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1. Body of Lies (2008)
R | 128 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A CIA agent on the ground in Jordan hunts down a powerful terrorist leader while being caught between the unclear intentions of his American supervisors and Jordan Intelligence.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani
Votes: 239,611 | Gross: $39.39M
2. Three Kings (1999)
R | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, four soldiers set out to steal gold that was stolen from Kuwait, but they discover people who desperately need their help.
Director: David O. Russell | Stars: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze
Votes: 180,520 | Gross: $60.65M
3. Persepolis (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
Directors: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi | Stars: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Gena Rowlands, Danielle Darrieux
Votes: 100,210 | Gross: $4.45M
4. Doomsday Gun (1994 TV Movie)
Unrated | 120 min | Action, Drama, History
How the brilliant Canadian munitions engineer, Dr. Gerald Bull, agreed to build a super-gun for Saddam Hussein in 1988, when the U.S. cut his funding for the experiment, and how it attracted the attention of several intelligence agencies.
Director: Robert Young | Stars: Frank Langella, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey, Michael Kitchen
Votes: 1,197
5. The Situation of Mehdi (2022)
98 min | Biography, Drama, War
Mehdi Bakeri, the commander of the 31st Ashura Division, wants his younger brother Hamid to return to the area and be by his side.
Directors: Hadi Hejazifar, Ali Shirzad | Stars: Hadi Hejazifar, Zhila Shahi, Vahid Hejazifar, Masoumeh Rabaninia
Votes: 1,070
6. Homework (1989)
86 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
In this documentary, Kiarostami asks a number of students about their school homework. The answers of some children shows the darker side of this method of education.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Babak Ahmadpoor, Farhang Akhavan, Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh, Abbas Kiarostami
Votes: 1,919
7. Killing Mad Dogs (2001)
135 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
While the post-revolution frenzy is at its peak in Iran, a woman attempts to help her secretive husband out of jail by settling his debts for him on her own.
Director: Bahram Beyzaie | Stars: Mozhdeh Shamsai, Majid Mozaffari, Reza Kianian, Mitra Hajjar
Votes: 2,947
8. The Glass Agency (1998)
114 min | Action, Drama, Romance
The Glass Agency is the story of a war veteran living in post war Iran. It depicts veterans who are suffering from social problems after the war. Society does not understand them and the ... See full summary »
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Parviz Parastui, Reza Kianian, Habib Rezaei, Ghasem Zare
Votes: 7,268
9. Bashu, the Little Stranger (1989)
120 min | Drama, War
An Iranian boy is lost after fleeing home for his life; his family has been killed during the Iran-Iraq war. He's saved and trained by a middle-aged woman.
Director: Bahram Beyzaie | Stars: Susan Taslimi, Parviz Poorhosseini, Adnan Afravian, Golshan Anooshe
Votes: 3,205
10. Bomb: A Love Story (2018)
96 min | Drama, Romance, War
The film is based on the Tehran's Bombardment conditions in 1988.
Director: Payman Maadi | Stars: Leila Hatami, Payman Maadi, Siamak Ansari, Habib Rezaei
Votes: 3,465
11. 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
12. Track 143 (2014)
94 min | Drama, War
Olfat is raising her children in hardship. She has one daughter and one son called Yonos who works in Kerman copper mine. One day, she finds a note at home with this massage "My friends and... See full summary »
Director: Narges Abyar | Stars: Merila Zare'i, Mehran Ahmadi, Gelareh Abbassi, Javad Ezati
Votes: 2,178
13. Dolce e selvaggio (1983)
93 min | Documentary
A Mondo documentary that juxtaposes footage of death, carnage, and unpleasantness with scenes of inspiring and beautiful imagery.
Directors: Antonio Climati, Mario Morra | Stars: Franco Prosperi, Mike Gunn, Karl Wallenda
Votes: 62
14. The Lost Strait (2018)
93 min | Action, Drama, History
The resistance of Ammar battalion in Abughoraib strait at the last days of Iran-Iraq war.
