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

51. Young Ahmed (2019)

85 min | Drama

A Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran.

Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Idir Ben Addi, Olivier Bonnaud, Myriem Akheddiou, Victoria Bluck

Votes: 4,719

52. 1982 (I) (2019)

100 min | Drama, History, Romance

During the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, an 11-year-old boy tries to tell a classmate about his crush on her while their teachers try to hide their fear of the conflict.

Director: Oualid Mouaness | Stars: Nadine Labaki, Mohamad Dalli, Rodrigue Sleiman, Aliya Khalidi

Votes: 1,181

53. 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: 2,687

54. Devil's Promise (2022– )

TV-MA | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller

When a happily married Egyptian man and an American widow are both cheated by the devil, with devastating consequences, they join forces and set out to beat Iblis at his own game.

Stars: Paula Patton, Amr Youssef, Ahmed Magdy, Fathi Abdulwahhab

Votes: 305

55. Ali's Wedding (2017)

TV-MA | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After telling a white lie which spirals out of control, a neurotic, naive, musically gifted Muslim cleric's eldest son must follow through with an arranged marriage, even though he's madly in love with an Australian born-Lebanese girl.

Director: Jeffrey Walker | Stars: Osamah Sami, Don Hany, Helana Sawires, Robert Rabiah

Votes: 5,481

56. Clash (2016)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Thriller, War

Set entirely in an 8m police truck, a number of detainees from different political and social backgrounds are brought together by fate, during the turmoil that followed the ousting of former president Morsi from power.

Director: Mohamed Diab | Stars: Nilli Karim, Hany Adel, Muhammad El-Sebai, Muhammad El-Suwisi

Votes: 6,203 | Gross: $0.02M

57. Manhunt: The Inside Story of the Hunt for Bin Laden (2013)

TV-14 | 102 min | Documentary, History, War

Filled with testimony and recollections from actual C.I.A. agents, this in-depth account reveals the remarkable true story of the pursuit of the world's most notorious terrorist, Osama bin Laden.

Director: Greg Barker | Stars: Osama bin Laden, Nada Bakos, Marty Martin, Cindy Storer

Votes: 1,174

58. Arab Blues (2019)

88 min | Comedy, Drama

After years abroad in Paris, Selma returns to Tunis with the dream of opening up her own psychotherapy practice.

Director: Manele Labidi | Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Majd Mastoura, Aïsha Ben Miled, Feryel Chammari

Votes: 3,944

59. Land of Plenty (2004)

Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, War

A drama that investigates anxiety and disillusionment in America.

Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Wendell Pierce, Shaun Toub

Votes: 4,121

60. The Other (1999)

105 min | Drama, Romance

Egyptian director Youssef Chahine exposes the links between power and fanaticism and denounces intolerance in this bitter portrait of the Egyptian business world, where unconditional drive ... See full summary »

Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Hanan Turk, Hani Salama, Nabila Ebeid, Mahmoud Hemida

Votes: 1,085

61. Born from the Flank: Wilada Min Alkhasira (2011–2013)

Action, Crime, Drama

The life is different workers from many communities level with their own problem, like they are born from the Flank. It describes the life of Syrian citizen, and the pain in their own life.

Stars: Kosai Khauli, Mona Wassef, Abed Fahed, Kinda Hanna

Votes: 648

62. Stanley and Livingstone (1939)

Approved | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, History

Tasked by his editor, American reporter Henry M. Stanley travels to a dangerous and uncharted region of East Africa to find the missing Scottish pioneer missionary Dr. David Livingstone.

Directors: Henry King, Otto Brower | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Nancy Kelly, Richard Greene, Walter Brennan

Votes: 1,543

63. Exils (2004)

Unrated | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Music

Two French lovers, Zano and Naima, decided to travel to the land of their parents: Algeria. Their road trip gradually becomes a spiritual quest.

