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1. Rhino Season (2012)
88 min | Drama, Thriller
Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel has just been released from a thirty-year prison sentence in Iran. Now the one thing keeping him going is the thought of finding his wife, who thinks him dead for over twenty years.
Director: Bahman Ghobadi | Stars: Behrouz Vossoughi, Monica Bellucci, Yilmaz Erdogan, Caner Cindoruk
Votes: 7,312
2. The Power of Nightmares (2004)
60 min | Documentary, History
A series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.
Stars: Gilles Kepel, William Kristol, Melvin Goodman, Richard Perle
Votes: 4,553
3. Immaculate Conception (1992)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Romance
A childless Western couple visit a fertility shrine in Karachi run by eunuchs and set off a huge culture clash.
Director: Jamil Dehlavi | Stars: James Wilby, Melissa Leo, Shabana Azmi, Zia Mohyeddin
Votes: 239
4. Destiny (1997)
135 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The story is set in the 12th century in Arab-ruled Spanish province Andalusia, where famed philosopher Averroes is appointed grand judge by the caliph and his liberal court judgments are ... See full summary »
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Nour El-Sherif, Layla Olwi, Mahmoud Hemida, Safia El Emari
Votes: 3,208
5. Dunia (2005)
112 min | Drama, Romance
After studying literature at Cairo University, Dunia, 23 years old, wants to become a professional dancer. She attends audition for an oriental dance contest where she recites Arabian ... See full summary »
Director: Jocelyne Saab | Stars: Hanan Turk, Mohamed Mounir, Fathi Abdulwahhab, Sawsan Badr
Votes: 321
6. Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People (2006 Video)
50 min | Documentary, History, War
This groundbreaking documentary dissects a slanderous aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged form the earliest days of silent film to today's biggest Hollywood ... See full summary »
Directors: Jeremy Earp, Sut Jhally | Stars: Bo Derek, Ana Obregón, Jack Shaheen
Votes: 624
7. Fez Summer '55 (2023)
Drama
Summer 1955. Kamal, an 11 year old boy of the Medina of Fez, is experiencing the last months before Morocco's independence. With Aïcha and the students of the Qaraouiyine, he discovers and ... See full summary »
Director: Abdelhai Laraki | Stars: Oumaima Barid, Mounia Lamkimel, Tarik Boukhari, Mohamed Naimane
Votes: 21
8. Honor Diaries (2013)
Not Rated | 61 min | Documentary, Crime, News
Several Muslim women activists discuss their stories and the state of women's rights in Muslim-majority nations.
Director: Micah Smith | Stars: Raheel Raza, Raquel Evita Saraswati, Juliana Taimoorazy
Votes: 240
9. Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses (2016)
130 min | Documentary, History
An examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979 revolution, featuring myriad interviews and rare film clips.
Director: Bahman Maghsoudlou | Stars: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Katayun Amir Ebrahimi, Mary Apick, Pouri Baneai
Votes: 20
10. Sobyan wa banat (1996)
72 min | Documentary
A documentary which depicts the life of Bassem Samra and his friends and family. The film discusses issues concerning love and the veil.
Director: Yousry Nasrallah | Star: Basem Samrah
Votes: 54
11. La grande nuit (2020)
23 min | Short, Musical
Esma is a cabaret dancer in search of freedom. Hantirah, a future Syrian doctor with a future mapped out by his parents, is torn between his love for her and his commitment to his fiancee, a medical student like him.
Director: Sharon Hakim | Stars: Tamara Saade, Aghiad Ghanem, Adam Hegazy, Osama Hantira
Votes: 23
12. Chroniques d'un Iran interdit (2011 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
While winds of freedom blow through the Arab world, the Iranian youth waits. They were the first to rise up against their leaders in 2009.
Director: Manon Loizeau | Stars: Neda Agha-Soltan, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Sohrab Arabi, Mehdi Chamran
Votes: 28
13. My Week as a Muslim (2017 TV Movie)
46 min | Documentary
A woman from a mostly white town uses prosthetics to transform her appearance on a visit to Manchester's Pakistani Muslim community as the city deals with a recent terrorist attack.
Votes: 30
14.
The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode:
Not Without My Nanny
(1998)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Grace's pen pal, Billy, is the son of the Sultan of Koorestan, a country in the Middle East. Billy has invited Grace for a visit. Despite the fact that Fran would prefer Niles take Grace ... See full summary »
Director: Dorothy Lyman | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane
Votes: 314