Filming Location Matching "Essaouira, Morocco" (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
TV-MA | 57 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.
Stars: Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Lena Headey
Votes: 1,803,687
2. Hanna (2019– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama
In equal parts high-concept thriller and coming-of-age drama, HANNA follows the journey of an extraordinary young girl raised in the forest, as she evades the relentless pursuit of an off-book CIA agent and tries to unearth the truth behind who she is.
Stars: Esme Creed-Miles, Mireille Enos, Joel Kinnaman, Yasmin Monet Prince
Votes: 27,076
3. Alexander (2004)
R | 175 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Alexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest army leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Colin Farrell, Anthony Hopkins, Rosario Dawson, Angelina Jolie
Votes: 163,839 | Gross: $34.30M
4. Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)
112 min | Drama
At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.
Director: Ciro Guerra | Stars: Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Gana Bayarsaikhan
Votes: 7,631
5. Hanna (2011)
PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A sixteen-year-old girl who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives.
Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana, Vicky Krieps
Votes: 191,897 | Gross: $40.26M
6. Rendition (2007)
R | 122 min | Drama, Thriller
When a terrorist bombing in North Africa kills 19 incl. an American, an Egyptian chemical engineer flying from South Africa to his wife in USA, is arrested upon arriving USA. He disappears. His wife asks senator for help.
Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin
Votes: 54,452 | Gross: $9.74M
7. C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)
Not Rated | 129 min | Comedy, Drama
A young French-Canadian, growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging homosexuality with his father's conservative values and his own Catholic beliefs.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Michel Côté, Marc-André Grondin, Danielle Proulx, Émile Vallée
Votes: 31,637
8. 15 Minutes of War (2019)
TV-14 | 98 min | Action, Drama, History
In February 1976 in Djibouti, a school bus was taken hostage at the Somali border. The GIGN is sent on the spot. After 30 hours of tension, a rescue operation is organized.
Director: Fred Grivois | Stars: Alban Lenoir, Olga Kurylenko, Sébastien Lalanne, David Murgia
Votes: 2,283
9. Othello (1951)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, History, Romance
The Moorish General Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his Lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality, it is all part of the scheme of a bitter Ensign named Iago.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Micheál MacLiammóir, Robert Coote, Suzanne Cloutier
Votes: 7,833
10. Collision (2013)
R | 101 min | Action, Romance, Thriller
A couple on their honeymoon in Morocco survive a deadly car accident in the middle of the desert.
Director: David Marconi | Stars: Frank Grillo, Jaimie Alexander, Roschdy Zem, Marie-Josée Croze
Votes: 2,929
11. House of Boys (2009)
Unrated | 117 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Two young soul mates find each other while working at an all-male performance club/brothel. Eventually, one contracts AIDS.
Director: Jean-Claude Schlim | Stars: Loïc Peckels, Layke Anderson, Harry Ferrier, Michael N. Kuehl
Votes: 1,111
12. Soraya (2003 TV Movie)
200 min | Biography, Drama
Biopic of Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, the second wife of the last Shah of Iran, who was overthrown in the 1979's Islamic Revolution.
Director: Lodovico Gasparini | Stars: Anna Valle, Erol Sander, Mathilda May, Stoyan Aleksiev
Votes: 281
13. Gradiva (2006)
110 min | Drama, Horror
An orientalist professor researching Delacroix's North African work becomes entangled in an S&M waking dream in Morocco.
Director: Alain Robbe-Grillet | Stars: James Wilby, Arielle Dombasle, Dany Verissimo-Petit, Farid Chopel
Votes: 589
14. Wlad Lmarsa (2021– )
40 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Having served his sentence in prison for substance abuse, Al Mahdi decides to change his life, but not without facing challenges by those closest to him.
Stars: Amine Ennaji, Aziz Dadas, Nadia Ait, Abdeslam Bouhcini
Votes: 8
15. The Outlaw (2010)
106 min | Biography, Drama, History
A chronicle of the life of Lope de Vega, the Spanish playwright who dominated Spain's early Golden Age of theater.
Director: Andrucha Waddington | Stars: Alberto Ammann, Leonor Watling, Pilar López de Ayala, Ramon Pujol
Votes: 1,026
16. And Now Ladies & Gentlemen (2002)
PG-13 | 133 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A jazz singer and a British jewel thief are brought together by their mutual desire to forget the past.
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Patricia Kaas, Thierry Lhermitte, Alessandra Martines
Votes: 2,165 | Gross: $0.74M
17. Hayat (2017)
90 min | Drama
Life is a starting point and an end point. The film tells the return trip of thirty Moroccan immigrants from the emigrate country to their home country in a bus. Spin many events among a ... See full summary »
Director: Raoof El-Sabbahi | Stars: Latifah Ahrar, Malek Akhmis, Hasan Badidah, Meryem Bakouch
Votes: 15
18. Hier (I) (2018)
119 min | Drama
Victor owns a civil engineering company. Due to problems on a building site in North Africa he has to go there, where he is confronted with memories of his youth, slowly plunging into a labyrinthine world where present and past intertwine.
Director: Bálint Kenyeres | Stars: Vlad Ivanov, Féodor Atkine, Jo Prestia, Djemel Barek
Votes: 98
19. Querida voy a comprar cigarrillos y vuelvo (2011)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
The film takes places in different time periods and countries. It narrates the story of a common man, who after entering into a deal with a strange character with superpowers, has the ... See full summary »
Directors: Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat | Stars: Mónica Duprat, Daniel Aráoz, Diego Bliffeld, Stefany Carr Rollitt
Votes: 624
20. Portrait of a Bookstore as an Old Man (2003)
52 min | Documentary
In 1951, George Whitman opened a bookshop-commune in Paris. George, 92, still runs his "den of anarchists disguised as a bookstore," offering free, dirty beds to poor literati, cutting his ... See full summary »
Directors: Gonzague Pichelin, Benjamin Sutherland | Stars: James Baldwin, John Baxter, Sylvia Beach, Gary Brown
Votes: 46
21. The Battle of Tripoli (2004 TV Movie)
Documentary, History, War
Documentary on the Battle of Tripoli Harbor.
