Directing
Abbas Kiarostami
- Titles
- 103movies1TV show
- Career
Active from 1970 to 2022, busiest in 2007 with 5 main titles.
- Directed
- 54titles as director
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Close-Up80/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Contemporary Realism7.4average 5.2
- Social Commentary6.5average 4.9
- Melancholy5.8average 4.7
- Wonder4.4average 3.4
- Wholesome4.2average 3.3
- Pathos5.9average 5.2
- Nostalgia4.3average 3.6
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline2.3, average 5.1
- Violence1.7, average 4.3
- Crime1.8, average 3.7
- Scare0.8, average 2.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Iranian Cinema 11
- Meta-Narrative 4
- Social Realism 4
- Social Commentary 4
- Character Study 3
- Character-Driven 2
- Philosophical Themes 2
- Character-Driven Narrative 2
- Rural Drama 2
- Artistic Exploration 2
- Melancholy 2
- Anthology Film 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Mahmoud KalariActorThe Wind Will Carry Us, Shirin, Persian Carpet, Tickets, Men at Work- FFarhad SabaCinematographerWhere Is The Friend's House?, Through the Olive Trees, Homework, Willow and Wind, Safar
- FFirooz MalekzadehCinematographerA Wedding Suit, The Traveler, How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting, Fellow Citizen
Theo AngelopoulosActorTo Each His Own Cinema, Lumière & Company, Kiarostami in Close up
Youssef ChahineActorTo Each His Own Cinema, Lumière & Company, Kiarostami in Close up- HHossein JafarianCinematographerThrough the Olive Trees, Crimson Gold, Persian Carpet
Peyman YazdanianComposerThe Wind Will Carry Us, Crimson Gold, Deserted Station
Jafar PanahiDirectorCrimson Gold, Persian Carpet, The White Balloon
Adel YaraghiDirectorFinal Exam, Take Me Home, Meeting Leila
Raymond DepardonDirectorTo Each His Own Cinema, Lumière & Company, Concerning Nice
Bahman KiarostamiEditorCertified Copy, Like Someone in Love, Persian Carpet
Ali Reza ZarrindastCinematographerClose-Up, The Report, The Experience
Movies and TV shows
79Upcoming
1 title
as Abbas Kiarostami
2020s
3 titles · average score 57
2010s
15 titles · average score 61
67
Director
44
Screenplay
71
Cinematography, Director
Writer, Director
Co-Writer, Editor
69
Director, Screenplay
50
Writer
as Narrator
71
Director, Screenplay
Director
2000s
28 titles · average score 62
64
Producer, Director
66
Director
56
Screenplay, Director
62
Director of Photography, Director
66
Director, Screenplay
65
Sound Director, Director
71
Writer
76
Screenplay
60
Director of Photography, Sound
73
Director, Director of Photography
58
Director, Producer
64
Screenplay, Editor
1990s
12 titles · average score 74
73
Director, Editor
76
Director, Producer
Director
69
Director, Editor
Writer
65
Director
Editor, Writer
Writer, Director
75
Producer, Writer
77
Director, Editor
80
Writer, Editor
1980s
5 titles · average score 65
75
Director, Editor
80
Writer, Editor
49
Editor, Director
57
Director, Editor
Writer, Director
1970s
14 titles · average score 63
Writer, Editor
Director, Screenplay
Director, Screenplay
51
Writer, Producer
71
Screenplay, Editor
59
Writer, Director
Writer, Director
57
Director, Screenplay
73
Director, Writer
65
Editor, Director
Writer, Director
68
Director
1960s
1 title · average score 71
71
Title Designer