The Sand Castle

The Sand Castle 2024

5.40

Stranded on a deserted island, a family of four scavenges for survival as their past unravels, sending them into a downward spiral of painful events.

2024

Capernaum

Capernaum 2018

8.20

After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him.

2018

The Cuckold

The Cuckold 2009

2.80

The Cuckold is a controversial dramatic feature that pushes a camera lens through the peephole of American taboo, focusing on the flashpoint where racial and sexual tensions collide. While set against the backdrop of a little-known fetish in the swinging lifestyle called 'cuckolding', The Cuckold tells the broader story of two suburban couples and two urban men whose lives collide in a tale woven together by the threads of deceit, lust, and primal vengeance. It also explores the consequences and risks in looking beyond the skin in search of love.

2009

Sahbek Rajel

Sahbek Rajel 2024

6.10

It follows the story of Azouz and Mahdi, two policemen who are completely different in personality and character. One is reckless and the other is honest and loyal to his family. Their partnership in work leads them to a series of events full of action and comedy.

2024

No Other Land

No Other Land 2024

8.20

This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.

2024

Much Loved

Much Loved 2015

6.00

A social drama about four marginalized prostitutes in Marrakech and their complex relations with their families and society at large.

2015

Wadjda

Wadjda 2012

7.20

An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Quran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.

2012

Mousa

Mousa 2021

6.60

An engineering college student invents the first of its kind robot in the Middle East, in an attempt to avenge his father's death and achieve justice, which gets him pursued by the authorities.

2021

Honeymoonish

Honeymoonish 2024

6.70

Two newlyweds on their honeymoon discover that they are different in almost every way — but can these opposites attract?

2024

Where Do We Go Now?

Where Do We Go Now? 2011

7.50

In a remote, isolated Lebanese village surrounded by land mines, Muslims and Christians live together in peace. As civil strife starts to engulf the country around them, the women in the village try, by various means and to varying success, to keep their men in the dark by sabotaging the village radio, and then destroying the village TV.

2011

Mosul

Mosul 2019

6.70

When ISIS took their homes, families and city, one group of men fought to take it all back. Based on true events, this is the story of the Nineveh SWAT team, a renegade police unit who waged a guerrilla operation against ISIS in a desperate struggle to save their home city of Mosul.

2019

Cairo Station

Cairo Station 1958

7.40

Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed with Hanuma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she jokes with him about a possible relationship, she is actually in love with Abu Siri, a strong and respected porter at the station who is struggling to unionize his fellow workers to combat their boss' exploitative and abusive treatment.

1958

Bittersweet

Bittersweet 2010

7.60

Masry el Araby is an American-Egyptian citizen who travels back to his home town (in Egypt) after living in the US for 20 years. He has this idea of Egypt being a wonderful and amazing country, but the idea soon crashes as he faces reality. After arriving in Egypt, Masry is treated badly when he uses his Egyptian Passport. But then when he starts using his American Passport as an identification card, he is paid with a lot of respect. He faces many problems as he loses both passports.

2010

In Between

In Between 2016

7.09

The film captures the daily duality of three young Palestinian women in Tel Aviv, caught between hometown tradition and big city abandon, and the price they must pay for a lifestyle that seems obvious to many: the freedom to work, party, have sex, and choose.

2016

Caramel

Caramel 2007

6.90

In a beauty salon in Beirut the lives of five women cross paths. The beauty salon is a colorful and sensual microcosm where they share and entrust their hopes, fears and expectations.

2007

Friends ... and Dearest

Friends ... and Dearest 2022

6.30

A dinner party unravels when a tight group of friends agree to leave their phones unlocked on the table, exposing juicy interactions and dark secrets.

2022

The Man Who Sold His Skin

The Man Who Sold His Skin 2021

6.60

To be able to travel to Europe and find the love of his life, Sam Ali, a Syrian refugee, accepts to have his back tattooed by one of the most sulfurous contemporary artist; becoming that way a precious work of art.

