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Iran–Iraq War

by antonivakin • Created 8 years ago • Modified 4 years ago
Iran–Iraq War (1980-1988)
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  • Belçim Bilgin in Kilomètre zéro (2005)

    1. Kilomètre zéro

    20051h 31mNot Rated
    6.0 (535)
    Set during the Iraq-Iran war in the 80s, the film tells of a tragicomic road trip set in Iraq's Kurdistan.
    DirectorHiner SaleemStarsNazmi KirikEyam EkremBelçim Bilgin
  • Golshifteh Farahani in M like Mother (2006)

    2. M like Mother

    20061h 53mPG
    7.4 (5.9K)
    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 chemical weapons during the Iran-Iraq war. The father does not want to have a disabled child, but the mother insists on going through with the pregnancy.
    DirectorRasool Mollagholi PoorStarsGolshifteh FarahaniHosein YariJamshid Hashempur
  • Marriage of the Blessed (1989)

    3. Marriage of the Blessed

    19891h 15m
    6.6 (585)
    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 challenge both the authority of family and state to lead their own lives.
    DirectorMohsen MakhmalbafStarsMahmoud HatamikiaRoya NonahaliEbrahim Abadi
  • Bashu, the Little Stranger (1989)

    4. Bashu, the Little Stranger

    19892h
    8.0 (3.4K)
    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.
    DirectorBahram BeyzaieStarsSusan TaslimiParviz PoorhosseiniAdnan Afravian
  • Hediyeh Tehrani in Duel (2004)

    5. Duel

    20042h 13m
    6.4 (1.4K)
    The story of Zeinal, a man who after 20 years of being a POW, tries to clear up his past.
    DirectorAhmad Reza DarvishStarsSaeed RadPejman BazeghiParivash Nazarieh
  • Snake's Fang (1990)

    6. Snake's Fang

    19901h 45m
    6.2 (307)
    Reza, the veteran worker of a print house whose sight is adversely affected because of his job, loses his mother. Finding the gloom reigning over the home beyond bearing, he departs to overcome his sorrows. He ends up at a hostel where he shares his room with a southern guy called Ahmad who has a group of orphan war-stricken children under his wing. After the initial inkling gives way to the friendship, Reza discovers that Ahmad's patron plies his trade in black-market. At the same time, Reza's sister is constantly beaten and humiliated by her husband for being infertile...
    DirectorMasud KimiaiStarsFaramarz SadighiGolchehre SajadiehAhmad Najafi
  • The Mission (1983)

    7. The Mission

    19831h 43m
    7.0 (251)
    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. Tabataie) has already been killed by a Muslim American Hassan Tantai (aka David Theodore Belfield). A prominent mullah residing in the U.S. find him a new assassination target.
    DirectorParviz SayyadStarsParviz SayyadMary ApickHoushang Touzie
  • Ali Dehkordi in From Karkheh to Rhein (1993)

    8. From Karkheh to Rhein

    19931h 33m
    7.1 (3.1K)
    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 who have not had any relations in many years try to re-establish the close relationship that they had long time ago.
    DirectorEbrahim HatamikiaStarsAli DehkordiHoma RustaHans Noiman
  • Persepolis (2007)

    9. Persepolis

    20071h 36mPG-1390Metascore
    8.0 (103K)
    A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
    DirectorsVincent ParonnaudMarjane SatrapiStarsChiara MastroianniCatherine DeneuveGena Rowlands
  • Born Under Libra (2000)

    10. Born Under Libra

    20001h 34m
    5.5 (350)
    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 Daniel wants to come propose for her. But Daniel faces some troubles in the university which make him to leave for his city in south and Mahtab goes after him there. When he wants to get her back they face a flood which trapped them in a mine field.
    DirectorAhmad Reza DarvishStarsMohammad Reza ForutanMitra HajjarMahmoud Azizi
  • Golshifteh Farahani and Parsa Pirouzfar in The Tear of the Cold (2004)

    11. The Tear of the Cold

    20041h 36m
    7.2 (483)
    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.
    DirectorAzizollah HamidnezhadStarsGolshifteh FarahaniNooreddin GoodarziMehrshad Karkhani
  • Reza Kianian and Parviz Parastui in The Glass Agency (1998)

