Arabic Movies
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1. Asmaa (2011)
96 min | Drama
A woman who suffers from AIDS decides not to surrender to the fatal disease. She exerts huge efforts in trying to recover or by helping those who suffer the same disease by giving them glimmers of hope.
Director: Amr Salama | Stars: Hind Sabri, Maged El-Kidwani, Hany Adel, Dana Abed
Votes: 4,834
2. Cairo 678 (2010)
100 min | Drama
Unfolds the poignant story of three women and their search for justice from the daily plight of sexual harassment in Egypt.
Director: Mohamed Diab | Stars: Nilli Karim, Bushra, Maged El-Kidwani, Basem Samrah
Votes: 4,796
3. Heliopolis (2009)
96 min | Drama
8 characters skew lifelines that never really intersect in the suburb of Heliopolis in Cairo within a frame of time of 24 hours all in a very stagnant state and never achieving goals.
Director: Ahmad Abdalla | Stars: Kal Naga, Yousra El Lozy, Hanan Motawie, Hany Adel
Votes: 756
4. Theeb (2014)
Not Rated | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
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.
Director: Naji Abu Nowar | Stars: Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat, Hussein Salameh Al-Sweilhiyeen, Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh, Jack Fox
Votes: 11,520 | Gross: $0.28M
5. Wadjda (2012)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour | Stars: Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah, Abdullrahman Al Gohani, Ahd
Votes: 21,485 | Gross: $1.35M
6. Tickling Giants (2016)
TV-14 | 111 min | Documentary
While the Egyptian revolution of 2011 is underway, surgeon turned comedian Bassem Youssef airs a television show that makes him popular to his countrymen but disliked by the government.
Director: Sara Taksler | Stars: Bassem Youssef, Jon Stewart, Shadi Alfons, Injy Abou El So'oud
Votes: 1,687 | Gross: $0.04M
7. 18 Days (2011)
Not Rated | 125 min | Comedy, Drama
Ten separate stories about the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.
Directors: Ahmed Abdullah, Kamla Abouzekri, Maryam Abu-Of, Kamlah Abu-Zikri, Ahmad Alaa, Ahmad Alaa Aldeeb, Mohamed Ali, Sherif Arafa, Sherif Arafa, Sherif El Bendary, Ahmad Ala El-Dib, Sherif Elbendary, Marwan Hamed, Khaled Marei, Yousry Nasrallah, Mariam Abu Ouf, Kamla Abu Zekry, Ahmad Abdalla | Stars: Ahmed Helmy, Amr Waked, Mona Zaki, Asser Yassin
Votes: 1,537
8. The Nile Hilton Incident (2017)
Unrated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A maid witnesses a murder at an upscale hotel and a policeman is assigned to the case, but it soon becomes clear that important people don't want the case solved.
Director: Tarik Saleh | Stars: Fares Fares, Mari Malek, Yasser Ali Maher, Ahmed Selim
Votes: 9,285 | Gross: $0.08M
9. Capernaum (2018)
R | 126 min | Drama
While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.
Director: Nadine Labaki | Stars: Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Kawsar Al Haddad
Votes: 105,544 | Gross: $1.66M
10. Of Fathers and Sons (2017)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary, War
Talal Derki returns to his homeland where he gains the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years.
Director: Talal Derki | Stars: Tia Alkerdi, Yara Ibrahim, Abu Osama, Ayman Osama
Votes: 2,741 | Gross: $0.01M
11. The Insult (2017)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.
Director: Ziad Doueiri | Stars: Adel Karam, Kamel El Basha, Camille Salameh, Diamand Abou Abboud
Votes: 18,105 | Gross: $1.00M
12. Where Do We Go Now? (2011)
PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of Lebanese women try to ease religious tensions between Christians and Muslims in their village.
Director: Nadine Labaki | Stars: Claude Baz Moussawbaa, Nadine Labaki, Yvonne Maalouf, Layla Hakim
Votes: 13,509 | Gross: $0.53M
13. Caramel (2007)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A romantic comedy centered on the daily lives of five Lebanese women living in Beirut.
