MOROCCAN MOVIES
by mohamed-qemhi | created - 18 Oct 2018 | updated - 29 Dec 2019 | PublicA LIST OF THE BEST MOROCCAN MOVIES IN HISTORY
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1. Volubilis (2017)
106 min | Drama
Abdelkader is a watchman and Malika is a house maid. They were just married and are madly in love. Despite money problems, they dream of moving in and starting their love life together. One... See full summary »
Director: Faouzi Bensaïdi | Stars: Nadia Kounda, Dana Abed, Faouzi Bensaïdi, Mouna Fettou
Votes: 240
2. Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets (2000)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Crime
A group of children living on the street leave their gang, prompting retribution from the gang's leader. After one of the children dies, the rest try to come up with the resources to give their friend a proper burial.
Director: Nabil Ayouch | Stars: Mounïm Kbab, Mustapha Hansali, Hicham Moussoune, Abdelhak Zhayra
Votes: 2,936
3. Casanegra (2008)
131 min | Drama
Two childhood friends, Karim and Adil, prowl the streets of Casablanca, their native city. They do not do much, in fact they hustle rather than work. They are also unashamed dreamers, Karim... See full summary »
Director: Nour Eddine Lakhmari | Stars: Anas El Baz, Omar Lotfi, Mohamed Benbrahim, Ghita Tazi
Votes: 1,158
4. Horses of God (2012)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
A fictional account of the lives of the men responsible for the suicide bombings in Casablanca in 2003.
Director: Nabil Ayouch | Stars: Abdelhakim Rachid, Abdelilah Rachid, Hamza Souidek, Ahmed El Idrissi Amrani
Votes: 2,025 | Gross: $0.00M
5. Boulanoir (2014)
150 min | Drama
The film tells the story of a small mining village in Morocco's Khouribiga Region, and the changes it goes through between 1921 and 1947. During this period, the town changes quickly from ... See full summary »
Director: Hamid Zoughi | Stars: Noureddine Achiri, Fatema Aguellaz, Belayed Akridiss, Mohamed Aouragh
6. Ali, Rabiaa et les autres (2000)
85 min | Drama
In the 70's, Ali, Rabiaa, Driss, Abdellah anh Hamid a group of friends grow up in a heavy world of drugs, pop, politics ans sex. Rabiaa is a local girl whom they all share whenever the urge... See full synopsis »
Director: Ahmed Boulane | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Samia Akarriou, Mélanie Baxter-Jones, Ahmed Boulane
Votes: 61
7. Et après? (2002)
92 min
Director: Mohamed Ismail | Stars: Rachid El Ouali, Victoria Abril, Mohammed Miftah, Siham Assif
Votes: 24
8. Majid (2010)
116 min | Drama
A coming of age story of a ten years old Moroccan orphan called Majid who discovers that he can't remember his parents faces anymore and he starts looking for a picture of them.
Director: Nassim Abassi | Stars: Brahim Al Bakali, Lotfi Sabir, Wassime Zidi, Moulay Abdellah Lamrani
Votes: 152
9. Adieu mères (2007)
115 min | Drama
In 1960, two families, Muslim family and Jewish family live a quiet daily life, before this coexistence was affected by World War II and the establishment of the State of Israel, the story ... See full summary »
Director: Mohamed Ismail | Stars: Marc Samuel, Rachid El Ouali, Souad Amidou, Hafida Kassoui
Votes: 51
10. Nissa... wa nissa (1999)
98 min | Drama
Four women who reunite after a period of estrangement. Their happy facades mask a lot of misery and pain, caused by divorce and betrayals as one of them discovers that the man she loves is cheating on her with one of her closest friends.
Director: Saâd Chraïbi | Stars: Mouna Fettou, Touria Alaoui, Abdallah Amrani, Nezha Badr
Votes: 17
11. Much Loved (2015)
104 min | Drama
A group of women in Morocco make a living as prostitutes in a culture that is very unforgiving toward women in that profession.
Director: Nabil Ayouch | Stars: Loubna Abidar, Asmaa Lazrak, Halima Karaouane, Sara Elhamdi Elalaoui
Votes: 3,039
12. Baya Al Maut (2011)
117 min | Drama
In Tetouan, at the northern edge of Morocco, three young men decide to rob a jewelry store. The heist goes awry, and their destinies part drastically.
