Best Iranian adventure movies

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch adventure films from Iran, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for Where Is The Friend's House?

    Where Is The Friend's House? 1987

    An 8-year-old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.

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  • Poster for Life, and Nothing More…

    Life, and Nothing More… 1992

    After the earthquake of Guilan, a film director and his son travel to the devastated area to search for the actors from the movie the director made there a few years previously. In their search, they see how people who have lost everything in the earthquake still have hope and try to live life to the fullest.

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  • Poster for Dolphin Boy

    Dolphin Boy 2022

    When a plane crashes at sea, dolphins rescue a little boy and raise him as family. He lives a carefree life beneath the waves until an evil monster seizes power over the underwater world. Banished to dry land, the boy is taken in by a kind-hearted captain. With his new companion's help, the boy embarks on a journey to solve the mystery of his true identity.

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  • Poster for Saint Petersburg

    Saint Petersburg 2010

    A newly released prisoner and an ostensibly rich youth become aware of the place of Tsar's long lost treasure by a twist of fate.

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  • Poster for Tad Jones and the Basement of Doom

    Tad Jones and the Basement of Doom 2007

    Tad, a foolish and stubborn adventurer, seeks for a disappeared cute dog and finds a mysterious basement where a terrible secret is hidden.

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  • Poster for Low Heights

    Low Heights 2002

    A person wants to hijack an airplane to go out of Iran and cure his sick son.

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  • Poster for Okht-o-Reda

    Okht-o-Reda 2023

    The movie Okht al-Reza (Reza's sister) narrates the journey of the Lady of Dignity, Hazrat Masoumeh PBUH from Madinah to Qom. While portraying the events of the Prophet's path, her time, Ma'mun's conspiracies and efforts for her martyrdom, the work tries to express a mystical narrative of the character of Hazrat Masoumeh. It deals with the story of this journey, and includes passages about the political and social atmosphere of the time, where the general atmosphere of the storytelling is somewhat close to the documentary.

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  • Poster for The Readhead

    The Readhead 2017

    Farhad's younger brother gets killed right in front of his eyes. Now Farhad along with his brother, the 'dead man', steps to the woods of spirits for revenge. This journey though, is to the past and the future.

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  • Poster for Scream of the Ants

    Scream of the Ants 2007

    A girl believing in God marries an atheist, who is consumed by doubt. They decide to spend their honeymoon in India...

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  • Poster for Texas

    Texas 2018

    The story of two friends Sasan and Bahram. Sasan is living in Brazil and Bahram wants to join him too but they face many different challenges and adventures in between.

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  • Poster for City of Mice

    City of Mice 1986

    Mice who have to leave their school and immigrate because of a wild cat who wants to eat them up. Eventually the mice defeat the cat and go back to their home.

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  • Poster for Pishkesvat

    Pishkesvat 1976

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  • Poster for Malkoçoğlu – Cem Sultan

    Malkoçoğlu – Cem Sultan 1970

    During one of his campaigns, Malkoçoğlu Ali Bey was taken prisoner by Homer and spent years in a dungeon, enduring torture. He eventually escapes. Separated from his beloved wife and his unknown son Polat, he continues his life as a cavalry leader on horseback. His son's desire to become a cavalryman brings together the father and son, who do not know each other. They are given a mission: to prevent Cem Sultan, the son of Fatih Sultan Mehmet and the blood brother of Malkoçoğlu Ali Bey, from falling into the hands of the Venetians. This film tells the story of Malkoçoğlu Ali Bey, the son of the famous raider Malkoçoğlu Bali Bey, who was educated at the Enderun-ı Hümayün, the palace university founded by Fatih Sultan Mehmed Han. He served as the governor of Sofia and was martyred in the Battle of Çaldıran in 1514.

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  • Poster for Malkoçoğlu: Ölüm Fedaileri

    Malkoçoğlu: Ölüm Fedaileri 1972

    A band of 14th-century warriors with some very unique combat skills protect a princess during an attempted coup.

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  • Poster for The Mongols

    The Mongols 1973

    A director of a television series on the history of cinema, who has been grappling with the screenplay of his first feature film, receives an assignment to oversee the installation of a television relay station in a remote region of Zahedan province. He has already hired Turkmen tribespeople for his film and selected his filming location. Meanwhile his wife, who is working on her Ph.D. dissertation about the Mongol invasion of Iran, attempts to dissuade him from accepting the assignment. One night, while working on his history of the cinema series, the director fantasizes a diegetic world that consists of clever juxtapositions of his different worlds: the history of cinema, the history of the mongol invasion, his own film idea and his imminent assignment to the desert.

