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1. The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Romance
Goaded by his buddies, a nerdy guy who's never "done the deed" only finds the pressure mounting when he meets a single mother.
Director: Judd Apatow | Stars: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco
Votes: 467,736 | Gross: $109.45M
2. True Lies (1994)
R | 141 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used-car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton
Votes: 281,374 | Gross: $146.28M
3. Crash (I) (2004)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.
Director: Paul Haggis | Stars: Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Thandiwe Newton, Karina Arroyave
Votes: 449,235 | Gross: $54.58M
4. Ramy (2019– )
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In New Jersey, Ramy, son of Egyptian immigrants, begins a spiritual journey, divided between his Muslim community, God and his friends who see endless possibilities.
Stars: Ramy Youssef, Amr Waked, Mohammed Amer, Dave Merheje
Votes: 16,547
5. I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A United States astronaut finds his life vastly complicated when he stumbles on to a bottle containing a female genie.
Stars: Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman, Bill Daily, Hayden Rorke
Votes: 17,470
6. A Perfect Murder (1998)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A wealthy Wall Street speculator discovers that his wife has a lover. He investigates him and uses the carrot and stick to make him murder his wife. Planned to detail, it seems like a perfect murder.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet
Votes: 92,316 | Gross: $67.64M
7. The War at Home (2005–2007)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Romance
Parents struggle to raise their teens.
Stars: Michael Rapaport, Anita Barone, Kaylee DeFer, Kyle Sullivan
Votes: 9,236
8. The Rendezvous (II) (2016)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Adventure
A Jewish-American doctor and a Muslim State Department employee find themselves in the center of a conspiracy that could bring about the end of days. With time ticking away, they take on a mission to unravel the mystery and save the world.
Directors: Amin Matalqa, Annemarie Jacir | Stars: Stana Katic, Raza Jaffrey, Alfonso Bassave, Meg Cionni
Votes: 939
9. Dorfman in Love (2011)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Unknowingly trapped in her role as caretaker of her unappreciative family, a young single woman desperately needs a change. When she volunteers to cat-sit at her unrequited love's downtown L.A. loft, her dull old world changes forever.
Director: Brad Leong | Stars: Sara Rue, Elliott Gould, Keri Lynn Pratt, Scott Wilson
Votes: 1,646 | Gross: $0.01M
10. Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People (2006 Video)
50 min | Documentary, History, War
This groundbreaking documentary dissects a slanderous aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged form the earliest days of silent film to today's biggest Hollywood ... See full summary »
Directors: Jeremy Earp, Sut Jhally | Stars: Bo Derek, Ana Obregón, Jack Shaheen
Votes: 623
11. The Feeling of Being Watched (2018)
86 min | Documentary
When journalist Assia Boundaoui investigates rumors of surveillance in her Arab-American neighborhood in Chicago, she uncovers one of the largest FBI terrorism probes conducted before 9/11 and reveals its enduring impact on the community.
Director: Assia Boundaoui | Stars: Gamal Abdel-Hafiz, Christina Abraham, Assia Boundaoui, Iman Boundaoui
Votes: 160
12. All-American Muslim (2011– )
60 min | Reality-TV
Stars: Suehaila Amen, Nader Aoude, Shadia McDermott, Nina Bazzy
Votes: 252
13. Terrorists (2004)
TV-MA | 72 min | Comedy
"Terrorists" is a comedy about life in post-9/11 America: Curtis Gorfurter, small-town police chief, unhappy with his lowly status and eager to prove himself in the War Against Terror, ... See full summary »
Director: Jay Martel | Stars: Ian Roberts, Jason Mantzoukas, Jessica St. Clair, Bobby Tisdale
Votes: 133
14. Hilary Duff: Stranger (2007 Music Video)
4 min | Drama, Music
Alienated, strangers in a torn relationship. In a haze of revenge fantasy, jilted newlywed Hilary sees herself as a harem belly-dancer winning back the affections of her philandering ... See full summary »
Director: Fatima Robinson | Stars: Hilary Duff, Katie Chonacas, Nick Hounslow
Votes: 83
15. Aristide and the Endless Revolution (2005)
84 min | Documentary
Detailed account of the United States' removal of Haiti's democratically elected president, Aristide. Features Aristide, Sen. Maxine Waters, Noam Chomsky, Rep. Charles Rangel, more.
Director: Nicolas Rossier | Stars: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, George Bush, George W. Bush, Timothy Carney
Votes: 111 | Gross: $0.01M
16. Mariam (2021)
12 min | Short, Drama
Zaid, a young Arab-American amateur drag queen, has to confront his conservative father and ailing grandfather about his identity.
Director: Reem Jubran | Stars: Maz Siam, Beto Ochoa, George Jubran
17. WWE the Great American Bash (2005 TV Special)
180 min | Sport
Batista defends the World Heavyweight Title against John Bradshaw Layfield, Rey Mysterio continues his issue with Eddie Guerrero, the Mexicools take on the Blue World Order, Road Warrior ... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Dunn | Stars: Dave Bautista, John Layfield, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio
Votes: 219
18. Like Salt (2018)
25 min | Short, Drama, Music
During the 2006 Israeli attack on Lebanon, Hala, a Lebanese American boxer in New York City finds herself living through the unbearable survivor's guilt that presents her with a challenge to reconcile with her estranged father.
