Portrait of Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Directing

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Career

Active from 1981 to 2024, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Gabbeh
Gabbeh
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mohsen Makhmalbaf Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.9, average 4.8
  • Physical Comedy
    0.9, average 2.4
  • Scare
    1.2, average 2.6
  • Situational Comedy
    1.4, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Iranian Cinema 3
  • Poetic Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

56
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
Flash-Forward
Flash-Forward

Editor, Writer

Les Vacances
Les Vacances

Director, Writer

The Quarters: Jerusalem
The Quarters: Jerusalem

Director

2020s

2 titles
Here Children Do Not Play Together
Here Children Do Not Play Together (2024)

Director

Talking with Rivers
Talking with Rivers (2023)

Director of Photography, Director

2010s

8 titles ยท average score 61
Marghe and Her Mother
Marghe and Her Mother (2019)

Writer, Director

I'm Not My Body
I'm Not My Body (2019)

Thanks

The Tenant
The Tenant (2015)

Writer, Director

Beautiful 2015
Beautiful 2015 (2015)

Director

The President
The President (2014)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Writer

Daddy's School
Daddy's School (2014)

as Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Ongoing Smile
Ongoing Smile (2013)

Director

The Gardener
The Gardener (2012)
GoodWatch score 60

Producer, Director

2000s

16 titles ยท average score 65
Two-Legged Horse
Two-Legged Horse (2009)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay, Editor

The Man Who Came with the Snow
The Man Who Came with the Snow (2009)

Writer, Editor

Scream of the Ants
Scream of the Ants (2006)
GoodWatch score 57

Writer, Director

Sex & Philosophy
Sex & Philosophy (2005)
GoodWatch score 55

Director, Producer

Poet of the Wastes
Poet of the Wastes (2005)
GoodWatch score 52

Writer

Osama
Osama (2004)
GoodWatch score 81

Executive Producer

At Five in the Afternoon
At Five in the Afternoon (2003)
GoodWatch score 67

Novel, Producer

Afghan Alphabet
Afghan Alphabet (2002)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Editor

September 11
September 11 (2002)
GoodWatch score 69

Editor

Kandahar
Kandahar (2001)
GoodWatch score 76

Author, Director

The Day I Became a Woman
The Day I Became a Woman (2000)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer, Producer

Blackboards
Blackboards (2000)
GoodWatch score 54

Producer, Editor

1990s

17 titles ยท average score 69
Tales of Kish
Tales of Kish (1999)
GoodWatch score 50

Director

The Silence
The Silence (1998)
GoodWatch score 69

Set Designer, Director

The School That Was Blown Away
The School That Was Blown Away (1998)

Director

The Apple
The Apple (1998)
GoodWatch score 79

Writer, Editor

A Moment of Innocence
A Moment of Innocence (1997)
GoodWatch score 78

as The Director

Gabbeh
Gabbeh (1996)
GoodWatch score 81

Screenplay, Editor

Salaam Cinema
Salaam Cinema (1995)
GoodWatch score 77

Writer, Director

Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Once Upon a Time, Cinema (1992)
GoodWatch score 73

Director, Editor

Mard-e Na-Tamam
Mard-e Na-Tamam (1992)

Writer

Images from the Ghajar Dynasty
Images from the Ghajar Dynasty (1992)

Director

Time of Love
Time of Love (1991)
GoodWatch score 54

Screenplay, Director

The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood
The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood (1990)
GoodWatch score 61

Director, Editor

1980s

10 titles ยท average score 61
The Cyclist
The Cyclist (1989)
GoodWatch score 69

Production Design, Editor

Marriage of the Blessed
Marriage of the Blessed (1989)
GoodWatch score 66

Editor, Writer

The Peddler
The Peddler (1987)
GoodWatch score 67

Editor, Screenplay

Boycott
Boycott (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

Writer, Director

Rings
Rings (1985)

Writer

Two Blind Eyes
Two Blind Eyes (1984)

Writer, Director

Fleeing from Evil to God
Fleeing from Evil to God (1984)

Screenplay, Editor

The Repentance of Nosuh
The Repentance of Nosuh (1983)
GoodWatch score 42

Writer, Director

Marge Digari
Marge Digari (1982)

Writer

Justification
Justification (1981)

Writer