Items10The creator’s order
  1. 1It Was Just an Accident (2025)It Was Just an Accident (2025) 7.4/10 on IMDbReleased 1 Oct 2025A routine encounter at a garage leaves a former prisoner wondering whether he recognises his torturer. Jafar Panahi turns the decision to pursue that suspicion into a tense argument about proof, memory and revenge. The uneasy humour matters: people remain inconveniently human even when everyone…0
  2. 2A Separation (2011)A Separation (2011) 8.3/10 on IMDbReleased 15 Feb 2011Hiring someone to care for an elderly father seems a practical response to a marriage breaking apart. Farhadi makes that arrangement the meeting point of incompatible duties, unequal resources and things people cannot bring themselves to say. Notice how a seemingly settled account changes when…0
  3. 3About Elly (2009)About Elly (2009) 7.9/10 on IMDbReleased 6 Jun 2009Inviting a teacher on a seaside weekend looks like harmless matchmaking. Once a crisis disrupts the holiday, the little explanations used to smooth that invitation become much harder to withdraw. The ensemble lets affection, embarrassment and self-protection occupy the same conversation. Go in…0
  4. 4The Salesman (2016)The Salesman (2016) 7.7/10 on IMDbReleased 24 Jun 2016Accepting a new flat after an evacuation puts a couple inside somebody else's unresolved history. Emad's later choices make the film particularly uncomfortable: his desire to act can leave less room for Rana to decide what she needs. Their theatre work adds another layer to the roles they perform…0
  5. 5Fireworks Wednesday (2006)Fireworks Wednesday (2006) 7.6/10 on IMDbReleased 8 Feb 2006A cleaner takes a day's work and is drawn into a couple's suspicions, carrying messages whose implications she cannot fully know. Her position makes the household's private arguments feel both intimate and precarious. Choose this for the way Farhadi lets a favour change meaning depending on who…0
  6. 6Close-Up (1990)Close-Up (1990) 8.2/10 on IMDbReleased 9 May 1990A man allows a stranger to believe he is a celebrated director, and a moment of borrowed importance acquires real consequences. Kiarostami brings the people involved into courtroom footage and reconstructions of their own encounters. The fascination lies in listening past the deception to the…0
  7. 7Where Is The Friend's House? (1987)Where Is The Friend's House? (1987) 8.1/10 on IMDbReleased 1 Jul 1987A schoolboy decides that returning a classmate's misplaced notebook cannot wait. Adults see a minor errand; he sees the punishment another child might receive. That difference gives the winding walk an urgency an action film would envy. This earlier exception is an inviting start because the task…0
  8. 8The White Balloon (1995)The White Balloon (1995) 7.6/10 on IMDbReleased 2 Jan 1995Wanting a particular goldfish sends a little girl into a chain of negotiations she is not yet equipped to manage. A single banknote becomes a measure of trust between strangers, and the pavement offers an absorbing view of the city. Panahi keeps the child's priorities intact instead of turning her…0
  9. 9A Hero (2021)A Hero (2021) 7.5/10 on IMDbReleased 15 Dec 2021A debtor on temporary leave tries to improve his position through an act that can be publicly understood as decent. The difficulty is what happens when a complicated person must keep fitting the reassuring story others want to tell. Farhadi makes reputation feel like a set of fresh obligations.…0
  10. 10No Bears (2022)No Bears (2022) 7.3/10 on IMDbReleased 6 Oct 2022A filmmaker staying near a border is asked whether his camera has recorded something that matters to a local dispute. The apparently simple question places him inside rules he does not control. Panahi's fictional self is no magically detached observer: looking and recording have consequences. The…0