Persian culture movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant persian culture movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out islamic, serious, realistic, touching, captivating and sincere films and TV shows about / with persian culture, persian, iranian, family relations, society, islam, muslim, husband wife relationship, father son relationship and marriage plots mostly in Drama, Family and Thriller genres shot in Iran, France, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as persian culture: The Cow (1969), Mother (1990), The Color of Paradise (1999), Mum's Guest (2004), Ester the Queen (2010), The White Balloon (1995), Ten (2002), It's Winter (2006), A Separation (2011), Life and a Day (2016).

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 8K
The Cow (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An old villager deeply in love with his cow goes to the capital for a while. While he's there, the cow dies and now the villagers are afraid of his possible reaction to it when he returns.
Style: art house, depressing, islamic, controversial, contemplative ...
Plot: iranian, persian culture, illness, arab, village, village life, countryside, down on your luck, mentally unstable, society, life is a bitch, losing-it hero ...
Time: year 1969, 20th century, 60s
Place: iran, persia, asia, middle east
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 8.5
 5K
Mother (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The film progresses along two distinct but interwoven series of events. The first series involves young members of a family who have gathered round their old mother and revive their common childhood memories. the second line focuses on the old ...
Style: spiritual, islamic, interesting
Plot: iranian, persian culture, mother, carpenter, brother brother relationship, sister sister relationship, husband wife relationship, brother brother conflict, persian
Place: persia, iran, middle east, tehran iran
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The Color of Paradise (1999)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The story revolves around a blind boy named Mohammed who is released from his special school in Tehran for summer vacation. His father, shamed and burdened by Mohammed's blindness, arrives late to pick him up and then tries to convince the ...
Style: emotional, touching, dramatic, depressing, realistic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens
Plot: blindness, children, orphan, poverty, islam, shame, blind character, childhood, countryside, muslim, bittersweet, youth ...
Time: year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place: iran, middle east, persia, tehran iran
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 7.1
 5K
Mum's Guest (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A mother of a poor family, has guests coming over, yet doesn't know how to get the dinner party altogether with limited resources.
Style: islamic, dark comedy, black comedy
Plot: persian culture, iranian, medical student, hospital, guest, poverty, neighborhood, persian
Place: persia, iran
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Ester the Queen (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
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Story: Esther, the Queen tells the story of a beautiful young lady, and Jewish at a time when her people were persecuted and she must avoid all of being extinct. The drama takes place in Persian Empire, where King Ahasuerus called all the virgins of the ...
Style: soap opera, novela, entertaining, serious, exciting ...
Plot: bible, emperor, couples, jewess, empire, prime minister, czar, queen, royal palace, persian culture, jewish woman, society ...
Place: persia
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The White Balloon (1995)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Iran
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Several people try to take advantage of a little girl's innocence to hustle money her mom gave to her to buy a goldfish with.
Style: spiritual, thought provoking, educational, sad, poetic ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: children, coming of age, childhood, little girl, fish, islam, snake charmer, balloon, brother sister relationship, new year's eve, adolescence, money ...
Time: year 1995, 90s
Place: iran, persia, middle east, tehran iran
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 7.4
 9K
Ten (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A visual social examination in the form of ten conversations between a driving woman and her various pick-ups and hitchhikers.
Style: talky, melancholic, intense, light, thought provoking ...
Plot: character study, car, storytelling, relationships, driver, society, life is a bitch, passenger, sibling relationship, family relations, hopes, love and romance ...
Time: 2000s, year 2002
Place: iran, middle east, persia
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 6.7
 654
It's Winter (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The struggle to survive, for a generation, torn between wanting to leave its country, yet bound by blood to home.
Style: serious, touching, sincere, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot: winter, society, unemployment, working class, love affair, social issues, marriage crisis, realism, human nature, life is a bitch, survival, leaving home ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, middle east
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 8.3
 257K
A Separation (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France, Australia
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
Style: emotional, realistic, heartbreaking, talky, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: poverty, divorce, muslim, alzheimer's disease, justice, religion, islam, marriage, parenthood, court, family drama, dysfunctional family ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: iran, persia, middle east, maghreb, nebraska ...
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 8.2
 17K
Life and a Day (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Somaieh, the youngest daughter of an indigent family, is getting married and fear is overwhelming each and every member of the family regarding how to overcome their difficulties after she's gone.
Style: suspense, captivating, beautiful
Plot: marriage, family relations, poverty, poor, family problems, poor family, family life, relationships, life is a bitch, relationship problems, persian culture, distopia ...
Place: iran, middle east, persia
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From Karkheh to Rhine (1993)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Saeed who is suffering from injuries that he received in the Iran-Iraq War, is sent to Germany for treatments. In Germany, he meets his sister and her German husband. Saeed and his sister who have not had any relations in many years try to ...
Plot: iraq iran war, persian culture, iranian, interview, war veteran, leukemia, wound, journalist, airport, ferry, chemotherapy, mime ...
Place: iran, persia, middle east, iraq, germany
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Children of Heaven (1997)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Iran
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Zohre's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zohre until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes, Ali's. School awaits...
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing
Plot: childhood, poverty, school, children, unemployment, life, family drama, running, islam, siblings relations, coming of age, young heroes ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: iran, middle east, persia, tehran iran, maghreb
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The Glass Agency (1998)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The Glass Agency is the story of a war veteran living in post war Iran. It depicts veterans who are suffering from social problems after the war. Society does not understand them and the standard social norms are not in harmony with their ...
