Movie Database

Movies by Director - Mohsen Makhmalbaf (34 [Missing: 21])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
Tobeh NosuhNA1983 Drama Not Available
Do Cheshme BisooNA1984 Drama Not Available
Fleeing from Evil to GodNA1984 Drama Not Available
Boycott [Baykot]A young guy Valeh is arrested by the security during Shah's reign in Iran. There in prison he remembers his past and his life and begins to asks about his believes and ideals. Finally they execute him while his friends try to make a 1986Mohsen MakhmalbafDrama5.9 (306 votes)8520211228
Cyclist, The [Bicycleran]The wife of Nasim, an Afghan immigrant in Iran, is gravely ill. He needs money to pay for her care, but his day labor digging wells does not pay enough. A friend connects Nasim to a two-bit promoter who sells tickets to watch Nasim r1989Mohsen MakhmalbafDrama7.2 (2.1K votes)8220220423
The PeddlerNA1987 Drama Not Available
Marriage of the BlessedNA1989 Crime,Drama,War Not Available
Time of Love [Nobat e Asheghi]Part one: A brown-haired man finds out that his wife cheats on him with a blonde-haired man. He kills his rival and is condemned to the capital punishment. Gazale takes her own life. Part two: Same story. Same denouement, the only va1995Mohsen MakhmalbafDrama,Romance6.4 (185 votes)7520211228
Nights of Zayandeh-Rood, The [Shabhaye Zayendeh-Rood]An embittered Professor and his daughter (whose job it is to nurse sucidal patients) try to deal with life in Iran before and after the fall of the Shah.1990Mohsen MakhmalbafDrama6.5 (256 votes)6520211228
Once Upon a Time, CinemaNA1992 Comedy,Drama,Fantasy Not Available
Actor, The [Honarpisheh]It is about a burly film actor who wants to act only in art films but is forced by his family's economic demands to do a string of trashy commercial movies. His tormented wife, infertile and obsessed with having a baby, insists that 1993Mohsen MakhmalbafComedy,Drama6.7 (623 votes)8820211228
Images from the Ghajar DynastyNA1993 Documentary,History,Short Not Available
Hello Cinema [Salaam Cinema]Makhmalbaf puts an advertisement in the papers calling for an open casting for his next movie. However when hundreds of people show up, he decides to make a movie about the casting and the screen tests of the would-be actors.1995Mohsen MakhmalbafComedy,Documentary,Drama7.7 (1.9K votes)7520211228
GabbehWhen an old couple washes their gabbeh - a type of Persian rug - a young woman magically appears and tells them her life story.1996Mohsen MakhmalbafDrama,Mystery,Romance6.9 (3.3K votes)7520211228
Moment of Innocence, A [Nun va Goldoon]A semi-autobiographical account of Makmahlbaf's experience as a teenager when, as a 17-year-old, he stabbed a policeman at a protest rally. Two decades later, he tracks down the policeman he injured in an attempt to make amends.1996Mohsen MakhmalbafComedy,Drama7.8 (3.9K votes)7820220723
Silence, The [Sokout]Everyday, 10-year old Khorsid takes the bus to his work at an instrument maker's shop and everyday something unexpected happens.1998Mohsen MakhmalbafDrama,Music6.9 (1.7K votes)7620220414
Tales of KishNA1999 Drama Not Available
Tales of an IslandNA2000 Comedy,Drama Not Available
Kandahar [Safar e Ghandehar]After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.2001Mohsen MakhmalbafDrama6.8 (6.8K votes)8120220731
Afghan AlphabetNA2002 Documentary Not Available
Sex & Philosophy [Sex o phalsapheh]On his fortieth birthday, a man engineers a revolt against himself. He telephones his lovers -- all four of them -- and arranges to meet them at his dance school that afternoon. The women are shocked to discover that they have bee...2005Mohsen MakhmalbafDrama,Romance5.5 (753 votes)10520230619
The ChairNA2005 Short Not Available
Scream of the AntsNA2006 Adventure,Drama Not Available
Madresei keh baad bordNA1998 Drama,Short Not Available
Marghe and Her MotherNA2019 Drama Not Available
The Man Who Came with the SnowNA2009 Drama Not Available
Gardener, TheThe Gardener is a surreal film made using documentary-style techniques via the cameras of father and son (the Makhmalbafs) who go to Israel to learn about a religion (Baha'i faith) that they don't know much due to its taboo status...2012Mohsen MakhmalbafDocumentary,Drama6.1 (289 votes)8720221228
Talking with RiversNA2023 Drama Not Available
Sang va shishehNA1994 Documentary,Short Not Available
Ongoing SmileNA2013 Documentary Not Available
President, TheA brutal dictator comes face to face with the injustices committed by his regime when his country is taken over by revolutionists.2014Mohsen MakhmalbafDrama7.3 (1.6K votes)11920211228
Les VacancesNATBA Drama Not Available
The TenantNA2016 Short Not Available
TenantNA2015 Drama,Short Not Available