Best Iranian family movies

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

  • Poster for Children of Heaven

    Children of Heaven 1997

    Zohre's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zohre until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes. School awaits.

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  • 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 The Color of Paradise

    The Color of Paradise 1999

    Mohammad joyfully returns to his tiny village on summer vacation from the Institute for the Blind, unaware of his widowed father's intentions to disown him in order to win the hand—and dowry—of a local woman. With the wedding swiftly approaching, Mohammad's future hangs precariously in the balance as his father struggles against his destiny, unable to see the wonder of life and love that's so clear to his son.

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  • Poster for The White Balloon

    The White Balloon 1995

    Several people try to take advantage of a little girl's innocence to hustle money her mom gave to her to buy a goldfish with.

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  • Poster for No Men Allowed

    No Men Allowed 2011

    In order to prepare her best and brightest for the upcoming chemistry Olympiad, strict, conservative headmistress Ms. Darabi is forced to break her lifelong rule of not allowing male teachers in the school and reluctantly hires the bumbling Mr. Jebeli. Little does she know though that several of her students, led by the self-assured Paria, have a plan to get her to fall in love with him. 'No Men Allowed' is a hilarious, rollicking romcom, chock-full of witty dialogue and zany antics that will have you coming back time and time again!

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  • Poster for Here Without Me

    Here Without Me 2011

    The story is about the world of a small family with familiar dreams and not so remarkable problems. The mother is trying to lead everything to save her family, but small events disarrange all her plans.

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  • Poster for Redhat and Cousin

    Redhat and Cousin 1994

    Kolah Ghermezi is a naughty school boy. His playfulness gets him expelled from school and he fails to find a job. He sees a program on TV which attracts his attention and he goes to Tehran. With the help of Pesarkhaleh, he goes to the TV program he had seen and finds the reporter. He likes the reporter so much that he decides to help him overcome the obstacles he faces for getting married, but instead causes troubles.

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  • Poster for Two and a Half Men

    Two and a Half Men 1991

    Khosrow and Alireza have a simple single life in Tehran. Someday, the carriage of the one year-old Parisa, which was abandoned at the downhill of a park, happens to stop in front of their house after passing a few blocks. They suppose that she is a foundling so they decide to take care of her. Eventually, the child's mother, Mehri, finds her daughter in their home...

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  • Poster for A Cube of Sugar

    A Cube of Sugar 2011

    Throughout the two days preceding her long-awaited wedding, amid the flurry of arriving relatives and the preparation of a seemingly endless array of colorful, culinary delights, young bride-to-be Pasandide finds herself the center of attention. The event also proves an occasion for extended family to reconnect, reminisce and rejoice in the pleasures of familiar company. The family compound of aged Uncle Ezzatolah proves an ideal site for this summer reunion among three generations, with its lush courtyard gardens, labyrinthine parlors and passageways and erratic electrical system (subject to untimely city blackouts).

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  • Poster for Two Solutions to One Problem

    Two Solutions to One Problem 1975

    During breaktime, Dara and Nader have a fierce argument about a torn exercise book that the former has given back to the latter. There are two possible outcomes, which the film shows one after the other. One is that Dara wants to get his own back, and the two boys start a violent fight; the other is that they work together to mend the exercise book with a little glue.

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  • Poster for Breath

    Breath 2016

    Breath is about an Iranian family who lives in Iran. It tells the story of Bahar, who is living with her father, Ghafour and Grandmother during the 70s.She is living in her childish and surreal world, filled with their dreams and fantasies.

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  • Poster for Cinderella

    Cinderella 2018

    On his wedding night, his father wants to plan all his life, he even chose a wife for him. The groom realizes that his father is much more worse father than he ever thought.

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  • Poster for Red Hat

    Red Hat 2009

    Little 'Kolah Ghermezi' is a playful and good-heart boy who makes interesting excuses for not doing anything. His constant companion is 'Pesar Khale', a hardworking and kind boy who is happy to help others.

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  • Poster for Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible 2017

    Karim loves singing. He falls in love with someone who wants to steal a formula from a scientist, but...

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  • Poster for 21 Days Later

    21 Days Later 2017

    The story of a young poor aspiring filmmaker who is trying to raise money to make a short film about a man who stops trains while having to deal with family issues such as his mother's illness.

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  • Poster for Subdued

    Subdued 2017

    After her divorce Mina is in need to financial and emotional supporting. She meets a guy and thinks that this is the man of her dreams. But things are not just as their first seem to be.

