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1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
PG | 115 min | Action, Adventure
In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies
Votes: 1,036,376 | Gross: $248.16M
2. Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
PG-13 | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench
Votes: 296,323 | Gross: $102.83M
3. Pitch Black (2000)
R | 109 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A transport ship crashes and leaves its crew stranded on a desert planet inhabited by bloodthirsty creatures that come out during an eclipse.
Director: David Twohy | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Vin Diesel, Keith David
Votes: 252,863 | Gross: $39.24M
4. Shaft (2019)
R | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
JJ Shaft, a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, enlists his family's help to uncover the truth behind his best friend's untimely death.
Director: Tim Story | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Richard Roundtree, Regina Hall
Votes: 58,710 | Gross: $21.36M
5. One Shot (III) (2021)
96 min | Action, Thriller
An elite squad of Navy SEALs, on a covert mission to transport a prisoner off a CIA black site island prison, are trapped when insurgents attack while trying to rescue the same prisoner.
Director: James Nunn | Stars: Scott Adkins, Ashley Greene, Ryan Phillippe, Emmanuel Imani
Votes: 6,378
6. A Prophet (2009)
R | 155 min | Crime, Drama
A young Algerian man is sent to a French prison.
Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb
Votes: 102,154 | Gross: $2.08M
7. 360 (2011)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A modern and stylish kaleidoscope of interconnected love and relationships linking characters from different cities and countries in a vivid, suspenseful and deeply moving tale of romantic life in the 21st century.
Director: Fernando Meirelles | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Foster
Votes: 17,458 | Gross: $0.10M
8. The Wild Pear Tree (2018)
188 min | Drama
An unpublished writer returns to his hometown after graduating, where he seeks sponsors to publish his book while dealing with his father's deteriorating indulgence into gambling.
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Dogu Demirkol, Murat Cemcir, Bennu Yildirimlar, Hazar Ergüçlü
Votes: 27,857 | Gross: $0.03M
9. Cairo Conspiracy (2022)
Unrated | 126 min | Drama, Thriller
Adam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the center of power of Sunni Islam. Adam becomes a pawn in the conflict between Egypt's religious and political elites.
Director: Tarik Saleh | Stars: Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Mohammad Bakri, Makram Khoury
Votes: 7,246
10. The Source (2011)
135 min | Comedy, Drama
A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual favors if their men refuse to fetch water from a remote well.
Director: Radu Mihaileanu | Stars: Leïla Bekhti, Hafsia Herzi, Hiam Abbass, Saleh Bakri
Votes: 4,166
11. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Secret agent OSS 117 foils Nazis, beds local beauties, and brings peace to the Middle East.
Director: Michel Hazanavicius | Stars: François Damiens, Jean Dujardin, Khalid Maadour, Youssef Hamid
Votes: 23,094 | Gross: $0.30M
12. Alef (2020–2022)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two detectives try to unravel the mystery of the murders that followed the discovery of a body in the Bosphorus.
Stars: Kenan Imirzalioglu, Taner Ölmez, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, Aybüke Pusat
Votes: 8,771
13. Where Do We Go Now? (2011)
PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of Lebanese women try to ease religious tensions between Christians and Muslims in their village.
Director: Nadine Labaki | Stars: Claude Baz Moussawbaa, Nadine Labaki, Yvonne Maalouf, Layla Hakim
Votes: 13,503 | Gross: $0.53M
14. Of Gods and Men (2010)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama, History
Under threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks stationed with an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether to leave or stay.
Director: Xavier Beauvois | Stars: Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe Laudenbach
Votes: 16,086 | Gross: $3.95M
15. Timbuktu (2014)
PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, War
A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives -- which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith -- abruptly disturbed.
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako | Stars: Ibrahim Ahmed, Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed
Votes: 18,276 | Gross: $1.08M
16. The Lady of Heaven (2021)
R | 141 min | Action, Drama, History
Two stories separated by 1400 years. After losing his mother in the midst of a war-torn country, an Iraqi child, learns the importance and power of patience by discovering the historical story of Lady Fatima and her suffering.
