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1. Wanderers of the Desert (1984)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A teacher is assigned to a remote desert village that is obsessed with a mysterious buried treasure and whose children are cursed to wander the desert.
Director: Nacer Khemir | Stars: Nacer Khemir, Soufiane Makni, Noureddine Kasbaoui, Sonia Ichti
Votes: 675
2. Oriented (2015)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary
A feature documentary that follows the lives of three gay Palestinian friends exploring their national and sexual identity in Tel-Aviv during the Israel-Gaza conflict of 2014.
Director: Jake Witzenfeld | Stars: Khader Abu Seif, Fadi Daeem, Naeem Jiryes, David Pearl
Votes: 537
3. Fifi Howls from Happiness (2013)
Unrated | 96 min | Documentary
A documentary on provocative artist Bahman Mohassess, the so-called "Persian Picasso," whose acclaimed paintings and sculptures dominated pre-revolutionary Iran.
Director: Mitra Farahani | Star: Bahman Mohasses
Votes: 522 | Gross: $0.01M
4. 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
5. Mixed Kebab (2012)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Romance
Ibrahim chooses to live with Kevin over marrying his cousin Elif.
Director: Guy Lee Thys | Stars: Cem Akkanat, Simon Van Buyten, Gamze Tazim, Karlijn Sileghem
Votes: 1,312
6. I Say Dust (2015)
15 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Two Arab-American women in New York City fall in love, argue home and identity, engage in a chess battle, and express themselves through the power of the spoken word. 'I Say Dust' explores poetry in cinema.
Director: Darine Hotait | Stars: Mounia Akl, Hala Alyan
Votes: 22
7. The Silences of the Palace (1994)
116 min | Drama
As she grows up, Alia (the daughter of housemaid Khedija) learns the secrets of the peaceful palace where she and her mother live.
Director: Moufida Tlatli | Stars: Hind Sabri, Ghalya Lacroix, Nejia Ouerghi, Amel Hedhili
Votes: 1,109
8. Measures of Distance (1988)
16 min | Short
Letters from a Palestinian woman living in war-torn Lebanon to her daughter, whom she has not seen for years, and a series of photographs of the woman, convey the effects of war and exile ... See full summary »
Director: Mona Hatoum
Votes: 49
9. When I Saw You (2012)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
1967. The world is alive with change: brimming with reawakened energy, new styles, music and an infectious sense of hope. In Jordan, a different kind of change is underway as tens of ... See full summary »
Director: Annemarie Jacir | Stars: Mahmoud Asfa, Ruba Blal, Saleh Bakri, Anas Algaralleh
Votes: 871
10. Divine Intervention (2002)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Romance, War
Separated by a checkpoint, Palestinian lovers from Jerusalem and Ramallah arrange clandestine meetings.
Director: Elia Suleiman | Stars: Elia Suleiman, Manal Khader, George Ibrahim, Amer Daher
Votes: 3,945 | Gross: $0.39M
11. West Beirut (1998)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In April, 1975, civil war breaks out; Beirut is partitioned along a Moslem-Christian line. Tarek is in high school, making Super 8 movies with his friend, Omar. At first the war is a lark: ... See full summary »
Director: Ziad Doueiri | Stars: Rami Doueiri, Naamar Sahli, Mohamad Chamas, Rola Al Amin
Votes: 4,860 | Gross: $0.34M
12. Ajami (2009)
Not Rated | 124 min | Crime, Drama
Ajami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are five stories about the everyday life in Ajami.
Directors: Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani | Stars: Fouad Habash, Nisrin Siksik, Elias Saba, Youssef Sahwani
Votes: 6,532 | Gross: $0.62M
13. 1948 Palestinian Exodus (1997)
60 min | Documentary
The film presents eyewitness accounts of Palestinian refugees and Zionist soldiers to tell the story of the displacement of 750,000 Palestinians as a part of the creation of the state of Israel.
Directors: Benny Brunner, Alexandra Jansse | Star: Joseph Rochlitz
Votes: 84
14. Naila and the Uprising (2017)
76 min | Documentary, Animation, History
When a nation-wide uprising breaks out in 1987, a woman in Gaza must make a choice between love, family, and freedom. Undaunted, she embraces all three, joining a clandestine network of ... See full summary »
Director: Julia Bacha | Stars: Naila Ayesh, Zahira Kamal, Naima Al-Sheikh, Azza Al-Khafarneh
Votes: 101
15. My Favorite Fabric (2018)
96 min | Drama
Upon the Arabic Spring a young woman rents a room in the neighbor's brothel where she can dream about her sexual desires and identity.
