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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Sallah Shabati, the patriarch of the big family recently arrived to Israel from Yemen, tries to make money and get better housing, in a country that can barely provide for its own and is in the midst of absorbing hundreds of thousands of Jewish ...
Style:
black comedy, black and white, biting, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
israeli, islam, arab culture, satire, immigrant, family relations, society, fighting the system, rebellion, family life, large family, refugee camp ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
israel, palestine, middle east
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An investigation of the massacre of 24 men, women and children in Haditha, Iraq allegedly shot by 4 U.S. Marines in retaliation for the death of a U.S. Marine killed by a roadside bomb. The movie follows the story of the Marines of Kilo Company, an ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, sexy, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
soldier, iraq war, military, marine, war, culture clash, desert, military life, marines, society, vengeance, occupation ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east, united kingdom
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12K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, France, Germany, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
June, 1982 - The First Lebanon War. A lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town - a simple mission that turns into a nightmare. The four members of a tank crew find themselves in a violent situation that they ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, disturbing, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot:
military, arab israeli conflict, confined, sergeant, tank, israeli, israeli soldier, army vs civilians, military life, mission gone awry, moral dilemma, danger ...
Time:
year 1982, year 2009, 80s, 20th century
Place:
lebanon, middle east, israel, palestine, big ben london
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Malta
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Style:
tense, suspense, realistic, captivating, factual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hostage, ship, survival, terrorism, rescue, kidnapping, escapades, ship captain, ocean, hostage situation, piracy, pirate ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
somalia, africa, middle east, america, usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The fates of three German-born Muslims in Berlin collide as they struggle to find their place between faith and modern life in contemporary western society, caught at a crossroads where alluring liberated lifestyles conflict with deeply-rooted ...
Style:
serious, sincere, atmospheric, touching, thinking ...
Plot:
rebellion, forbidden love, introspection, self discovery, haunted by the past, hopes, society, youth, love and romance, against the rules, family relations, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
germany, europe
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA, Morocco
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. ...
Style:
factual, suspenseful, clever, inspirational, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
war, iraq war, sniper, military, soldier, navy seal, assassin, american soldier, violence, battles, war zone, special forces ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, 90s, september 11 2001 ...
Place:
iraq, middle east, california, usa, kurdistan ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations – and an escalating potential for explosive violence.
Style:
psychological, bleak, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
negotiation, pirate, hostage, terrorism, hijacking, sailor, manipulation, ransom, character study, moral dilemma, captivity, workplace ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
somalia, denmark, scandinavia
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery, War
Country: Germany, France, Italy, Russia, Poland, Canada, Turkey, Jordan
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.
Style:
sexy, exciting, tense, suspense, factual ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, genocide, turkish history, refugee, world war one, diaspora, deportation, mute, charlie chaplin, odyssey, mass murder, blacksmith ...
Time:
year 1915, year 2014, 1910s
Place:
ottoman empire, armenia, turkey, north dakota
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22K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Saudi Arabia, Netherlands, Germany, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Wadjda is a 10-year-old girl living in a suburb of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Although she lives in a conservative world, Wadjda is fun loving, entrepreneurial and always pushing the boundaries of what she can get away with. After a fight ...
Style:
stylized, talky, touching, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
childhood, islam, bicycle, gender, children, coming of age, muslim girl, hijab, feminist, dream, friendship, troublemaker ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
saudi arabia, middle east, maghreb, iran, japan
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Our Girl is the story of Molly Dawes, born and raised in the London Borough of Newham. Molly is the eldest of five kids with little future, a difficult father and a mother who always wanted more for her. Leaving school with no qualifications, Molly ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, touching, tense
Plot:
military, parents and children, british army, self discovery, family relations, basic training, military base, siblings relations, military life, soldier, hopes, army ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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24K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of an unassuming American family drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation. Bassam "Barry" Al Fayeed, the younger son of the dictator of a war-torn nation, ends a self-imposed 20-year exile to return to his ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, stylized, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
dictatorship, homecoming, political unrest, totalitarianism, state affairs, ruler, gay son, family relations, parents and children, secret, society, exile ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east
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42K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A top Israeli agent comes out of retirement to hunt for a Palestinian militant he thought he'd killed, setting a chaotic chain of events into motion.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, intense, suspense, political thriller ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, espionage, war on terror, terrorist, mossad, covert operation, israeli, assassination, terror, murder, danger, government agency ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
israel, palestine, middle east, belgium
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Corporal Evan Albright joined the elite Marine Corps Security Guards to save the world and see some action-not necessarily in that order. But his first assignment, protecting a U. S. Embassy in a seemingly safe Middle Eastern capitol, relegates his ...
Plot:
marines, u.s. embassy, sniper, marine, embassy, terrorist, rescue team, hand to hand combat, suicide bomber, gunfight, fistfight, islam ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
middle east
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Sudan, East Africa, 1980. A team of Israeli Mossad agents plans to rescue and transfer thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel. To do so, and to avoid raising suspicions from the inquisitive and ruthless authorities, they establish as a cover a fake ...
Style:
rough, suspense, suspenseful, non-linear, brutal ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
mossad, spy, refugee, saving a life, team, business, resort, nothing goes right, terrorism, secret, nazi, scuba diving ...
Time:
20th century, 2010s, 80s
Place:
israel, sudan, africa, palestine, ethiopia ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
After an inspiring chance encounter with his idol, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. Hooking up with a local fixer, he attempts to get embedded with the local Somali pirates, ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, factual, exciting, cult classic ...
Plot:
drug, journalist, pirate, journalism, point of view, journey, danger, village, weapons, escapades, culture clash, news report ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008
Place:
somalia, africa, canada
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Drama series set in the mid-sixties, in which a unit of Royal Military Police officers and their families deal with the challenges of politics, love and war in British-controlled Aden.
