Year | Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
1980 | Toothache | Abbas Kiarostami | | Short | |
1981 | Orderly or Disorderly | Abbas Kiarostami | | Short | |
1982 | The Chorus | Abbas Kiarostami | | Short | |
Hajji Washington | Ali Hatami | Ezzatollah Entezami | Drama / Comedy | Released in 1998 |
1983 | Fellow Citizen | Abbas Kiarostami | | Documentary | |
Ferestadeh | Parviz Sayyad | | | Entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival |
1984 | Kamalolmolk | Ali Hatami | Ezzatollah Entezami, Jamshid Mashayekhi | Biography/Drama | |
First Graders | Abbas Kiarostami | | Documentary | |
Eagles | Samuel Khachikian | | War, Action | |
1985 | Boycott | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Majid Majidi | Political drama | |
Davandeh | Amir Naderi | | Drama | The first post-revolution Iranian film to attract worldwide attention Won Golden Montgolfiere at Nantes Three Continents Festival |
Jadehay sard | Massood Jafari Jozani | | Drama | Screened at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival |
1986 | Bashu, the Little Stranger | Bahram Bayzai | Susan Taslimi | Drama | Banned till released in 1989 |
1987 | The Cyclist | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | | Drama | Won the Best Feature Film award at Hawaiian Film Festival |
Captain Khorshid | Nasser Taghvai | Dariush Arjmand, Ali Nassirian | | |
Dastforoush (a/k/a "The Peddler," US) | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | | Drama | |
Kelid | Ebrahim Forouzesh | | Drama | Written by Abbas Kiarostami |
Where Is the Friend's Home? | Abbas Kiarostami | | Drama | Won the Bronze Leopard at Locarno International Film Festival The first part of Kiarostami's Earthquake trilogy |
1988 | | | | | |
1989 | Homework | Abbas Kiarostami | | Documentary | |
The Marriage of the Blessed | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | | Drama | |
Grand Cinema | Hassan Hedayat | | | Entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival |