Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "isis"

1. Kandahar (2023)

R | 119 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A CIA operative and his translator flee from special forces in Afghanistan after exposing a covert mission.

Director: Ric Roman Waugh | Stars: Tom Rhys Harries, Farhad Bagheri, Gerard Butler, Mitchell LaFortune

Votes: 34,007

2. 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: 2,817

3. The Bureau (2015–2020)

TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Thriller

A very unique and captivating series about the "bureau des légendes", the mythical powerhouse within the French Secret Service and its dare devil ghost agents.

Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Florence Loiret Caille, Jonathan Zaccaï, Sara Giraudeau

Votes: 14,236

4. Vice (I) (2018)

R | 132 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that are still felt today.

Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell

Votes: 162,546 | Gross: $47.84M

5. The Kerala Story (2023)

138 min | Drama

A converted Muslim woman Fatima Ba narrates her ordeal of how she once wanted to become a nurse but was abducted from her home and manipulated by religious vanguards, turned into an ISIS terrorist and landed in Afghanistan jail.

Directors: Sudipto Sen, Vipul Amrutlal Shah | Stars: Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Sonia Balani, Siddhi Idnani

Votes: 72,013

6. Caliphate (2020)

TV-MA | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Agent Fatima gets a tip that a terrorist act is planned in Sweden. At the same time, teenager Sulle has opened her eyes to her student assistant who opens the doors to a fascinating new world.

Stars: Gizem Erdogan, Amed Bozan, Aliette Opheim, Albin Grenholm

Votes: 22,255

7. The Girl from Oslo (2021– )

35 min | Drama, Thriller

Pia and two Israelis are kidnapped by terrorists in the Sinai desert and threatened with death if 12 prisoners are not released.

Stars: Amos Tamam, Anneke von der Lippe, Andrea Berntzen, Raida Adon

Votes: 3,828

8. The Brave (2017–2018)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

The complex world of our bravest military heroes who make personal sacrifices while executing the most challenging and dangerous missions behind enemy lines.

Stars: Anne Heche, Mike Vogel, Tate Ellington, Demetrius Grosse

Votes: 9,593

9. 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: 30,481

10. No Man's Land (2020– )

PG-13 | 45 min | Drama, Thriller, War

A family grieves the death of their daughter in a suicide bombing. Meanwhile, her brother suspects she is still alive after glimpsing her in a news report and sets off to find her in the Middle East.

Stars: Félix Moati, Mélanie Thierry, Souheila Yacoub, James Krishna Floyd

Votes: 3,563

11. Domino (I) (2019)

R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A Copenhagen police officer seeks justice for his partner's murder by a mysterious man.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Søren Malling, Paprika Steen, Helena Kaittani

Votes: 6,648

12. The Mountain II (2016)

135 min | Action, Drama, War

In a desolate war zone where screams of the innocent echo, seven Maroon Berets will dance with death on the very line between disaster and valor.

Director: Alper Caglar | Stars: Caglar Ertugrul, Ufuk Bayraktar, Ahu Türkpençe, Murat Serezli

Votes: 110,356

13. Held for Ransom (2019)

138 min | Biography, Drama, War

The story of Danish photographer Daniel Rye, who was captured by ISIS in Syria in 2013 and held hostage for 398 days.

Directors: Niels Arden Oplev, Anders W. Berthelsen | Stars: Esben Smed, Sofie Torp, Anders W. Berthelsen, Toby Kebbell

Votes: 4,715

14. The Lady of Heaven (2021)

R | 141 min | Action, Drama, History

Two stories separated by 1400 years. After losing his mother in the midst of a war-torn country, an Iraqi child, learns the importance and power of patience by discovering the historical story of Lady Fatima and her suffering.

Director: Eli King | Stars: Denise Black, Gabriel Cartade, Ray Fearon, Mark Anthony Brighton

Votes: 14,706

15. Timbuktu (2014)

PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, War

A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives -- which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith -- abruptly disturbed.

