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1. Capernaum (2018)
R | 126 min | Drama
While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.
Director: Nadine Labaki | Stars: Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Kawsar Al Haddad
Votes: 106,280 | Gross: $1.66M
2. Fair Game (I) (2010)
PG-13 | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Sonya Davison, Vanessa Chong
Votes: 51,115 | Gross: $9.53M
3. The Visitor (I) (2007)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama
A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.
Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira, Hiam Abbass
Votes: 44,579 | Gross: $9.42M
4. Greed (I) (2019)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
Satire about the world of the super-rich.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Caroline Flack, Steve Coogan, David Mitchell, Isla Fisher
Votes: 8,500
5. Worlds Apart (2015)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Romance
In modern Greece, while socioeconomic turmoil ravages Southern Europe, three distinct stories unfold, each representing a different generation of Greeks in love with a foreigner, each story coming together in the end to form a whole.
Director: Christopher Papakaliatis | Stars: J.K. Simmons, Maria Kavoyianni, Andrea Osvárt, Christopher Papakaliatis
Votes: 9,244
6. A Moment in the Reeds (2017)
108 min | Drama, Romance
A young Finnish man returns for the summer to help renovate his father's lake house. He meets and befriends Tareq, a recent asylum seeker from Syria, and the two spend the summer bonding.
Director: Mikko Makela | Stars: Janne Puustinen, Boodi Kabbani, Mika Melender, Virpi Rautsiala
Votes: 3,564
7. For Sama (2019)
TV-PG | 100 min | Documentary, Biography, War
FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war.
Directors: Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts | Stars: Waad Al-Kateab, Sama Al-Khateab, Hamza Al-Khateab, Afra
Votes: 12,879 | Gross: $0.04M
8. The Other Side of Hope (2017)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Sherwan Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, Kaija Pakarinen, Tuomari Nurmio
Votes: 13,710 | Gross: $0.18M
10. Salome's Last Dance (1988)
R | 89 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
On Guy Fawkes Day 1892m Oscar Wilde goes to a performance of his controversial, banned play 'Salome'. The 'theatre' is a brothel and the performers are prostitutes.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Stratford Johns, Nickolas Grace, Douglas Hodge
Votes: 1,924 | Gross: $0.33M
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: 4,875 | Gross: $0.34M
12. Polish Wedding (1998)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The film centers on a big Polish family. Jadzia is the mother and the ruler of the Pzoniak family (she has five children). Though she's happily married to Bolek, she is also having a ... See full summary »
Director: Theresa Connelly | Stars: Claire Danes, Gabriel Byrne, Lena Olin, Jon Bradford
Votes: 3,441 | Gross: $0.56M
13. Propaganda (1999)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Based on a true story set in 1948, customs officer Mehdi is faced with the duty of formally setting up the border between Turkey and Syria, dividing his hometown. He is unaware of the pain ... See full summary »
Director: Sinan Çetin | Stars: Metin Akpinar, Kemal Sunal, Meltem Cumbul, Rafet El Roman
Votes: 10,166
14. Home (2019–2020)
27 min | Comedy, Drama
Peter, his new partner Katy, and her son John return home to Dorking from their first holiday together in France. Hiding in the boot of their car is Sami, a Syrian refugee.
Stars: Rufus Jones, Rebekah Staton, Youssef Kerkour, Oaklee Pendergast
Votes: 1,141
15. City of Ghosts (2017)
R | 92 min | Documentary, War
A documentary that follows the efforts of "Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently," a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014. ... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Heineman | Stars: Abdelaziz Alhamza, Mohamad Almusari, Hamoud Almousa, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi
Votes: 4,137 | Gross: $0.13M
16. Circle of Deceit (1981)
R | 108 min | Drama, War
A German journalist, escaping from broken marriage, goes to Lebanon to cover the civil war. Soon, he realizes that he can't handle the truth.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Hanna Schygulla, Jean Carmet, Jerzy Skolimowski
Votes: 977
17. A Boy Ten Feet Tall (1963)
G | 118 min | Adventure
Ten year old Sammy travels 4500 miles on his own from the Suez Canal to Durban, South Africa.
Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Fergus McClelland, Constance Cummings, Harry H. Corbett
Votes: 652
18. Dancer on the Wounds (1974)
95 min | Drama, Romance
A belly dancer and prostitute falls in love with a famous doctor who asks her for marriage, but for the sake of her lover's social standing, she decides to abandon him and return to her ... See full summary »
Director: Muhammad Shahin | Stars: Ighraa, Iman, Ali Al-Rawas, Mazhar Al Hakim
Votes: 10
19. The Great Journey (2004)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance
Reda, a young French-Moroccan guy and his old father drive from the south of France to Mecca in order for the father to do his pilgrimage. At first distant, they gradually learn to know each other.
