In the year 98 (1398 / 2019/20), Iranians welcomed comedy films far more than other films. Comedy films that year had more than 12 million viewers, close to half of cinema audiences in Iran. Social films, with nearly 9 million admissions, ranked next.
Filmmakers in Iran work in various genres but mostly prefer to make comedy, social, and family films. Filmmaking in Iran has in a sense fallen into a cycle. Audiences watch comedy films more, so filmmakers make more comedy films, and in the absence of other films, audiences watch comedy films more and more, and this cycle continues. In the country's last non-COVID year, the notable works Motreb, Rahman 1400, and Chahar Angosht were released in the comedy genre. These films together sold more than 70 billion tomans at the box office.
Iranian cinema in recent years has very rarely turned to thriller and action films. Limited facilities, inexperience, the lack of skilled actors, and other factors have combined to leave this genre neglected in the country. It should also be said that even in the few films that are made in the action and thriller genres, there are usually only a few chase scenes or minor brawls. Films on the subject of the Sacred Defense (Iran–Iraq War) often have a greater volume of thrilling content; for example, the film "The Lost Strait" is filled throughout with battle scenes.
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Machine-translated from Persian by Namafar; the Persian original is authoritative. Read the original in Persian