Director: Eli King | Stars: Denise Black, Gabriel Cartade, Ray Fearon, Mark Anthony Brighton
Votes: 14,685
17. The Martyr of Kufa (1997–2020)
Biography, Drama, History
The whole story about Imam Ali, the friend and companion of Prophet Muhammad.
Stars: Dariush Arjmand, Saeid Nickpour, Mohammad Reza Sharifinia, Parviz Parastui
Votes: 3,294
18. Divines (2016)
105 min | Crime, Drama
A street teenager from a dysfunctional family from a banlieue (HLMs) in Paris comes across a young dancer who turns her life upside down.
Director: Houda Benyamina | Stars: Oulaya Amamra, Déborah Lukumuena, Kévin Mischel, Jisca Kalvanda
Votes: 10,520
19. Imam (2017)
Biography, Drama, History
The series tells the full biography of the four imams of the Muslims from the Sunnis and the community Ahmad ibn Hanbal and the events that took place from the beginning of his family and ... See full summary »
Stars: Mehyar Khaddour, Salloom Haddad, Md. Mohsin Hossain, Qasim Milho
Votes: 382
20. Young Ahmed (2019)
85 min | Drama
A Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Idir Ben Addi, Olivier Bonnaud, Myriem Akheddiou, Victoria Bluck
Votes: 4,695
21. Hussein, Who Said No (2014)
160 min | Drama, History, War
The story of Imam Hossein's battle in Karbala, an unfair war which made one the most important effects in Islam history.
Director: Ahmad Reza Darvish | Stars: Arash Aasefi, Farhad Ghaemian, Hassan Pourshirazi, Pouria Poursorkh
Votes: 1,437
22. El Houb - The Love (2022)
102 min | Drama
Moroccan-Dutch Karim returns to his family home and opens up to his parents about being into men. Their reaction inspires a journey of discovery through Karim's isolation as he attempts to break an ingrained culture of silence.
Director: Shariff Nasr | Stars: Fahd Larhzaoui, Lubna Azabal, Slimane Dazi, Sabri Saddik
Votes: 495
23. Yunus Emre (2015–2016)
70 min | Biography, History
As Mongol invasions are getting more frequent, Yunus travels to Nallihan where he establishes himself as Seldjuk official. After joining Taptuk Emre's dergâh (dervish monastery), he proceeds to follow his journey on becoming a dervish.
Stars: Gökhan Atalay, Payidar Tüfekçioglu, Baran Akbulut, Mehmet Çepiç
Votes: 3,043
24. A Regular Woman (2019)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama
Aynur, a German woman of Kurdish-Turkish descent, struggles for a free, self-determined life in the face of her family's opposition. Her brothers insult and threaten her until she finally reports her oldest brother to the police.
Director: Sherry Hormann | Stars: Almila Bagriacik, Rauand Taleb, Merve Aksoy, Aram Arami
Votes: 2,438
25. Copilot (2021)
118 min | Drama, Romance
Two students marry in secret despite objections from the woman's mother. In a mosque in Hamburg, they promise to stay together, but the man commits to an act that will shake the whole world.
Director: Anne Zohra Berrached | Stars: Canan Kir, Roger Azar, Darina Al Joundi, Hans Jürgen Alf
Votes: 405
26. Let's Sin (2014)
110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
There is a murder while at prayer. Selman Bulut, the imam of mosque, starts to investigate the murder and faces with people in the neighborhood.
Director: Onur Ünlü | Stars: Serhan Ergören, Serkan Keskin, Ahmet Çevik, Umut Kurt
Votes: 13,768
27. Free Men (2011)
Unrated | 99 min | Drama, History, Romance
In Paris during World War II, an Algerian immigrant is inspired to join the resistance by his unexpected friendship with a Jewish man.
