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Best Persian movies to watch

By the KyaDekhu team · Updated 23 October 2026 · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb

The highest-rated Persian movies streaming in India right now, ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating. Every pick is on a subscription or free app today.

18 titles across 1 language, average IMDb rating 6.8.

1. Leila's Brothers (2022)
Movie · Persian · 2h 45m · Drama · IMDb 7.9 (20K votes)
At the age of 40, Leila has spent her entire life caring for her parents and four brothers. A family that is constantly arguing and under pressure from various debts in the face of sanctions against Iran. While her brothers are struggling to make ends meet, Leila makes a plan.
Feels like: family-friendly fun + mind-bending twists
MUBI
2. A Hero (2021)
Movie · Persian · 2h 7m · Drama · IMDb 7.5 (34K votes)
Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned. Is he truly a hero?
Feels like: mind-bending twists + family-friendly fun
MUBI Prime Video
3. The White Balloon (1995)
Movie · Persian · 1h 25m · Drama, Family · IMDb 7.6 (9.6K votes)
Several people try to take advantage of a little girl's innocence to hustle money her mom gave to her to buy a goldfish with.
Feels like: family-friendly fun + big-hearted warmth
Prime Video
4. Taxi (2015)
Movie · Persian · 1h 21m · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 7.3 (19K votes)
A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. His camera placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio captures
Feels like: sharp humour + mind-bending twists
Prime Video
5. Crimson Gold (2003)
Movie · Persian · 1h 36m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 7.4 (6.2K votes)
Pizza man Hussein is a daily witnesses to the unjust distribution of wealth in his native Iran. One day, he finds a purse filled with shockingly expensive receipts from an upscale jewelry store. He attempts to bring the purse back to the store, but because of his working-class attire, he's not allowed inside. Then, dur
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + edge-of-seat suspense
Prime Video
6. Offside (2006)
Movie · Persian · 1h 33m · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 7.3 (9.7K votes)
During the 2006 World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Bahrain, numerous young women are caught and rounded up for dressing as men so they could gain access to the game. Guarded by several soldiers in a holding pen, the women attempt to keep updated on the score.
Feels like: sharp humour + family-friendly fun
MUBI Prime Video
7. No Bears (2022)
Movie · Persian · 1h 47m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 7.2 (5.6K votes)
Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who has been barred from leaving the country, arrives at a village on the Iran-Turkey border to supervise a film based on a real-life couple seeking passports to Europe being shot in Turkey, but both his stay and the production run into trouble.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + dark, gritty edges
MUBI Prime Video
8. 3 Faces (2018)
Movie · Persian · 1h 40m · Drama · IMDb 7.0 (5.7K votes)
Filmmaker Jafar Panahi and actor Behnaz Jafari travel to a tiny village after receiving a plea for help from a girl whose family has forbidden her from studying acting. Amusing encounters abound, but they soon discover that the local hospitality is rivaled by the desire to protect old traditions.
Feels like: family-friendly fun + mind-bending twists
Prime Video
9. The Silence (1998)
Movie · Persian · 1h 16m · Drama, Music · IMDb 6.9 (2.1K votes)
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 an instrument tuner even though he runs the risk of being fired at a time when his family is in danger of being evicted from their house.
Feels like: family-friendly fun + big-hearted warmth
MUBI
10. In Her Hands (2022)
Movie · Persian · 1h 33m · Documentary · IMDb 6.9 (603 votes)
As Western forces withdraw, Afghanistan's youngest female mayor braves mortal danger to lead a fight for education for the next generation of Afghans.
Feels like: edge-of-seat suspense + dark, gritty edges
Netflix
11. Under the Shadow (2016)
Movie · Persian · 1h 24m · Drama, Horror · IMDb 6.8 (33K votes)
After Shideh's building is hit by a missile during the Iran-Iraq War, a superstitious neighbor suggests that the missile was cursed and might be carrying malevolent Middle-Eastern spirits. She becomes convinced a supernatural force within the building is attempting to possess her daughter Dorsa, and she has no choice b
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + edge-of-seat suspense
Netflix
12. The Souvenir (2024)
Movie · Persian · 20m · Drama
The story of a girl's life that has been destroyed due to the death of her mother. But her mother's death is not the main reason, and the external roots of the problem are slowly emerging...
Feels like: family-friendly fun + mind-bending twists
Apple TV
13. Jonas (2016)
Movie · Persian · 1h 22m · Drama · IMDb 6.4 (21 votes)
Jonas is a single man cut off from the disintegrating world around him. His world is that of hangman in a system where governing non-entities forfeit people's lives. He goes forth in a ...
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + edge-of-seat suspense
Netflix
14. Dada (1983)
Movie · Persian · 1h 48m · Drama · IMDb 6.2 (72 votes)
The cruel landlord is forcing the people to give him every girl of the village who wants to get marry. But a guy Dada is resisting. He gives the landlord a piece of land so he not to ...
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + edge-of-seat suspense
JioHotstar
15. The Broker (2018)
Movie · Persian · 1h 1m · Documentary · IMDb 5.5 (38 votes)
In a traditional Iranian dating agency, the manager, Mrs. Sadri, and her female employees are dead set on finding their clients a husband.
Feels like: family-friendly fun + big-hearted warmth
ZEE5
16. Sometimes (2015)
Movie · Persian · 1h 15m · Drama · IMDb 5.6 (47 votes)
The story of 3 Iranian couples who one day after attending a party confront a serious tragedy.
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + family-friendly fun
Netflix
17. Be My Voice (2021)
Movie · Persian · 1h 30m · Documentary, History · IMDb 6.6 (1K votes)
Journalist and activist Masih Alinejad has 4.5 million followers on Instagram after urging Iranian women to rebel against the forced hijab on social media. Her call to action has grown into one of the largest acts of civil disobedience in today’s Iran. Something that has made the regime desperately tighten its grip to
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + edge-of-seat suspense
ZEE5
18. The Night (2021)
Movie · Persian · 1h 45m · Horror, Mystery · IMDb 5.5 (3.9K votes)
An Iranian couple living in the US become trapped inside a hotel when insidious events force them to face the secrets that have come between them, in a night that never ends.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + dark, gritty edges
JioHotstar