Tehran Taboo

Tehran Taboo 2017

7.10

The lives of three strong-willed women and a young musician cross paths in Tehran’s schizophrenic society where sex, adultery, corruption, prostitution and drugs coexist with strict religious law. In this bustling modern metropolis, avoiding prohibition has become an everyday sport and breaking taboos can be a means of personal emancipation.

2017

Pari

Pari 2020

6.80

Babak, an Iranian student in Greece, doesn't show up to welcome his visiting parents at the Athens airport. Pari and her older husband, both devout Muslims abroad for the first time, are ill-prepared to search for their son in an intimidating and alien environment. All their attempts to find a clue that might lead them to him prove to be in vain and they soon reach a dead end. But Pari can't give up looking for him, even when returning to Iran seems like her only choice. Following the steps of her rebellious son in the darkest corners of the city, she will exhaust her inner strength to achieve more than a mother's search for her missing son.

2020

48 Hours

48 Hours 2022

1

After three years in prison, Nader is given a furlough to go home. He has 48 hours to become a father to his four-year-old daughter.

2022

Circumstance

Circumstance 2011

6.62

A wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's newfound conservatism.

2011

No Bears

No Bears 2022

6.82

Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who has been barred from leaving the country, arrives at a village on the Iran-Turkey border to supervise a film based on a real-life couple seeking passports to Europe being shot in Turkey, but both his stay and the production run into trouble.

2022

Aban + Khorshid

Aban + Khorshid 2014

5.20

Inspired by true events, Aban + Khorshid is an intimate portrait of two lovers, glimpsing into the world in which they met, moments before their execution for being gay.

2014

Bodyguard

Bodyguard 2016

5.04

A government bodyguard protects a politician from a suicide bomber, and then begins to question his dedication to his job.

2016

The Stuntmen

The Stuntmen 1997

1

Synopsis Firouz, who has been working in the cinema as a stuntman and for many years helped his brother to pay the cost of his education abroad, has now become a doctor. He announces that he is coming to Iran from abroad with his fiancee and her wealthy father... Cast: Akbar Abdi, Afsaneh Bayegan, Firouz, Farhad Khanmohammadi, Khashayar, Hassan Rezai, Abbas Shabaviz, Masoud Valadbeigi About this movie Title: Badalkaran (1997) Directed by: Mehdi Sabaghzadeh Date of birth: 23 June 1951, Mashhad, Iran Writing credits: Rahim Hosseini Music: Nasser Cheshmazar Year: 1997 Country: Iran Language: Farsi Color: Color Runtime: 90 min.

1997

Ongoing Smile

Ongoing Smile 2013

0.50

At the age of 74, many people retire themselves or go and spend the rest of their life in elderly’s house. But Kim Dong-Ho has made the decision to live like a young and energetic man until the end of his life. He gets up early around 4 am every morning. He does his exercise for an hour. Then he checks the news and respond to his emails. After that, he takes the bus to his work. He is currently working in a university of film and media, which he has launched himself two years ago. KIM is the same man whom established the largest Asian Film Festival when he was almost 60 years old. Now that he is 74 years old, he has just decided to make his first film as a director.

2013

Katyusha

Katyusha 2018

4.00

Khalil known as Khalil Katyusha who is a religious guy and member of Basidj is forced to spend couple of days with Arshia the lousy rich boy. The different backgrounds and ideals make these two to make troubles for each other.

2018

The Witness

The Witness 2025

7.28

In Iran, the retired dance teacher Tarlan witnesses her friend Rana's murder by her husband, who is an important government figure. When the police refuse to investigate, Tarlan must decide whether to bow to political pressure or risk her reputation and livelihood in pursuit of justice.

2025

Melody

Melody 2023

1

Melody teaches music at a centre for cancerous children. The thirty children are having a party at the end of autumn and ask Melody to compose a piece using the sounds of thirty different birds. She goes to her home village to record the birdsong and is helped by the mute caretaker of the family home, Mango. When they find just 20 birds, Mango makes Melody understand that only the old village singer knows where the other birds are, but bird hunters have forced him out of the village. Melody sets out to find both - him and the missing birds.

2023

The Alien

The Alien 2020

1

In an ordinary Iranian town, two mysterious strangers in a car begin to park daily at the same spot for hours. This unusual occurrence causes paranoia among the locals, who suspect them to be national security.

2020

Birth Certificate

Birth Certificate 2025

1

Mino unwittingly carries with him a secret that has caused him fear and doubt all his life, he makes a difficult decision to get rid of this secret.

2025

Anaar

Anaar 1970

1

A short film about a grandmother and her 7-year-old grandson.

1970

Cry

Cry 1999

1

In south of Iran Farough who has a garage is not letting Sohrab to has his own job. They fight each other and in the fight Farough dies of an heart attack. His brothers are going after ...

1999

Heal

Heal 2010

7.00

In the midst of the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a gifted child makes an extraordinary effort for his people.

2010

Kalashnikov

Kalashnikov 2014

3.50

The story is about the young soldiers who harassed his sister as an anonymous person Price action really tried to prepare her sister and in this way are new characters into the story. The final sequence of the boys killed his victim.

2014

Prophet Joseph

Prophet Joseph 2009

7.70

This story basically follows the most important happenings in Prophet Josephs life, from the view of muslims. The most important happenings are: 1. his travel to egypt 2. his rise and growing up in Egypt 3. his life problems when his "owner" Zuleikha falls in love with him and wants him to return the love to him. 4. his stay in prison, and how he reforms the prisoners. 5. his return by the side of the Pharao. 6. his uprising to the side of the pharao as his advisor. 7. his brothers coming to egypt, and how he decides to make them regret their mistakes so they can receive forgivness, and peace. 8. his reunion with his family after more than 20 years.

