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Escaping Tel Aviv (2009)
 7.3
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Escaping Tel Aviv (2009)
Original name: ولاد العم
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 119 min.
Story: An Egyptian woman discovers that her husband is in fact a Jewish Mossad agent working for Israel. He takes her and their two children to Israel by force and tries to convince her to live with him by force. Mostafa, an Egyptian Intelligence Agent sent by SSI, travels to Israel and tries to help Salwa return to Egypt.
Style: islamic
Plot: arab, mossad, espionage, revenge, prospector, kidnapping, racism, muslim, nightclub, child, zionism, suicide bomber, husband wife relationship, newspaper, pharmacy, mother in law, infiltration, siren, park, hebrew
Place: egypt, middle east
Keyword: arabic, egyptian, jewish, palestinian

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and tense films with plots about arab, spy, revenge, danger, politics, terrorism and espionage mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Escaping Tel Aviv: The Island (2007), Sleepless Nights (2003), Kira & El Gen (2022), The Message (1976), Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Island (2007)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A drug dealing, secretive, and brutal clan control a tightknit community in Upper Egypt. The movie tracks the rise of the Mansour Hafny (Ahmed El-Sakka), the educated son of the clan’s leader, as he consolidates his power over the region. Mansour ...
Style: islamic
Plot: arab, police, island, mobster, politics, gangster, drug, community
Place: egypt, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Sleepless Nights (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A strong controversial adult drama about troubles facing young married and non-married couples. The old friends are invited at Khaled's and Perry's daughter birthday. Moushira is married to Ali, Amr to Farah , and Sameh is having an affair ...
Style: islamic
Plot: husband wife relationship, infidelity, adultery, marriage, psychotherapy, daily life, catholic, drug, prostitute, party, sex, arab
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
The Treasure: Truth & Imagination (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Music
Country: Egypt
Duration: 157 min.
Story: The events revolve around three eras: the Pharaonic era, the Mamluk era, and the first half of the 20th century. The events revolve around corruption and the power of some clerics over the ages to power and false and bad dealings with the people, ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, tense, captivating, touching ...
Plot: ancient egypt, arab, treasure hunt, queen, strong female lead, king, rebellion, marriage, arrest, revenge, strong female character, pharaoh ...
Place: egypt, ottoman empire
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Kira & El Gen (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 175 min.
Story: The movie focuses on the fury state that was among the people in synchronization with the main event in Egypt: The Egyptian revolution "1919" which unites the fates of Kira and El Gin to participate in the struggle against the English ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, exciting, tense
Plot: revolution, wartime life, wartime, war, battles, power struggle, revolutionary, fight, rebellion, muslim
Place: egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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The Message (1976)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Libya, Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 207 min.
Story: The story of prophet "Muhammad" and the delivery of the message of God "Allah".
Style: islamic, cult classic, epic, crying, independent film
Plot: camel, arabic history, prophet, muslim, islam, muslim woman, medieval, religion, ancient, arab, historical event, historical character ...
Time: middle ages, 7th century, 6th century
Place: middle east, sahara, syria, saudi arabia, arabia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 150 min.
Story: A female talk show host in Cairo, Egypt, stirs up a political controversy when she focuses her on-air discussions on the topic of women's issues.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, tense, islamic ...
Plot: journalism, politics, injustice, hopes, introspection, dentist, media, rebelliousness, state affairs, idealism, couple relations, political corruption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, egypt, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Point Men (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Some time after their botched operation to capture a known Palestinian terrorist, a team of Israeli agents starts to get killed off one by one. Their leader must get to the bottom of things before the killer(s) plan is complete.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, mossad, espionage, assassination, undercover, secret agent, vengeance, save the day, working undercover, female warrior, bodyguard, rivalry ...
Time: 2000s
Place: new york, jerusalem, tel aviv israel, austria, zurich switzerland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Sword of Gideon (1986)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, France
Duration: 173 min.
Story: Chronicles a Mossad team hand picked to hunt down the terrorists involved in the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre of Israeli athletes.
Style: action thriller, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: mossad, terrorism, spy, conflict, revenge, olympics, arab israeli conflict, workplace situations, murder, confined, vengeance, assassination ...
