Top Arabic Movies


The Top Arabic Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Arabic List". Lists are calculated daily.

11. Alexandria... Why? ( Iskanderija... lih? )

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Arabic
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Youssef Chahine
Actors: Ahmed Zaki, Naglaa Fathy, Farid Shawqi, Mahmoud El-Meliguy

12. Touki Bouki

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Arabic
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty
Actors: Magaye Niang, Mareme Niang, Aminata Fall, Ousseynou Diop
Plot: Two disparate souls long from escape from their Senegal surroundings and will beg, borrow and steal in order to fund their goal: Paris.

13. Square, The ( Al Midan )

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Arabic
Genre: Documentary/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jehane Noujaim
Actors: Khalid Abdalla, Ragia Omran, Sherif Boray, Magdy Ashour

14. Lemon Tree, The ( Etz Limon )

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Arabic
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Eran Riklis
Actors: Hiam Abbass, Doron Tavory, Ali Suliman, Rona Lipaz-Michael

15. The Dissident

Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Arabic
Genre: Documentary/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Bryan Fogel
Actors: Jamal Khashoggi, Hatice Cengiz, Mohammad Bin Salman, Donald Trump

16. Yacoubian Building, The ( Omaret yakobean )

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Arabic
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marwan Hamed
Actors: Adel Imam, Nour El-Sherif, Youssra, Essad Youniss

17. When Pigs Have Wings

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Arabic
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sylvain Estibal
Actors: Sasson Gabai, Baya Belal, Myriam Tekaïa, Gassan Abbas

18. Theeb

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Arabic
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Naji Abu Nowar
Actors: Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat, Hussein Salameh Al-Sweilhiyeen, Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh, Jack Fox

19. Man of Ashes ( Rih essed )

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Arabic
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nouri Bouzid
Actors: Mustapha Adouani, Yacoub Bchiri, Wassila Chaouki, Mohamed Dhrif
Plot: Hachemi is about to be married but his anxiety lies just as much on the future as it does the past. When his best friend, Farfat, becomes the target of gossip and local graffiti that put his manhood into question, Hachemi recalls that both were molested by a carpenter they were apprenticed to. Farfait is thrown out by his father and plans to run away while Hachemi wants to confront the past - even if it puts both their lives in danger.

20. Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israel

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Arabic
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michel Khleifi, Eyal Sivan
Actors: Michel Khleifi, Eyal Sivan

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