Director: Bahram Tavakoli | Stars: Javad Ezati, Hamid Reza Azarang, Amir Jadidi, Ali Soleymani
Votes: 2,575
15. Terror's Advocate (2007)
Unrated | 135 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary on Jacques Vergès, the controversial lawyer and former Free French Forces guerrilla who has defending unpopular figures such as Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie and Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy.
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Jacques Vergès, Klaus Barbie, Barbet Schroeder, Bassam Abu Sharif
Votes: 1,699 | Gross: $0.04M
16. The Scout (1989)
80 min | Drama, War
In Iran-Iraq's war, a young scout joins the front-line to help his comrades single-handed.
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Gholamreza Ali Akbari, Hamid Reza Charakchian, Ebrahim Hatamikia, Alireza Heidary
Votes: 339
17. Breath (2016)
112 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Breath is about an Iranian family who lives in Iran. It tells the story of Bahar, who is living with her father, Ghafour and Grandmother during the 70s.She is living in her childish and surreal world, filled with their dreams and fantasies.
Director: Narges Abyar | Stars: Mehran Ahmadi, Pantea Panahiha, Siamak Safari, Gelareh Abbassi
Votes: 1,792
18. L'aube du monde (2008)
95 min | Drama, Romance, War
The Mesopotamian Marshes, at the delta of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, in the south of Iraq. This is where Mastour and Zahra grow up. Shortly after their marriage, Mastour and Zahra are... See full synopsis »
Director: Abbas Fahdel | Stars: Karim Saleh, Hafsia Herzi, Hiam Abbass, Sayed Ragab
Votes: 267
19. From Karkheh to Rhein (1993)
93 min | Drama, War
Saeed who is suffering from injuries that he received in the Iran-Iraq War, is sent to Germany for treatments. In Germany, he meets his sister and her German husband. Saeed and his sister ... See full summary »
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Ali Dehkordi, Homa Rusta, Hans Noiman, Sadegh Safaie
Votes: 3,037
20. Leily Is with Me (1996)
95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
During the war with Iraq, an absurd set of events has an Iranian documentary cinematographer seemingly unable to get out of a dangerous project documenting the war.
Director: Kamal Tabrizi | Stars: Parviz Parastui, Mahmoud Azizi, Maziar Lorestani, Rahman Bagherian
Votes: 5,036
21. The Immigrant (1990)
95 min | Drama, War
A man who controls small airplanes to detect Iraq's front line, is put in danger not being able to return.
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Seyed Ali Reza Khatami, Seyed Ebrahim Asgharzadeh, Ali Reza Heydari, Asghar Naghizadeh
Votes: 356
22. Uncle Saddam (2000)
Unrated | 63 min | Documentary, Comedy, History
A "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"--style mockumentary, filmed partly in Iraq under the guise of an actual documentary, that is a send up of Saddam Hussein
Director: Joel Soler | Stars: Qusay Hussein, Saddam Hussein, Uday Hussein, Wallace Langham
Votes: 253
23. Iran and the West (2009– )
Documentary
Stars: Tony Gardner, Richard Haass, Warren Christopher, Mohammad Khatami
Votes: 196
24. Kilomètre zéro (2005)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Set during the Iraq-Iran war in the 80s, the film tells of a tragicomic road trip set in Iraq's Kurdistan.
Director: Hiner Saleem | Stars: Nazmi Kirik, Eyam Ekrem, Belçim Bilgin, Ehmed Qeladizeni
Votes: 501
25. Marriage of the Blessed (1989)
75 min | Crime, Drama, War
Haji is severely traumatized by the war with Iraq. Back from the front, he's unable to adapt to civilian life. Despite family opposition, his fiancée stands by him as together they ... See full summary »
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Mahmoud Hatamikia, Roya Nonahali, Ebrahim Abadi, Mohsen Zaehtab
Votes: 559
26. The 23 (2019)
101 min | Drama, War
The story of 23 young Iranian soldiers who were captivated by Iraq army.