Director: Gaya Jiji | Stars: Manal Issa, Thuraya Baghdadi, Ula Tabari, Mariah Tannoury
Votes: 581
16. Bonboné (2017)
15 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A Palestinian couple resorts to an unusual way to conceive as the husband is detained in an Israeli jail where visits are restricted.
Director: Rakan Mayasi | Stars: Saleh Bakri, Rana Alamuddin, Nadira Omran, Ziad Bakri
Votes: 354
17. A Drowning Man (2017)
15 min | Short, Drama
Alone and far from home, The Kid makes his way through a strange city looking for the means to get through his day. Surrounded by predators he is forced to make compromises merely to survive, his life of exile grows one day longer.
Director: Mahdi Fleifel | Stars: Atef Alshafei, Jalal Qaniry, Thymios Koukios, Rebih El-Saleous
Votes: 251
18. Hikayatul jawahiri thalath (1995)
112 min | Drama, Romance, War
A Palestinian boy becomes entranced with a beautiful Gypsy girl and a fairy tale world she weaves amidst conflict in Gaza. The children explore nature, mysticism and what their future holds... See full summary »
Director: Michel Khleifi | Stars: Mohammed Nahnal, Hana' Nc'mch, Bushra Karaman, Raida Adon
Votes: 163
19. Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996)
88 min | Drama
A Palestinian expatriate filmmaker (Elia Suleiman) documents the loss of national identity in Israel's Arab population.
Director: Elia Suleiman | Stars: Elia Suleiman, Nazira Suleiman, Fuad Suleiman, Ali Suliman
Votes: 852
20. The Olive Harvest (2003)
89 min | Drama
Upon his release from an Israeli prison, Mazen (Saade) begins to fall in love with Raeda (Adun), his friend since childhood who is already engaged to Taher (Najeeb), Mazen's younger brother.
Director: Hanna Elias | Stars: Raida Adon, Mohammad Bakri, Samiah Kazmouz, Taher Najeeb
Votes: 29
21. El color de los olivos (2006)
97 min | Documentary
Like many Palestinian families, the Amers live surrounded by the infamous West Bank Wall where their daily lives are dominated by electrified fences, locks and a constant swarm of armed ... See full summary »
Director: Carolina Rivas | Stars: Asia Amer, Hani Amer, Hisham Amer, Ishak Amer
Votes: 84 | Gross: $0.00M
22. Man of Ashes (1986)
109 min | Drama
In the ensuing days before his wedding bridegroom Hachemi faces both the anxieties of the future and the shadows of the past. His best friend, Farfat, is the topic of street graffiti and ... See full summary »
Director: Nouri Bouzid | Stars: Imed Maalal, Khaled Ksouri, Habib Belhadi, Mohamed Dhrif
Votes: 237
23. The Land (1970)
130 min | Drama
A small peasant village's struggles against the careless inroads of the large local landowner. The Land shows why political oppression does not necessarily lead to a sense of solidarity among the disinherited.
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Mahmoud Al Meleji, Nagwa Ibrahim, Ezzat El Alaili, Hamdy Ahmed
Votes: 2,453
24. The Runner (1984)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
After enrolling in a school, an impoverished boy finds conflict with his classmates and decides to compete to earn their respect.
Director: Amir Naderi | Stars: Madjid Niroumand, Abbas Nazeri, Musa Torkizadeh
Votes: 2,341
25. In Between (2016)
R | 103 min | Drama
Three Palestinian women living in an apartment in Tel Aviv try to find a balance between traditional and modern culture.
