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Kanopy
81
7.5
/7666/
71
/204/
75
/147/
3.8
/14158/
98
/53/
90
/6/
82
/15/

There Is No Evil (2020)
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 when having to deal with death penalties.
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Kanopy
81
7.1
/18892/
68
/584/
69
/504/
3.8
/17573/
98
/123/
77
/138/
92
/31/

Timbuktu (2014)
Just outside of the Malian city of Timbuktu, now occupied by militant Islamic rebels who impose the Sharia on civilians and inconvenience their daily life, a cattleman kills a fisherman.
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Amazon Prime Video
81
7.7
/68110/
75
/1408/
72
/913/
3.8
/55275/
96
/196/
84
/140/
85
/36/
cc age 14+

The Salesman (2016)
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 incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the young couple’s life.
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Kanopy
77
7.3
/17696/
72
/502/
70
/457/
3.8
/31170/
96
/110/
79
/67/
91
/25/

Taxi (2015)
A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. His camera placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio captures the spirit of Iranian society through this comedic and dramatic drive…
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
7.9
/22892/
77
/376/
76
/246/
3.6
/8395/
58
/84/
87
/640/
50
/20/

The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009)
In 1986 Iran, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village, enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant ended in tragedy.
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Kanopy
78
64
7.6
/6749/
69
/67/
77
/63/
3.7
/4841/
92
/12/
92
/19/
69
/8/

Beautiful City (2004)
Akbar, 18, has been held in a rehabilitation centre for committing murder at the age of sixteen. Now, Akbar is transferred to prison to await the day of his execution. A’la, a friend of Akbar, tries desperately to gain the consent of Akbar’s plaintiff so as to stop the execution.
poster
58
54
6.3
/7130/
65
/212/
61
/125/
3.0
/1763/
59
/27/
46
/344/
57
/6/

The Infidel (2010)
Based in a London suburb Mahmud Nasir lives with his wife, Saamiya, and two children, Rashid and Nabi. His son plans to marry Uzma, the step-daughter of Egyptian-born Arshad Al-Masri, a so-called 'Hate Cleric' from Waziristan, Pakistan. Mahmud, who is not exactly a devout Muslim, he drinks alcohol, and does not pray five times, but does agree that he will appease Arshad, without whose approval the marriage cannot take place. Shortly thereafter Mahmud, while going over his recently deceased mother's documents, will find out that he was adopted, his birth parents were Jewish, and his name is actually Solly Shimshillewitz.
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GuideDoc
74
48
7.2
/1031/
64
/35/
63
/22/
3.5
/384/
100
/62/
77
/127/
78
/17/

Afghan Star (2008)
This documentary on the effect the talent competition "Afghan Star" has on the incredibly diverse inhabitants of Afghanistan affords a glimpse into a country rarely seen. Contestants risk their lives to appear on the television show that is a raging success with the public and also monitored closely by the government.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
79
44
7.6
/1334/
72
/89/
67
/27/
3.7
/1129/
100
/6/
90
/6/

Escape from Kabul (2021)
Unfolding over 18 monumental days in August 2021, this deeply immersive and emotional documentary combines never-before-seen archival footage from those on the ground at the airport with exclusive interviews with people who were there throughout the period, including Afghan citizens attempting to flee, U.S. Marines tasked with managing the evacuation, and Taliban commanders and fighters who had recently taken the city.
poster
61
33
6.6
/2424/
59
/21/
58
/17/
3.1
/1801/

Absolutely Tame Is a Horse (2011)
A corrupted police officer insists on bribing a broke man, so he has to go to everybody and do everything in order to be able to pay him in the very night.
poster
57
13
6.8
/860/
47
/7/
50
/8/
3.2
/571/

The Blue-Veiled (1995)
An elderly owner of a tomato farm and sauce factory, after his wife's death, falls in love with one of the workers of the factory endangering his relationship with his daughters and in-laws. While everybody in the big family persuades the old man to abandon the relationship with the poor girl, the old man makes his final choice of love.
poster
41
8
3.7
/594/
30
/8/
38
/6/
3.0
/569/

July 14 (2017)
Turkey, after the 1980 military coup. In the notorious Diyarbakır prison, the prisoners decide to resist the torture. 14 July 1982 is the day when the biggest resistance starts.
poster
48
?
5.3
/474/
55
/6/
32
/7/
2.6
/424/

