21. Kandahar ( Safar e Ghandehar )
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Actors: Ike Ogut, Nelofer Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Sadou Teymouri, Hoyatala Hakimi, Noam Morgensztern
22. This is Not a Film ( In film nist )
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi
Actors: Jafar Panahi
Plot: This clandestine documentary, shot partially on an iPhone and smuggled into France in a cake for a last-minute submission to Cannes, depicts the day-to-day life of acclaimed director Jafar Panahi (Offside, The Circle) during his house arrest in his Tehran apartment. While appealing his sentence - six years in prison and a 20 year ban from filmmaking - Panahi is seen talking to his family and lawyer on the phone, discussing his plight with Mirtahmasb and reflecting on the meaning of the art of filmmaking.
23. Homework ( Mashgh-e Shab )
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Actors: Babak Ahmadpoor, Farhang Akhavan, Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh
24. Men at Work ( Kargaran mashghoole karand )
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mani Haghighi
Actors: Mahnaz Afshar, Ahmad Hamed, Mahmoud Kalari, Reza Kianian, Fatemah Motamed-Aria, Atila Pesiani
25. Moment of Innocence, A ( Nun va Goldoon )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Actors: Mirhadi Tayebi, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Ali Bakhsi, Ammar Tafti, Maryam Mohamadamini, Moharram Zaynalzadeh
26. It Was Just an Accident ( Yek tasadef sadeh )
Year of Release: 2025
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jafar Panahi
Actors: Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten, Majid Panahi, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr
27. Through the Olive Trees ( Zire darakhatan zeyton )
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Actors: Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Farhad Kheradmand, Zarifeh Shiva, Hossein Rezai, Tahereh Ladanian, Hocine Redai
28. Delbaran
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Abolfazl Jalili
Actors: Kaim Alizadeh, Rahmatollah Ebrahimi, Hossein Hashemian, Ahmad Mahdavi, Ebrahim Ebrahimzadeh, Teymour Shamsi
29. Offside
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Comedy/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jafar Panahi
Actors: Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ayda Sadeqi, Golnaz Farmani, Mahnaz Zabihi, Nazanin Sediq-zadeh
30. Women Without Men ( Zanan-e bedun-e mardan )
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shirin Neshat, Shoja Azari
Actors: Navíd Akhavan, Mina Azarian, Bijan Daneshmand, Rahi Daneshmand, Salma Daneshmand, Pegah Ferydoni
Plot: Based on the book by Shahrnush Parsipur: Iran, 1953 - the democratically-elected prime minister is about to be taken down by coup d'état led by the CIA and British agents. Against this watershed moment, four womens' stories converge.
