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1. Eternals (2021)
PG-13 | 156 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The saga of the Eternals, a race of immortal beings who lived on Earth and shaped its history and civilizations.
Director: Chloé Zhao | Stars: Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek
Votes: 387,814 | Gross: $164.87M
2. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
G | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Family
When a princess is shrunken by an evil wizard, Sinbad must undertake a quest to an island of monsters to cure her and prevent a war.
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer, Torin Thatcher
Votes: 14,820 | Gross: $6.98M
3. Farouk Omar (2012)
Approved | 45 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of Umar Ibn Al-Khattab, the second Caliph of Rashidun Caliphate, before and after he embraces in Islam.
Stars: Samer Ismail, Assad Khalifa, Mehmet Sah Celik, Mehyar Khaddour
Votes: 8,943
4. Shithouse (2020)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A lonely college freshman forges a strong connection with his resident assistant during a fraternity party.
Director: Cooper Raiff | Stars: Cooper Raiff, Dylan Gelula, Amy Landecker, Logan Miller
Votes: 6,659
5. The Mole People (1956)
Approved | 77 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
A party of archaeologists discovers the remnants of a mutant five-millennia-old Sumerian civilization living beneath a glacier atop a mountain in Mesopotamia.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: John Agar, Cynthia Patrick, Hugh Beaumont, Alan Napier
Votes: 4,015
6. Fate/Grand Order (2016–2021)
Animation, Horror, Thriller
The Grand Order use a time machine to stop Goetic demons from destroying humankind.
Stars: Nobunaga Shimazaki, Rie Takahashi, Ken'ichi Suzumura, Maaya Sakamoto
Votes: 103
7. The Lost Patrol (1934)
Passed | 73 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A dozen British soldiers, lost in a Mesopotamian desert during World War I, are menaced by unseen Arab enemies.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny
Votes: 3,615
8. Kismet (1955)
Approved | 113 min | Adventure, Musical, Fantasy
A roguish poet is given the run of the scheming Wazir's harem while pretending to help him usurp the young caliph.
Directors: Vincente Minnelli, Stanley Donen | Stars: Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Dolores Gray, Vic Damone
Votes: 1,686
9. Salah Al-deen Al-Ayyobi (2001– )
Biography, History
A Syrian series about the crusades and the Muslim leader Saladin and his conquest of Jerusalem.
Stars: Qays Sheikh Najib, Jamal Soliman, Suzan Najm Aldeen, Khaled Taja
Votes: 346
10. Al Hajjaj (2003)
Action, Biography, Drama
This is the biography of Al Hajjaj Bin Youssef AL Thaqafi, the distinguished character whom a lot controversy was raised around him during one of history's most turbulent eras.
Stars: Fethi Haddaoui, Eyad Nassar, Abed Fahed, Nahed Halaby
Votes: 414
11. Al Hasan and Al Husein (2011)
Approved | 40 min | Action, Crime, Drama
It revolves around the two grandsons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Hassan and Hussein, and their relationship with their companions, sedition that occurred between them and their companions after the killing of Usman ibn Affan.
Stars: Mahmoud Nasr, Mahmood Khalili, Muhannad Qatesh, Alaa Qassem
Votes: 24
12. Age of Mythology (2002 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Arkantos, the heroic admiral of Atlantis, looks for a cause of a series of menacing omens, and accidentally intervenes in the titans' dark plan of preparing an uprising against the gods.
Stars: Warren Burton, Sean Donnellan, Jean Gilpin, J.D. Hall
Votes: 2,274
13. Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (1999 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, History
The Age of Kings is set in the Middle Ages and contains thirteen playable civilizations.
Director: Paul DeNigris | Stars: Gary Moody, Spencer Prokop, Ric Spiegel, Cliff Stephens
Votes: 3,699
14. 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: 209
15. Saqr Qoraish (2002)
Drama, History, War
Following the fall of Damascus in 750, The last Umayyad prince arrived in Andalusia and established his rule there.
Stars: Jamal Soliman, Ghassan Massoud, Taim Hasan, Bassem Yakhour
Votes: 324
16. Rafadan Tayfa Göbeklitepe (2019)
89 min | Animation, Adventure
Children's movie about Gobeklitepe, the most significant archaeological discovery of the 21st century, 12K years old temple in South Eastern Anatolia.
Director: Ismail Fidan | Stars: Pablo Milla, Sirin Giobbi, Yagmur Sergen, Emine Sergen
Votes: 391
17. Gilgamesh (2011)
34 min | Short, Action, Adventure
Based on the epic, written on twelve 5000 year old clay tablets, this is the first film adaptation of Gilgamesh.
Director: Peter Ringgaard | Stars: Yassine Ahajjam, Rabie Kati, Loubna Abargh, Mohammed Zine
Votes: 11
18. Gilgamesh: First Epic
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | Announced
A time of magic in man's 1st epic poem etched 5000 years ago, haunted by the gods and rivaled by the stunning Divine Estera, young handsome King Gilgamesh adopts a wild man as his best friend, infuriating Estera, who falls madly in love.