Africa (2010)
Three young criminals are ordered to keep a girl inside a house until her brother pays his debts.
poster
?
7.3
/29/
70
/2/

Chroniques d'un Iran interdit (2011)
N/A
poster
?
6.3
/24/
70
/1/

Death and the Judge (2018)
The documentary, " Death and the Judge", revolves around Iran's most famous criminal judge, Azizmohammadi. He served as a criminal judge for 45 years and issued about 4500 death sentences; a record in not only Iran, but also the world. This documentary looks into his personal and professional life as he is followed within his home with his family, in the court of law, and in his retirement days. The ultimate purpose of the documentary is to deduce the role of death in the judge's life as he either takes life away from criminals or death comes to his loved ones. During his retirement, he is once again given the choice between the life and death of a person, despite no longer being a judge.
poster
65
?
7.4
/246/
61
/5/
60
/3/

Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution (2006)
Today Iranian cinema is one of the most highly regarded national cinemas in the world, regularly winning festival awards and critical acclaim for films which combine remarkable artistry and social relevance. Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution traces the development of this film industry, which has always been closely intertwined with the country's tumultuous political history, from the decades-long reign of Reza Shah Pahlevi and his son, the rise of Khomeini and the birth of the Islamic Republic, the seizure by militants of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, and the devastating war with Iraq.
poster
?
6.8
/10/
10
/1/

Holy Crime (1994)
A documentary on state terrorism of Islamic regime of Iran in Europe.
poster
50
?
5.8
/218/
50
/1/
43
/7/

One Night (2005)
On her way home one night, a young working girl who lives alone with her mother is asked to go sleep at her friend's house. She wanders all night in Teheran and meets three men who have different stories.
poster
Kanopy
63
?
7.5
/128/
62
/4/
52
/8/

Enemies of Happiness (2006)
In September 2005, Afghanistan held its first parliamentary elections in 35 years. Among the candidates for 249 assembly seats was Malalai Joya, a courageous, controversial 27-year-old woman who had ignited outrage among hard-liners when she spoke out against corrupt warlords at the Grand Council of tribal elders in 2003. Enemies of Happiness is a revelatory portrait of this extraordinary freedom fighter and the way she won the hearts of voters, as well as a snapshot of life and politics in war-torn Afghanistan.
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?
3.6
/37/
50
/2/
10
/1/

The Silent King (2003)
In the beginning of the World War I, Iran’s government decides to remain neutral in order to save the country from further damage. But the countries in war, especially the allied powers (Russia and Britain) and the axis powers (Germany and the Ottoman Empire) ignore Iran’s stance and turn the country into their political and military battlefield. In this situation the young Ahmad Shah Qajar, Iran’s king, feels helpless facing these highly experienced foreign politicians. The young king remembers nothing from his childhood or teen years, and during one of the toughest historical points of Iran when the Russians and the British politicians interfere with most of Iran’s internal affairs to the point of affecting Iranian people’s personal lives, he meets Konts de Gotti, the daughter of Austria’s prime minister in Iran ...
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Kanopy
73
?
7.3
/169/
72
/4/
75
/2/

Holy Wars (2010)
Take one Muslim advocate for global jihad and put him in a room with one conservative Christian on a mission to evangelize the world's Muslims. Which man will be left standing? Touching down in four hotbeds of religious fundamentalism - Pakistan, Lebanon, UK, and heartland America - HolyWars goes behind the scenes of the 1400 year old conflict between Islam and Christianity. The film follows a danger-seeking Christian missionary and a radical Muslim Irish convert, both of whom believe in an apocalyptic battle, after which their religion will ultimately rule the world. Tracking their lives from the onset of the "War on Terror" to the election of Barack Obama, HolyWars shows that even the most radical of believers can be transformed by our changing world
poster
64
?
6.9
/319/
46
/3/
62
/13/

Afghan Alphabet (2002)
Documentary showing the life of children of the Afghan villages bordering Iran, and how their life and culture were affected by Taliban regime.
poster
?
6.7
/281/

