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

1. Life of Pi (2012)

PG | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Adil Hussain, Tabu

Votes: 667,590 | Gross: $124.99M

2. 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: 105,715 | Gross: $1.66M

3. Jarhead (2005)

R | 125 min | Biography, Drama, War

A psychological study of Marine's state of mind during the Gulf War. Told through the eyes of a U.S. Marine sniper who struggles to cope with boredom, a sense of isolation, and other issues back home.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black, Scott MacDonald

Votes: 206,926 | Gross: $62.66M

4. The Insider (1999)

R | 157 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora

Votes: 180,463 | Gross: $28.97M

5. Body of Lies (2008)

R | 128 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A CIA agent on the ground in Jordan hunts down a powerful terrorist leader while being caught between the unclear intentions of his American supervisors and Jordan Intelligence.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani

Votes: 239,742 | Gross: $39.39M

6. The Mauritanian (2021)

R | 129 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Mohamedou Ould Slahi fights for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years.

Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Nouhe Hamady Bari, Saadna Hamoud, Mohamed Yeslem Mousse

Votes: 61,969

7. Three Days of the Condor (1975)

R | 117 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A bookish CIA researcher in Manhattan finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, Max von Sydow

Votes: 62,688 | Gross: $41.51M

8. A Separation (2011)

PG-13 | 123 min | Drama

A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.

Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Payman Maadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini

Votes: 258,883 | Gross: $7.10M

9. Hanna (2011)

PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A sixteen-year-old girl who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives.

Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana, Vicky Krieps

Votes: 206,983 | Gross: $40.26M

10. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A depressed musician reunites with his lover. However, their romance, which has already endured several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.

Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt

Votes: 108,266 | Gross: $1.88M

11. The Report (I) (2019)

R | 119 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Idealistic Senate staffer Daniel J. Jones, tasked by his boss to lead an investigation into the CIA's post 9/11 Detention and Interrogation Program, uncovers shocking secrets.

Director: Scott Z. Burns | Stars: Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Jon Hamm, Ted Levine

Votes: 50,970

12. Operation Finale (2018)

PG-13 | 122 min | Biography, Drama, History

A team of secret agents sets out to track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the Holocaust.

Director: Chris Weitz | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Mélanie Laurent, Lior Raz

Votes: 49,006 | Gross: $17.61M

13. Hidalgo (2004)

PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

In 1890, a down-and-out cowboy and his horse travel to Arabia to compete in a deadly cross desert horse race.

Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Zuleikha Robinson, Louise Lombard

Votes: 85,612 | Gross: $67.29M

14. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)

PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.

Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Amr Waked, Kristin Scott Thomas

Votes: 67,155 | Gross: $9.03M

15. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)

R | 113 min | Action, Drama, Sport

19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks, the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Joe Alwyn, Garrett Hedlund, Arturo Castro, Mason Lee

Votes: 24,109 | Gross: $1.74M

16. The Card Counter (2021)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

William Tell is an ex-military interrogator living under the radar as a low-stakes gambler. When he encounters a young man looking to commit revenge against a mutual enemy, he takes him on the casino circuit to set him on a new path.

Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe

Votes: 43,080

17. The Message (1976)

PG | 177 min | Biography, Drama, History

This epic historical drama chronicles the life and times of Prophet Muhammad and serves as an introduction to early Islamic history.

Director: Moustapha Akkad | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Michael Ansara, Johnny Sekka

Votes: 50,898

18. A Private War (2018)

R | 110 min | Biography, Drama, War

One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.

Director: Matthew Heineman | Stars: Rosamund Pike, Alexandra Moen, Tom Hollander, Faye Marsay

Votes: 21,025 | Gross: $1.63M

19. The Water Diviner (2014)

R | 111 min | Drama, History, War

An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try to locate his three missing sons.

Director: Russell Crowe | Stars: Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney, Isabel Lucas

Votes: 77,987 | Gross: $4.19M

20. A Prophet (2009)

R | 155 min | Crime, Drama

A delinquent Muslim man struggles to get by in prison until he is taken under the wing of a powerful mob boss. But his gradual rise through the mob's ranks brings him in conflict with his mentor.

Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb

Votes: 102,249 | Gross: $2.08M

21. A Hologram for the King (2016)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A failed American sales rep looks to recoup his losses by traveling to Saudi Arabia and selling his company's product to a wealthy monarch.

Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Tom Hanks, Omar Elba, Sarita Choudhury, Ben Whishaw

Votes: 47,506 | Gross: $4.20M

22. Queen of the Desert (2015)

PG-13 | 128 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Robert Pattinson, Damian Lewis

Votes: 12,596

23. Zeros and Ones (2021)

R | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

An American soldier stationed in Rome with the Vatican blown up, embarks on a hero's journey to uncover and defend against an unknown enemy threatening the entire world.

Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Cristina Chiriac, Phil Neilson, Valerio Mastandrea

Votes: 3,059

24. Fair Game (I) (2010)

PG-13 | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.

Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Sonya Davison, Vanessa Chong

Votes: 51,082 | Gross: $9.53M

25. Lila dit ça (2004)

R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Two inner-city teenagers engage in an obsessive, innocent flirtation fueled by Lila's sexually explicit overtures.

Director: Ziad Doueiri | Stars: Vahina Giocante, Moa Khouas, Karim Ben Haddou, Lotfi Chakri

Votes: 5,056 | Gross: $0.12M

26. A Call to Spy (2019)

PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

In the beginning of WWII, with Britain becoming desperate, Churchill orders his new spy agency - SOE - to recruit and train women as spies.

Director: Lydia Dean Pilcher | Stars: Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic, Radhika Apte, Linus Roache

Votes: 9,362

27. Rules of Engagement (2000)

R | 128 min | Drama, Thriller, War

An attorney defends an officer on trial for ordering his troops to fire on civilians after they stormed a U.S. embassy in a Middle Eastern country.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley

Votes: 50,360 | Gross: $61.34M

28. The Fifth Estate (2013)

R | 128 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A dramatic thriller based on real events that reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century's most fiercely debated organization.

Director: Bill Condon | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, Carice van Houten, Alicia Vikander

Votes: 42,733 | Gross: $3.25M

29. Jeruzalem (2015)

R | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

When a couple of American young adults fly to Israel to visit the city of Jerusalem, a biblical nightmare falls upon them.

Directors: Doron Paz, Yoav Paz | Stars: Yael Grobglas, Yon Tumarkin, Danielle Jadelyn, Tom Graziani

Votes: 10,963

30. Spartan (2004)

R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The investigation into a kidnapping of the daughter of a high-ranking US government official.

Director: David Mamet | Stars: Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy, Tia Texada

Votes: 33,050 | Gross: $4.43M

31. Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears (2020)

TV-14 | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

After freeing a young girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, Phryne Fisher begins to unravel a mystery concerning priceless emeralds, ancient curses and the truth behind the suspicious disappearance of Shirin's forgotten tribe.

Director: Tony Tilse | Stars: Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Rupert Penry-Jones, Miriam Margolyes

Votes: 4,901

32. Georgetown (2019)

R | 99 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Ulrich Mott, an ambitious social climber, marries a wealthy widow in Washington D.C. in order to mix with powerful political players.

Director: Christoph Waltz | Stars: Christoph Waltz, Vanessa Redgrave, Annette Bening, Corey Hawkins

Votes: 6,165

33. Redacted (2007)

R | 90 min | Crime, Thriller, War

The devastating reconstruction of the rape and murder of a 15-year-old Iraqi girl by American soldiers in Samarra in 2006.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Patrick Carroll, Rob Devaney, Izzy Diaz, Ty Jones

Votes: 11,265 | Gross: $0.07M

34. Sleeper Cell (2005–2006)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An American undercover FBI agent is assigned to infiltrate a terrorist sleeper cell that is planning an attack in Los Angeles.