19. How Beer Saved the World (2011 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
This show traces the important role that beer has played in human history from the probable origins of the first beer at the dawn of history to the development of a special beer for use in zero gravity space missions.
Stars: Henry Strozier, George Armelagos, Charlie Bamforth, Kyria Boundy-Mills
Votes: 502
20. Al Qadisiyya (1981)
145 min | Drama, History
The movie is about the four days battle of Qadisiyya between the Arab army under the command of Saad and the Persian army under the command of Rustam in the year 640 AD in Iraq
Director: Salah Abouseif | Stars: Suad Husni, Ezzat El Alaili, Shada Salim, Laila Taher
Votes: 107
21. Age of Empires (1997 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, History
Lead an ancient culture from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, forge a civilisation, and destroy your enemies.
Director: Bruce Shelley
Votes: 2,461
22. Alien Exorcism (2011)
Not Rated | 145 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Dr. Davide studies the alien abductions. From the abductees under hypnosis, he has understood that some alien races have been installing, for millennia, their active memories in the people's brains, to exploit a special energy: the Soul.
Director: Varo Venturi | Stars: Massimo Poggio, Laura Roman, Marina Kazankova, Ludovico Fremont
Votes: 327
23. Lost Civilizations (1995– )
40 min | Documentary
From the bloodletting of Maya kings and a pharaoh's last journey to the secret pleasures of a Roman empress.
Stars: Sam Waterston, Hans-Peter Bögel, James Wright, Richard Neave
Votes: 97
24. Love in the Ancient World (1997 TV Movie)
Biography, Romance
Since the beginning of recorded history the human race has tried, with varying degrees of success, to keep its erotic impulses in check. The film examines with experts and written evidence ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Miles | Stars: Kathleen Turner, John Julius Norwich, Fanis Adamopoulos, Theophanis Adamopoulos
Votes: 25
25. Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) (2015)
334 min | Documentary
Chronicles of everyday life in Iraq before and after the U.S. invasion.
Director: Abbas Fahdel
Votes: 625
26. Deep Time History (2016– )
Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary
The story of humans is often driven by events from the prehistoric past. How did physics, geology, biology, chemistry shape our history?
Stars: Jonathan Markley, Bernard Bullen, Michio Kaku, Kirk Ryde
Votes: 159
27. Urartu: The Forgotten Kingdom (2020)
48 min | Documentary
Urartu was an early first millennium BC kingdom located in the Armenian highlands. Thanks to its animosity with Assyria, it had militaristic society and is thought to be the first kingdom ... See full summary »
Directors: Armen Grigoryan, Vaga Vardanyan | Stars: Michael Poghosian, Sargis Ayvazyan, Vasiliy Bochkaryov, Stephane Deschamps
Votes: 109
28. Aylan Baby (2022)
Action, Crime, Drama
Alan Kurdi (Kurdish: Alan Kurdî ), initially reported as Aylan Kurdi, was a three-year-old Syrian - The bodies of Kurdi and another child were discovered by two locals at around 6:30 am. The two men moved the bodies from the water,
Director: Omer Sarikaya | Stars: Wilma Elles, Preity Üpala, Ali Sabri Belaid, Mike Mitchell
Votes: 8
29. Bible Conspiracies 2 (2019 Video)
70 min | Documentary
Sacred divine messages are hidden within the Holy Bible that we are only now beginning to decipher. The truth about Jesus and Mary and the shocking origins to the human race are explored with new insight into the Bible secret codes.
Director: Philip Gardiner | Stars: John Dickinson, Simon Oliver
30. 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
31. Gilgamesh: Immortality
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | Announced
Heart-broken at the death of his wild friend Enkidu, King Gilgamesh abandons his kingdom to search for Immortality, embarking on Man's oldest odyssey, shadowed by the dangerous Goddess Estera, who falls madly in love.
Director: J.J. Alani
32. Bronze Age (2016)
Documentary
The Bronze Age saw the rise of urban societies, vast trading empires and military might. How did this come about, and why did it end?
Star: Jamie Effros
Votes: 35
33. Noah's Ark: The Real Story (2003)
50 min | Documentary
A documentary that reexamines the biblical story of Noah in light of new archaeological evidence.
Director: Jean-Claude Bragard | Stars: George Couyas, Souad Faress, Nabil Massad, Peter Polycarpou
Votes: 13
34. Passeurs de rêves (2000)
100 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Director: Hiner Saleem | Stars: Olivier Sitruk, Ruzan Mesropyan, Romen Avinian, Edik Bagdasarian
Votes: 39
35. In den Katakomben des Pergamonmuseums - Das Jahrhundertprojekt Museumsinsel (2003 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary
Director: Carola Wedel | Stars: Sultan Abdul Hamid II, Walter Andrae, Indira Gandhi, Claus-Peter Haase
36. SPHINX: Genesis (2015)
32 min | Short, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A group of independent historians stumble upon a conspiracy about the creation of man, putting their lives and the lives of those around them in great danger.
