Remembering the Arab Spring
In the Last Days of the City
Tamer El Said · 2017 · Egypt, Germany, United Kingdom
In the fading grandeur of downtown Cairo, Khalid, a 35-year-old filmmaker struggles to make a film that captures the pulse of his city at a moment when, all around him, the crumbling buildings reflect the waning dreams of their inhabitants.
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Of Fathers and Sons
(Die Kinder des Kalifats)
A rare glimpse into the life of a radicalist family, at the point where childhood dies and jihadism is born.
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- Germany, United States, Syria • 2017
- Director Talal Derki
- Cast Abu Osama
- Genre Documentary, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now
The White Helmets
To save a life is to save all of humanity.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2016
- Director Orlando von Einsiedel
- Cast Khalid Farah, Mohammed Farah, Abu Omar, Raed Saleh
- Genre Documentary, War
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Cave
(غار)
The patriarchy has no place in a war.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Syria, Denmark, Germany • 2019
- Director Feras Fayyad
- Cast Amani Ballour, Salim Namour
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Vudu, National Geographic
In Syria
(Insyriated)
A mother attempts to keep her family safe as war rages and a sniper lies in wait outside her home.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Belgium, France, Lebanon • 2017
- Director Philippe Van Leeuw
- Cast Hiam Abbass, Diamand Bou Abboud, Juliette Navis, Mohsen Abbas, Moustapha Al Kar
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Hoopla, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
Clash
(إشتباك)
Conflict is on the inside.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt, France • 2016
- Director Mohamed Diab
- Cast Nelly Karim, Hani Adel, Mohamed El Sebaii, Tarek Abdel Aziz, Hosny Sheta, Ahmed Dash
- Genre Thriller, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
The Square
During the Egyptian Revolution, young activists armed with determination, humor, and social media savvy fight for their country’s future.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Egypt, United States • 2013
- Director Jehane Noujaim
- Cast Khalid Abdalla, Dina Abdullah, Dina Amer, Magdy Ashour, Ramy Essam, Ahmed Hassan
- Genre Documentary, Drama, History
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Series
Jinn
Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya, Rajeev Dassani, Elan Dassani · 2019-2019 · Jordan
A group of teenagers go on a field trip to the ancient city os Petra, which is known as home to ancient demons and strange phenomena. Their lives are disrupted when a spiritual figure is accidentally summoned and begins to cause chaos and destruction. They must try and stop Jinn from destroying the world.
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Paranormal
(ما وراء الطبيعة)
In the 1960s, hematologist Dr. Refaat Ismail becomes an unwilling go-to guy for paranormal investigations.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 2020
- Creator Amr Salama
- Cast Ahmed Amin, Razane Jammal, Aya Samaha, Reem Abdelkader, Samma Ibrahim, Rushdi Al-Shami
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Amazon Video, Netflix
Short and Straight to the Point
Bonboné
Rakan Mayasi · 2017 · Occupied Palestinian Territory, Lebanon
A Palestinian inmate serving time in an Israeli jail desperately wants a child with his wife on the outside. As visits are restricted, the couple must resort to unusual means of conception.
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A Drowning Man
We are all drowning men just trying to keep our heads above water.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Denmark, United Kingdom, Greece • 2017
- Director Mahdi Fleifel
- Cast Atef Alshafei, Rebih El-Saleous
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, DocAlliance Films, Netflix basic with Ads, Amazon Video
Nocturne In Black
There are still beautiful things in life, and music is one of them.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Lebanon • 2016
- Director Jimmy Keyrouz
- Cast Julian Farhat, Tarek Yaacoub
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Amazon Video
The White Helmets
To save a life is to save all of humanity.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2016
- Director Orlando von Einsiedel
- Cast Khalid Farah, Mohammed Farah, Abu Omar, Raed Saleh
- Genre Documentary, War
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Visit
(الزيارة)
What goes on when the cameras aren't rolling is even more important.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt, Germany • 2015
- Director Marouan Omara
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DocAlliance Films
Rupture
(رابتشير)
Four Arab kids search for a pool and find relief from both the heat and their trauma as Syrian refugees.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Jordan, Canada • 2017
- Director Yassmina Karajah
- Cast Asaad Al Arid, Salam Al Marzouq, Hussein Al Ahmad, Wazira Al Ahmad, Rania Issa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The President's Visit
When the President of the Republic visits a soap shop, things get real clean.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Lebanon, Qatar, United States • 2017
- Director Cyril Aris
- Cast Mounia Akl, Nicolas Daniel, Fouad Yammine, Sihame Haddad
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Kanopy
Record It!
