List of Iranian films of the 1990s
A list of films produced in Iran ordered by year of release in the 1990s. For an alphabetical list of Iranian films see Category:Iranian films
1990s
Year | Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
1990 | Close-Up | Abbas Kiarostami | | Documentary | |
Hamoun | Dariush Mehrjui | Khosro Shakibai, Bita Farrahi, Ezzatollah Entezami | Psychological drama | |
Time of Love | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | | | Shot in Turkey, banned in Iran. Screened at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival |
Snake Fang | Masoud Kimiai | | | Entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival |
1991 | Life and Nothing More... | Abbas Kiarostami | | Drama | The second part of Kiarostami's Earthquake trilogy, screened at Cannes |
In the Alleys of Love | Khosrow Sinai | | | Screened at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival |
1992 | Baduk | Majid Majidi | | | Addresses child slavery |
Nargess | Rakhshan Bani-Etemad | Farimah Farjami, Atefeh Razavi | Drama | |
Naser-ed-din Shah | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Ezzatollah Entezami | Comedic | |
Sara | Dariush Mehrjui | Niki Karimi | Drama | |
1993 | Actor | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Akbar Abdi, Fatemeh Motamed-Aria | Drama | |
1994 | Hello Cinema | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | | | Screened at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival |
Through the Olive Trees | Abbas Kiarostami | | Drama | The third part of Kiarostami's Earthquake trilogy, entered at Cannes |
1995 | White Balloon | Jafar Panahi | | | |
The Fateful Day | Shahram Asadi | Ezzatolah Entezami, Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Zhaleh Olov, Mehdi Fat'hi, Hossein Panahi | Historical | an adaptation of Bahram Beyzai's book of the same title, produced eventually ten years after writing |
Hello Cinema | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | | | |
Pari | Dariush Mehrjui | Niki Karimi | | An adaptation of J. D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey |
1996 | Gabbeh | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | | | Title derived from a Persian rug Won Silver Screen award at Singapore, screened at Cannes |
A Moment of Innocence | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | | | |
Leila | Dariush Mehrjui | Leila Hatami | Drama | |
Pedar | Majid Majidi | | Drama | Won the Prize of the Jury at San Sebastián International Film Festival |
1997 | Children of Heaven | Majid Majidi | Majid Majidi | | Nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film |
Taste of Cherry | Abbas Kiarostami | Homayon Ershadi | | Awarded the Palme d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival |
The Silence | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | | Drama | Received CinemAvvenire Award, Sergio Trasatti Award, nominated for Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival |
1998 | The Apple | Samira Makhmalbaf | | Drama | Screened at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival |
Son of Maryam | Hamid Jebeli | Mohsen Falsafin Rafik Dergabrilian Hadi Nainizadeh | Drama | |
1999 | The Color of Paradise | Majid Majidi | Hossein Mahjoub, Mohsen Ramezani | Drama | |
Tales of Kish | Abolfazl Jalili, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Nasser Taghvai | | | Entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival |
Two Women | Tahmineh Milani | Niki Karimi | Drama | |
The Wind Will Carry Us | Abbas Kiarostami | | | Silver Lion Award |
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