List of the best Hiam Abbass movies: Lemon Tree(2008), Peace After Marriage(2013), Miral(2010), Inheritance(2012), Insyriated(2017), The Visitor(2007), Do Not Forget Me Istanbul(2011), Inheritance(2012), May in the Summer(2013), The Bag of Flour(2012), Amreeka(2009), The Nativity Story(2006) ... ...
Drama
Germany|France
2008
106 Minutes
Salma Zidane
Hiam Abbass Doron Tavory Ali Suliman Rona Lipaz-Michael Tarik Kopty Amos Lavi Amnon Wolf Smadar Jaaron Danny Leshman Hili Yalon
widow defense minister wife lawyer journalist guard emotional striking disheartening west bank household courtroom justice media loneliness corruption quest underdog 2000s
The story of a Palestinian widow who must defend her lemontree field when a new Israeli Defense Minister moves next to her and threatens to have her lemon grove torn down.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA|Israel|Jordan
2013
86 Minutes
Amani
Hiam Abbass Bandar Albuliwi Ghazi Albuliwi Omer Barnea Thom Bishops Assaf Cohen Marcus Allen Cooper Nathaniel Heyward Sam Kalidi
A sexually frustrated Palestinian-American agrees to marry an Israeli woman for a Green Card, triggering a war at home with his parents, who will stop at nothing to divorce him from his new wife.
Drama, History
France|Israel|Italy|India|USA
2010
106 Minutes
Hind Husseini
Hiam Abbass Freida Pinto Yasmine Al Massri Ruba Blal Alexander Siddig Omar Metwally Willem Dafoe Vanessa Redgrave Stella Schnabel
orphan young girl teacher older woman brother refugee disheartening engaging israel jerusalem refugee camp israeli-palestinian conflict terrorism orphans teaching peace death discovery growing up love
A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.
Drama
France|Israel
2012
88 Minutes
Screenwriter
Hafsia Herzi Hiam Abbass Yussuf Abu-Warda Ashraf Barhoum Ruba Blal Clara Khoury Makram J. Khoury Khalifa Natour Tom Payne Ula Tabari Lina Soualem
As a new conflict opposes Israel and Lebanon, Hajar, a young Palestinian student, returns to her native village in Galilee on the occasion of a wedding in the family. Just before the ... See full summary »
Drama
2017
86 Minutes
Oum Yazan
Hiam Abbass Diamand Bou Abboud Juliette Navis Mohsen Abbas Moustapha Al Kar Alissar Kaghadou Ninar Halabi Mohammad Jihad Sleik Elias Khatter
mother child neighbor sniper family survivor bleak brooding brutal emotional raw solemn syria damascus street apartment war zone family home war fear
In Damascus, a mother attempts to keep her family safe as war rages and a sniper lies in wait outside her home.
Drama
USA
2007
103 Minutes
Richard Jenkins Hiam Abbass Haaz Sleiman Danai Gurira Maggie Moore Waleed Zuaiter Amir Arison Tzahi Moskovitz Laith Nakli
professor musician jewelry designer mother heartwarming sad emotional connecticut new york city apartment central park subway illegal immigration identity music friendship discovery 2000s
A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.
Drama
Turkey|Greece
2011
113 Minutes
Ali Suliman Eric Nazarian Aida Begic Hiam Abbass Belçim Bilgin Humeyra Akbay Mert Firat Mira Furlan Salima Hamed
An aged mother with her middle aged daughter travels from Palestine to Istanbul, Turkey, to meet some relatives. This and other short stories give us a clue about the city of Istanbul.
Drama
France|Israel
2012
88 Minutes
Screenwriter
Hafsia Herzi Hiam Abbass Yussuf Abu-Warda Ashraf Barhoum Ruba Blal Clara Khoury Makram J. Khoury Khalifa Natour Tom Payne Ula Tabari Lina Soualem
As a new conflict opposes Israel and Lebanon, Hajar, a young Palestinian student, returns to her native village in Galilee on the occasion of a wedding in the family. Just before the ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
Jordan|Qatar|USA
2013
97 Minutes
Nadine
Cherien Dabis Hiam Abbass Elie Mitri Ritu Singh Pande Alexander Siddig Nadine Malouf Nasri Sayegh Bill Pullman
May returns to her childhood home in Jordan for her wedding. Shortly after reuniting with her sisters and their long-since divorced parents, myriad familial and cultural conflicts lead May to question the big step she is about to take.