Director: Abderrahmane Sissako | Stars: Ibrahim Ahmed, Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed

Votes: 18,292 | Gross: $1.08M

16. The State (2017– )

Drama, Thriller

A look at the lives of four British citizens who join ISIS in Syria.

Stars: Ony Uhiara, Sam Otto, Jessica Gunning, Hiam Abbass

Votes: 1,603

17. Jarhead 3: The Siege (2016 Video)

R | 95 min | Action, Drama, War

A group of Marines must protect a US Embassy in the Middle East when it suddenly comes under attack from enemy forces.

Director: William Kaufman | Stars: Scott Adkins, Charlie Weber, Dante Basco, Romeo Miller

Votes: 4,166

18. Escape from Kabul (2022)

73 min | Documentary, History

Features never-before-seen archival footage of the historic confrontation at Kabul airport, from the U.S. withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan through the subsequent evacuation of Afghan citizens after the Taliban seized the city.

Director: Jamie Roberts | Stars: Oari Salahuddin Ayubi, Sofia Flesch Baldin, Joe Biden, William Callen

Votes: 1,120

19. Girls of the Sun (2018)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, War

A Kurdish female battalion prepares to take back their town from extremists.

Director: Eva Husson | Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Emmanuelle Bercot, Zübeyde Bulut, Sinama Alievi

Votes: 2,825 | Gross: $0.02M

20. Once Upon a Time in Iraq (2020)

60 min | Documentary, History, War

With unique personal archive from civilians and soldiers from both sides of the conflict, this series takes viewers closer to the realities of war and life under ISIS than they have ever been before.

Star: Andy Serkis

Votes: 1,333

21. Mosul (II) (2019)

Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, War

The gritty, thrilling story of local militias and uneasy allies who banded together to liberate Iraq's second-largest city of 1.3 million people from ISIS in 2017.

Director: Daniel Gabriel | Stars: Bashar Atiyat, Ali Mula, Anouar H. Smaine, Mahdi Chalkhaoui

Votes: 7,423

22. Down River (2018)

70 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires while finding a way back to their battalion.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Alexander Raye Pimentel, Zachary Greene, Cody Poirot, Nicholas Winand

Votes: 589

23. Sisters in Arms (2019)

112 min | Action, Drama, War

Sisters in Arms is a film of war on women's war.

Director: Caroline Fourest | Stars: Dilan Gwyn, Amira Casar, Camélia Jordana, Maya Sansa

Votes: 1,498

24. City of Ghosts (2017)

R | 92 min | Documentary, War

A documentary that follows the efforts of "Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently," a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014. ... See full summary »

Director: Matthew Heineman | Stars: Abdelaziz Alhamza, Mohamad Almusari, Hamoud Almousa, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi

Votes: 4,128 | Gross: $0.13M

25. Take Off (2017)

Not Rated | 139 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

In 2014, a group of Malayali nurses was captured when terrorists took over the city of Tikrit in Iraq. This movie recounts the ordeal suffered by the nurses following their capture.

Director: Mahesh Narayanan | Stars: Parvathy Thiruvothu, Fahadh Faasil, Kunchacko Boban, Prakash Belawadi

Votes: 7,310

26. 49 (2023)

122 min | Action, Drama

It tells the story of MIT members who struggled to rescue 49 personnel taken prisoner in the Turkish Consulate after ISIS invaded Mosul on June 11, 2014.

Director: Hakan Inan | Stars: Ismail Hacioglu, Hande Dogandemir, Kerem Alisik, Dogukan Polat

Votes: 785

27. Black Crows (2017)

Drama, Thriller, War

A look at the lives of various members of an ISIS terrorist cell.

