It Was Just an Accident

2025 · directed by Jafar Panahi

Rating: 82/100
Hit: yes

An unassuming mechanic is reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he encounters a man he suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor.

It Was Just an Accident (2025), directed by Jafar Panahi, rates 82/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

Vahid Mobasseri
Mariam Afshari
Ebrahim Azizi
Hadis Pakbaten
Majid Panahi
Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr
George Hashemzadeh
Delmaz Najafi
Afsaneh Najm Abadi
Omid Reza

Crew

Amin Jafari — Director of Photography
Amir Etminan — Editor
Jafar Panahi — Screenplay

More from Jafar Panahi

The Mirror (1997) — 84/100 · hit
No Bears (2022) — 81/100 · hit
This Is Not a Film (2011) — 80/100 · hit
Taxi (2015) — 80/100 · hit
Offside (2006) — 79/100
The Circle (2000) — 79/100

How these numbers work: Methodology