Directing
Jafar Panahi
- Titles
- 43movies1TV show
- Career
Active from 1988 to 2025, busiest in 2020 with 3 main titles.
- Directed
- 23titles as director
- Average score
68/100
- Highest rated
The White Balloon75/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Contemporary Realism8.9average 5.2
- Social Commentary7.8average 4.9
- Politics5.0average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism5.0average 3.3
- Satire & Parody3.4average 2.3
- Pathos6.0average 5.2
- Wholesome4.0average 3.3
- Mystery4.8average 4.1
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline3.2, average 5.1
- Romance2.3, average 3.8
- Pop Culture0.8, average 2.2
- Violence3.1, average 4.3
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Iranian Cinema 6
- Political Commentary 3
- Social Commentary 2
- Meta-Narrative 2
- Slow-Burn 2
- Social Justice 2
- Moral Dilemma 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- NNader SaeivarCinematographerThe Alien, The Witness, 3 Faces, Hidden
Abbas KiarostamiWriterCrimson Gold, Persian Carpet, The White Balloon- AAmin JafariCinematographerNo Bears, 3 Faces, A Very Ordinary Citizen
- AAmir EtminanEditorIt Was Just an Accident, No Bears, Hidden
Majid BarzegarActorWhere Are You, Jafar Panahi?, A Very Ordinary Citizen- SSolmaz PanahiActorThe Circle, Hidden
Bakhtiyar PanjeeiActorNo Bears, The Alien
Vahid MobasseriActorIt Was Just an Accident, No Bears
Fereshteh Sadr OrafaeeActorThe White Balloon, The Circle
Kambuzia PartoviActorThe Circle, Closed Curtain- SShadmehr RastinWriterOffside, Persian Carpet
- HHossein JafarianCinematographerCrimson Gold, Persian Carpet
Movies and TV shows
332020s
10 titles · average score 68
Hijamat (2026)
Editor
75
It Was Just an Accident (2025)
Producer, Director
67
The Witness (2025)
Writer, Editor
69
No Bears (2022)
as Jafar Panahi
61
The Year of the Everlasting Storm (2021)
Writer, Executive Producer
Life (2021)
Director
70
Hit the Road (2021)
Producer
67
Hidden (2020)
Director of Photography, Director
The Alien (2020)
Screenplay, Editor
Celles qui chantent (2020)
Director
2010s
7 titles · average score 68
68
3 Faces (2018)
as Jafar Panahi
71
Taxi (2015)
Director, Editor
A Very Ordinary Citizen (2015)
Screenplay
66
Closed Curtain (2013)
Director, Screenplay
71
This Is Not a Film (2011)
Producer, Editor
63
The Accordion (2010)
Editor, Director
2000s
9 titles · average score 60
56
Persian Carpet (2007)
Director, Screenplay
Untying the Knot (2007)
Director
70
Offside (2006)
Writer, Director
64
Border Café (2005)
Editor
43
Verdict (2005)
Editor
71
Crimson Gold (2003)
Director, Editor
71
The Circle (2000)
Editor, Director
1990s
5 titles · average score 74
73
The Mirror (1997)
Writer, Director
75
The White Balloon (1995)
Director, Story
75
Through the Olive Trees (1994)
Assistant Director
The Friend (1992)
Director
Akharin emtehan (1992)
Director
1980s
2 titles
The Second Look (1989)
Director
Yarali bashlar (1988)
Director