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1. A Separation (2011)
PG-13 | 123 min | Drama
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Payman Maadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini
Votes: 258,768 | Gross: $7.10M
2. The Salesman (2016)
PG-13 | 124 min | Drama, Thriller
While Ranaa and Emad, a married couple, are participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," she is assaulted in their new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.
Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Mina Sadati, Babak Karimi
Votes: 64,780 | Gross: $2.40M
3. Zeros and Ones (2021)
R | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
An American soldier stationed in Rome with the Vatican blown up, embarks on a hero's journey to uncover and defend against an unknown enemy threatening the entire world.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Cristina Chiriac, Phil Neilson, Valerio Mastandrea
Votes: 3,059
4. Imma Tataranni sostituto procuratore (2019– )
Crime, Drama
Imma Tataranni is a deputy prosecutor with a prodigious memory, accustomed to solving cases using unorthodox methods.
Stars: Vanessa Scalera, Massimiliano Gallo, Alessio Lapice, Barbara Ronchi
Votes: 575
5. The Past (2013)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Mystery
An Iranian man deserts his French wife and her two children to return to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife starts up a new relationship, a reality her husband confronts upon his wife's request for a divorce.
Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa, Pauline Burlet
Votes: 50,927 | Gross: $1.33M
6. The Life Ahead (2020)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama
In seaside Italy, a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business takes in a 12-year-old street kid who recently robbed her.
Director: Edoardo Ponti | Stars: Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Renato Carpentieri, Iosif Diego Pirvu
Votes: 15,563
7. The Lion Skin (2022–2023)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Naeem, who has endured 15 years in prison for his daughter's love, faces a major crisis after his release to see her.
Stars: Hadi Hejazifar, Pantea Bahram, Shahab Hosseini, Mehrdad Sedighian
Votes: 5,470
8. Once Upon a Time in Iran (2021– )
50 min | Drama, History, Romance
It is the story of a family on the first of September 1941, which undergoes changes during the occupation of Iran by the Allies.
Stars: Negar Javaherian, Ashkan Khatibi, Mirsaeed Molavian, Mehran Modiri
Votes: 5,496
9. Marquise (1997)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The rise and fall of a beauteous actress. She rises from an impoverished background to become a favorite of the Sun King, Louis XIV.
Director: Véra Belmont | Stars: Sophie Marceau, Bernard Giraudeau, Lambert Wilson, Patrick Timsit
Votes: 1,473 | Gross: $0.07M
10. Fossil (2023)
110 min | Comedy
Before the Islamic revolution, a singer tries to get close to the king and sing for him to gain honor and status for himself, but due to his bad luck, he goes into a coma for ten years. After the revolution, he wakes up.
Director: Karim Mohammad Amini | Stars: Bahram Afshari, Hadi Kazemi, Iman Safa, Elnaz Habibi
Votes: 1,056
11. Solo (2016–2018)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime
Solo (Mafia Undercover) stars Marco Bocci as Marco Pagani. Marco is an undercover cop code named Solo who has infiltrated the Italian Mafia in Rome. By twice saving Bruno Corona (Peppino ... See full summary »
Stars: Marco Bocci, Peppino Mazzotta, Renato Carpentieri, Carlotta Antonelli
Votes: 384
12. Set Me Free (2023– )
18+ | 55 min | Drama, Romance
Hatef and Hatem are two brothers from a famous family that get involved in a complicated romantic situation, the exit of which may lead them to strange borders of love and hate.
Stars: Hoda Zeinolabedin, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Hootan Shakiba, Azadeh Samadi
Votes: 1,125
13. I Want to Live (2021– )
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Homa Haghi and her love are preparing with the Haghi family to surprise Homayoun, the father of her family on his birthday night. But when the father arrives, the whole family is surprised.
Stars: Mohammad Safari, Sahar Dolatshahi, Hamed Behdad, Pedram Sharifi
Votes: 2,408
14. Majority (2021)
119 min | Drama
A mysterious woman is about to enter the village who is soon to overturn all the former principles of everybody's lives.
Director: Mohsen Gharaie | Stars: Parviz Parastui, Hediyeh Tehrani, Hadi Hejazifar, Baran Kosari
Votes: 1,104
15. Tickets (2005)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
During a train journey from Central Europe to Rome, characters connect through casual encounters and set forth a story of love, chance and sacrifice. One single journey sparks many changes for many people.
