Direction: Hany Abu-Assad
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Hany Abu-Assad. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Omar
2013 · Movie · 98 min. · Palestine
Direction Hany Abu-Assad
Cast Adam Bakri · Leem Lubany · Eyad Hourani · Samer Bisharat
Plot Omar is accustomed to dodging surveillance bullets to cross the separation wall to visit his secret love Nadia. But occupied Palestine knows neither simple love nor clear-cut war. On the...
7.3
3K votes
7.3
3K votes
Paradise Now
2005 · Movie · 83 min. · Palestine
Direction Hany Abu-Assad
Cast Kais Nashif · Ali Suliman · Lubna Azabal · Amer Hlehel
Plot 24 Hours in the Life of a terrorist. Khaled and Said are two young Palestinians who have been friends from childhood recruited to carry out a suicide bombing in Tel...
7.2
12K votes
7.2
12K votes
Rana's Wedding
2002 · Movie · 90 min. · Palestine
Direction Hany Abu-Assad
Cast Clara Khoury · Khalifa Natour · Ismael Dabbag · Walid Abd Essalam
6.5
30 votes
6.5
30 votes
Stories on Human Rights
2008 · Movie · 56 min. · Russia
Direction Walter Salles · Marina Abramovic · Hany Abu-Assad · Armagan Ballantyne
Cast Svetlana Ustinova · Yelena Anisimova · Arseniy Gevorkyan · Mariya Shalayeva
Plot The film comprises twenty two 3 minute shorts directed by international filmmakers to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. They are inspired by six themes:...
6.3
23 votes
6.3
23 votes
Huda's Salon
2021 · Movie · 91 min. · Palestine
Direction Hany Abu-Assad
Cast Ali Suliman · Maisa Abd Elhadi · Samer Bisharat · Omar Abu Amer
Plot A woman whose visit to a hair salon turns into a nightmare when she is blackmailed by its owner.
6.0
62 votes
6.0
62 votes
The Idol
2015 · Movie · 100 min. · Palestine
Direction Hany Abu-Assad
Cast Tawfeek Barhom · Nadine Labaki · Ahmed Al Rokh · Hiba Attalah
Plot A film about the popular Palestinian singer Mohammad Assaf, from childhood to adulthood, and his life in Gaza until he won the Arab Idol.
5.9
953 votes
5.9
953 votes
The Mountain Between Us
2017 · Movie · 104 min. · United States
Direction Hany Abu-Assad
Cast Idris Elba · Kate Winslet · Dermot Mulroney · Beau Bridges
Plot Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming,...
5.4
4K votes
5.4
4K votes
The Courier
2012 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Hany Abu-Assad
Cast Jeffrey Dean Morgan · Mickey Rourke · Til Schweiger · Miguel Ferrer
Plot A risk-taking carrier traverses the U.S. in order to deliver a briefcase to a hard-to-locate crime boss. Following his every step are corrupt cops and underworld types who want what's...
4.1
102 votes
4.1
102 votes
Ford Transit
2003 · Documentary · 80 min. · Palestine
Direction Hany Abu-Assad
Cast Rajai
Plot The movie follows Rajai, a Ford Transit driver which is the most popular transportation in the Palestinian occupied territories (occupied by Israel). While taking a ride with Rajai, we experience...
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Nazareth 2000
2001 · Documentary · 55 min. · Palestine
Direction Hany Abu-Assad
Plot Returning to his native city just months before the new millennium, filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad captures the daily, idiosyncratic beats of Nazareth – a city both Christians and Muslims consider one...
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Do Not Forget Me Istanbul
2010 · Movie · 113 min. · Turkey
Direction Hany Abu-Assad · Stefan Arsenijevic · Aida Begic · Omar Shargawi
Cast Ali Suliman · Özgürcan Cevik · Hiam Abbass · Belçim Bilgin
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Het 14e kippetje
1998 · Movie · 88 min. · Netherlands
Direction Hany Abu-Assad
Cast Antonie Kamerling · Thekla Reuten · Dirk Zeelenberg · Peter Paul Muller
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Love, Life & Everything in Between (TV Series)
2022 · Series · 25 min. · Saudi Arabia
Direction Abdulmohsen Aldhabaan · Mahmoud Sabbagh · Hany Abu-Assad · Sandra Bassal
Cast Reem Al Habib · Ahmed Shawky Shaheen · Meshal Almutery · Samer Bisharat
Plot TV Series (2022-). This pan-Arab anthology series tinged with dark humor explores love at large — and relationships up close.
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