Movies and TV shows set in morocco

The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in morocco ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, emotional and touching films and TV shows about / with arab, female nudity, muslim, murder, love and romance, couples, desert, cigarette smoking, youth and friendship plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres shot in France, Morocco, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as morocco: Hideous Kinky (1998), Much Loved (2015), Babel (2006), The Time in Between (2013), The Clone (2001), The Sheltering Sky (1990), The Passage (2007), Exit Marrakech (2013), Marock (2005), Ishtar (1987).

List of movies set in morocco

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Hideous Kinky (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In 1972, disenchanted about the dreary conventions of English life, 25-year-old Julia heads for Morocco with her daughters, six-year-old Lucy and precocious eight-year-old Bea.
Style: atmospheric, road movie, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot: hippie, single mother, road trip, culture clash, self discovery, sister, coming of age, family relations, child abuse, adolescence, mother daughter relationship, male female relationship ...
Time: 20th century, year 1998, 70s
Place: morocco, africa, london, europe, england
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 6.2
 3K
Much Loved (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Morocco
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A social drama about four marginalized prostitutes in Marrakech and their complex relations with their families and society at large.
Style: captivating, thought provoking, touching, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: prostitute, sex, shemale, orgy, real sex, teenage daughter, debauchery, mother daughter relationship, prostitution, feminist, child prostitution, art ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s
Place: middle east, africa, maghreb, morocco, north africa
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 7.5
 316K
Babel (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico, France
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.
Style: non-linear, bleak, sincere, emotional, depressing ...
Audience: adult
Plot: multiple storylines, redemption, desert, woman urinating, deaf girl, mexican border, society, guilt, parenthood, depression, tragic event, immigrant ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: morocco, japan, tokyo, africa, mexico ...
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The Time in Between (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 853 min.
TV show
Story: Sira Quiroga is a young Spanish dressmaker engaged to a solid suitor when a suave typewriter salesman upends her life. Spain is being upended by a civil war and the new regime's growing alliances with Nazi Germany. Sira, smart, gutsy and ...
Style: captivating, stylized, political thriller, atmospheric, sentimental ...
Plot: seamstress, spanish civil war, world war two, espionage, secret service, fascism, young girl, dressmaker, money problems, female protagonist, love affair, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: spain, morocco, portugal
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 3K
The Clone (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: O Clone is a Brazilian TV Series/Telenovela that ran on the Rede Globo Network from October 1, 2001 to June 15, 2002, airing 221 episodes.
Style: soap opera, romantic, novela, emotional, sexy ...
Plot: love triangle, forbidden love, cloning, love, loveless marriage, true love, marriage, muslim, temptation, love story, youth, jealousy ...
Place: morocco, brazil
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The Sheltering Sky (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story: An American couple (John Malkovich, Debra Winger) drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.
Style: road movie, scenic, visually appealing, surreal, erotic ...
Plot: desert, sahara desert, travel, infidelity, on the road, traveler, husband wife relationship, existentialism, beautiful scenery, sex scene, heat wave, art history ...
Time: 1940s, 80s
Place: africa, morocco, north africa, new york
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 6.0
 514
The Passage (2007)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After the death of his girlfriend Tracy, the American Luke travels to Morocco with his British friend Adam to spend vacation and recover his loss. While in Medina, Luke meets the gorgeous Moroccan nurse Zahra and he offers to walk her home. However, ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Plot: couples, danger, tunnel, hotel, conspiracy, deception, tourist, cultural difference, love story, twists and turns, best friend, mountain ...
Time: 21st century
Place: morocco, north africa
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 6.3
 866
Exit Marrakech (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story: When 17-year-old Ben visits his father Heinrich in Marrakech, it is the start of an adventurous journey through a foreign country with a picturesque charm and a rough beauty where everything appears possible — including the chance that father and ...
Style: sincere, captivating, realistic, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: interracial relations, impossible love, defiant, teenage boy, father son relationship, parents and children, self discovery, conflict, prostitute, family problems, estrangement, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: morocco, africa
Is relevant ?
 6.1
 745
Marock (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Morocco, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A Muslim girl and a Jewish boy fall in love.
Style: realistic, sentimental, uplifting, touching, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: forbidden love, fall in love, coming of age, culture clash, muslim, interracial relations, family relations, society, youth, couples, teenager, cop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: morocco, africa, middle east
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 4.7
 12K
Ishtar (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime
Style: humorous, light, talky, feel good, not serious ...