Drama
2012
Minutes
Hafsia Herzi Hiam Abbass Mehdi Dehbi Kadija Leclere Smaïn Rania Mellouli Souad Sabir
In December of 1975, Sarah, an 8-year-old girl, is taken to Morocco by her father and abandoned. Nine years later, Sarah (Hafsia Herzi) lives in the middle of a hunger revolt and searches for a way to earn her board.
Comedy, Drama
USA|United Arab Emirates|Canada|Kuwait|Jordan
2009
96 Minutes
Raghda Halaby
Nisreen Faour Melkar Muallem Hiam Abbass Alia Shawkat Jenna Kawar Selena Haddad Yussuf Abu-Warda Joseph Ziegler Andrew Sannie Daniel Boiteau Brodie Sanderson
A drama centered on the trials and tribulations of a proud Palestinian Christian immigrant single mother and her teenage son in small town Indiana.
Other, Drama
USA
2006
100 Minutes
Anna
Keisha Castle-Hughes Oscar Isaac Hiam Abbass Shaun Toub Ciarán Hinds Shohreh Aghdashloo Stanley Townsend Alexander Siddig Nadim Sawalha Eriq Ebouaney Stefan Kalipha
virgin mary father angel woman king jesus heartwarming spirited bethlehem inn outdoors birth christianity travel destiny pregnancy immaculate conception rise love 1st century
A drama that focuses on the period in Mary and Joseph's life where they journeyed to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus.
Drama
Israel|Belgium|France|Spain
2005
90 Minutes
Leila
Natalie Portman Hanna Laslo Hiam Abbass Carmen Maura Makram J. Khoury Aki Avni Uri Klauzner Shredi Jabarin
Two women embark on a road trip after they are brought together by circumstance. Rebecca (Portman) flees her hotel after a fight with her mother-in-law (Maura) and hails a taxi driven by Hanna (Lazlo).
Comedy, Drama
France|Morocco
2013
100 Minutes
Morjana Alaoui Nadine Labaki Lubna Azabal Hiam Abbass Adel Bencherif Omar Sharif
The whole family is reunited when Sofia comes back for her father's funeral. Quickly, inner problems are revealed.
Drama
Palestine|France|Germany|Netherlands|Israel
2005
90 Minutes
Said's mother
Kais Nashif Ali Suliman Lubna Azabal Amer Hlehel Hiam Abbass Ashraf Barhoum Mohammad Bustami Mohammad Kosa Ahmad Fares Olivier Meidinger
suicide bomber terrorist guard love interest childhood friend gutsy tense engaging west bank tel aviv, israel border bus israeli-palestinian conflict terrorism friendship morality suicide bombing transformation discovery 2000s
Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
Drama
USA|Japan
2009
116 Minutes
Driver
Isaach De Bankolé Gael García Bernal Tilda Swinton John Hurt Bill Murray Hiam Abbass Paz de la Huerta Alex Descas Youki Kudoh Jean-François Stévenin Luis Tosar
loner assassin woman target man criminal suspenseful emotional airport madrid seville, spain desert compound café mission crime journey murder consciousness instructions
The story of a mysterious loner, a stranger in the process of completing a criminal job.
Comedy, Drama
2011
135 Minutes
Fatima
Leïla Bekhti Hafsia Herzi Biyouna Sabrina Ouazani Saleh Bakri Hiam Abbass Mohamed Majd Amal Atrach
arab mother son engaging mountain village women life refuse quest
The women of a remote village threaten to withhold sex from the men if they refuse to fetch water from a well.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA|UK|Canada|Hungary|Spain|Mexico
2017
164 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Harrison Ford Ana de Armas Sylvia Hoeks Robin Wright Jared Leto Mackenzie Davis Carla Juri Lennie James Dave Bautista Hiam Abbass
young man investigator police detective android old man brooding gripping profound somber thrilling suspenseful los angeles office apartment abandoned building desert secrets societal decay past crimes discovery
Young Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.
Action, Drama, Adventure, History
UK|Spain|USA
2014
150 Minutes
Christian Bale Joel Edgerton John Turturro Aaron Paul Ben Kingsley Sigourney Weaver Golshifteh Farahani María Valverde Ben Mendelsohn Dar Salim Indira Varma
moses ramses xiii pharaoh god slave orphan emotional inspiring somber spectacular dark ancient egypt desert sinai desert mountain pyramid royal palace the bible escape plagues
The defiant leader Moses rises up against Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II, setting six hundred thousand slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.