Direction: Mohammad Rasoulof

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Mohammad Rasoulof. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Seed of the Sacred Fig

2024 · Movie · 168 min. · Germany

Direction Mohammad Rasoulof

Cast Soheila Golestani · Setareh Maleki · Missagh Zareh · Mahsa Rostami

Plot Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal...

7.2

371 votes

7.2

371 votes

There Is No Evil

2020 · Movie · 150 min. · Iran

Direction Mohammad Rasoulof

Cast Ehsan Mirhosseini · Shaghayegh Shoorian · Kaveh Ahangar · Reza Bahrami

Plot Four stories on the crucial themes of moral strength and the death penalty, asking to what extent individual freedom can be expressed under a despotic regime and its seemingly inescapable...

7.0

558 votes

7.0

558 votes

Iron Island

2005 · Movie · 90 min. · Iran

Direction Mohammad Rasoulof

Cast Ali Nassirian · Hossein Farzi-Zadeh · Neda Pakdaman

Plot An abandoned ship anchored in the Persian Gulf offers refuge to a number of homeless Iranian squatters seeking sturdy shelter in this whimsical drama from Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof. Presiding...

6.9

217 votes

6.9

217 votes

Lerd (A Man of Integrity)

2017 · Movie · 117 min. · Iran

Direction Mohammad Rasoulof

Cast Reza Akhlaghirad · Soudabeh Beizaee · Nasim Adabi · Missagh Zareh

Plot Reza leads a simple life along with his wife and sole son, somewhere in a remote village in Northern Iran. He spends his days working in his goldfish farm. Nearby,...

6.9

189 votes

6.9

189 votes

Manuscripts Don't Burn

2013 · Movie · 125 min. · Iran

Direction Mohammad Rasoulof

Plot Khosrow and Morteza set out on a mission to kill someone. The assassination ought to be arranged as a suicide. At the last minute however, they are obliged to change...

6.6

94 votes

6.6

94 votes

Goodbye

2011 · Movie · 100 min. · Iran

Direction Mohammad Rasoulof

Cast Leila Zare · Sima Tirandaz · Roya Taymourian · Shahab Hosseini

Plot Story of a young lawyer in Tehran in search of a visa to leave the country, which is what Mohammad Rasoulof did during the winter of 2010/11.

6.4

55 votes

6.4

55 votes

The White Meadows

2009 · Movie · 92 min. · Iran

6.2

40 votes

6.2

40 votes

The Dish

2007 · Documentary · 64 min. · Iran

Direction Mohammad Rasoulof

Plot Satellite TV is illegal in Iran but it is also the nation’s secret obsession. An indulgence which has seeped into every pore of Iranian life. Satellite dishes are everywhere; But...

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Head Wind

2008 · Documentary · 65 min. · Iran

Direction Mohammad Rasoulof

Plot An investigation of government censorship in Iran.

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The Twilight

2002 · Movie · 83 min. · Iran

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