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  • Poster for Redhat and Sarvenaz

    Redhat and Sarvenaz 2002

    This entertaining real action, puppets movie narrates the adventures of a stouthearted boy who is kidnapped by two bandits. During the abduction, he will help a girl, he meets, who has been held prisoner in her room for her entire life. After failing a course for several times, Kolah Ghermezi finally passes it and enters a higher level. He returns home and happily shows his marks to Aghaye Mojri and Narges; who are supposed to be his parents now. Aghaye Mojri promises to buy a bicycle for him as a gift. However, he does not have adequate money to buy that. The news of Kolah Ghermezi’s success is broadcasted on TV, then his uncle calls him and invites all of them to his luxurious house. He gives a nice and huge bicycle to Kolah Ghermezi as a gift.

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  • Poster for Willow and Wind

    Willow and Wind 2003

    A boy breaks a window at his school and sets out to fix it on his own during a storm.

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  • Poster for Under the Smokey Roof

    Under the Smokey Roof 2017

    Shirin is a woman facing problems in her marriage and with her child. She's trying desperately for a way to connect with her son and her husband.

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  • Poster for When The Kid Was A Kid

    When The Kid Was A Kid 2011

    Taha, a ten years old, is involved in a play in which children imitate their parents' roles. Living with his divorced mother, Taha understands new things about his mom by playing her role.

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  • Poster for The Wind Carpet

    The Wind Carpet 2003

    Japan and Iran are not in close relationship. More than 4 centuries ago, however, Persian carpets were used in the festival of Takayama, a historic city in mountainous area of Honsyu. A man planned to resume the carpet in the festival, and asked Kinue, a Persian carpet designer, to design it. Kinue's husband, Makoto, is a carpet importer. They send the design to Iran to weave the carpet. But just before Makoto goes to Iran to receive the carpet, Kinue dies of a traffic accident. A month before the festival, Makoto went to Isphahan, Iran, to receive the carpet. He brings his daughter Sakura, who does not open her heart after she lost her mother. To surprise, the carpet production has not even started. It will take 3 months from the start. For Makoto it means he betrays not only the festival planners but also his late wife.

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  • Poster for Aunt Cockroach

    Aunt Cockroach 2009

    The story of Aunt cockroach and Mr. Mouse

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  • Poster for Slaughter

    Slaughter 2018

    Ghasem is forced to sell their cow to spend a hard winter in their village. As soon as the sale is made, the cow goes missing.

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  • Poster for Unknown

    Unknown 2023

    With the beginning of the Kurdish rebellion in Iran by the Kurdish parties in 1358, including Komleh and the Democrats, Mohammad Boroujerdi was assigned by Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini to return the situation to normal in Kurdistan as the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. This film deals with a part of Mohammad Borujerdi's life and his leadership style in Kurdistan.

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  • Poster for 50 Kilos of Sour Cherry

    50 Kilos of Sour Cherry 2016

    When the corrupted groom starts shooting in the wedding ceremony, guests try to run away. Aida and Davoud accidentally end up in a car that crashes a police car. Aida lies to the inspector that Davoud is her husband and that's where the story begins.

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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 The Double Lottie

    The Double Lottie 1995

    A young, inquisitive girl named Nargess encounters a girl from another school who could pass as her twin. Amazed by the strange coincidence, the two girls rush to their respective parents, but neither side has the time to hear them out. Nargess finds herself caught between her mother and father as she tries in vain to make herself heard, and when that fails, the two girls hatch a plan to swap places and see if their parents notice. While everything goes smoothly at first, it's not long until they start encountering problems in this double-sided family drama.

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  • Poster for You Only Go Around Once

    You Only Go Around Once 2023

    The peaceful life of the members of the Rabbani family undergoes changes with the unexpected arrival of a snake, the discovery of an exquisite manuscript and a mysterious hole.

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  • Poster for Dowry's Sugar Bowl

    Dowry's Sugar Bowl 2015

    Ata and Masoumeh are living in a rented house. Their lease time is over and they can not pay the rent added. But they like to stay and live in this house...

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  • Poster for Ropewalker Memories

    Ropewalker Memories 2023

    A young man and his father live together in the same apartment. Against his son's wishes, the father brings home sex workers. One day he brings home a young woman who not only does not respond to his advances, but also refuses to leave. Both father and son unite in trying to make her depart. However, when she does finally leave, but of her own free will, her absence becomes unbearable for the two men.

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  • Poster for Dash Akol

    Dash Akol 2017

    The story of Dash Akol, a reveler who falls in love with a girl.

