Mohsen Makhmalbaf Movies
- 2014
The President
The President6.92014HD
The President is the story of a dictator of an imaginary country in the Caucasus, who is forced to escape following a coup d’état, and...
- 1990
Close-Up
Close-Up7.91990HD
This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the...
- 2004
Osama
Osama72004HD
After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a preteen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to...
- 2002
11’09”01—September 11
11’09”01—September 116.52002HD
Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length –...
- 2001
Kandahar
Kandahar6.22001HD
After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to...
- 1996
A Moment of Innocence
A Moment of Innocence7.6651996HD
A semi-autobiographical account of Makhmalbaf's experience as a teenager when, as a 17-year-old, he stabbed a policeman at a protest rally. Two...
- 1998
The Silence
The Silence6.41998HD
Khorshid, a blind child growing up in Tajikistan, is constantly distracted by music and sounds. This frequently causes him to be late to his job as...
- 1998
The Apple
The Apple6.31998HD
After twelve years of imprisonment by their own parents, two Iranian sisters are finally released by social workers to face the outside world for the...
- 1989
The Cyclist
The Cyclist6.61989HD
The wife of Nasim, an Afghan immigrant in Iran, is gravely ill. He needs money to pay for her care, but his day labor digging wells does not pay...
- 2000
The Day I Became a Woman
The Day I Became a Woman6.12000HD
A girl reaches the age of nine and is supposed to act as a grown woman according to her family. A girl participates in a bike race against the will...
- 2009
Two-Legged Horse
Two-Legged Horse5.62009HD
A wealthy boy hires a poor child to carry him around like a horse.
- 2017
Plankton Salesmen
Plankton Salesmen02017HD
A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in the early 2000s in Russia. The story of the Cinema Without Borders company...
- 2003
At Five in the Afternoon
At Five in the Afternoon6.42003HD
Nogreh is a young Afghani woman living with her father and her sister-in-law, Leylomah, whose husband, Akhtar, is missing. Beyond the issue of...
- 1996
Gabbeh
Gabbeh6.61996HD
An elderly couple go about their routine of cleaning their gabbeh, while bickering gently with each other. Magically, a young woman appears, helping...
- 2000
Blackboards
Blackboards6.62000HD
Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during...
- 1995
Salaam Cinema
Salaam Cinema6.41995HD
Makhmalbaf puts an advertisement in the papers calling for an open casting for his next movie. However when hundreds of people show up, he decides to...
- 1992
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Once Upon a Time, Cinema6.31992HD
The film follows a character known as The Cinematographer, who is looking for someone called Atieh (Future). As he calls out to her, he is magically...
- 2002
Afghan Alphabet
Afghan Alphabet6.2142002HD
Documentary showing the life of children of the Afghan villages bordering Iran, and how their life and culture were affected by Taliban regime.
- 1989
Marriage of the Blessed
Marriage of the Blessed6.31989HD
Haji is severely traumatized by the war with Iraq. Back from the front, he's unable to adapt to civilian life. Despite family opposition, his...
- 1986
Boycott
Boycott4.71986HD
Valeh, a member of a leftist organization, is arrested by the SAVAK and sentenced to death. In prison, he reconsiders his relationships with members...