Jafar Panahi
Iranian film director
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- July 11, 1960 · Mianeh
- Nationality
- Iran
- Work
- film director, film producer, film editor, screenwriter
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
2025 · Iran / France · drama
Palme d'Or winner 2025 · Film Comment year-end poll 2025 #4 · Criterion Collection spine #1317
2.093 citations - 2
2000 · Iran / Switzerland / Italy · drama
Venice Golden Lion winner 2000 · Film Comment year-end poll 2001 #12 · Kehr's annual top 10 2001 #5
1.725 citations - 31.001 citation
- 4The Mirrorآینه
1997 · Iran · drama
Locarno Golden Leopard winner 1997 · Sarris's annual top 10 1998 #null
0.892 citations - 5The White Balloonبادکنک سفید
1994 · Iran · comedy, drama
Sarris's annual top 10 1996 #1 · Kehr's annual top 10 1996 #7
0.672 citations - 60.431 citation
- 7Crimson Goldطلای سرخ
2003 · Iran · drama
Film Comment year-end poll 2004 #14 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.372 citations - 80.241 citation
- 90.191 citation
Complete filmography
All 13 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1994The White Balloon
- 1997The Mirror
- 2000The Circle
- 2003Crimson Gold
- 2006Offside
- 2006Persian Carpet
- 2011This Is Not a Film
- 2013Closed Curtain
- 2015Taxi
- 2018Three Faces
- 2021The Year of the Everlasting Storm
- 2022No Bears
- 2025It Was Just an Accident