Iranian director, writer, and producer Mohammad Rasoulof was born in Shiraz, Iran, and has made eight feature films. Though none have screened in his home country due to censorship, his films have been admired around the world. Much of his work has premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and received accolades there, including the Special Jury Prize, the FIPRESCI Prize, and the Un Certain Regard Award. His latest film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, is nominated for an Academy Award.
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The List
1
Down by Law
Jim Jarmusch
1986
106 min
2
Benny’s Video
Michael Haneke
1992
110 min
3
No Country for Old Men
UnavailableJoel Coen and Ethan Coen
2007
122 min
4
Straw Dogs
UnavailableSam Peckinpah
1971
116 min
5
Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
UnavailableStanley Kubrick
1964
95 min
6
The Runner
Amir Naderi
1984
94 min
7
I, Daniel Blake
UnavailableKen Loach
2016
100 min
8
Blow-Up
UnavailableMichelangelo Antonioni
1966
111 min
9
Pina
UnavailableWim Wenders
2011
106 min
10
Army of Shadows
UnavailableJean-Pierre Melville
1969
145 min