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  • Poster for The Town

    The Town 2022

    The story of a young man who is interested in acting, who is accepted in the audition of a big movie, and in order to join this project and achieve his dream of becoming an actor, he has to accept the special conditions and mental and psychological exercises of the acting group in an isolated town.

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  • Poster for Poverty

    Poverty 2009

    A haughty acclaimed newly married fashion designer named Iraj is shown the door by his boss after the boss's son arrives at Iran to take over his father's company. Iraj reluctant to promulgate the loss of his job, starts using his savings, trying to conceal the truth from his naive wife. Having squandered all the money he had on trivial matters, he tells his wife about being axed & that's when the tables turn on him.

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  • Poster for Vespiary

    Vespiary 2018

    This story tells the story of two burglar retailers (Jamshidi and Kaya) who come up with a box-wrapped case.

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  • Poster for Latyan

    Latyan 2018

    Latian is a barrier. A barrier to human relations. The rivers of relations stand behind a barrier and it is a dead end. Someone wants to break this barrier, but he knows that breaking the barrier is not so simple. The city will be ruined. What is the task?

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  • Poster for Israfil

    Israfil 2017

    When Mahi's son dies in a car accident, Behrouz who has returned to Iran to sell his properties, attends the funeral. Their old romance catches up while Behrouz has planned to marry Sara and go back to Canada with her.

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  • Poster for Life

    Life 2020

    Life is an experimental super short film about time of life. The duration of this film is only 4 seconds (not minutes) because life is very short and very fast.

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  • Mortal Wound 2021

    Maleki is one of the managers of a successful company run by Rizabadi. Rizabadi instructs him to negotiate a major oil deal with the Norwegians. After signing the contract, the Norwegians want to transfer the contract amount, which is several million dollars to the company's account.

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  • Poster for Sofa

    Sofa 2025

    The movie Kanapeh tells the story of the lives of two families who want to get together, but in the end, a couch causes problems in their lives.

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  • Poster for Don't be Tired!

    Don't be Tired! 2013

    Roman and Maria, a tourist couple with their own disputes, face a problem in Iran with the tourism institute they have a deal with. Morteza, the fired employee of the hotel where the tourist couple are staying, has plans for them with the help of his cousin, Hossein.

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  • Poster for The Slaughterhouse

    The Slaughterhouse 2020

    Amir, recently released from prison in France, finds himself back in Iran and in over his head when his father, a slaughterhouse worker, calls him to help him cover up a crime which has happened there.

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  • Poster for Zapas

    Zapas 2016

    World's deepest cold water lake is in the city of "Ramyan", and based on a story, all the youth of the city need to climb the waterfall and jump into this lake in order to become a Man. And...

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  • Poster for Mr. Yousef

    Mr. Yousef 2011

    A man lives with his only daughter, doing everything he can to make a living for his daughter's sake. But a misunderstanding makes things complicated for him.

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  • Poster for Unruled Paper

    Unruled Paper 2002

    Royaa, mother of two children, tries to follow her dream of becoming a writer, while her life and relationship with her shady architect husband Jahaan, gets into some serious drama; which leads to question if everything is really what it seems to be?

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  • Poster for For Pooneh's Sake

    For Pooneh's Sake 2013

    The film tells the story of a couple whose lives Majid and oregano subject to what is due to cultural differences.

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  • Poster for Aba Jan

    Aba Jan 2017

    Stories of families who live in the Zanjan city in the 1980s. Family atmosphere of those years of war and its impact on their lives A family tradition in the 1980s they live in the city. Families who affected by the war between Iran and Iraq.

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  • Paytakht 1 2011

    A family from a county are planning to migrate to Tehran but upon arrival in Tehran which coincided with the Norouz and they are encountered with problems that cause strange events.

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  • Poster for Emad and Tuba Romanticism

    Emad and Tuba Romanticism 2021

    When fate brought Emad and Touba face to face for the first time, both of them knew very well that love is more of a skill than excitement and heart palpitations and itchy skin.

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  • Poster for I am Diego Maradona

    I am Diego Maradona 2015

    After a rock is thrown through a window, two families become intertwined in a dispute after an incident following an unsuccessful marriage. The couple in question try to hash out what actually went wrong, as the surrounding family members point fingers at one another. Tension builds as all of their other problems seem to bubble to the surface at the same time.

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  • Paytakht 3 2014

    After Naghi's house wrecked during Arastoo's wedding, he should deal with his family problems, his cousin new love interest and his new born wrestling career.

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  • Poster for Pastarioni

    Pastarioni 2018

    A story of food. When his father's restaurant is bankrupted, Hooshan decides to offer Beryani, an Isfahani cuisine, as the main dish.

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  • The Wednesday 2016

    Two years ago during nineteen-year-old Akram's engagement ceremony,her father is killed in a quarrel with one of the groom's family members and, after a while, the murderer is sentenced to death. On the day when his execution sentence has been approved, Akram, her sister, and two brothers go to the court. Akram is pregnant (while no official marriage formula has been pronounced), and she tells only her older brother and sister,since her younger brother is zealous. Now, they have to make a decision whether to keep the baby or avenge her father's death. The smaller brother is in favor of the execution, since he doesn't know about the baby and he is confused why the others want to forgive the murderer of their father. Then destiny makes another way.

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  • Poster for Vagabonds

    Vagabonds 2005

    A young man in the village spends a few days in a garden instead of his uncle. On a rainy night, strange creatures mistake the garden for grandma's house and take refuge there.

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  • Poster for Auntie Frog

    Auntie Frog 2018

    Auntie Frog who has lost her twin sister along time ago is kind and friendly and patient. Lately she became more sad and impatient for her 98 children who all have left her behind. But when her grandchildren come to visit her new adventures begin to her once again.

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  • Poster for After Leaving

    After Leaving 2023

    After a long time away, Arash returns to his hometown and looks for his missing person.

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  • Poster for Voice of Silence

    Voice of Silence 2013

    Mirhashem is a young student who has just been able to buy small houses with his wife Fereshteh. Making money at home has caused Mir Hashem to use a bank check, and now the check has fallen into the hands of a scumbag.

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  • Poster for Viyolon

    Viyolon 2017

    The story of the young composer who loves a girl and the daughter of a religious family and the difference between the two families. With the arrival of the third person in the classroom, there are problems for them and ...

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  • Poster for The Guidance Patrol 3

    The Guidance Patrol 3 2021

    Hassan and Atta return from the United States after a few years and go after Abbas Agha's car, which they rented and stole from a person named Peykan, played by Behnam Bani, and when they meet him, he seeks to sing. Atta and Hassan, as his composer and songwriter, help him, who also gets involved in events...

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  • Poster for The Key

    The Key 2000

    Calamity by four-year old might be another title for this tense, humorous drama. In the story, a four year old boy (Mohammed Aladpoush) is left at home with his baby brother while his mother goes out shopping. She has told him to give the baby his bottle while she is away. However, the boy has a different idea about what he should do, and consumes most of the bottle himself. The hungry baby's cries arouse the neighbors to try and get into the apartment, but it is locked, and the four-year old can't (or, more likely, won't) let them in. Despite a number of near-disasters, the enterprising young boy manages things just well enough (with the occasional help of shouted advice from frantic neighbors) so that serious calamities are avoided.

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  • Poster for Sara and Ayda

    Sara and Ayda 2017

    Sarah and Ayda are two close friends, one of whom was notorious and now they must work together to bring their conditions to normal, but they stand to where for their friendship?

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  • Poster for The Sale

    The Sale 2014

    Forough is a middle aged woman whose husband has temporarily married with another woman. Even though that was kept secret from her, but his action is considered legal in Iran. Now the husband is in prison, due to not being able to pay second wife’s “Mehrieh” (the bride’s marriage portion).The second wife intends to receive her Mehrieh by asking the court’s permission to sell his house. Forough, the first wife, in order to not lose her home, intends to sell all she has to pay for her husband’s debt and release him from the jail.

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  • Poster for Searing Summer

    Searing Summer 2017

    A couple's son, Parham disappears in the babysitter's house. Complications arise as the babysitter claims Parham hasn't been to their house.

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  • Poster for Felicity Land

    Felicity Land 2011

    Yassi, who has doubts about Mohsen's life in common, decides to remind her of a memorable occasion. He anticipates everything in advance for the best of the party, ignoring the fact that the circumstances do not go away on his own. The film deals with betrayal in marriage.

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  • Paytakht 2 2013

    Naghi works in a dome and landscaping and is charged with the truck of Arastoo from his workplace, taking a dome and a flower to a village in Qeshm. He goes to Tehran with his family along with the guardian of the house to show the dome and flower to his owner living in the nursing home and then go to the installation site. In the meantime, there is a lot of incredible events, including a telephone race, getting stuck in a restaurant, pulling off the car of the council and falling in love with Aristotle.

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  • Paytakht 4 2015

    After the death of the wife of Arastoo, Mamouli family is living together with him. The new problem is that they want to build a house on a illegal land.

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  • Paytakht 5 2018

    The cute family travel to turkey for fun but when they were using balloon. Accidentally they went to the syria and they fight with isis to rescue theire life .

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