Director: Faouzi Bensaïdi | Stars: Fehd Benchemsi, Fouad Labied, Mouhcine Malzi, Imane El Mechrafi
Votes: 375
13. Marock (2005)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Muslim girl and a Jewish boy fall in love.
Director: Laïla Marrakchi | Stars: Morjana Alaoui, Matthieu Boujenah, Razika Simozrag, Fatym Layachi
Votes: 749
14. Road to Kabul (2011)
112 min | Action, Comedy
In Casablanca, Ali, Hmida, Mbarek and Messoud are four unemployed youths who spend their time dreaming of a better life in the Netherlands. One day, Hmida falls on a specialist of illegal ... See full summary »
Director: Brahim Chkiri | Stars: Rabie Kati, Aziz Dadas, Younes Bouab, Amine Ennaji
Votes: 766
15. Zero (I) (2012)
120 min | Drama
Zero is a police officer in his mid thirties, pacing the streets of Casablanca, surrounded by loss and futility, and the corruption of everyone around him.
Director: Nour Eddine Lakhmari | Stars: Younes Bouab, Mohamed Majd, Sonia Okacha, Ouidad Elma
Votes: 822
16. Burnout (I) (2017)
112 min | Drama
'Burnout' starts with 13-year-old Ayoub's long-sighted look at a shop window. He works as a shoe-shopper, hoping to earn enough money to buy a bone prosthesis for his mother. Director and ... See full summary »
Director: Nour Eddine Lakhmari | Stars: Morjana Alaoui, Anas El Baz, Sarah Perles, Hicham Belaoudi
Votes: 438
17. Le regard (2005)
88 min | Drama, War
The 70-year-old French photographer Albert Tueis is preparing an exhibition of his photographic works. Only, he lacks photos that he had taken at the age of 19, while he was a photographer ... See full summary »
Director: Nour Eddine Lakhmari | Stars: Jacques Zabor, Hassan Essakali, Khalid Benchagra, Abdellah Didane
Votes: 88
18. Les bandits (2003)
105 min | Comedy
The film is about a very wealthy family in Casablanca whose eldest son migrated to America because of a dispute with his father. But since that time, he has no longer been hear off. The ... See full summary »
Director: Saïd Naciri | Stars: Saïd Naciri, Abdelkader Moutaa, Majdouline Idrissi, Mohamed El Khyari
Votes: 139
19. The Source (2011)
135 min | Comedy, Drama
A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual favors if their men refuse to fetch water from a remote well.
Director: Radu Mihaileanu | Stars: Leïla Bekhti, Hafsia Herzi, Hiam Abbass, Saleh Bakri
Votes: 4,166
20. Atlantic. (2014)
94 min | Drama
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.
Director: Jan-Willem van Ewijk | Stars: Fettah Lamara, Thekla Reuten, Mohamed Majd, Boujmaa Guilloul
Votes: 585
21. Dallas (2016)
106 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Dallas, whose the true name is Mustafa El Houari, is a director in his late carrier. One day, he receives a script, an order from a rich businessman who would like to make a film on his ... See full summary »
Directors: Ali El Mejboud, Bahija Lyoubi | Stars: Aziz Dadas, Amal Atrach, Kamal Kadimi, Aïssam Bouali
Votes: 62
22. EX-Shamkar (2010)
101 min | Comedy
Homeless friends wandering the streets and overnight one of them turns into a billionaire.
Director: Mahmoud Frites | Stars: Ghizlaine Alaoui, Hammadi Ammour, Said Bey, Rafik Boubker
Votes: 111
23. Saga, l'histoire des hommes qui ne reviennent jamais (2014)
97 min | Drama, Family, Thriller
1964, after the death of his father, for which he feels guilty, Lahcen decides to leave his native village in the Moroccan Atlas to start over a new life in Tangier. He works as a nurse ... See full summary »
Director: Othman Naciri | Stars: Fatima Herandi Raouya, Fehd Benchemsi, Said Bey, Jean Burucoa
Votes: 20
24. The Satanic Angels (2007)
84 min | Drama
Casablanca, 2003. 14 young hard-rockers are arrested and condemned for sentences from 3 months to 1 year. What are the accusations? Satanism and shaking the foundations of Islam. Based on actual events.
Director: Ahmed Boulane | Stars: Mansour Badri, Younes Megri, Driss Roukhe, Oulad Ahmed
Votes: 79
25. Bila Houdoud (2008)
108 min | Thriller
Yousra is young Moroccan woman who works as a fitness trainer in a sports center in Mohammedia. After having many disappointments with men, she finally meets someone new, Tarik, who seems ... See full summary »
Director: Nassim Abassi | Stars: Alia, Fehd Benchemsi, Mohammed Boussalem, Abdellah Chicha
Votes: 7
26. L'amante du rif (2011)
Drama
Director: Narjiss Nejjar | Stars: Ouidad Elma, Nadia Benzakour, Fehd Benchemsi, Nadia Kounda
Votes: 32
27. Formatage (2014)
110 min | Drama
a man with full memory lost finds himself between a woman who claims to be his wife and an intelligence agent who claims that she is not.
