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1. The Dictator (2012)
R | 83 min | Comedy
The heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, John C. Reilly, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 334,551 | Gross: $59.65M
2. Zero Days (2016)
PG-13 | 116 min | Documentary
A documentary focused on Stuxnet, a piece of self-replicating computer malware that the U.S. and Israel unleashed to destroy a key part of an Iranian nuclear facility, and which ultimately spread beyond its intended target.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: David Sanger, Emad Kiyaei, Eric Chien, Liam O'Murchu
Votes: 10,414 | Gross: $0.10M
3. The Raspberry Reich (2004)
Unrated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A left-wing terrorist group, consisting of several homosexual men and a female leader, kidnaps the son of a wealthy industrialist.
Director: Bruce La Bruce | Stars: Susanne Sachße, Daniel Bätscher, Andreas Stich, Dean Monroe
Votes: 1,759
4. Secret Honor (1984)
Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A fictionalized former President Richard M. Nixon offers a solitary, stream-of-consciousness reflection on his life and political career - and the "true" reasons for the Watergate scandal and his resignation.
Director: Robert Altman | Star: Philip Baker Hall
Votes: 3,386
5. A Dying King: The Shah of Iran (2017)
TV-PG | 85 min | Documentary
Uncover the mystery of the last Shah of Iran's exile from his country during the Iranian Revolution of 1979, his illness, misdiagnosis, maltreatment and eventual death, and its impact on the Middle East, United States and the world.
Director: Bobak Kalhor | Stars: Amir Aslan Afshar, Robert Armao, Jerry Berlin, Lyn Boyd-Judson
Votes: 81
6. Maryam (2002)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
An Iranian-born teenager living in suburban New Jersey thinks of herself as simply an American until anti-Iranian sentiment erupts in her community after American hostages are held in Iran.
Director: Ramin Serry | Stars: Mariam Parris, David Ackert, Shaun Toub, Shohreh Aghdashloo
Votes: 299 | Gross: $0.10M
7. Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
PG-13 | 91 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the life and work of the great theatre, radio and film artist.
Director: Chuck Workman | Stars: Orson Welles, Simon Callow, Christopher Welles, Joanne Hill Styles
Votes: 973 | Gross: $0.02M
8. Ferestadeh (1983)
103 min | Drama
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. ... See full summary »
Director: Parviz Sayyad | Stars: Parviz Sayyad, Mary Apick, Houshang Touzie, Saeed Rajai
Votes: 237
9. Broken Bridges (1999)
96 min | Drama
A young filmmaker of Azerbaijani origins decides to fulfill his seven-year obsession to make a docudrama about the short, tragic life of his late mother. Much to his American wife's ... See full summary »
Director: Rafigh Pooya | Stars: Peter Reckell, Rebeccah Bush, Behrouz Vossoughi, Fatima Ibragimkevoa
Votes: 61
10. The Shah of Iran (1972)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Walter Ellaby | Stars: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Farah Pahlavi, Orson Welles
Votes: 29
11. 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
12. Parviz Sabeti (2023)
120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Parviz Sabeti's documentary is a narrative of the important political and security events of Iran until the 1979 revolution in the words of one of the highest security officials of the imperial government of Iran.
Star: Parviz Sabeti
Votes: 25
13. Gore Vidal's American Presidency (1996)
Documentary
Stars: Jimmy Carter, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Saddam Hussein, John Kennedy Jr.
Votes: 13
14.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Forgotten Lady
(1975)
TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A faded dance star of film and stage murders her husband and makes it look like a suicide; Lt. Columbo doubts her seemingly perfect alibi.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Peter Falk, Janet Leigh, Maurice Evans, Sam Jaffe
Votes: 3,047
15.
Declassified (2004–2006)
Episode:
Ayatollah Khomeini
(2006)
Documentary, History
Director: Kosh | Stars: Ervand Abrahamian, Madeleine Albright, Shaul Bakhash, Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Votes: 9
16.
Homeland (2011–2020)
Episode:
Still Positive
(2013)
TV-MA | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Carrie turns the tables on the mastermind of the Langley bombing with dangerous consequences. Saul struggles to keep an intrusive Senator Lockhart at bay, and Dana makes a radical decision that will change the Brody family forever.
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter | Stars: Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Rupert Friend, Morena Baccarin
Votes: 2,849
17.
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power (1992– )
Episode:
Power to the Producers
(1993)
PG-13 | 53 min | Documentary
The story of oil in the 1950s and '60s. Italy's Enrico Mattei challenges the 'Seven Sisters.' Oil diplomacy in an increasingly volatile Middle East. The creation of OPEC in 1960. Cheap oil fuels America's car culture and suburban sprawl.
Directors: Bassem Abdallah, Timothy Copestake | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Daniel Yergin, James Akins, Marcello Colitti
Votes: 6
18.
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power (1992– )
Episode:
The Tinderbox
(1993)
PG-13 | 53 min | Documentary
The tumultuous years 1971 through 1991 saw shifting power in the oil industry as OPEC commandeered the driver's seat, sparking a global search for new oil sources. 'Oil as a weapon' results in the gas shortages of 1973 and '79.
Stars: Donald Sutherland, Daniel Yergin, Fouad Ajami, Ali Khalifa Al-Saba
Votes: 7
19.
Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode:
Sam Giancana
(2012)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Revealing the secrets of the Mafia's most notorious members, beginning with Sam Giancana, who was associated with the Kennedys, Frank Sinatra and the CIA.
Director: Elliot McCaffrey | Stars: Peter Vaira, G. Robert Blakey, David Schippers, John Seigenthaler Sr.
Votes: 13