Directing
Jafar Panahi
- Titles
- 43movies4TV shows
- Career
Active from 1988 to 2026, busiest in 2020 with 3 main titles.
- Directed
- 23titles as director
- Average score
74/100
- Highest rated
Taxi85/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Contemporary Realism8.5average 5.2
- Social Commentary7.5average 4.9
- Politics4.8average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism4.8average 3.3
- Wholesome4.3average 3.3
- Satire & Parody3.2average 2.3
- Pathos5.9average 5.2
- Melancholy5.2average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline3.1, average 5.1
- Romance2.4, average 3.8
- Violence3.0, average 4.3
- Scare1.3, average 2.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Iranian Cinema 7
- Political Commentary 3
- Meta-Narrative 2
- Slow-Burn 2
- Social Justice 2
- Social Commentary 2
- Moral Dilemma 2
- Anthology Film 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- NNader SaïvarDirector3 Faces, The Alien, The Witness, Hidden
Solmaz PanahiActorThe Circle, Life, Hidden- AAmir EtminanEditorIt Was Just an Accident, No Bears, Hidden
Abbas KiarostamiWriterThe White Balloon, Crimson Gold, Persian Carpet- AAmin JafariCinematographerNo Bears, 3 Faces, A Very Ordinary Citizen
Vahid MobasseriActorIt Was Just an Accident, No Bears- IIgiActorThis Is Not a Film, Life
- TTahereh Saidi BalsiniActorThe Year of the Everlasting Storm, Life
Kambuzia PartoviActorThe Circle, Closed Curtain
Majid PanahiActorIt Was Just an Accident, Taxi
Fereshteh Sadr OrafaeeActorThe White Balloon, The Circle
Bakhtiyar PanjeeiActorNo Bears, The Alien
Movies and TV shows
172020s
6 titles · average score 74
84
It Was Just an Accident (2025)
Director, Producer
70
The Witness (2025)
Editor, Writer
85
No Bears (2022)
as Jafar Panahi
58
The Year of the Everlasting Storm (2021)
Director, Director of Photography
Life (2021)
Director, Editor
The Alien (2020)
Editor, Screenplay
2010s
6 titles · average score 75
77
3 Faces (2018)
as Jafar Panahi
85
Taxi (2015)
Sound Mixer, Screenplay
A Very Ordinary Citizen (2015)
Screenplay
74
Closed Curtain (2013)
Editor, Producer
81
This Is Not a Film (2011)
Director, Director of Photography
61
The Accordion (2010)
Writer, Director
2000s
3 titles · average score 71
56
Persian Carpet (2007)
Director, Screenplay
81
Offside (2006)
Editor, Director
77
The Circle (2000)
Producer, Director
1990s
2 titles · average score 77
74
The Mirror (1997)
Producer, Writer
81
The White Balloon (1995)
Editor, Production Design