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1. Argo (2012)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.
Director: Ben Affleck | Stars: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin
Votes: 639,311 | Gross: $136.03M
2. Hotel Mumbai (2018)
R | 123 min | Action, Drama, History
The true story of the Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai. Hotel staff risk their lives to keep everyone safe as people make unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and their families.
Director: Anthony Maras | Stars: Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Anupam Kher
Votes: 70,891 | Gross: $9.65M
3. American Assassin (2017)
R | 111 min | Action, Thriller
After the death of his girlfriend at the hands of terrorists, Mitch Rapp is drawn into the world of counterterrorism, mentored by tough-as-nails former U.S. Navy S.E.A.L. Stan Hurley.
Director: Michael Cuesta | Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, Taylor Kitsch
Votes: 91,012 | Gross: $36.25M
4. Forbrydelsen (2007–2012)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police detective Sarah Lund investigates difficult cases with personal and political consequences.
Stars: Sofie Gråbøl, Morten Suurballe, Lars Mikkelsen, Bjarne Henriksen
Votes: 30,210
5. Holy Spider (2022)
118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.
Director: Ali Abbasi | Stars: Alice Rahimi, Diana Al Hussen, Soraya Helli, Mehdi Bajestani
Votes: 25,471
6. The Delta Force (1986)
R | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a plane is hijacked by terrorists, The Delta Force is sent in to resolve the crisis.
Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop
Votes: 21,930 | Gross: $17.77M
7. The Four Feathers (2002)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young British officer resigns his commission just before his regiment is sent to battle and soon receives four white feathers from his friends and fiancee as symbols of what they view as his cowardice.
Director: Shekhar Kapur | Stars: Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Kate Hudson, Mohamed Bouich
Votes: 35,503 | Gross: $18.31M
8. Dying of the Light (2014)
R | 94 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
When a devastating illness threatens to end Evan Lake's career in the C.I.A., he goes rogue to hunt down a terrorist who tortured him during a mission gone awry years ago.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Anton Yelchin, Alexander Karim, Irène Jacob
Votes: 11,551
9. 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: 18,288 | Gross: $1.08M
10. Papicha (2019)
R | 108 min | Drama
In 1997 Algiers, terrorists wanting an archaic Islamic state are everywhere. They oppress women, determined to control their bodies, clothing, and public space. Young student Nedjma is passionate about creating a fashion show.
Director: Mounia Meddour | Stars: Lyna Khoudri, Shirine Boutella, Hilda Amira Douaouda, Yasin Houicha
Votes: 3,642
11. 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: 16,101 | Gross: $3.95M
12. Escape from Kabul (2022)
73 min | Documentary, History
Features never-before-seen archival footage of the historic confrontation at Kabul airport, from the U.S. withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan through the subsequent evacuation of Afghan citizens after the Taliban seized the city.
Director: Jamie Roberts | Stars: Oari Salahuddin Ayubi, Sofia Flesch Baldin, Joe Biden, William Callen
Votes: 1,116
13. 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: 4,703
14. Cold Hell (2017)
Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A vicious serial killer is targeting prostitutes in Vienna, Austria. A tough young woman from Turkey who works as a taxi driver witnesses one of the murders and becomes a target. The police are of no help, so she must stop him herself.
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Violetta Schurawlow, Tobias Moretti, Sammy Sheik, Friedrich von Thun
Votes: 2,126
15. Damascus Under Fire (2018)
113 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Two Iranian pilots are in a special mission to save the people of a small Syrian city who are surrounded by the terrorists. But they have to face many challenges before manage to accomplish their mission.
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Babak Hamidian, Hadi Hejazifar, Pierre Dagher, Layth Al-Mufti
Votes: 2,751
16. The State Within (2006)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a plane explodes over Washington D.C. panic begins to envelop the British embassy, and its ambassador to the U.S. Mark Brydon finds himself caught up in a potentially damaging diplomatic incident.
Stars: Jason Isaacs, Ben Daniels, Eva Birthistle, Neil Pearson
Votes: 2,445
17. The Closed Doors (1999)
107 min | Drama
An Egyptian teenager finds himself at the crossroads of religious fundamentalism and family.
Director: Atef Hetata | Stars: Mahmoud Hemida, Sawsan Badr, Ahmed Azmi, Manal Afifi
Votes: 342
18. Bitter Lake (2015)
136 min | Documentary
An experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.S. and the role this has played in the war in Afghanistan.
Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: George Bush, George W. Bush, Joanne Herring, Hamid Karzai
Votes: 3,526
19. The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003)
Not Rated | 160 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Arun is an Indian undercover agent enlisted to stop ISI chief Ishaq Khan. The village girl Reshma helps him but endangers her own life.
Director: Anil Sharma | Stars: Sunny Deol, Preity G Zinta, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Amrish Puri
Votes: 2,610 | Gross: $3.38M
20. 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: 320
21. Horses of God (2012)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
A fictional account of the lives of the men responsible for the suicide bombings in Casablanca in 2003.
Director: Nabil Ayouch | Stars: Abdelhakim Rachid, Abdelilah Rachid, Hamza Souidek, Ahmed El Idrissi Amrani
Votes: 2,028 | Gross: $0.00M
22. Honey Cigar (2020)
100 min | Drama
Selma, 17, who lives in a bourgeois and secular Berber family. When she meets Julien in college, she realizes for the first time the impact of patriarchal rules on her intimacy.
Director: Kamir Aïnouz | Stars: Zoé Adjani, Amira Casar, Lyès Salem, Louis Peres
Votes: 661
23. Farewell to the Night (2019)
104 min | Drama
Muriel farms horses and owns an almond plantation. When her grandson comes to visit her for one last time before he leaves for Canada. She learns that he has dark secrets.
Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Kacey Mottet Klein, Oulaya Amamra, Stéphane Bak
Votes: 861
24. Fitna (2008)
15 min | Documentary, Short
A short film in which Quran verses are shown alongside images from terrorist attacks.
Director: Scarlet Pimpernel | Star: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Votes: 2,467
25. The Family That Walks on All Fours (2006 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
A documentary about the five members of the Ulas family in Turkey who walk on all fours.
Director: Jemima Harrison | Stars: Greg Chopoorian, Nicholas Humphrey
Votes: 50
26. And Still I Sing (2022)
90 min | Documentary
Under the mentorship of controversial pop star Aryana Sayeed, two young singers vie to become the first-ever female winners of Afghan Star. As their dreams are within grasp, their lives are changed when the Taliban returns to power.
Director: Fazila Amiri | Stars: Aryana Sayeed, Zahra Elham, Sadiqa Madadgar
Votes: 44
27. My Tehran for Sale (2009)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
Marzieh is a young female actress living in Tehran. The authorities ban her theatre work and, like all young people in Iran, she is forced to lead a secret life in order to express herself ... See full summary »
Director: Granaz Moussavi | Stars: Marzieh Vafamehr, Amir Chegini, Asha Mehrabi, Mobina Karimi
Votes: 1,713
28. 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: 1,257 | Gross: $0.07M
29. You Won't See Winter (2022)
70 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The director of the Iranian internet censorship is trying to contain the scandal of viral sex footage on social media depicting his sister-in-law's alleged lesbian affair with an Iranian-Canadian girl.
Director: Abdolreza Kahani | Stars: Aryan Abbasnia, Ghazal Partou, Nazanin Arabani, Ali Aryana
Votes: 7
30. Iraq in Fragments (2006)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, War
Stories from modern day Iraq as told by Iraqis living in a time of war, occupation and ethnic tension.
Director: James Longley | Stars: Marmar Alhilali, Mohammed Haithem, Suleiman Mahmoud, Mohamed Qasim Sainakh
Votes: 1,546 | Gross: $0.20M
31. Massoud, l'Afghan (1998)
89 min | Documentary, History, War
The friendship between Christophe de Ponfilly and Commander Massoud, a legendary figure of the Afghan resistance against the Soviet invader, goes back to the filmmaker's first film, "A ... See full summary »
Director: Christophe de Ponfilly | Stars: Christophe de Ponfilly, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Merabuddine
Votes: 130 | Gross: $0.01M
32. Born in Evin (2019)
95 min | Documentary
Filmmaker and actress, Maryam Zaree, and her quest to find out the circumstances surrounding her birth inside one of the most notorious political prisons in the world.
Director: Maryam Zaree | Stars: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Ayatollah Khomeini, Maryam Zaree, Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg
Votes: 185
33. 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: 222
34. Kiss me Kismet (2006 TV Movie)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
Götz, a lovable chaotic and owner of a record store in Kreuzberg, has lost his heart to the beautiful Turkish woman Aylin. In order to conquer her, he must first win over her extended family.
