Abbas Kiarostami: movies and TV shows
Abbas Kiarostami has 193 credits in the archive: 192 films and 1 TV series, from 1969 to 2025. Highest rated: Close-Up (7.9/10).
Career timeline
1969 – 2025 · busiest year: 2003 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Bukhara Chronicles | voice | Film | — | 85 |
| 2021 | Leech | himself (voice) | Film | — | 81 |
| 2020 | The Mirror of Possible Worlds: Kiarostami on Aran | Film | — | 80 | |
| 2019 | Self | Film | — | 79 | |
| 2018 | 24 Frames | Film | 6.6 | 78 | |
| 2017 | Final Exam | Film | 4.7 | 77 | |
| 2017 | You are not alone | Film | — | 77 | |
| 2016 | Passenger | Film | — | 76 | |
| 2016 | Passenger | Film | — | 76 | |
| 2016 | Passenger | Film | — | 76 | |
| 2016 | 3 Portraits | Film | — | 76 | |
| 2016 | Take Me Home | Film | 7.0 | 76 | |
| 2016 | Take Me Home | Film | 7.0 | 76 | |
| 2016 | Cabeza de gallo | Film | — | 76 | |
| 2016 | 76 Minutes and 15 seconds with Abbas Kiarostami | Himself | Film | 6.8 | 76 |
| 2014 | Vida | Himself | Film | — | 74 |
| 2014 | The Poetry of Cinema: Abbas Kiarostami in Conversation with Richard Peña | Film | 4.0 | 74 | |
| 2013 | Abbas Kiarostami: A Report | Self | Film | 4.8 | 73 |
| 2013 | Venice 70: Future Reloaded | Film | 5.1 | 73 | |
| 2013 | The Girl in the Lemon Factory | Film | — | 73 | |
| 2013 | The Girl in the Lemon Factory | Film | — | 73 | |
| 2013 | What Is Cinema? | Self | Film | 6.5 | 73 |
| 2012 | Like Someone in Love | Film | 6.9 | 72 | |
| 2012 | Like Someone in Love | Film | 6.9 | 72 | |
| 2012 | Meeting Leila | Film | 5.0 | 72 | |
| 2012 | Making of 'Like Someone in Love' | Narrator | Film | — | 72 |
| 2011 | Guest | Self | Film | 6.0 | 71 |
| 2011 | Kurosawa's Way | Self | Film | 5.8 | 71 |
| 2010 | Certified Copy | Film | 7.0 | 70 | |
| 2010 | Certified Copy | Film | 7.0 | 70 | |
| 2010 | No | Film | 4.8 | 70 | |
| 2010 | In Praise of the Seventy Years Old | Self | Film | — | 70 |
| 2010 | Let's See Copia Conforme | Self | Film | — | 70 |
| 2009 | Shirin | Film | 6.2 | 69 | |
| 2009 | Shirin | Film | 6.2 | 69 | |
| 2009 | Shirin | Film | 6.2 | 69 | |
| 2008 | Seagull Eggs | Film | 5.0 | 68 | |
| 2008 | Taste of Shirin | Himself | Film | — | 68 |
| 2007 | Persian Carpet | Film | 5.0 | 67 | |
| 2007 | Persian Carpet | Film | 5.0 | 67 | |
| 2007 | Almost Brooklyn | Film | — | 67 | |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema | Film | 6.5 | 67 | |
| 2007 | Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema | Film | 4.0 | 67 | |
| 2007 | Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences | himself | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 2007 | Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences | Film | 7.0 | 67 | |
| 2007 | Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences | Film | 7.0 | 67 | |
| 2007 | Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences | Film | 7.0 | 67 | |
| 2007 | Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences | Film | 7.0 | 67 | |
| 2006 | Rug | Film | 5.0 | 66 | |
| 2006 | Rug | Film | 5.0 | 66 | |
| 2006 | Roads of Kiarostami | Self | Film | 6.0 | 66 |
| 2006 | Roads of Kiarostami | Film | 6.0 | 66 | |
| 2006 | Roads of Kiarostami | Film | 6.0 | 66 | |
| 2006 | Roads of Kiarostami | Film | 6.0 | 66 | |
| 2006 | Roads of Kiarostami | Film | 6.0 | 66 | |
| 2006 | Men at Work | Film | 6.6 | 66 | |
| 2005 | Tickets | Film | 6.5 | 65 | |
| 2005 | Tickets | Film | 6.5 | 65 | |
| 2005 | TropiAbbas | Abbas Kiarostami | Film | 10.0 | 65 |
