# List of Iranian films of the 1990s

A list of films produced in Iran ordered by year of release in the 1990s. For an alphabetical list of Iranian films see Category:Iranian films

## 1990s

| Year | Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
| 1990 | Close-Up | Abbas Kiarostami | | Documentary | |
| 1990 | Hamoun | Dariush Mehrjui | Khosro Shakibai, Bita Farrahi, Ezzatollah Entezami | Psychological drama | |
| 1990 | Time of Love | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | | Drama | Shot in Turkey, banned in Iran. Screened at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival |
| 1990 | Snake Fang | Masoud Kimiai | | | Entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival |
| 1991 | Life and Nothing More... | Abbas Kiarostami | | Drama | The second part of Kiarostami's Earthquake trilogy, screened at Cannes |
| 1991 | In the Alleys of Love | Khosrow Sinai | | | Screened at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival |
| 1992 | Baduk | Majid Majidi | | | Addresses child slavery |
| 1992 | Nargess | Rakhshan Bani-Etemad | Farimah Farjami, Atefeh Razavi | Drama | |
| 1992 | Naser-ed-din Shah | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Ezzatollah Entezami | Comedic | |
| 1992 | Sara | Dariush Mehrjui | Niki Karimi | Drama | |
| 1993 | Actor | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Akbar Abdi, Fatemeh Motamed-Aria | Drama | |
| 1993 | From Karkheh to Rhein | Ebrahim Hatamikia | | Drama | |
| 1994 | Hello Cinema | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | | | Screened at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival |
| 1994 | Through the Olive Trees | Abbas Kiarostami | | Drama | The third part of Kiarostami's Earthquake trilogy, entered at Cannes |
| 1995 | White Balloon | Jafar Panahi | | | |
| 1995 | The Fateful Day | Shahram Asadi | Ezzatolah Entezami, Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Zhaleh Olov, Mehdi Fat'hi, Hossein Panahi | Historical | an adaptation of Bahram Beyzai's book of the same title, produced eventually ten years after writing |
| 1995 | Hello Cinema | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | | | |
| 1995 | Pari | Dariush Mehrjui | Niki Karimi | | An adaptation of J. D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey |
| 1996 | Gabbeh | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | | | Title derived from a Persian rug Won Silver Screen award at Singapore, screened at Cannes |
| 1996 | A Moment of Innocence | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | | | |
| 1996 | Leila | Dariush Mehrjui | Leila Hatami | Drama | |
| 1996 | Pedar | Majid Majidi | | Drama | Won the Prize of the Jury at San Sebastián International Film Festival |
| 1997 | Children of Heaven | Majid Majidi | Majid Majidi | | Nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film |
| 1997 | Taste of Cherry | Abbas Kiarostami | Homayon Ershadi | | Awarded the Palme d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival |
| 1997 | street kids | hojjat baqaee- Reza kabiri | | real dacumentari | at the 1996 social Film Festival - Appreciation by the Iranian police - Appreciation from the General Directorate of Guidance of Tehran Province - Appreciation at the Social Documentary Film Festival - Appreciation from Iran Welfare Organization |
| The Silence | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | | | Drama | Received CinemAvvenire Award, Sergio Trasatti Award, nominated for Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival |
| 1998 | The Apple | Samira Makhmalbaf | | Drama | Screened at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival |
| 1998 | Son of Maryam | Hamid Jebeli | Mohsen Falsafin Rafik Dergabrilian Hadi Nainizadeh | Drama | |
| 1999 | The Color of Paradise | Majid Majidi | Hossein Mahjoub, Mohsen Ramezani | Drama | |
| 1999 | Tales of Kish | Abolfazl Jalili, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Nasser Taghvai | | | Entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival |
| 1999 | Two Women | Tahmineh Milani | Niki Karimi | Drama | |
| 1999 | The Wind Will Carry Us | Abbas Kiarostami | | | Silver Lion Award |