Movies About Iran

A collection of films set in Iran and films made in Iran, and other movies about Iran.

A Separation (2011)
Iranian film and a middle class Iranian couple who separate and conflicts caused by the husband hiring a lower class woman as a care giver for his elderly father.
- Sony Classics Web Site for the Film
- Wikipedia Article
- IMDB Article

Persepolis (2007)
French animated coming-of-age story about a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl during a period that begins with the Islamic Revolution. The English language version features the voices of Gena Rowlands, Sean Penn, Iggy Pop, and Amethyste Frezignac. The French language version features the voices of Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux, Simon abkarian, Francois Jerosme, and Gabriele Lopes.
- Wikipedia Article
- IMDB Article

The White Balloon (1995)
Award winning Iranian film about a seven year old girl, her efforts to buy a goldfish at the local market, and the people she meets along the way.
- Wikipedia Article
- IMDB "Badkonake Sefid / White Balloon" Article

It's Winter (2006)
Film by Iranian-British director Rafi Pitts about the lives of three Tehran residents, a husband who leaves his wife and daughter to work abroad, the wife he left behind, and a man who moves into her neighborhood.
- IMDB Article
- Arab Film: It's Winter

Argo (2012)

Ataollah Salmanian's Film of the Argo Story
Iranian filmmaker's film about the Iranian hostage crisis from the persective of Iranian revolutionaries who helped to free the american hostages.

Not Without My Daughter (1991)

The Cow (1969)

Abbas Kiarostami Films
- Where is the Friend's Home? (1987)
- And Life Goes On (1992)
- Through the Olive Trees (1994)
- Taste of Cherry (1997)
- All Films Directed by Abbasd Kiarostami

More Moves About Iran
- 300 (2006)
- Alexander (2004)
- America So Beautiful (2001)
- Beyond Paradise (2014)
- Circumstance (2011)
- Crossing Over (2009)
- Desert Dancer (2014)
- Ferestadeh (1983)
- House of Sand and Fog (2003)
- Maryam (2002)
- On Wings of Eagles (1986 mini series)
- One Night with the King (2006)
- Remis (2014)
- Rhino Season (2012)
- Stoning of Soraya M (1986)
- The Golden Veil (2011)
- The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam (2005)
- The Wrestler (2008)
- Women without Men (2009)
- Wikipedia "Films Set in Iran" Category