Best movies like Shark of the South

A unique, carefully handpicked, selection of the best movies like Shark of the South Starring Iraj Ghaderi, Morteza Aghili, Aram, Houshang Mansourkhaki, and more. If you liked Shark of the South then you may also like: Stolen Summer, The Angel Tree, The Boss, Where Is My Friend's House?, Lantouri and many more popular movies featured on this list. You can further filter the list even more or get a random selection from the list of similar movies, to make your selection even easier.

Akbar, Nader, Abbas and Reza, who have been good friends since childhood, all want to achieve an aspiration. Abbas and Nader are wearing uniforms, Akbar joins his uncle's smuggling gang and Reza, who is paralyzed, does not wish for anything other than to continue his friendship with the other three.

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Stolen Summer

Pete, an eight-year-old Catholic boy growing up in the suburbs of Chicago in the mid-1970s, attends Catholic school, where as classes let out for the summer, he's admonished by a nun to follow the path of the Lord, and not that of the Devil. Perhaps taking this message a bit too seriously, Pete decides it's his goal for the summer to help someone get into heaven - by trying to convert a Jew to Catholicism.

The Angel Tree

A writer seeks the identity of the person who helps grant wishes that are placed upon the angel tree, and in the process, reconnects with her childhood friend.

The Boss

A young guy Siamak has a list of 25 youngsters in his pocket. He has to deliver drugs to them but his father Reza is coming from abroad after many years. He was a runaway but now wants to be a good father for his son.

Where Is My Friend's House?

An 8 year old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.

Lantouri

Lantouri is the name of a gang that mugs people in broad daylight on the streets of Tehran and breaks into homes in the city’s rich northern district. The gang also kidnaps children from families who have become wealthy through corruption and embezzlement of state funds. The film begins with the confessions of individual gang members. Sociologists, human rights activists and political hardliners also have their say. Gang member Pasha runs amok because Maryam, a socially committed, self-confident journalist, does not reciprocate his feelings. The badly injured young woman demands lex talionis – the law, applicable in Iran, of ‘an eye for an eye’.

Killerman

A New York City money launderer desperately searches for answers after waking up with no memory, millions in stolen cash and drugs, and an insane crew of dirty cops violently hunting him down.

Thief of Dolls

Leila and Bahram's mother is supposed to rescue her children from the troubles of their homeowners, home-grown, by buying a home loan and buying a home. But the hangman who lives outside the city does not want to see them calmly..

The Redtails

Two youngsters Bahman and Nader who must go to the military service and are searching for a way to escape from that meet each other and become friends. This friendship is the beginning of many troubles and adventures for them.

Reza Haft-Khat

Reza Haft-Khat and his friend Mamal live by gambling and extortion. Reza pretends to be proficient in business affairs and in this way he meets Aghdas, Mirza's daughter, and promises to marry her.

Magical Trip

Dr Reza Kamali, with the persecution and punishment of his son, Sina, wants to make him a distinguished student. One day, Sina takes refuge in her mysterious washing machine from father's fear. Someone does not believe in the perfection that comes with his child and he will be admitted to the hospital, but he rushes away and, when he escapes, goes to the hospital's washing machine.

Awake in the City

After finishing his medical studies, Nader goes back to Iran. He opens up a clinic in one of the rich neighborhoods, but after a while he gets bored with rich and pampered customers and decides to open a clinic in the slums.

The Luminescent Jewel

"Nader shah" surrounded Isfahan by his soldiers and captured the puppet ruler. Then it turns out that Hakim is his former friend who treacherously set fire to his house and killed his wife many years ago, but his son is the freedom-loving young man who has fought many battles in the advancement of patriotic goals. In this situation, when it is announced that the ruler has been caught, the city has been conquered without bloodshed, and the puppet ruler will also be punished for his actions.

Amar Akbar & Tony

Amar, Akbar & Tony follows the lives and loves of three childhood friends through twists and turns as the characters face sudden and unforeseen changes to their idealistic and trouble-free young lives. With hilarious and sometimes tragic consequences, the brotherly bond shared by the trio is forced to come to terms with some unexpected challenges. Interracial marriage, near fatal accidents and stints in prison will test old friendships and family values. A coming of age comedy drama showing the absurdities of life can also be the most amusing.

Texas 2

Sasan and Bahram are back to Iran and Alice is with them too. Babak's father and Sasan's mother come to airport to take them home but they don't know that they are married. Meanwhile Bahram takes the wrong suitcase which lead them to confront with a gang and enter them in new adventures.

Old Men Never Die

In a village where nobody has died for 45 years and only the aged remain, 100-year-old Aslan and his friends begin to think suicide is the solution.

Dancer of the City

A man not content with his wife, falls in love with a club dancer; but doesn't tell her he is married. The story is as bitter as real life.

Sensitive Floor

After an unexpected incident happens for a middle-aged man's wife's corpse, he gets very depressed, anxious and violent.

The Plug

Childhood friends, Derrick and Rilow, have been trapping in Atlanta for nearly 20 years being supplied by the plug Mook however, Derrick has aspirations of being the man in charge. Unbeknownst to Derrick, Mook finds out. Thirsty for revenge, Mook enlists none other than Rilow to kill his best friend with the reward of a place in Mook's organization. If Rilow refuses, ... Read all Director Shaun Mathis Writer Shaun Mathis Stars Sean Baker, Malan B., James Riley

Sanam

In a small valley, riders pursue and kill a man. A horse thief, so his assassins claim. But for his ten year old son Issa, the disappearance of his father causes an avalanche of problems. With the family name stigmatized, Issa is bullied by the other children in the village. While his mother fights to clear her husbands name, Issa is left to his own devices. But unexpectedly, his solitude gives birth to his freedom, his real passion, horses.

The Midnight Terror

Amir who needs money to marry with his fiance Maryam begins to do illegal working in a gang of a guy Afshar. Afshar's wife falls in love with Amir but he doesn't care for her. One day Afshar sees them alone and becomes suspicious.

Border Rangers

Don Barry stars as Texas Ranger Bob Standish, sworn to avenge his brother's death in Border Rangers. To achieve his goal, Standish goes undercover, joining the bandit gang.

Kaafar

Mehdi Kafar gets released from the prison after six months. He goes after his friends and asks them to help him going after Hassan Tala's gang who caused him to be jailed to get revenge...

Protest

When Amir learns that the woman who is to marry his younger brother Reza is having an affair with another man, he murders her to restore his family's good name. Considering the killing to be a matter of honor, Amir stoically goes to prison for 12 years where his fellow inmates regard him as a hero. But when he is released, he discovers that the Iran he knew has changed.

Invincible

Because of a of a medical negligence Akbar’s father has passed away. He prepares everything for his little brother "Abbas" so that he can study hard in order to become a doctor.

The Changed Man

Khosro Paziresh, poor inventor of a magical washing powder went to see the CEO to manufacture his invention But accidentally fell into the elevator shaft.

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