Director: Mourad El Khaoudi | Stars: Fatima Zahra Bennacer, Fehd Benchemsi, Younes Bouab, Fatima Herandi Raouya
Votes: 9
28. Starve Your Dog (2015)
94 min | Drama
After 15 years of isolation, a great Moroccan politician gets out of the shadows. To make his confessions he calls a great director from the old time with her wobbly technical crew.
Director: Hicham Lasri | Stars: Jirari Ben Aissa, Latifah Ahrar, Fehd Benchemsi, Adil Abatourab
Votes: 43
29. Darbat fi alraas (2017)
111 min | Comedy
After yet another blunder, an embittered cop, Daoud, is sent by his superiors to spend a day on a bridge between two warring neighborhoods to protect the hypothetical passage of the Royal procession.
Director: Hicham Lasri | Stars: Adil Abatourab, Latifah Ahrar, Zoubida Akif, Zoubir Abou Alfadel
Votes: 113
30. C'est eux les chiens... (2013)
85 min | Drama
After 20 years spent in jail, a political prisoner is released in the midst of the Arab Spring. A TV crew doing a report on the social movements in Morocco decides to follow him in the quest of hist past...
Director: Hicham Lasri | Stars: Hasan Badidah, Yahya El Fouandi, Imad Fijjaj, Jalal Boulftaim
Votes: 135
31. The Blind Orchestra (2014)
110 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Since Mimou was seven years old, he was in love with Chama, the neighbor's maid. To avoid the wrath of his demanding father, Mimou fakes his school grades.
Director: Mohamed Mouftakir | Stars: Oulaya Amamra, Mohamed Bastaoui, Fehd Benchemsi, Salima Benmoumen
Votes: 136
32. Love in the Medina (2011)
113 min | Drama, Romance
In the Medina of Casablanca, young Thami braves his father's wrath, conservative and coming from a long line of prestigious Koranic lawyers, to embrace the only occupation he cares for: ... See full summary »
Director: Abdelhai Laraki | Stars: Omar Lotfi, Ouidad Elma, Driss Roukhe, Amal Ayouch
Votes: 104
33. The Miscreants (2011)
88 min | Drama
On the order of their spiritual leader, three young Islamists kidnap a group of actors who are about to go on tour with their latest show. When the kidnappers arrive at the place of ... See full summary »
Director: Mohcine Besri | Stars: Rabii Benjhaile, Aïssam Bouali, Abdenbi El Beniwi, Jamila El Haouni
Votes: 51
34. Colère (2012)
90 min | Drama
Omar, the son of the miller, loves since the childhood Laila, the girl of the local landowner. In the grown-up age, Omar became a journalist promising writer. He always loves Laila, but She... See full summary »
Director: Mohamed Zineddaine | Stars: Cristina Serafini, Fayçal Azizi, Mohamed Bastaoui, Fatima Zahra Bennacer
Votes: 11
35. Malak (2012)
97 min | Drama
Malak, a teen girl, discovers she's pregnant. Rejected by the baby's dad, she faces a world that rejects her for being a single mum.
Director: Abdeslam Kelai | Stars: Chaimae Ben Acha, Mohamed Choubi, Saadia Ladib, Omar Lotfi
Votes: 25
36. Youm ou Lila (2013)
95 min
Director: Naoufel Berraoui | Stars: Touria Alaoui, Madjouline Drissi, Majdouline Idrissi, Omar Lotfi
Votes: 20
37. Achoura (2018)
93 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
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.
Director: Talal Selhami | Stars: Sofiia Manousha, Younes Bouab, Omar Lotfi, Iván González
Votes: 491
38. Chaïbia (2015)
90 min | Biography
Chabia spends her childhood and adolescence in poverty and in the illiteracy. Her life changes when she is contacted with the paints of her son. The true history of the great painter Chaibia Talal from Morocco.
Director: Youssef Britel | Stars: Saadia Azgoun, Mourad Zaoui, Mohamed Nadif, Aïssam Bouali
Votes: 26
39. Al Massira: la Marche Verte (2016)
History
Youssef Britel's Al-Massira, is a patriotic account of 350,000 civilians' dramatic 1975 march into the Southern Moroccan territory of the Sahara desert.