Director: Nadine Labaki | Stars: Nadine Labaki, Joanna Moukarzel, Gisèle Aouad, Yasmine Al Massri
Votes: 14,610 | Gross: $1.06M
14. Microphone (II) (2010)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Khaled returns from USA to his mother's funeral at his hometown: Alexandria, Egypt. He decides to make it a fresh new start even if it meant mending his first love story yet it proved a ... See full summary »
Director: Ahmad Abdalla | Stars: Kal Naga, Yousra El Lozy, Hany Adel, Ahmed Magdy
Votes: 1,810
15. The Time That Remains (2009)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama, History
An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day.
Director: Elia Suleiman | Stars: Menashe Noy, Elia Suleiman, Baher Agbariya, Zidane Awad
Votes: 2,740 | Gross: $0.02M
16. The Square (2013)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Drama, History
A group of Egyptian revolutionaries battle leaders and regimes, risking their lives to build a new society of conscience.
Director: Jehane Noujaim | Stars: Ahmed Hassan, Khalid Abdalla, Magdy Ashour, Ramy Essam
Votes: 9,405 | Gross: $0.12M
17. Sheikh Jackson (2017)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
An Islamic cleric has a crisis of faith when he hears the news that his childhood idol, Michael Jackson, has died.
Director: Amr Salama | Stars: Ahmad El-Fishawi, Maged El-Kidwani, Ahmed Malek, Amina Khalil
Votes: 3,376
18. Jews of Egypt (2013)
96 min | Documentary
A documentary that captures fragments of the lives of the Egyptian Jewish community in the first half of the twentieth century until their second grand exodus after the tripartite attack of... See full summary »
Director: Amir Ramses
Votes: 113 | Gross: $0.01M
19. Two Girls from Egypt (2010)
125 min | Drama
Two virgin women in a society where marriage is part of the female identity
Director: Mohamed Amin | Stars: Zeina, Saba Mubarak, Eyad Nassar, Ahmad Wafiq
Votes: 690
20. Messages from the Sea (2010)
133 min | Drama, Romance
A man witnesses the drastic changes in society as he goes back to the Alexandria of his youth.
Director: Daoud Abdel Sayed | Stars: Asser Yassin, Basma, Mayy Kassab, Muhammad Lutfi
Votes: 1,832
21. In the Last Days of the City (2016)
118 min | Drama
A documentary filmmaker in Cairo is having difficulty finishing his film, so his friends send him footage from the cities they live in: Baghdad, Beirut, and Berlin.
Director: Tamer El Said | Stars: Khalid Abdalla, Laila Samy, Hanan Youssef, Mariam Saleh Saad
Votes: 596
22. After the Battle (2012)
Not Rated | 124 min | Drama, History
Mahmoud was part of the armed groups coerced by the Egyptian Government which carried out attacks on protestors in Tahir Square the 2nd of February 2011. Since then, Mahmoud has lost his ... See full summary »
Director: Yousry Nasrallah | Stars: Menna Shalabi, Basem Samrah, Nahed El Sebaï, Salah Abdullah
Votes: 604
23. Rags & Tatters (2013)
87 min | Biography, Drama
In one of the most extraordinary nights in the history of Egypt, the prisons were suddenly opened, leaving thousands of prisoners wandering the desert. Among them was one man trying to find... See full summary »
Director: Ahmad Abdalla | Stars: Asser Yassin, Amr Abed, Mohamed Mamdouh, Mona Sheimy
Votes: 447
24. Curfew (2020)
93 min | Drama, Family, History
The events take place in the fall of 2013 after the curfew decision in Egypt, where Fatin is released from prison after spending 20 years for committing a horrific crime. As she's forced to... See full summary »
Director: Amir Ramses | Stars: Ilham Shaheen, Amina Khalil, Ahmed Magdy, Kamel El Basha
Votes: 400
25. Nawara (2015)
122 min | Drama
Every day Nawara goes to work along a path that takes her between the alleys of the poor neighborhood and the roads that lead to the villas within a luxury compound. Every day, on her way ... See full summary »
Director: Hala Khalil | Stars: Menna Shalabi, Ameer Salah Eldin, Ahmed Rateb, Mahmoud Hemida
Votes: 1,125
26. You Will Die at 20 (2019)
103 min | Drama
Shortly after Muzamil was born, the village's holy man predicts that he will die at age 20. Muzamil's father can't stand the curse and leaves home. Sakina raises her son as a single mother, overly protective. One day, Muzamil turns 19.
