Movies and TV shows set in middle east – page 5

List of movies set in middle east

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Joseph (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, Germany, USA
Duration: 185 min.
TV show
Story: The Biblical story of Joseph, who was sold to slavery by his brothers who were jealous of his prophetic abilities to analyze dreams and of his being their fathers' favorite.
Style: biblical, sexy, christian film, spiritual, realistic ...
Plot: bible, christian, pharaoh, ancient, ancient history, religious, church, ancient world, old testament, betrayal, faith, religion ...
Time: ancient times, 90s
Place: middle east, africa, egypt
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Waltz with Bashir (2008)
Genre: Documentary, Animation, Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, War
Country: Israel, France, Germany, USA, Finland, Switzerland, Belgium, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Much awarded animated documentary, in which director and Israeli army veteran Ari Folman interviews friends and former soldiers about their memories of the 1982 Lebanon war and especially the Sabra and Shatila massacre in Beirut. The usage on ...
Style: rough, disturbing, adult animation, psychological, serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: politics, military, soldier, memory loss, nightmare, haunted by the past, guilt, mass murder, memory, catastrophe, israeli, tragic event ...
Time: year 2008, 20th century, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place: israel, lebanon, middle east, palestine, beirut lebanon
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Broken Wings (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Daphne and her four children try to cope with the abrupt death of husband/father. As the family seems to fall apart, a sudden incident gives them a chance to heal their 'broken wings'.
Style: emotional, touching, lyrical, depressing, stylized ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, hopes, children, couple relations, human nature, midlife crisis, family life, innocence lost, love and romance, single parent, life is a bitch, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east
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Yossi & Jagger (2002)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 65 min.
Story: A sociological study of two men in the Israeli army who are lovers. The others in the unit react to their situation, suspecting, but not always understanding. One will leave the military soon, a few months away, as a snowy and desolete outpost is ...
Style: realistic, sincere, compassionate, epic, homoerotic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay lead character, gay love, homosexuality, gay soldier, gay relationship, israeli, gay interest, gay sex, gay slur, gay romance, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, lebanon, palestine, israel
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The Attack (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: Lebanon, France, Qatar, Belgium, Egypt
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An Arab surgeon living in Tel Aviv discovers a dark secret about his wife in the aftermath of a suicide bombing.
Style: tense, captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, uncover truth, terrorism, suicide bomber, danger, investigation, radical, society, occupation, husband wife relationship, loss of wife, arab ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: middle east, israel, palestine, lebanon, maghreb ...
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Leila (1997)
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: thought provoking, islamic, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot: iranian, girl, arab, hidden treasure, motherhood, feminist, infertility, family relations, pregnancy, strong female presence, family problems, couples ...
Time: 90s
Place: iran, middle east, persia
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Through the Olive Trees (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The movie focuses on one of the events in Zendegi Edame Darad (1992), and explores the relationship between the movie director, and the actors. The local actors play a couple who got married right after the earthquake. In reality, the actor is ...
Style: contemplative, avant garde, independent film, art house, social ...
Plot: filmmaking, amor, redemption, existentialism, farming, muslim, iranian, entertainment, hipster, couples, unfulfillment, actor's life ...
Time: year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place: iran, middle east, persia, kurdistan
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Captain Abu Raed (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Jordan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Abu Raed is an old airport janitor who has always yearned to travel the world but has never been able to afford it. One day, he finds an old discarded pilot's hat, and discovers a calling: a group of children in his poor neighborhood assume ...
Style: serious, uplifting, sentimental, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: hopes, mistaken identity, human spirit, working class, friendship, dishonesty, life is a bitch, elderly, longing, escape from reality, down on your luck, wedding planning ...
Time: 21st century
Place: jordan, middle east
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Fireworks Wednesday (2006)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 102 min.
Story: On the day before their holiday trip to Dubai, a wife who believes her husband is unfaithful enlists the help of Roohi, a young woman sent by an agency to clean the house. She asks Roohi to make an appointment and gather information at the salon of ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, touching, art house ...
Plot: marital problem, maid, marital infidelity, social differences, iranian, family problems, couples, society, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, couple relations, wedding preparations and rituals ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: iran, middle east, persia, tehran iran, dubai
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The Song of Sparrows (2008)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Iran
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When an ostrich-rancher focuses on replacing his daughter's hearing aid, which breaks right before crucial exams, everything changes for a struggling rural family in Iran. Karim motorbikes into a world alien to him - incredibly hectic Tehran, ...
