Abbas Kiarostami
Director · 89 credits · 35 in highly-rated films
Best known for Close-Up (1990)
Frequent collaborators: Jafar Panahi, Juliette Binoche, Theo Angelopoulos, Bernardo Bertolucci, Youssef Chahine
Best Abbas Kiarostami movies by genre
Directed movies (49 total, ranked by score)
1Close-Up
1990 · ★ 8.0 (454 votes)
Crime, Drama
2Where Is The Friend's House?
1987 · ★ 7.9 (448 votes)
Drama, Adventure
3Taste of Cherry
1997 · ★ 7.7 (724 votes)
Drama
4Life, and Nothing More…
1992 · ★ 7.7 (185 votes)
Drama, Adventure
5Through the Olive Trees
1995 · ★ 7.4 (208 votes)
Drama, Romance
6Certified Copy
2010 · ★ 7.0 (456 votes)
Drama, Romance
7The Wind Will Carry Us
1999 · ★ 7.1 (202 votes)
Drama
8Like Someone in Love
2012 · ★ 6.9 (275 votes)
Drama
9Homework
1989 · ★ 7.5 (44 votes)
Documentary
10Ten
2002 · ★ 7.3 (136 votes)
Drama
11The Traveler
1974 · ★ 7.2 (50 votes)
Drama
12To Each His Own Cinema
2007 · ★ 6.5 (155 votes)
Comedy, Drama
13Tickets
2005 · ★ 6.5 (46 votes)
Comedy, Drama
14Lumière & Company
1995 · ★ 6.3 (71 votes)
Drama, Documentary
15A Wedding Suit
1976 · ★ 7.2 (16 votes)
Drama
16The Bread and Alley
1970 · ★ 6.5 (42 votes)
Drama
1724 Frames
2018 · ★ 6.6 (58 votes)
Drama
18First Graders
1984 · ★ 7.2 (9 votes)
Documentary
19Take Me Home
2016 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)
Documentary
20Shirin
2009 · ★ 6.2 (37 votes)
Drama
21Experience
1973 · ★ 6.6 (18 votes)
Drama
22First Case, Second Case
1979 · ★ 7.0 (11 votes)
Documentary
23The Chorus
1982 · ★ 6.0 (20 votes)
Drama
24How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting
2019 · ★ 6.3 (6 votes)
Documentary
25Tribute to the Teachers
1977 · ★ 6.0 (9 votes)
Documentary
26Colors
1976 · ★ 6.4 (13 votes)
Documentary, Family
27The Report
1977 · ★ 6.5 (16 votes)
Drama
28Toothache
1980 · ★ 5.8 (6 votes)
Animation, Drama
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Is There a Place to Approach?
2006 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)
Documentary
30So Can I
1975 · ★ 5.6 (11 votes)
Family
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.