The Cave
Feras Fayyad · 2019 · Syria, Denmark, Germany
In war-torn Syria, a dedicated team of female doctors tirelessly treat casualties in an underground hospital while battling systemic sexism. Dr. Amani Ballour and her colleagues work to provide hope and safety within their subterranean hospital in a way that would be unthinkable in the patriarchal society above ground.
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Speed Sisters
They're bold. They're fearless. And they're tearing up tracks all over Palestine.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Palestine, Qatar, United Kingdom • 2015
- Director Amber Fares
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
What Comes Around
(Al gami'ya)
It takes a village.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Lebanon, Egypt, Greece • 2018
- Director Reem Saleh
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine
(القاهرة منورة بأهلها)
A portrait of both Egypt's most famous city and its most famous filmmaker.
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- Egypt • 1991
- Director Youssef Chahine
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel
The Square
During the Egyptian Revolution, young activists armed with determination, humor, and social media savvy fight for their country’s future.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Egypt, United States • 2013
- Director Jehane Noujaim
- Cast Khalid Abdalla, Dina Abdullah, Dina Amer, Magdy Ashour, Ramy Essam, Ahmed Hassan
- Genre Documentary, Drama, History
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Cairo Drive
On the streets of Egypt, the only rule is that there are no rules.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt, United States • 2013
- Director Sherief Elkatsha
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
The White Helmets
To save a life is to save all of humanity.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2016
- Director Orlando von Einsiedel
- Cast Khalid Farah, Mohammed Farah, Abu Omar, Raed Saleh
- Genre Documentary, War
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Scheherazade's Diary
(يوميّات شهرزاد)
Through an unprecedented 10-month theater initiative, female inmates at a Lebanese prison share their personal stories.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Lebanon • 2013
- Director Zeina Daccache
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DocAlliance Films, Apple TV
Oscar Submissions
Sheikh Jackson
Amr Salama · 2017 · Egypt
The sudden death of Michael Jackson sends a former King of Pop devotee — now a young imam — into a tailspin. As he struggles with losing his lifelong idol, questions of faith and identity become central to his life. How will he return to his normal life after such earth-shattering news?
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Wadjda
(وجدة)
After a fight with a neighborhood boy, Wadjda attempts to raise money for a bicycle to beat him in a race.
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- Saudi Arabia, Netherlands, Germany • 2012
- Director Haifaa Al-Mansour
- Cast Reem Abdullah, Waad Mohammed, Abdullrahman Algohani, Ahd, Sultan Al Assaf, Dana Abdullilah
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
The White Helmets
To save a life is to save all of humanity.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2016
- Director Orlando von Einsiedel
- Cast Khalid Farah, Mohammed Farah, Abu Omar, Raed Saleh
- Genre Documentary, War
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Clash
(إشتباك)
Conflict is on the inside.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt, France • 2016
- Director Mohamed Diab
- Cast Nelly Karim, Hani Adel, Mohamed El Sebaii, Tarek Abdel Aziz, Hosny Sheta, Ahmed Dash
- Genre Thriller, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Theeb
A young Bedouin boy is forced through a greatly hastened coming-of-age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan • 2014
- Director Naji Abu Nowar
- Cast Jacir Eid, Hassan Mutlag, Hussein Salameh, Marji Audeh, Jack Fox
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Hoopla, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy
Of Fathers and Sons
(Die Kinder des Kalifats)
A rare glimpse into the life of a radicalist family, at the point where childhood dies and jihadism is born.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States, Syria • 2017
- Director Talal Derki
- Cast Abu Osama
- Genre Documentary, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now
Barakah Meets Barakah
(بركة يقابل بركة)
A laid-back civil servant and a wealthy video blogger struggle to make it as a modern couple amid strict Saudi social conventions.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Saudi Arabia • 2016
- Director Mahmoud Sabbagh
- Cast Hisham Fageeh, Fatima Al-Banawi, Sami Hifny, Khairia Nazmi, Abdulmajeed Al-Ruhaidi
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Capernaum
(کفرناحوم)
Zain, a hardened 12-year-old boy struggling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for his conception.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Lebanon, United States, France • 2018