Director: Ismaël Ferroukhi | Stars: Nicolas Cazalé, Mohamed Majd, Jacky Nercessian, Ghina Ognianova
Votes: 2,573
20. 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, Alli Chung
Votes: 406
21. The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake (2009 TV Movie)
86 min | Adventure, Fantasy
"1592. Four years after England's defeat of the Spanish Armada, tensions still run deep, especially between Sir Francis Drake, "The Queen's Pirate", and his lifelong nemesis, Captain Don ... See full summary »
Director: David Flores | Stars: Adrian Paul, Temuera Morrison, Wes Ramsey, Danny Kashper
Votes: 653
22. Death of a President (2006)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Years after the assassination of President George W. Bush in Chicago, an investigative documentary examines that as-yet-unsolved crime.
Director: Gabriel Range | Stars: Hend Ayoub, Becky Ann Baker, George W. Bush, Brian Boland
Votes: 7,032 | Gross: $0.52M
23. Sorry, Haters (2005)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Thriller
Against the anxieties and fears of post-9/11 America, an Arab cab driver picks up a troubled professional woman with unexpected results.
Director: Jeff Stanzler | Stars: Robin Wright, Abdellatif Kechiche, Élodie Bouchez, Aasif Mandvi
Votes: 1,540 | Gross: $0.01M
24. Spy(Ies) (2009)
99 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Caught red-handed, a baggage handler from Roissy finds himself forcibly employed by the secret services to unmask a businessman suspected of trafficking explosives.
Director: Nicolas Saada | Stars: Guillaume Canet, Géraldine Pailhas, Stephen Rea, Hippolyte Girardot
Votes: 1,131
25. Angie: Yalla Nwalle3a (2018 Music Video)
4 min | Short, Music
The 20 years old Syrian sex symbol and erotic model Angie Khoury in her Music clip.
Director: Abd El Wahab Khatib | Stars: Angie Khoury, Ali Al Shamri
26. Saf (2018)
102 min | Drama
The Fikirtepe district of Istanbul. Urban transformation is sweeping away the poor communities and Syrian refugees take shelter in deserted buildings. Kamil and his wife Remziye risk losing... See full summary »
Director: Ali Vatansever | Stars: Erol Afsin, Saadet Aksoy, Onur Buldu, Nazli Cetinel
Votes: 525
27. What Color Do You See As Blue (2019)
15 min | Short
As a result of war and displacement 2 generations of refugees facing new challenges in order to utilize in a new life.
Director: Reza Salsany | Stars: Viona Moarefi, Kanza Feris, Baharan BaniAhmadi, Babs Hopkinson
28. WWE Money in the Bank (2022 TV Special)
TV-PG | 187 min | Action, Sport
The 2022 Money in the Bank was the 13th annual Money in the Bank professional wrestling live event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.
Directors: Kevin Dunn, Paul Levesque | Stars: Austin Theory, Gionna Daddio, Colby Lopez, Drew Galloway
Votes: 190
29. How I Killed My Father (2001)
98 min | Drama, Thriller
When his long-time disappeared father is entering his life again, Jean-Luc, a successful doctor, has no option but to face his own life story. Will he ever be able to forget and forgive?
Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Charles Berling, Natacha Régnier, Amira Casar
Votes: 1,080 | Gross: $0.01M
30. Exodus: Our Journey to Europe (2016– )
173 min | Documentary
Shot over 3 years in 31 countries, continuing to follow the refugee crisis in Europe. Finding out what happened to some of the people featured previously and meeting others still making the journey.
Stars: Tariq, Isra, Paul Bown, Dominic Rowan
Votes: 73
31. Tuntematon pakolainen (2016)
75 min | Documentary
In the autumn of 2015, Finnish-Iranian Ali Jahangiri wanted to personally experience the reality faced by refugees in Europe. Ali travelled across Europe to Finland with refugees who had ... See full summary »
Director: Hamy Ramezan | Stars: Ali Jahangiri, Ahmad Mansur
Votes: 31
32. Memory Mirrors (2021)
Short, Drama
Memory Mirrors is a short film about Hatim, a middle eastern refugee, trying to build himself a future in Germany. Tormented by his past, through flashbacks seen at each look in the mirror,... See full summary »
Director: Jwan Abdo | Stars: Ahmad Al Khalil, Heike Reichenwallner
33. Tea on the Axis of Evil (2009)
67 min | Documentary
When Syria was admitted to the "Axis of Evil", I decided to move there, alone, to record ordinary life and create a document to stimulate healthy curiosity about this Arab community to ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Marie Offenbacher | Stars: Ayman Abdel Nour, Yusef Abdelke, Farah Abderrahman, Nour Abderrahman
Votes: 14
34. Rubicon (II) (2016)
Short, Drama
When an American businessman in London crosses paths with a Syrian refugee both their lives change in ways you wouldn't expect.
Directors: Ian Boisvert, Drew Hoffman | Stars: Wolf Kahler, Miltos Yerolemou, Annie Lees-Jones, Vic Waghorn
35. Oboor (2019– )
Drama
The show revolves around the suffering of the Syrian refugees and their daily life. Through stories of the refugees, volunteers and workers in "Mrigeb El Fuhood" Camp in Jordan.
