Mohsen Makhmalbaf Movies

  • 2017
    Plankton Salesmen

    Plankton Salesmen

    Plankton Salesmen

    02017HD

    A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in Russia in the early 2000s. The story of the company Cinema Without Borders...

    Plankton Salesmen
  • 1990
    Close-Up

    Close-Up

    Close-Up

    7.91990HD

    This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the...

    Close-Up
  • 2002
    September 11

    September 11

    September 11

    6.4132002HD

    An anthology of short films inspired by the events of the September 11 World Trade Center attacks.

    September 11
  • 2004
    Osama

    Osama

    Osama

    72004HD

    After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a preteen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to...

    Osama
  • 2013
    Ongoing Smile

    Ongoing Smile

    Ongoing Smile

    0.52013HD

    At the age of 74, many people retire themselves or go and spend the rest of their life in elderly’s house. But Kim Dong-Ho has made the...

    Ongoing Smile
  • 2009
    The Man Who Came with the Snow

    The Man Who Came with the Snow

    The Man Who Came with the Snow

    42009HD

    A man enters a bar, sits and observes, not speaking. Gradually, the silent presence of the stranger disturbs the other customers.

    The Man Who Came with the Snow
  • 1997
    A Moment of Innocence

    A Moment of Innocence

    A Moment of Innocence

    7.611997HD

    A semi-autobiographical account of an incident in Makhmalbaf's life when, as a 17-year-old, he stabbed a policeman at a protest rally. Two decades...

    A Moment of Innocence
  • 2004
    Joy of Madness

    Joy of Madness

    Joy of Madness

    62004HD

    Documentary showing the backstage of production of Samira Makhmalbaf's film Panj É Asr(At Five in the Afternoon), in Kabul, after the fall of...

    Joy of Madness
  • 1997
    Cinema Cinema

    Cinema Cinema

    Cinema Cinema

    01997HD

    This is a film about the making of Salaam Cinema by Mohsen Makhmalbaf in Tehran and it’s eventual screening in Cannes Film Festival. Viewers...

    Cinema Cinema
  • 1996
    Close-Up Long Shot

    Close-Up Long Shot

    Close-Up Long Shot

    6.11996HD

    Hossain Sabzian and some of his associates discuss his character, his life-long obsession with cinema and his attitude towards the film he starred...

    Close-Up Long Shot
  • 1998
    The Silence

    The Silence

    The Silence

    6.41998HD

    Khorshid, a blind child growing up in Tajikistan, is constantly distracted by music and sounds. This frequently causes him to be late to his job as...

    The Silence
  • 1998
    The Apple

    The Apple

    The Apple

    6.31998HD

    After twelve years of imprisonment by their own parents, two Iranian sisters are finally released by social workers to face the outside world for the...

    The Apple
  • 2001
    Kandahar

    Kandahar

    Kandahar

    6.2612001HD

    After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to...

    Kandahar
  • 2022
    Jiseok

    Jiseok

    Jiseok

    02022HD

    On May 18, 2017, the Busan International Film Festival’s Program Director Kim Jiseok died suddenly and unexpectedly from a heart attack while...

    Jiseok
  • 1996
    Gabbeh

    Gabbeh

    Gabbeh

    6.71996HD

    An elderly couple go about their routine of cleaning their gabbeh, while bickering gently with each other. Magically, a young woman appears, helping...

    Gabbeh
  • 2000
    Tales of an Island

    Tales of an Island

    Tales of an Island

    4.22000HD

    An anthology directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Testing Democracy) and Dariush Mehrjui (Dear Cousin is Lost)

    Tales of an Island
  • 2000
    Blackboards

    Blackboards

    Blackboards

    6.62000HD

    Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during...

    Blackboards
  • 1981
    Justification

    Justification

    Justification

    7.71981HD

    During the time of the Pahlavi Dynasty - the ruling House of Iran - the US President Richard Nixon is about to visit Tehran, but a violent armed...

    Justification
  • 1995
    Salaam Cinema

    Salaam Cinema

    Salaam Cinema

    6.5951995HD

    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...

    Salaam Cinema
  • 2009
    Two-Legged Horse

    Two-Legged Horse

    Two-Legged Horse

    5.32009HD

    A wealthy boy hires a poor child to carry him around like a horse.

    Two-Legged Horse