Directors: Patrick Taulère, Kim Hawkins | Stars: Lance J. Holt, Cyril Allouche, Hamid Basket, David DeSantos
Votes: 17
22. Terre de lumière (2008– )
400 min | Drama
Stars: Mélanie Maudran, Philippe Lefebvre, Valérie Mairesse, Jean-Yves Berteloot
Votes: 10
23. Symposium: Ladder of Love (1996)
72 min | Documentary
A post-modern documentary about the meaning and nature of love from a gay perspective.
Director: Nik Sheehan | Stars: Daniel MacIvor, Byron Ayanoglu, Brad Fraser, Gerald Hannon
Votes: 13
24. The 5th String (2011)
98 min | Drama
A talented and innovating lute musician is confronted to his master's possessiveness.
Director: Selma Bargach | Stars: Azelarab Alkaghat, Claire Helene Cahen, Abdellah Chakiri, Mohamed El Khalfi
Votes: 5
25. Without Family (2015– )
Drama
Stars: Said Bey, Zineb Obeid, Fatima Zahra Bennacer, Anas El Baz
Votes: 5
27. Fuse Excellent Adventure (2008– )
30 min | Documentary
"Fuse Excellent Adventure" follows host Nate Jackson to the far-flung musical corners of the earth to explore the crazy lifestyles and bizarre cultures on display at the world's most ... See full summary »
Star: Nate Jackson
28. C'era una volta a Essaouira (2007)
45 min | Fantasy
A charming fable that tells the meaning of the complex word "love" seen through the pure and genuine eyes of children.
Director: Anna Negri | Stars: Nisrine Fariss, Ismail Tanane
30. Notes of Exile
Documentary, History, Music | Announced
Maurice El Medioni is the backbone of our narrative, using his personal and musical journey to tell the story of a turbulent history for the Jews of Algeria. His story begins seven decades ... See full summary »
Director: Avi Bohbot | Star: Maurice El Medioni
32. A Dupla Viagem (2000)
Short
Director: Teresa Garcia | Stars: Sónia Botelho, Ivo Canelas, Júlia Correia, Maria Emília Correia
Votes: 6
33. The Magic of Essaouira (2005)
50 min | Documentary
Director: Fouad Challa | Star: Houda Echouafni
34.
Maghreb (2005– )
Episode:
Mogador
(2005)
49 min | Documentary
"Mogador" begins in Essaouira, a city on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. A major Portuguese colony, Mogador, was an important trade center for the area being used for manufacturing purple ... See full summary »
Director: Radu Polizu
35.
Virée Ciné (2020– )
Episode:
Le Maghreb
(2020)
Documentary
Director: François Theurel | Stars: François Theurel, Pv Nova, Gilles Boussion, Vincent Clap
36.
Norman fait des vidéos (2010– )
Episode:
Le Maroc (vlog coup de coeur)
(2021)
Comedy
Director: Norman Thavaud | Stars: Norman Thavaud, Sami Ameur, Antoine Barillot, Youssef Bouba
37.
Bridget's Sexiest Beaches (2009)
Episode:
Essaouira, Morocco
(2009)
30 min | Documentary
Director: David Osper | Stars: Bridget Marquardt, Khalid Benchagra, Pilar M. Lastra
38.
Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Episode:
Valar Dohaeris
(2013)
TV-MA | 55 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Jon is brought before Mance Rayder, the King Beyond the Wall, while the Night's Watch survivors retreat south. In King's Landing, Tyrion asks for his reward. Littlefinger offers Sansa a way out.
Director: Daniel Minahan | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington
Votes: 26,404
39.
Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Episode:
And Now His Watch Is Ended
(2013)
TV-MA | 53 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Jaime mopes over his lost hand. Cersei is growing uncomfortable with the Tyrells. The Night's Watch is growing impatient with Craster. Daenerys buys the Unsullied.
Director: Alex Graves | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke
Votes: 33,083
40.
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018– )
Episode:
Inshallah
(2018)
TV-MA | 43 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Jack and Greer fear Suleiman's next attack could be on U.S. soil. They must figure out how to stop him or risk enormous costs.
Director: Daniel Sackheim | Stars: John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Abbie Cornish, Ali Suliman
Votes: 2,682
41.
Schätze der Welt - Erbe der Menschheit (1995– )
Episode:
Essaouira - Wo der Sand das Meer trifft, Marokko
(2007)
Documentary
Director: Elke Werry
42.
Hanna (2019– )
Episode:
Forest
(2019)
TV-MA | 48 min | Action, Drama
In a covert Romanian facility, Erik Heller evades security to rescue baby Hanna. 15 years on, father and daughter live deep in the Polish forest. Erik has trained Hanna to be an incredible ... See full summary »
Director: Sarah Adina Smith | Stars: Esme Creed-Miles, Mireille Enos, Joel Kinnaman, Joanna Kulig
Votes: 1,546
43.
Hanna (2019– )
Episode:
Friend
(2019)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Drama
Hanna befriends a vacationing family and in short order is exposed to the indulgences of teen life she had been deprived of. Her father, Eric, continues on a journey to eventually meet up with Hanna.
Director: Sarah Adina Smith | Stars: Esme Creed-Miles, Mireille Enos, Joel Kinnaman, Rhianne Barreto
Votes: 1,178