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

1. The Hurt Locker (2008)

R | 131 min | Drama, Thriller, War

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce

Votes: 474,098 | Gross: $17.02M

2. Midnight Express (1978)

R | 121 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli

Votes: 88,293 | Gross: $35.00M

3. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)

PG-13 | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than advertised, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways.

Director: John Madden | Stars: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson

Votes: 99,550 | Gross: $46.41M

4. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

PG | 120 min | Drama, Thriller

An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda de Banzie, Bernard Miles

Votes: 69,653 | Gross: $10.25M

5. The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)

G | 99 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A lonely princess and a poor cobbler fall in love while trying to retrieve three magical orbs that were stolen by a bumbling thief, all while outwitting a powerful sorcerer as adventure and comedic pop culture references abound.

Director: Richard Williams | Stars: Vincent Price, Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Beals, Bobbi Page

Votes: 4,627 | Gross: $0.67M

6. Khartoum (1966)

Approved | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi (Sir Laurence Olivier).

Directors: Basil Dearden, Eliot Elisofon | Stars: Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson

Votes: 8,277 | Gross: $6.54M

7. Religulous (2008)

R | 101 min | Documentary, Comedy, War

Bill Maher's take on the current state of world religion.

Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Bill Maher, Tal Bachman, Jonathan Boulden, Steven Burg

Votes: 60,254 | Gross: $13.00M

8. Cairo Time (2009)

PG | 90 min | Drama, Romance

A romantic drama about a brief, unexpected love affair that catches two people completely off-guard.

Director: Ruba Nadda | Stars: Patricia Clarkson, Alexander Siddig, Elena Anaya, Amina Annabi

Votes: 6,833 | Gross: $1.60M

9. The Lighthorsemen (1987)

PG | 131 min | Drama, History, War

In 1917 when the British forces are bogged down in front of the Turkish and German lines in Palestine they rely on the Australian light horse regiment to break the deadlock.

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Peter Phelps, Nick Waters, John Larking, Jack Heywood

Votes: 2,027

10. Venus in Furs (1969)

R | 86 min | Horror, Thriller

A jazz trumpeter becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman whose corpse he discovers on a beach, after which she seemingly returns to life to take revenge on those responsible for her death.

Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: James Darren, Barbara McNair, Maria Rohm, Klaus Kinski

Votes: 2,220

11. Kedi (2016)

Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary

A profile of an ancient city and its unique people, seen through the eyes of the most mysterious and beloved animal humans have ever known, the Cat.

Director: Ceyda Torun | Stars: Yaman Barlas, Sari, Arzu Göl, Kemal Suncu

Votes: 15,890 | Gross: $2.83M

12. America America (1963)

Approved | 174 min | Adventure, Drama

A young Greek stops at nothing to secure a passage to America.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, Elena Karam, Harry Davis

Votes: 5,996

13. The Tiger and the Snow (2005)

110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A love-struck Italian poet is stuck in Iraq at the onset of an American invasion.

Director: Roberto Benigni | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Jean Reno, Nicoletta Braschi, Tom Waits

Votes: 14,440 | Gross: $0.01M

14. The Bubble (2006)

Unrated | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

"The Bubble" is the story of a group of young people who live in Tel Aviv, Israel. The movie follows the group's difficulties of living in Israel's reality. Their routine breaks when a young Palestinian man enters their lives.

Director: Eytan Fox | Stars: Ohad Knoller, Yousef 'Joe' Sweid, Daniella Wircer, Alon Friedman

Votes: 5,675 | Gross: $0.16M

15. Lessons of Darkness (1992 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary, War

This film surveys the disaster of the Kuwaiti oil fields in flames, with little narration and scarcely any interviews. Hell on Earth is presented in such transcendent visions and music that one can only be fascinated by it.

Director: Werner Herzog | Star: Werner Herzog

Votes: 6,758

16. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)

Not Rated | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

A handsome prince rides a flying horse to faraway lands and embarks on magical adventures, which include befriending a witch, meeting Aladdin, battling demons and falling in love with a princess.

Directors: Lotte Reiniger, Carl Koch

Votes: 6,902

17. Cameraperson (2016)

Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Exposing her role behind the camera, Kirsten Johnson reaches into the vast trove of footage she has shot over decades around the world. What emerges is a visually bold memoir and a revelatory interrogation of the power of the camera.

Director: Kirsten Johnson | Stars: Kirsten Johnson, Aisha Bukar, Eric W. Davis, Jacques Derrida

Votes: 3,255 | Gross: $0.10M

18. Bes Vakit (2006)

Not Rated | 111 min | Drama

The pain of growing up, as seen by three Turkish youths: Ömer, the son of the local imam, who wishes the death of his father; his best friend, Yakup, who's enamored with the village ... See full summary »

Director: Reha Erdem | Stars: Ozen Ozkan, Ali Bey Kayali, Elit Iscan, Bülent Emin Yarar

Votes: 4,403 | Gross: $0.01M

19. Um Filme Falado (2003)

Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, History

Lisbon, Marseilles, Naples, Athens, Istanbul, Cairo, Aden and Bombay. Along with a university teacher and her little daughter, we embark on a long journey, experiencing different cultures and civilizations.

Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Leonor Silveira, Filipa de Almeida, John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve

Votes: 2,092 | Gross: $0.01M

20. The Pleasure of Love in Iran (1976)

Not Rated | 6 min | Documentary, Short, Romance

A couple find their erotic love mirrored perfectly in the architecture and mosaics of Iran.

Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Valérie Mairesse, Ali Rafie, Thérèse Liotard

Votes: 1,180

21. Porky in Egypt (1938)

Not Rated | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Porky is a tourist. He's missed the main camel, so he rents one of his own. Both of them are soon overcome by the hot desert sun; the camel starts hallucinating, and marches off, playing ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Treg Brown, Robert Clampett, Shirley Reed

Votes: 472

22. Uncle Saddam (2000)

Unrated | 63 min | Documentary, Comedy, History

A "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"--style mockumentary, filmed partly in Iraq under the guise of an actual documentary, that is a send up of Saddam Hussein

Director: Joel Soler | Stars: Qusay Hussein, Saddam Hussein, Uday Hussein, Wallace Langham

Votes: 253

23. 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

24. Bir Millet Uyaniyor (1966)

101 min | Drama, War

A group of patriotic Anatolian people lead to awakening of people that in the middle of the first world war.

Director: Ertem Egilmez | Stars: Kartal Tibet, Erol Tas, Hayati Hamzaoglu, Münir Özkul

Votes: 272

25. Öldür Beni (2009)

95 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Ozan and Atilla are two colleagues who travel from village to village making a TV program about local life and foods. They come a mysterious village in Dikili. Ozan drinks Aunt Emine's ... See full summary »

Director: Korhan Ugur | Stars: Burak Sarimola, Nihan Asli Elmas, Erol Alpsoykan, Aysen Sümercan

Votes: 307

26. The Fistic Mystic (1946)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Popeye and Olive enter the city of Badgag and spot Bluto doing magic tricks. He hypnotizes Olive like a snake charmer. Bluto introduces himself as the Great Bourgeois and gives Olive a ... See full summary »

Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Graham Place | Stars: Jackson Beck, Mae Questel, Harry Welch

Votes: 128

27. Aya Seyahat (2009)

Not Rated | 80 min | History

1957. A remote village in Erzincan province, Eastern Turkey. The quest of four villagers to travel to the moon is documented with the use of found black-and-white photos and the aid of a ... See full summary »

Director: Kutlug Ataman | Stars: Metin Alagas, Gozde Aran, Ahmet Aslan, Rüstem Aslan

Votes: 105

28. Pèlerins de la Mecque (1947)

25 min | Documentary, Short

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Stars: King Faroukh, King Ibn Saud, Omar Sharif

29. High Spots of the Far East (1933)

11 min | Documentary, Short

Highlights include China's Pearl River, Temple of 500 Buddhas and Siam's palaces.

Director: E.M. Newman

Votes: 31

30. Quest of the Perfect Woman: The Vampire of Marrakesh (1933)

9 min | Short

Tom Terriss (billed as 'The Vagabond Adventurer') is on the search for the perfect woman. This global quest has found him and his friend in Marrakesh, Morocco. Just before taking their ... See full summary »

Star: Tom Terriss

31. La terre tremble dans le Chéliff (1954)

25 min | Documentary, Short

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Director: Philippe Este | Stars: Roger Léonard, François Mitterrand

32. Exploring Ancient Turkey (1998)

30 min | Short

Turkey is a country of contrasts, which once witnessed the ebb and flow of great cultures and civilizations.

Director: Fred Heiman | Star: Peggy Heiman

33. Once Upon a Time in Iraq (2020)
Episode: Insurgency (2020)

59 min | Documentary, History, War

The Iraqi insurgency is examined through Lt Colonel Sassaman's descent into the darkest regions of his psyche. Alaa Adel was 12 years old when she suffered life-changing injuries from a roadside bomb.

Director: James Bluemel | Star: Andy Serkis

Votes: 76

34. The Life of Muhammad (2011– )
Episode: Holy Wars (2011)

TV-PG | 62 min | Documentary, History

From PBS - part two of three: Omaar shines a light on key events in Muhammad's life.

Stars: Geoffrey Aldermann, Tariq Ali, Karen Armstrong, Amina Bennison

Votes: 35

35. Otros pueblos (1983– )
Episode: Tuaregs (1986)

Documentary

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Director: Luis Pancorbo | Star: Luis Pancorbo

36. Otros pueblos (1983– )
Episode: Señores del Atlas (1989)

Documentary

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Director: Luis Pancorbo | Star: Luis Pancorbo

37. The Dark Ages: An Age of Light (2012– )
Episode: The Wonder of Islam (2012)

59 min | Documentary, History

To the south and east of Christendom, the new religion of Islam spread from its Arabian birthplace throughout the Middle East, across North Africa, and into Spain. As it did so, Islam ... See full summary »

Star: Waldemar Januszczak

Votes: 29