Director: Christian Pichler | Stars: Robert E. Wilhelm, Timmy Glasgow, Jack G. Davis, Lindsay MacFarland
Votes: 10
37. Secrets of Ancient Empires: The First Cities (2001 Video)
50 min | Documentary, History
As the concept of society grew and developed, the first great cities of the ancient world came to prominence. This episode from the Secrets of Ancient Empires collection investigates the ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Gormlie
Votes: 14
38. 11½ (2009)
9 min | Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A group of young, naive and passionate filmmakers fighting with a series of unfortunate events.
Director: Giacomo R. Bartocci | Stars: Frank Impellizzeri, Angelo Squitieri, Erika Toa Russo, Lamberto Mongiorgi
Votes: 55
39. Starlet (2017)
Short
A man grants his daughter's dying wish of attending a ComiCon with her pops.
Director: Jason K. Tucker | Stars: Angela R. Von Canon, Shannon Spike Wilson, Christopher Taylor
40. 10 + ½ + 1 = Making of 11½ (2010)
6 min | Documentary, Short, Action
What's the worst nightmare of any director? To be persecuted by his own characters.
Director: Giacomo R. Bartocci | Stars: Riccardo Tamburini, Giacomo R. Bartocci, Alexander Ananasso, Corrado Ceron
Votes: 18
41. Ancient Cities Sprung from Marshes (2011)
2 min | Short, News
For more than a century, archaeologists believed that ancient Mesopotamian cities like Uruk and Ur were born along riverbanks and depended mainly on irrigated grain crops for their survival. But this is only (the second) half of the story.
Director: John Brunelli | Stars: John Brunelli, Jennifer R. Pournelle
42. Gilgamesh
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | Announced
A time of magic in man's 1st epic poem etched 5000 years ago, haunted by the gods and rivaled by the stunning Divine Estera, young, handsome King Gilgamesh adopts a wild man as his best friend, infuriating Estera, who falls madly in love.
43.
Brivido giallo (1987–1989)
Episode:
A cena con il vampiro
(1989)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A 1000-year-old vampire from Mesopotamia becomes a famous horror film director; but what he really wants is an end to his existence.
Director: Lamberto Bava | Stars: George Hilton, Patrizia Pellegrino, Riccardo Rossi, Isabel Russinova
Votes: 363
44.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Murder in Mesopotamia
(2001)
TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Poirot is on holiday in Iraq, the wife of the head scientist at an archaeological dig confides to him that she is the target of threatening letters.
Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Ron Berglas, Barbara Barnes
Votes: 2,306
45.
Sphinx - Geheimnisse der Geschichte (1994– )
Episode:
Ewigkeit aus Menschenhand - Die 7 Weltwunder
(1997)
44 min | Documentary
Director: Günther Klein | Star: Gert Heidenreich
Votes: 8
46.
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1999)
Episode:
Faith
(1998)
Not Rated | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Hercules and Iolaus travel to Sumeria to aid a king persecuted by the gods, in company with Nebula who turns out to be a wandering Sumerian princess. King Gilgamesh, half-god like Hercules,... See full summary »
Director: Michael Hurst | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Michael Hurst, Gina Torres, Ross Duncan
Votes: 381
47.
Once Upon a Time... Man (1978–1981)
Episode:
Les premiers empires
(1978)
TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
On the empires of Babylon, Assyria, Persia, and others from about BC 2000 to BC 323.
Director: Albert Barillé | Stars: Annie Balestra, Albert Barillé, Yves Barsacq, Claude Bertrand
Votes: 83
48.
Once Upon a Time... Man (1978–1981)
Episode:
Les vallées fertiles
(1978)
TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
On the rise of agriculture, as well as ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Babylon, and Israel.
Director: Albert Barillé | Stars: Annie Balestra, Albert Barillé, Yves Barsacq, Claude Bertrand
Votes: 86
49.
Engineering an Empire (2005–2007)
Episode:
The Persians
(2006)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History
The rise and fall of the Persian Empire, 580 BC to 320 BC.
Directors: Hassan Ildari, Mark Cannon | Stars: Peter Weller, Michael Carroll, Beeta Hadian, Spyros Bakas
Votes: 73
50.
Fall of Civilizations (2019– )
The Sumerians - Fall of the First Cities
(2020 Podcast Episode)
148 min | Documentary, History
Paul Cooper explores the rise and especially the fall of the ancient cities that once flourished between the Tigris and Euphrates Rives in ancient Mesopotamia .
Director: Paul Cooper | Stars: Paul Cooper, Rhy Brignell, Jake Barrett-Mills, Shem Jacobs
Votes: 26