Direction: Samira Makhmalbaf

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


The Apple

1998 · Movie · 85 min. · Iran

Direction Samira Makhmalbaf

Cast Massumeh Naderi · Zahra Naderi · Ghorbanali Naderi · Zahra Saghrisaz

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

7.1

655 votes

7.1

655 votes

6.6

492 votes

11'09''01 - September 11

2002 · Documentary · 130 min. · France

Direction Samira Makhmalbaf · Claude Lelouch · Youssef Chahine · Danis Tanovic

Cast Ernest Borgnine · Ken Ogata · Tetsurô Tanba · Tomorô Taguchi

Synopsis A reaction piece to the United States' terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, this controversial film calls upon eleven directors from various countries to contribute 11-minute 9-second films about the event. Variously political, violent, disturbing, abstract, opinionated,... A reaction piece...

6.6

3K votes

6.6

3K votes

At Five in the Afternoon

2003 · Movie · 106 min. · Iran

Direction Samira Makhmalbaf

Cast Agheleh Rezaie · Abdolgani Yousefrazi · Razi Mohebi

Synopsis Nogreh is a young Afghani woman living with her father and her sister-in-law, Leylomah, whose husband, Akhtar, is missing. Beyond the issue of Akhtar, Leylomah is most concerned with how to feed her baby. She cannot provide milk for her...

6.4

837 votes

6.4

837 votes

Two-Legged Horse

2008 · Movie · 101 min. · Iran

Direction Samira Makhmalbaf

Cast Haron Ahad · Gol-Ghotai · Ziya Mirza Mohamad · Khojeh Nader

Synopsis In exchange for a dollar a day, a poor boy is hired to carry a wealthier lame boy around on his back like a horse and take him to and from school every day. When he carries the lame boy...

5.0

222 votes

5.0

222 votes