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Film Magazine's Best Iranian Films

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In 2009, Film magazine asked 92 Iranian critics to vote for the best Iranian films. The original list was a top 20. This list includes all films that received at least 2 votes. The ballots are available on Film magazine's website (click the 4 links at the bottom).

In 2008, Film magazine made a list of the best Iranian films of the last 3 decades.

Missing: Ghesehaye Majid (1990)

1
74%

The Deer

 

 

2
73%

Bashu, the Little Stranger

 

 

3
76%

About Elly

 

 

4
71%

Desiderium

 

 

5
68%

Hamoon

 

 

6
75%

The Cow

 

 

7
69%

Captain Khorshid

 

 

8
50%

Strait

 

 

9
71%

Gheysar

 

 

10
61%

Tranquility in the Presence of Others

 

 

11
58%

Once Upon a Time, Cinema

 

 

12
70%

Beehive

 

 

13
35%

To Be or Not to Be

 

 

14
80%

The Brick and the Mirror

 

 

15
81%

Where Is My Friend's House?

 

 

16
74%

The Runner

 

 

17
53%

Downpour

 

 

18
67%

The Tenants

 

 

19
74%

Leila

 

 

20
76%

Taste of Cherry

 

 

21
75%

Through the Olive Trees

 

 

22
56%

Hemlock

 

 

23
71%

The Glass Agency

 

 

24
0%

The Last Act

 

 

25
65%

The Pear Tree

 

 

26
68%

Still Life

 

 

27
68%

The Report

 

 

28
81%

Mother

 

 

29
79%

Close-Up

 

 

30
72%

Death of Yazdgerd

 

 

31
63%

The Cycle

 

 

32
55%

Journey to Chazzabeh

 

 

33
52%

Deep Breath

 

 

34
55%

Prince Ehtejab

 

 

35
50%

Maybe Some Other Time

 

 

36
62%

A Simple Event

 

 

37
76%

The Wind Will Carry Us

 

 

38
45%

The Spring

 

 

39
64%

Dash Akol

 

 

40
76%

The Circle

 

 

41
50%

Snake's Fang

 

 

42
0%

Night of the Hunchback

 

 

43
60%

The Mongols

 

 

44
63%

Hajji Washington

 

 

45
46%

Water, Wind, Dust

 

 

46
22%

Takhti

 

 

47
74%

Fireworks Wednesday

 

 

48
42%

Daei Jan Napoleon

 

 

49
57%

Harmonica

 

 

50
70%

Escape from the Trap

 

 

51
56%

Unruled Paper

 

 

52
40%

Nargess

 

 

53
67%

Under the Skin of the City

 

 

54
80%

Children of Heaven

 

 

55
60%

The Night It Rained

 

 

56
50%

The May Lady

 

 

57
63%

P for Pelican

 

 

58
69%

So Close, So Far

 

 

59
62%

The Peddler

 

 

60
80%

The Color of Paradise

 

 

61
60%

Croesus' Treasure

 

 

62
65%

Travelers

 

 

63
57%

The Immigrant

 

 

64
30%

Stranger and the Fog

 

 

65
45%

South of the City

 

 

66
55%

Mr. Gullible

 

 

67
68%

From Karkhe to Rhein

 

 

68
70%

Ashkan, the Charmed Ring and Other Stories

 

 

69
40%

Dead End

 

 

70
58%

Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine

 

 

71
30%

Bita

 

 

72
56%

Haji Agha, the Cinema Actor

 

 

73
30%

Green Ashes

 

 

74
76%

The House Is Black

 

 

75
30%

Anxiety

 

 

76
35%

The Wolf's Trail

 

 

77
71%

The Red Ribbon

 

 

78
55%

The Blue-Veiled

 

 

79
60%

Under the Moonlight

 

 

80
40%

The Lead

 

 

81
74%

Salaam Cinema

 

 

82
77%

The Music Man

 

 

83
30%

The Raven

 

 

84
70%

Gabbeh

 

 

85
69%

Leily is with Me

 

 

86
70%

The Traveler

 

 

87
58%

Mum's Guest

 

 

88
72%

Beautiful City

 

 

89
56%

The Need

 

 

90
50%

Tales of an Island

 

 

91
70%

Ten

 

 

92
30%

The Other Side of Fire

 

 

93
72%

Low Heights

 

 

94
75%

The White Balloon

 

 

95
54%

That Which Remains

 

 

96
66%

The Cyclist

 

 

97
55%

Boutique

 

 

98
63%

Tight Spot

 

 

99
70%

Ballad of Tara

 

 

100
52%

Roozi Roozegari

 

 

101
73%

A Time for Drunken Horses

 

 

102
79%

Life, and Nothing More…

 

 

103
30%

Under the Skin of the Night

 

 

104
65%

Sara

 

 

105
55%

Journey

 

 

106
45%

Knucklebones

 

 

107
55%

The Longest Night

 

 

108
0%

Spectre of Scorpion

 

 

109
60%

A Party in Hell

 

 

110
74%

White Nights

 

 

111
40%

The Next Morning

 

 

112
50%

Parrot

 

 

113
51%

Marriage of the Blessed

 

 

114
60%

Child and Imperialism

 

 

115
63%

Kimia

 

 

116
68%

Gilaneh

 

 

117
81%

Turtles Can Fly

 

 

118
0%

The Mare

 

 

119
66%

Homework

 

 

120
52%

Pomegranate and Cane

 

 

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