Stars: Samer Ismail, Tara Abboud, Mansoor Al-Fili, Emad Azmi
36. The Heart of the Matter (1983– )
60 min | Drama, Romance, War
Major Scobie is a British official in a West African colony during WWII. Both he and his wife are devout Catholics, and thoroughly unhappy. After he starts an affair with a young girl and breaks the law to hide it, he's consumed by guilt.
Stars: Jack Hedley, Erica Rogers, Manfred Seipold, Wolfgang Kieling
Votes: 10
37. Sunduq al-dunyâ (2002)
112 min | Drama
Four families live together in an isolated house in the mountains, where conflicts erupt between the generations.
Director: Ossama Mohammed | Stars: Caresse Bashar, Zuhair Abdlulkarim, Fares Al-Helou, Elias Ghannam
Votes: 95
38. The Translator (2015)
23 min | Short, Drama
Yusuf, a shy, sensitive Syrian refugee boy who lives in an exile at a remote Turkish border town, has to experience his newfound power, at the cost of his innocence.
Director: Emre Kayis | Stars: Sherko Mohamad Ali, Ilke Can, Sami Huslieh, Ahmet Inal
Votes: 76
39. As Though Nothing Happened (2022)
Documentary
Seven Damascenes, eight years apart, one collective trauma. This is the story of a city and the psychological scars its people bear from years of war.
Director: Taim Karesly
Votes: 10
40. NXT Arrival (2014 TV Special)
TV-PG | 115 min | Action, Sport
Longest reigning NXT champ Bo Dallas defends his title against Adrian Neville in NXT's first ever ladder match.
Stars: Saraya-Jade Bevis, Claudio Castagnoli, Matt Clement, Tenille Dashwood
Votes: 129
41. Ma vie en papier (2022)
80 min | Documentary
Rima who fled Syria with her family, struggles with her integration in Brussels. Caught between tradition and modernity, she draws her memories of her previous life in dialogue with an Iranian filmmaker, herself a newcomer to Belgium.
Director: Vida Dena
Votes: 6
42. Torab al-ghoraba (1998)
147 min | Biography, Drama, History
A biography of Syrian philosopher Abdul Rahman Al-Kawakbi (1852-1902) who advocated enlightened Islam in the face of fundamentalism.
Director: Samir Zikra | Stars: Bassam Kousa, Najwa Kandakji, Fayez Abou Dan, Iman Al-Ghouri
Votes: 35
43. Fireflies (I) (2017)
17 min | Short, Drama
When a withdrawn Middle Eastern man begins frequenting a Boston cafe, the headwaiter grows increasingly suspicious about the true nature of his visits.
Director: Raouf Zaki | Stars: Essam Ferris, Mitch Fortier, Nour Bitar Grayr, Rina Hasani
Votes: 20
44. Crossing Desert and Sea
110 min | Documentary | Pre-production
Syrian and Iraqi refugees, who fled their homes out of fear, risk their lives by traveling hundreds of miles across desert and sea to find new hope for a better life.
Director: Grazyna Kolondra | Star: Lara Salmon
45. The Jim Crow Holocaust (2016)
Short, Drama
A young Muslim boy carries his heritage in the form of a item of clothing that he doesn't want. He is ridiculed and attacked for wearing it, which then gets ripped from him and desecrated. ... See full summary »
Director: Jacob Hayek | Stars: Alex O'Neal, Samantha Deutsch, Efraiem Hanna, Eman Fustok
Votes: 14
46. AWA Superclash III (1988 TV Special)
Sport
Worlds collide at SuperClash III, as Jerry Lawler battles Kerry Von Erich in a bout to unify the AWA and WCWA World Heavyweight Titles.
Stars: Trudy Adams, Adnan Al-Kaissy, Sam Anoai, Bill Apter
Votes: 38
47. 8 Borders, 8 Days (2017)
88 min | Documentary
This documentary puts a human face on the Syrian refugee crisis by chronicling a determined mother and her two young children, who after being denied resettlement in the U.S. stage a dangerous escape across the sea on an inflatable raft.
Director: Amanda Bailly
Votes: 10
48. Painting the Line (2017)
7 min | Short, Drama
How can a person do "what's right" when every moment forces us to compromise our beliefs? James makes a final desperate attempt to save his marriage to an older and wealthier woman by purchasing a Diego Rivera painting.
Director: Paul Bright | Stars: Heather Ann McBride, John Vaughan Lemhouse
49. The Pursuit of Refuge (2018)
27 min | Documentary, Short, Drama | Completed
An intimate portrait of a Syrian Refugee father and his family building a new life from zero, without a job, language, or education, in their new home, the United States of America.
Director: Abdullah Abu-Mahfouz | Stars: Abbas Khalaf, Connie Yaqub, Radwan Jarrouj, Abdullah Abu-Mahfouz
50. Trump Wins Enormously on Travel Ban as Supreme Court Allows President to Defend Sovereignty (2017 Video)
13 min | Short, News
Trump's travel ban is a good idea, says Styx, especially after our foreign policy disasters under Obama.
Star: Styxhexenhammer666