Best movies of Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Actors : Nelofer Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Ike Ogut, Sadou Teymouri,
Directors : Mohsen Makhmalbaf,

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.

Actors : Zura Begalishvili, Mikheil Gomiashvili, Leo Antadze, Dachi Orvelashvili,
Directors : Mohsen Makhmalbaf,

A brutal dictator comes face to face with the injustices committed by his regime when his country is taken over by revolutionists.

Actors : Ammar Tafti Dehghan, Mirhadi Tayebi, Ali Bakhsi, Mohsen Makhmalbaf,
Directors : Mohsen Makhmalbaf,

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.

Actors : Shaghayeh Djodat, Abbas Sayah, Hossein Moharami, Rogheih Moharami,
Directors : Mohsen Makhmalbaf,

An elderly couple go about their routine of cleaning their gabbeh (a intricately-designed rug), while bickering gently with each other. Magically, a young woman appears, helping the two ...

Actors : Mahshid Afsharzadeh, Mohammad Reza Maleki, Firouz Kiani, Samira Makhmalbaf,
Directors : Mohsen Makhmalbaf,

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...

Actors : Goibibi Ziadolahyeva, Araz M. Shirmohamadi, Tahmineh Normatova, Nadereh Abdelahyeva,
Directors : Mohsen Makhmalbaf,

Everyday, 10-year old Khorsid takes the bus to his work at an instrument maker's shop and everyday something unexpected happens.

Actors : Daler Nazarov, Mariam Gaibova, Farzona Beknazarova, Tahmineh Ebrahimova,
Directors : Mohsen Makhmalbaf,

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 ...

Actors : Mamhoud Chokrollahi, Mahnour Shadzi, Karl Maass, Tenzin Chogyal,
Directors : Mohsen Makhmalbaf,

A girl believing in God marries an atheist, who is consumed by doubt. They decide to spend their honeymoon in India. Searching the countryside for a guru called the "perfect man," who fobs ...

Actors : Akbar Abdi, Ezzatolah Entezami, Dariush Arjmand, Morteza Ahmadi,
Directors : Mohsen Makhmalbaf,

Mirza Ebrahim Khan, travels past in time to introduce cinematography to the previous king who can afford to pay for the new industry. But Nasser-e-din Shah takes an interest in the actress ...

Actors : Mohsen Zaehtab, Mahmud Bigham, Roya Nonahali, Ebrahim Abadi,
Directors : Mohsen Makhmalbaf,

Haji is severely traumatized by the war with Iraq. Back from the front, he's unable to adapt to civilian life. Despite family opposition, his fiancée stands by him as together they ...

Actors : Akbar Abdi, Mahaya Petrossian, Fatemah Motamed-Aria,
Directors : Mohsen Makhmalbaf,

Actors : Mohammad Kasebi, Esmat Makhmalbaf, Zohreh Sarmadi, Majid Majidi,
Directors : Mohsen Makhmalbaf,

Actors : Mahmoud Basiri, Esmail Soltanian, Zohreh Sarmadi, Behzad Behzadpour,
Directors : Mohsen Makhmalbaf,

Consisting of three separate stories, the director explores "Man" as a theme: birth, life and death, to present a sometimes comic, sometimes tragic portrait of life at the bottom of the ...

Actors : Shiva Gered, Aken Tunj, Abdurrahman Palay, Menderes Samancilar,
Directors : Mohsen Makhmalbaf,

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 ...

Actors : Mohammad Kasebi, Morteza Masa'eli, Ali Darakshi, Majid Majidi,
Directors : Mohsen Makhmalbaf,

Five men escape to a remote island in order to fight the Devil. Four of them give into the temptations provided by the Devil, and die. However the last man is able to defeat the Devil by ...