Director: Ismaël Ferroukhi | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Michael Lonsdale, Mahmud Shalaby, Lubna Azabal
Votes: 1,463 | Gross: $0.05M
28. Revisioned: Tomb Raider (2007)
6 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The animated adventures of Lara Croft, a famous sexy no-nonsense British aristocrat, who's an expert in the field of tomb raiding. Most episodes are inspired by various popular animation styles ranging from Looney Tunes to Æon Flux.
Stars: Minnie Driver, Jonathan Lipow, Peta Johnson, JB Blanc
Votes: 161
29. Becoming Burlesque (2017)
96 min | Drama
Despite her uncle encouraging her to adopt a more traditional lifestyle, a young Muslim college student secretly joins a Toronto burlesque troupe.
Director: Jackie English | Stars: Shiva Negar, Elise Bauman, Moe Jeudy-Lamour, Araya Mengesha
Votes: 406
30. Red Eagle (1994 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 180 min | Adventure, Romance, Thriller
Her friend, Doctor Peter Husak, introduces the American Jack Carver to his friend, nurse Kate, and it's love on first sight. But when she learns, in a dramatic incident, that Jack's a C.I.A... See full summary »
Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Marg Helgenberger, Nigel Havers, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 230
31. Bes Vakit (2006)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama
The pain of growing up, as seen by three Turkish youths: Ömer, the son of the local imam, who wishes the death of his father; his best friend, Yakup, who's enamored with the village ... See full summary »
Director: Reha Erdem | Stars: Ozen Ozkan, Ali Bey Kayali, Elit Iscan, Bülent Emin Yarar
Votes: 4,401 | Gross: $0.01M
32. Das deutsche Kind (2017 TV Movie)
89 min | Drama, Family
Cem is a devoted imam, living in Hannover with his wife Sehra and daughter Hanna. The couple is mid-life and is living mid-culture between Turkish and German norms and values. A new friend ... See full summary »
Director: Umut Dag | Stars: Murathan Muslu, Neshe Demir, Katrin Sass, Malina Harbort
Votes: 73
33. Coexister (2017)
90 min | Comedy, Music
To keep his job, a music producer forms a band with a priest, a depressed rabbi and a fake imam.
Director: Fabrice Eboué | Stars: Ramzy Bedia, Fabrice Eboué, Guillaume de Tonquédec, Audrey Lamy
Votes: 1,577
34. A Jihad for Love (2007)
Unrated | 81 min | Documentary
A documentary on gay, lesbian, and transgender Muslims across the Muslim and Western worlds.
Director: Parvez Sharma | Stars: Muhsin Hendricks, A.K. Hoosen, Mazen, Abdellah Taïa
Votes: 713 | Gross: $0.11M
35. The War Within (2005)
R | 90 min | Drama
A Pakistani involved in a planned attack in New York City experiences a crisis of conscience.
Director: Joseph Castelo | Stars: Ayad Akhtar, Firdous Bamji, Nandana Sen, Sarita Choudhury
Votes: 1,256 | Gross: $0.07M
36. 100% Arabica (1997)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Music
The movie takes place in a poverty-stricken, rent-controlled neighborhood on the outskirts of Paris. Algerian immigrants, many of whom are in France illegally, the place has earned the ... See full summary »
Director: Mahmoud Zemmouri | Stars: Khaled, Mohamed Khelifati, Mouss Zouheyri, Najim Laouriga
Votes: 114
37. Be Like Others (2008)
PG-13 | 74 min | Documentary
An intimate and unflinching look at life in Iran, seen through the lens of those living at its fringes, 'Be Like Others' is a provocative look at a generation of young Iranian men choosing to undergo sex change surgery.
Director: Tanaz Eshaghian
Votes: 278
38. Reign of Love (2000– )
45 min | Biography, Drama, History
This is a story about the journey of a philosopher/ religous figure/thinker Imam Ali Reza of the prominent Islamic world at a time when the entire islamic territory was ruled by tyranny. ... See full summary »
Stars: Akbar Ahmadi, Abbas Amiri, Ali Amjadi, Saideh Arab
Votes: 445
39. Princess of Rome (2015)
75 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Princess of Rome, Mellika, granddaughter of Great Caesar. The story talks about her move from Byzantium in the 9th century, to avoid her marriage with Krytos, and brings her to Baghdad to become the mother of Imam Mahdi, the Savior.
