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Aladdin(1992)

G
| 1h 30min | Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 5,145 votes)

Disney’s animated take on the classic Arabian tale, featuring Oscar-winning music and Robin Williams as a wise-cracking blue genie. Young 'street rat' Aladdin has dreams of being something nobler than a small marketplace thief. He discovers a bond with Princess Jasmine during a chance encounter, but is arrested for thievery by the palace guards soon after. In custody, Aladdin learns of a magical lamp that will grant him any wish he desires. Escaping from prison, he heads for the promised land in search of the mythical treasure, completely unaware that he is being manipulated by the Sultan’s sinister Grand Vizier, Jafar.

Directed by John Musker, Ron Clements

Lawrence of Arabia(1962)

NR
| 3h 47min | Adventure, Drama, History, War
4.0/5 (with 1,261 votes)

The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.

Directed by David Lean - With Jack Hawkins, Anthony Quinn, Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif, José Ferrer, ...
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The Kingdom(2007)

R
| 1h 50min | Thriller, Action, Drama
3.3/5 (with 690 votes)

A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.

Directed by Peter Berg - With Jamie Foxx, Ashraf Barhom, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Kyle Chandler, ...
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen(2012)

PG-13
| 1h 47min | Drama, Romance / Love, Comedy
3.2/5 (with 386 votes)

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.

Directed by Lasse Hallström - With Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas, Amr Waked, Tom Mison, Conleth Hill, ...
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The Message(1976)

PG
| 2h 58min | Adventure, Drama, Action, History
3.7/5 (with 143 votes)

Handsomely-mounted historical epic concerns the birth of the Islamic faith and the story of the prophet Mohammed.

Directed by Moustapha Akkad, Andrew Marton - With Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Michael Ansara, Johnny Sekka, Michael Forest, Richard Johnson, ...
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A Prophet(2009)

R
| 2h 35min | Crime, Drama
3.8/5 (with 660 votes)

Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himself and wins the confidence of the Corsican group.

Directed by Jacques Audiard - With Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Hichem Yacoubi, Reda Kateb, Jean-Philippe Ricci, ...
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Man Bites Dog(1992)

NC-17
| 1h 36min | Comedy, Crime
3.6/5 (with 376 votes)

The activities of rampaging, indiscriminate serial killer Ben are recorded by a willingly complicit documentary team, who eventually become his accomplices and active participants. Ben provides casual commentary on the nature of his work and arbitrary musings on topics of interest to him, such as music or the conditions of low-income housing, and even goes so far as to introduce the documentary crew to his family. But their reckless indulgences soon get the better of them.

Directed by Rémy Belvaux, Benoît Poelvoorde, André Bonzel - With Benoît Poelvoorde, André Bonzel, Rémy Belvaux, Édith Le Merdy, Benoît Mariage, Philippe Blasband, ...
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Beirut(2018)

R
| 1h 50min | Action, Thriller, Drama
3.2/5 (with 233 votes)

In 1980s Beirut, Mason Skiles is a former U.S. diplomat who is called back into service to save a colleague from the group that is possibly responsible for his own family's death. Meanwhile, a CIA field agent who is working under cover at the American embassy is tasked with keeping Mason alive and ensuring that the mission is a success.

Directed by Brad Anderson - With Jon Hamm, Rosamund Pike, Shea Whigham, Larry Pine, Mark Pellegrino, Alon Abutbul, ...
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Things Are Tough All Over(1982)

R
| 1h 30min | Action, Comedy
3.0/5 (with 30 votes)

Cheech and Chong are hired to drive a limo from Chicago to Las Vegas by two shady Arabs - Mr. Slyman and Prince Habib. Unbeknownst to them, five million dollars of dirty money has been stuffed throughout the car.

Directed by Thomas K. Avildsen - With Evelyn Guerrero, Rip Taylor, George Wallace
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The Perfect Candidate(2020)

1h 44min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 40 votes)

A young Saudi doctor campaigns for a seat on the municipal council, finding confidence as she combats prejudice.