Style: uplifting, serious, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: family in crisis, family problems, family life, parents and children, unemployment, hopes, self discovery, human spirit, life is a bitch, dignity, new job, deaf child ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: iran, middle east, persia, tehran iran
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The Bubble (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The movie follows a group of young friends in the city of Tel Aviv and is as much a love song to the city as it is an exploration of the claim that people in Tel Aviv are isolated from the rest of the country and the turmoil it's going through. ...
Style: sincere, touching, emotional, serious, controversial ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gay sex, israeli, lgbt, friendship, lgbtq, forbidden love, occupation, love affair, civil rights, understanding ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: israel, middle east, tel aviv israel, palestine, idaho ...
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Late Marriage (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's ...
Style: realistic, touching, sentimental, emotional, romantic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: culture clash, social differences, love and romance, fall in love, couples, family problems, family life, parents and children, self discovery, society, couple relations, israeli ...
Time: 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place: israel, middle east, palestine
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When I Saw You (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Jordan, Greece, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Jordan, 1967: displaced to a refugee camp after the occupation of their West Bank village, an eleven-year old boy and his mother enact the emancipating dream that every refugee has imagined countless times, in Annemarie Jacir's passionate and ...
Style: serious, emotional, realistic, touching, atmospheric ...
Plot: coming of age, camp, hopes, human spirit, parents and children, forceful separation, youth, family relations, teenage life, search for father, missing father, freedom fighter ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1967
Place: jordan, middle east, palestine, greece
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Not Without My Daughter (1991)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.
Style: factual, tense, thought provoking, touching, bleak ...
Plot: islam, domestic violence, culture clash, female protagonist, confined, violent husband, propaganda, family problems, society, life is a bitch, isolation, hopes ...
Time: 80s, year 1991, year 1984
Place: iran, middle east, michigan, persia
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In Syria (2017)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Belgium, France, Lebanon
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A mother attempts to keep her family safe as war rages and a sniper lies in wait outside her home.
Style: suspense, social, atmospheric, heartbreaking, compassionate ...
Plot: self sacrifice, strong female character, lawlessness, mother, strong female lead, life is a bitch, wartime life, rescue attempt, coping, desperation, fear, survival ...
Time: 2010s
Place: syria, middle east
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Holy Spider (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden, Jordan, Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.
Style: action thriller, dramatic, tense, captivating, neo noir ...
Plot: serial killer, prostitute, journalist, murder of a prostitute, prostitution, muslim, religion, police, sex worker, investigation, serial murder, religious fundamentalism ...
Time: year 2001
Place: iran, middle east, maghreb
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Ambassadors (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story: The adventures and politics of a British ambassador to a fictitious Asian country called Tajbekistan.
Style: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, biting ...
Plot: satire, politics, ambassador, translator, secretary, workplace situations, state affairs, workplace, humour, political humor, tourist, dictatorship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east
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Sex and the City 2 (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Carrie, Charlotte, and Miranda are all married now, but they're still up for a little fun in the sun. When Samantha gets the chance to visit one of the most extravagant vacation destinations on the planet and offers to bring them all along, ...
Style: romantic, teen, romantic comedy, visually appealing, sex comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: fashion, friendship, lifestyle, wedding, female protagonist, happy ending, stereotypes, infidelity, sex, adultery, shopping, lasciviousness ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, year 1988, 80s, year 1986 ...
Place: new york, middle east, manhattan new york city
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Rules of Engagement (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Part war movie, part courtroom thriller, this gripping drama finds a war hero put on trial for a rescue mission gone terribly wrong with only his doubtful friend and fellow marine to represent him.
Style: political, tense, intense, serious, rough ...
Plot: lawyer, courtroom drama, vietnam war, courtroom, war, army investigation, military, marines, court, court case, investigation, gulf war ...
Time: y2k, 90s, 20th century, 60s
Place: middle east, usa, washington d.c., vietnam
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In the Army Now (1994)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Bones Conway and Jack Kaufman didn't really know what they were in for when they enlisted in the U.S. Army; they just wanted to get a job and make some money. But these new recruits are so hapless, they run the risk of getting kicked out before ...
Style: humorous, intense, not serious, slapstick, absurd ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: desert, friendship, boot camp, redemption, justice, u.s. army, fish out of water, war, save the day, against the odds, military life, goofy hero ...
