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page 1Arabic-language drama films
Capernaum
2018 film directed by Nadine Labaki
Wadjda
Wadjda (, ) is a 2012 Saudi Arabian drama film, written and directed by Haifaa al-Mansour (in her feature directorial debut). It was the first feature film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia and the first feature-length film made by a female Saudi director. It won numerous awards at film festivals around the world. The film was selected as the Saudi Arabian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards (the first time the country made a submission for the Oscars), but it was not nominated. It successfully earned a nomination for Best Foreign Film at the 2014 BAFTA Awards.
Code Unknown
2000 film by Michael Haneke
Fatima
2015 film by Philippe Faucon
Outside the Law
2010 film by Rachid Bouchareb
Adam
2019 film directed by Maryam Touzani
The Night of Counting the Years
1969 Egyptian film directed by Shadi Abdel Salam
The Nightingale's Prayer
1959 film by Henry Barakat
Dalida
2016 film by Lisa Azuelos
The Blue Caftan
2022 film directed by Maryam Touzani
Abouna
2002 film by Mahamat Saleh Haroun
A Screaming Man
2010 film by Mahamat Saleh Haroun
The Perfect Candidate
2019 film directed by Haifaa al-Mansour
Insyriated
Insyriated, released in some territories as In Syria, is a 2017 Belgian drama film directed by Philippe Van Leeuw. It was screened in the Panorama section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Panorama Audience Award. At the 8th Magritte Awards, the film won all six awards it was nominated for, including Best Film and Best Director for Van Leeuw.
The Idol
2015 film directed by Hany Abu-Assad
Soleil Ô
1967 film by Med Hondo
The Silences of the Palace
1994 film by Moufida Tlatli
The Land
1969 film by Youssef Chahine
The Yacoubian Building
2006 film directed by Marwan Hamed
Under the Bombs
2007 film by Philippe Aractingi
Red Satin
2002 film by Raja Amari
3000 Nights
2015 film by Mai Masri
Kilomètre Zéro
2005 film by Huner Saleem
Man of Ashes
1986 film by Nouri Bouzid
Razzia
2017 film by Nabil Ayouch
Empire M
1972 film by Hussein Kamal
People on the Top
1981 film
I Want a Solution
1975 film
El Haimoune
1984 film by Nacer Khemir
The Impossible
1966 Egyptian film directed by Hussein Kamal
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea
2011 film directed by Thierry Binisti
In Between
2016 film by Maysaloun Hamoud
Ibn el Nil
1951 film by Youssef Chahine
Winter of Discontent
2013 film by Ibrahim El Batout
Alexandria Again and Forever
1990 film by Youssef Chahine
Forever Yours
1958 film by Youssef Chahine
Hassan and Nayima
1959 film by Henry Barakat
An Egyptian Story
1982 film by Youssef Chahine
The Wedding Song
2008 film by Karin Albou
Gaza mon amour
2020 film by Tarzan Nasser und Arab Nasser
The President's Cake
2025 film directed by Hasan Hadi
Yom Said
Egyptian film 1939
Void
2013 film
A Date With Life
1953 film by Ezzel Dine Zulficar
The Wife of an Important Man
1987 film by Mohamed Khan
Al-Mohager
1994 film by Youssef Chahine
My Wife and the Dog
1971 film by Said Marzouk
Mektoub
Mektoub is a 1997 French-Moroccan drama film directed by Nabil Ayouch. The film was selected as the Moroccan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Dreams of the City
1984 film by Mohammad Malas
The Return of the Prodigal Son
1976 Egyptian film directed by Youssef Chahine
Souad
2020 film by Ayten Amin
The Traveller
2009 film by Ahmad Maher
Alexandria... New York
2004 film by Youssef Chahine
Blind Intersections
2013 film
The Dupes
1973 film by Tewfik Saleh
A Woman and a Man
1971 film
The Leech
1956 film by Salah Abu Seif
Goodbye Mothers
2008 film by Mohamed Ismaïl
No Surrender
2018 film directed by Peter Mimi
Sleepless Nights
2003 film