Best Arab Films of All Time7.3 Nadine Labaki: Capernaum (2018) - Lebanon 7.2 Amjad Abu Alala: Satamut Fil-ishrin/ You Will Die at Twenty (2019) - Sudan 7.1 Ala Eddine Slim: The Last of Us (2016) - Tunisia 7.0 Youssef Chahine: Iskandariya Kaman wa Kaman/ Alexandria Again and Again (1979) - Egypt 7.0 Youssef Chahine: Bab al-Hadid/ Cairo Station (1958) - Egypt 7.0 Elia Suleiman: Yadon Ilaheyya/ Divine Intervention (2002) - Palestine 7.0 Shadi Abdel Salam: Al-Mummia/ The Mummy (1969) - Egypt 7.0 Nabil Ayouch: Horses of God (2012) - Morocco 7.0 Ziad Doueiri: The Attack (2012) - Lebanon 7.0 Yousry Nasrallah: The Gate of the Sun (2004) - Egypt 7.0 Soudade Kaadan: Yom Adaatou Zouli/ The Day I Lost My Shadow (2018) - Syria 7.0 Shahad Ameen: Scales (2019) - Saudi Arabia 7.0 Oualid Mouaness: 1982 (2019) - Lebanon 7.0 Omar El Zohairi: Feathers (2021) - Egypt 7.0 Mehdi Barsaoui: Un Fils/ A Son (2019) - Tunisia 7.0 Mohammed Amin: Laylat Suqut Baghdad/ The Night that Baghdad Fell (2006) - Egypt 7.0 Maysaloun Hamoud: Bar Bahar/ In Between (2016) - Palestine 7.0 Maryam Touzani: Azraq Alquftan/ Le Bleu du Caftan/ The Blue Caftan (2022) - Morocco 7.0 Kaouther Ben Hania: La Belle et la Meute/ Beauty and the Dogs (2017) - Tunisia 7.0 Hany Abu-Assad: al-Janna al-Laan/ Paradise Now (2005) - Palestine 7.0 Haider Rashid: Awruba/ Europa (2021) - Iraq 7.0 Amjad Al Rasheed: Inshallah a Boy (2023) - Jordan 7.0 Mohamed Ben Attia: Oura El Jbel/ Behind The Mountains (2023) - Tunisia Frequently mentioned but not my favorites: Anwar Wagdi: Ghazal Al Banat/ The Flirtation of Girls (1949) - Egypt Youssef Chahine: Siraa Fil-Wadi/ The Blazing Sun (1954) - Egypt Helmy Halim: Ayyamna El-Hilwah/ Our Best Days (1955) - Egypt Henry Barakat: Banat El Yom/ Girls of Today (1957) - Egypt Ezz El-Dine Zulficar: Sharia El Hub/ Love Street (1958) - Egypt Helmy Halim: Hikayat Hob/ Stories of Love (1959) - Egypt Henry Barakat: Doa al-Karawan/ The Call of the Nightingale (1959) - Egypt Georges Nasser: Le Petit Etranger (1962) - Lebanon Atef Salem: Imm el Aroussa/ Mother of the Bride (1963) - Egypt Kamal el-Sheikh: The Last Night (1964) - Egypt Henry Barakat: El Haram/ The Sin (1965) - Egypt Youssef Chahine: El-Ard/ The Land (1969) - Egypt Hussein Kamal: Thartharah fawq al-Nil/ Chitchat on the Nile (1971) - Egypt Hassan Al Imam: Khally Ballak min ZouZou/ Watch out for ZouZou (1972) - Egypt Khalid Al Siddiq: Bas-Ya-Bahar/ The Cruel Sea (1972) - Kuwait Tewfik Saleh: Al-makhdu'un/ The Dupes (1973) - Egypt Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina: Chronique des Annees de Braise/ Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975) - Algeria Gadalla Gubara: Tajouj (1977) - Sudan Michel Khleifi: Al Dhakira al Khasba/ Fertile Memory (1980) - Palestine Moustapha Akkad: Lion of the Desert (1981) - Libya Mohammad Malas: Ahlam al-Madina/ Dreams of the City (1983) - Syria Nouri Bouzid: Rih Essed/ Man of Ashes (1986) - Tunisia Ferid Boughedir: Halfaouine - Boy of the Terraces (1990) - Tunisia Maroun Bagdadi: Out of Life (1991) - Lebanon Mohammad Malas: Al-Lail/ The Night (1993) - Syria Moufida Tlatli: Samt el Qusur/ The Silences of the Palace (1994) - Tunisia Elia Suleiman: Divine Intervention (2002) - Palestine Leila Kilani: On the Edge (2011) - Morocco Nadine Labaki: W Halla' la Wayn/ Where Do We Go Now? (2011) - Lebanon Haifaa Al-Mansour: Wadjda (2012) - Saudi Arabia Mohamed Diab: Eshtebak/ Clash (2016) - Egypt Hany Abu-Assad: Paradise Now (2005) - Palestine Ezz El-Dine Zulficar: Nahr al-Hob/ The River of Love (1960) - Egypt Naji Abu Nowar: Theeb (2014) Jordan Daoud Abdel Sayed: Kit Kat (1991) - Egypt Sherif Arafa: Terrorism and the Kebab (1992) Egypt Ziad Doueiri: Beyrout al Gharbiyya/ West Beirut (1998) - Lebanon Moufida Tlatli: The Season of Men (2000) - Tunisia Tamer el Said: In the Last Days of the City (2016) Egypt Nabil Ayouch: Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets (2000) - Morocco |
