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1. Black Swan (2010)
R | 108 min | Drama, Thriller
Nina is a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina's grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder
Votes: 825,194 | Gross: $106.95M
2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
R | 142 min | Drama
Over the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler
Votes: 2,890,343 | Gross: $28.34M
3. Taste of Cherry (1997)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
An Iranian man drives his car in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolhosein Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi
Votes: 36,800 | Gross: $0.31M
4. Where Is the Friend's House? (1987)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Family
Eight-year-old Ahmed has mistakenly taken his friend Mohammad's notebook. He wants to return it, or else his friend will be expelled from school. The boy determinedly sets out to find Mohammad's home in the neighbouring village.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Babek Ahmed Poor, Ahmed Ahmed Poor, Khodabakhsh Defaei, Iran Outari
Votes: 18,727
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Gerry Robert Byrne
Votes: 1,078,505 | Gross: $34.40M
6. Good Will Hunting (1997)
R | 126 min | Drama, Romance
Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 1,068,860 | Gross: $138.43M
7. The Godfather (1972)
R | 175 min | Crime, Drama
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton
Votes: 2,013,699 | Gross: $134.97M
8. Fight Club (1999)
R | 139 min | Drama
An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier
Votes: 2,325,469 | Gross: $37.03M
9. Inception (2010)
PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe
Votes: 2,552,296 | Gross: $292.58M
10. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine
Votes: 1,549,032 | Gross: $130.74M
11. Capernaum (2018)
R | 126 min | Drama
While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.
Director: Nadine Labaki | Stars: Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Kawsar Al Haddad
Votes: 105,487 | Gross: $1.66M
12. Memento (2000)
R | 113 min | Mystery, Thriller
A man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior
Votes: 1,323,490 | Gross: $25.54M
13. Incendies (2010)
R | 131 min | Drama, Mystery, War
Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Mustafa Kamel
Votes: 200,493 | Gross: $6.86M
14. The Lizard (2004)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
A recently jailed petty thief disguises as a Mullah and succeeds in escaping; but has to stay in the Mullah' role longer than he expected to.
Director: Kamal Tabrizi | Stars: Parviz Parastui, Bahram Ebrahimi, Reza Saeedi, Shahrokh Foroutanian
Votes: 22,463
15. 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: 5,451
16. 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: 64,743 | Gross: $2.40M
17. A Hero (I) (2021)
PG-13 | 127 min | Drama
Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned.
Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Sahar Goldoost, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy
Votes: 29,546
18. Shutter Island (2010)
R | 138 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, two US marshals, are sent to an asylum on a remote island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient, where Teddy uncovers a shocking truth about the place.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 1,457,722 | Gross: $128.01M
19. Children of Heaven (1997)
PG | 89 min | Drama, Family, Sport
After a boy loses his sister's pair of shoes, he goes on a series of adventures in order to find them. When he can't, he tries a new way to "win" a new pair.
Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Mohammad Amir Naji, Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi, Nafise Jafar-Mohammadi
Votes: 80,753 | Gross: $0.93M
20. Before Sunrise (1995)
R | 101 min | Drama, Romance
A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert, Hanno Pöschl
Votes: 339,520 | Gross: $5.54M
21. Parasite (2019)
R | 132 min | Drama, Thriller
Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly-formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-sik
Votes: 960,471 | Gross: $53.37M
22. The Music Man (2007)
107 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Not being able to work because of the religious country's prejudice against music, a talented Santour player has to deal with poverty, addiction and the absence of his ex-wife.
Director: Dariush Mehrjui | Stars: Bahram Radan, Golshifteh Farahani, Masoud Rayegan, Roya Teymourian
Votes: 9,361
23. M like Mother (2006)
PG | 113 min | Drama
What appears to be a grand love story turns sour when parents-to-be discover that their unborn child will likely be born with serious birth defects, as a result of the mother's exposure to ... See full summary »
Director: Rasool Mollagholi Poor | Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Hosein Yari, Jamshid Hashempur, Sahar Dolatshahi
Votes: 5,705
24. I'm Taraneh, 15 (2002)
110 min | Drama
Fifteen year old Taraneh, whose widowed father is in jail, refuses the unwanted attentions of carpet salesman Amir - until Amir's mother talks Taraneh into accepting Amir's marriage ... See full summary »
Director: Rasoul Sadrameli | Stars: Taraneh Alidoosti, Negar Javaherian, Hossein Mahjoub, Mahtab Nasirpour
Votes: 3,814
25. Hamoun (1990)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
Hamoon's wife is leaving him. He is also unsuccessfully trying to finish his Ph. D. thesis. He is forced to reexamine his life. In a series of flashbacks and dreams, Hamoon tries to figure out what he did wrong.
