| Black Gold (2011) | 6.6 | |
| Theeb (2014) | 7.2 | |
| The 13th Warrior (1999) | 6.6 | |
| Caramel (2007) | 7.1 | |
| Asmaa (2011) | 8.1 |
Arab movies and TV shows – page 5
Best films
New films
| Elyas (2024) | 6.1 | |
| Girls to Buy (2021) | 5.3 | |
| Farha (2021) | 8.0 | |
| For Zeko (2022) | 6.3 | |
| Atlas (2021) | 5.7 |
List of arab movies
Genre: Drama
Country: Lebanon
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Josephine, the matriarch of a sprawling family, is delighted to gather everyone for Easter lunch for the first time in two years. While they all share a joyful meal, an incident ignites underlying tensions between the family members and leads them ...
Style:
satirical, dark comedy, independent film
Plot:
family drama, family gatherings, family secret, character study, matriarchy, sibling rivalry, claustrophobia, social commentary, social satire, single, moral ambiguity, class conflict ...
Place:
lebanon
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Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Adapted from Abdel Rahman Al-Sharqawi's well-known novel of the same name, this classic film by Egyptian master Youssef Chahine was eight years in the making. Chronicling a small peasant village's struggles against the careless inroads of ...
Plot:
scenery, sociology, landscape, arab, beautiful scenery, social conflict, class struggle, working class, corrupt mayor, male female relationship, social differences, petition ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
middle east, egypt, cairo egypt
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Tunisia, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The first of Nacer Khemir's highly-regarded Desert Trilogy that includes The Dove's Lost Necklace and Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul. Khemir creates an exotic world with Wanderers of the Desert when a young teacher ...
Style:
atmospheric, surreal, ambiguous ending, poetic, allegory ...
Plot:
desert, legend, disappearance, teacher, children, magic realism, haunting, folklore, isolation, supernatural, remote village, cursed ...
Place:
sahara, africa, north africa, tunisia, middle east
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Hamoon's wife is leaving him. He is also unsuccessfully trying to finish his Ph.D. thesis. He is forced to reexamine his life. In a series of flashbacks and dreams, Hamoon tries to figure out what he did wrong.
Style:
existential, cult classic, spiritual, islamic, contemplative ...
Plot:
iranian, crumbling marriage, existentialism, cat, arab, unfulfillment, society, life is a bitch, starting over, couple relations, hopes, introspection ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, asia
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
This film tells the story of a semi modern Iranian couple, who are trying to fight the old beliefs & old generation. This is a failing battle because the man is not strong enough.
Style:
islamic, thought provoking, serious, realistic, biting ...
Plot:
iranian, arab, hidden treasure, feminist, motherhood, infertility, family relations, pregnancy, strong female presence, couples, newlyweds, family problems ...
Time:
90s
Place:
iran, middle east, persia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Algeria, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Alilo arrives in Paris, met by his hip cousin Mok. Alilo is to pick up a suitcase of dresses to smuggle back to Algiers for resale. He's lost the dressmaker's address and his boss is gone for five days, so he stays in the Moskova ...
Style:
comedy drama, black comedy
Plot:
rap, immigration, identity, homesickness, coming of age, slice of life, racial tension, social realism, bittersweet, nostalgia, smuggling, immigrant ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, algeria, france
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story revolves around a blind boy named Mohammed who is released from his special school in Tehran for summer vacation. His father, shamed and burdened by Mohammed's blindness, arrives late to pick him up and then tries to convince the ...
Style:
touching, emotional, dramatic, depressing, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
blindness, children, poverty, orphan, shame, islam, countryside, childhood, blind character, muslim, catholic, bittersweet ...
Time:
year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, tehran iran, tehran
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Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Morocco, Tunisia, France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ali, Kwita, Omar and Boubker are street kids. The daily dose of glue sniffing represents their only escape from reality. Since they left Dib and his gang, they have been living on the portside of Casablanca. They live in constant fear of Dib's ...
Style:
serious, captivating, bleak, islamic, social ...
Plot:
homeless, street kid, youth, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, poverty, kids in trouble, friendship, danger, society, gang, vengeance ...
