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. 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
26. 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
27. 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.
28. 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
29. 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
30. Cease Fire ( Atash bas )
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tahmineh Milani
Actors: Mahnaz Afshar, Mohammad Reza Golzar, Atila Pesiani, Keikavous Yakideh
