The best Abbas Kiarostami films
The top 3 according to 126 votes from people: Close-Up (1990) · Ten (2002) · Where Is the Friend's House? (1987). (Updated Jul 23, 2022.)
From the Koker trilogy to Taste of Cherry: the Kiarostami films critics and audiences rank highest (MovieWeb, High On Films, Wikipedia).
Top 12
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1
Close-Up (1990)
A real man who impersonated director Makhmalbaf plays himself.
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2
Ten (2002)
Ten conversations inside one woman's car.
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3
Where Is the Friend's House? (1987)
A boy crosses villages to return a classmate's notebook.
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4
Through the Olive Trees (1994)
A film shoot after the earthquake and a stubborn courtship.
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5
Taste of Cherry (1997)
A man drives around Tehran looking for someone to bury him; Palme d'Or.
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6
The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
Tehran visitors wait in a Kurdish village; Venice Grand Jury Prize.
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7
Certified Copy (2010)
Juliette Binoche and an English writer in Tuscany.
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8
The Traveller (1974)
A boy schemes to get to Tehran for a football match.
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9
Homework (1989)
Documentary interviewing schoolboys about their homework.
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10
Like Someone in Love (2012)
An elderly professor and a student in Tokyo.
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11
24 Frames (2017)
His posthumous film: 24 still images brought to life.
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12
And Life Goes On (1992)
A director and his son search for the child actors after the 1990 quake.
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Comments (1)
Close-Up at #1 is the right call. Nothing else feels like it.