Director: Maysaloun Hamoud | Stars: Mouna Hawa, Sana Jammelieh, Shaden Kanboura, Mahmud Shalaby
Votes: 3,097 | Gross: $0.11M
26. The Band's Visit (2007)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves lost in the wrong town.
Director: Eran Kolirin | Stars: Sasson Gabay, Ronit Elkabetz, Saleh Bakri, Khalifa Natour
Votes: 14,152 | Gross: $3.05M
27. My Love Awaits Me by the Sea (2013)
80 min | Documentary, Biography, Fantasy
A woman takes a first time journey back to her Palestine. Accompanied by Hasan, her imaginary lover, she searches for his fantasy world and finds the remnants of hope in a land exhausted by endless year
Director: Mais Darwazah | Stars: Muhannad Halawani, Maryam Kanj, Nael Kanj, Leila Muammar
Votes: 56
28. Falastine Stereo (2013)
90 min | Drama
Two Palestinian brothers plan on immigrating to Canada after the Israeli air force bombs their family home. Milad (Stereo) used to be a wedding singer but because his wife dies in the ... See full summary »
Director: Rashid Masharawi | Stars: Mahmoud Abu Jazi, Salah Hanoun, Ramzi Maqdisi
Votes: 160
29. Gabbeh (1996)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
When an old couple washes their gabbeh - a type of Persian rug - a young woman magically appears and tells them her life story.
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Shaghayeh Djodat, Hossein Moharami, Rogheih Moharami, Abbas Sayah
Votes: 3,666 | Gross: $0.27M
31. Wedding in Galilee (1987)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
A Palestinian seeks Israeli permission to waive curfew to give his son a fine wedding. The military governor's condition is that he and his officers attend. The groom berates his father for... See full summary »
Director: Michel Khleifi | Stars: Mohamad Ali El Akili, Bushra Karaman, Makram Khoury, Yussuf Abu-Warda
Votes: 524
32. Women in Struggle (2005)
Documentary
A film about Palestinian women ex-detainees speaking about their experiences during their years of imprisonment in Israeli jails.
Director: Buthina Canaan Khoury | Star: Rasmeah Odeh
33. Jenin, Jenin (2003)
54 min | Documentary
Documentary about the 2002 deadly confrontations between armed Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
Director: Mohammad Bakri
Votes: 571
34. Man Without a Cell Phone (2010)
83 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Sameh Zoabi | Stars: Razi Shawahdeh, Loai Nofi, Bassem Loulou, Naela Zarqawy
Votes: 74
35. Occupation 101 (2006)
90 min | Documentary
A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and U.S. political involvement.
Directors: Abdallah Omeish, Sufyan Omeish | Stars: James Akins, Arik Ascherman, Bishop Barltlett Jr., Phyllis Bennis
Votes: 1,908
36. Operation Bethlehem (2014)
90 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Open Bethlehem is a story of a homecoming to the world's most famous little town. The film spans seven momentous years in the life of Bethlehem, revealing a city of astonishing beauty and political strife under occupation.
Director: Leila Sansour | Star: Leila Sansour
Votes: 20
37. The Law in These Parts (2011)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, History
Can justice truly be served in the occupied territories given the current system of law administered by Israel for Palestinians?
Director: Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
Votes: 400
38. Flying Paper (2014)
Not Rated | 51 min | Documentary, Animation, Family
Flying Paper tells the uplifting story of resilient Palestinian youth in the Gaza Strip on a quest to shatter the Guinness World Record for the most kites ever flown.
Directors: Nitin Sawhney, Roger Glenn Hill
Votes: 20
39. Fatenah (2009 Video)
Animation, Short
Director: Ahmad Habash | Stars: Misbah Deeb, Ahmad Habash, Buthayna Sumiri
41. Apples of the Golan (2012)
80 min | Documentary, News
Nestled high on a mountainside in the Middle East, a Syrian Druze village has survived under Israeli occupation, while 136 others like it were wiped out. Using a multi-character narrative, ... See full summary »
Directors: Jill Beardsworth, Keith Walsh
Votes: 11
42. Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs - The Iraqi Connection (2002)
112 min | Documentary
A filmic reflection about the stereotypes of "the Jew" and " the Arab" through one hundred years of film, linked with the biographies of four extraordinary people: Iraqi-Jewish communists.
Director: Samir | Stars: Shimon Ballas, Moshe Houri, Sami Michael, Samir Naqqash
Votes: 80
43. Knife (1971)
Director: Khaled Hammada | Stars: Soheir El-Morshidy, Naji Jabr, Bassam Lotfi, Rafeeq Subaiee
44. Marcedes (2011)
68 min | Documentary
60 years of the History of Lebanon seen throughout the story of the Mercedes Ponton (the 180 model) and its German-Lebanese "family" locally called "Marcedes". Marcedes: the story of a car, the story of a family, the story of a country.