| 2005 | A Good Time for Tragedy | Himself | Film | 5.0 | 65 |
| 2005 | Around Five | himself | Film | — | 65 |
| 2005 | Around Five | Film | — | 65 | |
| 2005 | 10 Days with Kiarostami | Self | Film | 3.0 | 65 |
| 2005 | On the Road with Kiarostami | Himself | Film | — | 65 |
| 2004 | Friday's Soldiers | Film | 4.0 | 64 | |
| 2004 | 10 on Ten | Self | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 2004 | 10 on Ten | Film | 6.5 | 64 | |
| 2004 | 10 on Ten | Film | 6.5 | 64 | |
| 2004 | 10 on Ten | Film | 6.5 | 64 | |
| 2004 | 10 on Ten | Film | 6.5 | 64 | |
| 2004 | 10 on Ten | Film | 6.5 | 64 | |
| 2004 | 10 on Ten | Film | 6.5 | 64 | |
| 2004 | Journey to the Land of the Traveler | Film | 5.0 | 64 | |
| 2003 | Crimson Gold | Film | 6.9 | 63 | |
| 2003 | Willow and Wind | Film | 7.5 | 63 | |
| 2003 | Parola (su una data) | TV | — | 63 | |
| 2003 | Chaplin Today: The Kid | Self | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 2003 | A Walk with Kiarostami | Self | Film | 5.6 | 63 |
| 2003 | Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living | Self | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 2003 | Five Dedicated to Ozu | Film | 5.9 | 63 | |
| 2003 | Five Dedicated to Ozu | Film | 5.9 | 63 | |
| 2003 | Five Dedicated to Ozu | Film | 5.9 | 63 | |
| 2003 | Five Dedicated to Ozu | Film | 5.9 | 63 | |
| 2003 | Five Dedicated to Ozu | Film | 5.9 | 63 | |
| 2002 | Farda | Film | 9.0 | 62 | |
| 2002 | Ten | Film | 7.3 | 62 | |
| 2002 | Ten | Film | 7.3 | 62 | |
| 2002 | Ten | Film | 7.3 | 62 | |
| 2002 | Abbas Kiarostami: Leçon de cinéma | (himself) | Film | — | 62 |
| 2002 | Deserted Station | Film | 6.1 | 62 | |
| 2001 | ABC Africa | Self | Film | 4.8 | 61 |
| 2001 | ABC Africa | Film | 4.8 | 61 | |
| 2001 | ABC Africa | Film | 4.8 | 61 | |
| 2001 | ABC Africa | Film | 4.8 | 61 | |
| 2001 | ABC Africa | Film | 4.8 | 61 | |
| 2001 | Abbas Kiarostami commente son film | Film | — | 61 | |
| 2000 | The Key | Film | 6.2 | 60 | |
| 2000 | The Key | Film | 6.2 | 60 | |
| 2000 | Kiarostami in Close up | as Self | Film | — | 60 |
| 1999 | The Wind Will Carry Us | Film | 7.1 | 59 | |
| 1999 | The Wind Will Carry Us | Film | 7.1 | 59 | |
| 1999 | The Wind Will Carry Us | Film | 7.1 | 59 | |
| 1999 | The Wind Will Carry Us | Film | 7.1 | 59 | |
| 1999 | Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty | self | Film | 7.7 | 59 |
| 1999 | A Week With Kiarostami | himself | Film | — | 59 |
| 1997 | Taste of Cherry | Film | 7.7 | 57 | |
| 1997 | Taste of Cherry | Film | 7.7 | 57 | |
| 1997 | Taste of Cherry | Film | 7.7 | 57 | |
| 1997 | Taste of Cherry | Film | 7.7 | 57 | |
| 1997 | Sohanak | Self | Film | — | 57 |
| 1997 | The Birth of Light | Film | 6.2 | 57 | |
| 1997 | Project | Self | Film | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1996 | Safar | Film | 7.5 | 56 | |
| 1996 | Close-Up Long Shot | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 1995 | Through the Olive Trees | Self | Film | 7.4 | 55 |
| 1995 | Through the Olive Trees | Film | 7.4 | 55 | |
| 1995 | Through the Olive Trees | Film | 7.4 | 55 | |
| 1995 | Through the Olive Trees | Film | 7.4 | 55 | |
| 1995 | Through the Olive Trees | Film | 7.4 | 55 | |
| 1995 | Through the Olive Trees | Film | 7.4 | 55 | |
| 1995 | The White Balloon | Film | 7.5 | 55 | |
| 1995 | Lumière & Company | Film | 6.3 | 55 | |
| 1995 | Concerning Nice | Film | 5.6 | 55 | |
| 1995 | Concerning Nice | Film | 5.6 | 55 | |
| 1994 | Abbas Kiarostami: Truths and Dreams | Self | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1994 | Behind the Scenes of 'Under the Olive Trees' | Self | Film | — | 54 |
| 1992 | Life, and Nothing More… | Film | 7.7 | 52 | |
| 1992 | Life, and Nothing More… | Film | 7.7 | 52 | |
| 1992 | Life, and Nothing More… | Film | 7.7 | 52 | |
| 1990 | Close-Up | Self | Film | 7.9 | 50 |
| 1990 | Close-Up | Film | 7.9 | 50 | |
| 1990 | Close-Up | Film | 7.9 | 50 | |
| 1990 | Close-Up | Film | 7.9 | 50 | |
| 1989 | Homework | Self (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1989 | Homework | Film | 7.5 | 49 | |
| 1989 | Homework | Film | 7.5 | 49 | |
| 1987 | Where Is The Friend's House? | Film | 7.9 | 47 | |
| 1987 | Where Is The Friend's House? | Film | 7.9 | 47 | |
| 1987 | Where Is The Friend's House? | Film | 7.9 | 47 | |
| 1984 | First Graders | Film | 7.2 | 44 | |
| 1984 | First Graders | Film | 7.2 | 44 | |
| 1984 | First Graders | Film | 7.2 | 44 | |
| 1983 | Fellow Citizen | Film | 6.1 | 43 | |
| 1983 | Fellow Citizen | Film | 6.1 | 43 | |
| 1983 | Fellow Citizen | Film | 6.1 | 43 | |
| 1982 | The Chorus | Film | 6.0 | 42 | |
| 1982 | The Chorus | Film | 6.0 | 42 | |
| 1981 | Orderly or Disorderly? | Film | 5.7 | 41 | |
| 1981 | Orderly or Disorderly? | Film | 5.7 | 41 | |
| 1981 | Orderly or Disorderly? | Film | 5.7 | 41 | |
| 1980 | Toothache | Film | 5.8 | 40 | |
| 1980 | Toothache | Film | 5.8 | 40 | |
| 1980 | Toothache | Film | 5.8 | 40 | |
| 1979 | First Case, Second Case | Film | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 1979 | First Case, Second Case | Film | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 1979 | First Case, Second Case | Film | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 1978 | Solution No. 1 | Film | 5.6 | 38 | |
| 1978 | Solution No. 1 | Film | 5.6 | 38 | |
| 1977 | The Report | Film | 6.5 | 37 | |
| 1977 | The Report | Film | 6.5 | 37 | |
| 1977 | Jahan-Nama Palace | Film | 6.0 | 37 | |
| 1977 | How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting | Film | 6.6 | 37 | |
| 1977 | Tribute to the Teachers | Film | 6.0 | 37 | |
| 1977 | Tribute to the Teachers | Film | 6.0 | 37 | |
| 1977 | Tribute to the Teachers | Film | 6.0 | 37 | |
| 1977 | Tribute to the Teachers | Film | 6.0 | 37 | |
| 1976 | A Wedding Suit | Film | 7.2 | 36 | |
| 1976 | A Wedding Suit | Film | 7.2 | 36 | |
| 1976 | A Wedding Suit | Film | 7.2 | 36 | |
| 1976 | A Wedding Suit | Film | 7.2 | 36 | |
| 1976 | Colors | Film | 6.4 | 36 | |
| 1976 | Colors | Film | 6.4 | 36 | |
| 1976 | Colors | Film | 6.4 | 36 | |
| 1976 | Colors | Film | 6.4 | 36 | |
| 1975 | So Can I | Film | 5.6 | 35 | |
| 1975 | So Can I | Film | 5.6 | 35 | |
| 1975 | So Can I | Film | 5.6 | 35 | |
| 1975 | So Can I | Film | 5.6 | 35 | |
| 1975 | Two Solutions to One Problem | Film | 5.7 | 35 | |
| 1975 | Two Solutions to One Problem | Film | 5.7 | 35 | |
| 1975 | Two Solutions to One Problem | Film | 5.7 | 35 | |
| 1974 | The Traveler | Film | 7.2 | 34 | |
| 1974 | The Traveler | Film | 7.2 | 34 | |
| 1973 | Experience | Film | 6.6 | 33 | |
| 1973 | Experience | Film | 6.6 | 33 | |
| 1973 | Experience | Film | 6.6 | 33 | |
| 1973 | Experience | Film | 6.6 | 33 | |
| 1972 | Breaktime | Film | 6.0 | 32 | |
| 1972 | Breaktime | Film | 6.0 | 32 | |
| 1970 | The Bread and Alley | Film | 6.5 | 30 | |
| 1969 | Qeysar | Film | 6.9 | 29 | |
| The Scent of the Pitanga | Film | — | — | ||
| Taste Of Shirin : Making of Abbas Kiarostami's 'Shirin' | Abbas Kiarostami | Film | — | — |