Best Arabic Language Movies by Rank
1152
1
2005
Hany Abu-Assad
Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal, Amer Hlehel, Hiam Abbass, Ashraf Barhom
Crime / Drama
France / Germany / Netherlands / Israel
Arabic
1569
2
2018
Nadine Labaki
Kawthar Al Haddad, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Nadine Labaki, Zain Al Rafeea
Drama
Lebanon / USA
Arabic
2111
3
1958
Youssef Chahine
Farid Shawqi, Hind Rostom, Youssef Chahine, Hassan el Baroudi
Drama / Thriller
Egypt
Arabic
2182
4
2012
Haifaa Al-Mansour
Reem Abdullah, Waad Mohammed, Abdullrahman Algohani, Ahd Kamel, Sultan Al Assaf
Drama
Saudi Arabia / Germany
Arabic
2326
5
2017
Ziad Doueiri
Adel Karam, Kamel El Basha, Camille Salameh, Diamand Bou Abboud, Rita Hayek
Drama
Lebanon / France / USA / Belgium / Cyprus
Arabic
2362
6
2000
Nabil Ayouch
Mounïm Kbab, Mustapha Hansali, Hicham Moussoune, Abdelhak Zhayra
Drama / Crime
Morocco / Tunisia / France / Belgium
Arabic
2424
7
2014
Naji Abu Nowar
Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat, Hussein Salameh Al-Sweilhiyeen, Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh
Adventure / Drama / Thriller / Action
United Arab Emirates / Qatar / Jordan / UK
Arabic
2537
8
2002
Elia Suleiman
Elia Suleiman, Manal Khader, Nayef Fahoum Daher
Drama / Romance / War / Comedy
France / Morocco / Germany / Palestine
Arabic
2538
9
2013
Hany Abu-Assad
Adam Bakri, Waleed Zuaiter, Baher Agbariya, Majd Bitar, Walid Abed Elsalam
Drama / Thriller
Palestine
Arabic
2608
10
2004
Eran Riklis
Hiam Abbass, Makram Khoury, Clara Khoury, Ashraf Barhom, Eyad Sheety
Comedy / Drama
France / Germany / Israel
Arabic
2665
11
2011
Nadine Labaki
Nadine Labaki, Claude Moussawbaa, Layla Hakim, Antoinette Noufaily, Yvonne Maalouf
Comedy / Drama
France / Lebanon / Egypt / Italy
Arabic
2669
12
1998
Ziad Doueiri
Rami Doueiri, Mohamad Chamas, Rola Al Amin, Carmen Lebbos
Drama / War
France / Norway / Lebanon / Belgium
Arabic
2688
13
1987
Michel Khleifi
Mohamad Ali El Akili, Bushra Karaman, Makram Khoury
Drama
Israel / France / Belgium
Arabic
2692
14
1929
Aziza Amir, Ahmed Galal
Ahmed Allam, Aziza Amir, Abbas Fares
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Egypt
Arabic (Silent)
2692
14
1927
Wadad Orfi
Aziza Amir, Assia Dagher, Ahmed Galal, Wadad Orfi, Stephan Rosti
Documentary
Egypt
Arabic (Silent)
2712
15
2009
Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani
Fouad Habash, Nisrine Rihan, Elias Saba, Youssef Sahwani, Abu George Shibli
Drama
Germany / Israel
Arabic
2712
15
2020
Kaouther Ben Hania
Yahya Mahayni, Dea Liane, Koen De Bouw, Monica Bellucci, Saad Lostan
Drama
Tunisia / France / Belgium / Germany / Sweden / Turkey
Arabic
2743
16
2019
Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
Waad Al-Kateab, Hamza Al-Khateab, Sama Al-Khateab
Documentary / War
UK / Syria
Arabic
2760
17
1975
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Henry Czarniak, Hassan El Amir, Brahim Hadjadj, Hassan Hassani
Drama / History / Epic
Algeria
Arabic
2780
18
1997
Jafar Panahi
Mina Mohammad Khani, Kazem Mojdehi, Naser Omuni
Drama / Experimental
Iran
Arabic
2790
19
2013
Merzak Allouache
Adila Bendimerad, Nassima Belmihoub, Ahcène Benzerari, Aïssa Chouat
Drama
France / Algeria
Arabic
2790
19
2007
Youssef Chahine
Youssef El Sherif, Khaled Saleh, Hala Sedki, Menna Shalabi
Crime / Drama / Romance
France / Egypt
Arabic
2790
19
1991
Jillali Ferhati
Souad Ferhati, Mohamed Timoud, Fatima Loukili
Drama
Morocco
Arabic
2790
19
2003
Randa Chahal Sabag
Flavia Bechara, Maher Bsaibes, Rasma Asmar, Ziad Rahbani
Drama / Comedy
Lebanon / France
Arabic
2790
19
2019
Haifaa Al-Mansour
Mila Al Zahrani, Nora Al Awadh, Dae Al Hilali, Khalid Abdulraheem, Shafi Alharthy
Drama
Saudi Arabia / Germany
Arabic
2790
19
2004
Amos Gitai
Rosamund Pike, Diana Bespechni, Hanna Schygulla, Anne Parillaud
Drama
Israel / France / UK
Arabic
2790
19
2009
Ahmed Maher
Cyrine AbdelNour, Khaled Nabawy, Sherif Ramzzy, Omar Sharif, Amr Waked
Drama
Egypt / Italy
Arabic
2800
20
1994
Moufida Tlatli
Amel Hedhili, Najia Ouerghi, Hend Sabri, Fatima Ben Saïdane
Drama
France / Tunisia
Arabic
2801
21
2024
Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal
Documentary
Palestine / Norway
Arabic
2803
22
1969
Chadi Abdel Salam
Ahmed Marei, Ahmad Hegazi, Nadia Lutfi, Ahmad Anan, Shafik Nour El Din
Drama
Egypt
Arabic
2809
23
2012
Ziad Doueiri
Ali Suliman, Evgenia Dodena, Reymond Amsalem, Dvir Benedek, Uri Gavriel
Drama / Thriller
Lebanon / France / Qatar / Belgium
Arabic
2809
23
2022
Basil Khalil
Stephen Mangan, Adam Bakri, Mouna Hawa, Maria Zreik, Samer Bisharat
Comedy
UK / Palestine
Arabic
2809
23
2015
Amber Fares
Documentary / Adventure / Drama / Sports
Palestine / Qatar / UK / Denmark / Canada / USA
Arabic
2809
23
2013
Jehane Noujaim
Khalid Abdalla, Ahmed Hassan, Magdy Ashour, Ragia Omran, Ramy Essam, Aida El Kashef
Documentary / Comedy / Drama / History
Egypt / USA
Arabic
2842
24
2017
Firas Fayyad, Steen Johannessen
Documentary / War
Denmark / Syria
Arabic
2842
24
2017
Tarik Saleh
Fares Fares, Ger Duany, Hichem Yacoubi, Slimane Dazi, Mari Malek, Mohamed Yousry
Thriller
Sweden / Denmark / Germany
Arabic
2842
24
2013
Talal Derki
Documentary / Biography / History / War
Syria / Germany
Arabic
2842
24
2016
Elite Zexer
Lamis Ammar, Ruba Blal, Hitham Omari, Khadija Al Akel, Jalal Masrwa
Drama
Israel / France
Arabic
2862
25
1993
Yousry Nasrallah
Zaki Abdel Wahab, Taheya Cariocca, Seif El Dine, Youssra
Drama / Adventure / Romance
Egypt / France
Arabic