Directors: Abbas Kiarostami, Ken Loach, Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Carlo Delle Piane, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Silvana De Santis, Filippo Trojano
Votes: 2,859
16. Quiet Chaos (2008)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A look at the strange bereavement behavior of an Italian executive. Based on a novel by Sandro Veronesi.
Director: Antonello Grimaldi | Stars: Nanni Moretti, Valeria Golino, Isabella Ferrari, Alessandro Gassmann
Votes: 4,151 | Gross: $0.01M
17. Fish & Cat (2013)
134 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A number of students have traveled to the Caspian region in order to participate in a kite-flying event during the winter solstice. Next to their camp is a small hut occupied by three cooks who work at a nearby restaurant.
Director: Shahram Mokri | Stars: Babak Karimi, Saeed Ebrahimifar, Siavash Cheraghi Pour, Mohammad Berahmani
Votes: 2,881
18. A Wedding (2016)
98 min | Drama
Zahira, 18, is close to her family until her parents ask her to follow Pakistani tradition to choose a husband. Torn between family customs and her western lifestyle, the young woman turns for help to her brother and confidant Amir.
Director: Stephan Streker | Stars: Lina El Arabi, Sébastien Houbani, Babak Karimi, Neena Kulkarni
Votes: 1,693
19. The Siren (2023)
100 min | Animation, Drama, War
After an Iraqi missile strike, the oil metropolis of Abadan descends into chaos. Fourteen-year-old Omid, who works as a food delivery boy, is searching for his missing brother - and for an escape route out of the besieged city.
Director: Sepideh Farsi | Stars: Mina Kavani, Hamidreza Djavdan, Parviz Sayyad, Babak Karimi
Votes: 165
20. Yalda: A Night for Forgivness (2019)
89 min | Drama, Thriller
In Iran today: Maryam (22) accidentally kills her husband Nasser (65) and is sentenced to death. The only person who can save her is Mona, Nasser's daughter. All Mona has to do is appear on a popular live TV show and forgive Maryam.
Director: Massoud Bakhshi | Stars: Sadaf Asgari, Behnaz Jafari, Babak Karimi, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy
Votes: 1,078
21. Blackboards (2000)
88 min | Drama, War
Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a ... See full summary »
Director: Samira Makhmalbaf | Stars: Said Mohamadi, Behnaz Jafari, Bahman Ghobadi, Mohamad Karim Rahmati
Votes: 2,909 | Gross: $0.00M
22. Figli (2020)
97 min | Comedy
Sara and Nicola are expecting their second child. Through the late Mattia Torre's sharp focus, all the joys and troubles of parenthood in modern-day Italy are brilliantly, wittily delineated.
Director: Giuseppe Bonito | Stars: Paola Cortellesi, Valerio Mastandrea, Mehmet Günsür, Massimo De Lorenzo
Votes: 1,946
23. Lawless City (2023)
95 min | Comedy
Story of a brother and sister named Parviz and Parasto, who earn their living by robbing rich families. Parvez goes to the house of the rich dead and by giving their address to his sister, he prepares the conditions for fraud.
Director: Karim Mohammad Amini | Stars: Mahmood Abdolmaleki, Sahar Danesh, Mohammad Reza Ezatkhani, Abolfazl Heidari
Votes: 249
24. Until Tomorrow (2022)
86 min | Drama
Fereshteh has to hide her illegitimate baby for one night from her parents who turn up for a surprise visit. Her friend Atefeh helps her. They embark on an odyssey during which they must carefully weigh up who their allies are.
Director: Ali Asgari | Stars: Sadaf Asgari, Ghazal Shojaei, Amirreza Ranjbaran, Nahal Dashti
Votes: 494
25. The Last Prosecco (2017)
101 min | Comedy, Mystery
The film follows Inspector Stucky investigating a series of murders and the theatrical suicide of Desiderio Ancillotto, a count who lives in the hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene, in a ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Padovan | Stars: Giuseppe Battiston, Rade Serbedzija, Liz Solari, Teco Celio
Votes: 969
26. The Swing Girls (2010 TV Movie)
210 min | Drama
Three Dutch girls become famous as close harmony singers in Mussolini's Italy. When the war breaks out, suddenly questions are asked about their background and the deeper meaning of the lyrics in their songs.
