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

1. Taken 2 (2012)

PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.

Director: Olivier Megaton | Stars: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser

Votes: 323,124 | Gross: $139.85M

2. Four Lions (2010)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Four incompetent British terrorists set out to train for and commit an act of terror.

Director: Christopher Morris | Stars: Will Adamsdale, Riz Ahmed, Adeel Akhtar, Kayvan Novak

Votes: 85,475 | Gross: $0.30M

3. United 93 (2006)

R | 111 min | Action, Drama, History

A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on September 11th, 2001 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.

Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: David Alan Basche, Olivia Thirlby, Liza Colón-Zayas, J.J. Johnson

Votes: 111,053 | Gross: $31.57M

4. Executive Decision (1996)

R | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

When terrorists seize control of an airliner, an intelligence analyst accompanies a commando unit for a midair boarding operation.

Director: Stuart Baird | Stars: Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, Steven Seagal, John Leguizamo

Votes: 61,692 | Gross: $56.57M

5. 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: 8,289 | Gross: $6.54M

6. The Real Glory (1939)

Approved | 96 min | Action, History, Romance

A small American contingent tries to train rural tribesmen to defend themselves against fanatical Muslim radicals in 1906 Philippines.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Gary Cooper, David Niven, Andrea Leeds, Reginald Owen

Votes: 1,219

7. The Stone Merchant (2006)

R | 119 min | Drama, Thriller

Ludovico is a precious stone merchant who trades between Europe and the Middle East. He is also an Islam convert, with Jihad as his highest religious duty, plotting a terrorist attack on an epic scale that will bring the West to its knees.

Director: Renzo Martinelli | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Jane March, Jordi Mollà, F. Murray Abraham

Votes: 1,032

8. Farewell to the Night (2019)

104 min | Drama

Muriel farms horses and owns an almond plantation. When her grandson comes to visit her for one last time before he leaves for Canada. She learns that he has dark secrets.

Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Kacey Mottet Klein, Oulaya Amamra, Stéphane Bak

Votes: 862

9. A Radical Life (2022)

84 min | Documentary, Biography

An unfiltered look at the former First Lady of ISIS, Tania Joya, who for twelve years was married to John Georgelas, the highest ranking American in ISIS.

Director: Ricki Stern

Votes: 104

10. Rachida (2002)

100 min | Drama

A look at terrorism in Algeria through the eyes of Rachida, a teacher in one of the school districts.

Director: Yamina Bachir | Stars: Ibtissem Djouadi, Bahia Rachedi, Rachida Messaoudène, Zaki Boulenafed

Votes: 404

11. Some Like It Veiled (2017)

88 min | Comedy, Romance

Armand and Leila are in love. Together they plan to go to New York for an internship. But few days before their departure, Mahmoud, Leila's big brother, comes back from his long-term stay in Yemen, during which he has changed drastically.

Director: Sou Abadi | Stars: Félix Moati, William Lebghil, Camélia Jordana, Anne Alvaro

Votes: 968

12. Tengri (2008)

96 min | Drama, Romance

This is a love story set in the steppes of Central Asia of today. Temür a thirty year old Kazakh decides to start life again in his ancestral village in the Kyrghyz Mountains. He discovers ... See full summary »

Director: Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville | Stars: Albina Imasheva, Elim Kalmouratov, Hélène Patarot, Taalai Abazova

Votes: 162

13. The Battle of Broken Hill (1981)

60 min | Adventure, Drama, History

On January 1 1915, two Muslim men from British India went on a murderous rampage near a place called Broken Hill in New South Wales, Australia.

Director: Robin Levinson | Stars: Michael Pate, David Robertson, Harold Berrett, Margaret Atkinson

14. 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

15. Tahqiq fel djenna (2017)

135 min | Documentary

This documentary interweaves in-person interviews with a dramatized road trip as a pair of journalists travel throughout Algeria asking their fellow citizens about the meaning of paradise that promises men 72 virgins after death.

Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Salima Abada, Mohamed Seghir Bendaoud, Amine Kabbes

Votes: 69

16. Do not kill, Brother! (2016)

45 min | Documentary

Is ISIS black messengers of the hell leading the world to the end? From 2011 when Islamic extremist started to genesis People in brutal ways to establish their own territory and ideology ,... See full synopsis »

Director: Empress Elham Madani | Stars: Keram Abbasi, Hasan Aljasu, Ali Amari, Farab Basiri

17. Let My People Go: The War Against the Eradication of the Global Church (2015)

Documentary

Add a Plot

Director: Aaron Hodges

Votes: 6

18. I Spy (1965–1968)
Episode: The Medarra Block (1967)

60 min | Action, Adventure

To thwart a coup, Robinson and Scott must decipher the inscription on a wooden block given to them by a dying Moroccan.

Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Robert Culp, Bill Cosby, Jack Kruschen, Arthur Batanides

Votes: 42

19. Air Crash Investigation (2003– )
Episode: Hijacked (2005)

TV-14 | Documentary, Crime, History

Air France Flight 8969 has been hijacked. How can the authorities deal with the hijackers and save all passengers on-board?

Director: Chantal Hebert | Stars: Jonathan Aris, Jean Pearson, Jean-Michel Nadeau, Jean-Marc Fontaine

Votes: 165

20. Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003–2010)
Episode: Ground Zero (2006)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Documentary

Penn and Teller look at the politics that are preventing rebuilding at Ground Zero.

Directors: Star Price, Joshua E. Kessler, Chip Selby | Stars: Penn Jillette, Teller, Gilbert Gottfried, Justin Berzon

Votes: 128

21. Horizon (1964– )
Episode: The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation (2005)

49 min | Documentary

A psychological investigation of the mind of suicide bombers, and of normal people in general.

Director: Alicky Sussman | Stars: Barbara Flynn, Scott Atran, Ariel Merari, Morgan O'Connell

Votes: 7

22. Banned in the UK (2005)
Episode: 1985-1989 (2005)

Documentary

Controversy and censorship from the mid to late 80s, including the rave scene, football hooliganism, the Heysel Stadium disaster, the Beastie Boys tour, Spy Catcher, The Satanic Verses, Clause 28, Visions of Ecstasy, and the Zircon affair.

Stars: Gerry Adams, Rupert Allason, Tony Benn, Garry Bushell

23. ReGenesis (2004–2008)
Episode: Unbottled (2008)

TV-14 | 46 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Terrorists take over the lab and force the team to create materials for use in chemical-warfare munitions.

Director: James Allodi | Stars: Peter Outerbridge, Wendy Crewson, Conrad Pla, Dmitry Chepovetsky

Votes: 35