New Iran Cinema in the 80s

Students of a guidance school try to stand up against vice-principal's oppressing rules.

The Mongol invasion of Iran leaves the country devastated but the people fight for their right in their own way.

Herbert is a civil engineer who has quit his job, changed his behavior and become very indifferent and apathetic against people and to most things. His wife convinces him to go to a clinic, but will it change him?

Young Mohammad-Reza falls victim to tooth decay woes-and Kiarostami takes advantage of his misfortune by documenting the trauma of the subsequent dental appointment-crafting a humorous portrait eliciting empathy for a young man in a troubling situation familiar to many.

It all began with "Black Friday" - a massacre on Sept 8, 1978, by the Shah's police. Official pronouncements put the death toll at 200, but the next day the people of Teheran witnessed how thousands of bodies were brought to Behast Zahra cemetery. Yet even this wasn't the whole extent of the tragedy. As the families continued looking for their relatives they began to realize just how many had disappeared. Over the next few months the massacres continued, with many thousands more disappearing, until February 11th, 1979, victory day for the Revolution. Naderi's film follows this search for the missing, through which the terrible truth is gradually revealed. The film is not only a documentary but also a document of a horrible crime.

A short film challenging humankind on universal themes of stability versus chaos.

A deaf old man wearing a hearing aid is walking in the streets of Rasht. When the surroundings get too noisy, he turns off his sound. Unfortunately, when he returns home, he can't hear his granddaughter ringing the doorbell.

A loyal and simple-minded statesman is appointed as the first Iranian ambassador in the U.S. but soon starts to lose his mind from homesickness and inaction.

During the Islamic revolution a SAVAK member Amani marries a woman her name Laleh. Laleh is a doctor and helps the injures of the revolution. Her brother is too involved in the revolution. Amani reports him to the authorities but Laleh becomes suspicious of him and begins to investigate about him. Finally Amani is getting killed and Laleh is saved by Jamal.

Death of Yazdgerd is the story of death of the last king of Iran before Muslims invade Iran. He escapes to city of Marv and hides in a mill but finally gets killed. The Story is told by the miller, his wife and his daughter but all the stories are different from each other.

This film looks at the children who live and work in the big city's suburbs.

In this documentary a citizen is trying in a street of Tehran to control the traffic and not let people to break the law which cause them to react differently and lead to funny situations.

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.

A woman leaves her husband and starts living with a Turkish man.

A documentary about the polish refugees in Iran during ww2

A treatise on love and desire tainted by harsh reality of capitalism, in which submission to the laws of lust-as-commerce is played out by five prostitutes and their pimp, who pits them against one another so that they are incapable of standing up to him collectively.

A concealed camera follows a group of first graders during their day at school.

The movie chronicles the life of the famous painter Kamololmolk, and his relationship with various kings.

After enrolling in a school, an impoverished boy finds conflict with his classmates and decides to compete to earn their respect.

An early work print with no sound of Amir Naderi's masterpiece the Runner (Dawandeh) but instead of focusing on one child it looks at a whole group of street children.

In winter a young guy Esmaeil is forced to go to the city to get the medicines of his father. The teacher of the village and another youngster Rahman too come with him. In the way the teacher leaves them to get back to the village but is attacked by wolves. He hides himself in a pit waiting for help. Esmaeil and Rahman make it to the city and get the medicines and on the way back home join a group of the villagers who come to the rescue of the teacher and together manage to save him.

A young guy Valeh is arrested by the security during Shah's reign in Iran. There in prison he remembers his past and his life and begins to asks about his believes and ideals. Finally they execute him while his friends try to make a hero out of him.

A family of three consists of a father in prison, a blind son and a suffering mother who have been waiting with her son for 20 years for her husband to be released.