Style:
period piece, tense, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
marriage, husband wife relationship, military police, military base, british army, wartime life, life is a bitch, military life, counter terrorism, suicide bomber, family relations, terrorist group ...
Time:
60s
Is relevant?
29K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A counter-terrorism expert takes a job protecting a young heiress. After an attempted kidnapping puts both of their lives in danger, they must flee.
Style:
perverse, suspense, disturbing, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
heiress, female protagonist, bodyguard, female bodyguard, strong female character, one woman army, female warrior, strong female lead, tough girl, female executive, mother daughter relationship, kidnapping ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
morocco, england, sudan, africa
Is relevant?
7K
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Ideologies collide with fatal results when a military drone contractor meets an enigmatic Pakistani businessman.
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
drone, terrorist, confrontation, deception, family life, revenge, family in danger, secret identity, secret life, home invasion, telephone call, family home ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
iraq, pakistan
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A comedy about three military band reservists who wake to discover that the Israeli army has withdrawn from Lebanon and left them behind.
Style:
buddy comedy, satirical, offbeat, dark comedy, lighthearted ...
Plot:
rock band, friendship, fish out of water, drug smuggling, misadventure, escape, political satire, corruption, satire, survival, irreverent, islam ...
Place:
lebanon, israel, palestine
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gendered rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power.
Style:
satirical, psychological, disturbing, captivating, semi serious
Plot:
bar mitzvah, orthodox jew, feminism, relationship problems, social problems, crisis of faith, satire, family problems, faith, community, arab culture, israeli ...
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, jerusalem
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
The experiences of four British men and women who leave their lives behind to join ISIS in Syria.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
isis, jihad, recruitment, terrorism, islamic terrorism, terrorist, graphic violence, slavery, propaganda, islam, mother son relationship, mother and son ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
syria, iraq
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39K
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
The lives of the elite Navy Seals as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high-stakes missions our country can ask.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, exciting, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, swat team, soldier, terrorism, gunfight, u.s. military, special forces, team, navy seal, friendship, shooter, investigation ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, afghanistan, iraq
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4K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
The boundaries between military discipline and human desire are tested on a U.S. Army base that houses an elite unit of helicopter pilots trained to perform clandestine international and domestic missions. The drama unfolds in the present as well as ...
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female pilot, military, u.s. military, soldier, rescue, pilot, daring rescue, heroic mission, haunted by the past, heroism, courage, revolution ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Belgium, Georgia, Switzerland
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Bahar, the commanding officer of the Daughters of the Sun, a battalion made up entirely of Kurdish female soldiers, is on the cusp of liberating their town, which has been overrun by ISIS extremists.
Style:
independent film, islamic
Plot:
kurd, isis, islam, partisan, terrorist, woman with a gun, woman, female terrorist, propaganda, extremist, military, journalism ...
Place:
kurdistan, middle east, maghreb
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Saudi Arabia, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Kuwait
TV show
Story:
This drama portrays women and kids living under the Islamic State group: a Yazidi slave, an undercover reporter, a recruited mom and child snipers.
Style:
realistic, sad, suspense, semi documentary, disturbing ...
Plot:
isis, terrorist attack, terrorism, terrorist, brutality, terrorist plot, islam, life & death, innocent person killed, murder of an innocent person, cruelty, killing ...
Place:
syria, iraq
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: France, Italy, Belgium, Morocco
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Kenza and Yaël are two young French women who go to Syria to fight alongside the Kurdish forces. There they meet Zara, a Yezidi survivor. Born in different cultures but deeply united, the women-fighters heal their past wounds and discover their ...
Style:
captivating, compassionate, tense, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
isis, terrorist, islam, strong female lead, soldier, female soldier, female friendship, fighting the system, woman, battles, fight, military base ...
Place:
kurdistan, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The theatrical movie spin-off of the ABC’s Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries will follow Essie Davis’ private detective as she embarks on a global adventure to find missing treasure, solve murders and break aviation records...
After freeing a ...
Style:
captivating, detective, psychological, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
female detective, treasure hunt, riddles and clues, private detective, artifact, murder mystery, talented, mind game, tomb, young girl, twists and turns, escapades ...
Time:
1920s, year 1929, year 1918
Place:
london, scotland yard, jerusalem, australia, palestine ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Egypt, Syria
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A historical look on the last days of the Mamluk Sultanate before its fall to the Ottoman conquest in the 16th century and how Egypt and the Sham were incorporated into the Ottoman empire.
Style:
captivating, thrilling
Plot:
king, kingdom, knight, prince, conquering, muslim, turk, harem, castle, sultan, power struggle, fight ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
middle east, istanbul turkey, egypt, ottoman empire
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Major Ronan Jackson (Devon Sawa), an accomplished fighter pilot for the Israel Defense Forces and son of a U.S. Senator (Robert Patrick), is shot down while flying through Syrian airspace. After miraculously surviving the crash, Jackson is taken ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, exciting
Plot:
torture, male male relationship, muscleman, imperialism, airplane shot down, machismo, tough guy, pow, terrorist, rescue, islam, military ...
Place:
syria, palestine, jerusalem
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Egypt
TV show
Story:
The events take place in a historical context, in the 11th century, where the leader of the Assassins, Hassan al-Sabah, and his leadership of the band that was famous for carrying out bloody assassinations of prominent figures at that stage.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, period piece, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
assassin, ancient history, assassination, secret society, historical epic, empire, emperor, world history, historical character, storytelling, imperialism, historical event ...
Time:
11th century
Place:
middle east, persia
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