Director: Darine Hotait | Stars: Jessica Damouni, Ben Williams, Zayn Alexandre, Salah Anwar
Votes: 12
19. Hicksters (2019– )
Comedy
Hicksters is a comedy that follows a hipster couple from New York City as they try their hand at farming in rural America. A story about mixing, about striving to make life work as a ... See full summary »
Stars: Christina Wren, Jeremy S. Walker, Ian McIntosh, Rachna Khatau
Votes: 9
20. I Say Dust (2015)
15 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Two Arab-American women in New York City fall in love, argue home and identity, engage in a chess battle, and express themselves through the power of the spoken word. 'I Say Dust' explores poetry in cinema.
Director: Darine Hotait | Stars: Mounia Akl, Hala Alyan
Votes: 22
21. Brothers and Others (2003)
54 min | Documentary
The atrocities witnessed by the world on September 11th were hateful acts committed by terrorists who chose to view their victims not as people but as symbols of a perceived evil they could... See full summary »
Director: Nicolas Rossier | Stars: Noam Chomsky, Ghazzy Khankan, Lamar Smith, Tom Tancredo
Votes: 9
22. Lazaretto (I) (2020)
13 min | Short, Action, Drama
A terrible disease has swept the nation and amidst riots, food shortages and growing unrest, the government has forcibly locked up 35% of the population, citing them as a risk to society ... See full summary »
Director: Demetrius Wren | Stars: Christina Wren, Anisha Nagarajan, Peter Porte, Morningstar Angeline
23. A Father Taken (2007)
25 min | Short, Drama
Nuri is an 8-year-old Arab-American boy who refuses to accept that his father was arrested by the FBI; he believes he was abducted by aliens. After failing to convince his older brother and... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Ingalls | Stars: Tarek Al-Jundi, Hadi Alsheikh, Yousif Alshekh, Anoush Arakelian
24. Just Your Average Arab (2006)
19 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Raouf Zaki | Stars: Ahmed Ahmed, Shahir Dos, Rima Mulla, Peter Khoury
Votes: 19
25. Halal Vivero (2006)
10 min | Documentary, Short
A visual tour of a halal-style, immigrant-run slaughterhouse in New York City, and examination of the changing demographics of the United States.
Director: Sara Colangelo
26. Habibi (2009)
7 min | Short, Drama, War
Hours before his deployment to Iraq, Said, an Arab-American soldier in the US Army must say goodbye to his family and confront his estranged father.
Director: Sami Khan | Stars: Daoud Heidami, Maura Anderson, Christopher T. VanDijk, Fred Toma
Votes: 18
28. In My Own Skin: The Complexity of Living as an Arab in America (2001 Video)
16 min | Short
"In My Own Skin" is a meditation on the complexities of the Arab American experience through candid interviews with five young Arab women living in New York in October 2001.
Directors: Nikki Byrd, Jennifer Jajeh | Star: Maha Chehlaoui
Votes: 15
29. Both/and (2011)
13 min | Short, Drama
Explores 'contested' binaries of American and Arab, Arab American and gay, for profit and not for profit, and assorted other 'conflicts of interest'.
Director: J. Paul Preseault | Stars: David Chrzanowski, Joel Gross, Melissa Kong, Khurram Mozaffar
30. Cultural Intifada (Resistance) in the USA (2009 Video)
73 min | Documentary, Biography, History
An energetic, informative and powerful film on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the film presents the amazing art and activism of three Palestinian American and two Jewish American artists whose work focus on Palestine.
Stars: Saria Idana, Remi Kanazi, Ragtop, David Rovics
31. Two in the Bush (2009)
11 min | Short, Drama
Somewhere beyond the awkward setup but not quite an arranged marriage. Somewhere beyond a friendship but not quite at love's door. Caught in the space between two cultures, a young man navigates the gray world of love, Arab American style.
Director: Ali Imran Zaidi | Stars: Ben Affan, Valerie Hinkle, Leslie Maine, Riffat Murtaza
32.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Agenda for Murder
(1990)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Columbo is assigned to the case of a murder that was made to look like a suicide. After noticing some loose ends, he asks a lawyer and a Congressman to clear up problems with the investigation.
Director: Patrick McGoohan | Stars: Peter Falk, Patrick McGoohan, Denis Arndt, Louis Zorich
Votes: 2,008
33.
From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Episode:
Galileo Was Right
(1998)
TV-PG | 53 min | Action, Drama, History
The Apollo 15 astronauts and backup crew go through extensive geology training in preparation for their mission.
Director: David Carson | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tom Amandes, John Aylward, Barry Bell
Votes: 422
34.
Family Guy (1999– )
Episode:
Turban Cowboy
(2013)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy
Peter becomes a Muslim but later discovers that he is also part of a terrorist plot to blow up a bridge in Quahog.
Directors: Joe Vaux, Dominic Bianchi, James Purdum | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis
Votes: 1,486
35.
America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010– )
Episode:
25-20
(2010)
Documentary, Crime, History
We've reached the top 25 in our countdown of unsolved mysteries including a famous outlaw who escaped his grave, an infamous gangland massacre never solved, and a secret mob assassin revealed.
Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Rick Beyer, Paul Aron, Michael Newton, Clifford Clift
36.
Panorama (1953– )
Episode:
Trump's First 100 Days
(2017)
58 min | Documentary, News
As President Trump reaches the milestone 100th day in office Jeremy Paxman travels around the U.S. seeing the effects of his polices and meets critics and supporters to assess the Trump presidency.
Director: Victoria James | Stars: Jeremy Paxman, Steve Bannon, Kellyanne Conway, Betsy DeVos
Votes: 16