Director: Tony Gatlif | Stars: Romain Duris, Lubna Azabal, Zouhir Gacem, Lila Makhlouf

Votes: 3,193

64. Escaping Tel Aviv (2009)

119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

An Egyptian woman discovers that her husband is in fact a Jewish Mossad agent working for Israel. He takes her and their two children to Israel by force and tries to convince her to live ... See full summary »

Director: Sherif Arafa | Stars: Sherif Mounir, Karim Abdel Aziz, Mona Zaki, Kinda Alloush

Votes: 6,219

65. 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

66. Bitter Victory (1957)

Approved | 82 min | Drama, War

A commander receives a citation for an attack on Erwin Rommel's headquarters, which is actually undeserved, as the commander is unfit for his job. On top of that, unbeknownst to him, his wife is having an affair with one of his officers.

Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Ruth Roman, Raymond Pellegrin

Votes: 2,300

67. About Cinema (2019– )

25 min | Documentary

About Cinema celebrates the art of filmmaking and the craftsmen on both sides of the camera.

Stars: Rita Khan, Abood, Hasan Saqer, Azzam Alawad

Votes: 50

68. Les Cowboys (2015)

R | 104 min | Drama

When his daughter goes missing from their prairie town east of France, Alain and his young son, Kid, head out to find her. The journey takes the men to some far-off and unsettling places in what begins to feel like an endless quest.

Director: Thomas Bidegain | Stars: François Damiens, Finnegan Oldfield, Agathe Dronne, Ellora Torchia

Votes: 2,235 | Gross: $0.07M

69. Talking About Trees (2019)

93 min | Documentary

Four older Sudanese filmmakers with passion for film battle to bring cinema-going back to Sudan, not without resistance. Their 'Sudanese Film Club' have decided to revive an old cinema, and again draw attention to Sudanese film history.

Director: Suhaib Gasmelbari | Stars: Manar Al Hilo, Suliman Elnour, Altayeb Mahdi, Ibrahim Shaddad

Votes: 858

70. A Son (2019)

95 min | Drama

11 year old Aziz needs a liver transplant after being seriously injured during a terrorist ambush while on holiday in 2011. At the hospital a family secret will be revealed.

Director: Mehdi Barsaoui | Stars: Sami Bouajila, Najla Ben Abdallah, Youssef Khemiri, Noomen Hamda

Votes: 1,285

71. The Great Journey (2004)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance

Reda, a young French-Moroccan guy and his old father drive from the south of France to Mecca in order for the father to do his pilgrimage. At first distant, they gradually learn to know each other.

Director: Ismaël Ferroukhi | Stars: Nicolas Cazalé, Mohamed Majd, Jacky Nercessian, Ghina Ognianova

Votes: 2,573

72. The Dove's Lost Necklace (1991)

Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

This second feature in Nacer Khemir's "Desert Trilogy". The story revolves around Hassan, who is studying Arabic calligraphy from a grand master. Coming across a fragment of manuscript, ... See full summary »

Director: Nacer Khemir | Stars: Navin Chowdhry, Walid Arakji, Ninar Esber, Sonia Hochlaff

Votes: 543

73. Epic Seven (2018 Video Game)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

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Director: HyungSeok Kim | Stars: Lizz Adams, Daniel Amerman, Mayumi Asano, David Attar

Votes: 35

74. In Jackson Heights (2015)

TV-MA | 190 min | Documentary

Jackson Heights, Queens is one of the most culturally diverse communities in the US where 167 languages are spoken. IN JACKSON HEIGHTS explores the conflict between maintaining ties to old traditions and adapting to American values.

Director: Frederick Wiseman | Star: Laura Obiols

Votes: 732 | Gross: $0.05M

75. The Code (2002)

R | 116 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Either you make decisions or life makes them for you. For an ex-con struggling to go straight, the temptation of money, women and power prove too much, especially when his best friend promises him an easy heist.

Director: Manuel Boursinhac | Stars: Samuel Le Bihan, Samy Naceri, Clotilde Courau, Marie Guillard

Votes: 1,103 | Gross: $0.01M

76. Koran by Heart (2011)

TV-G | 90 min | Documentary, News

A global contest reading of the Quran by young Muslim children that takes place in Cairo, Egypt annually during Ramadan. A coming of age story about Muslim kids in modern times.