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  • Poster for The Wall

    The Wall 2008

    For the young and fearless Setareh, there are no walls or boundaries she cannot overcome. Determined to provide for her family, Setareh takes a job as a bike rider in a theme park, following the tracks of her late father. When she becomes the first female to ride around 'The Wall', a wooden cylinder-shaped structure, the authorities intervene to prevent her from taking her rightful place on the wall of fame. With the successful show on the verge of being cancelled, Setareh struggles for her voice to be heard. An adventurous philosophical debate into gender equality.

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  • Poster for Hassan, the Bald

    Hassan, the Bald 1970

    Inspired by Iranian folk tales and reputed as the first Iranian musical movie, the film follows the story of the lazybones congenitally bald Hassan who is tricked out of the house by his mother. Then he learns about Chelgis, a girl kidnapped and kept by an ogre in his enchanted garden. Smitten by her beauty, Hassan tries to find a way to save her. In a public bathroom, he encounters his doppelganger. The doppelganger promises to fulfill his wishes in return for a fraction of his life. But when fulfilled, his wishes do not emerge the same he envisioned…

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  • Poster for İki Esir

    İki Esir 1971

    The village boy Murat is in love with Zeynep. The villagers live a happy life, but one day pirates land in the village and take it under siege. Murat and Mistik are taken as captives, Zeynep is taken to King Kasim's palace. Murat becomes the king's warrior. Gaffar finds out about Murat and Zeynep's affair, and informs Kasim. So, Kasim takes her as his concubine and makes Murat fight with Tahir. Murat defeats Tahir yet doesn't kill him, so he is crucified by Kasim. Mistik and Zeynep save him and Murat runs away. Kasim wants to marry Zeynep but Murat saves h

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  • Poster for No Fly Zone

    No Fly Zone 2019

    To take part in a competition three teenagers are trying to make a drone. Some saying that people saw a cheetah in the plains around their town. The news interferes the activity of the teenagers and engage them in a new story.

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  • Poster for The Fateful Day

    The Fateful Day 1995

    As Abdollah prepares to get married to his long-time love, he hears calls for help during his wedding and leaves the ceremony for an adventure to find the truth.

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  • Poster for The Guest

    The Guest 2008

    A young taxi driver who is a happy man encounters lots of different stories through his daily life. One day, he is driving a young American woman and he enters an unusual and protracted adventure which he should follow to the end. The American woman has lost the address she is going to refer and it is almost impossible to reach her relatives. The young driver believes that he should help the woman until she finds her relatives and this issue causes many problems between him and his fiancee. He also has other problems regarding the American woman and his unusual friend.

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  • Poster for Dracula

    Dracula 2016

    An addict is captured by a Dracula. Dracula's wife prevents him from killing the victim. The addict suggests a remedy which turns Dracula's life upside down.

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  • Poster for A Perfect Gentleman

    A Perfect Gentleman 1965

    A taxi driver finds a ticket at the end of his work in a taxi and finds that the ticket has won a prize of 100,000.

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  • Poster for The Gools

    The Gools 2023

    After learning to protect a truce among a community of animals, three young goats embark on an adventurous journey to keep a ceasefire intact throughout their society.

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  • Poster for The Record Is Equal To The Document

    The Record Is Equal To The Document 2017

    Kiarash and Maral take turn robbing some stolen money off each other until they face the inevitable consequence.

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  • Poster for The Redtails

    The Redtails 2018

    Two youngsters Bahman and Nader who must go to the military service and are searching for a way to escape from that meet each other and become friends. This friendship is the beginning of many troubles and adventures for them.

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  • Poster for Selahattin Eyyubi

    Selahattin Eyyubi 1970

    The film depicts the Christian West's attack on Jerusalem and the defense of Muslims led by Saladin. Believing that they will become rich and go to heaven if they capture Jerusalem, Christians led by Richard the Lionheart launch an attack. Saladin cannot find the support he expects from Muslim emirs. The Crusader armies are approaching Jerusalem, committing massacres along the way. Saladin, who has been wearing down the Crusaders with hit-and-run tactics for a long time, will defeat the Christians in the great battle and protect Jerusalem.

