Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "french-arab"
- Movies or TV
- Genres
- Keywords
- IMDb Rating
- Instant Watch Options
- In Theaters
- Release Year
1. Taxi (I) (1998)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
To work off his tarnished driving record, a hip taxi driver must chauffeur a loser police inspector on the trail of German bank robbers.
Director: Gérard Pirès | Stars: Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Marion Cotillard, Manuela Gourary
Votes: 89,529 | Gross: $0.27M
2. 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: 102,255 | Gross: $2.08M
3. Polisse (2011)
Not Rated | 127 min | Crime, Drama
A journalist covering police assigned to a juvenile division enters into an affair with one of her subjects.
Director: Maïwenn | Stars: Karin Viard, JoeyStarr, Marina Foïs, Nicolas Duvauchelle
Votes: 15,342 | Gross: $0.17M
4. Divines (2016)
105 min | Crime, Drama
A street teenager from a dysfunctional family from a banlieue (HLMs) in Paris comes across a young dancer who turns her life upside down.
Director: Houda Benyamina | Stars: Oulaya Amamra, Déborah Lukumuena, Kévin Mischel, Jisca Kalvanda
Votes: 10,528
5. Point Blank (2010)
R | 84 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Samuel, a male nurse, saves the life of a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's wife hostage and force him to spring their boss.
Director: Fred Cavayé | Stars: Gilles Lellouche, Roschdy Zem, Gérard Lanvin, Elena Anaya
Votes: 14,646 | Gross: $0.71M
6. Metamorphoses (I) (2014)
102 min | Drama, Fantasy
A girl is approached by a strange boy outside her high school. He asks her to follow him to hear stories where gods fall in love with human beings.
Director: Christophe Honoré | Stars: Matthis Lebrun, Samantha Avrillaud, Amira Akili, Sébastien Hirel
Votes: 890
7. Games of Love and Chance (2003)
123 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Krimo a 15 years old shy boy falls in love for Lídia who is his classmate.To be able to assume his love for her he decides to take a part in the play that was to be one of his friends.
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche | Stars: Osman Elkharraz, Sara Forestier, Sabrina Ouazani, Nanou Benhamou
Votes: 3,253 | Gross: $0.01M
8. The Workshop (2017)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The scene is set one Summer in La Ciotat, a town near Marseille which used to be prosperous thanks to its huge dockyard but has been in decline since its closing 25 years before. It is in ... See full summary »
Director: Laurent Cantet | Stars: Marina Foïs, Matthieu Lucci, Florian Beaujean, Doudou Masta
Votes: 2,277 | Gross: $0.02M
9. Porn in the Hood (2012)
95 min | Comedy
Mousten, Momo and Abdelkrim spend their time letting their lives slip by. Until the day they discover an auditions advertisement in a porn magazine. From their standpoint of no girls and no... See full summary »
Director: Franck Gastambide | Stars: Medi Sadoun, Franck Gastambide, Jib Pocthier, Alice Belaïdi
Votes: 1,741
10. So Long, Stooge (1983)
100 min | Crime, Drama
A story of an odd friendship - and the unexpected consequences.
Director: Claude Berri | Stars: Coluche, Richard Anconina, Agnès Soral, Mahmoud Zemmouri
Votes: 3,143
11. Wild Side (2004)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Romance
A transgender woman who survives prostituting herself in Paris, returns - with her two male lovers in tow - to her family home in the countryside to look after her dying mother.
Director: Sébastien Lifshitz | Stars: Stéphanie Michelini, Yasmine Belmadi, Edouard Nikitine, Josiane Stoléru
Votes: 1,137 | Gross: $0.02M
12. My Brothers and I (2021)
108 min | Drama, Music
A 14-year-old boy growing up in a housing project in the South of France with his four brothers and their ailing mother in a coma.
Director: Yohan Manca | Stars: Maël Rouin Berrandou, Judith Chemla, Dali Benssalah, Sofian Khammes
Votes: 874
13. 18 Years Old and Rising (2011)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
This feature is a classic first-love and coming-of-age story set in the exciting political context of 1981.