2009

Shahrzad

Shahrzad 2015

9.10

A romantic historical drama set around and after the 1953 Iranian coup d'état.

2015

Paytakht

Paytakht 2011

5.80

Paytakht is a popular Iranian TV series portraying the life a Mazandarani family.

2011

Dorehami

Dorehami 2016

4.90

Dorehami is an Iranian Telecast currently directed by Mehran Modiri. It aired on cable network IRIB Nasim on Thursdays at 21:00 and Fridays and Saturdays at 23:00 from March 18 to October 1, 2016 and continue from November 4.

2016

Postgraduate Students

Postgraduate Students 2016

5.50

The story of three friends and their problems in life and marriage.

2016

Barareh Nights

Barareh Nights 2005

6.25

The show stars Mehran Modiri, as Shir Farhad, the son of Lower Barare's khan, or leader. He lives with his sister, Saharnaz; mother, Shadone; and father, Salar Khan. The show begins when a journalist, Kiyanush, from Tehran is arrested for writing an article criticizing the government, escapes capture, and then is bitten by a snake. Shir Farhad finds him collapsed and brings him to the village of Barare, nurtures him to health, and gradually introduces him to the town and the other characters in the show, such as the families of Upper and Lower Barare's Khans, as well as the flamboyant village poet, Baguri, and village doctor. Later in the series, new characters such as the village gendarme and Upper Barare's Khan's son and daughter, Keivun and Leilun, join the cast. Davune doesn't appear in this.

2005

Bitter Coffee

Bitter Coffee 2010

4.80

The series begins with history teacher Nima Zande-Karimi (Siamak Ansari) realizing that his extensive research on Persian and world history is of little use to financing his day-to-day life. He is about to leave Tehran for good to go back to his hometown by the name of Darab, when he comes across young university student Roya Atabaki (Sahar Jafari-Jozani) who is researching for her final year dissertation, which is regarding the period 1198–1203, that is said to be a period of turmoil for Iran's ruling elite. Such turmoil that, very few books are available on that period for Roya's research. It is then that Nima receives an anonymous telephone call, which leads him to Niavaran Palace (currently a museum), where he is told to have a coffee and wait. The coffee (which is bitter) is ready and he duly drinks it, his sight becomes hazy, and when he manages to refocus he is in the year 1201 (1822 AD), and the story develops therein.

2010

Mortal Wound

Mortal Wound 2021

8.20

Maleki is one of the managers of a successful company run by Rizabadi. Rizabadi instructs him to negotiate a major oil deal with the Norwegians. After signing the contract, the Norwegians want to transfer the contract amount, which is several million dollars to the company's account.

2021

Tasian

Tasian 2025

8.40

Set in October 1977, on the brink of the Iranian Revolution, a forbidden love story unfolds between Khosrow, a SAVAK officer, and Shirin, a young woman accused of political activism. Amidst growing political unrest, their passion blooms in secrecy, forcing them to confront dangerous choices. Torn between loyalty to their homeland and their love, they must navigate a path of betrayal, survival, and defiance as the revolution looms. A powerful tale of love, freedom, and sacrifice in a time of turmoil.

2025

Midnight

Midnight 2022

10.00

Midnight is a program in which Amir Hossein Qiyasi examines the current news of Iran and the world with a humorous perspective.

2022

Men of Anjolos

Men of Anjolos 1997

7.88

The story of six nobles and one sheepman who become Christian, run away from Romans to a cave where they will sleep 309 years, from Islamic view

1997

Tattersall

Tattersall 2007

4.00

Mansour and Shokouh are a mid-aged couple who own a 4 units apartment and live with their two daughters in it. After a while a Afghan worker named Shanbe comes there and makes some interacts with one of grooms of the family.

2007

Blue Blood

Blue Blood 2020

5.75

About the child of a well-known character who performs his sinister goals by performing deceptive actions such as holding an art exhibition, investing, and helping charity.

2020

Drunkard Morning

Drunkard Morning 2025

1

The story is about a daughter of a noble family in old Tehran named "Mahboobeh" who falls in love with a carpenter's apprentice from their neighborhood. She rejects his suitors and stands up to her family so that they will recognize this love and consent to her marriage to Rahim. Unaware that the wheel of time sometimes does not turn according to the will.

2025

Once Upon a Time in Iran

Once Upon a Time in Iran 2021

7.80

It is the story of a family on the first of September 1941, which undergoes changes during the occupation of Iran by the Allies.

2021

Mehmooni

Mehmooni 2022

8.30

There is a wedding hall next to Mr. Tahmasb's new house, to which he has recently moved. So new puppet characters, most of whom are the staff of this wedding hall, are added to his life and figure out interesting events.

2022

The Mokhtar Narrative

The Mokhtar Narrative 2010

6.90

The Mokhtar Narrative is an Epic/History television series directed by Davood Mirbagheri, based on the life of Al-Mokhtar. Over 140 actors were cast in it. Mokhtar Saqafi was a Shiite Muslim leader who sets up a rebellion movement in 686 A.D in the town of Kufa to avenge the martyrdom of Hussain (grandson of Islamic Prophet Muhammad).

2010

The Frog

The Frog 2020

6.92

Ramin plans a robbery on his childhood classmate Noori who has become a mysterious rich man and that's just a beginning of a brutal journey.

2020