Plot: politics, fish out of water, camel, friendship, friendship between men, nightclub singer, partner, disorder, nothing goes right, misfit partners, state affairs, satire ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: morocco, sahara, middle east, austin texas, africa ...
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 5.9
 11K
Kandisha (2008)
Genre: Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Morocco
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Shattered by the loss of her child, Nyla Jayde, a brilliant criminal defense attorney, takes on a case involving a 14th century Moroccan legend, a vengeful spirit named "Kandisha".
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, islamic ...
Plot: ghost, lawyer, investigation, supernatural, loss of child, murder, nobody believes, abuse, legends and myths, supernatural power, genie, black ...
Time: 14th century, 21st century
Place: middle east, africa, morocco
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 5.9
 3K
Collision (2013)
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Set around a wife and husband on vacation in Morocco with the wife plotting to murder her husband with help from her lover. The plan goes terribly wrong when her lover and husband get into a terrible car accident on a remote desert road. They escape ...
Style: tense, captivating, exciting, suspense, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: desert, car accident, murder, survival, chase, danger, disorder, betrayal, honeymoon, couples, love and romance, trapped ...
Time: 21st century
Place: morocco, africa
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 6.3
 4K
March or Die (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The French Foreign Legion, in the early 20s, is tasked to protect a group of Archaeologists in the middle east. After scenes depicting the hardship of day-to-day Foreign Legion life, and the ragtag collection of people who join, the local Arabs take ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: foreign legion, archaeologist, french foreign legion, military, obsessive quest, world war one, rescue, adventurer, danger, treasure hunt, heroic mission, war ...
Time: 1910s, 1920s, 20th century
Place: morocco, africa
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Rock the Casbah (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Morocco
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The whole family is reunited when Sofia comes back for his father's funeral. Quickly, inner problems are revealed.
Style: serious, emotional, realistic, touching, islamic ...
Plot: funeral, family relations, life turned upside down, family gatherings, family problems, death in the family, family life, parents and children, disorder, muslim, arab, housekeeper ...
Place: morocco, middle east
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The Wind and the Lion (1975)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers. The attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure to military intervention.
Style: scenic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: desert, kidnapping, politics, rescue, hostage, little girl, confined, boy, battle of the sexes, german soldier, sword fight, cavalry ...
Time: 1900s, 20th century, year 1975
Place: morocco, north africa, africa, washington d.c., ottoman empire ...
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A Place in the Sun (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A Swedish family found murdered in her home on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain - all except the 16-year-old daughter, who has disappeared. At first the police believe that there is a burglary gone wrong, but the more crime examined, the more ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychological
Plot: journalism, murder, media, danger, journalist, swedish, reporter, mysticism, european, investigative journalism, writers, hockey ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, morocco, europe
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 6.1
 9K
The Forgiven (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Over a weekend in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, a random accident reverberates through the lives of both the local Muslims and Western visitors to a house party in a grand villa.
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, atmospheric
Plot: muslim, misadventure, changing lives, unhappiness, weekend getaway, problem, dead body, sahara desert, burial, cheating wife, swimming pool, male nudity ...
Place: morocco, africa, north africa, tangier morocco
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Bang Gang: A Modern Love Story (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Biarritz. 16 year-old George, the high-school hottie, falls in love with Alex. To get his attention, she initiates a group game with Alex, Nikita, Laetitia and Gabriel. They will discover, test, and push the limits of their sexuality.
Style: sexy, psychological, tense, captivating, steamy ...
Plot: sex scene, teenage sex, teenage sexuality, group of friends, sex, sex party, skinny dipping, virgin, unprotected sex, strong sexual content, erotica, teenager ...
Place: europe, morocco, france
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Kabour & Lahbib (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Morocco
TV show
Story: This comic series tackles the clash between the Bedouin nature of the new residents of the cities and the modern lifestyle in a comic form, as Kabour and Lahbib live a new life in a room on the roof of a building in the city of Casablanca and ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, captivating, funny
Plot: neighbor neighbor relationship, house, urban setting, big city, adventure hero, apartment building, city, humour, city life, neighbor
Place: morocco
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Changing Times (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In Tangiers where he traveled for his work, a man finds the woman he loved, and attempts to revive their romance though it ended some 30 years earlier.
Style: psychological, serious, emotional, touching, realistic ...
Plot: first love, marriage, dysfunctional family, lovers reunited, siblings relations, love affair, parents and children, fall in love, aging, forbidden love, family problems, couples ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s
Place: morocco, tangier morocco, south africa, africa, france ...
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The Bag of Flour (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Morocco
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Based on a true story, this beautifully-shot epic traces the life of Sarah, from her early years in a Catholic orphanage in 1970s Belgium, through her rebellious, poverty-stricken teens in a village in the Atlas mountains of Morocco.
Style: serious, emotional, sentimental, touching, realistic
Plot: teenage life, rebellion, rebelliousness, discrimination, teenage love, society, youth, love and romance, political unrest, feminism, orphan, little girl ...
Time: 20th century, year 1975, year 1984
Place: morocco, africa, middle east, belgium
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Yves Saint Laurent (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A look at the life of French designer Yves Saint Laurent from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Berge.
Style: sentimental, melancholic, factual, captivating, art house ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: fashion, gay, fashion designer, lgbt, rise to the top, biopic, character study, art, glbt, fashion industry, lgbtq, gay interest ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 2000s, 60s, 50s ...
Place: paris france, france, morocco, europe, algeria
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And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 133 min.
Story: A jazz singer and a British jewel thief are brought together by their mutual desire to forget the past.
Style: melancholic, touching, tricky, light, lyrical ...
Plot: amnesia, memory loss, love story, justice, master criminal, police, fall in love, couple relations, couples, love affair, love and romance, dangerous attraction ...
Time: year 2002
Place: france, paris france, morocco, england, london ...
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Maroc 7 (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The lady of a top fashion magazine doubles as a jewel thief and becomes involved in Moroccan intrigue.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, intrigue, semi nudity, espionage, safecracker, fashion, gang, criminal's revenge, chases and races, witnessing a crime, undercover, criminal heroes ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: morocco, africa
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 6.0
 425
Snapshots (2002)
Genre: Romance
Country: Netherlands, UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An aging hippy and a beautiful young woman meet in Amsterdam and find love.
Style: uplifting, realistic, serious, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: hidden identity, love affair, one more chance, friendship, fall in love, love and romance, unlikely couple, youth, optimism, couples, unfulfilled love, aging ...
Time: 21st century
Place: morocco, amsterdam, holland, los angeles
Is relevant ?
 4.9
 486
Achoura (2018)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Morocco, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Four childhood friends are reunited when one of them surfaces after twenty years, forcing them to confront a creature straight out of a spine-chilling Moroccan legend.
Style: suspense, contemplative, scary, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: creature, supernatural power, supernatural, monster, evil, victim, rescue, society, revenge, good versus evil, legend, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: morocco
Is relevant ?
 6.5
 584
Atlantic. (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Morocco, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A Moroccan fisherman sets off on an epic journey towards Europe on his wind surfboard. But the pursuit of dreams does not come without sacrifice.
Style: realistic, serious, atmospheric
Plot: starting over, human spirit, hopes, family life, danger, escapades, ocean, survival, sea, nature, climbing, rock climbing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, morocco
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A Thousand Months (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Morocco, Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story: 1981, Morocco. A village in the Atlas mountains. A city in the distance. A child. A family facing its destiny.
Audience: teens
Plot: little boy, authoritarianism, teenager, teacher, young boy, rural setting, school teacher, oppression, boy, wedding, suicide, death ...
Place: morocco
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 15K
Days of Glory (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Algeria, France, Morocco, Belgium
Duration: 123 min.
Story: During WWII, four North African men enlist in the French army to liberate that country from Nazi oppression, and to fight French discrimination.
Style: realistic, emotional, rough, serious, political ...
Plot: war, battles, world war two, politics, justice, military, survival, muslim, brutality, racism, self esteem, ethnic conflict ...
Time: year 1945, year 1944, 50s, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place: france, africa, vichy, algeria, morocco ...
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Secret Agents (2004)
Genre: Crime, Action, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story: From his offices in Switzerland, Russian Igor Lipovsky is engaged in a vast and profitable gunrunning operation with Africa. The French government wants to hinder the activities of the arms dealer and sends a team to sink one of his ships heading ...
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot: frame up, arms deal, secret agent, betrayal, double agent, ship, agent, espionage, female agent, secret service, military, hitman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, switzerland, morocco, europe, geneva switzerland ...
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