Director: Hady Zaccak
Votes: 23
45. Erased, Ascent of the Invisible (2018)
74 min | Documentary
Thirty-five years ago, I witnessed the event of someone I've known since, he was gone. Ten years ago, I saw his face in the street but I was not sure it was him. Part of his face was ... See full summary »
Director: Ghassan Halwani
Votes: 60
46. A World Not Ours (2012)
93 min | Documentary, Biography, History
An intimate, and often humorous, portrait of three generations of exile in the refugee camp of Ein el-Helweh, in southern Lebanon. Based on a wealth of personal recordings, family archives,... See full summary »
Director: Mahdi Fleifel | Star: Mahdi Fleifel
Votes: 528
47. The Wanted 18 (2014)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Animation
A small Palestinian village bought 18 cows and stopped buying Israeli milk.
Directors: Paul Cowan, Amer Shomali | Stars: Alison Darcy, Walaa Eltiti, Yazeed Faruja, Heidi Foss
Votes: 411
48. Quneitra 74 (1974 TV Short)
20 min | Short
Quneytra 74 begins with shots of people on the edge of the blasted city of Kuneitra. A woman breaks away from the crowd, makes her way towards the city, speeds up the step, as if to escape ... See full summary »
Director: Mohamed Malas
Votes: 7
49. Yaumiyat Beirut: haqa'eq wa akadheeb wa (2006)
79 min | Documentary
Young, opinionated, and driven, Nadine Zaidan is a 25-year-old Lebanese activist who was one of the thousands who gathered in Beirut's Martyrs' Square in the chaotic days after the assassination of Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.
Director: Mai Masri
Votes: 15
50. Children of Shatila (1998)
50 min | Documentary, History
Farah and Issa, two streetwise children living in Beirut's Palestinian Shatila refugee camp, use their imaginations and creativity to come to terms with the realities of growing up in a ... See full summary »
Director: Mai Masri
Votes: 166
51. Frontiers of Dreams and Fears (2001)
56 min | Documentary, History
Offering a rare glimpse into one side of the Middle East conflict, Frontiers of Dreams and Fears explores the lives of a group of Palestinian children growing up in refugee camps. The film ... See full summary »
Director: Mai Masri | Stars: Manar Faraj, Mona Zaaroura
Votes: 99
52. Taif Al-Madina (2000)
105 min | Drama, Romance, War
12-year-old Rami moves from South Lebanon to Beirut with his family to escape the Israeli bombings. In the city he befriends a few local children and falls in love with his neighbor Yasmine... See full summary »
Director: Jean Khalil Chamoun | Stars: Majdi Machmouchi, Christine Choueiri, Ammar Shalak, Ahmed Azzein
Votes: 52
53. Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975)
177 min | Drama, History
A meticulous chronicle of the evolution of the Algerian liberation national movement. The film demonstrates that the Algerian War was a slow process of revolts and suffering, uninterrupted, from the start of colonization of Algeria in 1830
Director: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Stars: Yorgo Voyagis, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Leila Shenna, Cheikh Nourredine
Votes: 623
54. 3000 Nights (2015)
103 min | Drama
A young Palestinian schoolteacher gives birth to her son in an Israeli prison where she fights to protect him, survive and maintain hope.
Director: Mai Masri | Stars: Maisa Abd Elhadi, Nadira Omran, Rakeen Saad, Raida Adon
Votes: 1,091
57. The Kite (2003)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama
A young 15 year old girl, Lamia, lives in a southern Lebanese village on the border with Israel. She is given in marriage to her cousin on the other side of the border. As Lamia crosses the... See full summary »
Director: Randa Chahal Sabag | Stars: Flavia Bechara, Maher Bsaibes, Randa Asmar, Renée Dick
Votes: 789
58. Suspended Dreams (1992)
50 min | Documentary
A documentary depicting grief and despair in the four figures marginalized by the war, they trying to rebuild their lives
Directors: Jean Khalil Chamoun, Mai Masri
59. Wild Flowers: Women of South Lebanon (1987)
71 min | Documentary
Directors: Jean Khalil Chamoun, Mai Masri
60. The Sky Was Angry (2009)
22 min | Documentary, Short, War
A documentary about the real-life story of children who took refuge in a theater in Beirut, during the Israeli war on Lebanon in the summer of 2006.
Director: Sharif Abdunnur
Votes: 7
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