Style: islamic, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: iranian, iraq iran war, persian culture, siege, hostage, satire, post war, injustice, losing-it hero, unfulfillment, fighting the system, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s
Place: iran, persia, middle east, iraq, tehran iran
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The Music Man (2007)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Ali is son of a well-off family who plays the santoor (an Iranian instrument) and has earned some reputation through his concerts and teaching music but is rejected by his family because of this profession, which they despise. He falls for one of ...
Style: realistic, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, islamic ...
Plot: addiction, musician, rise and fall, couple relations, drug abuse, rehabilitation, dysfunctional family, family problems, family relations, tragic hero, music, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, persia, middle east, tehran iran
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 8.4
 22K
The Lizard (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Reza is a petty thief who escapes jail by posing as a mullah. When he has to stay in disguise longer than he expected, he accidentally becomes the revered leader of a small-town mosque, bringing people flooding in with his on the hoof sermons ...
Style: serious, rough, humorous, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: prison escape, prison, village, criminal heroes, hidden identity, fugitives, society, pretense, religions or cults, warden, small town life, iranian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, persia, middle east
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 7.5
 6K
M for Mother (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 113 min.
Story: What appears to be a grand love story turns sour when parents-to-be discover that their unborn child will likely be born with serious birth defects, as a result of the mother's exposure to chemical weapons during the Iran-Iraq war. The father ...
Style: sincere, captivating, sad, islamic
Plot: iraq iran war, iranian, family problems, pregnancy, pregnant woman, child illness, relationship problems, illness, dysfunctional family, mother child relationship, parenthood, persian culture ...
Place: iran, persia, middle east, iraq
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 7.9
 57K
About Elly (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.
Style: psychological, serious, captivating, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot: missing person, matchmaking, family relations, friendship, guilt, journey, iranian, parents and children, couples, couple relations, love and romance, teacher ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: iran, middle east, persia, maghreb
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A Cube of Sugar (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Iran
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Throughout the two days preceding her long-awaited wedding, amid the flurry of arriving relatives and the preparation of a seemingly endless array of colorful, culinary delights, young bride-to-be Pasandide finds herself the center of attention. The ...
Style: sweet, humorous, captivating, touching, sincere ...
Plot: food, family relations, niece, happiness, celebration, house, event, child, persian culture, arranged marriage, girl, mother ...
Place: persia, iran, middle east
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Muhammad: The Messenger of God (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Iran
Duration: 162 min.
Story: By the order of King of Habasha Abraha, one of his army commanders charges ahead Mecca to ruin the House of God. He leads thousands of soldiers, horses and elephants all fully equipped. By God’s will in 3km distance from Mecca, in its outskirts ...
Style: captivating, serious, sincere, christian film, islamic ...
Plot: islam, muslim, prophet, religion, prophecy, arabic history, family relations, battles, husband wife relationship, slavery, idol, caravan ...
Time: 6th century, 7th century
Place: iran, arabia, middle east, maghreb
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 7.7
 64K
The Salesman (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the young couple’s life.
Style: suspense, intense, psychological, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot: revenge, rape, hospital, ptsd, teacher, marriage, twists and turns, character study, actor, unfaithful husband, stage play, secrets ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Place: iran, middle east, persia, maghreb, tehran iran
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 5.6
 3K
Lottery (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Two Iranian teenagers in love want to get married, travel to the US to get a green card and live there, but their parents object. With not enough money saved, they pin their hopes on winning the state lottery to fund their trip, but tragedy derails ...
Style: psychological, tense, sentimental, touching, suspense ...
Plot: aspiration, family relations, immigration, green card, love, islam, american dream, troubled marriage, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couples, couple relations, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, usa, persia
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Damascus Time (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Two Iranian pilots are in a special mission to save the people of a Syrian city who are surrounded by the terrorists. But they have to face many challenges before manage to accomplish their mission.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, exciting
Plot: isis, pow, terrorist, torture, husband wife relationship, hijacking, jihad, airplane, terrorism, syrian war, war crime, female soldier ...
Place: syria, iran, turkey, israel, kurdistan
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 7.8
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Just 6.5 (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 131 min.
Story: The story of the six-and-a-half story narrative search for the anti-drug police is to find the great glass dealer in the capital.
Style: tense, brutal, suspense, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot: iranian, drug overdose, prison, drug, drug addict, lawyer, police station, death sentence, police, rape, death, brutality ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tehran iran, iran, persia, middle east
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The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Kamran is a 12 year old boy in the present day who discovers that his ancestor is the 11th Century Mathematician, Astronomer, Poet of Persia, Omar Khayyam. The story has been passed down in his family from one generation to another, and now it is ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, emotional, epic ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
Plot: mathematics, social relations, medieval, philosopher, friends, power relations, religions or cults, love and romance, friendship, poet, tradition, mathematician ...
Time: year 2005, medieval times, middle ages
Place: iran, persia
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Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A wannabe private investigator wins the Green Card lottery and moves to America to pursue his dream only to find himself embroiled in a conspiracy to start the next world war.
Style: light, funny, entertaining, humorous, feel good ...
Plot: political satire, new identity, immigration, conspiracy, spy, immigrant, escapades, social problems, private investigator, government conspiracy, political conspiracy, satire ...
Place: iran
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