Portrait of Abbas Kiarostami

Directing

Abbas Kiarostami

Career

Active from 1970 to 2026, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Where Is The Friend's House?
Where Is The Friend's House?
GoodWatch score92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 24 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Abbas Kiarostami Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.2, average 4.8
  • Violence
    1.6, average 4.1
  • Scare
    0.6, average 2.6
  • Crime
    1.9, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Iranian Cinema 13
  • Social Commentary 6
  • Social Realism 5
  • Character Study 4
  • Meta-Narrative 3
  • Anthology Film 3
  • Philosophical Themes 2
  • Meta-Cinema 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Observational 2
  • Minimalist Storytelling 2
  • Character-Driven Narrative 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

76
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Taste Of Shirin : Making of Abbas Kiarostami's 'Shirin'
Taste Of Shirin : Making of Abbas Kiarostami's 'Shirin'

as Abbas Kiarostami

The Scent of the Pitanga
The Scent of the Pitanga

Original Story

2020s

3 titles
Volte Sempre, Abbas!
Volte Sempre, Abbas! (2026)

Screenplay

OTIS
OTIS (2026)

Thanks

Bukhara Chronicles
Bukhara Chronicles (2025)

as voice

2010s

14 titles · average score 62
How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting
How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting (2019)

Screenplay, Editor

24 Frames
24 Frames (2018)
GoodWatch score 73

Director

Final Exam
Final Exam (2017)
GoodWatch score 44

Screenplay

Take Me Home
Take Me Home (2016)
GoodWatch score 69

Cinematography, Director

3 Portraits
3 Portraits (2016)

Associate Producer

Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)
GoodWatch score 53

Director

The Girl in the Lemon Factory
The Girl in the Lemon Factory (2013)

Co-Writer, Editor

Like Someone in Love
Like Someone in Love (2012)
GoodWatch score 76

Director, Screenplay

Meeting Leila
Meeting Leila (2012)
GoodWatch score 50

Writer

Making of 'Like Someone in Love'
Making of 'Like Someone in Love' (2012)

as Narrator

Certified Copy
Certified Copy (2010)
GoodWatch score 79

Director, Screenplay

No
No (2010)
GoodWatch score 56

Director

2000s

26 titles · average score 67
Shirin
Shirin (2009)
GoodWatch score 70

Producer, Director

Seagull Eggs
Seagull Eggs (2008)

Director

To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
GoodWatch score 83

Director

Persian Carpet
Persian Carpet (2007)
GoodWatch score 56

Screenplay, Director

Roads of Kiarostami
Roads of Kiarostami (2006)
GoodWatch score 62

Director, Writer

Tickets
Tickets (2005)
GoodWatch score 76

Screenplay, Director

Crimson Gold
Crimson Gold (2003)
GoodWatch score 81

Screenplay

Willow and Wind
Willow and Wind (2003)
GoodWatch score 77

Screenplay

Five Dedicated to Ozu
Five Dedicated to Ozu (2003)
GoodWatch score 61

Sound, Director of Photography

Ten
Ten (2002)
GoodWatch score 81

Director of Photography, Editor

ABC Africa
ABC Africa (2001)
GoodWatch score 64

Producer, Editor

The Key
The Key (2000)
GoodWatch score 65

Editor, Screenplay

1990s

10 titles · average score 85
The Wind Will Carry Us
The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
GoodWatch score 84

Director, Writer

Taste of Cherry
Taste of Cherry (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

as Abbas Kiarostami (uncredited)

The Birth of Light
The Birth of Light (1997)

Director

Safar
Safar (1996)

Writer

The White Balloon
The White Balloon (1995)
GoodWatch score 81

Writer

Lumière & Company
Lumière & Company (1995)
GoodWatch score 84

Director

Concerning Nice
Concerning Nice (1995)

Writer, Director

Through the Olive Trees
Through the Olive Trees (1994)
GoodWatch score 84

Writer, Production Design

Life, and Nothing More…
Life, and Nothing More… (1992)
GoodWatch score 91

Editor, Writer

Close-Up
Close-Up (1990)
GoodWatch score 87

Editor, Director

1980s

7 titles · average score 70
Homework
Homework (1989)
GoodWatch score 77

Editor, Director

Where Is The Friend's House?
Where Is The Friend's House? (1987)
GoodWatch score 92

Director, Editor

First Graders
First Graders (1984)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Editor

Fellow Citizen
Fellow Citizen (1983)
GoodWatch score 62

Editor, Director

The Chorus
The Chorus (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

Editor, Writer

Orderly or Disorderly?
Orderly or Disorderly? (1981)
GoodWatch score 61

Writer, Editor

Toothache
Toothache (1980)
GoodWatch score 58

Editor, Director

1970s

13 titles · average score 65
First Case, Second Case
First Case, Second Case (1979)
GoodWatch score 73

Director, Editor

Solution No. 1
Solution No. 1 (1978)
GoodWatch score 61

Editor, Writer

The Report
The Report (1977)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Screenplay

Tribute to the Teachers
Tribute to the Teachers (1977)
GoodWatch score 60

Editor, Director

A Wedding Suit
A Wedding Suit (1976)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Screenplay

Colors
Colors (1976)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Editor

Two Solutions to One Problem
Two Solutions to One Problem (1975)
GoodWatch score 61

Director, Writer

So Can I
So Can I (1975)
GoodWatch score 57

Screenplay, Editor

The Traveler
The Traveler (1974)
GoodWatch score 78

Director, Writer

Experience
Experience (1973)
GoodWatch score 67

Editor, Producer

Breaktime
Breaktime (1972)
GoodWatch score 61

Director, Writer

The Bread and Alley
The Bread and Alley (1970)
GoodWatch score 68

Director, Producer

1960s

1 title · average score 71
Qeysar
Qeysar (1969)
GoodWatch score 71

Title Designer