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Best Movies from Iran 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
1620
10
F for Fake
1974
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Joseph Cotten
Documentary / Experimental / Biography
France / Iran / West Germany
English
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Rating
Rank
No
Title
Year
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
3.5 Stars
1634
11
A Time for Drunken Horses
2000
Bahman Ghobadi
Ayoub Ahmadi, Rojin Younessi, Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini
Drama / Crime
Iran
Persian
3.5 Stars
1768
12
Through the Olive Trees
1994
Abbas Kiarostami
Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Farhad Kheradmand, Zarifeh Shiva
Drama / Documentary
France / Iran
Persian
3.5 Stars
1880
13
Gabbeh
1996
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Abbas Sayah, Shaghayeh Djodat, Hossein Moharami, Rogheih Moharami
Drama / Romance
Iran / France
Persian
3.5 Stars
1892
14
The White Balloon
1995
Jafar Panahi
Aida Mohammadkhani, Mohsen Kafili, Fereshteh Sadr Orfani, Anna Borkowska
Drama / Family / Adventure
Iran
Persian
3.5 Stars
1977
15
The Past
2013
Asghar Farhadi
Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa, Pauline Burlet, Elyes Aguis
Drama / Mystery
France / Iran
French
3 Stars
2095
16
A Hero
2021
Asghar Farhadi
Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Sarina Farhadi
Drama / Thriller
France / Iran
Persian
3 Stars
2107
17
The Day I Became a Woman
2000
Marzieh Meshkini
Fatemeh Cherag Akhar, Hassan Nebhan, Shahr Banou Sisizadeh
Drama
Iran
Persian
3 Stars
2124
18
The Children of Heaven
1997
Majid Majidi
Mohammad Amir Naji, Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi
Comedy / Drama / Family
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2204
19
Baran
2001
Majid Majidi
Hossein Abedini, Zahra Bahrami, Mohammad Amir Naji, Hossein Mahjoub, Abbas Rahimi
Adventure / Drama / Romance
Iran
Dari
2.5 Stars
2222
20
The Color of Paradise
1999
Majid Majidi
Hossein Mahjoub, Mohsen Ramezani, Salameh Feyzi, Farahnaz Safari, Elham Sharifi
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2263
21
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
22
Gaav
1969
Dariush Mehrjui
Ezzatolah Entezami, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Parviz Fanizadeh, Jamshid Mashayekhi
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2356
23
The Apple
1998
Samira Makhmalbaf
Massoumeh Naderi, Zahra Naderi, Ghorban Ali Naderi
Drama / Comedy
Iran / France
Persian
2.5 Stars
2431
24
Offside
2006
Jafar Panahi
Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ayda Sadeqi, Golnaz Farmani, Mahnaz Zabihi
Comedy / Drama / Sports
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2499
25
Blackboards
2000
Samira Makhmalbaf
Said Mohamadi, Behnaz Jafari, Bahman Ghobadi
Drama
Iran / Italy / Japan
Kurdish
2.5 Stars
2633
26
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
27
No Bears
2022
Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi, Naser Hashemi, Vahid Mobaseri, Bakhtiar Panjeei, Mina Kavani
Drama / Romance
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2681
28
The Runner
1985
Amir Naderi
Abbas Nazeri, Majid Niroumand, Musa Torkizadeh
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2682
29
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
30
The Song of Sparrows
2008
Majid Majidi
Mohammad Amir Naji, Hossein Aghazi, Maryam Akbari, Kamran Dehghan
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2742
31
Hello Cinema
1995
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Azadeh Zanganeh, Maryam Keyhan, Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Documentary / Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2749
32
This Is Not a Film
2011
Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi
Documentary
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2778
33
Ayneh
1997
Jafar Panahi
Mina Mohammad Khani, Kazem Mojdehi, Naser Omuni
Drama / Experimental
Iran
Arabic
2.5 Stars
2783
34
Turtles Can Fly
2004
Bahman Ghobadi
Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Feysal, Hiresh Feysal Rahman
Drama / War
Iran / France / Iraq
Kurdish
2.5 Stars
2788
35
Beyond the Wall
2022
Vahid Jalilvand
