Best Persian Language Movies by Director
2725
36
Ali Abbasi
Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani, Arash Ashtiani, Forouzan Jamshidnejad
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Denmark / Germany / Sweden / France
Persian
2531
25
Babak Anvari
Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi, Ray Haratian, Arash Marandi
Horror
Iran / Qatar / UK / Jordan
Persian
2711
34
Ali Asgari
Missagh Zareh, Sadaf Asgari, Forouzan Jamshidnejad, Ramtin DaghighMina Rahimzadeh
Drama
Iran / Switzerland / Italy / Canada / Turkey
Persian
2772
43
Mohammad Reza Aslani
Fakhri Khorvash, Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Akbar Zanjanpour, Shohreh Aghdashloo
Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Iran
Persian
2771
42
Massoud Bakhshi
Sadaf Asgari, Behnaz Jafari, Babak Karimi, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy
Drama
Iran / France / Germany / Switzerland / Luxembourg
Persian
2711
34
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad
Habib Rezaei, Mohammad Reza Forutan, Mehraveh Sharifinia, Golab Adineh
Drama / Romance
Iran
Persian
2792
44
Bahram Beizai
Susan Taslimi, Parvis Pourhosseini, Adnan Afravian
Drama / Adventure
Iran
Persian
2771
42
Mohammad Reza Eyni, Sara Khaki
Sara Shahverdi
Documentary / Biography
Qatar / Chile / Iran / Canada / Netherlands / Germany / USA
Persian
350
2
Asghar Farhadi
Peyman Moaadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini, Sarina Farhadi
Drama
Iran
Persian
1418
10
Asghar Farhadi
Taraneh Alidoosti, Shahab Hosseini, Babak Karimi, Mina Sadati
Drama / Thriller
Iran / France
Persian
1939
15
Asghar Farhadi
Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Sarina Farhadi
Drama / Thriller
France / Iran
Persian
2746
39
Hassan Fazili
Hassan Fazili, Nargis Fazili, Zahra Fazili, Fatima Hossaini
Documentary / War
Qatar / UK / Canada / USA
Persian
2716
35
Sadaf Foroughi
Mahour Jabbari, Vahid Aghapoor, Parnian Akhtari, Sarah Alimoradi, Mona Ghiasi
Drama
Iran / Canada / Qatar
Persian
1608
12
Bahman Ghobadi
Ayoub Ahmadi, Rojin Younessi, Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini
Drama / Crime
Iran
Persian
2767
41
Ebrahim Golestan
Parviz Fanizadeh, Manuchehr Farid, Zackaria Hashemi
Drama / Comedy
Iran
Persian
2711
34
Abolfazl Jalili
Mohammad Ashayeri, Samad Khani, Fazlali Ahayeri, Abolfazl Jalili
Drama
Iran
Persian
2711
34
Vahid Jalilvand
Navid Mohammadzadeh, Diana Habibi, Amir Aghaee, Saeed Dakh, Danial Kheirikhah
Drama
Iran
Persian
298
1
Abbas Kiarostami
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Hossain Sabzian, Abolfazl Ahankhah
Documentary / Drama
Iran
Persian
449
3
Abbas Kiarostami
Homayon Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi
Drama
France / Iran
Persian
606
4
Abbas Kiarostami
Mania Akbari, Amin Maher, Roya Arabshahi, Katayoun Taleidzadeh
Drama / Documentary / Experimental
France / Iran / USA
Persian
1473
11
Abbas Kiarostami
Behzad Dorani, Noghre Asadi, Roushan Karam Elmi, Bahman Ghobadi, Shahpour Ghobadi
Drama
Iran / France
Persian
1752
13
Abbas Kiarostami
Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Farhad Kheradmand, Zarifeh Shiva
Drama / Documentary
France / Iran
Persian
2181
20
Abbas Kiarostami
Babek Ahmed Poor, Ahmed Ahmed Poor, Kheda Barech Defai
Drama
Iran
Persian
2631
27
Abbas Kiarostami
Farhad Kheradmand, Pouya Payvar, Behrouz Abedini, Shahin Abzan, Ziba Babayi
Documentary / Drama / Adventure
Iran
Persian
2767
41
Abbas Kiarostami
Babak Ahmadpoor, Farhang Akhavan, Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh
Documentary
Iran
Persian
2767
41
Parviz Kimiavi
Parviz Kimiavi, Aqa Seyyed, Ali Mirza, Edris Chamani, Darvish Abbas
Adventure / History
Iran
Persian
2767
41
Kim Longinotto, Ziba Mir-Hosseini
Joanna Rosethall
Documentary
UK
Persian
2059
17
Majid Majidi
Mohammad Amir Naji, Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi
Comedy / Drama / Family
Iran
Persian
2202
21
Majid Majidi
Hossein Mahjoub, Mohsen Ramezani, Salameh Feyzi, Farahnaz Safari, Elham Sharifi
Drama
Iran
Persian
2656
28
Majid Majidi
Mohammad Amir Naji, Hossein Aghazi, Maryam Akbari, Kamran Dehghan
Drama
Iran
Persian
2711
34
Majid Majidi
Ali Nassirian, Javad Ezati, Tannaz Tabatabaei, Roohollah Zamani
Drama
Iran
Persian
1243
7
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Nelofer Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Sadou Teymouri, Hoyatala Hakimi
