List of Iranian Revolution films
Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of the Iranian Revolution. This list does not include documentaries, short films.[1][2][3]
1980s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Iran | Long Live...! | زنده‌باد… | Khosrow Sinai | Drama, Thriller. |
| 1980 | Iran | Rain of Blood | خون‌بارش | Amir Ghavidel | |
| 1982 | Iran | Destiny's 5th Rider | پنجمین سوار سرنوشت | Saeed Motalebi | Crime, Drama. |
| 1983 | United States West Germany |
The Mission | فرستاده | Parviz Sayyad | Drama. |
| 1983 | Iran | Soil and Blood | خاک و خون | Kamran Qadakchian | Action. |
| 1985 | Iran | The Ceremonies | تشریفات | Mehdi Fakhimzadeh | Crime. |
| 1986 | Iran | The Execution | تیرباران | Ali Asghar Shadravan | Action, Biography, Crime. Seyed Ali Andarzgoo |
| 1987 | Iran | The Convicts | محکومین | Nasser Mohammadi | Crime. |
| 1988 | Iran | The Red Line | خط قرمز | Masoud Kimiai | Drama, Thriller. |
| 1989 | Iran | O Iran | ای ایران | Nasser Taghvai | Comedy, Drama, Family, Music. |
| 1989 | Iran | The Secret of Kowkab | راز کوکب | Kazem Ma'asoumi |
2000s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Iran | The Hidden Half | نيمه پنهان | Tahmineh Milani | Drama. |
| 2002 | United States | Maryam | Ramin Serry | Drama. | |
| 2007 | France United States |
Persepolis | Marjane Satrapi Vincent Paronnaud |
Animation, Biography, Drama, History, War. |
2010s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Iran | Private Life | زندگی خصوصی | Hossein FarahBakhsh | Drama, Thriller. |
| 2012 | Iraq Turkey Iran |
Rhino Season | فصل کرگدن | Bahman Ghobadi | Drama, Thriller. |
| 2012 | United Kingdom United States |
Argo | Ben Affleck | Biography, Drama, History, Thriller. Based on memoir The Master of Disguise and the article The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran. Tony Mendez, Canadian Caper, Iranian Revolution. | |
| 2015 | United States | Septembers of Shiraz | Wayne Blair | Drama, History, Thriller. Based on the novel The Septembers of Shiraz. | |
| 2015 | France | All Three of Us | Nous trois ou rien | Kheiron | Comedy, Drama. |
| 2017 | Iran | Confiscation | مصادره | Mehran Ahmadi | Comedy, Drama. |
| 2017 | United States | Price for Freedom | Dylan Bank | Drama. Based on an unknown book. | |
| 2019 | Germany Spain |
Tomorrow We Are Free | Morgen sind wir frei | Hossein Pourseifi | Drama, History. |
2020s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Iran | Careless Crime | جنایت بی‌دقت | Shahram Mokri | Crime, Drama. Cinema Rex fire |
| 2025 | Iran | Taxidermy | تاکسیدرمی | Mohammad Paydar | Comedy, Drama. |
Television films
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Canada United States |
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper | Lamont Johnson | Drama, History, Thriller. Canadian Caper, Iranian Revolution. |
TV series
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Iran | The first time I participated in the revolution | اولین بار که در انقلاب شرکت کردم | ||
| 1986 | United States Mexico |
On Wings of Eagles | Andrew V. McLaglen | Drama. Based on the book On Wings of Eagles. | |
| 2015 | Iran | Kimia | کیمیا | Javad Afshar | |
| 2015-16 | Iran | The Enigma of the Shah | معمای شاه | Mohammad Reza Varzi | History. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
References
- ^ Rahbari, Mehdi; Mohammadzadeh, Saeed (2011). "سینما و وقوع انقلاب اسلامی در ایران". MATIN.
- ^ "انقلاب روی پرده نقره‌ای". Shabestan News. 12 February 2024.
- ^ "معرفی فیلم ها و سریال های انقلابی ایرانی". bazigar360.