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 |
|
| 1993 |
Actor |
Mohsen Makhmalbaf |
Akbar Abdi, Fatemeh Motamed-Aria |
Drama |
|
| Sara |
Dariush Mehrjui |
Niki Karimi |
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 |
|
|
|
| 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 |
| 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 Wind Will Carry Us |
Abbas Kiarostami |
|
|
Silver Lion Award |
| Two Women |
Tahmineh Milani |
Niki Karimi |
Drama |
|
| Blackboards |
Samira Makhmalbaf |
|
Drama |
Entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival |
| Tales of Kish |
Abolfazl Jalili, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Nasser Taghvai |
|
|
Entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival |
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