Director: Dariush Mehrjui | Stars: Khosro Shakibai, Ezzatolah Entezami, Hossein Sarshar, Bita Farahi
Votes: 7,247
26. Red (1999)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Hasti, a widowed nurse who has a daughter, marries a paranoid wealthy man.
Director: Fereydoun Jeyrani | Stars: Hediyeh Tehrani, Mohammad Reza Forutan, Kamand Amirsoleimani, Turan Mehrzad
Votes: 1,470
27. Tajrish... an unfinished story (2014)
85 min | Drama, Romance
Soroor and Amir first met 20 years ago. Since then, she has been widowed and is now the single mother of a child. And he got married. But their friendship has remained.
Director: Pourya Azarbayjani | Stars: Mohammad Reza Forutan, Shaghayegh Farahani, Afshin Hashemi, Siamak Adib
Votes: 89
28. Tales (2014)
88 min | Drama
A series of seven vignettes about different people dealing with their every day problems in modern day Iran, that are loosely related to each other.
Director: Rakhshan Banietemad | Stars: Habib Rezaei, Mohammad Reza Forutan, Mehraveh Sharifinia, Golab Adineh
Votes: 1,521
29. The Longest Night (2001)
85 min | Drama
Hamed is unemployed. Meanwhile, his wife and daughter immigrate to Europe for a better future. Missing his family, he imprisons himself and starts to revise his life in isolation.
Director: Kiumars Poorahmad | Stars: Elham Charkhandeh, Mohammad Reza Forutan, Hilda Hashempour, Maryam Poorahmad
Votes: 672
30. Dancing in the Dust (2003)
100 min | Drama
When forced to divorce his wife by family and social pressure because her mother is a prostitute, Nazar (Khodaparast) works double shifts to pay back the loan he took out for his impulsive ... See full summary »
Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Faramarz Gharibian, Yousef Khodaparast, Baran Kosari, Jalal Hadpor Seraj
Votes: 2,270
31. Ballad of a White Cow (2020)
105 min | Drama
Mina's life is turned upside down when she learns that her husband was innocent of the crime for which he was executed, so she starts a silent battle against a cynical system for her own and her daughter's sake.
Directors: Maryam Moghadam, Behtash Sanaeeha | Stars: Maryam Moghadam, Alireza Sani Far, Pourya Rahimi Sam, Avin Poor Raoufi
Votes: 2,545
32. A Man of Integrity (2017)
PG-13 | 113 min | Drama
A drama about corruption and injustice in Iranian society. You are the oppressed, or you have to join the oppressor to survive.
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof | Stars: Reza Akhlaghirad, Soudabeh Beizaee, Nasim Adabi, Zeinab Shabani
Votes: 2,659
33. The White Meadows (2009)
92 min | Drama
Rahmat has been asked to meet the inhabitants of these islands to collect their tears. Although for years people have been giving their tears to Rahmat, no one knows exactly what he has been doing with them.
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof | Stars: Hassan Pourshirazi, Younes Ghazali, Mohammad Rabbani, Mohammad Shirvani
Votes: 1,052
34. Sound and Fury (2016)
96 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Khosrow is a famous married singer involved with a troublesome affair and consequences of fame.
Director: Houman Seyyedi | Stars: Tannaz Tabatabaei, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Saeed Changizian, Behnaz Jafari
Votes: 4,221
35. After the Rain (2001–2002)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
After the Rain' narrates the story of serfdom during a time in Iran's history in Reza Shah era. A couple is killed in an accident in the north of Iran, but their son and daughter believe ... See full summary »
Stars: Shahab Hosseini, Katayoun Riahi, Soraya Ghasemi, Mahmoud Pakniat
Votes: 1,304
36. All Three of Us (2015)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
An Iranian family survives the shah and the ayatollah and moves to France. This story follows the family through it all. Despite the politics, revolution, prison, beatings, assassinations and suicides this is a comedy.