Director: Stefan Holtz | Stars: Florian David Fitz, Mandala Tayde, Hilmi Sözer, Charly Hübner
Votes: 487
35. I Want to Live (2015)
106 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Stories of Kurdish Refugees from Syria who are living in refugee camps in Kurdistan. The film was shot on location and takes place during the Syrian civil war and the ISIS attacks on ... See full summary »
Director: Karzan Kardozi | Stars: Shndar Noradin Ali, Ahmed Noradin Ali, Noradin Khalaf Ali, Nariman Abdullah
Votes: 2,877
36. Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror (2003 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
A critical documentary about the war on terror since 9-11.
Directors: Steve Connelly, John Pilger | Stars: John Pilger, John Bolton, Reed Brody, Wesley Clark
Votes: 298
37. I Am the Revolution (2018)
74 min | Documentary, Biography
The inspiring story of three women risking their lives to incite political, activist, and armed uprisings in Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq.
Director: Benedetta Argentieri | Stars: Rojda Felat, Selay Ghaffar, Yanar Mohammed
Votes: 28
38. With Open Gates: The Forced Collective Suicide of European Nations (2015)
19 min | Documentary, Short
39. The Malediction (2016)
27 min | Short, Fantasy
Halim considers himself a pious Islamic man. He wishes to marry a young woman in her village as a second wife to save her from miserable life. His wife doesn't agree. Halim contemplates on ... See full summary »
Director: Makbul Mubarak | Star: Tri Sudarsono
40. Mountain Men and Holy Wars (2003)
56 min | Documentary
Chechnya's struggle for independence from Russia is one of history's longest on-going conflicts. In the last decade alone, nearly 150,000 Chechen civilians have been killed in two wars with... See full summary »
Director: Taran Davies | Stars: John Boit, Taran Davies, Nick Griffin, Ilya Suleymanov
Votes: 10
41. Tahqiq fel djenna (2017)
135 min | Documentary
This documentary interweaves in-person interviews with a dramatized road trip as a pair of journalists travel throughout Algeria asking their fellow citizens about the meaning of paradise that promises men 72 virgins after death.
Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Salima Abada, Mohamed Seghir Bendaoud, Amine Kabbes
Votes: 68
42. 21st Century Terror (2006– )
600 min | Documentary
Ten part series on terrorism focusing on Islamic extremism from its early roots through the current conflict with the West. Two of the 10 parts are taken from earlier run theatrically ... See full summary »
43. Deh Namaki-ha (2008)
62 min | Documentary
Pegah Ahangarani sets out to a one woman manhunt for Masoud Dehnamaki.
Director: Pegah Ahangarani | Stars: Akbar Abdi, Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Pegah Ahangarani, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Votes: 114
44. Freedom and Other Maladies (2016)
53 min | Documentary, Biography, Romance
Gholam-Hossein Saedi was an acclaimed Iranian author, playwright and screenwriter with an oeuvre that contains more than thirty publications. Freedom And Other Maladies depicts Saedi's ... See full summary »
Director: Shirin Saghaie | Stars: Reza Aghnami, Bahman Amini, Ali Badri, Jimmy Carter
Votes: 17
45. Secrets of the Dead: Mumbai Massacre - Discussion Panel on the Making of the Film and Terrorism (2009 Video)
68 min | Documentary, History, Talk-Show
Stars: Sree Sreenivasan, Todd Baer, Mira Kamdar, Jared Lipworth
46. There, Where One Has Lived (2016)
6 min | Short
"There, where a person has lived, their spirit continues to dwell." « Là, où une personne a vécu, son esprit continue à y habiter. » "Overture, Shabbat Evening Prayer Service and Kaddish" (... See full summary »
Director: Ruth Rachel Anderson-Avraham | Stars: Frédéric Boisseau, Philippe Braham, Franck Brinsolaro, Cabu
48. The Tree That Remembers (2002)
Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary
In 1992, a young Iranian student hanged himself on the outskirts of a small Ontario town. Having escaped the Ayatollah's regime and found a new home in Canada, he could not escape his past.... See full summary »
Director: Masoud Raouf | Stars: Niousha Farahi, Reza Gahfari, Shirin Ghanbari, Shokoufeh Sakhi
Votes: 25
49. Brotherhood of Terror (2005 TV Movie)
Biography
The history and legacy of the Muslim Brotherhood, one of the most influential and dangerous Islamic fundamentalist groups.
Stars: David Cottrell, Rami Hatamleh, Spiro Megremis, Sergio Mojica
Votes: 13
50. Kubilay (1952)
Drama
Director: Muharrem Gürses | Stars: Hüseyin Peyda, Nebile Teker, Nevin Aypar, Mualla Kavur