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- StarsRageh OmaarTariq AliKaren ArmstrongA landmark documentary series examining the life of the Prophet Muhammad and the origins of Islamic faith.
- DirectorMajid MajidiStarsMahdi PakdelSareh BayatMina SadatiThe events, trials and tribulations of the city of Makkah in 7th century AD.
- DirectorMoustapha AkkadStarsAnthony QuinnIrene PapasMichael AnsaraHistorical fresco recounting the life and times of the Prophet Mohammed, the last of the Abrahamic religion, in the sense that, according to Islam, he completed and sealed the monotheistic revelation made to Abraham.
- DirectorEli KingStarsDenise BlackGabriel CartadeRay FearonTwo stories separated by 1400 years. After losing his mother in the midst of a war-torn country, an Iraqi child, learns the importance and power of patience by discovering the historical story of Lady Fatima and her suffering.
- DirectorSalah AbouseifStarsSuad HusniEzzat El AlailiShada SalimThe movie is about the four days battle of Qadisiyya between the Arab army under the command of Saad and the Persian army under the command of Rustam in the year 640 AD in Iraq
- StarsSamer IsmailAssad KhalifaMehyar KhaddourThe life of Umar Ibn Al-Khattab, the second Caliph of Rashidun Caliphate, before and after he embraces in Islam.
- DirectorBruce NeibaurStarsChems-Eddine ZinouneHassam GhancyEssam EdrissOne of the greatest travellers in human history, twenty-one-year-old law student Ibn Battutah set out alone to Mecca from Tangiers in 1325 and returned to Morocco almost thirty years later. This is the story of his first pilgrimage, book-ended with never-before seen documentary footage of the contemporary Hajj. Filmed for initial presentation in IMAX and other giant screen cinemas.
- DirectorRupert WyattStarsAnthony MackieBen KingsleySharlto CopleyAn honorable and mysterious rogue, known as Hanzala, makes himself an enemy of the Emperor Kisra after he helps a fugitive king and princess in the desert.
- DirectorJoe JohnstonStarsViggo MortensenOmar SharifZuleikha RobinsonIn 1890, a down-and-out cowboy and his horse travel to Arabia to compete in a deadly cross desert horse race.
- DirectorNajdat Esmail AnzurStarsFabio TestiBill FellowsMarco FoschiA daring, compelling and controversial take on the life of prince Abdulaziz Al Saud (Ibn Saud), founder of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsPeter O'TooleAlec GuinnessAnthony QuinnThe story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
- StarsElham AliAbdulmohsen AlnemrSalloom HaddadThe incredible true story of Ghalia, the enigmatic Arabian princess who united the Bedouins after the untimely death of her husband and chieftain, and leads Arabia in a revolt against the onslaught of the mighty Ottoman Empire.
- StarsAnas TayaraAlbaraa RedaAbdul Rahman al YamaniA historical epic that goes back to the horrifying days of the Ottoman Empire and accompanies four Arab college students in their revolt against the Sultanate's tyranny.
- DirectorChristopher MenaulStarsRalph FiennesAlexander SiddigDenis QuilleyLawrence and Feisal go to argue for Arab independence at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.
- DirectorAgustí VillarongaStarsAbdullah AliRawkan BinbellaEd SkreinThe story focuses on growing up and finding one's place within your country and your family. It's about standing up for one's beliefs, learning about people's differences and allowing that to be a positive thing.
- StarsNasser Al QasabiReem AbdullahAbdulelah Al SinaniA drama TV series talks how life was in 70's and 80's in Saudi Arabia. Events that changed history of Arabian Peninsula.
- StarsNaif AldaferiAyman MutaharYagoub AlfarhanThis thriller follows the fall of a notorious criminal who lived in 1980s Saudi Arabia and the police's gallant efforts to take him down.
- DirectorNaji Abu NowarStarsJacir Eid Al-HwietatHussein Salameh Al-SweilhiyeenHassan Mutlag Al-MaraiyehIn the Ottoman province of Hijaz during World War I, a young Bedouin boy experiences a greatly hastened coming-of-age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey to guide a British officer to his secret destination.
- StarsKhalid Al-SaqerReem AbdullahNaif AldaferiFalsely accused and betrayed by her fellow tribeswoman in the Najdi desert, Munifa rises to prove her innocence and shake the dust off her feet.
- DirectorSam MendesStarsJake GyllenhaalJamie FoxxLucas BlackA psychological study of Marine's state of mind during the Gulf War. Told through the eyes of a U.S. Marine sniper who struggles to cope with boredom, a sense of isolation, and other issues back home.
- StarsSammy SheikSamer BisharatCarlos ClarkeInspired by true events. A group of hijackers capture Kuwait Airways flight 422 and force it reroute, putting the lives of the passengers and the crew at risk
- DirectorStephen GaghanStarsGeorge ClooneyMatt DamonAmanda PeetA politically charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved in and affected by it.
- DirectorPeter BergStarsJamie FoxxChris CooperJennifer GarnerA team of U.S. government agents are sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsNicole KidmanJames FrancoRobert PattinsonA chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.