# The best Iranian films of all time

From The Cow to A Separation: the Iranian films critics rank highest, from the new wave to Farhadi (Taste of Cinema, Piero Scaruffi, Letterboxd).

- 665 votes · 14 items
- Aug 10, 2020 · cole.sf
- https://even.best/en/l/2796/the-best-iranian-films-of-all-time

## Top 13

1. **Close-Up (1990)** (64 · ▲70 ▼6) — Abbas Kiarostami; in Sight and Sound's top 50.
2. **A Separation (2011)** (58 · ▲62 ▼4) — Asghar Farhadi; Golden Bear and Oscar.
3. **Taste of Cherry (1997)** (50 · ▲55 ▼5) — Abbas Kiarostami; Palme d'Or.
4. **The Cow (1969)** (47 · ▲54 ▼7) — Dariush Mehrjui, a landmark of the Iranian new wave.
5. **About Elly (2009)** (46 · ▲48 ▼2) — Asghar Farhadi, a disappearance on a beach weekend.
6. **Where Is the Friend's House? (1987)** (37 · ▲42 ▼5) — Abbas Kiarostami.
7. **Chess of the Wind (1976)** (33 · ▲39 ▼6) — Mohammad Reza Aslani, rediscovered decades later.
8. **The House Is Black (1962)** (27 · ▲32 ▼5) — Forugh Farrokhzad's short documentary in a leper colony.
9. **Children of Heaven (1997)** (25 · ▲31 ▼6) — Majid Majidi, two siblings and one pair of shoes; Oscar nominee.
10. **The Color of Paradise (1999)** (24 · ▲32 ▼8) — Majid Majidi, a blind boy and his father.
11. **Crimson Gold (2003)** (22 · ▲29 ▼7) — Jafar Panahi, a pizza deliveryman in Tehran.
12. **The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)** (18 · ▲28 ▼10) — Abbas Kiarostami.
13. **The Salesman (2016)** (14 · ▲27 ▼13) — Asghar Farhadi; Oscar.
14. **Taxi (2015)** (12 · ▲22 ▼10) — Jafar Panahi drives a taxi through Tehran; Golden Bear.

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