Director: Amjad Abu Alala | Stars: Mustafa Shehata, Islam Mubarak, Mahmoud Maysara Elsaraj, Bonna Khalid
Votes: 2,669
27. Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician (2011)
90 min | Documentary
Months after Hosni Mubarak stepped down, Egyptians country-wide seem determined to maintain the insurgency until their demands are met.
Directors: Ayten Amin, Tamer Ezzat, Amr Salama, Ahmad Abdalla
Votes: 231
28. Villa 69 (2013)
120 min | Comedy, Drama
A dramedy about illness, intimacy and death sparkles with the lighthearted touch of Director Ayten Amin. Hussein, played by Khaled abol Naga, is a terminally ill, yet charming architect who... See full summary »
Director: Ayten Amin | Stars: Kal Naga, Lebleba, Arwa Gudah, Omar El Ghandour
Votes: 914
29. Excuse My French (2014)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
A Christian kid suddenly is forced to go to a public school after his father dies and because of a misunderstanding everyone thinks that he's a Muslim.
Directors: Amr Salama, Rami Gheit | Stars: Ahmad Dash, Ahmed Helmy, Kinda Alloush, Hany Adel
Votes: 4,981
30. Leil Khargi (2018)
Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Three people had to live together for one night.
Director: Ahmad Abdalla | Stars: Karim Kassem, Mona Hala, Sherief El Desouky, Aly Kassem
Votes: 1,145
31. Decor (2014)
105 min | Drama
Decor is about "choices" we make in life. Can one major choice haunt us to the extent of wishing to imagine or live our alternate options of such choice? Decor is an incredible journey down that rabbit hole.
Director: Ahmad Abdalla | Stars: Kal Naga, Maged El-Kidwani, Houria Farghally, Samar Morsi
Votes: 670
32. Yomeddine (2018)
Not Rated | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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.
Director: Abu Bakr Shawky | Stars: Rady Gamal, Ahmed Abdelhafiz, Osama Abdallah, Adel Abdulsalam
Votes: 1,890 | Gross: $0.01M
33. Bel Alwan ElTabeaya (2009)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The film revolves around Joseph student at the Faculty of Fine Arts, who responded to the call of talent and love of drawing against the family's wishes, which she dreamed By joining the ... See full summary »
Director: Osama Fawzy | Stars: Karim Kassem, Ramsi Lehner, Ibrahim Salah, Farah Yusuf
Votes: 300
34. The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020)
104 min | Drama
His own body turned into a living work of art and promptly exhibited in a museum, Sam, a Syrian refugee, will soon realize to have sold away more than just his skin.
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania | Stars: Yahya Mahayni, Dea Liane, Koen De Bouw, Darina Al Joundi
Votes: 7,112
35. 200 Meters (2020)
96 min | Adventure, Drama
A Palestinian father trapped on the other side of the separation wall is trying to reach the hospital for his son.
Director: Ameen Nayfeh | Stars: Ali Suliman, Anna Unterberger, Motaz Malhees, Mahmoud Abu Eita
Votes: 2,105
36. Mosul (I) (2019)
TV-MA | 101 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A police unit from Mosul fight to liberate the Iraqi city from thousands of ISIS militants.
