During the 2022 protests in Tehran, piano teacher Rana’s teenage sister, Arezou, disappears. With her ex-partner and close friends, Rana searches for her through a long and desperate night, an experience shared by many Iranian families during the Women, Life, Freedom uprising. As the night goes on, they begin to see Arezou in strange, fleeting moments, making it harder to separate what is real from what they fear or remember. When Rana’s conservative sister arrives, tensions inside the family grow, caused by the very different ways the two women have learned to live in Iran.
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
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A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
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When Mary finds herself at the center of a public scandal and the family faces financial strife, the entire household grapples with the threat of social disgrace. The Crawleys must embrace change as the staff prepares for a new chapter with the next generation leading Downton Abbey into the future.
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A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
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Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.
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A family of crooks assume the identity of an upper-middle-class suburban clan in the Deep South.
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Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a crime he solved. Now, Shawn has no choice but to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story: psychic crime-solving powers, all the while dragging his best friend, his dad, and the police along for the ride.
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Nicky, an accomplished con artist, gets romantically involved with his disciple Jess but later ends their relationship. Years later, she returns as a femme fatale to spoil his plans.
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A former Army Ranger and struggling father turns to robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs, earning him the nickname "Roofman." After escaping prison, he secretly lives inside a Toys “R” Us for six months, surviving undetected while planning his next move. But when he falls for a divorced mom drawn to his undeniable charm, his double life begins to unravel, setting off a compelling and suspenseful game of cat and mouse as his past closes in.
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A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."
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A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.
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An ex-con becomes the traveling partner of a conman who turns out to be one of the older gods trying to recruit troops to battle the upstart deities. Based on Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel.
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During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
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Maddie, a persona shifting con-artist who is as beautiful as she is dangerous, leaves her unwitting victims tormented when they realize they have been used and robbed of everything – including their hearts. But things get complicated when her former targets, Ezra, Richard, and Jules team up to track her down.
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After turning 60, a wealthy woman suddenly falls in love with an attractive and much younger man, but her family raises doubts about his intentions.
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Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his closest friend, Albus Dumbledore. However, Dumbledore will need to seek help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.
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The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job – showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.
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A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings.
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Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the young couple’s life.
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In this adaptation of the critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer, a secular Jewish family is caught up in the maelstrom of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
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An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.
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In 1979, amidst censorship and religious extremism, a revolutionary literature professor in Tehran gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to immerse themselves in banned literary classics.
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Iranian female judokas Leila and her coach Maryam, travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran’s first gold medal. Midway through the Judo World Championships, they receive an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to fake an injury and lose, or she will be branded a traitor of the state. With her own and her family’s freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: comply with the Iranian regime as her coach Maryam implores her to do, or fight on, for the gold.
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The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.
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As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
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In the wake of a school tragedy, Vada, Mia and Quinton form a unique and dynamic bond as they navigate the never linear, often confusing journey to heal in a world that feels forever changed.
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Rouhi, a young bride-to-be, is hired as a maid for an affluent family in Tehran. Upon arriving, she is suddenly thrust into an explosive domestic conflict. The wife is convinced her husband is having an affair and enlists Rouhi as a spy, to follow her husband, and confirm her suspicions. What Rouhi discovers, however, threatens not only their marriage but her own future.
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A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.
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An unassuming mechanic is reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he encounters a man he suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor.
A thief who is burglarizing gets surprised by the host and commits a brutal murder. He runs away but realizes that something is following him.
Bahar is an acclaimed Iranian director, having made numerous films selected in international festivals. So when she casts actors and asks them to wear women’s outfits for her latest film, they agree in the hope of an international career — or even a visa to leave the country. But wearing skirts and headscarves under the heat is harder than they expected … as is the hit to their pride.
A man who can't afford a swimming pool sneaks into people's villas at night to swim in their pools.
After a private video is leaked online, a young couple attempts to flee across the border. Arrested before they can escape, they become trapped in a psychological confrontation that challenges loyalty, justice, and the cost of freedom.
Under constant pressure from her ex-husband, Nazanin should turn their child - Aban, nine years old - away from a very driven feminine taste. One day, Aban goes to the hospital thinking of undergoing life-changing surgery.
As Raman prepares to migrate out of Iran, his friends plot the perfect way to celebrate his impending departure. However, their path is plagued with conflict; an unresolved argument over the accidental death of a friend and a conservative elder brother who looks upon their lives with disdain, further resolves to stop the celebration.
A married woman betrays her husband with a man who suffers sexual dysfunction. The two meet near a stark seaside location for a brief but telling exchange that will alter both their lives forever.
Sarah and Mehri, two friends, set themselves a perilous challenge in high school. But not only are they very young women, they're also Iranians from families with completely opposing views.
A director in a dead-end marriage holds auditions for her debut film. The actress she casts for the lead faces opposition from her father, sparking turmoil.
A young videographer, is invited to a remote villa for a mysterious 24-hour film project. There, she meets two enigmatic women, Tina and Nazy, whose behavior grows increasingly manipulative and disturbing
It is possible to hide an event not out of cunning but out of fear that it will be revealed.
In order to make a quick buck, Majid must make his wife fake a car accident injury – but is she already the victim?