Time: 80s
Place: israel, middle east, palestine, munich germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Villain (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Raavan story is about a Raavan (Vikram) who is waiting for a chance to take revenge on a police officer Ram (Prithviraj) who was responsible for the death of his sister. At the same time Ram gets married to his love Janaki (Aishwarya Rai).But on the ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating, epic ...
Plot: revenge, rebel, good versus evil, myth, abduction, search and rescue, husband wife relationship, tragic love, adventurer, amnesia, hindu mythology, kidnapping ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Blue Elephant (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 170 min.
Story: Psychiatrist Dr. Yehia returns to El-Abbaseya Hospital five years after the death of his family. His return coincide with the arrival of a new patient, Sherif, a friend from college, who is accused of murder.
Style: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: mental institution, doctors and patients, confined, twists and turns, losing-it hero, psychiatrist, uncover truth, arab, danger, friends, mysticism, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: egypt, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 7.5
 30K
To Strike (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The efforts of the Pakistani security forces in their fight against terrorism and how the lives of security officials are affected. A retired security officer returns to save Pakistan from a major terrorist attack.
Style: scenic, inspirational, islamic
Plot: politics, terrorism, muslim, terrorist, islam, army, mission, sniper, revenge, hostage, hindi, bollywood
Place: middle east, iran, pakistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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18 Days (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 125 min.
Story: 10 Film makers made 10 Separate stories about the "25January " revolution in Egypt and the Egyptian people in the revolution and the protests against the previous President Hosni Mubarak and the departure of President Hosni Mubarak and ...
Style: thought provoking, touching, serious, realistic, anthology ...
Plot: revolution, idealism, life is a bitch, chaos, hopes, political unrest, state affairs, society, ptsd, arab, egyptian revolution, rally ...
Time: 21st century
Place: egypt, africa, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Rosebud (1975)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In a bold coup a Palestinian terrorist group captures the yacht Rosebud and kidnaps the millionaires five daughters on it. At first they demand film clips to be shown on major European TV stations. Undercover agent Martin is hired to hunt the ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, yacht, secret agent, hostage, boat, intrigue, open ending, spy, die hard, kidnapping, teenage girl, millionaire ...
Time: year 1975, 20th century, 70s
Place: middle east, corsica, israel, greece, mediterranean sea ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.7
 15K
The Angel (2018)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel, UK, Egypt
Duration: 114 min.
Story: True story of Ashraf Marwan, who was President Nasser's son-in-law and special adviser and confidant to his successor Anwar Sadat - while simultaneously Israeli Intelligence's most precious asset of the 20th century. Based on NYT ...
Style: clever, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot: mossad, spy, politics, espionage, investigator, undercover agent, president, mysterious character, war, historical event, danger, army ...
Time: 70s
Place: israel, egypt, palestine, paris france, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Beirut (2018)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A former U. S. diplomat returns to service in order to save a former colleague in Beirut.
Style: political, rough, suspense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: terrorist, terrorism, mission, hostage, arab, spy, espionage, israeli palestinian conflict, mossad, fight, heroes, war ...
Time: year 1982, year 1972, 70s, 80s
Place: middle east, lebanon, beirut lebanon, israel, palestine
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37%
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Yomeddine (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt, Austria, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A Coptic leper and his orphaned apprentice leave the confines of the leper colony for the first time and embark on a journey across Egypt to search for what is left of their families.
Style: independent film, road movie
Plot: arab, father, leprosy, flashback, garbage dump, grave, doctor, donkey, funeral, orphan, train, leper ...
Place: middle east, maghreb, egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Body of Lies (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – ...
Style: clever, political, exciting, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: terrorism, spy, cia, espionage, cia agent, terrorist, intelligence agency, secret service, government agency, conspiracy, danger, politics ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: middle east, iraq, jordan, syria, virginia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Kit Kat (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 129 min.
Story: In the Egyptian Kit Kat suburb, Sheikh Hosni's character as an observer of the daily lives of El Kit Kat's residents seems to transcend above it. Even with the loss of his eyesight, his wife, his job, and the fact that he lives with his ...
Style: iconic
Plot: arab, great ending, suburbs, father son relationship, funeral, sex, death, love, blind man, river, poverty, motorcycle ...
Place: middle east, cairo egypt, egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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The Kingdom (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night
Plot: terrorism, investigation, terrorist, fbi, military, deception, islamic terrorism, al qaeda, mission, muslim, evidence, gunfight ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: middle east, iraq, saudi arabia, usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
OSS 117 - Double Agent (1968)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A secret agent is sent to the Middle East to destroy a gang of assassins.
