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1. A Moment of Innocence (1996)
Not Rated | 78 min | Comedy, Drama
A semi-autobiographical account of Makmahlbaf's experience as a teenager when, as a 17-year-old, he stabbed a policeman at a protest rally. Two decades later, he tracks down the policeman he injured in an attempt to make amends.
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Mirhadi Tayebi, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Ali Bakhsi, Ammar Tafti Dehghan
Votes: 4,405 | Gross: $0.04M
2. This Is Not a Film (2011)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary
It's been months since Jafar Panahi, stuck in jail, has been awaiting a verdict by the appeals court. By depicting a day in his life, Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb try to portray the deprivations looming in contemporary Iranian cinema.
Directors: Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi | Stars: Jafar Panahi, Igi, Mrs. Gheirat, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
Votes: 5,646 | Gross: $0.08M
3. Hello Cinema (1995)
75 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Makhmalbaf puts an advertisement in the papers calling for an open casting for his next movie. However when hundreds of people show up, he decides to make a movie about the casting and the screen tests of the would-be actors.
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Shaghayeh Djodat, Behzad Dorani, Feizola Gashghai, Maryam Keyhan
Votes: 2,187
4. The Mirror (1997)
95 min | Drama
When a young girl becomes lost in the hustle and bustle of Tehran, her journey turns into a dazzling exercise on the nature of film itself.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Mina Mohammad Khani, Kazem Mojdehi, Naser Omuni, M. Shirzad
Votes: 3,139 | Gross: $0.04M
5. Once Upon a Time, Cinema (1992)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An abstract retelling of the history of Film in Iran.
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Ezzatolah Entezami, Mehdi Hashemi, Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Akbar Abdi
Votes: 1,210
6. Maria (V) (2023)
97 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Aspiring actress Maria plays a prostitute in a film without telling her family. When a rehearsal video is leaked, her family, assuming Maria works as a prostitute for real, accuse her, and ... See full summary »
Director: Mahdi Asghari Azghadi | Stars: Saber Abar, Kamyab Geranmayeh, Mahshid Khodadi, Pantea Panahiha
Votes: 13
7. The Actor (1993)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
It is about a burly film actor who wants to act only in art films but is forced by his family's economic demands to do a string of trashy commercial movies. His tormented wife, infertile ... See full summary »
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Akbar Abdi, Azita Hajian, Hamideh Kheirabadi, Fatemah Motamed-Aria
Votes: 711
8. Indians (1979)
Biography, Drama
Director: Gholam Hossein Lotfi | Stars: Ghodrat Delavari, Parviz Fanizadeh, Majid Mozaffari, Reza Fazaeli
Votes: 35
9. L'Iran: une révolution cinématographique (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary
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... See full summary »
Director: Nader T. Homayoun | Stars: Rakhshan Banietemad, Bahram Beyzaie, Farokh Ghafari, Bahman Ghobadi
Votes: 235
10. The Yellow Room (2012)
11 min | Short, Drama
A troubled Pakistani teen seeks help from a Hispanic medicine woman at her obscure tenement home. There she must live with another woman who shares her own dark secret.
Director: Assal Ghawami | Stars: Yvette Mercedes, Sabba Hussain, Alexandra Manzano
11. Stardust Stricken - Mohsen Makhmalbaf: A Portrait (1996)
70 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Houshang Golmakani | Stars: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Akbar Abdi, Dariush Arjmand, Ezzatolah Entezami
Votes: 37
12. Ajax (2019)
9 min | Short, Drama
Butcher shop is for sale. Amir (shop owner) asks his worker to sale the meats under the common price of the market. Meanwhile, a woman (Atena) as if she knows Amir for years, enters the ... See full summary »
Director: Poya Raissi | Stars: Ali Najafi, Arefeh Memarian, Niyayesh Bahmanie, Arman Ghafarian