- Director Nadine Labaki
- Cast Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Nadine Labaki, Kawthar Al Haddad, Fadi Kamel Youssef
- Genre Drama
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
A Drowning Man
We are all drowning men just trying to keep our heads above water.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Denmark, United Kingdom, Greece • 2017
- Director Mahdi Fleifel
- Cast Atef Alshafei, Rebih El-Saleous
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, DocAlliance Films, Netflix basic with Ads, Amazon Video
3000 Nights
(3000 Nocy)
A young Palestinian schoolteacher gives birth to her son in an Israeli prison where she fights to protect him while trying to survive and maintain hope.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Occupied Palestinian Territory, France, Jordan • 2015
- Director Mai Masri
- Cast Rakeen Saad, Karim Saleh, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Alicia Sánchez, Raida Adon, Yussuf Abu-Warda
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Cave
(غار)
The patriarchy has no place in a war.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Syria, Denmark, Germany • 2019
- Director Feras Fayyad
- Cast Amani Ballour, Salim Namour
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Vudu, National Geographic
Omar
(عمر)
A Palestinian freedom fighter is captured and forced to work as a double agent for the Israeli authorities.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Palestine • 2013
- Director Hany Abu-Assad
- Cast Adam Bakri, Waleed Zuaiter, Leem Lubany, Samer Bisharat, Iyad Hoorani, Mousa Habiib Allah
- Genre Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Chai Flicks, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
The Square
During the Egyptian Revolution, young activists armed with determination, humor, and social media savvy fight for their country’s future.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Egypt, United States • 2013
- Director Jehane Noujaim
- Cast Khalid Abdalla, Dina Abdullah, Dina Amer, Magdy Ashour, Ramy Essam, Ahmed Hassan
- Genre Documentary, Drama, History
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Yomeddine
(يوم الدين)
A Coptic leper and his orphaned young friend embark on an unforgettable journey in search of their lost families.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt, United States, Austria • 2018
- Director Abu Bakr Shawky
- Cast Rady Gamal, Shahira Fahmy, Ahmed Abdelhafiz, Osama Abdallah, Mohamed Abdel Azim
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Next Award, Please
Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces
Férid Boughedir · 1990 · Tunisia, France, Italy
Twelve-year-old Noura is an impressionable boy who must learn to reconcile two conflicting worlds - the loving world of Muslim women and the vastly different, harsher world of men - while also dealing with his own budding sexuality.
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In Syria
(Insyriated)
A mother attempts to keep her family safe as war rages and a sniper lies in wait outside her home.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Belgium, France, Lebanon • 2017
- Director Philippe Van Leeuw
- Cast Hiam Abbass, Diamand Bou Abboud, Juliette Navis, Mohsen Abbas, Moustapha Al Kar
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Hoopla, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
Wanderers of the Desert
(الهائمون)
A young teacher is assigned to a village whose children are cursed to wander the desert.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Tunisia, France • 1984
- Director Nacer Khemir
- Cast Nacer Khemir, Soufiane Makni, Noureddine Kasbaoui, Sonia Ichti, Hedi Daoud
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel
Ghadi
A father's quest to convince his town that having special needs does not make his son a "demon."
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Lebanon • 2013
- Director Amin Dora
- Cast Georges Khabbaz, Lara Rain, Emmanuel Khairallah, Camille Salameh, Rodrigue Sleiman, Samir Youssef
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
What Comes Around
(Al gami'ya)
It takes a village.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Lebanon, Egypt, Greece • 2018
- Director Reem Saleh
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Cairo Drive
On the streets of Egypt, the only rule is that there are no rules.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt, United States • 2013
- Director Sherief Elkatsha
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
In the Last Days of the City
(آخر أيام المدينة)
In the fading grandeur of downtown Cairo, a 35-year-old filmmaker struggles to make a film that captures the pulse of his city.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt, Germany, United Kingdom • 2017
- Director Tamer El Said
- Cast Khaled Abdalla, Laila Samy, Hanan Youssef, Maryam Saleh, Hayder Helo
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Vudu, Kanopy
Horses of God
(Les chevaux de Dieu)
How a decade can turn brothers into martyrs.
