Finding himself in a house in the north of Iran by the Caspian Sea, the director picked up his handheld DV camera and began filming the seemingly anodyne events happening on the 500 metres of beach in front of his house—a piece of wood toyed with by the waves, people walking by the sea, indistinct shapes on a wintry beach or noisy ducks.

The Color of Pomegranates
1969
7.3/10

The White Balloon
1995
7.5/10

Oppenheimer
2023
8.0/10

Joker
2019
8.1/10

Titanic
1997
7.9/10

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
7.4/10

The Breakfast Club
1985
7.7/10

Inside Out
2015
7.9/10

Parasite
2019
8.5/10

Shutter Island
2010
8.2/10

Inception
2010
8.4/10

Pulp Fiction
1994
8.5/10

American Beauty
1999
8.0/10

12 Angry Men
1957
8.6/10

PK
2014
7.7/10

Back to the Future
1985
8.3/10

Batman Begins
2005
7.7/10

Eden Lake
2008
6.8/10

Gladiator
2000
8.2/10

The Shawshank Redemption
1994
8.7/10