Director: Houman Seyyedi
Cast: Navid Mohammadzadeh, Farhad Aslani, Farid Sajjadi Hosseini
Sheeple is a 2018 Iranian crime drama directed by Houman Seyyedi, set in the streets of southern Tehran, where two brothers command a gang that has drawn runaway youth and orphans into its orbit — a world held together by loyalty, survival, and the daily reality of the drug trade.
What is Sheeple about?
Shahin and Shakoor have long ruled their corner of south Tehran, running a tight-knit criminal network that doubles as a refuge for young men with nowhere else to go. Street kids and drifters find a kind of belonging under the brothers' watch, filling roles that blur the line between family and criminal enterprise. When the gang's structure begins to fracture, the fallout cascades through everyone connected to it — the brothers, their followers, and the fragile hierarchies they have maintained. The film traces how that collapse forces each character to reckon with where their allegiances truly lie, and what remains when the structure holding them together gives way.
Cast & crew
Navid Mohammadzadeh, one of Iran's most acclaimed screen actors, leads the cast in a role that demands both physicality and quiet intensity. Farhad Aslani, a veteran of Iranian cinema with a long stage and screen career, brings weight to the elder generation of the gang. Farid Sajjadi Hosseini rounds out the central trio, adding texture to the street-level world Seyyedi constructs.
Context & significance
Houman Seyyedi made his name with urban Iranian crime films that look unflinchingly at marginalized communities in Tehran's southern districts — neighborhoods rarely seen through such an intimate lens. Sheeple belongs to a strand of Iranian cinema that examines poverty, brotherhood, and moral compromise without sentimentality. For diaspora viewers, the film offers a portrait of a Tehran that exists far from the diplomatic or tourist image: raw, densely populated, governed by its own social codes. The performances by Mohammadzadeh and Aslani in particular were widely discussed among Persian-speaking audiences at the time of release, and the film holds a strong 7.6 on IMDb.
Where & how to watch
Sheeple is available to stream on K-Time. The film plays in its original Persian audio without subtitles. Watch on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN required, no geo-blocking, cancel anytime.