Time:
90s
Place:
africa, middle east, maghreb, morocco
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Tunisia, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After the death of her husband, Lilia's life revolves solely around her teenage daughter, Salma. Whilst looking for Salma late one night, Lilia stumbles upon a belly dance cabaret and though initially reserved and taken aback by the culture of ...
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, realistic, islamic
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, hopes, nightclub, cabaret, self discovery, starting over, love and romance, parents and children, lifestyle, dysfunctional family, introspection, family problems ...
Place:
middle east, tunisia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Tunisia, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
no overview yet
Plot:
circumcision, arab, marital problem, brothel, projectionist, dysfunctional family, screenwriter, van, flash forward, male female relationship, uncle nephew relationship, singer ...
Place:
tunisia
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10K
Genre: Drama
Country: Afghanistan, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Iran
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Teenage girl Osama cuts her hair and dresses like a boy to get a job and support her widowed mother and grandmother. When Osama is called by the Taliban to join school and military training she embarks on a terrifying and confusing journey as she ...
Style:
serious, sincere, bleak, stylized, talky ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
islam, coming of age, survival, taliban, terrorist, injustice, storytelling, justice, religion, police investigation, muslim, danger ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
middle east, afghanistan, pakistan, iraq, persia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Tunisia, Hungary, France, Germany, Iran, Switzerland, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The story of a blind dervish named Bab'Aziz and his spirited granddaughter, Ishtar. Together they wander the desert in search of a great reunion of dervishes that takes place just once every thirty years. With faith as their only guide, the two ...
Style:
touching, road movie, philosophical, visually stunning, sentimental ...
Plot:
spirituality, desert, human spirit, religions or cults, destiny, mysterious place, lost love, poetry, granddaughter, grandfather, on the road, storytelling ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, tunisia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Youssef, a blind university professor, is suddenly diagnosed with a fatal disease and must undergo treatment in France. Back home, will he find the life he had before?
Style:
realistic, psychological, touching, captivating, islamic ...
Plot:
blindness, hospital, temptation, couple relations, introspection, disability, injustice, life is a bitch, second chance, self discovery, illness, muslim ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, paris france, europe ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Israel
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The story takes place in Haifa, Israel, in 1979, during three days before the Shabbat. A young woman trying to raise three children, work from home, and observe the strict Moroccan traditions of her family finds herself at constant odds with her ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
lovers, extramarital affair, coercion, conflict, family feud, marriage, divorce, israeli, dysfunctional family, synagogue, husband wife relationship, family relations ...
Time:
year 2004, 70s
Place:
palestine, middle east, israel
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: France, Iraq, Finland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Set during the Iraq-Iran war in the 80s, the film tells of a tragicomic road trip set in Iraq's Kurdistan.
Style:
emotional, captivating, serious, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
on the road, travel, kurd, military life, military, obsessive quest, society, escapades, genocide, oppression, life & death, dictator ...
Time:
80s
Place:
kurdistan, iraq, middle east, iran, paris france
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Part drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantánamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge.
Style:
rough, intense, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, torture, muslim, injustice, warning, war on terror, politics, military, british, pow, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, year 2001, year 2003, year 2002 ...
Place:
middle east, united kingdom, latin america, afghanistan, pakistan ...
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105K
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she ...
Style:
adult animation, political, black and white, visually stunning, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, revolution, feminist, female protagonist, politics, iraq iran war, self discovery, biopic, childhood, repression, adolescence, culture clash ...
Time:
80s, year 2007, 70s, 20th century, year 1978 ...
Place:
iran, middle east, tehran iran, france, vienna ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Saman Moghadam details the struggles of three women living in an antiquated district of Tehran in this emotionally resonant drama. Fabria's husband has been morally corrupted, and now it's up to her to take charge of the small ...
Style:
touching, psychological, sincere, sentimental, gloomy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, hopes, family problems, unfulfilled love, society, human nature, couple relations, love and romance, couples, bittersweet, life is a bitch, cafe ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, persia, middle east
Is relevant?
246K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, disturbing, psychological, inspirational, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prison, rape, last will and testament, unwanted pregnancy, incest, twists and turns, civil war, pregnant from rape, incest rape, torture, lebanese civil war, family problems ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, year 2009, year 1970, y2k ...
