persia movies

Alexander (2004)
5.943 / 10

War, History, Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance

Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then...

The Physician (2013)
7.342 / 10

Adventure, Drama, History

England, 1021. Rob Cole, a boy born in a miserable mining town, swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. His harsh path of many...

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
6.278 / 10

Adventure, Fantasy, Action

A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable...

Syriana (2005)
6.419 / 10

Drama, Thriller

The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American...

Not Without My Daughter (1991)
6.609 / 10

Drama, Thriller

An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.

The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009)
7.7 / 10

Crime, Drama

In 1986 Iran, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village, enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her...

Esther (1999)
6.481 / 10

Adventure, Drama, TV Movie

Esther, the beautiful queen of Persia, intervenes to save the Jewish people from a bloody massacre.

Queen of the Desert (2015)
5.9 / 10

Drama, Adventure, History

A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the...

The Book of Esther (2013)
5.7 / 10

TV Movie, Drama, Fantasy

When Ester becomes King Xerxes’ queen, her Cousin Mordecai and that despicable Haman engage in a dangerous game of intrigue for control of the...

One Night with the King (2006)
6.548 / 10

Drama, History

This amazing biblical drama chronicles the brave and historic legend of Hadassah, a Jewish orphan with exceptional beauty who rises to become Queen...

The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954)
5.8 / 10

Adventure, Romance

In Ispahan, Persia, Hajji Baba is leaving his father's shop to seek a greater fortune, while the Princess Fawzia is trying to talk her father, the...

Son of Ali Baba (1952)
5.8 / 10

Fantasy, Action, Adventure

In ancient Persia the son of Ali Baba (of forty thieves fame), Kashma Baba is a military cadet by day and a party goer by night. He falls for a girl...

Salami Aleikum (2009)
5.7 / 10

Comedy

Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming (2016)
7.1 / 10

Animation, Drama

Rosie Ming, a young Canadian poet, is invited to perform at a Poetry Festival in Shiraz, Iran, but she’d rather be in Paris. She lives at home with...

The Last Fiction (2019)
7.1 / 10

Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Kingdom of Jamkard, ancient Persia. After defeating the armies of Ahriman, embodiment of evil, King Jamshid, bearer of the light of Divine Power,...

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007)
6.2 / 10

Romance, Drama

The film follows Mr. Shi, a retired widower from Beijing. When his only daughter, Yilan, who lives in Spokane, Washington and works as a librarian,...

Queen Esther (1948)
5 / 10

Drama

A Jewish woman, born as Hadassah but known as Esther, becomes queen of Persia and thwarts a genocide of her people.

The Persians (1961)
0 / 10

History, TV Movie

Les Perses (The Persians) is a French TV movie adaptation of Aeschylus' oldest known tragedy, Πέρσαι (Persai). It was originally broadcasted in...

The Princess Lindagull (1981)
0 / 10

Animation, Family

The Persian ruler Shah Nadir has only one daughter. Princess Lindagull is kind-hearted, but feels trapped in her palace life. The vengeful King...

Iron Island (2005)
7.3 / 10

Drama

Squatters live on a mothballed oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The children attend a school on board; men harvest scrap metal and old oil in the...