyar Rasti Director

Abbas Emami as Building guard

Saber Abar as Malek

Mahdi Fadavi as Motorcyclist

Omidreza Abbasi as Motorcyclist

A man dreams of a box of gold waiting for him at the end of a cave. Curbed by his religious belief that it is not permissible to go after it himself, he employs the assistance of a non-believer and together they embark on a long journey across the Iranian landscape in pursuit of a miracle. Their treasure hunt soon turns tempting also for those they meet along their way. Aliyar Rasti’s allegorical breakthrough turns a road trip into a play of hide and seek between faith and human frailty.

Bread and Alley

1970

Persian

7.0

♡ 8

Abbas Kiarostami Director

Reza Hashemi as

Mehdi Shahravanfar as

After returning from an errand to get bread, a young boy encounters a dog that frightens him making the journey to get home more difficult than he could’ve imagined.

The Night

2020

Persian

5.5

♡ 20

81%

Kourosh Ahari Director

Shahab Hosseini as Babak Naderi

Elester Latham as Displaced Man

Armin Amiri as Farhad

Niousha Jafarian as Neda Naderi

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.

Life and a Day

2016

Persian

8.1

♡ 6

Saeed Roustayi Director

Navid Mohammadzadeh as Mohsen

Peyman Moaadi as Morteza

Shirin Yazdanbakhsh as Mother

Parinaz Izadyar as Somayeh

Somaieh, the youngest daughter of an indigent family, is getting married and fear is overwhelming each and every member of the family regarding how to overcome their difficulties after she's gone.

Law of Tehran

2019

Persian

7.7

♡ 17

95%

Saeed Roustayi Director

Parinaz Izadyar as Elham

Farhad Aslani as Judge

Navid Mohammadzadeh as Naser Khakzad

Peyman Moaadi as Samad Majidi

Samad is nobody’s fool. The narcotics officer has seen his share of a drug dealer’s lies and games, and his patience has come to run thin. While searching for the infamous drug baron Nasser Khakzad, he and his colleague Hamid scour the streets of Tehran, turning an overcrowded prison on its head. With his rough and dubious approach, Samad finally manages to find the criminal’s whereabouts – but things do not quite go according to plan...

About Elly

2009

Persian

7.9

♡ 47

Asghar Farhadi Director

Shahab Hosseini as Ahmad

Saber Abar as Alireza

Ahmad Mehranfar as Manoochehr

Golshifteh Farahani as Sepideh

The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.

The Lizard

2004

Persian

8.4

♡ 6

94%

Kamal Tabrizi Director

Rastin Soleimani as Amin

Ra'na Azadivar as Fayezeh

Hossein Abedini as Soldier guarding the turret

Amin Salahloo as Yaser

The satirical commentary on clergymen in post-revolutionary Iran. While in prison, petty criminal Reza (Parviz Parastui) comes across a clergyman, sparking a plan for escape. Reza dons his new acquaintance's clerical robes and makes a bid for freedom. He soon learns that being a clergyman brings little respect from the public. Reza travels to the outlying villages, from where he plots to escape the country. However, his plans must be put on hold when the villagers accept him into their community and expect him to perform religious duties. Will Reza's prison break transform him into an unlikely pillar of the community?

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The Great Yawn of History

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The Night

Life and a Day

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