It Was Just an Accident (2025)
Un simple accident
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It Was Just an Accident rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.4/10· 33K votes
Rotten Tomatoes98%
Metacritic91%
TMDb7.139/10· 564 votesWith 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.4/10 on IMDb and 91/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.
About It Was Just an Accident
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.
Cast of It Was Just an Accident
Vahid Mobasseri
as Vahid
Mariam Afshari
as Shiva
Ebrahim Azizi
as Eghbal
Hadis Pakbaten
as Golrokh
Majid Panahi
as Ali
Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr
as Hamid
George Hashemzadeh
as Salar
- D
Delmaz Najafi
as Eghbal's Daughter
- A
Afsaneh Najm Abadi
as Eghbal's Wife
- O
Omid Reza
as Vahid's Colleague
- A
Ali Rastegari
as The Doctor
- M
Mohsen Maleki
as Security Guard
It Was Just an Accident facts
- Original title
- Un simple accident
- Budget
- $6M
- Box office
- $9.6M
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Panahi explores justice and revenge through deceptively simple scenario structure
- •Moral ambiguity regarding culpability generates genuine ethical debate afterward
- •Restrained approach allows viewers to form independent judgments freely
What the audience disliked
- •Shocking violence content may alienate viewers seeking lighter entertainment
- •Deliberate narrative structure might frustrate audiences seeking conventional plotting
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