Stars: Mohammed Al-Ahmad, Yagoub Alfarhan, Shoaib Ahmed, Mahmoud Boushahri

Votes: 363

28. Scent of My Daughter (2019)

103 min | Drama

In this heartfelt, emotionally moving film, three strangers lives are shattered by tragic events as they find themselves crossing paths on an amazing journey searching for strength and hope.

Director: Olgun Özdemir | Stars: Clémence Verniau, Caglar Ertugrul, Yilsen Ozdemir, Serif Sezer

Votes: 301

29. Bitter Lake (2015)

136 min | Documentary

An experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.S. and the role this has played in the war in Afghanistan.

Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: George Bush, George W. Bush, Joanne Herring, Hamid Karzai

Votes: 3,529

30. The Fall (2023– )

Drama, Romance, War

The story is about a young newlywed couple Aysan and Lhakan who are dealing with the challenges of married life. After a while, Zhakan receives an offer and persuades Aysan to leave the ... See full summary »

Stars: Elnaz Malek, Sajad Babaei, Hamid Farrokhnezhad, Abbas Jamshidifar

Votes: 537

31. Damascus Under Fire (2018)

113 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Two Iranian pilots are in a special mission to save the people of a small Syrian city who are surrounded by the terrorists. But they have to face many challenges before manage to accomplish their mission.

Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Babak Hamidian, Hadi Hejazifar, Pierre Dagher, Layth Al-Mufti

Votes: 2,753

32. Shelter (VI) (2017)

93 min | Drama, Thriller

A Lebanese informer and an Israeli Mossad agent are trapped together in a safehouse where nothing is safe and no one can be trusted.

Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Neta Riskin, Golshifteh Farahani, Yehuda Almagor, Doraid Liddawi

Votes: 525

33. Le silence de Sibel (2021)

98 min | Drama

Iraq, 2014. ISIS invades Sinjar, home to the Yazidis. Sibel, a 13-year-old girl, witnesses the slaughter of her entire family. She is then kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery.

Director: Aly Yeganeh | Stars: Laëtitia Eïdo, Mélissa Boros, Rusen Houssin, Patrick Azam

Votes: 5

34. Milk and Honey: The Movie (2018)

102 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When the biggest player in British cyber-crime faces destruction by some deadly serious Islamic extremists, he knows it's time to settle old scores and play the biggest scam of his life - before bailing out fast.

Director: Matt Gambell | Stars: Mark Wingett, Claire King, Rachel Bright, Nicholas Brendon

Votes: 132

35. Hostage Takers (2023)

86 min | Documentary

A film about the IS members known as The Beatles who were the brutal prison guards of many western hostages including American war correspondent James Foley.

Directors: Puk Damsgaard Andersen, Søren Klovborg | Stars: Puk Damsgaard Andersen, Søren Klovborg, Sean Langan

Votes: 79

36. Sinjar (2022)

127 min | Drama

The real-life stories of three women living under Isis and their horrific consequences.

Director: Anna M. Bofarull | Stars: Nora Navas, Halima Ilter, Eman Eido, Guim Puig

Votes: 89

37. Gulistan, Land of Roses (2016)

86 min | Documentary

They belong to the armed wing of the PKK, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, which is also an active guerrilla movement. The mission of these female fighters? Defend Kurdish territory in Iraq ... See full summary »

Director: Zayne Akyol

Votes: 644

38. Ra: Path of the Sun God (1990)

72 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

The first part of the film is given over to the Egyptian Genesis. The Egyptians had many gods and goddesses and creation myths. Ra brings these myths together in a single version and ... See full summary »

Directors: Lesley Keen, Ishu Patel | Stars: Tamara Kennedy, Michael MacKenzie

Votes: 138

39. Life After Daesh (2017)

22 min | Documentary

In this groundbreaking TV series, ISIS defectors from Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Morocco reveal why they joined, what they did, and why they decided to risk their lives to escape from the world's most dangerous terrorist organization.

