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.
Available on OVID, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Kanopy
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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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States, Syria • 2017
- Director Talal Derki
- Cast Abu Osama
- Genre Documentary, War
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, 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
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, Fandango At Home, National Geographic
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
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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
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, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
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
Rupture
Yassmina Karajah · 2017 · Jordan, Canada
On a sweltering summer day, four Arab kids venture into their new city to look for a pool and find relief from both the heat and their trauma as Syrian refugees.
Available on Criterion Channel
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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
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 Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Amazon Video
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
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, Netflix basic with Ads
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
Record It!
The White Helmets
Orlando von Einsiedel · 2016 · United Kingdom
As daily airstrikes pound civilian targets in Syria, a group of indomitable first responders risk their lives to rescue victims from the rubble. In this snapshot of both the harrowing realities of life for ordinary Syrians who remain in the country and the power of the human spirit, the White Helmets put everything on the line to protect their communities.
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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, Fandango At Home, National Geographic
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
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 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
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, Hoopla
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, Hoopla
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
Oscar Submissions
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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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 Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy, Hoopla
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 fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
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, Tubi TV, Kanopy
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
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
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
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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, 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, Netflix basic with Ads
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 Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
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
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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Next Award, Please
3000 Nights
Mai Masri · 2015 · Occupied Palestinian Territory, France, Jordan
After a Palestinian woman's random good deed leads to her arrest and imprisonment, she must give birth to her son in an Israeli prison and fight to protect him while trying to survive and maintain hope.
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Mimosas
(ميموزا)
Stories of modern and traditional spirituality come together in this tale of two journeys.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Hoopla
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, Hoopla
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, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Sunday God Willing
(Inch'Allah dimanche)
One woman's escape from tradition into the modern world.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Hoopla
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
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 Netflix, 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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, 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, Fandango At Home, Kanopy
I Still Hide to Smoke
(À mon âge je me cache encore pour fumer)
For nine women, it's more than just a bathhouse: it's a sanctuary.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Greece, Algeria • 2016
- Director Rayhana Obermeyer
- Cast Hiam Abbass, Fadila Belkebla, Nadia Kaci, Biyouna
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Cineverse
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 Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy, Hoopla
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 Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Cairo Station
(باب الحديد)
A newspaper salesman at the train station in Cairo develops an unhealthy obsession with a woman who sells refreshments.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 1958
- Director Youssef Chahine
- Cast Farid Shawqi, Hend Rostom, Youssef Chahine, Hassan el Baroudi, Abdel Aziz Khalil, Said Khalil
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel
Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces
(Asfour Stah)
Amidst the throes of puberty, life is difficult for twelve-year-old Noura in his Tunisian town where the lives of men and women are kept utterly separate.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Tunisia, France, Italy • 1990
- Director Férid Boughedir
- Cast Selim Boughedir, Mustafa Adouani, Rabia Ben Abdallah, Mohammed Driss
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Divine Intervention
(يد إلهية)
Separated by a checkpoint, Palestinian lovers from Jerusalem and Ramallah arrange clandestine meetings.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Morocco, Germany • 2002
- Director Elia Suleiman
- Cast Elia Suleiman, Manal Khader, George Ibrahim, Amer Daher, Jamel Daher, Lufuf Nuweiser
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Chai Flicks, Netflix basic with Ads, 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
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.
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Wild Raghda
(رغدة متوحشة)
When a male beauty center employee learns that a movie director is seeking a pretty new face, he dresses up as a woman to win the acting job.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 2018
- Director Mahmoud Karim
- Cast Ramez Galal, Reham Haggag, Bayoumi Fouad, Mohamed Tharwat, Hamdy El Marghany, Hamdi Al Wazir
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Shahid VIP, Amazon Prime Video
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
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
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
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
Lion Heart
(قلب الأسد)
Kidnapped as a child and raised in the circus, a young lion tamer’s tough side emerges when he gets entangled in an underworld murder mystery.
- ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 2013
- Director Karim El Sobky
- Cast Mohamed Ramadan, Hassan Hosny, Horeya Farghaly
- Genre
- Available on AD tv
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
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 Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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
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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
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
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
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
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
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