# The best Iranian films of the 21st century

From Under the Skin of the City and Iron Island to About Elly, A Separation and Fish and Cat: Taste of Cinema's ten best Iranian films of the 21st century.

- 38 votes · 10 items
- Feb 6, 2020 · N. Clark
- https://even.best/en/l/4632/the-best-iranian-films-of-the-21st-century

## Top 10

1. **Facing Mirrors (2011)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Negar Azarbayjani. A taxi driver and a trans man on the run.
2. **Iron Island (2005)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Mohammad Rasoulof. Families living on a rusting oil tanker in the Gulf.
3. **Under the Skin of the City (2001)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Rakhshan Bani-Etemad. A working-class Tehran mother holds her family together.
4. **A Separation (2011)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Asghar Farhadi. A divorce and a carer's accusation. Golden Bear and Oscar.
5. **Tales (2014)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Rakhshan Bani-Etemad. Linked stories of Tehran. Best screenplay at Venice.
6. **Santouri (2007)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Dariush Mehrjui. A santur player's fall into addiction.
7. **Fish and Cat (2013)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Shahram Mokri. A horror story by a lake, shot in a single take.
8. **About Elly (2009)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Asghar Farhadi. A seaside weekend and a young woman who vanishes. Silver Bear at Berlin.
9. **The Willow Tree (2005)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Majid Majidi. A blind professor regains his sight and loses his way.
10. **Melbourne (2014)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Nima Javidi. A couple about to emigrate and a baby who stops breathing.

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