Director: Matthew Michael Carnahan | Stars: Waleed Elgadi, Suhail Dabbach, Adam Bessa, Is'haq Elias
Votes: 30,467
37. Omar (2013)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young Palestinian freedom fighter agrees to work as an informant after he's tricked into an admission of guilt by association in the wake of an Israeli soldier's killing.
Director: Hany Abu-Assad | Stars: Adam Bakri, Leem Lubany, Eyad Hourani, Samer Bisharat
Votes: 15,500 | Gross: $0.36M
38. Perfect Strangers (2022)
TV-14 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows the story of seven friends who stay together for dinner and decide to play a game that involves them placing their cell phones on the dinner table, and accepting to share every call, text and voice message as it comes.
Director: Wissam Smayra | Stars: Nadine Labaki, Mona Zaki, Eyad Nassar, Adel Karam
Votes: 5,372
39. Feathers (2021)
112 min | Comedy, Drama
A family is forced into a period of self-discovery after its authoritarian patriarch is accidentally turned into a chicken by a magician during a children's birthday party
Director: Omar El Zohairy | Stars: Demyana Nassar, Samy Bassiouny, Fady Mina Fawzy, Abo Sefen Nabil Wesa
Votes: 1,455
40. A Day for Women (2016)
123 min | Drama
A new swimming pool opens in a Cairo district, with the announcement that Sundays will be only for females. This causes ripples throughout the local community, while three women - Shamiya, Azza, and Lula - assess their varying lives.
Director: Kamlah Abu-Zikri | Stars: Ilham Shaheen, Nahed El Sebaï, Nilli Karim, Mahmoud Hemida
Votes: 282
41. Cactus Flower (2017)
TV-14 | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
In a hot and politically challenged Cairo actress Aida and her neighbor, the aging diva Samiha, are thrown out on the streets. Together with the street smart Yassin, they try to find a place to live, forcing them to confront with their past.
Director: Hala Elkoussy | Stars: Salma Samy, Menha Batraoui, Marwan Alazab, Arfah Abdulrasool
Votes: 152
42. Cairo Conspiracy (2022)
Unrated | 126 min | Drama, Thriller
Adam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the center of power of Sunni Islam. Adam becomes a pawn in the conflict between Egypt's religious and political elites.
Director: Tarik Saleh | Stars: Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Mohammad Bakri, Makram Khoury
Votes: 7,291
43. From Meir, to Meir (2021)
62 min | Documentary
The filmmaker goes to discover Meir the village where her great-grandparents were born, the place her grandparents left, but continued to love. When she goes, she discovers a village that people are trying to leave.
Director: Maggie Morgan
Votes: 95
44. Coming Forth by Day (2012)
96 min | Drama
Those who have fully enjoyed their bodies cannot be submissive. And those who never have? Can they survive the slavery of solitude and impotent acceptance of what they can't change or ... See full summary »
Director: Hala Lotfy | Stars: Donia Maher, Salma Al-Naggar, Ahmad Lutfi, Doaa Ereikat
Votes: 284
45. 3000 Nights (2015)
103 min | Drama
A young Palestinian schoolteacher gives birth to her son in an Israeli prison where she fights to protect him, survive and maintain hope.
Director: Mai Masri | Stars: Maisa Abd Elhadi, Nadira Omran, Rakeen Saad, Raida Adon
Votes: 1,091
46. Costa Brava, Lebanon (2021)
106 min | Drama
A couple decide to leave the toxic pollution of their home city of Beirut, hoping to build a utopian existence in a pristine home in the mountains.
Director: Mounia Akl | Stars: Yumna Marwan, Nadine Labaki, Saleh Bakri, Nadia Charbel
Votes: 1,013
47. Farha (2021)
TV-14 | 92 min | Drama
A 14-year-old girl in 1948 Palestine watches from a locked pantry as catastrophe consumes her home.
Director: Darin J. Sallam | Stars: Karam Taher, Ashraf Barhom, Ali Suliman, Tala Gammoh
Votes: 88,801
48. 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: 3,046
49. The Blue Caftan (2022)
122 min | Drama, Romance
A middle-aged tailor and his wife find their relationship challenged by the arrival of a handsome new apprentice.