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- France, Belgium, Tunisia • 2013
- Director Nabil Ayouch
- Cast Abdelhakim Rachid, Abdelilah Rachid, Hamza Souideq, Ahmed El Idrissi Amrani
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
3000 Nights
(3000 Nocy)
A young Palestinian schoolteacher gives birth to her son in an Israeli prison where she fights to protect him while trying to survive and maintain hope.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Occupied Palestinian Territory, France, Jordan • 2015
- Director Mai Masri
- Cast Rakeen Saad, Karim Saleh, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Alicia Sánchez, Raida Adon, Yussuf Abu-Warda
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Yomeddine
(يوم الدين)
A Coptic leper and his orphaned young friend embark on an unforgettable journey in search of their lost families.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt, United States, Austria • 2018
- Director Abu Bakr Shawky
- Cast Rady Gamal, Shahira Fahmy, Ahmed Abdelhafiz, Osama Abdallah, Mohamed Abdel Azim
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Mimosas
(ميموزا)
Stories of modern and traditional spirituality come together in this tale of two journeys.
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- Spain, Morocco, France • 2016
- Director Oliver Laxe
- Cast Ahmed Hammoud, Shakib Ben Omar, Said Agli, Ikram Anzouli, Ahmed El Othemani
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor, OVID, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Salt of This Sea
(ملح هذا البحر)
Soraya, a Brooklyn-born Palestinian, seeks to reclaim both her family's home and their money taken during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
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- Palestine, Belgium, France • 2008
- Director Annemarie Jacir
- Cast Suheir Hammad, Saleh Bakri, Riyad Ideis, Sylvie Wetz, Yahya Barakat, Khaled Hourani
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Kino Now, Kanopy
Sunday God Willing
(Inch'Allah dimanche)
One woman's escape from tradition into the modern world.
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- France, Algeria • 2001
- Director Yamina Benguigui
- Cast Fejria Deliba, Zinedine Soualem, Rabia Mokeddem, Amina Annabi, Marie-France Pisier, Anass Behri
- Genre Family, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Excuse my French
(لا مؤاخذة)
Religious conversion through peer pressure.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 2014
- Director Amr Salama
- Cast Ahmed Helmy, Ahmed Dash, Kinda Alloush, Hani Adel, Bayoumi Fouad
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Shahid VIP, Netflix basic with Ads, Amazon Video
Beauty and the Dogs
(على كف عفريت)
Mariam must fight for her rights, even though justice lies on the side of her tormentors.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Tunisia, France, Sweden • 2017
- Director Kaouther Ben Hania
- Cast Mariam Al Ferjani, Ghanem Zrelli, Noomane Hamda, Anissa Daoud, Neder Ghouati, Mohamed Akkari
- Genre Drama, Crime, Thriller
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
When I Saw You
(لما شفتك)
A young Palestinian refugee tires of his life in a refugee camp and leaves in search of his separated father.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Palestine, Jordan, Greece • 2014
- Director Annemarie Jacir
- Cast Mahmoud Asfa, Ruba Blal, Saleh Bakri, Anas Algaralleh, Ali Elayan
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Box Office Hits
Omar & Salma 3
Mohamed Samy · 2012 · Egypt
Omar and Salma's marriage continues to break down, as Salma wishes Omar would find a more stable job than music. But when their daughter is kidnapped by the mafia, the two must come together despite their differences.
Available on AD tv
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122
Aren't hospitals supposed to be safe?
