Best award winning movies with wasted potential from Iran

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with wasted potential from Iran! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with wasted potential from Iran, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Law of Tehran (2019)

Samad is nobody’s fool. The narcotics officer has seen his share of a drug dealer’s lies and games, and his patience has come to run thin. While searching for the infamous drug baron Nasser Khakzad, he and his colleague Hamid scour the streets of Tehran, turning an overcrowded prison on its head. With his rough and dubious approach, Samad finally manages to find the criminal’s whereabouts – but things do not quite go according to plan...

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2019-03-17 | Action / Crime

Cast

Payman Maadi, Navid Mohammadzade

Rating

rating icon 7.146
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    perfectly suited cast
  2. Ranked #2 for
    character stuck in a rut
  3. Ranked #3 for
    exacting

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2 The Last Fiction (2019)

Kingdom of Jamkard, ancient Persia. After defeating the armies of Ahriman, embodiment of evil, King Jamshid, bearer of the light of Divine Power, abandons his people blinded by pride, determined to conquer new lands. Thus, by chance, Zahhaak becomes regent and undertakes the reconstruction of the devastated capital. But then Ahriman, who dwells in the heart of every human being, begins to poison his tormented soul.

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2019-11-27 | Animation / Drama

Cast

Leila Hatami, Parviz Parastouei

Rating

rating icon 7.091
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    visually delightful
  2. Ranked #5 for
    like The Godfather
  3. Ranked #5 for
    pure pleasure

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3 Hit the Road (2021)

A chaotic family is on a road trip across a rugged landscape. In the back seat, Dad has a broken leg, Mom tries to laugh when she's not holding back tears, and the youngest keeps exploding into car karaoke. Only the older brother is quiet.

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2021-10-29 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Hasan Ma'juni, Pantea Panahiha

Rating

rating icon 6.909
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    respite
  2. Ranked #1 for
    picturesque
  3. Ranked #1 for
    stunning landscape

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4 There Is No Evil (2020)

Set against the backdrop of Iran's strict and oppressive legal system, this anthology film tells the stories of four men who each face a moral crisis when having to deal with death penalties.

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2020-10-22 | Drama

Cast

Mahtab Servati, Shaghayegh Shourian

Rating

rating icon 7.484
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    true work of art
  2. Ranked #2 for
    loosely connected plot
  3. Ranked #2 for
    huge compliment

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5 Sun Children (2021)

The story of 12-year-old Ali and his three friends. Together they work hard to survive and support their families, doing small jobs in a garage and committing petty crimes to make fast money. In a turn of events that seems miraculous, Ali is entrusted to find hidden treasure underground. He recruits his gang, but first, to gain access to the tunnel, the children must enroll at the Sun School, a charitable institution that tries to educate street kids and child laborers, close to where the treasure is located.

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2021-05-14 | Drama

Cast

Ali Nasirian, Javad Ezzati

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    auteur
  2. Ranked #5 for
    rewatchable
  3. Ranked #6 for
    familiar theme

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6 The Warden (2019)

In 1967, an old prisoner in southern Iran is being evacuated because of the proximity to the city's new airport. The head of the prison, Major Nemat Jahed, and his agents are busy transferring prisoners to the new prison, until ...

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2019-06-01 | Drama / Mystery

Cast

Navid Mohammadzade, Parinaz Izadyar

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #356 for
    disciplinarian
  2. Ranked #395 for
    captivating ending
  3. Ranked #544 for
    grain of truth

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7 A Separation (2011)

A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.

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2011-02-15 | Drama

Cast

Leila Hatami, Payman Maadi

Rating

rating icon 7.901
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #46 for
    with marital problems
  2. Ranked #47 for
    masterpiece
  3. Ranked #95 for
    exceptional

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8 No Bears (2022)

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.

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2022-10-06 | Drama

Cast

Jafar Panahi, Naser Hashemi

Rating

rating icon 6.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    two parallel plot
  2. Ranked #1 for
    adaptive
  3. Ranked #1 for
    respectable

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9 Damascus Time (2018)

Two Iranian pilots are in a special mission to save the people of a Syrian city who are surrounded by the terrorists. But they have to face many challenges before manage to accomplish their mission.

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2018-02-20 | War / Action

Cast

Babak Hamidian, Hadi Hejazifar

Rating

rating icon 5.788
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #198 for
    great sound effects
  2. Ranked #389 for
    fresh breeze
  3. Ranked #495 for
    chivalry

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10 Muhammad: The Messenger of God (2015)

Muhammad: The Messenger of God is an 2015 Iranian film directed by Majid Majidi. The story revolves around the childhood of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The film marks Iran's biggest-budget production to date and is the first part of the planned trilogy on the life of the Prophet. Barring a few scenes filmed in South Africa, the majority of the filming was done at a colossal set created in the city of Qom near Tehran. The film was officially announced in October 2011 and its filming was completed by 2013. The cinematography is done by Vittorio Storaro and film score is composed by A. R. Rahman. The film was selected for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Oscar ceremony in 2016, but was excluded from the short list.

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2015-08-27 | History / Drama

Cast

Mehdi Pakdel, Sare Bayat

Rating

rating icon 6.653
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1681 for
    historical point of view
  2. Ranked #1823 for
    hagiography
  3. Ranked #2013 for
    lovecraftian

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