Time: 90s
Place: middle east, iraq
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Jellyfish (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Meduzot (the Hebrew word for Jellyfish) tells the story of three very different Israeli women living in Tel Aviv whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a young child ...
Style: realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot: wedding, israeli, honeymoon, estrangement, family relations, friendship, city life, beach, maid, couples, hopes, orphan ...
Place: israel, middle east, palestine, tel aviv israel, mediterranean sea ...
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The Gordin Cell (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A married pair of former spies is forced to face their past when asked to surrender their son to Russian Intelligence to become a spy himself. Will he choose to betray his parents or his native country?
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, captivating, clever ...
Plot: betrayal, double agent, moral dilemma, espionage, workplace situations, parents and children, family relations, who to trust, secret agent, special agent, dishonesty, undercover ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, israel
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Harem (1986)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 190 min.
Story: A young British woman is kidnapped by an Arabian sheikh and held captive in his harem. At first she frantically tries to escape, but as they slowly get to know and appreciate each other the difference between captor and captive dissolves.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, captivating, sentimental, tense ...
Plot: revolution, sultan, abduction, anger, escape attempt, murder, death, female protagonist, woman in danger, islam, romantic relationship, fiance fiancee relationship ...
Time: turn of the century, 1900s
Place: middle east, ottoman empire
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Courage Under Fire (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A US Army officer had made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up and he was reassigned to a desk job. Later he was tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. At ...
Style: suspense, political, realistic, suspense thriller, dark ...
Plot: military, friendly fire, women in the military, military life, tank, gulf war, bravery, u.s. army, medal of honor, iraq war, lawyer, politics ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: iraq, middle east, pentagon
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Sweet Mud (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, France, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Set in mid-70's, 12-year old Dvir Avni navigates between the equality values of his home-born Kibbutz and the relationship with his undermined mother, whom the Kibbutz members will to denounce.
Style: disturbing, serious, sincere, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: youth, suicide, coming of age, teenage crush, dysfunctional family, escape from reality, grownups, family problems, family relations, social misfits, society, escape attempt ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1974
Place: israel, middle east
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Turn Left at the End of the World (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The year is 1968. To a small town in the south of Israel, mostly inhabited by Moroccan immigrants, a few families from India arrive, searching for a better life in the west. The instinct driven Moroccans patronize the "black" Indians, ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, touching, sweet ...
Plot: desert, friendship, racial discrimination, ethnic, immigrant, teenage love, social differences, teenage life, culture clash, settler, society, family relations ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: middle east, israel, palestine
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The Little Traitor (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Based on the novel "Panther in the Basement" by the world-renowned author, Amos Oz, the movie takes place in Palestine in 1947, just a few months before Israel becomes a state. Proffy Liebowitz, a militant yet sensitive eleven year old ...
Style: realistic, thought provoking, sentimental, emotional, touching ...
Plot: friendship, rebellion, military, friends, state affairs, soldier, youth, coming of age, child protagonist, british military, book, judaism ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1977, year 1947
Place: israel, middle east, palestine, jerusalem, london
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Iron Island (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Squatters live on a mothballed oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The children attend a school on board; men harvest scrap metal and old oil in the hull; women keep house and raise children and Captain Nemat runs it all with an iron hand. We follow a ...
Style: contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot: ship, forbidden love, human nature, injustice, power relations, human spirit, hopes, misfit, young lovers, anarchist, youth, social misfits ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, middle east, persia
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Bravo Two Zero (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: South Africa, UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story: When an elite eight-man British SAS team is dropped behind enemy lines, their mission is clear: take out Saddam Hussein's SCUD missile systems. But when communications are cut and the team finds themselves surrounded by Saddam's army, ...
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gulf war, special forces, military, war, soldier, middle east conflict, war on terror, shootout, meaning of life, conflict, military operation, hostage rescue ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: middle east, iraq, baghdad iraq
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Wildcat (2021)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An ambitious reporter stationed in the Middle East who is taken captive after her convoy is ambushed. She is confronted by the trauma of her past and must find a way to bring down the militants who incarcerated her.
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense
Plot: held captive, captive, investigative reporter, kidnapped, journalism, female journalist, investigative journalism, trap, female protagonist, abduction, kidnapping, trapped ...
Place: middle east
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