Farsi-Language Movies on Netflix
Last updated May 19, 2024
Children of Heaven
1997 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsA young boy accidentally loses his sister's shoes and must share his own sneakers with her in a sort of relay while each attends school at different times during the day. The boy eventually enters a foot race in hopes of winning a new pair of shoes.
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The Queen and I
2008 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsNahid Persson Sarvestani's thought-provoking documentary about her friendship with Queen Farah, the Shah of Iran's wife, demonstrates how even those at odds can find middle ground and understanding as the conversation becomes political and personal.
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A Time for Drunken Horses
2000 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen the youngest boy of a destitute Kurdish family suffers from a terminal illness, his young siblings struggle to pay for a life-saving operation, resorting to manual labor and smuggling to raise the funds because their parents are dead.
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Baran
2001 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhile building a site in Tehran, 17-year-old Turkish worker Lateef is drawn to young Afghan worker Rahmat, who is dangerously in disguise. Her secret will changes both of their lives forever.
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Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution
2007 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsDespite political turmoil and cultural isolation -- and sometimes even because of them -- Iran has served as fertile ground for filmmakers for more than seven decades, as witnessed by this tribute to Persian cinema from Nader Takmil Homayoun. From escapism to social realism, the new wave of the 1970s and the more poetic films of recent years, this homage traces the history of Iranian filmmaking through a fascinating array of clips and interviews.
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No One Knows About Persian Cats
2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhat do you do when you can't play music in your homeland, but you can't leave your country to play it abroad either? This is the dilemma faced by an Iranian guy and gal who, fresh on the heels of their prison release, decide to form a rock band. Despite having drive and ambition to spare, the wannabe rockers are stymied by lack of passports, lack of funds and lack of musicians who're willing to leave Iran in this drama from Bahman Ghobadi.
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The Boxing Girls of Kabul
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsA remarkable group of young Afghan women dream of representing their country as boxers at the 2012 Olympics. This documentary follows them as they embark on a journey of both personal and political transformation.
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The Deserted Station
2002 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsThis lyrical film asks what happens next when a couple is stranded in a small village after their car breaks down. While the husband and a local schoolteacher make the necessary repairs, the wife forms a bond with the town's children.
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This Is Not a Film
2011 | NR | 2.7 out of 5 StarsWhen the Iranian government banned director Jafar Panahi from making a film for 20 years, he titled his next project This Is Not a Film. The resulting documentary covers a day in Panahi's life as he reflects on his unhappy situation.
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Men at Work
2006 | NR | 2.6 out of 5 StarsAn allegorical comedy, this Iranian film follows the strange quest of four old friends who become obsessed with shoving over a giant rock. Their absurd efforts to upturn the phallic-shaped boulder begin to reveal some deeper issues.
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Googoosh: Iran's Daughter
2000 | NR | 2.5 out of 5 StarsOnce Iran's most famous pop singer, Googoosh was forbidden to perform or record music as a result of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Filmmaker Farhad Zamani tells her story in this documentary and examines how the revolution transformed Iranian culture.
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Bedwin Hacker
2003 | NR | 2.3 out of 5 StarsKalt (Sonia Hamza) isn't your average Tunisian woman. After all, as the leader of a small ring of high-tech thieves, she spends most of her time hijacking the frequencies of foreign television channels so that an animated camel named Bedwin Hacker can say his piece in Arabic. Nadia El Fani directs this fresh and critically acclaimed look at a slice of North African life, co-starring Nadia Saiji and Muriel Solvay.
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