Remembering the Arab Spring
Of Fathers and Sons
Talal Derki · 2017 · Germany, United States, Syria
Syrian director Talal Derki returns to his homeland to document the daily life of a radical Islamist family. After gaining their trust, Derki closely follows brothers Osama and Ayman, providing an extremely rare insight into what it means to grow up with a father whose only dream is to establish an Islamic Caliphate.
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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, Netflix basic with Ads, Alamo on Demand, Kanopy, Netflix, Tubi TV, YouTube, The Roku Channel
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 Film Movement Plus, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Kanopy, Plex, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Apple TV, Plex Player
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 basic with Ads, Netflix
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 Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
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 Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV, National Geographic, Hulu
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 Vudu, OVID, Kanopy, Apple TV
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
Dry Hot Summers
Sherif El Bendary · 2016 · Egypt, Germany
Two lonely people in opposite chapters of their lives accidentally meet on a busy summer day in a Cairo taxi. Frail old Shawky and bubbly young Doaa are both caught up in their busy routines as their race through the city evolves into a journey of self-discovery that reconnects them to the joys of life.
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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
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 basic with Ads, Netflix
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
Bonboné
(بونبونة)
A Palestinian inmate serving time in an Israeli jail receives a visit from his wife who devises a bold and crafty operation to fulfill their secret desires.
- ✭
- Occupied Palestinian Territory, Lebanon • 2017
- Director Rakan Mayasi
- Cast Saleh Bakri, Rana Alamuddin
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Amazon Video, Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
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
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 DocAlliance Films, Amazon Video, Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
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
Record It!
Fidaï
Damien Ounouri · 2014 · Algeria, Germany, France
A seventy-year-old veteran of the Algerian War of Independence speaks about his years of struggle as an underground soldier for the National Liberation Front. From settling of scores and attempted murder to hiding, imprisonment and finally deportation back to Algeria, his personal journey tells the story of countless ex-fighters for Algerian independence and echoes the current effervescence of the Arab World.
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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 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 Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV, National Geographic, Hulu
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 Amazon Video, Kanopy, Eventive, Apple TV
Recycle
(Ea'adat khalk)
Desperate acts can emerge from the most ordinary of circumstances.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Netherlands, Jordan • 2008
- Director Mahmoud al Massad
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on realeyz
Ambulance/Gaza
A raw, first-person account of the last war in Gaza in the summer of 2014 from the eyes of a first responder.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Palestine, Norway • 2017
- Director Mohamed Jabaly
- Cast Mohamed Jabaly, Abo Marzouq Khader Al-Helo, Abd-Razaq Al-Helo, Abo Nedal Ramadan Harazeen, Rami Aklouk
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, VUDU Free, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV
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 basic with Ads, Netflix
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, Netflix basic with Ads, Alamo on Demand, Kanopy, Netflix, Tubi TV, YouTube, The Roku Channel
Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine
(القاهرة منورة بأهلها)
A portrait of both Egypt's most famous city and its most famous filmmaker.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 1991
- Director Youssef Chahine
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel
What Comes Around
(Al gami'ya)
It takes a village.
- Lebanon, Egypt, Greece • 2018
- Director Reem Saleh
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Apple TV
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
Omar
Hany Abu-Assad · 2013 · Palestine
In this story of childhood friends torn apart in their fight for freedom, Omar, Tarek, and Amjad stage an attack on an Israeli checkpoint after being beaten and humiliated by Israeli soldiers. When Amjad kills one of them, Omar is captured and forcibly coerced into working as a double agent, but hides his true motives.
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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, Netflix basic with Ads, Alamo on Demand, Kanopy, Netflix, Tubi TV, YouTube, The Roku Channel
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 Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, YouTube, Apple TV
Wadjda
(وجدة)
After a fight with a neighborhood boy, Wadjda attempts to raise money for a bicycle to beat him in a race.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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 Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
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, DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
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 Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
Sheikh Jackson
(شيخ جاكسون)
A young imam struggles to cope with the sudden death of Michael Jackson.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 2017
- Director Amr Salama
- Cast Ahmed Al Fishawy, Ahmed Malek, Amina Khalil
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Crackle, Vudu, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Apple TV, Plex Player, fuboTV
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 Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV, National Geographic, Hulu
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 Amazon Video, Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix, Tubi TV
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 Microsoft Store, Film Movement Plus, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, FlixFling, Apple TV
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 DocAlliance Films, Amazon Video, Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
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 basic with Ads, Netflix
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 Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, VUDU Free, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
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 basic with Ads, Netflix
Next Award, Please
Cairo Drive
Sherief Elkatsha · 2013 · Egypt, United States
Shot before, during, and after the Egyptian revolution, the country's collective identity and inherent struggles are explored. Sherief Elkatsha rides through the congested streets alongside a diverse cast of characters, capturing the frustrations, humor, unspoken codes of conduct, and life-or-death decisions of driving in a city where the only rule is that there are no rules.
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Martyr
(شهيد)
A young man's sudden drowning exposes the city’s schisms and the society’s fault lines while his friends grapple with loss and powerlessness.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Lebanon, Italy • 2018
- Director Mazen Khaled
- Cast Carol Abboud, Hamza Mekdad
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Apple TV
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 Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, VUDU Free, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
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 Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Apple TV
Rock the Casbah
When the prodigal daughter returns, secrets will be released.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Morocco • 2013
- Director Laïla Marrakchi
- Cast Morjana Alaoui, Nadine Labaki, Lubna Azabal, Hiam Abbass, Omar Sharif
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, OVID, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
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 Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Netflix basic with Ads, Chai Flicks, Kanopy, Netflix, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV
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 Film Movement Plus, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Kanopy, Plex, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Apple TV, Plex Player
What Comes Around
(Al gami'ya)
It takes a village.
- Lebanon, Egypt, Greece • 2018
- Director Reem Saleh
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Apple TV
Horses of God
(Les chevaux de Dieu)
How a decade can turn brothers into martyrs.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium, Tunisia • 2013
- Director Nabil Ayouch
- Cast Abdelhakim Rachid, Abdelilah Rachid, Hamza Souideq, Ahmed El Idrissi Amrani
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
678
(٦٧٨)
Three women inspire Egypt's first anti-harassment legislation.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 2010
- Director Mohamed Diab
- Cast Nelly Karim, Boshra, Maged El Kedwany, Basim Samra, Nahed El Sebai, Ahmed Al Fishawy
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
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 Microsoft Store, Film Movement Plus, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, FlixFling, Apple TV
The Day I Lost My Shadow
(يوم أضعت ظلي)
When a simple errand goes awry, a single mother must confront the brutal effects of war.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Syria, France, Lebanon • 2018
- Director Soudade Kaadan
- Cast Sawsan Arsheed, Reham Al Kassar, Samer Ismael
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
Dry Hot Summers
(حار جاف صيفا)
Two lonely people accidentally meet in a Cairo taxi and take a journey of self-discovery that reconnects them to the joys life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt, Germany • 2016
- Director Sherif El Bendary
- Cast Mohamed Farid, Nahed El Sebai, Donia Maher, Mohamed Abdel Azim
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on realeyz
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 Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, VUDU Free, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
Adam
(آدم)
Fate comes knocking (and she's pregnant).
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Morocco, France, Belgium • 2019
- Director Maryam Touzani
- Cast Lubna Azabal, Nisrine Erradi, Douae Belkhaouda, Aziz Hattab, Hasnaa Tamtaoui
- Genre Drama
- Available on VUDU Free, Kanopy, Tubi TV, Apple TV
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 Google Play Movies, Vudu, Kanopy, , YouTube, Apple TV
Box Office Hits
Seeking a Man
Mohamed Ali · 2017 · Egypt
A mid-thirties career woman who wants to have a child without the hassle of a relationship decides to hire a man for artificial insemination. When a veterinarian on the verge of losing his farm sees her ad, he jumps at the chance for cash, despite already having a fiancé.
Available on Amazon Video, Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
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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
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 Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Apple TV
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
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 Freevee, Redbox, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Pluto TV
Ahwak
(أهواك)
When a charming plastic surgeon is introduced to his new love's single mother, he falls in love with her instead.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 2015
- Director Mohamed Samy
- Cast Tamer Hosny, Ghada Adel, Entsar, Mahmoud Hemida, Amal Rezq
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Google Play Movies, YouTube, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
Omar & Salma 3
(عمر وسلمى 3)
When Omar and Salma's daughter is kidnapped, the two must come together despite their marital problems.
- ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 2012
- Director Mohamed Samy
- Cast Tamer Hosny, Mai Ezz Eldein, Ezzat Abou Aouf, Lamitta Frangieh, Abdalah Mishrif, Nahla Zaki
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- 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
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 Google Play Movies, YouTube, Shahid VIP, Apple TV
Ibn el-Qunsul
(ابن القنصل)
The con man gets conned.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 2010
- Director Amr Arafa
- Cast Ghada Adel, Ahmed El Sakka, Khaled Saleh, Magdy Kamel, Khaled Sarhan, Sawsan Badr
- Genre Comedy, Thriller, Drama, Family
- Available on Apple TV
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.
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- Egypt • 2009
- Director Ahmed El Gendy
- Cast Donia Samir Ghanem, Ahmed Mekky
- Genre Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
- Available on Shahid VIP, Apple TV
Capernaum
(کفرناحوم)
Zain, a hardened 12-year-old boy struggling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for his conception.
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- 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, DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
The Cell
(الخلية)
One man seeks revenge against the terrorist who killed his best friend.
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- Egypt • 2017
- Director Tarek El'eryan
- Cast Ahmed Ezz, Amina Khalil, Mohamed Mamdouh, Reham Abdelghafour
- Genre Action, Thriller, Drama
- Available on AD tv
Rattle the Cage
(Zinzana)
Making bail is hard enough without having to play a madman's twisted game.
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- 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
The Worthy
Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink.
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- 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 basic with Ads, Netflix
Caramel
(سكر بنات)
The intersecting lives of five Lebanese women in a Beirut beauty salon.
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- France, Lebanon • 2007
- Director Nadine Labaki
- Cast Nadine Labaki, Yasmine Al Massri, Joanna Moukarzel, Gisèle Aouad, Adel Karam, Sihame Haddad
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Tubi TV