    12. The Glass Agency

    19981h 54m
    7.7 (7.5K)
    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 standard social norms are not in harmony with their personalities.
    DirectorEbrahim HatamikiaStarsParviz ParastuiReza KianianHabib Rezaei
  • Mozhdeh Shamsai in Killing Mad Dogs (2001)

    13. Killing Mad Dogs

    20012h 15m
    7.6 (3.1K)
    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.
    DirectorBahram BeyzaieStarsMozhdeh ShamsaiMajid MozaffariReza Kianian
  • Golshifteh Farahani and Parviz Parastui in In the Name of the Father (2006)

    14. In the Name of the Father

    20061h 36m
    5.9 (1.9K)
    This is about a father and his daughter who has been injured from the mines from Iran-Iraq war.
    DirectorEbrahim HatamikiaStarsParviz ParastuiMahtab NasirpourGolshifteh Farahani
  • Amin Hayayee and Hengameh Ghaziani in Awakening Dreams (2010)

    15. Awakening Dreams

    2010
    5.3 (123)
    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 ...
    DirectorMohammad Ali Bashe AhangarStarsHamed AghaeiAlireza AghazadeMehri Sadat Alagha
  • The Scent of Joseph's Shirt (1995)

    16. The Scent of Joseph's Shirt

    19951h 40m
    6.6 (1.8K)
    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 still is waiting for his beloved son Yousef. Then one day in the airport Ghafoor encounters a strange woman Shirin.
    DirectorEbrahim HatamikiaStarsNiki KarimiAli NasirianJafar Dehghan
  • Minoo Watch Tower (1996)

    17. Minoo Watch Tower

    19961h 22m
    5.5 (407)
    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), to dispatch a watch tower there from the period of war. Moosa who has a lot of memories of that place refuses to go there but his wife Minoo is insisting. Finally she manages to convince him and both go there.
    DirectorEbrahim HatamikiaStarsNiki KarimiAli MosaffaMohammad Reza Sharifinia
  • The Scout (1989)

    18. The Scout

    19891h 20m
    6.1 (359)
    In Iran-Iraq's war, a young scout joins the front-line to help his comrades single-handed.
    DirectorEbrahim HatamikiaStarsGholamreza Ali AkbariHamid Reza CharakchianEbrahim Hatamikia
  • 19. Duet

    200615mShort
    5.6 (10)
    Two Iranian brothers deal in different ways with life in post Gulf War Iran.
    DirectorKiarash AnvariStarsKiarash AnvariHabibSalar Jahangard
  • Kimia (1995)

    20. Kimia

    19951h 32m
    6.2 (321)
    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...
    DirectorAhmad Reza DarvishStarsKhosro ShakibaiBita FarahiReza Kianian
  • The Immigrant (1990)

    21. The Immigrant

    19901h 35m
    5.9 (376)
    A man who controls small airplanes to detect Iraq's front line, is put in danger not being able to return.
    DirectorEbrahim HatamikiaStarsSeyed Ali Reza KhatamiSeyed Ebrahim AsgharzadehAli Reza Heydari
  • The Red Ribbon (1999)

    22. The Red Ribbon

    19991h 50m
    7.0 (1.2K)
    A man and a woman fight over the rights to a property.
    DirectorEbrahim HatamikiaStarsAzita HajianReza KianianParviz Parastui
  • Baran Kosari, Hamed Behdad, and Pouria Poursorkh in The Third Day (2007)

    23. The Third Day

    20071h 39m
    6.2 (1.4K)
    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.
    DirectorMohammad Hossein LatifiStarsPouria PoursorkhBaran KosariHamed Behdad
  • House of Saddam (2008)

    24. House of Saddam

    20084 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    7.4 (5.6K)
    A mini-series that explores the inner workings of Saddam Hussein's family and his relationship with his closest advisors.
    StarsIgal NaorShohreh AghdashlooMakram Khoury
  • Blackboards (2000)

    25. Blackboards

    20001h 28m64Metascore
    6.8 (3K)
    Kurdish teachers Said and Reeboir roam Iranian villages near Iraqi border during war. Said guides displaced men, marries widow Halaleh. Reeboir joins child smugglers. Amid danger, they try teaching nomadic students while soldiers patrol.
    DirectorSamira MakhmalbafStarsSaid MohamadiBehnaz JafariBahman Ghobadi

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