Director: Frédéric Louf | Stars: Pierre Niney, Audrey Bastien, Lou de Laâge, Ali Marhyar
Votes: 610
14. Pour la France (2022)
113 min | Drama
It tells the story of a police officer who dies during an initiation process at a French military school.
Director: Rachid Hami | Stars: Karim Leklou, Shaïn Boumedine, Lubna Azabal, Samir Guesmi
Votes: 360
15. Outside the Law (2010)
R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, War
A drama about the Algerian struggle for independence from France after WWII.
Director: Rachid Bouchareb | Stars: Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Chafia Boudraa
Votes: 4,123
16. L.627 (1992)
R | 145 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Relentless struggle of the Parisian police against the drug trade.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Didier Bezace, Jean-Paul Comart, Charlotte Kady, Jean-Roger Milo
Votes: 2,169
17. All That Glitters (2010)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy
Who has never been ashamed of Mom's new hairdo, Dad's bad jokes, that velvet couch in the living room, a childhood friend who obviously doesn't get it? Lila and Ely live just the other side... See full summary »
Directors: Hervé Mimran, Géraldine Nakache | Stars: Leïla Bekhti, Géraldine Nakache, Virginie Ledoyen, Linh-Dan Pham
Votes: 2,680
18. Not for, or Against (Quite the Contrary) (2003)
111 min | Crime, Drama
"Ni Pour, Ni Contre" tracks the fall of a young TV camerawoman, Caty, after she becomes involved with a group of petty criminals and their enigmatic leader, Jean. The gang lives hand to ... See full summary »
Director: Cédric Klapisch | Stars: Marie Gillain, Vincent Elbaz, Simon Abkarian, Dimitri Storoge
Votes: 1,935
19. Omar Killed Me (2011)
85 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In the summer of 1991 an elderly woman Ghislaine Marchal is found murdered in the basement of her home with the message "Omar M'a Tuer" (Omar has kill me) written beside in her own blood. ... See full summary »
Director: Roschdy Zem | Stars: Sami Bouajila, Denis Podalydès, Maurice Bénichou, Salomé Stévenin
Votes: 1,607
20. The Adventures of Felix (2000)
Unrated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A tale revolving around the carefree bon-vivant Felix, who is content living with his boyfriend, Daniel in the town of Dieppe in Northern France. When Felix is laid off from his job, he ... See full summary »
Directors: Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau | Stars: Sami Bouajila, Patachou, Ariane Ascaride, Pierre-Loup Rajot
Votes: 1,856 | Gross: $0.36M
21. 2 Alone in Paris (2008)
94 min | Comedy
Everybody in Paris has vanished exept a clueless cop and the robber he's been pursuing for years.
Directors: Ramzy Bedia, Eric Judor | Stars: Ramzy Bedia, Eric Judor, Hafid F. Benamar, Élodie Bouchez
Votes: 2,754
22. Neuilly sa mère! (2009)
90 min | Comedy
Samy moves from the underdeveloped crime-ridden French suburb to the riches of Neuilly.
Director: Gabriel Julien-Laferrière | Stars: Samy Seghir, Jérémy Denisty, Rachida Brakni, Denis Podalydès
Votes: 2,548
23. Le plus beau métier du monde (1996)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
Gerard Depardieu is a new teacher in a lower class school. He has a hard time with a special eighth grade class, and in his building.
Director: Gérard Lauzier | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Michèle Laroque, Souad Amidou, Ticky Holgado
Votes: 1,224 | Gross: $0.02M
24. Chouf (2016)
108 min | Crime, Drama
Chouf: it means "look" in Arabic, but it is also the name of the watchmen in the drug cartels of Marseille. Sofiane is 20. A brilliant student, he comes back to spend his holiday in the ... See full summary »
Director: Karim Dridi | Stars: Sofian Khammes, Foued Nabba, Oussama Abdul Aal, Zine Darar
Votes: 480
25. Free Men (2011)
Unrated | 99 min | Drama, History, Romance
In Paris during World War II, an Algerian immigrant is inspired to join the resistance by his unexpected friendship with a Jewish man.
