Carlos (2010), Le Grand Voyage (2004), Incendies (2010), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Way of War (2008), Shadow World (2016), The Thief of Bagdad (1940), Et maintenant on va où? (2011) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Middle East movies.
Storyline: Young Venezuelan Marxist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez (Edgar Ramírez) is recruited by the leader of a Palestinian terrorist organization (Ahmad Kaabour) to perform several jobs in Europe in the early 1970s, culminating in the audacious kidnapping of several OPEC oil ministers. From that small-scale beginning, he becomes an infamous international terrorist for hire, known in the media as Carlos the Jackal, who performs violent acts across the globe for a wide variety of nations and organizations.
Plot Keywords: terrorist, government official, police officer, secret agent, brash, creative, suspenseful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A despotic man (Mohamed Majd) forces his teenage son (Nicolas Cazalé) to drive him across seven countries to visit Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Plot Keywords: teen boy, father, old woman, hitchhiker, son, positive, heartwarming ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to the Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.
Plot Keywords: mother, sister, father, brother, employer, lawyer, profound ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: An art collector appeals to Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. He learns that another archaeologist has disappeared while searching for the precious goblet, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones. The artifact is much harder to find than they expected, and its powers are too much for those impure of heart.
Plot Keywords: archaeologist, father, collector, nazi, adolf hitler, businessman, thrilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: At a prison in the high desert foothills of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, hard-core criminals are given 90 days to tame wild mustang horses. Most of the inmates who volunteer for the program have never trained a horse before, or even ridden one.—SXSW
Plot Keywords: soldier, killer, mercenary, gory, thrilling, middle east, retribution ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Based on the book of The Shadow World, this feature length documentary is an investigation into the multi-billion dollar international arms trade.
Plot Keywords: politician, sheik, president, prime minister, rebel, terrorist, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In Bagdad, the young and naive Sultan Ahmad is curious about the behavior of his people. The Grand Vizier Jaffar convinces Ahmad to walk through the city disguised as a subject to know his people. Then he seizes the power telling to the inhabitants that Ahmad has died while he sends his army to arrest the Sultan that is thrown into the dungeons and sentenced to death. Ahmad befriends the young thief Abu that helps him to escape from the prison. They flee to Basra and plan to travel abroad with Sinbad. However Ahmad stumbles upon the beautiful princess and they fall in love with each other. But the evil Jaffar has also traveled to Basra to propose to marry the princess. When they see each other, Jaffar uses magic to blind Ahmad and turn Abu into a dog. Is their love doomed?
Plot Keywords: king, thief, villain, princess, genie, amusing, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Christians and Muslims lived peacefully together for years in this small Lebanese village, but animosities begin to build among the men as a result of slights and misunderstandings. The women of the village conspire to avert sectarian strife though a series of harebrained plans, none of which succeeds in slowing down the escalating spiral of violence. When tragedy strikes, the women find themselves driven to make a deeply personal sacrifice for the sake of peace.
Plot Keywords: priest, charming, lebanon, village, middle east, religious differences, rivalry ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a permit and rounding up his ten sons, he sets out for the long and troublesome journey in a derelict bus, denying a recurring vision of his own death at half moon. Halfway the party halts at a small village to pick up female singer Hesho, which will only add to the difficulty of the undertaking, as it is forbidden for Iranian women to sing in public, let alone in the company of men. But Mamo is determined to carry through, if not for the gullible antics of the bus driver.—Swie Tio <sweet_t_prod@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: kurd, singer, son, daughter, woman, police chief, moving ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Cockney cat burglar Harry Dean needs Hong Kong dancer Nicole Chang's help to pull off the perfect heist. With a simple makeover and a new wardrobe; Nicole's resemblance to wealthy recluse Mr. Shahbandar's late wife is uncanny. While Shahbandar is distracted by the mesmerizing Nicole, Harry takes steps to swipe a priceless artifact from under the tycoon's nose. But even the most foolproof schemes have a way of backfiring.—L. Hamre
Plot Keywords: thief, dancer, billionaire, artist, recluse, showgirl, cool ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: National Bird follows the dramatic journey of three whistleblowers who are determined to break the silence around one of the most controversial current affairs issues of our time: the secret U.S. drone war. At the center of the film are three U.S. military veterans. Plagued by guilt over participating in the killing of faceless people in foreign countries, they decide to speak out publicly, despite the possible consequences. Their stories take dramatic turns, leading one of the protagonists to Afghanistan where she learns about a horrendous incident. But her journey also gives hope for peace and redemption. National Bird gives rare insight into the U.S. drone program through the eyes of veterans and survivors, connecting their stories as never seen before in a documentary. Its images haunt the audience and bring a faraway issue close to home.
Plot Keywords: veteran, pilot, government official, terrorist, soldier, narrator, somber ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A kind-hearted street urchin Aladdin vies for the love of the beautiful princess Jasmine, the princess of Agrabah. When he finds a magic lamp, he uses the genie's magic power to make himself a prince in order to marry her. He's also on a mission to stop the powerful Jafar who plots to steal the magic lamp that could make his deepest wishes come true.—Santhosh
Plot Keywords: poor boy, princess, genie, villain, father, monkey, charming ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A documentary about how the likelihood of nuclear weapons (or fissile materials) usage has increased due to the rise of terrorism and lack of safeguards and verification.
Plot Keywords: nuclear physicist, military officer, terrorist, security expert, bleak, chilling, powerful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Lillian Gish is the daughter of a rich Italian count who is killed in a fall from his horse. Though Lillian stands to inherit a large estate, her older half-sister burns the will and thus inherits the property herself, throwing Lillian into poverty. Fortunately, she is engaged to marry the dashing officer Ronald Coleman, but he is captured by Arabs on an expedition to Africa. Dedicating her life to his memory, Lillian becomes a nun, unaware that her lover has escaped his captors and returning to Italy! The climax takes place against a backdrop of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.—Ed Lengel <egl2r@faraday.clas.virginia.edu>
Plot Keywords: heiress, italian soldier, half sister, father, love interest, nun, passionate ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Though his people, the Israelites, are enslaved by the Philistines, Samson (Victor Mature), strongest man of the tribe of Dan, falls in love with the Philistine Semadar (Dame Angela Lansbury), whom he wins by virtue of a contest of strength. But Semadar betrays him, and Samson engages in a fight with her real love, Ahtur (Henry Wilcoxon), and his soldiers. Semadar is killed, and her sister Delilah (Hedy Lamarr), who had loved Samson in silence, now vows vengeance against him. She plans to seduce Samson into revealing the secret of his strength and then to betray him to the Philistine leader, The Saran of Gaza (George Sanders).—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: hero, traitor, soldiers, brutal, melodramatic, sultry, israel ...
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