Stars: Michael Ealy, Oded Fehr, Henri Lubatti, Melissa Sagemiller

Votes: 6,728

35. The Message (1976)

PG | 207 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

The story of prophet "Muhammad" and the delivery of the message of God "Allah."

Director: Moustapha Akkad | Stars: Abdallah Gheith, Mona Wassef, Hamdy Gheith, Ali Achmed Taram

Votes: 10,623

36. Turtles Can Fly (2004)

PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, War

Near the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of an American invasion, refugee children like 13-year-old Kak (Ebrahim), gauge and await their fate.

Director: Bahman Ghobadi | Stars: Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Feysal, Hiresh Feysal Rahman

Votes: 20,782 | Gross: $0.26M

37. 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

38. The Loss of Sexual Innocence (1998)

R | 106 min | Drama

Nic's life in glimpses at ages 5, 12, 16 and later film director and husband/dad.

Director: Mike Figgis | Stars: Julian Sands, Saffron Burrows, Stefano Dionisi, Kelly Macdonald

Votes: 3,389 | Gross: $0.40M

39. The Source (2011)

135 min | Comedy, Drama

A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual favors if their men refuse to fetch water from a remote well.

Director: Radu Mihaileanu | Stars: Leïla Bekhti, Hafsia Herzi, Hiam Abbass, Saleh Bakri

Votes: 4,173

40. A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015)

PG-13 | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Amos Oz's youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel. The film details the young man's relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a writer, while looking at what happens when the stories we tell become the stories we live.

Director: Natalie Portman | Stars: Natalie Portman, Gilad Kahana, Amir Tessler, Moni Moshonov

Votes: 4,354 | Gross: $0.57M

41. Days of Glory (2006)

R | 120 min | Action, Drama, War

During World War II, four North African men enlist in the French army to liberate that country from German oppression, and to fight French discrimination.

Director: Rachid Bouchareb | Stars: Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Jamel Debbouze

Votes: 15,149 | Gross: $0.32M

42. For Sama (2019)

TV-PG | 100 min | Documentary, Biography, War

FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war.

Directors: Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts | Stars: Waad Al-Kateab, Sama Al-Khateab, Hamza Al-Khateab, Afra

Votes: 12,835 | Gross: $0.04M

43. Rise of the Witches (2024– )

50 min | Adventure, Fantasy | Post-production

A 10 x 1 hour fantasy adventure series about love, death, revenge, magic, and the power of women in pre-Islamic, pre-Christian Arabia. Based on a series of best-selling books by the Saudi author, Osamah Al Muslim.

Stars: Sumaya Rida, Ida Alkusay, Riyad Alsalhani, Aziz Gharbawi

44. 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: 11,522 | Gross: $0.28M

45. Town & Country (2001)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Romance

Two loving middle aged couples get caught in a series of marital misadventures over reasons of fidelity.

Director: Peter Chelsom | Stars: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Nastassja Kinski, Goldie Hawn

Votes: 5,256 | Gross: $6.72M

46. 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: 3,924

47. 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: 3,047

48. The Band's Visit (2007)

PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves lost in the wrong town.

Director: Eran Kolirin | Stars: Sasson Gabay, Ronit Elkabetz, Saleh Bakri, Khalifa Natour

Votes: 14,159 | Gross: $3.05M

49. Fay Grim (2006)

R | 118 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

A ten-years-later continuation of Hal Hartley's "Henry Fool", where Fay Grim (Posey) is coerced by a CIA agent (Goldblum) to try and locate notebooks that belonged to her fugitive ex-husband (Ryan). Published in them is information that could compromises the security of the U.S., causing Fay to first head to Paris to fetch them ...

Director: Hal Hartley | Stars: Parker Posey, Jeff Goldblum, Liam Aiken, D.J. Mendel

Votes: 4,910 | Gross: $0.13M

50. The Free World (2016)

R | 100 min | Drama, Romance

A recently released former convict becomes involved with a married woman with an abusive husband.

Director: Jason Lew | Stars: Boyd Holbrook, Elisabeth Moss, Octavia Spencer, Sung Kang

Votes: 2,078