Directors: Mehdi Jafari, Ali Shirzad | Stars: Saeed Alboebadi, Reza Noori, Majid Potki, Hamzeh Vatani
Votes: 738
27. Night Bus (2007)
90 min | Drama, Romance, War
Two young Iranian soldiers guard a bus load of prisoners of war on a trip to prison.
Director: Kiumars Poorahmad | Stars: Khosro Shakibai, Mohammad Reza Forutan, Amir Mohammad Zand, Elnaz Shakerdoost
Votes: 630
28. The Tear of the Cold (2004)
96 min | Drama, War
During the Iran-Iraq war,a soldier and a Kurdish girl come to a new understanding of the notion of animosity despite their supposedly opposite circumstances.
Director: Azizollah Hamidnezhad | Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Nooreddin Goodarzi, Mehrshad Karkhani, Parsa Pirouzfar
Votes: 465
29. The Third Day (2007)
99 min | Action, Drama, Romance
During the Iran-Iraq War, a disabled young woman is taken captive by Iraqi Baathist forces in Khuzestan Province (in Southern Iran). Her brother, along with his fellow combatants, tries to free his sister from the clutches of the enemy.
Director: Mohammad Hossein Latifi | Stars: Pouria Poursorkh, Baran Kosari, Hamed Behdad, Borzou Arjmand
Votes: 1,389
30. In the Name of the Father (2006)
96 min | Drama, War
This is about a father and his daughter who has been injured from the mines from Iran-Iraq war.
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Parviz Parastui, Mahtab Nasirpour, Golshifteh Farahani, Kambiz Dirbaz
Votes: 1,833
31. Duel (II) (2004)
133 min | Action, Drama, War
The story of Zeinal, a man who after 20 years of being a POW, tries to clear up his past.
Director: Ahmad Reza Darvish | Stars: Saeed Rad, Pejman Bazeghi, Parivash Nazarieh, Parviz Parastui
Votes: 1,379
32. The Scent of Joseph's Shirt (1995)
100 min | Drama, War
Ghafoor is a Taxi Driver whose son is saying to be killed during war but he is refusing to believe it. Although all the evidences proves that his son is dead and everyone believe so, he ... See full summary »
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Niki Karimi, Ali Nasirian, Jafar Dehghan, Shirin Bina
Votes: 1,739
33. The Red Ribbon (1999)
110 min | Drama, War
A man and a woman fight over the rights to a property.
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Azita Hajian, Reza Kianian, Parviz Parastui
Votes: 1,202
34. Born Under Libra (2000)
94 min | Drama, War
Daniel who is from the south of Iran is studying in Tehran university. His classmate Mahtab is in love with him and they want to get marry. She tells her mother to tell the father that ... See full summary »
Director: Ahmad Reza Darvish | Stars: Mohammad Reza Forutan, Mitra Hajjar, Mahmoud Azizi, Hossein Razi
Votes: 341
35. My Enemy, My Brother (2015)
PG-13 | 18 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
MY ENEMY, MY BROTHER is the real life story about two former enemies who become blood brothers for life: Zahed Haftlang was an Iranian boy who ran away from home to join the army. Najah ... See full summary »
Director: Ann Shin
Votes: 86
36. I Was Saddam's Son (2013)
95 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An in depth and very open conversation with Latif Yahia about his life in Iraq, his time with Uday Saddam Hussein until the present day. His constant struggle with the CIA, for citizenship and a country to call home.
Star: Latif Yahia
Votes: 15
37. 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
38. Kimia (1995)
92 min | Drama, War
During the Iran-Iraq war, Reza's wife gives birth, and dies soon afterward. Reza is taken as POW. Shokooh finds Reza's baby and raises her as her own. Many years later, Reza find's his daughter again...