2021

The Blue Caftan

The Blue Caftan 2023

7.30

Halim has been married to Mina for a long time, with whom he runs a traditional caftan store in the medina (old town) of Salé, Morocco. The couple has always lived with Halim's secret – his homosexuality – about which he has learned to keep quiet. However, Mina's illness and the arrival of a young apprentice upsets this balance. United in their love, each will help the other face his fears.

2023

The Perfect Candidate

The Perfect Candidate 2020

6.70

A young Saudi doctor campaigns for a seat on the municipal council, finding confidence as she combats prejudice.

2020

Saher Al-Liel

Saher Al-Liel 2010

4.00

The role of events in the seventies of the last century, when Kuwait was an example of human and material development and progress. The series deals with several social and humanitarian issues, such as social class, materialism, love of control and equality between men and women, through three families that struggle directly and indirectly among themselves.

2010

Majmoua Ensan

Majmoua Ensan 2012

1

The events of the series revolve around “Abu Ibrahim” (Saad Al-Faraj), whose house burns and loses all his family, after which he lives a stage of schizophrenia and a painful and poignant life because of his feeling of guilt for what happened.

2012

Omaima Fi Dar Alaytam

Omaima Fi Dar Alaytam 2010

7.00

When a thief steals Omaima's car, he finds her child inside and he takes her with him. Omaima's life begins to collapse, as she believes that she has lost her daughter, which makes her devotes her life to supporting the orphans' rights in various care homes.

2010

Sakan Altalebat

Sakan Altalebat 2013

1

Five female students gathered in a residence in one of the Gulf countries, where they live a life full of excitement, adventures, and happy and sad surprises, and they went through a semester that cannot be forgotten. So the question they want remains: Will they achieve the goal of this study mission?

2013

Ser Alhawa (Love Secret)

Ser Alhawa (Love Secret) 2013

1

It deals with the love story of a party designer who falls in love with one of her classmates at the university, but fate prevents their connection... The events follow in more than one dramatic line, dealing with issues of youth, human relations, and love. The current and previous times, as for Taif, she said about her role, “I embody the role of Umm Ahmed, who is kind-hearted and “walks” on the intention … and Aseel Omran, my niece, I love her very much, and I will be shocked by her because of her evils, and her impure intention, even though I wished her to be a wife to my son, with He loves another girl, and that's where problems happen.' The series is complete with action.

2013

Cairo Class

Cairo Class 2019

5.30

A few Kuwaiti students leave in the 50's to the University of Cairo in Egypt, the land of art and openness and experience exceptional love stories.

2019

Sadiqati Alazizat

Sadiqati Alazizat 2015

1

A romantic frame, written by Heba Al-Mashari Hamada and directed by Muhammad Al-Qaffas.

2015

One Wife Is Not Enough

One Wife Is Not Enough 2024

7.00

Married to Rasheed with whom she runs a school, Hela thinks she has the perfect husband. Only because she doesn’t know his secret…

2024

The Exchange

The Exchange 2023

7.80

Set in Kuwait in 1988, two women making their way in the boys club of the Kuwait Stock Exchange, on the eve of Saddam Hussein's invasion of the country.

2023

House of a Well-Known Family

House of a Well-Known Family 2025

1

Living under the same roof with her family, a widowed matriarch manipulates the life of her children and their spouses, sparking conflict over tradition and personal desires - all in the name of a love that stifles.

2025

The Slippery Path

The Slippery Path 1977

8.70

"Darb Al-Zalaq" is a classic Kuwaiti TV series that offers a window into Gulf Arab culture through the comedic and often poignant tale of two brothers, Hussein and Saad. Driven by their desire for quick wealth, they embark on a series of ill-fated business ventures, only to find themselves repeatedly caught in the traps of their own making. Set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing society, the series explores themes of greed, family ties, and the unpredictable twists of fate that are central to Arab storytelling. Through humor and satire, "Darb Al-Zalaq" reflects the challenges of balancing tradition and modernity in the Gulf, making it a cultural touchstone that resonates with audiences across generations.

1977

Om Albanat

Om Albanat 2009

7.00

A Kuwaiti mother has six daughters and one son struggling with her daughters after leaving her husband's house to start a new life.

2009