Drama
Iran / France
Persian
1937
14
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Abbas Sayah, Shaghayeh Djodat, Hossein Moharami, Rogheih Moharami
Drama / Romance
Iran / France
Persian
2700
32
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Shaghayeh Djodat, Behzad Dorani, Feizola Gashghai, Maryam Keyhan, Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Documentary / Comedy / Drama
Iran
Persian
2711
34
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Tahmineh Normatova, Nadereh Abdelahyeva, Goibibi Ziadolahyeva
Drama / Music
Iran / Tajikistan / France
Persian
2760
40
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Mirhadi Tayebi, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Ali Bakhsi, Ammar Tafti
Drama / Comedy
Iran / France
Persian
2767
41
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Roya Nonahali, Mahmud Bigham, Ebrahim Abadi, Mohsen Zaehtab
Drama
Iran
Persian
2767
41
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Zohreh Saramadi, Esmail Saramadian, Behzad Behzadpour
Drama / Gangster
Iran
Persian
2400
24
Samira Makhmalbaf
Massoumeh Naderi, Zahra Naderi, Ghorban Ali Naderi
Drama / Comedy
Iran / France
Persian
2692
31
Samira Makhmalbaf
Agheleh Rezaie, Abdolgani Yousefrazi, Razi Mohebi, Marzieh Amiri
Drama / War
Iran / France
Persian
2314
22
Dariush Mehrjui
Ezzatolah Entezami, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Parviz Fanizadeh, Jamshid Mashayekhi
Drama
Iran
Persian
2093
18
Marzieh Meshkini
Fatemeh Cherag Akhar, Hassan Nebhan, Shahr Banou Sisizadeh
Drama
Iran
Persian
2711
34
Marzieh Meshkini
Gol-Ghotai, Zahed, Agheleh Rezaie, Sohrab Akbari, Jamil Ghanazideh
Drama
Iran / France
Persian
2727
37
Tahmineh Milani
Mohammad Reza Forutan, Niki Karimi, Reza Khandan, Atila Pesiani
Drama
Iran
Persian
2767
41
Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi
Mehdi Lotfi, Rohalah Hosseyni, Afarin Obeisi, Mehran Rajabi
Drama
Iran
Persian
2660
29
Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi
Documentary
Iran
Persian
2711
34
Shirin Neshat
Bijan Daneshmand, Pegah Ferydoni, Arita Shahrzad, Shabnam Toloui
Drama
Germany / Austria / France
Persian
2383
23
Cyrus Nowrasteh
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mozhan Marnò, James Caviezel, Navid Negahban
Drama
USA
Persian
978
5
Jafar Panahi
Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten, Majid Panahi
Action / Adventure / Crime / Thriller
Iran / France / Luxembourg
Persian
1266
9
Jafar Panahi
Nargess Mamizadeh, Maryiam Palvin Almani
Drama
Iran / Switzerland / Italy
Persian
1945
16
Jafar Panahi
Aida Mohammadkhani, Mohsen Kafili, Fereshteh Sadr Orfani, Anna Borkowska
Drama / Family / Adventure
Iran
Persian
2175
19
Jafar Panahi
Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ayda Sadeqi, Golnaz Farmani, Mahnaz Zabihi
Comedy / Drama / Sports
Iran
Persian
2538
26
Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi, Naser Hashemi, Vahid Mobaseri, Bakhtiar Panjeei, Mina Kavani
Drama / Romance
Iran
Persian
2701
33
Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi, Hana Saeidi, Nasrin Sotoudeh, Majid Panahi
Comedy / Drama / Documentary
Iran
Persian
2767
41
Jafar Panahi
Hossain Emadeddin, Kamyar Sheisi, Azita Rayeji, Shahram Vaziri
Drama / Crime
Iran
Persian
2711
34
Babak Payami
Nassim Abdi, Cyrus Abidi, Youssef Habashi, Farrokh Shojaii
Comedy
Italy / Canada / Switzerland / Iran
Persian
2727
37
Rafi Pitts
Rafi Pitts, Mitra Hajjar, Malek Jahan Khazai, Naser Madahi, Ali Nicksaulat
Thriller / Crime / Drama
Iran / Germany
Persian
2734
38
Atiq Rahimi
Golshifteh Farahani, Hamid Djavadan, Hassina Burgan, Massi Mrowat
Drama / War
Afghanistan / France / Germany / UK
Persian
2656
28
Matthew Rankin
Matthew Rankin, Pirouz Nemati, Rojina Esmaeili, Saba Vahedyousefi, Sobhan Javadi
Comedy / Drama
Canada
Persian
1122
6
Mohammad Rasoulof
Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki, Niousha Akhshi, Missagh Zareh, Soheila Golestani
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Germany / France
Persian
2701
33
Mohammad Rasoulof
Mahtab Servati, Mohammad Valizadegan, Baran Rasoulof, Zhila Shahi
Drama
Iran / Czech Republic / Germany
Persian
2711
34
Sohrab Shahid Saless
Zadour Bonyadi, Mohammed Kani, Hibibollah Safarian
Drama
Iran
Persian