Director: Maurizio Zaccaro | Stars: Andrea Osvárt, Lotte Verbeek, Elise Schaap, Giuseppe Battiston
Votes: 109
27. Invasion (I) (2017)
102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In a very long eclipse of the sun, an unknown disease has been widespread. Ali is accused of the murder of Saman in a club and the police is going to stage a reconstruction of the murder.
Director: Shahram Mokri | Stars: Abed Abest, Elaheh Bakhshi, Soheil Soheili, Esmaeil Gorji
Votes: 681
28. Ex (2009)
120 min | Comedy, Romance
Couples in trouble cross paths in this bittersweet comedy.
Director: Fausto Brizzi | Stars: Claudia Gerini, Flavio Insinna, Silvio Orlando, Nancy Brilli
Votes: 2,284
29. Radiograph of a Family (2020)
82 min | Documentary, Biography, History
"Mother married a photo of Father," says director Firouzeh Khosrovani in the opening of this deeply personal documentary. She's not speaking metaphorically though. Her mother Tayi literally... See full summary »
Director: Firouzeh Khosrovani | Stars: Farahnaz Sharifi, Hossein Khosrovani, Tayi, Firouzeh Khosrovani
Votes: 292
30. No Choice (2020)
108 min | Drama
No Choice is about three women who live in three different circumstances in Iran. Golbahar, a sixteen-year-old homeless girl who has been producing and selling babies since she was 11 years... See full summary »
Director: Reza Dormishian | Stars: Fatemah Motamed-Aria, Negar Javaherian, Parsa Pirouzfar, Pardis Ahmadieh
Votes: 517
31. L'isola (2003)
103 min | Drama
A coming of age story of a boy, Turi (Ernandes) and his younger sister, Teresa (Guarrasi) on an island off the coast of Sicily. Using mostly non professional actors in a neorealist style, ... See full summary »
Director: Costanza Quatriglio | Stars: Veronica Guarrasi, Ignacio Ernandes, Marcello Mazzarella, Erri De Luca
Votes: 93
32. L'italiano (2002)
90 min | Drama
August 1991. As post-Communist Albania starts falling apart, Giorgio seeks refuge in Italy. He and thousands of his fellow refugees are locked up in the football stadium in Bari for wont of... See full synopsis »
Director: Ennio De Dominicis | Stars: Mehmet Günsür, Sonia Aquino, Luca Lionello, Yuliya Mayarchuk
Votes: 139
33. La linea verticale (2018– )
Drama
A series halfway between comedy and drama set in a department of urologic oncology, where everyday events are seen through the eyes of patients, without rhetoric, without melodrama, with humanity, dignity and a touch of irony .
Stars: Valerio Mastandrea, Babak Karimi, Greta Scarano, Paolo Calabresi
Votes: 230
34. Careless Crime (2020)
139 min | Crime, Drama
On a very ordinary day, four ordinary people decide to set fire to a cinema packed with people.
Director: Shahram Mokri | Stars: Babak Karimi, Razie Mansori, Abolfazl Kahani, Mohammad Sareban
Votes: 472
35. Secret Ballot (2001)
G | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
A female election agent and a gun-toting soldier try to collect votes among the local islanders with mixed success.
Director: Babak Payami | Stars: Nassim Abdi, Cyrus Abidi, Youssef Habashi, Farrokh Shoja
Votes: 1,279 | Gross: $0.11M
36. Il était une fois... (2003– )
52 min | Documentary
French documentary TV series about films that marked their era.
Stars: Laurent Lederer, Serge July, Isabella Rossellini, Jean-Claude Carrière
Votes: 66
37. 360 Degree (2015)
101 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Javid takes the responsibility for the methamphetamine found in his car to save his wife from going to prison. After his release, many people come forward to use him for their own good.
