In 2012, I was staring at my computer contemplating what I’d just watched. The teaser trailer for Houston, We Have a Problem! left me confused: it claimed Yugoslavia sold its space program to the US in March 1961, two months before president Kennedy announced Americans would land on the Moon

Iran does movies! Iran has always done movies, sanctions or not. (We know you knew that.) The list below is just an arbitrary selection of films that made me laugh, cry or both. Some may argue they aren’t the best five. Most, though, will agree that they’re pretty damn excellent. Some will whine that