Stars: Ali Mula, Nissrine Hatoum, Mohammed Reda Curdi, Ahmed

Votes: 1,506

40. Cries from Syria (2017)

TV-MA | 111 min | Documentary, Drama, War

CRIES FROM SYRIA is a searing, comprehensive account of a brutal five-year conflict from the inside out, drawing on hundreds of hours of war footage from Syrian activists and citizen ... See full summary »

Director: Evgeny Afineevsky | Stars: Hadi Al Abdullah, Raed Al Saleh, Riad Al-Asaad, Bashar al-Assad

Votes: 1,111

41. Douze Points (2019)

40 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

A comedy-thriller created by mixing ISIS operatives, tough Mossad agents and a unique relationship between two young Muslim guys in the most rainbow-colored, song contest imaginable.

Stars: Adel Djemai, Zacharie Fakiel, Itzik Cohen, Mali Levi

Votes: 74

42. To Be a Soldier (2018)

Not Rated | Action, Adventure, Drama

A British insurance agent enlists the help of an ex-Army ranger to rescue his sister, who has become entangled with ISIS.

Director: Adam Dufour | Stars: Jacob Dufour, T.L. Bridger, Wayne E. Brown, Julie Streble

Votes: 49

43. Childhood Beyond War (2021)

5 min | Documentary, Short

The story of an Iraqi child whose family abandoned Mosul after the Islamic State took control of it in 2014, and war broke out in their area. The family lived in a displaced person camp. ... See full summary »

Director: Kahi Titab

44. Where is Gilgamesh? (2024)

90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A priceless tablet of Gilgamesh, the oldest and most important work of literature is stolen from a Museum. A security guard vows to do whatever it takes to get it back from a group of smugglers. Along the way, he face his own inner demons.

Director: Karzan Kardozi | Stars: Barzan Yunis, Goran Dlshad, Ragash Kizhan, Yasin Omar

Votes: 7

45. Craig Cairns: Kingdom of Sher (2021 Video)

6 min | Short, Fantasy

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Director: Firas Sameer | Stars: Nagham, Abderrahmen Rouine

46. Unveiled (2018 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 95 min | Crime, Drama, History

Geneva 2018. On a train, Isabelle spots a young woman entirely clad in Islamic attire. Her heart skips a beat: it's Anaïs, her granddaughter. Without saying a word to Anaïs, Isabelle calls Léa, Anaïs' mother, who lives in Montréal.

Director: Jacob Berger | Stars: Lola Créton, Nastassja Tanner, Marthe Keller, Cléa Eden

Votes: 141

47. Heval (2021)

106 min | Documentary

Explore interviews with Michael, his supporters and his detractors with the actor's own helmet-cam video of deadly battles with and interrogations of ISIS fighters.

Director: Adam R. Wood | Stars: Michael Enright, Manuel Roig-Franzia, Macer Gifford, Jason Fritz

Votes: 212

48. Divine Fate (1993)

11 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy

An environmental morality tale. A divine gate gives one all that one desires, on the condition that one takes only what one needs and one gives something good in return.

Director: Ishu Patel | Stars: Linda Morrison, Jason Lang, Aron Tager, Susan Glover

Votes: 63

49. The Dance of Orion (2018)

33 min | Short

Ancient Egypt. King Osiris is back at the Palace after a long journey across the country to educate his people. His brother, Seth, holds a royal banquet in his honor, in the presence of Queen Isis, Princess Nephtys and Thoth the Priest.

Director: Lo Pham | Stars: Henrietta Moore, Dominic Le Moignan, Soheila Clifford, Nicolas Le Moignan

50. New Monuments Men (2019)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, History

ISIS is waging a merciless war against Culture in portions of Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Egypt with the goal of creating a new world order by destroying centuries-old libraries and archaeological sites, places that conserve our heritage.

Director: Jean-Luc Raynaud | Stars: Maamoun Abdulkarim, Mustafa Ahmad, Cheikhmous Ali, Christiane Amanpour