Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Iranian film director, writer, editor, and producer
1.04body-of-work score · ranked #825 of 2631 directors · 6 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- May 29, 1957 · Tehran
- Nationality
- Iran, France
- Work
- writer, film director, film producer, film editor

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.
- 10.261 citation
- 20.251 citation
- 30.191 citation
- 40.111 citation
- 50.111 citation
- 60.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 31 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1983The Repentance of Nosuh
- 1984Fleeing from Evil to God
- 1984Two Blind Eyes
- 1985Boycott
- 1986
- 1986
- 1986
- 1987The Cyclist
- 1987The Peddler
- 1988The Marriage of the Blessed
- 1990Time of Love
- 1991The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood
- 1992Once Upon a Time, Cinema
- 1993The Actor
- 1995Hello Cinema
- 1996A Moment of Innocence
- 1996Gabbeh
- 1998The School that was blown away
- 1998The Silence
- 1999Tales of Kish
- 2000Tales of an Island
- 2001Kandahar
- 2002The Afghan Alphabet
- 2005Sex & Philosophy
- 2006Scream of the Ants
- 2012The Gardener
- 2014The President
- —Marghe and Her Mother
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- —Testing Democracy