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  • Poster for Baran and the Native

    Baran and the Native 1998

    Aboard the top deck of a cruise ship, Baran, a young wealthy girl, notices a native boy who is dancing joyfully to beating drums. Baran arrives at a plush hotel on the mainland, however she seems somewhat disconsolate. Later she finds the native boy again and they begin to bond, playfully exploring the beach resort together. Later, the two go aboard a row-boat and the native dives down into the water to collect a pearl from the seabed for her. However, the ending leaves the audience to wonder if he was a figment of Baran's longing imagination all along. Well-shot and with a strong performance from Baran Kosari, this film perfectly captures the bittersweet pangs of young love.

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  • Poster for Gholam zhandarm

    Gholam zhandarm 1971

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  • Poster for Can Pazarı

    Can Pazarı 1976

    The film is about the love story between Murat and Selma. Murat is a masseur loved by his clients. Her biggest goal in life is to make her daughter Ebru happy. One day, he is assigned to the physical therapy of Abbas, one of the bosses of the underworld. He meets Selma, Abbas' daughter. The two, who did not get along at first, fall in love with each other over time. But the struggle between Abbas and his rival Kamil irreversibly affects Murat and those around him.

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  • Poster for MirNasir and the Ill-Fated Genie

    MirNasir and the Ill-Fated Genie 1974

    MirNasir, who thinks that life has finally shown him a bright side by finding a genie, realizes that the genie has been imprisoned inside the glass for too long.

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  • Poster for Jabbar, Runaway Sergeant

    Jabbar, Runaway Sergeant 1973

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  • Poster for Hossein Kord Shabestari

    Hossein Kord Shabestari 1966

    Hossein Kurd Shabestri, the shepherd of Sardar Masih Khan, saves Fari Naz, Sardar's daughter, from some bandits. He goes to Isfahan to look for the girl, and in the market of the city, he has a dispute with Loti Haider and Mesh Asfar over the payment for the repair of his clothes and the food he ate. They take him to Sardar Masih Khan, and the Sardar pays for Hossein and appoints Mehtar Nasim Aiyar to teach Hossein the ways and customs of swordplay and Ghorchi becomes a Sardar.

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  • Poster for The Nameless Knight

    The Nameless Knight 1970

    Unlike all other films of Cuneyt Arkin, this film picture is taken by a highly skilled team with quite a lot of preparations. The scenario is a fairy tale which is pleasantly supported by some high quality visual effects (prepared in a visual lab in England). The scenes are all supported with high quality decorations of the old times of the tale. Cuneyt Arkin with his athletic capabilities enables the hero of this tale to be brought to life in his act. It is really unlucky for the film team to prepare such a good film after a series of junk films which directly reduced the interest to this high quality film.

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  • Poster for The Thief Girl

    The Thief Girl 1968

    Selim Bey, a wealthy lawyer with twin daughters named Yıldız and Mehtap, has star and moon tattoos done on his shoulders so as not to confuse them. While Yıldız is at the beach with her nanny, pickpocket Saçaklı Raziye kidnaps her while her nanny is swimming. Her goal is to train her to be a pickpocket like her husband Yamalı Mahmut.

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  • Poster for İşportacı Kız

    İşportacı Kız 1970

    Gül, a young woman, works as a street vendor with her boyfriend Kartal and her friends Necdet and Hüseyin. Her life takes a dramatic turn when she meets Hulusi Bey, a wealthy businessman whose daughter looks exactly like her. Upon learning what has happened to Hulusi Bey's daughter, Gül takes action to help the young woman.

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  • Love Trap 1961

    An Iranian adventure movie from director Azizollah Rafie.

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  • Poster for Ranginkaman

    Ranginkaman 1971

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  • Poster for Melikşah

    Melikşah 1969

    Ali gets in trouble with the governor Emir's men, his grandfather gets killed, he leaves the village and moves to the town with his mother. Tugrul treats people in the town cruelly. He wants to marry the governor's daughter Zerrin and take his place. Ali wants to report this to King Meliksah. On his way he captures a caravan, the governor's daughter Zerrin is there too. Tugrul gets jealous of them and sends him to prison, Zerrin helps Ali to escape. Meliksah later on comes together with Ali, he tells him how cruelly he treats the people in town. Tugrul even tries to kill them! In the end, it turns out that Ali's mother is Meliksah's former wife, so he tells Ali everything. Ali and Zerrin get married, Meliksah gets together with his wife.

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  • Poster for Emroz -o farda

    Emroz -o farda 1966

    The bus takes orphanages for a short camp to the northern regions of the country...

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  • Poster for Mard-e-rouz

    Mard-e-rouz 1968

    "Reza" is young and handsome, enthralled by "dream" ...