Colors of Memory (2008)
The film relates the story of a surgeon (Doctor Pārsā) who returns to Iran after living in Germany for 33 years. Arriving in Tehran, Doctor Pārsā performs a heart operation on the nephew of the family friend Mr Ghanāti. Mr Ghanāti urges him to travel with him to his home town, Bam. On the trip, they drive past the rubble and destruction and Pārsā remembers back to his childhood.[citation needed]
poster
60
?
7.1
/608/
43
/3/
52
/4/
3.4
/229/

The Bride of Fire (2000)
A tragedy in which a young woman from an Arab tribe, prevented from marrying her non-Arab Persian lover is forced against her wishes to marry her cousin.
poster
?
6.1
/14/
80
/1/

Öcalan and the Kurdish Question (2015)
Kurdistan, partitioned between Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria, could play a major role in a torn Middle East. But who are the Kurds? What influence do they have? Who exactly is Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party? An enlightening investigation by Luis Miranda.
poster
46
?
7.0
/252/
10
/1/
60
/1/

The Mission (1983)
An Iranian assassin is sent to the United States to kill a former Iranian official who served under the Shah of Iran. The night before the assassination he find out that his target (Mr. Tabataie) has already been killed by a Muslim American Hassan Tantai (aka David Theodore Belfield). A prominent mullah residing in the U.S. find him a new assassination target.
poster
58
?
7.0
/624/
45
/5/
54
/8/
3.4
/412/

Mr. Gullible (1970)
The story of a simple fellow from a small town who travels to Tehran to find a suitable girl for marriage.
poster
73
?
7.0
/336/
74
/9/
67
/7/
3.5
/207/
100
/5/
60
/5/

Day Break (2005)
Since the Islamic Revolution in Iran, capital punishment is carried out according to Islamic law, which gives the family of the victim ownership of the offender's life. Day Break - based on a compilation of true stories and shot inside Tehran's century-old prison - revolves around the imminent execution of Mansour, a man found guilty of murder. When the family of the victim repeatedly fails to show up on the appointed day, Mansour's execution is postponed again and again. Stuck inside the purgatory of his own mind, he waits as time passes on without him, caught between life and death, retribution and forgiveness.
poster
69
?
6.7
/237/
53
/9/
74
/7/
3.9
/488/

The Mongols (1973)
A director of a television series on the history of cinema, who has been grappling with the screenplay of his first feature film, receives an assignment to oversee the installation of a television relay station in a remote region of Zahedan province. He has already hired Turkmen tribespeople for his film and selected his filming location. Meanwhile his wife, who is working on her Ph.D. dissertation about the Mongol invasion of Iran, attempts to dissuade him from accepting the assignment. One night, while working on his history of the cinema series, the director fantasizes a diegetic world that consists of clever juxtapositions of his different worlds: the history of cinema, the history of the mongol invasion, his own film idea and his imminent assignment to the desert.
poster
42
?
3.5
/552/
46
/6/
50
/3/
2.2
/344/

Parkway (2007)
Parkway is a crossing in Tehran. Part horror, part thriller, the film chronicles the tribulations of a young couple, Raha and Kouhyar.
poster
58
?
5.6
/165/
60
/1/

Fairy Out of Wedluck (2017)
Parinaaz's mother dies in an accident. The only relative to take care of Parinaaz is an aunt who despises her. Their relationship is to be challenged through different unnatural events.
poster
53
?
5.4
/413/
52
/7/
2.7
/310/

The Wall (2008)
For the young and fearless Setareh, there are no walls or boundaries she cannot overcome. Determined to provide for her family, Setareh takes a job as a bike rider in a theme park, following the tracks of her late father. When she becomes the first female to ride around 'The Wall', a wooden cylinder-shaped structure, the authorities intervene to prevent her from taking her rightful place on the wall of fame. With the successful show on the verge of being cancelled, Setareh struggles for her voice to be heard. An adventurous philosophical debate into gender equality.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
56
?
6.8
/268/
62
/8/
37
/4/
60
/3/

Love Crimes Of Kabul (2011)
An intimate portrait of three young afghan women accused of committing "moral crimes."
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Hoopla
70
?
7.1
/195/
77
/8/
65
/4/
3.5
/308/

Born in Evin (2019)
Follows filmmaker and actress, Maryam Zaree, on her quest to find out the violent circumstances surrounding her birth inside one of the most notorious political prisons in the world.


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