Navid Mohammadzadeh, Diana Habibi, Amir Aghaee, Saeed Dakh, Danial Kheirikhah
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2788
35
Chiens égarés
2004
Marzieh Meshkini
Gol-Ghotai, Zahed, Agheleh Rezaie, Sohrab Akbari, Jamil Ghanazideh
Drama
Iran / France
Persian
2.5 Stars
2788
35
Secret Ballot
2001
Babak Payami
Nassim Abdi, Cyrus Abidi, Youssef Habashi, Farrokh Shojaii
Comedy
Italy / Canada / Switzerland / Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2788
35
The Silence
1998
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Tahmineh Normatova, Nadereh Abdelahyeva, Goibibi Ziadolahyeva
Drama / Music
Iran / Tajikistan / France
Persian
2.5 Stars
2788
35
Sun Children
2020
Majid Majidi
Ali Nassirian, Javad Ezati, Tannaz Tabatabaei, Roohollah Zamani
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2788
35
Tales
2014
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad
Habib Rezaei, Mohammad Reza Forutan, Mehraveh Sharifinia, Golab Adineh
Drama / Romance
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2788
35
Yek Dastan-e Vaghe'i
1996
Abolfazl Jalili
Mohammad Ashayeri, Samad Khani, Fazlali Ahayeri, Abolfazl Jalili
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2792
36
Brick and Mirror
1965
Ebrahim Golestan
Parviz Fanizadeh, Manuchehr Farid, Zackaria Hashemi
Drama / Comedy
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2792
36
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
36
Crimson Gold
2003
Jafar Panahi
Hossain Emadeddin, Kamyar Sheisi, Azita Rayeji, Shahram Vaziri
Drama / Crime
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2792
36
Fellow Citizen
1983
Abbas Kiarostami
Short / Documentary
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2792
36
Homework
1989
Abbas Kiarostami
Babak Ahmadpoor, Farhang Akhavan, Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh
Documentary
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2792
36
Marriage of the Blessed
1989
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Roya Nonahali, Mahmud Bigham, Ebrahim Abadi, Mohsen Zaehtab
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2792
36
The Mongols
1973
Parviz Kimiavi
Parviz Kimiavi, Aqa Seyyed, Ali Mirza, Edris Chamani, Darvish Abbas
Adventure / History
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2792
36
Orderly or Unorderly
1981
Abbas Kiarostami
Short / Experimental
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2792
36
The Peddler
1987
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Zohreh Saramadi, Esmail Saramadian, Behzad Behzadpour
Drama / Gangster
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2792
36
The Traveller
1974
Abbas Kiarostami
Hassan Darabi, Masud Zandbegleh
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2792
36
Two Solutions for One Problem
1975
Abbas Kiarostami
Short / Comedy
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2794
37
Other Side of the Wind
2018
Orson Welles
John Huston, Oja Kodar, Peter Bogdanovich, Susan Strasberg, Norman Foster
Drama / Comedy / Experimental
France / Iran / USA
English
2.5 Stars
2800
38
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
39
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
39
Two Women
1999
Tahmineh Milani
Mohammad Reza Forutan, Niki Karimi, Reza Khandan, Atila Pesiani
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2807
40
Ava
2017
Sadaf Foroughi
Mahour Jabbari, Vahid Aghapoor, Parnian Akhtari, Sarah Alimoradi, Mona Ghiasi
Drama
Iran / Canada / Qatar
Persian
2.5 Stars
2828
41
A Moment of Innocence
1996
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Mirhadi Tayebi, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Ali Bakhsi, Ammar Tafti
Drama / Comedy
Iran / France
Persian
2.5 Stars
2840
42
Sonita
2015
Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami
Documentary
Germany / Switzerland / Iran
English
2.5 Stars
2840
42
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
43
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
44
Still Life
1974
Sohrab Shahid Saless
Zadour Bonyadi, Mohammed Kani, Hibibollah Safarian
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2860
45
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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