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based on memoir or autobiography

6.2

♡ 13

19%

54%

arab–israeli war (1948)

based on novel or book

Julian Schnabel Director

Liron Levo as Dan

Willem Dafoe as Eddie

Hiam Abbass as Hind Husseini

Alexander Siddig as Jamal

A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.

The Source

2011

husband wife relationship

7.2

♡ 3

70%

village life

Radu Mihaileanu Director

Drif Said as Badr

Hiam Abbass as Fatima

Leïla Bekhti as Leila

Sabrina Ouazani as Rachida

A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual favours as long as the men refuse to install a water pipe.

Rock the Casbah

2013

6.5

♡ 3

100%

Laïla Marrakchi Director

Hiam Abbass as Aicha

Lubna Azabal as Kenza

Nadine Labaki as Miriam

Omar Sharif as Moulay Hassan Ben Amor

The whole family is reunited when Sofia comes back for his father's funeral. Quickly, inner problems are revealed.

Munich

2005

7.5

♡ 122

79%

Steven Spielberg Director

Eric Bana as Avner

Alon Aboutboul as Israeli Soldier with Zamir

Hiam Abbass as Marie Claude Hamshari

Daniel Craig as Steve

During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.

The Nativity Story

2006

husband wife relationship

6.8

♡ 17

37%

Romance

three kings

Catherine Hardwicke Director

Hiam Abbass as Anna

Ciarán Hinds as Herod

Oscar Isaac as Joseph

Shelby Young as Naomi

Mary and Joseph make the hard journey to Bethlehem for a blessed event in this retelling of the Nativity story. This meticulously researched and visually lush adaptation of the biblical tale follows the pair on their arduous path to their arrival in a small village, where they find shelter in a quiet manger and Jesus is born.

Free Zone

2005

palestinian-israeli conflict

5.7

26%

Amos Gitai Director

Liron Levo as Border Security

Hiam Abbass as Leila

Carmen Maura as Mrs. Breitberg

Natalie Portman as Rebecca

Rebecca, an American who has been living in Jerusalem for a few months now, has just broken off her engagement. She gets into a cab driven by Hanna, an Israeli. But Hanna is on her way to Jordan, to the Free Zone, to pick up a large sum of money.

Paradise Now

2005

israeli–palestinian conflict

7.4

♡ 14

89%

palestine

palestinian-israeli conflict

Thriller

War

Hany Abu-Assad Director

Ashraf Barhom as Abu-Karem

Ali Suliman as Khaled

Hiam Abbass as Said's Mother

Lubna Azabal as Suha

Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.

Spy(Ies)

2009

5.9

♡ 2

33%

Romance

Thriller

Nicolas Saada Director

Alexander Siddig as Malik

Stephen Rea as M. Palmer

Vincent Regan as Peter Burton

Hiam Abbass as Wafa

In London, an airport baggage handler is forced by French and British intelligence agents to seduce the wife of a businessman with ties to Syrian terrorists.

The Swallows of Kabul

2019

7.5

♡ 9

89%

Zabou Breitman Director

Simon Abkarian as Atiq

Swann Arlaud as Mohsen

Hiam Abbass as Mussarat

Zita Hanrot as Zunaira

Summer 1998—Kabul under Taliban rule. Zunaira and Mohsen are young and in love. Despite the daily violence and misery, they hope for a better future. One day, a foolish gesture causes life to take an irrevocable turn.

I Still Hide to Smoke

2016

Arabic

7.1

♡ 11

92%

Rayhana Obermeyer Director

Hiam Abbass as Fatima

Nadia Kaci as Keltoum

Marina Argyropoulou as Mariée

Nassima Benchicou as Zahia

Α tragi-comedy about 9 women of different ages and various backgrounds that gather in an Algerian hammam to talk about their lives.

Exodus: Gods and Kings

2014

6.0

♡ 226

29%

Ridley Scott Director

Hiam Abbass as Bithia

Christian Bale as Moses

João Costa Menezes as Moses' Army

María Valverde as Zipporah

The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.

Do Not Forget Me Istanbul

2010

6.2

♡ 1

Omar Shargawi Director

Hiam Abbass as

Ahmet Rifat Sungar as

Alma Terzic as

Belçim Bilgin as

Several directors from countries of the region were invited to create stories taking place in and around the beautiful city of Istanbul, in the vein of “Paris, je t’aime” and “New York, I love you”. They come together to remind viewers that Istanbul’s history does not belong only to the people of Turkey.

The Sense of Wonder

2015

6.8

♡ 10

67%

Éric Besnard Director

Hiam Abbass as Dr. Mélanie Ferenza

Lucie Fagedet as Emma Legrand

Virginie Efira as Louise Legrand

Benjamin Lavernhe as Pierre

Louise, a widow with two children, almost crushes a stranger with her car. She takes care of him, even if he's not really wounded. It turns out that he has mental disorders and that they can help each other much more than they thought.

In Vitro

2019

Arabic

6.7

♡ 4

Søren Lind Director

Yazeed Faruja as

Walaa Eltiti as

Maisa Abd Elhadi as Alia

Hiam Abbass as Dunia

In an underground orchard in Bethlehem, decades after an otherworldly ecodisaster, two scientists discuss exile, loss and nostalgia.

The Visitor

2007

7.6

♡ 12

89%

Tom McCarthy Director

Marian Seldes as Barbara

Earl Baker Jr. as Lester James

Hiam Abbass as Mouna

Waleed Zuaiter as Omar

A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.

I Am Slave

2010

6.7

♡ 2

76%

Biography

Thriller

Gabriel Range Director

Farzana Dua Elahe as Arab Shop Assistant

Nasser Memarzia as Ibrahim

Hiam Abbass as Laila

Wunmi Mosaku as Malia

Based on the real-life experiences of Mende Nazer, the story unfolds as twelve-year-old Malia, daughter of champion wrestler Bah, is abducted from her Sudanese village in the Nubar Mountains by pro-government Arab militia and sold into slavery to a woman in Khartoum, who beats her for touching her daughter. After six years she is sent to London, where her name is changed, but her miserable life of servitude continues. Her passport is taken and she is told that her father will die if she goes to the authorities. Fortunately she meets a sympathetic person who seems to offer her the hope of escape and reunion with Bah ,back in Sudan. For all the film's optimism an end title states that there are around 5,000 'slave' workers currently in Britain.

Hellraiser

2022

5.9

♡ 108

68%

David Bruckner Director

Kit Clarke as Joey

Hiam Abbass as Menaker

Yinka Olorunnife as The Weeper

Drew Starkey as Trevor

A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.

Insidious: The Red Door

2023