Place:
middle east, lebanon, quebec, nebraska, montreal ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A drama set in 1986 Iran and centered on a man, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village and enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant had a ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, sad, sexy, serious ...
Plot:
injustice, death penalty, discrimination, sadism, loss of family member, conspiracy, abusive husband, destructive relationship, religion, hijab, islam, corruption ...
Time:
year 2008, 80s, 20th century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, israel
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the twelfth century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the ...
Style:
experimental, contemplative, atmospheric, stylized, emotional ...
Plot:
theater, feminism, artists and showbiz, strong female presence, iranian, minimal dialogue, arab, religious, cinema, face, women, persian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, persia
Is relevant?
796
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the city of Jaffa; a young girl plans to run away with her secret lover, when a tragedy forever changes the course of their lives.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
forbidden love, family relations, dysfunctional family, pregnancy, family feud, interracial relations, love and romance, life is a bitch, society, life turned upside down, family business, realism ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, israel, palestine, persia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Ukraine, Morocco, Iran
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran's 1953 CIA-backed coup d'état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard garden, where they find independence, solace and companionship.
Style:
sincere, stylized, serious, realistic, art house ...
Plot:
coup d'etat, women, coping, feminist, social differences, state affairs, prostitute, rich and poor, feminism, sex crime, female warrior, propaganda ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
iran, middle east, tehran iran, persia
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Palestinian family living in the north of Galilee gathers to celebrate the wedding of one of their daughters, as war rages between Israel and Lebanon. Internal conflicts explode between the family - secrets are revealed and lies are unmasked. The ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sincere
Plot:
family relations, forbidden love, family problems, family gatherings, family life, wartime life, life is a bitch, love and romance, bittersweet, village, family in crisis, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
lebanon, israel, middle east
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Netherlands, USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
“Darling, Something's Wrong with Your Head＂ a
story of forbidden love, is the first fiction feature set in
Gaza in over 15 years. The film is a modern re-telling
of the legendary tragic romance 'Majnun Layla', which
was set in ...
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, melancholic, art house, independent film ...
Plot:
forbidden love, poetry, women of color, graffiti, passion, young lovers, cultural conflict, student, urban, family drama, tragic romance, intimate ...
Place:
palestine, middle east
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, USA, Hong Kong, Iran
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's dangerous obsession
Style:
sexy, touching, atmospheric, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, first lesbian experience, iranian, teenage girl, sex, closeted lesbian, propaganda, lesbian love, lgbt, oppression, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tehran iran, dubai, middle east, iran, persia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Egypt
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Upon his return to Alexandria, Khaled becomes intrigued with a graffiti mural opposite his apartment. As he pursues this further, a larger underground arts scene slowly reveals itself, composed of musicians, filmmakers, and graffiti artists. As they ...
Style:
reflective, melancholic, visual, islamic, independent film
Plot:
graffiti, youth culture, social commentary, subculture, counterculture, street art, identity, nostalgia, getting home, realism, slice of life, bohemian ...
Place:
alexandria egypt, middle east, egypt
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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, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revolutionary, exotic locale, trucker, fictional country, truck, arab, desert, chase, rebellion, military, on the run, escapades ...
Time:
60s
Place:
africa, middle east
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Algeria, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mounir Mekbek lives with his family in a small village in the heart of the Algerian countryside. Very proud and sure of himself, he has only one dream- to finally be appreciated by his fellow villagers. Screwing up his carefully maintained image is ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous, contemplative ...
Plot:
brother sister relationship, family relations, small town, small town life, love and romance, siblings relations, cons and scams, village, couples, arab, husband wife relationship, lie ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
middle east, north africa, algeria
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Salma Zidane, a widow, lives simply from her grove of lemon trees in the West Bank's occupied territory. The Israeli defense minister and his wife move next door; the Secret Service orders the trees removed for security. The stoic Salma seeks ...
Style:
sincere, touching, sentimental, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, politics, injustice, widow, occupation, reconciliation, rules and policies, hopes, life is a bitch, society, legal ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
palestine, middle east, israel, jerusalem, persia ...
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