IRNA � Two Iranian films are among the 100 best films made since the year 2000, according to London-based daily, The Guardian, which released a list of the best films.

�Ten� (2000) by Abbas Kiarostami and �A Separation� by Asghar Farhadi were placed 76 and 36 respectively in The Guardian�s list.

Abbas Kiarostami had already proved himself a master in the late 20th century. �Ten�, this simple but effective piece � featuring a woman driving different people around Tehran � proved he could do it in the 21st.

Kiarostami and his star Mania Akbari conjure knotty drama out of a series of conversations about marriage, family and religion.

Farhadi�s �A Separation� begins with a couple in front of a judge asking for a divorce. She wants to leave Iran and take their daughter. He cannot go; his elderly father is sick. Everyone behaves badly in Asghar Farhadi�s desperately painful family drama. Farhadi�s superpower is empathy, making the audience see all points of view. He lays depth charges in seemingly inconsequential moments with emotionally thrilling consequences.