Persepolis
Jun 27, 2007 | IMDB 7.9
95 min Watch NowAnimation, Drama
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Vicious Kind
Pretty Poison
A War Story
Back to Awesome
Bring Us Your Women
Pussy
The Tree and the Swing
Appleseed XIII: Ouranos
SLEIGH!
Trigga
Torrey Pines
Hello Goodbye
Alex: The Life of a Child
Naked Acts
Worth: The Testimony of Johnny St. James
Big Fish & Begonia
Chinatown Cookout
Schöne Tage
Zwölfeläuten
Good Old Daze
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Vicious Kind
IMDB 6.2 | Dec , 2009
A man tries to warn his brother away from the new girlfriend he brings home during Thanksgiving, but ends up becoming infatuated with her in the process.Pretty Poison
IMDB 6.8 | Jul , 1968
Dennis is a delusional arsonist out on parole. Sue Ann is the seemingly guileless girl-next-door drum majorette he draws into his paranoid scheme to destroy a chemical factory.A War Story
IMDB 8 | Nov , 1981
A Canadian doctor interned at a Japanese POW Camp during WWII must tend to his fellow British prisoners who are being worked to death in a mine.Back to Awesome
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2015
During an internship in Tahoe, an awkward motormouth college sophomore is determined to fit in with his cool post-collegiate roommates, but discovers they, just like himself, are all major works in progress.Bring Us Your Women
IMDB 8 | Feb , 2015
Bring Us Your Women is an international anthology dedicated to women and the pursuit of divinity and freedom. The project seeks to tell existing and re-imagined stories of historic and mythical individuals, each presenting a message of humanity that transcends gender and religion.Pussy
IMDB 6.5 | Nov , 2016
A young woman spends the evening alone at home. She decides to give herself a treat, but not everything works out as smoothly as she imagined.The Tree and the Swing
IMDB 6.2 | Nov , 2013
Coming home to make amends with her estranged father, Eleni finds herself confronted with an unexpected kinship.Appleseed XIII: Ouranos
IMDB 5.4 | Oct , 2011
Following World War V, a global-scale conflict fought with non-nuclear weapons that almost halved the earth's population, the city-nation of Olympus stands as a beacon of hope in a world of chaos.SLEIGH!
IMDB 0 | Aug , 2021
Jacob tries to keep a tradition alive by throwing a Christmas party for his distant friends. The night takes a deadly turn when they brush off an antique Christmas board game. It proceeds to show him his friends aren't who they seem.Trigga
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2016
Short film inspired by true events following a young girl, Mae, who confronts her bullies with the help of her horse.Torrey Pines
IMDB 6.3 | Oct , 2016
Torrey Pines is a stop-motion animated feature film by director Clyde Petersen. Based on a true story, the film is a queer punk coming-of-age tale, taking place in Southern California in the early 1990's. Raised by a schizophrenic single mother, Petersen's life story unfolds in a series of baffling and hallucinated events. With a mother fueled by hallucinations of political conspiracy and family dysfunction, twelve-year-old Petersen is taken on a cross-country adventure that will forever alter the family as they know it.Hello Goodbye
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2012
Two people meet by chance in Busan, South Korea. Indah works at the Indonesian Embassy in Busan. Abi, a sailor who suffers heart attack and Indah was assigned as his guardian. Although their backgrounds are different, they learn from each other.Alex: The Life of a Child
IMDB 6.4 | Apr , 1986
Based on true events, 'Alex: The Life of a Child' follows former 'Sports Illustrated' writer Frank Deford and his wife Carole when their happy, all-American family is rocked to the core when their baby daughter Alex is diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis. While CF sufferers were almost certainly doomed to an early death in the Seventies, Alex grew into a child who showed remarkable courage and strength in face of her illness. Her loving family were quick to rally around her, determined to show the same bravery as the little girl as they supported and cherished her through life and struggled to move on after her death at the tragically young age of eight.Naked Acts
IMDB 6 | Jan , 1996
An aspiring actress has lost considerable weight to land her first movie role, but what the director didn’t tell her was that it includes a nude scene. Reluctant to do it, she embarks on a personal journey that unveils secrets once hidden under her weight, as she discovers emotional nudity is just as revealing as taking her clothes off.Worth: The Testimony of Johnny St. James
IMDB 2 | Nov , 2012
Johnny St. James was a young seminary student who lost his wife to a drunk driver. With his reason for living gone, John lost his faith and turned to alcohol. Ten years later, John is finally read to get his life back on track. With his best friend Hickey ('Eric Roberts') in tow John attends his first AA meeting. He soon finds that his road to recovery tested when he runs into the man who ran down his wife.Big Fish & Begonia
IMDB 7.4 | Jul , 2016
Beyond the human realm, there is a magical race of beings who control the tides and the changing of the seasons. One of these beings, a young girl named Chun, seeks something more—she wants to experience the human world! At sixteen, she finally gets her chance and transforms into a dolphin in order to explore the world that has her fascinated. But she soon discovers that it's a dangerous place and nearly gets killed in a vortex. Luckily, her life is spared when a young boy sacrifices himself to save her. Moved by his kindness and courage, she uses magic to bring him back to life only to learn that this power comes at a serious price. On a new adventure, she’ll have to make her own sacrifices in order to protect his soul until it is ready to return to the human world.Chinatown Cookout
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2025
Two runaway chefs risk everything they have to start a new life.Schöne Tage
IMDB 5 | Jan , 1982
Franz Holl, 6 years old, is sent off by his mother and stepfather to live on his father's farm. His father turns out to be a mischievous man who won't grant him any chance in life. The roles are played by amateur actors from Carinthia.Zwölfeläuten
IMDB 1 | Oct , 2001
Good Old Daze
IMDB 7 | Jan , 1995
Ten years after their Upper Sixth, Bruno, Momo, Leon and Alain meet together in the waiting room of a maternity hospital. The father of the awaited baby is Tomasi, their best friend at that time, who died one month before due to an overdose. They remember their teenage, their laughs, their dreams, their stupid pranks... a description of the French youth in the middle of the seventies.