Student Fereshteh has to hide her illegitimate baby for one night from her parents who turn up for a surprise visit. Her friend Atefeh helps her. They embark on an odyssey through Tehran during which they must carefully weigh up who their allies are.
When a young woman gets the chance to have a conjugal meeting with her imprisoned husband after a long time, she decides to re-experience a romantic time in the apathetic and harsh atmosphere of the prison.
On Wednesday morning, the ex-chef and current driver, Kiomars, pulls out his wisdom tooth and gets into strange adventures with a strange traveler.
This time the action is restricted to a kindergarten, a world seemingly far removed from real life in Iran. Pre-school is the first and last time boys and girls can learn together freely before entering the strictly segregated education system. Much like the dog in Toodehroosta’s well received first feature Paat (2013), six-year-old Roham plays the often silent witness to the actions unfurling around him. As his curiosity grows, the complicated real lives of the other pupils start to unravel.
A young woman camps alone on a quiet island. After limited yet intriguing interactions with others and a time where dreams and reality blur, she returns to Tehran. The coastal landscape reflects the woman's inner journey.
Twelve stories, one per month, from April to March. They all take place in the same place—inside vehicles—and during the “magic hour.” The characters also experience similar situations: they are hesitating to make an important decision in their lives, a moment that will mark them forever.
Young mother Maryam is getting ready one morning, trying to balance preparing her child for the day while her husband begins an exercise session. But then her husband calls out from the other room, trapped underneath a heavy weight he was lifting. His life in the balance, Maryam initially makes a few attempts to help, but the weights are too heavy and stuck. She watches as he dies before her eyes giving her a moral dilemma, and a chance to remake her life.
It's about a boy who wants to keep his emotional relationship with a girl by threatening suicide. Every night they go somewhere but the guy doesn't kill himself, so the girl decides to end this situation.
A young man who does not have good relationship with her sister should prepare her for news about their mother that is in the hospital, unaware that an important forbidden secret is discovered in the way.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
A teenage girl has a strong affection for her friend's dentist, and gradually she is forced to choose between her dental health and the heart that beats for him.
Yazdan, a man in his mid thirties, is the only family his grandmother has. Her eyesight and hearing are fading, she lives with Alzheimer’s, and she refuses to leave the apartment she no longer fully recognizes. When Israeli airstrikes reach Tehran and her caretaker flees the city, Yazdan remains behind as her sole companion, bound to someone who has no idea there is a war going on outside. Inside the apartment, distant explosions and fragments of television broadcasts intrude, yet their shared reality divides: for her, nothing has changed; for him, everything has. What unfolds is not a story of conflict but of perception – an intimate portrait of love, absence, and the fragile boundary between remembering and forgetting.
Rama, a zealous sensitive youth of 28, has blinded his girlfriend in a fight with scissors. He is going to be sentenced to lex talionis (blinding of one of his eyes) in the court tomorrow. The night before the hearing, his influential father bails him out for one night by paying a lot of money, so Rama can be with his family the last night. But Rama has other plans. He takes the opportunity and helped by a friend, he goes to the south of Iran as a camera operator with a filming group to exit the country illegally. He makes a mistake and takes money from the bank and the police trace him. Rama pays money to some smugglers and they send him to a deserted island to wait for a launch that will take him abroad. Fate has something different in store for Rama and he falls for a pregnant woman on the island.
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.
A transsexual named Amen is optimistically planning to do gender reassignment surgery but ends up being sent to prison. Being a transsexual was hard enough in Iran for Amen, let alone the misfortune of being replaced as a murderer.
A young factory worker in Iran is trying to change one of his work shifts in order to meet the girl he loves. But everybody refuses to change shifts with him.
A woman travels to Tehran from a small town for a life-altering exchange, still unsure of her decision…
While at the zoo, Ranaa’s mother reveals that her father has left them. As they stroll past empty animal cages, Ranaa reflects on the significance of absence and the importance of cherishing what they have.
In a city ravaged by war, a brave woman struggles with a heart-wrenching dilemma. Torn between her deep love for her husband, a soldier on the front lines, and an intense, forbidden romance with a young woman, she finds herself caught in a whirlwind of passion and guilt. As she anxiously awaits news of her husband’s fate, she battles with secret desires that he may never return, freeing her to embrace the love that society forbids. This powerful film explores the complexities of love, loyalty, and the human heart in the darkest of times.
A short film from Iranian director Karim Lakzadeh.
Since her husband's suicide, Saman cannot believe and mentally accept what she sees. She acts as if her husband is still alive. How long will this unnatural state of affairs continue? How does a person who suddenly loses a loved one cope with this harsh reality?
An unsuspecting man gets invited to dinner with a strange group of people without realizing what their appetites truly crave.
The film follows Sarah, a middle-aged woman living in Tehran, whose life is turned upside down when her older brother's body is discovered 18 years after his disappearance. As she and her younger brother uncover the dark truth behind his fate, they are forced to confront a childhood mistake that had devastating consequences.
A young woman unwillingly undergoes cosmetic surgery on her face only for the sake of her boyfriend, but the man is not happy with the final result. This will lead the girl through a process of rediscovery of herself.