Director: Greg Barker

Votes: 382

77. Gift of the Hoopoe (2009)

G | 23 min | Animation, Short

Propelled through a magical fantasy world of imagination, two children learn how little changes in their lives can lead to great things in their future. A collection of fables teaches the ... See full summary »

Directors: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman | Stars: Sadiq Al-Dubais, Aber Al-Jendi, Abdulnasser AlZayer, McKyley Bork

Votes: 61

78. The Blind Owl (1987)

105 min | Drama, Fantasy

A surrealistic and fantastic view of the world through the eyes of a film projectionist and a movie he projects which takes him to mysterious and dreamy places and situations while the ... See full summary »

Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Jean-François Lapalus, Jessica Forde, Jean-Bernard Guillard, Jean-Marie Boëglin

Votes: 147

79. The Eyes of the Mummy (1918)

Approved | 63 min | Drama, Horror

A girl is kidnapped and held captive in an ancient Egyptian temple. She is rescued and flees to England, but soon finds that her mysterious captor is still haunting her.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Pola Negri, Harry Liedtke, Emil Jannings, Max Laurence

Votes: 737

80. Frontiers of Dreams and Fears (2001)

56 min | Documentary, History

Offering a rare glimpse into one side of the Middle East conflict, Frontiers of Dreams and Fears explores the lives of a group of Palestinian children growing up in refugee camps. The film ... See full summary »

Director: Mai Masri | Stars: Manar Faraj, Mona Zaaroura

Votes: 102

81. Bab El Oued City (1994)

93 min | Comedy, Drama

Follows the conflict between a young Algerian man and the local Islamic fundamentalists.

Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Nadia Kaci, Mohamed Ourdache, Hassan Abidou, Mabrouk Ait Amara

Votes: 222

82. Hilary Duff: Stranger (2007 Music Video)

4 min | Drama, Music

Alienated, strangers in a torn relationship. In a haze of revenge fantasy, jilted newlywed Hilary sees herself as a harem belly-dancer winning back the affections of her philandering ... See full summary »

Director: Fatima Robinson | Stars: Hilary Duff, Katie Chonacas, Nick Hounslow

Votes: 84

83. 143 Sahara Street (2019)

90 min | Documentary

In the middle of the Algerian Sahara, in her relay, a woman writes her History, she welcomes, for a cigarette, a coffee or eggs, truckers, wandering beings and dreams, Her name is Malika.

Director: Hassen Ferhani | Stars: Malika, Samir El Hakim, Chawki Amari, Ali Damiche

Votes: 220

84. Day One (I) (2015)

PG-13 | 25 min | Short, Drama, Thriller

On her first day in Afghanistan, an interpreter for the US Army is forced to deliver the child of an enemy bomb-maker.

Director: Henry Hughes | Stars: Layla Alizada, Navid Negahban, Lexi Pearl, Bill Zasadil

Votes: 826

85. Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925)

Passed | 71 min | Documentary

The struggles of a hardscrabble Iranian nomadic tribe as they journey through bleak country to reach the grasslands that will save their livestock.

Directors: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Marguerite Harrison, Haidar Khan

Votes: 1,199

86. Asrar el-banaat (2001)

91 min | Drama

Graphic portrayal of society's struggle to balance tradition and modernity in modern-day Egypt. "A Girl's Secret" tells the story of sixteen-year-old Yasmeen, whose out-of-wedlock pregnancy... See full summary »

Director: Magdi Ahmed Ali | Stars: Dalal Abdulaziz, Ezzat Abu Ouf, Maya Shiha, Sawsan Badr

Votes: 282

87. Saf (2018)

102 min | Drama

The Fikirtepe district of Istanbul. Urban transformation is sweeping away the poor communities and Syrian refugees take shelter in deserted buildings. Kamil and his wife Remziye risk losing... See full summary »

Director: Ali Vatansever | Stars: Erol Afsin, Saadet Aksoy, Onur Buldu, Nazli Cetinel

Votes: 525

88. Baron 3D

Fantasy, Horror | Filming

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Director: Taha El Hakem | Stars: Mostafa Abo Seria, Salma Hassan, Husni Sheta, Eyad Gamal

89. The United (2012)

96 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A legendary Egyptian football coach is brought back from retirement by his former star player to train a team of pan-Arab misfits in Jordan to compete against France in order to secure funding for their football academy.