Director: Kheiron | Stars: Kheiron, Leïla Bekhti, Gérard Darmon, Zabou Breitman
Votes: 2,680
37. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
PG-13 | 121 min | Biography, Drama, History
Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa.
Director: Terry George | Stars: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Xolani Mali
Votes: 372,360 | Gross: $23.53M
38. Spotlight (I) (2015)
R | 129 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 502,339 | Gross: $45.06M
39. I Am a Mother (2012)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Ava is sentenced to capital punishment for the murder of saeed, the friend of his father and her lover who had raped her.
Director: Fereydoun Jeyrani | Stars: Baran Kosari, Farhad Aslani, Habib Rezaei, Hengameh Ghaziani
Votes: 1,212
40. Apocalypto (2006)
R | 139 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, a young man is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression.
Director: Mel Gibson | Stars: Gerardo Taracena, Raoul Max Trujillo, Dalia Hernández, Rudy Youngblood
Votes: 331,451 | Gross: $50.87M
41. Girl, Interrupted (1999)
R | 127 min | Biography, Drama
A directionless teenager, Susanna, is rushed to Claymoore, a mental institution, after a supposed suicide attempt. There, she befriends a group of troubled women who deeply influence her life.
Director: James Mangold | Stars: Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy
Votes: 211,455 | Gross: $28.87M
42. Viper of Tehran (2024– )
Comedy, Crime, Drama
The adventures of a movie director who gets involved in a murder case.
Stars: Payman Maadi, Azadeh Samadi, Sahar Dolatshahi, Merila Zare'i
Votes: 336
43. The Asphalt Jungle (2024– )
13+ | Drama
Hengameh needs money to save her brother's life. She takes a big risk to prepare the money.
Stars: Navid Mohammadzadeh, Diba Zahedi, Amir Jafari, Fereshteh Hosseini
Votes: 163
44. 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: Mohsen Tanabandeh, Hoda Zeinolabedin, Hootan Shakiba, Azadeh Samadi
Votes: 1,121
45. Notebook (2023– )
50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Iraj and Hamid, old friends from their childhood, have a headache to pursue criminal cases, their foot is unintentionally opened to the case of serial murders - a case that they enter becomes pregnant with more dangerous events, but.
Stars: Reza Attaran, Mohammad Hassan Madjooni, Mina Sadati, Sogol Khaligh
Votes: 1,134
46. Capital (2011– )
Comedy, Drama
The story of life of Naghi Ma'mouli, his wife Homa Sa'adat, their children Sara and Nika, his Alzheimer's father Panjali, his cousin Arastou, his sister Fahimeh, his sister's husband ... See full summary »
Stars: Atefeh Khobani, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Rima Raminfar, Ahmad Mehranfar
Votes: 6,777
47. The Gap (2015)
75 min | Drama
Sara and Peyman help out their recently divorced friends, Farhad and Nasim, by taking care of their son, Ilia. A simple accident puts their friendship in danger.
Director: Kiarash Asadizadeh | Stars: Babak Hamidian, Hanieh Tavassoli, Sahar Dolatshahi, Parsa Pirouzfar
Votes: 266
48. Life with Closed Eyes (2010)
101 min | Drama
Parasto a young girl from a virtuous family, in absence of her brother and being alone, by her careless behavior leads the neighborhood and her family into some misunderstandings. But that changes by return of her brother when she tries to clear them up.
Director: Rasoul Sadrameli | Stars: Hamed Behdad, Taraneh Alidoosti, Poulad Kimiayi, Farhad Aeesh
Votes: 572
49. Lovely Trash (2013)
86 min | Drama, Fantasy
It is about a family who one night got the opportunity to solve their mother's problem.
Director: Mohsen Amiryoussefi | Stars: Saber Abar, Akbar Abdi, Ali Araghchi, Mojtaba Batvandi
Votes: 1,446
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