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  • Poster for The Mountain Tiger

    The Mountain Tiger 1965

    Manouchehr Khan and his fiancée injure an old woman in a village in a car, and when she escapes, the old woman, Ghanbar, is murdered ... Jamshid Mehrdad appeared in a negative role in the film.

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  • Poster for The Sorceress

    The Sorceress 1972

    Ghodrat, a truck driver, and Ezzat meet a displaced young man named Hashem on the road and take him to their home.

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  • Poster for Athar's syllabus

    Athar's syllabus 1980

    A young teacher, a tutor, enters the school and tries to make friendly relations with his pupils. His relations with a student, one of whom is from an unsuitable family, is more than equivalent to the ensure that he should oppose the headmaster in a school play.

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  • Poster for The Hateful Wolf

    The Hateful Wolf 1973

    Forging with his wife, Gladam, is planted and planted in a piece of land away from the city. People in the village do not have a favorable opinion of them, so when the blacksmith wants them to help him in the delivery of his wife, they refuse and finally the blacksmith's wife goes on. People do not even allow the burial of a blacksmith's wife in the cemetery of the village, and at this time, the blacksmith is impelled and he wants to kill revenge.

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  • Poster for Dead End

    Dead End 1965

    Iraj, a journalist photographer, meets Pari in Paris. He returns to Iran and marries Azar. He later gets into trouble and gets entangled in further conspiracies devised by Pari.

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  • Poster for Sakhre Siah

    Sakhre Siah 1973

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  • Poster for Sekke-ye shans

    Sekke-ye shans 1970

    Two brothers fall in love with the same girl. Nevertheless, the girl likes the older brother. A guy tries to set these two brothers apart and make the younger one addicted to gambling. He wins everything the father of the girl has in a bet and says that he will give back all of it if he agrees to make his daughter marry him. The father accepts. But the younger brother finds out that you can't buy love, and lets the older brother to have her.

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  • Poster for Seventeen Days till Execution

    Seventeen Days till Execution 1956

    Seventeen days till execution.

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  • Poster for Tahran Macerası

    Tahran Macerası 1968

    Ali and Cafer, the truck drivers, continue their way in the mountains of Iran. They take the bandits to their boss and deliver the carpets. The boss just thanks them. At the bar Ali feels attracted to Shirin, the dancer. Jalal's sister Zeynep needs a surgery to regain her eyesight.

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  • Poster for Ölüm Fermanı

    Ölüm Fermanı 1970

    The story of cowboy Bill, who comes to town to avenge his murdered father.

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  • Poster for At the Last Moment

    At the Last Moment 1973

    Farhad and Taher are two friends and partners who run a cabaret. Farhad becomes acquainted with Nazi during a trip to the north and develops an interest in her. Nazi has a warm voice, and Mahmoud, who is a rival cabaret owner to Farhad and Taher, tries to employ Nazi in his own cabaret. Farhad goes to Europe to hire some singers and loses one of his hands in an accident there. Knowing that Nazi will not accept him, Farhad stays in Europe for a while, hoping to forget Nazi.

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  • Poster for Little Liar

    Little Liar 1974

    After seducing Nazi, a cabaret singer, Farhad goes on a trip to the north with another woman named Pari.

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  • Poster for The Blade and the Silk

    The Blade and the Silk 1987

    In a meeting in Thailand, it is decided that twenty tons of heroin to be smuggled to Iran and to be pushed in schools, universities, and even the frontline. While the shipment is being moved on Iranian roads, a detective is killed in Tehran. His successor tries to find the shipment with the help from an addicted inmate and his fiancée.

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  • Poster for The Flight in the Night

    The Flight in the Night 1987

    During Iran-Iraq war a group of Iranian soldiers are surrounded by Iraqi army. Four soldiers are chose to go get help but only one manages to make it through enemy lines.

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  • Poster for Adam and Eve

    Adam and Eve 1969

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  • Poster for Zesht Va Ziba

    Zesht Va Ziba 1965

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  • Poster for Atash

    Atash 1972

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  • Poster for Second Search

    Second Search 1981

    The film follows a young boy and a soldier during the Iran-Iraq War.

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  • Poster for The Green Hell

    The Green Hell 1995

    Elderly gamekeeper Heydari's encounter with a group of illegal hunters whilst on patrol ends in tragedy.

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  • Poster for The Flow of Time

    The Flow of Time 1969

    A young man manages his family with his day and night efforts, he meets the daughter of a wealthy family in an accident and marries her despite the strong opposition of the girl's family. Years later, the girl's family loses their wealth and finds a situation similar to that of their son-in-law's family, and at this time, their grandson is in charge of managing two families.

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