Best movies on Prime Video (République Islamique d'Iran) : our Top 20
At Stream Tracker, we have compiled a concise selection of standout feature films from the Islamic Republic of Iran that are currently available on Prime Video. The list aims to represent a range of styles and periods—social realism, poetic drama, and contemporary voices—so you can get a clear sense of Iranian cinema as presented on the platform. For each title we indicate availability, offer a brief synopsis, and explain what makes the film notable. This page is meant to help you find and choose quality Iranian films on Prime Video with minimal fuss.
Updated on 12/03/2026
2011 · Mohammad Rasoulof
When Alex Kerner’s mother awakens from a coma she fell into before the fall of the Berlin Wall, he faces an impossible choice: conceal the collapse of the regime she devoted her life to or risk shattering her faith — and her fragile heart. Posing as a protector, Alex constructs an elaborate fiction of continuity to spare her the shock that could trigger another fatal attack. As the world outside moves on, his web of half-truths tightens, forcing him to weigh loyalty, guilt and the price of living inside a lie.
With Leila Zare, Shahab Hosseini, Hassan Pourshirazi, Behnam Tashakkor, Sima Tirandaz, Fariba Jedikar and Roya Taymourian
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2013 · Asghar Farhadi
Four years after their separation, Ahmad returns to Paris to meet his estranged wife Marie and advance the divorce proceedings. During his brief visit he becomes aware of the fragile, distant bond between Marie and her daughter Lucie. As he tries to heal the rift, his well-intentioned interference inadvertently uncovers a long-hidden secret that upends their lives.
With Bérénice Bejo, Ali Mosaffa, Tahar Rahim, Pauline Burlet, Elyes Aguis, Jeanne Jestin and Sabrina Ouazani
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2025 · Jafar Panahi
A quiet auto mechanic is plunged back into the trauma of an Iranian incarceration after a chance encounter with a man he believes to be the sadistic officer who once tormented him.
With Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten, Majid Panahi, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr and George Hashem Zadeh
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1993 · Mohsen Makhmalbaf
After a quarrel with her boyfriend, Sarah Tobias goes out drinking and is violently assaulted by three men in a bar while onlookers watch and cheer. District Attorney Kathryn Murphy pursues the case but ultimately allows the attackers to receive only light punishments. Devastated, Sarah decides to pursue the bystanders who egged on the crime; to secure true accountability she must take the witness stand and confront the trauma of that night.
With Akbar Abdi, Azita Hajian, Hamide Kheyrabadi, Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, Mahaya Petrossian, Mohammadreza Sharifinia and Parvin Soleymani
2000 · Jafar Panahi
Several women contend with the constraints of present-day Iran, striving to preserve their agency and identities amid a deeply patriarchal, repressive social order.
With Nargess Mamizadeh, Maryiam Palvin Almani, Mojgan Faramarzi, Elham Saboktakin, Monir Arab, Maede Tahmasbi and Maryam Shayegan
2022 · Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi, an Iranian filmmaker banned from travelling abroad, arrives in a village on the Iran–Turkey border to oversee a movie being shot in Turkey about a real couple trying to get passports to reach Europe; soon, both his stay and the film’s production are beset by unforeseen complications.
With Jafar Panahi, Naser Hashemi, Vahid Mobaser, Bakhtiyar Panjeei, Mina Kavani, Narges Delaram and Abdolreza Heydari
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2001 · Mohsen Makhmalbaf
An undercover CIA agent, his cover shattered deep inside hostile Afghan territory, must fight his way back to a single extraction point in Kandahar alongside his Afghan interpreter, racing through dangerous terrain and engaging elite insurgents while evading shadowy foreign operatives bent on capturing them. As alliances fray and every footstep attracts new threats, their survival hinges on trust, timing, and sheer will.
With Ike Ogut, Nelofer Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Sadou Teymouri, Hoyatala Hakimi, Noam Morgensztern and Monica Hankievich
2011 · Maryam Keshavarz
In 1860s Paris, Therese finds herself trapped in an arranged, loveless marriage to the frail Camille, a union enforced by her overbearing aunt, Madame Raquin. By day she tends the cramped shop counter; by night she watches Madame Raquin preside over dominoes with a motley circle of acquaintances. The arrival of Camille’s magnetic friend Laurent ignites a furtive, passionate affair that spirals into jealousy and violence, with devastating consequences. Adapted from Emile Zola’s novel Thérèse Raquin.
With Nikohl Boosheri, Sarah Kazemy, Reza Sixo Safai, Soheil Parsa, Nasrin Pakkho, Sina Amedson and Keon Alexander