A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under authoritarian rule. Whether choosing a name for a newborn, graduating from grade school, getting a driver’s license, applying for a job, or seeking approval for a film script, if you live in Iran, you best come fluent in Orwellian discourse.
Tehran Taboo
2017
7.1/10
The Stoning of Soraya M.
2009
7.7/10
CQ
2001
5.9/10
The Trial
1962
7.4/10
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
1998
7.2/10
Code 3
2025
7.1/10
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989
7.3/10
The Concrete Jungle
1982
6.0/10
Triangle of Sadness
2022
7.0/10
I Care a Lot
2021
6.6/10
SubUrbia
1997
6.2/10
Desperate Living
1977
6.3/10
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
2018
6.4/10
Hard to Die
1990
6.1/10
Hooking Up
2020
6.3/10
Small Apartments
2012
5.8/10
Ricky Gervais: Mortality
2025
7.1/10
Bad Boy Bubby
1993
6.9/10
Disgrace
2008
6.2/10
Somewhere in Queens
2023
6.3/10
Before Night Falls
2000
6.652/10
