Remembering the Arab Spring
The Square
Jehane Noujaim · 2013 · United Kingdom, Egypt, United States
Centered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, several young activists participate in the Egyptian Revolution. They are armed with determination, humor, social media savvy, and a passionate vision for the country’s future – but can that sustain them when dictator Hosni Mubarek’s fall proves to be only the beginning of their struggle?
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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
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
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
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, Plex Player, Apple TV
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
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, National Geographic, Hulu, 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
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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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
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
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
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!
Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine
Youssef Chahine · 1991 · Egypt
Mixing styles of documentary and fiction to blur the lines between what is real and what is acted, Youssef Chahine creates a portrait of Egypt’s bustling capital, a major center of the Arab world. But by filming Cairo with his unique sense of artistic digression, Chahine transforms this portrait of a city into the self-portrait of a filmmaker.
Available on Fandor Amazon Channel
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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
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 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, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube
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
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, 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, National Geographic, Hulu, 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, Netflix basic with Ads
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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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, Kanopy, Tubi TV, 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, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
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, Plex Player, fuboTV, Apple 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 Hoopla, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, 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 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.
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- 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
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
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, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
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 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
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
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
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
Next Award, Please
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Mohamed Diab · 2010 · Egypt
Based on the real-life events that led to Egypt's first anti-harassment legislation, three women seek justice from the daily plight of sexual harassment in Egypt. When one woman takes violent revenge, she becomes a hero, causing a nationwide stir.
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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
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
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 Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy
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
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
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
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, Plex, YouTube, Plex Player, Apple TV
Blessed Benefit
(Inshallah Estafadit)
Life in prison beats life on the outside.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Jordan, Netherlands • 2017
- Director Mahmoud al Massad
- Cast Ahmad Thaher, Maher Khammash, Odai Hijazi, Mahmoud al Massad, Nadim Remawi
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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 Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel
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, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple 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 Hoopla, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, 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
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
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 Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Apple TV
Box Office Hits
Ghadi
Amin Dora · 2013 · Lebanon
Lacking knowledge of his condition, a small Lebanese coastal town starts calling Ghadi, a young special needs boy, a "demon." Desperate to convince the villagers that his son is not to be feared, Ghadi's father concocts a crazy scheme to convince the townspeople that his son is instead an angel who holds the answers to all their problems.
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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
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
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
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
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
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, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, 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
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
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 Amazon Video, Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
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
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
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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
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
Excuse my French
(لا مؤاخذة)
Religious conversion through peer pressure.
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- 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
Ahwak
(أهواك)
When a charming plastic surgeon is introduced to his new love's single mother, he falls in love with her instead.
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- Egypt • 2015
- Director Mohamed Samy
- Cast Tamer Hosny, Ghada Adel, Entsar, Mahmoud Hemida, Amal Rezq
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube