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Casablanca
(كازابلانكا)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 2019
- Director Peter Mimi
- Cast Amir Karara, Ghada Adel, Halit Ergenç, Eyad Nassar, Amr Abdul Gelil, Lebleba
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Shahid VIP
The Blue Caftan
(Le Bleu du caftan)
A middle-aged tailor and his wife find their relationship turned upside down by the arrival of a handsome new apprentice.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Morocco, Belgium • 2023
- Director Maryam Touzani
- Cast Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Messioui, Mounia Lamkimel, Hamid Zoughi
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Farha
In 1948, A 14-year-old girl in Palestine watches from a locked cellar as catastrophe consumes her home.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sweden • 2022
- Director Darin J. Sallam
- Cast Ashraf Barhom, Karam Taher, Tala Gammoh, Ali Soliman, Sameera Asir, Majd Eid
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Saudi Runaway
A young Saudi woman documents oppression and patriarchy as she attempts to flee the country.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Switzerland • 2020
- Director Susanne Regina Meures
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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
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
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, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Affair
(النزوة)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 2022
- Creator
- Cast Khaled El Nabawy, Aïcha Ben Ahmed, Sally Shahin, Omar El Shenawy, Mourad Makram, Nour Mahmoud
- Genre Drama
- Available on Shahid VIP
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
Costa Brava, Lebanon
(كوستا برافا)
A family living in the rural mountainside are threatened by the construction of a new landfill next to their land.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- • 2022
- Director Mounia Akl
- Cast Nadine Labaki, Saleh Bakri, Nadia Charbel, Ceana Restom, Geana Restom
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, 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 Between
(بر بحر)
Three young Palestinian women in Tel Aviv must come to terms with the daily duality they face, trapped between hometown tradition and big city abandon.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Israel, France • 2016
- Director Maysaloun Hamoud
- Cast Mouna Hawa, Shaden Kanboura, Sana Jammalieh, Mahmoud Shalaby, Henry Andrawes, Ahlam Canaan
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
You Will Die at 20
(ستموت في العشرين)
Muzamil must determine what it means to be alive in this coming-of-death tale.
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- Sudan, France, Egypt • 2020
- Director Amjad Abu Alala
- Cast Islam Mubark, Mahmoud Elsaraj, Bunna Khalid, Talal Afifi, Mustafa Shehata
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
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
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
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
Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story
(احكي يا شهرزاد)
A female talk show host in Cairo faces backlash as she shines a light on women's issues the government would rather ignore.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 2009
- Director Yousry Nasrallah
- Cast Mona Zaki, Mahmoud Hemida, Hassan El Raddad, Rehab El Gamal, Nahed El Sebai, Sawsan Badr
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
Nocturne
(Notturno)
Filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi explores the borders of the Middle East under the cover of night.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France, Germany • 2020
- Director Gianfranco Rosi
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Awake
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Lebanon • 2019
- Creator Nadia Tabbara
- Cast Flavia Bechara, Tarek Yaacoub, Mohamad Akil, Raymonde Azar, Stephanie Atala, Ruba Zarour
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Hoopla
The Time That Remains
(الزمن الباقي)
A semi-biographical film about the lives of the Palestinians who remained during the creation of the state of Israel from 1948 to present day.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium • 2009
- Director Elia Suleiman
- Cast Saleh Bakri, Elia Suleiman, Amer Hlehel, Ali Suliman, Menashe Noy, Ayman Espanioli
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Sand Storm
(Sufat Chol)
When Jalila's husband marries a second woman, Jalila and her daughter's worlds are shattered.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Israel, Germany, France • 2016
- Director Elite Zexer
- Cast Lamis Ammar, Ruba Blal, Hitham Omari, Shaden Kanboura, Khadija Al Akel, Jalal Masrwa
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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, Kino Now, Kanopy
Memory Box
(دفاتر مايا)
The lives of three women are connected by a box that resurfaces containing notebooks, photographs and audiotapes.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Lebanon, Canada, France • 2021
- Director Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
- Cast Manal Issa, Rim Turki, Paloma Vauthier, Clémence Sabbagh, Hassan Akil, Halim Abiad
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Cairo Conspiracy
(ولد من الجنة)
The son of a fisherman is given the chance to study at a prestigious university in Cairo and becomes a pawn in the conflict between Egypt's religious and political elites.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden, France, Finland • 2022
- Director Tarik Saleh
- Cast Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Mohammad Bakri, Makram J. Khoury, Mehdi Dehbi, Younes Medhat
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, 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
Scales
(سيدة البحر)
Young Hawat must stand alone against her family and her village in order to escape a brutal custom.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iraq • 2020
- Director Shahad Ameen
- Cast Basima Hajjar, Ashraf Barhoum, Yagoub Alfarhan
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Perfect Candidate
(المرشحة المثالية)
A young Saudi doctor decides to run for an office in a municipal election as their first ever female candidate.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Saudi Arabia, Germany • 2020
- Director Haifaa al-Mansour
- Cast Mila Alzahrani, Nora Al Awadh, Dae Al Hilali, Khalid Abdulrhim, Shafi Al Harthy
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Player
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
Caramel
(سكر بنات)
The intersecting lives of five Lebanese women in a Beirut beauty salon.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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 No streaming locations found.
Our Father
(Abouna)
The lives of two brothers are upended when they awake one morning to find that their father has left.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Chad, Netherlands • 2002
- Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Cast Ahidjo Mahamat Moussa, Hamza Moctar Aguid, Zara Haroun, Hassan Boulama, Mounira Khalil, Diego Mustapha Ngarade
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem
(Al-Taqareer Hawl Sarah wa Saleem)
An extramarital affair between a Palestinian and an Israeli becomes the target of political espionage.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Occupied Palestinian Territory, Germany, Netherlands • 2018
- Director Muayad Alayan
- Cast Adeeb Safadi, Sivane Kretchner, Ishai Golan, Hanan Hillo, Maisa Abd Elhadi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Freevee, Plex, Plex Player
Papicha
Even war can't stop fashion.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2019
- Director Mounia Meddour Gens
- Cast Marwan Zeghbib, Lyna Khoudri, Yasin Houicha, Nadia Kaci, Shirine Boutella, Amira Hilda Douaouda
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
Huda's Salon
(صالون هدى)
A young woman must fight for her life when an ordinary appointment turns into a terrifying nightmare.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt, Netherlands, Occupied Palestinian Territory • 2022
- Director Hany Abu-Assad
- Cast Maisa Abd Elhadi, Ali Suliman, Manal Awad, Samer Bisharat
- Genre Thriller
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Challenge
Director Yuri Ancarani immerses himself in the world of wealthy Qatari sheikhs who drive through the desert in luxury cars and have a passion for falconry.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 2016
- Director Yuri Ancarani
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
The Way
(طريق)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Lebanon • 2018
- Creator
- Cast
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Sirens
(سايرنز)
A look into Slave to Sirens, the first and only all-woman thrash metal band in the Middle East.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, Lebanon • 2022
- Director Rita Baghdadi
- Cast Lilas Mayassi, Shery Bechara
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Cactus Flower
(زهرة الصبار)
On the streets of Cairo, there's nowhere to hide from your past.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt, Norway, United Arab Emirates • 2017
- Director Hala Elkoussy
- Cast Salma Samy
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
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
The Wedding Song
(Le Chant des Mariées)
Marriage is the least of their problems as anti-Semitism invades the lives of Muslim Nour and Jewish Myriam in Nazi occupied Tunisia.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Tunisia • 2008
- Director Karin Albou
- Cast Olympe Borval, Lizzie Brocheré, Karin Albou, Najib Oudghiri, Simon Abkarian
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
The Man Who Sold His Skin
(الرجل الذي باع ظهره)
A Syrian refugee has the chance to reunite with his love - for a price.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Tunisia, France, Belgium • 2020
- Director Kaouther Ben Hania
- Cast Yahya Mahayni, Monica Bellucci, Koen De Bouw, Rupert Wynne-James, Darina Al Joundi, Najoua Zouhair
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hulu, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
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
The Beach House
(Beit El Baher)
Four old friends spend the night together, reflecting on the chaos they're living in.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Lebanon • 2016
- Director Roy Dib
- Cast Sandy Chamoun, Julian Farhat, Nesrine Khodr, Nesrine Khodr, Rodrigue Sleiman
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Plex, Plex Player
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, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
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
Echo
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Syria • 2023
- Creator
- Cast Moatasem al-Nahar
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Dachra
(دشرة)
An investigation into witchcraft leads a trio of journalism students to a mysterious village marked by sinister rituals.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Tunisia • 2019
- Director Abdelhamid Bouchnak
- Cast Hela Ayed, Yassmine Dimassi, Aziz Jbali, Bilel Slatnia
- Genre Horror
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, Kanopy
1982
For 11-year-old Wissam, confessing his love is a lot like the looming invasion of Lebanon: scary, uncertain, and potentially disastrous.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Lebanon, United States, Norway • 2019
- Director Oualid Mouaness
- Cast Nadine Labaki, Mohammad Dali, Ghassan Maalouf, Aliya Khalidi, Rodrigue Sleiman
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on IndieFlix, DocAlliance Films, Tubi TV
Mr. Mayor
(حضرة العمدة)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 2023
- Creator
- Cast Ruby, Samiha Ayoub, Mahmoud Abdel Moghni, Basma, Edwerd, Nahla Salama
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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.
- ✭ ✭
- 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
Best Laid Plans!
(حلق حوش)
- ✭ ✭
- Egypt • 1997
- Director Mohamed Abdel Aziz
- Cast Mohamed Henedi, Alaa Wali El Din, Layla Olwy, Magda El-Khatib, Abdallah Farghaly, Adel Ammar
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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