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, Ezzat El Alaili, Youssef Wahby
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, Christoph Colomb, Ndou Labia
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, Ramy Essam, Ahmed Hassan
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, Tarik Kopty, Danny Leshman
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, Agnès Callamard, Omar Abdulaziz
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, Ahmed Bedir, Hend Sabri
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, Khalifa Natour, Ulrich Tukur
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, Khaled Ksouri, Mouna Noureddine
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
