Iman

Iranian horror movie from 1965.

An Iranian man has been separated from his daughter, who's been in Soviet Azerbaijan, for 20 years. Finally he has the opportunity to cross the border and see her, but when he gets there he finds that she's been sentenced to death for "anti-Soviet activities."

Naser and Parvin live a simple and happy life and their happiness is made more complete by a baby, but the ill-wishers drag Naser into decline and he falls so much that with all his interests and ties to his family, he has no way of coming back.

A bankrupt businessman and his wife attempt a rail suicide, but the wife's change of heart make it fail. They have already abandoned their newborn daughter who is picked up by a street sweeper and raised in his family. Years later, she runs away from the home searching for a better life and a job...

The brothers of Yusuf (Joseph), jealous of their father Yaqub’s (Jacob's) love for him, throw him into a well. A caravan rescues Yusuf, and years later he is sold as a slave in the market of Egypt. Zulaikha, Yusuf's owner, falls in love with him, and after an incident, the Aziz of Egypt (Zulaikha’s husband) has him imprisoned. Seven years later, Yusuf is released due to his interpretation of the Pharaoh’s dream and rises to the rank of Aziz of Egypt.

Haji Jabbar is a wealthy man, who is chided constantly by his family for avarice. Haji intends to marry off his daughter, Parvin, to a wealthy old man. He has no regard for the love existing between Parvin and her cousin. He does not care for his son, Hamid, who, due to negligence, is on the verge of a breakdown. In an elaborate fantasy sequence which makes up the last third of the film, Haji finds himself in hell, witness to all sorts of macabre and elaborate tortures and horrors. The film is noted for its elaborate set pieces which recall Méliès. There is even a sequence involving Hitler in hell!

"Ali," the chief technical worker at a tractor manufacturing plant, goes to a village to service several tractors. There, he rescues a gypsy girl whom "Sohrab," a well-known young man in the village, is attempting to assault. However, Ali soon finds himself accused of Sohrab's murder. The gypsy girl helps Ali uncover the truth and identify the real killer—"Jamil," a young gypsy man who committed the murder out of love for the girl.

A rogue hunter named Sanjar causes the death of a village woman...

The distinguished lord procures his daily necessities from the villagers as tribute with the help of his steward. He encourages his daughter, Monireh, to befriend Farrokh. Farrokh dishonors Monireh by giving her a sleeping drug and then flees to the city.

The film is set in the period following the Iran–Iraq War and explores its lasting effects on Iranian society. Toofan is the film’s main character. During the war, he lost his wife and child. After many years, he has gradually managed to find a relative sense of peace—until…

"Dara" is a wealthy man who is imprisoned due to a conspiracy by his assistant. Meanwhile, the daughter of the head of a foreign company is set to come to Iran to sign a contract with Dara. "Reza," Dara's driver, introduces himself as Dara, thereby thwarting the assistant's plans...

A young girl gets caught up in the temptations of a man named Jamshid.

A young worker is infatuated with the factory owner's daughter.

A driver who transports passengers between Tehran and the cities accidentally becomes aware of a conspiracy and informs a wealthy woman who is the target of this plot. He then gets the chance to work as the driver for the wealthy woman, which is a simpler and more lucrative job. The driver's wife, believing that there is a relationship between her husband and the wealthy woman, leaves her husband...

Maryam leaves her son Majid on the street, and a man named Abbas Agha and his wife Fatemeh raise the child. Farid, Maryam's husband, is released from prison and later becomes very wealthy. Majid and his friend Hassan collaborate with a group of thieves led by Ghaffar. One day, Majid enters Farid's house and takes refuge in Hayedeh's room, gradually falling for her. Abbas, who knows Majid's real parents, gives Majid an incriminating letter to deliver to Farid.