Style: psychedelic, psychotronic, eurospy
Plot: spy, cold war, undercover, assassin, secret agent, espionage, spying, bare chested male, james bond spoof, code name
Place: middle east
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31%
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Munich (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 164 min.
Story: During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and ...
Style: political, intense, suspense, brutal, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, espionage, vengeance, assassination, mossad, judaism, politics, murder, spy, terrorist, islamic terrorism, cia ...
Time: 70s, year 2005, 20th century, 2000s, year 1972
Place: middle east, israel, palestine, germany, europe ...
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30%
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Theeb (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Jordan, UK, Qatar, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In the Ottoman province of Hijaz during World War I, a young Bedouin boy experiences a greatly hastened coming of age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey to guide a British officer to his secret destination.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, tense, exciting ...
Plot: desert, world war one, coming of age, survival, bedouin, boy, arab, journey, sheik, escapades, danger, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, 2010s, 1920s, year 1916
Place: middle east, jordan, saudi arabia, africa, maghreb ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Rocky Handsome (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Two bruised hearts, 8-year-old Naomi and Kabir find solace in each other. They are both lonely and nursing psychological scars and mysterious tragedy. Naomi’s mother is a drug addict-peddler and Kabir loses the only person he loves. The talkative ...
Style: action thriller, crying
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⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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The Patriots (1994)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Ariel, un jeune Juif français, décide de quitter sa famille pour partir en Israël et devenir un agent du Mossad, les services secrets israéliens. En participant à des missions à Paris, Tel Aviv et Washington, il sera initié à l'art ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, mossad, espionage, wartime, paranoid, terrorism, hitman, secret agent, intrigue, government agency, dishonesty, politics ...
Time: 80s
Place: france, paris france, israel, europe, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Navy Seals (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: During a rescue mission, a team of Navy Seals discover that a terrorist group have access to deadly US built Stinger missiles, and must set out to locate and destroy them before they can be used.
Style: exciting, intense, humorous, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, military, war, soldier, u.s. navy, battles, heroes, special forces, gunfight, danger, save the day, heroic mission ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: middle east, lebanon, beirut lebanon, north america, pentagon
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Blue Elephant 2 (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A meeting with a new inmate in the psychiatric hospital flips Dr. Yehia's life upside down. She prophecies that the death of his entire family is only three days away.
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, scary, captivating ...
Plot: witchcraft, paranormal phenomena, devil, exorcism, demon, supernatural power, paranormal investigation, supernatural, peril, vengeance, paranormal, revenge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.6
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Nasser 56 (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Egypt
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Nasser 56 is a 1996 Egyptian historical film directed by Mohamed Fadel, starring Ahmed Zaki. The film focuses on the nationalization of the Suez Canal by Egypt's second President, Gamal Abdel Nasser, and the subsequent invasion of Egypt by ...
Style: black and white, political
Plot: british empire, muslim, arab, politics, arab israeli conflict, husband wife relationship, children, dam, president, military, smoking, army ...
Time: 1950s
Place: egypt, middle east, britain, india, soviet union ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.7
 206K
Hanna (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A 16-year-old girl raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe. Tracked by a ruthless operatives, she faces startling revelations about her existence and questions about her humanity.
Style: suspense, fairy tale, exciting, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: teenage girl, spy, hitman, assassin, vengeance, chase, female warrior, strong female lead, cia, female protagonist, espionage, woman with a gun ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: finland, berlin germany, germany, europe, africa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Up the Precepice (1978)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 150 min.
Story: The movie is about an Egyptian female who gets involved in spying for Israel.
Plot: mossad, spy, homosexuality, terrorism, espionage, arab, pyramid, parents, young woman, military base, airplane, student ...
Time: year 1973
Place: cairo egypt, paris france, tunisia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Escape from Zahrain (1962)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Yul Brynner plays political leader Sharif who is sprung from a police van on his way to a firing squad by young loyalists led by Sal Mineo. Yul and the other prisoners kidnap an ambulance and head into the Arabian desert with the police in hot ...
Style: retro, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: revolutionary, trucker, exotic locale, fictional country, truck, arab, desert, tough heroes, revolution, military, fugitives, state affairs ...
Time: 60s
Place: africa, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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