Director: Sam Gharibian | Stars: Amir Aghaee, Nasser Aghayi, Touraj Alvand, Alireza Ara
Votes: 229
38. (Im)perfetti criminali (2022)
86 min | Comedy
Director: Alessio Maria Federici | Stars: Matteo Martari, Marouane Zotti, Rocío Muñoz, Simona Caparrini
Votes: 119
39. The Loser Man (2022)
114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ahmad is a detective who is suspicious of the network behind a recently committed crime. When the investigation advances further, he finds out that he might be in danger too.
Director: Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian | Stars: Javad Ezati, Ra'na Azadivar, Sajad Babaei, Babak Karimi
Votes: 977
40. Placido Rizzotto (2000)
110 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The real story of Placido Rizzotto, a trade union leader murdered by the mafia in Sicily in 1948
Director: Pasquale Scimeca | Stars: Marcello Mazzarella, Vincenzo Albanese, Carmelo Di Mazzarelli, Gioia Spaziani
Votes: 237
41. Bad Habits Die Hard (2020)
100 min | Comedy, Horror
A man takes along his best friend when he is to be introduced to his girlfriend's terrifying family, a family that turns out to be even more terrifying that expected.
Director: Riccardo Papa | Stars: Giovanni Anzaldo, Nicolò Ausili, Fortunato Cerlino, Giulia Cragnotti
Votes: 134
42. From Iran, a Separation (2013)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary
In March 2012, Iranian movie "A Separation" by Asghar Farhadi, won the Oscar Award for the Best Foreign Language Film. For the Iranian people this was more than a cinematic award. When ... See full summary »
Directors: Kourosh Ataee, Azadeh Moussavi | Stars: Saeed Aghighi, Rakhshan Banietemad, Asghar Farhadi, Bahman Farmanara
Votes: 218
43. The Girl's House (2015)
80 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Tomorrow is Samira's wedding ceremony and Bahar and Parisa are shopping excitedly. But at night somebody calls and tells them that the bride is dead and the wedding has been called off. ... See full summary »
Director: Shahram Shah Hosseini | Stars: Hamed Behdad, Ra'na Azadivar, Babak Karimi, Pegah Ahangarani
Votes: 725
44. The Strait (2023)
30 min | Short, Drama
Two teenagers are trying to get rich in an unusual way.
Director: Meghdad Jalali | Stars: Samad Azarakhsh, Sina Ebrahimi, Nikan Jafaraghaei, Babak Karimi
45. Starless Dreams (2016)
76 min | Documentary
Teenage girls consigned to the Iranian "Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre" discuss their troubled lives and reveal what brought them there.
Director: Mehrdad Oskouei
Votes: 368 | Gross: $0.00M
46. The Wastetown (2022)
98 min | Drama
Bemani has spent ten years in jail for killing her husband. Her child was taken away in prison and allegedly given to her husband's family. Temporarily released, she immediately starts looking for her son.
Director: Ahmad Bahrami | Stars: Baran Kosari, Ali Bagheri, Babak Karimi, Behzad Dorani
Votes: 31
47. The Undesirables (2003)
94 min | Crime, Drama
USA, 1951. When a group of Italian immigrants suspected to have connections with the Mafia are sent back to Italy with the brand of "undesirable", a journalist decide to inquire about the story.
Director: Pasquale Scimeca | Stars: Antonio Catania, Marcello Mazzarella, Vincenzo Albanese, Franco Scaldati
Votes: 81
48. Death of the Fish (2015)
101 min | Drama, Mystery
An old woman's death brings her children together so maybe family's wounds will be healed during this unwanted confrontation.
Director: Rouhollah Hejazi | Stars: Niki Karimi, Ali Mosaffa, Tannaz Tabatabaei, Rima Raminfar
Votes: 272
49. At the End of Evin (2021)
78 min | Drama
A strong story about a transgender girl in Iran who is finding a rich man to pay for her gender operation, only to find out that it was just a horrific plan against her.
Directors: Mehdi Torab-Beigi, Mohammad Torab-Beigi | Stars: Mahdi Pakdel, Ra'na Azadivar, Ali Bagheri, Babak Karimi
Votes: 47
50. Nowhere, Nobody (2013)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young couple need easy money. A few friends join them to plan a kidnap, but nothing goes right when some of them go after revenge and betray each other.
Director: Ebrahim Sheibani | Stars: Mohammad Reza Forutan, Reza Kianian, Mahnaz Afshar, Saber Abar
Votes: 181