Our Favourite Arabic Movies on Netflix Right Now
From oldies to Indies, here are our favourite Arabic picks on Netflix right now.
Who woulda thunk the day would come that you could Netflix & Chill in Arabic ? It’s not quite ‘all Arabic all the time’ but there’s certainly enough movies (from golden oldies to innovative indies) to keep you on your couch for a substantial portion of this ‘is-it-safe-is-it-not-safe’ summer. These are our nine top flick-picks but we’d also love for you to share your own recommendations in the comment box…
EL MASEER // DESTINY
Youssef Chahine’s gripping exploration of radicalism in Muslim-occupied Spain. Features a star-studded cast including Nour El Sherif, Laila Eloui, and Mohamed Mounir.
MERCEDES
Directed by Yusri Nasrullah and starring Yousra. A wealthy man with Communist ties gets caught in a web of crime-related family drama.
SHEIKH JACKSON
Starring Ahmed El Fishawy and Amina Khalil. A devout Muslim husband is torn between his love of God and his love for the king of pop.
BANAT EL A’AAM // THE COUSINS
Comedy starring Chico, Ahmed Fahmi and Hesham Maged. Three female cousins wake up one day to find themselves in mens’ bodies.
KEDA REDA // CAN’T COMPLAIN
Comedy starring Ahmed Helmy. Triplets are forced to share one identity. Before long, they find themselves sharing the same love interest.
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Crime-thriller starring Tarek Lotfy, Amina Khalil and Ahmed Dawood. A financially-strapped middle-class couple is desperate to get married when fate presents them with a doctor selling organs in a desert hospital.
EXT/NIGHT
Comedy starring Karim Kassem. A Maadi-raised movie director finds himself on a night-long escapade with his chauffeur and a prostitute.
AN EGYPTIAN STORY
The great Mounir / Chahine classic ‘Hadouta Masreya’ is the story of a man undergoing surgery and whose heart-chamber becomes a courtroom in which he is tried for his mistakes.
THE BLUE ELEPHANT
Thriller starring Karim Abdelaziz (adapted from Ahmed Mourad’s controversial bestselling novel). A young psychologist and widower takes on a patient case that finds him regularly taking DMT pills and confronting the supernatural.
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