Director: Amin Matalqa | Stars: Farouk Al-Fishawy, Waleed Zuaiter, Bosaina, Ben Serran

Votes: 139

90. Lotfi (2015)

170 min | Action, Biography, Drama

The film relates the career of Colonel Lotfi, whose real name is Benali Boudghene, since his beginnings as an activist in Tlemcen where, with his classmates from high school, he posted the ... See full summary »

Director: Ahmed Rachedi | Stars: Youcef Sehairi, Ahmed Rezzak, Hassan Kechache, Boulem Zeblah

Votes: 17

91. Adam (2021 TV Movie)

58 min | Drama

Adam is a young trans man from Egypt seeking asylum in the UK. He looks back at his life in Egypt, where he was misunderstood and forced to live as a woman.

Directors: Cora Bissett, Louise Lockwood | Stars: Adam Kashmiry, Yasmin Al-Khudhairi, Stephen McCole, Myriam Acharki

92. Certified Mail (2019)

95 min | Drama

Since her husband went to jail, Hala has to face her suicidal thoughts alone. Her strength has to come from within as society does not help nor forgive a depressed woman, specially if she is a mother.

Director: Hisham Saqr | Stars: Basma, Passant Shawky, Sayyed El-Abasiri, Ibrahim El-Batout

Votes: 127

93. Sisters of the Rotation (2022)

15 min | Short, Comedy

At Sisters of the Rotation's convent, the Earth doesn't spin by itself.

Directors: Gaby Zarazir, Michel Zarazir | Stars: Zeina Sfeir, Betty Taoutel, Elias Absi

Votes: 11

94. Hijrat (2018)

121 min | Drama, Thriller

An Indian refugee searches for his daughter following vertical division of country and finds her in a tragic state

Director: Gurmeet Brar | Stars: Mahabir Bhullar, Manni Boparai, Sohaj Brar, Kabal Gill

Votes: 7

95. Algerie from Above (2015 TV Movie)

88 min | Documentary

Flying around Algeria, the north African country.

Directors: Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Yazid Tizi | Stars: Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Jalil Lespert

Votes: 159

96. Jamil: And Finally, Humanity (2019)

Short, Drama

"Jamil" tells the story of two people buried in Syria. At the same time, a German war photographer prepares for her next assignment. In the end, both stories come together. Will they survive?

Director: Michele Gentile | Stars: Tobias Langhoff, Beate Malkus, Alyssa Harting, Fakhri Hamad

Votes: 6

97. Rose Water (May Ward) (2024)

90 min | Drama

Maryam spent 40 years of her life raising her children and taking care of the family. After the death of her husband, Sheikh Jaafar, her friend proposes to her, and she decides to agree. ... See full summary »

Director: Mahmood Alshaikh | Stars: Hussain Abdali, Yahya AbdulRasool, Jamaan Alrowaiei, Dana Al Salem

98. Yasmine Nayar: La Wela (2017 Music Video)

4 min | Music

Algerian sex symbol and singer Yasmine in new hot music video with bikini showing off her perfect body.

Director: Cristiano | Star: Yasmine Nayar

99. Man of Affairs (1936)

73 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

A complicated adventure involving twin brothers and the Foreign Office trying to thwart the ambitions of a hostile sheikh.

Director: Herbert Mason | Stars: George Arliss, Romilly Lunge, Rene Ray, Jessie Winter

Votes: 68

100. Al-kompars (1993)

100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Salem dreams of being an actor but is still working in a gas station, only his love for Nada can make things easier for him.

Director: Nabil Maleh | Stars: Bassam Kousa, Wafaa Mouselley, Mohammed Esh-Sheikh Naguib, Samar Sami

Votes: 155