Director: Ahmad Reza Darvish | Stars: Khosro Shakibai, Bita Farahi, Reza Kianian, Nader Rajabpoor
Votes: 315
39. Paratiisin avaimet (2014)
27 min | Short, Drama, History
Iran, 1984. Homeless brothers struggle to survive in a country at war.
Director: Hamy Ramezan | Stars: Salar Ashtiyani, Yazdan Akhoondi, Shaghayeh Djodat, Muhammed Cangören
Votes: 107
40. Inhumanities II: Modern Atrocities (1989 Video)
76 min | Documentary, Horror, War
Compilation of newsreel footage of atrocities, murders, natural disasters, aircraft accidents, and other spectacles involving violent death or extremes of human suffering.
Director: Wesley Emerson | Stars: Ayatollah Khomeini, Jeff Doucet, Gary Plauche
Votes: 49
41. Exodus (II) (2020)
124 min | Drama
The story of a group of farmers who their lands and crops have been destroyed by a mistake of a governmental company. Now after not finding any response from the government they decide to ... See full summary »
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Faramarz Gharibian, Pantea Panahiha, Jahangir Almasi, Sam Gharibian
Votes: 852
42. Retour à Babylone (2002)
52 min | Documentary
Back in his home town of Babylon after a long exile, the Iraqi-born director Abbas Fahdel asks himself: "What has become of my friends? What has life here made of them? What would my life ... See full summary »
Director: Abbas Fahdel | Stars: Abbas Fahdel, Sami Kaftan, Mohamed Abdel-Kader, Riad Hassan
Votes: 74
43. Bulletproof (2012)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, War
When Salim - who sells governmental forbidden western music and film tapes in the streets- discovers he has a fatal brain tumor, he decides to join the army and get killed defending his ... See full summary »
Director: Mostafa Kiaei | Stars: Mehdi Hashemi, Jaleh Sameti, Masoud Karamati, Saeed Aghakhani
Votes: 532
44. 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
45. Dead Wave (2001)
Drama, War
Even after ten years, Lieutenant Morteza Rashed still has nightmares of corpses and dolls floating around after the fall of the Airbus plane by those who served aboard USS Vincennes at 1988.
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Parviz Parastui, Azita Hajian, Ghasem Zare, Kambiz Kashefi
Votes: 392
46. Minoo Watch Tower (1996)
82 min | Drama, War
Minoo who is married to Moosa recently, is moving to the new house. But Moosa receive a letter in which he being told to get back to the Minoo Island (a border island between Iran and Iraq)... See full summary »
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Niki Karimi, Ali Mosaffa, Mohammad Reza Sharifinia, Ali Nasirian
Votes: 397
47. A Respectable Family (2012)
90 min | Drama
Upon returning home to Iran after more than two decades abroad, visiting professor Arash is quickly thrust into a past he's spent his whole life trying to escape.
Director: Massoud Bakhshi | Stars: Babak Hamidian, Mehrdad Sedighian, Mehran Ahmadi, Ahoo Kheradmand
Votes: 551
48. On Killing (2015–2016)
5 min | Documentary
Interviews with people who can describe firsthand the act of killing someone.
49. Awakening Dreams (2010)
Drama, War
Hamid's brother has been missing in action, presumed dead, for twenty-two years. Coming to terms with the loss, Hamid has now moved on and, as custom dictates, married his brother's widow. But ...
Director: Mohammad Ali Bashe Ahangar | Stars: Mehri Sadat Alagha, Amir Hossein Arman, Hamid Reza Azarang, Habib Dehghan Nasab
Votes: 114
50. Gilane (2005)
80 min | Drama, War
A mother's courage, hardship, and love, in times of war. In 1988, during the Iran-Iraq war, Gilane escorts her pregnant daughter, Maygol, from the relative calm of their village, Espili, ... See full summary »
Directors: Mohsen Abdolvahab, Rakhshan Banietemad | Stars: Fatemah Motamed-Aria, Bahram Radan, Baran Kosari, Jaleh Sameti
Votes: 734