Find Movies & TV
Home
Live TV
On Demand
Explore
Movies & TV Shows
Most Popular
Leaving Soon
Categories
Action
Animation
Comedy
Crime
Descriptive Audio
Documentary
Drama
En Español
Horror
Music
Romance
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Western
Explore
Browse Channels
Featured Channels
Ion Mystery
NFL Channel
CBS Sports HQ
Categories
Hit TV
Crime
Reality
News
Sports
Game Shows
History & Science
Sci-Fi & Action
Movies
Chills & Thrills
Classic TV
Nature & Travel
Comedy
Black Entertainment
Cooking
Home
Kids & Family
Sporting
En Español
International
Gaming & Anime
Lifestyle
Music
Sign In
The Circle
2000 90m Not Rated
Drama
7.4
94%
79%
69%
Add to Watchlist
Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.
More
Directed By
Jafar Panahi
Written By
Kambuzia Partovi
Studio
Jafar Panahi Film Productions
Watch on these services
This title is currently not available on any service.
Cast of The Circle
Nargess Mamizadeh
Nargess
Maryiam Palvin Almani
Arezou
Mojgan Faramarzi
Mojgan - Prostitute
Elham Saboktakin
Elham - Nurse
Monir Arab
Monir - Ticket Seller
Maede Tahmasbi
Maedeh
Maryam Shayegan
Parveneh
Fereshteh Sadr Orafaee
Pari
Solmaz Panahi
Solmaz
Fatemeh Naghavi
Nayer
Ataollah Moghadas
Haji
Abbas Alizadeh
Father of Pari
The Circle Reviews
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
In its brisk way, it's a devastating piece of work, and very brave too.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
A memorable and devastating indictment of the oppression facing many women in Iran.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Restrained yet powerful, devastating in its emotional effects.
San Francisco Chronicle
Wesley Morris
It's a startling, speedy, gracefully executed indictment.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Profoundly dangerous to the status quo in Iran because it asks us to identify with the plight of women who have done nothing wrong except to be female.
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Remarkable.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
A raw, riveting film that pulls you up short.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Circles the heart of noisy, modern Tehran with an informal, documentary-like freedom that is thrilling in its naturalism.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
A tragic film from start to finish, but equally undeniable is the endless stoicism displayed by the women, and Panahi's crisp, meandering direction.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
One of the deepest impressions The Circle leaves is of the terrifying but also in its way thrilling complexity of experience.
Dallas Morning News
Gary Dowell
An impressive piece of work, especially considering it was made in a barren artistic climate overseen by a censorious government.
Houston Chronicle
Eric Harrison
Just like Tomb Raider, it is fiction. It just unfortunately comes a lot closer than the American film to the truth of how its female characters live.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
The world it shows is both mysterious and full of menace -- yet as real as the world outside the theater.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
While The Circle certainly paints a bleak portrait, there's a grace and beauty to the filmmaking that transform this crushingly sad tale into a work of revelatory art.
Seattle Times
John Zebrowski
Feels less like a movie than a civics lesson.
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
A wondrous meditation on the unspoken communication that sometimes passes between members of the same sex.
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
By making these characters symbols rather than fleshed-out individuals ... Panahi limits the political as well as dramatic effectiveness of The Circle.
Newsday
Jan Stuart
As potent an indictment of a social order as the novels of Kafka and the great Italian neo-realist films of the '40s and '50s.
Mr. Showbiz
Michael Atkinson
More than a window on an oppressed society -- it's filmmaking on the sharp edge of a knife.
Watch The Circle Videos
The Circle
Take Plex everywhere
Watch free anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.
See the full list of supported devices
Home
Live TV
On Demand
Discover
