Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 18, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Nazanin

If you loved Nazanin, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Close-Up

Close-Up

1990★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nazanin for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf...

#2
The Operative

The Operative

2019★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nazanin for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject....

#3
Tehran Taboo

Tehran Taboo

2017★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nazanin for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The lives of three strong-willed women and a young musician cross paths in Tehran’s schizophrenic society where sex, adultery, corruption, prostitution and drugs coexist with stric...

#4
Taxi

Taxi

2015★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nazanin for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by...

#5
Septembers of Shiraz

Septembers of Shiraz

2015★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nazanin for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In this adaptation of the critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer, a secular Jewish family is caught up in the maelstrom of the 1979 Iranian Revolut...

#6
The Salesman

The Salesman

2016★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nazanin for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenan...

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