Directed by Haifaa al-Mansour

Carry on Follow That Camel(1967)

1h 35min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 20 votes)

Bertram Oliphant West (also known as Bo West) wants to clear his unjustly smeared reputation. He joins the Foreign Legion, with Simpson his manservant in tow. But the fort they get posted to is full of eccentric legionnaires, and there is trouble brewing with the locals too. Unbeknown to Bo, his lady love has followed him in disguise...

Directed by Gerald Thomas - With Phil Silvers, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Angela Douglas, ...
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Rollover(1981)

R
| 1h 56min | Drama, Mystery, Romance / Love, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 10 votes)

An Arab oil organization devises a plan to wreck the world economy in order to cause anarchy and chaos.

Directed by Alan J. Pakula - With Jane Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, Hume Cronyn, Josef Sommer, Bob Gunton, Martha Plimpton, ...
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Bagdad(1949)

NR
| 1h 22min | Adventure
2.9/5 (with 4 votes)

An Arab sheik's daughter (Maureen O'Hara) avenges his death, blamed on Hassan (Paul Christian) and his Black Riders.

Directed by Charles Lamont - With Maureen O'Hara, Vincent Price, Frank Puglia, Fritz Leiber, Jeff Corey, John Sutton, ...

Promises(2001)

1h 46min | Documentary
3.8/5 (with 18 votes)

Documentarians Justine Shapiro and B.Z. Goldberg traveled to Israel to interview Palestinian and Israeli kids ages 11 to 13, assembling their views on living in a society afflicted with violence, separatism and religious and political extremism. This 2002 Oscar nominee for Best Feature Documentary culminates in an astonishing day in which two Israeli children meet Palestinian youngsters at a refugee camp.

Directed by Carlos Bolado, Justine Shapiro

The Garden of Allah(1936)

NR
| 1h 19min | Drama, Romance / Love, Adventure
2.9/5 (with 11 votes)

The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.

Directed by Ryszard Bolesławski, Otto Brower - With Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer, Basil Rathbone, C. Aubrey Smith, Joseph Schildkraut, John Carradine, ...

Flame of Araby(1951)

NR
| 1h 18min | Adventure
3.2/5 (with 3 votes)

An Arabian-nights princess and a Bedouin chief contend over possession of a stallion, but unite to oppose the Corsair Lords.

Directed by Charles Lamont - With Jeff Chandler, Maureen O'Hara, Buddy Baer, Dewey Martin, Henry Brandon, Lon Chaney Jr., ...

The District(2004)

1h 27min | Animation, Science Fiction, Comedy
2.6/5 (with 8 votes)

In an effort to end family feuding, a young gypsy travels back in time to kill mammoths to ensure Hungary becomes rich by killing mammoths in order to create a massive oil reservoir. Things don't go entirely according to plan...

Directed by Áron Gauder

Escape from Zahrain(1962)

1h 33min | Action, Adventure, Drama
3.1/5 (with 10 votes)

Yul Brynner plays political leader Sharif who is sprung from a police van on his way to a firing squad by young loyalists led by Sal Mineo. Yul and the other prisoners kidnap an ambulance and head into the Arabian desert with the police in hot pursuit. All the performances are magnificent: Sal Mineo showing his acting talents, Jack Warden in a wiseguy performance as an employee of Zahrain oil who was involved in embezzlement, Anthony Caruso as a slimy psychotic and the underrated Madlyn Rhue as a nurse who becomes emotionally involved in the proceedings.

Directed by Ronald Neame - With Yul Brynner, Anthony Caruso, Sal Mineo, Jay Novello, Madlyn Rhue, Jack Warden, ...
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The Barbarian(1933)

NR
| 1h 23min | Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
2.4/5 (with 5 votes)

An Arab prince masquerades as a tour guide for rich women in order to enrich himself.

Directed by Sam Wood - With Ramón Novarro, Myrna Loy, Albert Conti, Michael Visaroff

All My Life(2008)

NR
| 1h 59min | Drama, Romance / Love
1.8/5 (with 4 votes)

For Rami, all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds, as long as he keeps to himself. But when his longtime lover leaves him to marry a woman and his best friends drift away, he comes face to face with the harsh realities of life as a gay man in Egypt. Against the backdrop of the choreographed crackdown on gay men and the notorious Queen Boat arrests of 2001, he plunges into a world of loveless friendships and spirals downwards to his ultimate downfall.