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 2019
- Director Yasir Al-Yasiri
- Cast Ahmed Dawood, Amina Khalil, Tarek Lotfy, Mohamed Mamdouh, Ahmed Al Fishawy
- Genre Horror, Thriller
- Available on Shahid VIP, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Karmouz War
(حرب كرموز)
Seeking to avenge a local girl's honor, an Egyptian police officer takes on the British army.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 2018
- Director Peter Mimi
- Cast Scott Adkins, Amir Karara, Ghada Abdel Razek, Ahmed El Sakka, Bayoumi Fouad, Mahmoud Hemida
- Genre Action, Thriller, History, Crime, War
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Freevee, Redbox
Excuse my French
(لا مؤاخذة)
Religious conversion through peer pressure.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 2014
- Director Amr Salama
- Cast Ahmed Helmy, Ahmed Dash, Kinda Alloush, Hani Adel, Bayoumi Fouad
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Shahid VIP, Netflix basic with Ads, Amazon Video
Capernaum
(کفرناحوم)
Zain, a hardened 12-year-old boy struggling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for his conception.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Lebanon, United States, France • 2018
- Director Nadine Labaki
- Cast Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Nadine Labaki, Kawthar Al Haddad, Fadi Kamel Youssef
- Genre Drama
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Cell
(الخلية)
One man seeks revenge against the terrorist who killed his best friend.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 2017
- Director Tarek El'eryan
- Cast Ahmed Ezz, Amina Khalil, Mohamed Mamdouh, Reham Abdelghafour
- Genre Action, Thriller, Drama
- Available on AD tv
1000 Mabrouk
(1000 مبروك)
A selfish accountant is forced to deal with his own reality by living the same day over and over again.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 2009
- Director Ahmed Nader Galal
- Cast Ahmed Helmy, Laila Ezz El Arab, Mahmoud El Fishawy, Sara Abdulrahman, Hany El Sabagh
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV
Flimflam
(لف ودوران)
To take advantage of a booking mix-up, a fun-loving bachelor pretends to marry a complete stranger as they "honeymoon" together.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 2016
- Director Khaled Marei
- Cast Ahmed Helmy, Sabreen, Jamila Awad, Bayoumi Fouad
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Shahid VIP, AD tv
Seeking a Man
(بشتري راجل)
A baby, a marriage, but no sex, all for the right price.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 2017
- Director Mohamed Ali
- Cast Mohamed Mamdouh, Nelly Karim, Leila Arabi, Laila Ezz El Arab, Mohamed Shahin, Lotfy Labib
- Genre Romance, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Amazon Video
The Worthy
Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Arab Emirates, Romania • 2016
- Director Ali F. Mostafa
- Cast Maisa Abd Elhadi, Rakeen Saad, Ali Suliman, Ruba Blal
- Genre Thriller, Action, Science Fiction
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Ghadi
A father's quest to convince his town that having special needs does not make his son a "demon."
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Lebanon • 2013
- Director Amin Dora
- Cast Georges Khabbaz, Lara Rain, Emmanuel Khairallah, Camille Salameh, Rodrigue Sleiman, Samir Youssef
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Teer Enta
(طير أنت)
This genie may only grant you one wish, but he'll give you seven chances to become the person you aspire to be.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 2009
- Director Ahmed El Gendy
- Cast Donia Samir Ghanem, Ahmed Mekky
- Genre Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
- Available on Shahid VIP, Apple TV
Rattle the Cage
(Zinzana)
Making bail is hard enough without having to play a madman's twisted game.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Arab Emirates, Jordan • 2015
- Director Majid Al Ansari
- Cast Ali Suliman, Ahd, Saleh Bakri, Eyad Hourani, Omar Abdulhamid
- Genre Thriller, Crime
- Available on Apple TV
El Dealer
(الديلر)
Longtime enemies who love the same woman are reunited by fate.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 2010
- Director Ahmed Saleh
- Cast Ahmed El Sakka, Mai Selim, Khaled El Nabawy, Samy El Adl, Minnah Fadhaly, Nidal El Shafei
- Genre Thriller, Drama, Adventure
- Available on Apple TV
Bolbol Hayran
(بلبل حيران)
A man suffering from amnesia can't seem to choose between the women playing tricks on him.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 2010
- Director Khaled Marei
- Cast Ahmed Helmy, Zeina, Sherry Adel, Amy Samir Ghanem, Youssef Fawzy, Wael Sami
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, AD tv
The Idol
(يا طير الطاير)
From a ragtag band to performing in front of thousands, the life of famous "Arab Idol" singer Mohammed Assaf is explored.
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- Occupied Palestinian Territory, United Kingdom, Qatar • 2015
- Director Hany Abu-Assad
- Cast Tawfeek Barhom, Kais Attalah, Hiba Attalah, Ahmad Qasem, Abdel Kareem Barakeh
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on OVID, Shahid VIP, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now