Director: Youssef Britel | Stars: Zineb Triki, Mourad Zaoui, Aziz Dadas, Driss Roukhe
Votes: 35
40. The Moroccan Symphony (2006)
105 min | Drama
Hamid is a former volunteer who participated in 1982 Lebanon War and returns from there with disappointment. He becomes homeless in the city of Casablanca. He resorts to theft and addiction... See full summary »
Director: Kamal Kamal | Stars: Younes Megri, Abdellah Lamrani, Rafik Boubker, Aziz Hattab
Votes: 51
41. Mille mois (2003)
124 min | Drama
It is the holy month of Ramadan in Morocco in 1981. Amina, accompanied with her seven years old son Mehdi, come to live with her father-in-law Ahmed in a small village in Morocco, after her... See full summary »
Director: Faouzi Bensaïdi | Stars: Fouad Labied, Nezha Rahile, Mohamed Majd, Mohammed Afifi
Votes: 256
42. Waiting for Pasolini (2012)
114 min | Adventure
Thami works as an extra in foreign films shot in a small village near Ouarzazate. He became a friend of Pier Paolo Pasolini, who shot in 1966 his movie Oedipus Rex in Morocco. Forty years ... See full summary »
Director: Daoud Aoulad-Syad | Stars: Mohamed Bastaoui, Rabii El Jawhari, Mohamed Majd, Mustapha Tah-Tah
Votes: 36
43. Rough Hands (2011)
97 min | Drama
Mustapha is a forty-year-old barber in Casablanca. His clients are retired high-ranking government officials, former cabinet ministers and power brokers in Morocco. On the side, Mustapha ... See full summary »
Director: Mohamed Asli | Stars: Mohamed Bastaoui, Abdessamad Miftahakhair, Amina Rachid, Houda Rihani
Votes: 25
44. L'enfant cheikh (2012)
80 min | Drama
Director: Hamid Benani | Stars: Omar Lotfi, Sana Mouziane, Farah El Fassi, Mohamed Majd
45. De l'eau et du sang (2013)
15 min | Short, Drama
Director: Abdelilah El Jaouhary | Stars: Touria Alaoui, Mohamed Bastaoui, Naima Lemcherqui, Younes Megri
46. Sotto Voce (2013)
94 min | Drama
During the Algerian war, the road to Beni Boussaid on the Morocco-Algeria border is obstructed by the Morice line, a 430-mile long belt that is electrified and heavily mined. Moussa, a ... See full summary »
Director: Kamal Kamal | Stars: Amal Ayouch, Mohamed Bastaoui, Ahmed Benaïssa, Rafik Boubker
Votes: 25
47. L'écharpe rouge (2016)
Drama
Director: Mohammed Lyounsi | Stars: Mohamed Bastaoui, Luis Fernández de Eribe, Karim Saidi
48. Number One (2008)
85 min | Comedy
Aziz, a Moroccan macho, is changed to a "super feminist" after his wife casts a spell on him.
Director: Zakia Tahiri | Stars: Aziz Saâdallah, Nezha Rahile, Chantal Ladesou, Khadija Assas
Votes: 40
49. Karyane Bollywood (2015)
Drama
Director: Yassine Fennane | Stars: Adil Abatourab, Amal El Atrache, Driss Roukhe, Jalila Talemsi
Votes: 12
50. Le retour du fils (2012)
84 min | Drama
Fifteen years after having been kidnapped by his European mother and taken to Europe, Mehdi, now in his early twenties, determines to return to Morocco without informing her. The decision ... See full summary »
Director: Ahmed Boulane | Stars: Oulad Ahmed, Amal Ayouch, Myriam Bella, Aziz Bizzi
Votes: 27
51. La Isla (2016)
85 min | Comedy
Ibrahim, a Moroccan soldier, is sent to a deserted island off the Mediterranean coast of Morocco to monitor the movements of smugglers and illegal immigrants. One day, Ibrahim finds a ... See full summary »
Director: Ahmed Boulane | Stars: Abdellah Ferkous, Issa Ndiaye, Salah Dizane, Farid Regragui
Votes: 84
52. L'anniversaire (2014)
120 min
Director: Latif Lahlou | Stars: Sana Mouziane, Sanaa El Aji, Fatima ezzahra El Jaouhari, Omar Lotfi
53. Moi, ma mère et Bétina (2003 TV Movie)
Comedy
Young Moroccan who is working in Spain with his mother, and his mother asked him to bury her in Morocco after her death. However, upon her death, he finds himself in a dilemma, as he does not have enough money to take the body to Morocco
Director: Ahmed Boulane | Stars: Hassan El Fad, Ahmed Boulane, Amal Chabli, Salah Dizane
Votes: 11
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