Directed by Maher Sabry

On Fire(2016)

1h 42min | Comedy, Action, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Samar is a beautiful girl living with her sisters. When someone tried to exploit her in some illegal activities, Samar decides to volunteer for civil defense. There, she falls in love with one of her colleagues.

With Maguy Bou Ghosn, Carlos Azar, Shukran Murtaja, Wissam Sabbagh, Hussein Moukaddem

Killing Cars(1986)

1h 44min | Thriller, Action
2.2/5 (with 2 votes)

In a complex story of automotive intrigue, oil barons, corporate finance, and international villainy, the inventor of an environmentally friendly car powered by energy cells becomes the target of killers. After Ralph Korda has given his patented worldcar to a German automaker for testing, he is confronted by ominous men, eager to get their hands on his patent. Evil Arab petroleum lords also want to stop this threat to the gasoline market any way they can.

Directed by Michael Verhoeven - With Jürgen Prochnow, Senta Berger, Agnès Soral, Daniel Gélin, Peter Matić, Bernhard Wicki, ...

The Desert Song(1953)

1h 50min | Music, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 2 votes)

Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Apposing Yousseff are the Riffs, whose secret leader, The Red Shadow, is Paul Bonnard, a professor who is studying the desert, and whose attacks on the supply trains intended for Yousseff keep the Riff villages in food. Foreign Legion General Birabeau arrives to conduct an investigation, accompanied by his daughter, Margot. Birabeau hires Bonnard to tutor her, and she is attracted to a Legionaire captain, Claud Fontaine. While the general, Bonnard and Fontaine pay a visit to Yousseff, an American newspaper man, Benji Kidd, discovers a secret way in and out of Yousseff's palace, with the aid of Azuri, a dancing girl in love with Bonnard. The latter is forced to resume his role as the Riffs leader, and kidnap Margot until he can convince her of Yousseff's treachery. But Yousseff's men attack the Riff camp and take Margot prisoner.

Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone - With Kathryn Grayson, Gordon MacRae, Raymond Massey, Steve Cochran, William Conrad, Dick Wesson, ...

Polygraph(2021)

20min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Yasmine, an openly lesbian Arab nurse, finds out that her lover, Or, an intelligence officer in the Israeli army has been reporting on their relationship. Yasmine's sister arrives for a visit from the West Bank, not knowing that she is going to meet the occupying enemy at her own sister's house.

Two Arabian Knights(1927)

1h 32min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 6 votes)

During World War I, two American soldiers fight to escape the Germans while squabbling over a beautiful harem girl.

Directed by Lewis Milestone - With William Boyd, Mary Astor, Louis Wolheim, Ian Keith, Boris Karloff, DeWitt Clarke Jennings, ...

One week, Two Days!(2016)

20min | Drama

A delicate exploration of the highs and lows of intimacy between Leila and Ibrahim, a loving couple, as they deliberate the difficult decisions surrounding conception and parenthood.

Israel's Arab Warriors(2016)

47min | Documentary

The last years have seen a steep rise in the number of Arabs signing up to Israel's army. Considered traitors by many in the Arab community, what drives these young men to fight for a country traditionally in conflict with Arab interests? Does this provide a path for Israeli/Arab integration? In this insightful doc, we follow the first Arab battalion fighting for Israel.

Directed by Oren Rosenfeld
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Arabic Secret(2017)

52min | Documentary
0.5/5 (with 1 vote)

One who doesn't have roots won't be able to grow wings-a documentary project about a man tracking his origins to the Middle East and establishing a connection with his father, whom he have never met before.

Why Do They Hate Us?(2016)

1h 21min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

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The Seventh Coin(1993)

1h 32min | Adventure
1.5/5 (with 2 votes)

An independent film starring Peter O'Toole and directed by Dror Soref. In modern-day Jerusalem, an Arab boy and a beautiful American tourist are accidentally entrusted with a priceless coin from the age of King Herod. Soon the two are falling in love and running for their lives from Emil Saber, a man obsessed with possessing the fabled coin at any cost.

Directed by Dror Soref - With Peter O'Toole, Navin Chowdhry, Alexandra Powers, John Rhys-Davies, Ally Walker, Jill Novick, ...
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