Best Persian Films (Language)   (60) Most Notable
Sorted by Rank
 RATING   TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
# 1 Persian, # 463 Overall Taste of Cherry 1997 Kiarostami, Abbas France / Iran BY
# 2 Persian, # 568 Overall A Separation 2011 Farhadi, Asghar Iran BD
# 3 Persian, # 571 Overall Close-up 1990 Kiarostami, Abbas Iran BD
# 4 Persian, # 848 Overall Ten 2002 Kiarostami, Abbas France / Iran / USA Y
# 5 Persian, # 1211 Overall Kandahar 2001 Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Iran / France Y
# 6 Persian, # 1294 Overall The Circle 2000 Panahi, Jafar Iran / Switzerland / Italy Y
# 7 Persian, # 1573 Overall A Time for Drunken Horses 2000 Ghobadi, Bahman Iran D
# 8 Persian, # 1592 Overall The Wind Will Carry Us 1999 Kiarostami, Abbas Iran / France D
# 9 Persian, # 1629 Overall The Salesman 2016 Farhadi, Asghar Iran / France BD
# 10 Persian, # 1640 Overall The House Is Black 1963 Farrokhzad, Forugh Iran Y
# 11 Persian, # 1913 Overall Gabbeh 1996 Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Iran / France D
# 12 Persian, # 1930 Overall Through the Olive Trees 1994 Kiarostami, Abbas France / Iran BD
# 13 Persian, # 1994 Overall The White Balloon 1995 Panahi, Jafar Iran
# 14 Persian, # 2008 Overall The Day I Became a Woman 2000 Meshkini, Marzieh Iran
# 15 Persian, # 2072 Overall A Hero 2021 Farhadi, Asghar France / Iran
# 16 Persian, # 2089 Overall The Children of Heaven 1997 Majidi, Majid Iran Y
# 17 Persian, # 2126 Overall The Color of Paradise 1999 Majidi, Majid Iran D
# 18 Persian, # 2330 Overall Offside 2006 Panahi, Jafar Iran D
# 19 Persian, # 2364 Overall Gaav 1969 Mehrjui, Dariush Iran D
# 20 Persian, # 2380 Overall The Apple 1998 Makhmalbaf, Samira Iran / France
# 21 Persian, # 2419 Overall The Stoning of Soraya M. 2008 Nowrasteh, Cyrus USA BD
# 22 Persian, # 2453 Overall Under the Shadow 2016 Anvari, Babak Iran / Qatar / UK / Jordan D
# 23 Persian, # 2581 Overall The Runner 1985 Naderi, Amir Iran
# 24 Persian, # 2626 Overall Where Is the Friend's Home? 1987 Kiarostami, Abbas Iran BD
# 25 Persian, # 2636 Overall No Bears 2022 Panahi, Jafar Iran
# 26 Persian, # 2679 Overall The Song of Sparrows 2008 Majidi, Majid Iran D
# 27 Persian, # 2684 Overall Life and Nothing More... 1991 Kiarostami, Abbas Iran Y
# 28 Persian, # 2691 Overall Brick and Mirror 1965 Golestan, Ebrahim Iran
# 28 Persian, # 2691 Overall The Child and the Soldier 2000 Mir-Karimi, Seyyed Reza Iran
# 28 Persian, # 2691 Overall Crimson Gold 2003 Panahi, Jafar Iran Y
# 28 Persian, # 2691 Overall Divorce Iranian Style 1998 Longinotto, Kim / Mir-Hosseini, Ziba UK
# 28 Persian, # 2691 Overall Fellow Citizen 1983 Kiarostami, Abbas Iran
# 28 Persian, # 2691 Overall Homework 1989 Kiarostami, Abbas Iran
# 28 Persian, # 2691 Overall Marriage of the Blessed 1989 Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Iran Y
# 28 Persian, # 2691 Overall The Mongols 1973 Kimiavi, Parviz Iran
# 28 Persian, # 2691 Overall Orderly or Unorderly 1981 Kiarostami, Abbas Iran
# 28 Persian, # 2691 Overall The Peddler 1987 Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Iran Y
# 28 Persian, # 2691 Overall Salaam Cinema 1995 Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Iran
# 28 Persian, # 2691 Overall The Traveller 1974 Kiarostami, Abbas Iran
# 28 Persian, # 2691 Overall Two Solutions for One Problem 1975 Kiarostami, Abbas Iran
# 29 Persian, # 2698 Overall Holy Spider 2022 Abbasi, Ali Denmark / Germany / Sweden / France
# 30 Persian, # 2699 Overall At Five in the Afternoon 2003 Makhmalbaf, Samira Iran / France
# 31 Persian, # 2700 Overall The Hunter 2010 Pitts, Rafi Iran / Germany D
# 31 Persian, # 2700 Overall This Is Not a Film 2011 Mirtahmasb, Mojtaba / Panahi, Jafar Iran D
# 31 Persian, # 2700 Overall Two Women 1999 Milani, Tahmineh Iran D
# 32 Persian, # 2707 Overall Ava 2017 Foroughi, Sadaf Iran / Canada / Qatar
# 32 Persian, # 2707 Overall The Patience Stone 2012 Rahimi, Atiq Afghanistan / France / Germany / UK D
# 33 Persian, # 2717 Overall Midnight Traveler 2019 Fazili, Hassan Qatar / UK / Canada / USA BD
# 34 Persian, # 2728 Overall Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness 2019 Bakhshi, Massoud Iran / France / Germany / Switzerland / Luxembourg D
# 35 Persian, # 2730 Overall Beyond the Wall 2022 Jalilvand, Vahid Iran
# 35 Persian, # 2730 Overall Chiens égarés 2004 Meshkini, Marzieh Iran / France Y
# 35 Persian, # 2730 Overall Secret Ballot 2001 Payami, Babak Italy / Canada / Switzerland / Iran Y
# 35 Persian, # 2730 Overall The Silence 1998 Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Iran / Tajikistan / France Y
# 35 Persian, # 2730 Overall Sun Children 2020 Majidi, Majid Iran D
# 35 Persian, # 2730 Overall Tales 2014 Bani-Etemad, Rakhshan Iran
# 35 Persian, # 2730 Overall Women Without Men 2009 Neshat, Shirin Germany / Austria / France D
# 35 Persian, # 2730 Overall Yek Dastan-e Vaghe'i 1996 Jalili, Abolfazl Iran
# 36 Persian, # 2733 Overall A Moment of Innocence 1996 Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Iran / France
# 37 Persian, # 2748 Overall Still Life 1974 Saless, Sohrab Shahid Iran
# 38 Persian, # 2749 Overall Bashu, The Little Stranger 1989 Beizai, Bahram Iran
 RATING   TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
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B   Blu-ray Disc
D   DVD
V   VHS
Y   Yes (DVD or VHS, unspecified)
S   Soundtrack