Director: Ismaël Ferroukhi | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Michael Lonsdale, Mahmud Shalaby, Lubna Azabal
Votes: 1,464 | Gross: $0.05M
26. 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: 1,100 | Gross: $0.01M
27. Féminin plurielles (2018)
82 min | Romance
Hafsia, Douce, Delphine and Charlotte are four young women who seek to overcome the limits that one would like to impose on them.
Director: Sébastien Bailly | Stars: Lise Bellynck, Hafsia Herzi, Anne Steffens, Friedelise Stutte
Votes: 50
28. Tea in the Harem (1985)
110 min | Drama
In a depressing concrete Parisian suburb in the seventies two friends are keeping boredom at bay with loitering and petty crime.
Director: Mehdi Charef | Stars: Kader Boukhanef, Rémi Martin, Laure Duthilleul, Saïda Bekkouche
Votes: 461 | Gross: $0.02M
29. Battle of the Classes (2019)
103 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Children don't care about differences in social class, skin color, or religion, so why does Paul and Sofia's 9-year-old son Corentin only have friends like him? And what happens when all of his friends leave for a Parisian private school?
Director: Michel Leclerc | Stars: Leïla Bekhti, Edouard Baer, Ramzy Bedia, Tom Lévy
Votes: 1,253
30. Nos frangins (2022)
92 min | Drama
Based on the story of 22-year-old Malik Oussekinean, whose death is believed was caused by an affair of police violence after several weeks of student protests against a university reform bill.
Director: Rachid Bouchareb | Stars: Reda Kateb, Lyna Khoudri, Raphaël Personnaz, Samir Guesmi
Votes: 203
31. Meteorites (2018)
85 min | Drama, Romance
Nina, a 16-year-old girl, dreams of adventure. Just before meeting Morad, a teenage from an Algerian family living in the nearby projects, Nina sees a meteorite falling in the sky that seems only visible to her as an omen.
Director: Romain Laguna | Stars: Zéa Duprez, Billal Agab, Oumaima Lyamouri, Nathan Le Graciet
Votes: 260
32. Khaled (2001)
85 min | Drama
Adolescent Khaled lives with his drug-addict French-Canadian mother Monique in a Toronto tenement, his Moroccan father totally out of the picture. He is often bullied at school being a ... See full summary »
Director: Asghar Massombagi | Stars: Michael D'Ascenzo, Michèle Duquet, Normand Bissonnette, Michael Kanevsky
Votes: 176
33. La source (2019)
103 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Samir lives in a suburban city. One day, he has a revelation when he sees the picture of an American surfer from suburbs who looks like him.
Director: Rodolphe Lauga | Stars: Sneazzy West, Christopher Lambert, Alice David, Fred Testot
Votes: 100
34. Paris Prestige (2016)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
Just out of prison, Nas returns to his neighborhood, Pigalle, where he finds his friends and his older brother Arezki, boss of the bar Le Prestige. Nas is determined to recreate a name and Le Prestige could well serve as a springboard .
Directors: Hamé Bourokba, Ekoué Labitey | Stars: Reda Kateb, Slimane Dazi, Mélanie Laurent, Constantine Attia
Votes: 447
35. Apaches (2013)
Unrated | 82 min | Drama
A group of beautiful but morally bankrupt teenagers live the fast life in the dark side of beautiful Corsica, but things spiral out of control when one of their number wants to confess their crimes.
Director: Thierry de Peretti | Stars: François-Joseph Culioli, Aziz El Hadachi, Hamza Meziani, Joseph-Marie Ebrard
Votes: 350
36. La marche (2013)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Inspired from a true story of 1983. The story of a 1000 km peaceful march from Paris to Marseille fighting against racial discrimination and fighting for equality.
