Jafar Panahi
Director · 40 credits · 19 in highly-rated films
Best known for It Was Just an Accident (2025)
Frequent collaborators: Abbas Kiarostami, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Dariush Mehrjui
Best Jafar Panahi movies by genre
Directed movies (23 total, ranked by score)
1It Was Just an Accident
2025 · ★ 7.2 (630 votes)
Drama, Thriller, Crime
2Taxi
2015 · ★ 7.0 (484 votes)
Comedy, Drama
3No Bears
2022 · ★ 6.9 (134 votes)
Drama, Romance
4The White Balloon
1995 · ★ 7.5 (122 votes)
Drama, Family
5Offside
2006 · ★ 7.0 (139 votes)
Comedy, Drama
6Crimson Gold
2003 · ★ 6.9 (103 votes)
Drama, Crime
7The Mirror
1997 · ★ 7.3 (61 votes)
Drama
83 Faces
2018 · ★ 6.7 (156 votes)
Drama
9The Circle
2000 · ★ 7.0 (102 votes)
Drama
10This Is Not a Film
2011 · ★ 6.9 (106 votes)
Documentary
11Closed Curtain
2013 · ★ 7.0 (20 votes)
Drama
12The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · ★ 6.5 (10 votes)
Drama, Mystery, Documentary
13Life
2021 · ★ 4.0 (2 votes)
Documentary
14Hidden
2020 · ★ 6.5 (25 votes)
Documentary
15Persian Carpet
2007 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)
Documentary
16Celles qui chantent
2020 · ★ 5.1 (4 votes)
Documentary
17Where Are You, Jafar Panahi?
2026
Documentary
18Untying the Knot
2007
Drama
- 19
Yarali bashlar
1988
Documentary, Drama
20The Friend
1992
Drama
- 21
Akharin emtehan
1992
Drama
22The Accordion
2010 · ★ 5.4 (9 votes)
Drama
- 23
The Second Look
1989
Drama
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.