1990s
| Year | Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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| 1990 | Close Up | Abbas Kiarostami | Documentary | ||
| Hamoun | Dariush Mehrjui | Khosro Shakibai, Bita Farrahi, Ezzatollah Entezami | Psychological drama | ||
| Time of Love | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Shot in Turkey, Banned in Iran. Screened at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Snake Fang | Masoud Kimiai | Entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival | |||
| 1991 | Life, and Nothing More... | Abbas Kiarostami | Drama | The second part of Kiarostami's Earthquake trilogy, screened at Cannes | |
| In the Alleys of Love | Khosrow Sinai | Screened at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival | |||
| 1992 | Baduk | Majid Majidi | Addresses child slavery | ||
| Nargess | Rakhshan Bani-Etemad | Farimah Farjami, Atefeh Razavi | Drama | ||
| Naser-ed-din Shah | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Ezzatollah Entezami | Comedic | ||
| Sara | Dariush Mehrjui | Niki Karimi | Drama | ||
| 1993 | Actor | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Akbar Abdi, Fatemeh Motamed-Aria | Drama | |
| 1994 | Hello Cinema | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Screened at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival | ||
| Through the Olive Trees | Abbas Kiarostami | Drama | The third part of Kiarostami's Earthquake trilogy, entered at Cannes | ||
| 1995 | White Balloon | Jafar Panahi | |||
| Pari | Dariush Mehrjui | Niki Karimi | An adaptation of J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey | ||
| 1996 | Gabbeh | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Title derived from a Persian rug Won Silver Screen award at Singapore, screened at Cannes |
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| Leila | Dariush Mehrjui | Leila Hatami | Drama | ||
| Pedar | Majid Majidi | Drama | Won the Prize of the Jury at San Sebastián International Film Festival |
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| 1997 | Children of Heaven | Majid Majidi | Majid Majidi | Nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film | |
| Taste of Cherry | Abbas Kiarostami | Homayon Ershadi | Awarded the Palme d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival | ||
| The Silence | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Drama | Received CinemAvvenire Award, Sergio Trasatti Award, nominated for Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival |
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| 1998 | The Apple | Samira Makhmalbaf | Drama | Screened at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Son of Maryam | Hamid Jebeli | Mohsen Falsafin Rafik Dergabrilian Hadi Nainizadeh |
Drama | ||
| 1999 | The Color of Paradise | Majid Majidi | Hossein Mahjoub, Mohsen Ramezani | Drama | |
| Tales of Kish | Abolfazl Jalili, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Nasser Taghvai | Entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Two Women | Tahmineh Milani | Niki Karimi | Drama | ||
| The Wind Will Carry Us | Abbas Kiarostami | Silver Lion Award |
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