Best Iranian war movies
A curated collection of popular war movies from Iran.
Che (2014)
Che (2014)
Two days in the life of Mostafa Chamran, Iran's first post-revolutionary defense minister, as he attempts to prevent the city of Paveh from falling to Kurdish separatists in 1979.
The 23 (2019)
The 23 (2019)
The story of 23 young Iranian warriors who were captivated by Iraqi army.
Standing in the Dust (2016)
Standing in the Dust (2016)
The life and times of IRGC officer Ahmad Motevaselian, who served as a commander during the Iran-Iraq War and ultimately disappeared in Lebanon in 1982.
Marooned in Iraq (2002)
Marooned in Iraq (2002)
During the war between Iran and Iraq, a group of Iranian Kurd musicians set off on an almost impossible mission. They will try to find Hanareh, a singer with a magic voice who crossed the border and may now be in danger in the Iraqi Kurdistan. As in his previous films, this Kurdish director is again focusing on the oppression of his people.
Goodbye Friend (2003)
Goodbye Friend (2003)
The First Tale, "Goodbye Friend": Years after the Iran-Iraq war, a midnight, Moslem, a chemically poisoned veteran, decides to go to the Behesht-e Zahra. In Behesh-e Zahra, Moslem meets his martyred friends and rides around the city on a motorcycle with them. In the morning, his mother finds the Moslem’s dead body on his bed. The Second Tale, "The Momentary Rainbow": A film crew is filming the memorials of the war. Suddenly two Basij members demand the crew to listen to their memories of the war. The crew made an appointment for tomorrow but they don’t show up. The crew goes on a search to find them. They were martyrs. The Third Tale, "The Glass Flower": A young girl spends hours in the train station with a lantern and a bouquet of flowers. She is waiting to hand the flowers to one of the soldiers on their way to the war. Later, everyone finds out that she only hands her flowers to a soldier that will soon become a martyr.
The Villa Complex Residents (2017)
The Villa Complex Residents (2017)
Vilaeiha is the story of the families of the Iranian's army leaders in 1986. Aziz is a 50 years old woman who enters the Villas complex with her grand children. Elyas is a driver who when comes here, all become tension that maybe he brings bad news about the army leaders who fight in the front lines. After a while Cima who is Aziz' daughter-in-law comes to take her children away with her.
Gilaneh (2005)
Gilaneh (2005)
A mother's courage, hardship, and love, in times of war. In 1988, during the Iran-Iraq war, Gilane escorts her pregnant daughter, Maygol, from the relative calm of their village, Espili, into war-torn Tehran to search for Maygol's husband, Rahman. The journey is arduous and what they find when they reach the capital is dismaying and frightening. Fifteen years later, as another war begins in Iraq, Gillane is at home caring for her son Ismael, who suffers from epilepsy, a byproduct of war. As she cares for him, she hopes for a visit from the doctor and from another daughter, Atefah. "Better be a dog than a mother," she says.
Duel (2004)
Duel (2004)
The story of Zeinal, a man who after 20 years of being a POW, tries to clear up his past.
Squad Of Girls (2022)
Squad Of Girls (2022)
The story shows a different point of view of Iraq's invasion since it's narrated by self sacrificing fearless women who reach the army fortress in order to bring back weapons and ammunitions to stand against the enemy.
Night Bus (2007)
Night Bus (2007)
The film, which is in sharp monochrome, relates the story of a twenty-four-hour-long journey of two young Iranian soldiers (Issā and Emād) and a civilian driver (Amu Rahim) transporting thirty-eight Iraqi prisoners of war, taken from behind the Iraqi line, to a garrison inside Iran. From the details one is informed that the Iran–Iraq War has entered into its third year. The film masterfully depicts the deep inhumanity of acts of war amongst nations by showing the shared humanity of the combatants on both sides
Cypress Under Water (2018)
Cypress Under Water (2018)
The secret of the worldview of dignity is revealed? This mystery of sleep will spit Marsh, Mahro, Goodarz, Bahram, Jahangir Major Pushis. Jahanbakhsh begins a long journey to prove his innocence and the return of tranquility. A journey that will end the life of many of them.
In the Name of the Father (2006)
In the Name of the Father (2006)
This is about a father and his daughter who has been injured from the mines from Iran-Iraq war.
Command (2019)
Command (2019)
A soldier is struggling to obey his duty or listen to his heart during a military operation.
The Immigrant (1990)
The Immigrant (1990)
A man who controls small airplanes to detect Iraq's front line, is put in danger not being able to return.
Scandal (2013)
Scandal (2013)
A beautiful girl named Afsaneh who is living in Downtown has economic problems and her family offers to marry her to their landlord whose wife had pass away. At a night she went to a clergyman and...
The Scent of Joseph's Shirt (1995)
The Scent of Joseph's Shirt (1995)
َA father, Daei Ghafur, does not accept his son's death during 1980-1988 conflict between Iran and Iraq, and believes he is alive despite all evidence indicating otherwise. One day he meets a young lady, Shirin, at the airport who has travelled from Europe to Iran looking for his brother, Khosrow, a missing soldier at war. Both start searching their loved ones...
Once Upon a Time Abadan (2024)
Once Upon a Time Abadan (2024)
Takes place in the early 2000s, during a period when the country's political situation is heavily influenced by the US military attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq. Despite the years that have passed since the end of the war, the shadow of fear and terror has once again reminded people of the dark days of the past. The plot revolves around New Year's Eve in a not-so-wealthy family living in Abadan. The father of the family is an addict and is desperate for drugs, which has disrupted the household atmosphere. However, the sudden occurrence of a catastrophic event changes everything, and the family realizes that in the short distance between life and death, they need each other more than ever.
Journey to Chazzabeh (1996)
Journey to Chazzabeh (1996)
Vahid is making a movie about the war. He invites a musician friend of himself Ali to compose a theme music for this film. But Ali can not make his mind. So they go to visit the real places...
Minoo Watch Tower (1996)
Minoo Watch Tower (1996)
Minoo who is married to Moosa recently, is moving to the new house. But Moosa receive a letter in which he being told to get back to the Minoo Island (a border island between Iran and Iraq), to dispatch a watch tower there from the period of war. Moosa who has a lot of memories of that place refuses to go there but his wife Minoo is insisting. Finally she manages to convince him and both go there.
The Scout (1990)
The Scout (1990)
In Iran-Iraq's war, a young scout joins the front-line to help his comrades single-handed.
Green Ashes (1994)
Green Ashes (1994)
A filmmaker named Hadi is sent to Croatia to complete his research for a film. Aziz, Hadi’s friend, gives him a cassette tape, a piece of image, and a half a piece of plaque in order to find a girl named Fatima. Alongside a Farsi-speaking Bosnian woman, Hanifa, Hadi begins his quest for Fatima.
The Silent Flight (1999)
The Silent Flight (1999)
A Zanjani pilot receives a mission to identify enemy bases at the beginning of the Iran-Iraq war. He gets wounded and his plane is shot. He manages to enter Iran's border and lands at an abandoned airport in Abadan. He successfully lands the plane on the runway that local Basiji forces have cleared for him, but ...
Enfejar Dar Otaghe Amal (1992)
Enfejar Dar Otaghe Amal (1992)
A military base south of Iran has been attacked by the Iraqi air force. Among the wounded is a volunteer called Abdolali Safari. When he's injured, the doctors realize the shrapnel in his leg is larger than normal, and it soon turns out to be a cluster bomb. The matter of defusing the bomb inside Abdolali divides the surgeons of the hospital.
Hoor on Fire (1991)
Hoor on Fire (1991)
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Bridal Chamber (1989)
Bridal Chamber (1989)
A Still image film, narrated by Ghazi Rabihavi.
Horizon (1989)
Horizon (1989)
Nosrat and Ahmed are two security surveillance divers. The latter is lost during an operation, while his wife is waiting for him in Ahari hospital. The movie takes a look at the mutual relationships and the moods of those who are directly affected by war.
Border (1981)
Border (1981)
This film was the first feature film about the Iran-Iraq war that was made and released.
Fire in the Harvest (1993)
Fire in the Harvest (1993)
At the first days of the Iran-Iraq war, Taleb, the lord of the Malekieh village, helps the Iraqi army to enter the village. Rahman, a twelve-year old teenage who is a shepherd working for Taleb, is the only one allowed to commute in the area. Jaseb, Rahman's friend, who is recently finished his military service escapes from the village and has to kill an Iraqi soldier. He is also injured and hides in a barn. Rahman finds out about him and tries to help him ...