Director: Maryam Touzani | Stars: Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Missioui, Mounia Lamkimel
Votes: 5,151
50. Very Big Shot (2015)
107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Intending to smuggle drugs across the borders, a small-time Lebanese drug-dealer slyly manipulates public opinion with the help of an underrated filmmaker.
Director: Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya | Stars: Alain Saadeh, Fouad Yammine, Wissam Fares, Tarek Yaacoub
Votes: 1,545
51. Whose Country? (2016)
58 min | Documentary
A young Egyptian filmmaker recounts his interaction with a group of plainclothes policemen while grappling with issues of guilt and morality.
Director: Mohamed Siam
Votes: 34
52. The Mummy (1969)
102 min | Drama
An Upper-Egyptian clan robs a cache of mummies and sells the artifacts on the illicit antiquities black market. After a conflict within the clan, one of its members goes to the police, helping the Antiquities Service find the cache.
Director: Chadi Abdel Salam | Stars: Ahmed Marei, Ahmad Hegazi, Nadia Lutfi, Mohamed Abdel Rahman
Votes: 1,858
53. The Attack (2012)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An Palestinian surgeon living in Tel Aviv discovers a dark secret about his wife in the aftermath of a suicide bombing.
Director: Ziad Doueiri | Stars: Ali Suliman, Reymonde Amsallem, Evgenia Dodina, Dvir Benedek
Votes: 4,559 | Gross: $1.71M
54. Inshallah a Boy (2023)
113 min | Drama
A widow pretends to be pregnant with a son in order to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan's patriarchal inheritance laws.
Director: Amjad Al Rasheed | Stars: Mouna Hawa, Haitham Alomari, Yumna Marwan, Salwa Nakkara
Votes: 1,070
55. 19B (2022)
90 min | Drama
in an abandoned villa in a once-refined neighborhood, an old guard has been living since the 1960s. when suddenly, this world is turned upside down by an overzealous young man forcing him to face his fears, his past.
Director: Ahmad Abdalla | Stars: Sayed Ragab, Nahed El Sebaï, Ahmad Khaled Saleh, Fadwa Abed
Votes: 211
56. Shall I Compare You to a Summer's Day? (2022)
66 min | Drama, Musical
Pop clichés are twisted with the love between two men who encounter a polyamorous chorus of lovers.
Director: Mohammad Shawky Hassan | Stars: Donia Massoud, Ahmed El Gendy, Nadim Bahsoun, Hassan Dib
Votes: 168
57. Kamla (2022)
97 min | Drama
Kamla is deeply committed to her work as a psychiatrist but society does not necessarily accept her as she's an unmarried woman in her 40s. Her aunt, Ansaf, insists on bringing around potential husbands.
Director: John Ikram Sawers | Stars: Injy El Mokkaddem, May Elghety, Firas Saayed, Salwa Othman
Votes: 33
58. Salt of This Sea (2008)
Unrated | 109 min | Drama, Romance
A romantic drama about a working-class woman and her experiences traveling back home.
Director: Annemarie Jacir | Stars: Suheir Hammad, Saleh Bakri, Riyad Ideis, Dana Drigov
Votes: 1,463 | Gross: $0.01M
59. Mediterranean Fever (2022)
108 min | Comedy, Drama
Waleed dreams of a writing career while suffering from depression. He develops a relationship with his neighbor - a small-time crook. While the scheme turns into an unexpected friendship, it leads them into a journey of dark encounters.
Director: Maha Haj | Stars: Amer Hlehel, Ashraf Farah, Anat Hadid, Samir Elias
Votes: 521
60. Four Daughters (2023)
Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary
Between light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses to fill in their absence.
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania | Stars: Olfa Hamrouni, Eya Chikhaoui, Tayssir Chikhaoui, Nour Karoui
Votes: 2,794
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