Popular From Iran, Islamic Republic of

Tehran, October 2022; a theater ensemble is rehearsing the ancient greek Lysistrata by Aristophanes. In the middle of a scene in which old men storm...

Genre: Documentary

Cast:

Leyli and Pasha, who were once in a relationship, unexpectedly meet at a mutual friend's wedding. The film immerses us in the heroes' past, showing...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ali Shadman

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...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Golshifteh Farahani

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...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Homayoun Ershadi

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...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Leila Hatami

Zohre's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zohre until they come up with an idea: they will share...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Amir Farrokh Hashemian

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...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Taraneh Alidoosti

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...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Zar Amir Ebrahimi

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...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jafar Panahi

Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Amir Jadidi

A chaotic family is on a road trip across a rugged landscape. In the back seat, Dad has a broken leg, Mom tries to laugh when she's not holding back...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hasan Ma'juni

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...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Shahab Hosseini

Set against the backdrop of Iran's strict and oppressive legal system, this anthology film tells the stories of four men who each face a moral crisis...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mahtab Servati

A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jafar Panahi

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...

Genre: Action

Cast: Payman Maadi

Filmmaker Jafar Panahi and actor Behnaz Jafari travel to a tiny village after receiving a plea for help from a girl whose family has forbidden her...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Behnaz Jafari

Kaveh Nariman is a Doctor in the medical examiner's office. One day at his work he meets a corpse which is very familiar to him.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Navid Mohammadzadeh

Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shahab Hosseini

After Shideh's building is hit by a missile during the Iran-Iraq War, a superstitious neighbor suggests that the missile was cursed and might be...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Narges Rashidi

This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Hossain Sabzian