Director: Nabil Ben Yadir | Stars: Olivier Gourmet, Tewfik Jallab, Vincent Rottiers, M'Barek Belkouk
Votes: 410
37. Corniche Kennedy (2016)
94 min | Crime, Drama
A young group of teenagers enjoying their summer on the beach of Marseille France get involved in some drugs trafficking and investigated by police .
Director: Dominique Cabrera | Stars: Aïssa Maïga, Lola Créton, Alain Demaria, Kamel Kadri
Votes: 356
38. La smala (1984)
90 min | Comedy
We are now in the suburbs of Lyon.Simone, a former rock singer is now working as domestic help.She deals specially with Robert, a former musician , who is unemployed and has five ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Loup Hubert | Stars: Victor Lanoux, Josiane Balasko, Dominique Lavanant, Maurice Risch
Votes: 304
39. Gigolo (2005)
15 min | Short, Drama
He is young, good-looking and of Arab descent and gets lost amongst the glamour of Paris international jet set.
Director: Bastian Schweitzer | Stars: Salim Kechiouche, Amanda Lear, Stéphane Rolland, Gilles Gleizes
Votes: 147
40. Wesh, Wesh, What's Happening? (2001)
83 min | Crime, Drama
Kamel, a young man from the french ghetto, near Paris, is coming back to France. He was arrested for dealing drugs, he spent five years in jail and was banned from France for two years. He ... See full summary »
Director: Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | Stars: Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche, Ahmed Hammoudi, Brahim Ameur-Zaïmeche, Farida Mouffok
Votes: 358
41. The Disintegration (2011)
78 min | Drama
A realistic description of unemployed young Muslims who live in the french suburbs, lost generation ostracized by the racism which slowly push them to the Muslim extremism.
Director: Philippe Faucon | Stars: Rashid Debbouze, Yassine Azzouz, Ymanol Perset, Mohamed Nachit
Votes: 313
42. Fabienne (2011)
92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Fabienne is a police officer. She does her job well but is gradually growing tired of the dehumanized nature of her work : arresting undocumented aliens day after day does not fit in with ... See full summary »
Director: José Alcala | Stars: Catherine Frot, Karim Seghair, Marie Raynal, Liliane Rovère
Votes: 182
43. Nous, princesses de Clèves (2011)
69 min | Documentary
Has 1558 anything in common with 2009 ? Have nobles of King Henri III's court anything to do with today's young people from poor neighborhoods, most of whom immigrants'children ? Is there ... See full summary »
Director: Régis Sauder | Stars: Abou Achoumi, Laura Badrane, Morgane Badrane, Manel Boulaabi
Votes: 37
44. Life Kills Me (2002)
89 min | Drama
Based on Jack-Alain Léger's novel, this drama focuses on Paul and Daniel, two different brothers of North African origin, and their efforts to succeed in life. Paul has an university degree... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Pierre Sinapi | Stars: Sami Bouajila, Jalil Lespert, Sylvie Testud, Simon Bakinde
Votes: 203
45. La dounia (2020)
20 min | Short, Drama
In Belleville, Reda tries to escape his reality as a drug dealer. He reads books and tries to preserve the little life that remains in his neighborhood.
Director: Adam Hegazy | Stars: Adam Hegazy, Abbes Zahmani, Abdoulaye Mangane, Ires Sandjon
47.
Les mercredis de la vie (1992– )
Episode:
L'argent fait le bonheur
(1993)
91 min | Drama
How the mothers of a deprived suburb of Marseille will create a solidarity committee under the aegis of the parish priest. Gathered in assembly, they will invent a solution to the endemic misery of their city.
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Pierre Banderet, Danièle Lebrun
Votes: 95
48.
The French Dream (2017– )
Episode:
1ère partie
(2017)
95 min | Drama
2015, Pointe-à-Pitre: At the front of the ACTe slavery memorial, Samuel Rénia (69 years) tells his story to young Sinbad. 1962: Samuel is sixteen and life is tough in the working-class ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Faure | Stars: Yann Gael, Aïssa Maïga, Firmine Richard, Julien Béramis