Our top 200 films & series
Films, series and cartoons — from the classics to today. The order is our own call: the higher, the stronger the work and the more it gives your Arabic. Each one shows where to watch it and opens in the transcript player.
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1Egyptian · Series · Medium
Ramadan series, colloquial Egyptian.
2Egyptian · Movie · Medium · 1956
Mohamed Karim · محمد كريم
Egypt's first colour CinemaScope film with Abdel Halim Hafez — romantic songs and dialogue.
3Egyptian · Movie · Medium · 1952
Salah Abouseif · صلاح أبو سيف
A social-realist drama with Farid Shawqi — the speech of working-class Cairo and family conflict.
4Egyptian · Series · Hard · 2015
Nelly Karim · نيللي كريم
Powerful addiction drama with Nelly Karim in emotional colloquial Egyptian.
5Syrian · Series · Hard · 2004
Hatem Ali · حاتم علي
Hatem Ali's powerful epic on a Palestinian family from 1933–1967 — one of the most respected Arab series ever.
6Syrian · Series · Hard · 2002
Hatem Ali · حاتم علي
First of Hatem Ali's Andalusian tetralogy on Emir Abd al-Rahman — rich historical Arabic.
7Syrian · Series · Hard · 2003
Hatem Ali · حاتم علي
Sequel in Hatem Ali's Andalusian saga on the flourishing Caliphate of Córdoba — literary Arabic.
8Kuwaiti · Series · Hard · 1977
Abdulamir al-Turki · عبد الأمير التركي
A classic 1970s Kuwaiti comedy series starring Saad al-Faraj, a benchmark of old Khaleeji speech.
9Kuwaiti · Series · Hard · 1985
Kuwait TV · تلفزيون الكويت
A famous Kuwaiti comedy with Hayat al-Fahad about two sisters, rich in everyday Khaleeji.
10Saudi · Series · Medium · 2013
Ali Bin Ridha · علي بن رضا
A long-running Saudi youth sitcom about four friends in a modern south-western Saudi dialect.
11Egyptian · Movie · Hard · 1969
Shadi Abdel Salam · شادي عبد السلام
The pinnacle of Egyptian cinema, literary language — for advanced learners.
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12Egyptian · Movie · Medium · 1958
Youssef Chahine · يوسف شاهين
Chahine's classic, mid-century colloquial Egyptian.
13Egyptian · Movie · Medium · 1960
Omar Sharif · عمر الشريف
Naguib Mahfouz adaptation, colloquial Egyptian.
14Egyptian · Movie · Medium · 1970
Youssef Chahine · يوسف شاهين
Another Chahine classic, rural Egyptian dialect.
15Egyptian · Movie · Medium · 2006
Modern Egyptian dialect, well-known adaptation.
16Egyptian · Movie · Medium · 2014
Marwan Hamed · مروان حامد
Popular modern thriller, lively colloquial speech.
17Egyptian · Movie · Medium · 2016
Modern Egyptian romantic drama.
18Egyptian · Movie · Medium · 2017
Contemporary Egyptian film, colloquial speech.
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19Lebanese · Movie · Hard · 2018
Nadine Labaki · نادين لبكي
Lebanese drama, heavy social themes and colloquial Levantine.
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20Egyptian · Series · Medium
Popular Egyptian series, modern colloquial language.
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21Egyptian · Series · Easy
Sitcom-style series, simple everyday Egyptian.
22Syrian · Series · Medium
The most famous Syrian musalsal — a Damascus neighborhood, genre benchmark.
23Egyptian · Cartoon · Easy
Legendary Egyptian Disney dub — familiar plot, easy dialect for listening practice.
24Egyptian · Movie · Medium · 1949
Anwar Wagdi · أنور وجدي
A Naguib al-Rihani and Layla Murad classic full of lively Cairo humour and everyday period speech.
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