Director: Hadi Mohammadian | Stars: Nasser Tahmasb, Arman Afifeh, Hosni Badr Aldin, Sawsan Awwad
Votes: 1,560
40. Gölgesizler (2009)
94 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A barber working in Istanbul longs to be 'both here and far, far away'. And one day, without warning, he takes himself off and disappears abruptly into the great far away. The barber ... See full summary »
Director: Ümit Ünal | Stars: Selçuk Yöntem, Hakan Karahan, Taner Birsel, Ertan Saban
Votes: 1,390
41. Faith (2010)
88 min | Drama
The fates of three German-born Muslims in Berlin collide as they struggle to find their place between faith and modern life in contemporary western society, caught at a crossroads where ... See full summary »
Director: Burhan Qurbani | Stars: Carlo Ljubek, Jerry Hoffmann, Maryam Zaree, Marija Skaricic
Votes: 418
42. Koran by Heart (2011)
TV-G | 90 min | Documentary, News
A global contest reading of the Quran by young Muslim children that takes place in Cairo, Egypt annually during Ramadan. A coming of age story about Muslim kids in modern times.
Director: Greg Barker
Votes: 380
43. The Fateful Day (1995)
105 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
As Abdollah prepares to get married to his long-time love, he hears calls for help during his wedding and leaves the ceremony for an adventure to find the truth.
Director: Shahram Assadi | Stars: Ali Reza Shoja'noori, Ladan Mostofi, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Hamid Abdolmaleki
Votes: 708
44. Naz & Maalik (2015)
Not Rated | 86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Two closeted Muslim teens hawk goods across Brooklyn and struggle to come clean about their sexuality, as their secretive behavior leads them unknowingly into the cross-hairs of the War on Terror.
Director: Jay Dockendorf | Stars: Kerwin Johnson Jr., Curtiss Cook Jr., Annie Grier, Ashleigh Awusie
Votes: 471
45. The Imam (2005)
110 min | Drama
A young and successful entrepreneur has difficulty in coming to terms with his religious upbringing. One day he is pushed into substitute for his ailing friend as the Imam of a small village.
Director: Ismail Günes | Stars: Esref Ziya Terzi, Ahmet Yenilmez, Emin Gürsoy, Turgay Tanülkü
Votes: 1,081
46. Zoj taht al-talab (1985)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
The movie is around "Mohallal" idea. How people fast in taking divorce decision regret it and try to find a workaround.
Director: Adel Sadiq | Stars: Adel Emam, Fouad El-Mohandes, Layla Olwi, Saeed Abdulghani
Votes: 458
47. Iran, une puissance dévoilée (2009 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary
Iran is on the rise after a century of political upheaval. For the first time, access has been granted to Iranian national archives and rare footage, looking back over 100 years of Iranian ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Michel Vecchiet | Stars: Abbas Abdi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hossein Ala, Osama bin Laden
Votes: 55
48. Marriage of the Blessed (1989)
75 min | Crime, Drama, War
Haji is severely traumatized by the war with Iraq. Back from the front, he's unable to adapt to civilian life. Despite family opposition, his fiancée stands by him as together they ... See full summary »
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Mahmoud Hatamikia, Roya Nonahali, Ebrahim Abadi, Mohsen Zaehtab
Votes: 559
49. The Citadel (1988)
96 min | Drama
In a small village in rural Algeria, the "village idiot" is madly in love with a married woman. His voyeurism and antics bring shame on his father, who guarantees that his son will be ... See full summary »
Director: Mohamed Chouikh | Stars: Djillali Ain-Tedeles, Yamina Bachir, Mohamed Baki, Khaled Barkat
Votes: 83
50. Bab El Oued City (1994)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows the conflict between a young Algerian man and the local Islamic fundamentalists.
Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Nadia Kaci, Mohamed Ourdache, Hassan Abidou, Mabrouk Ait Amara
Votes: 220