Best award winning movies with a faithful adaptation from Jordan

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a faithful adaptation from Jordan! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a faithful adaptation from Jordan, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Amira (2021)

Amira, a 17 year old Palestinian, was conceived with the smuggled sperm of her imprisoned father, Nawar. Although their relationship since birth has been restricted to prison visits, he remains her hero. His absence in her life is overcompensated with love and affection from those surrounding her. But when a failed attempt to conceive another child reveals Nawar's infertility, Amira's world turns upside down.

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2021-10-19 | Drama

Cast

Tara Abboud, Saba Mubarak

Rating

rating icon 6.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    upstanding character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    disgusting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    martyred character

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2 Farha (2021)

Palestine, 1948. After the withdrawal of the British occupiers, tensions rise between Arabs and Jews. Meanwhile, Farha, the smart daughter of the mayor of a small village, unaware of the coming tragedy, dreams of going to study in the big city.

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2021-09-14 | Drama / History

Cast

Ashraf Barhom, Karam Taher

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rating icon 7.343
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    immensely powerful
  2. Ranked #1 for
    capturing the beauty
  3. Ranked #1 for
    gut-wrenching

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3 The Age of Consequences (2016)

'The Hurt Locker' meets 'An Inconvenient Truth', THE AGE OF CONSEQUENCES investigates the impacts of irreversible climate change, resource scarcity, mass migration, and pandemic conflict through the lens of US national security and global instability.

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2016-06-10 | War / Documentary

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rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #199 for
    Aerial Combat
  2. Ranked #343 for
    one sided view
  3. Ranked #350 for
    Disaster Movie

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4 Captain Abu Raed (2008)

Abu Raed is an old airport janitor who has always yearned to travel the world but has never been able to afford it. One day, he finds an old discarded pilot's hat, and discovers a calling: a group of children in his poor neighborhood assume he's an airline captain and beg him to share stories of the world outside of Amman, Jordan. Through imaginary tales, a friendship forms, and Abu Raed is soon faced with the grim realities of the children's home life. Thus he takes it upon himself to make a difference in their lives.

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2008-02-06 | Drama

Cast

Nadim Sawalha, Rana Sultan

Rating

rating icon 7.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #194 for
    gauzy
  2. Ranked #304 for
    with expressive face
  3. Ranked #330 for
    arthouse

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5 Kajaki (2014)

British soldiers guarding the Kajaki Dam set out to rescue a three-man team after one of them loses a leg to a landmine.

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2014-11-12 | Thriller / War

Cast

Mark Stanley, Malachi Kirby

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #86 for
    like The Revenant
  2. Ranked #118 for
    life and limb story
  3. Ranked #125 for
    gut-wrenching

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6 The Alleys (2021)

In a claustrophobic neighborhood where gossip and violence police people's behavior, the lives of residents intertwine and collide as some try to maintain social norms while others try to break them.

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2021-08-08 | Thriller / Drama

Cast

Emad Azmi, Baraka Rahmani

Rating

rating icon 7.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #192 for
    inside look into organized crime
  2. Ranked #217 for
    sane character
  3. Ranked #344 for
    weak link in cast

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7 Another Kind of Girl (2016)

Filmed during a media workshop for Syrian girls in Jordan's Za'atari Refugee Camp, 17-year-old Khaldiya meditates on how the camp has opened up new horizons and given her a sense of courage that she lacked in Syria.

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2016-01-22 | Documentary

Cast

Khaldiya Jibawi

Rating

rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #9232 for
    demanding multiple views
  2. Ranked #12767 for
    cathartic
  3. Ranked #14764 for
    like Pride & Prejudice

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8 When Time Becomes a Woman (2012)

Zad is a revolutionist who is trying to free his country, but most of his plans went wrong. He has been looking for a woman for more than three years believing that she holds many secrets within herself that are capable of saving him, the entire world and maybe earth! Now he's on a mission to convince her to go with him in order to rebuild what he has destroyed, he believes that she has changed a lot while she believes she has never met him! Will Zad succeed in convincing her and eventually saves the humanity and the planet? (When Time Becomes a Woman) is a film that takes you into a journey of self-discovery. It takes place in one location with two characters only. Could this 70-minute meeting change both of their lives and fate? Could they take decisions that they long feared to take? This first Sci-Fi Arabic film aims to portray human stories within nothing but dialogue and emotions.

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2012-10-05 | Science Fiction / Drama

Cast

Zaid Baqaeen, Najwan Baqaeen

Rating

rating icon 5.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #5613 for
    proof positive
  2. Ranked #7834 for
    techno-geek
  3. Ranked #9529 for
    wall to wall

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9 The Savior (2014)

It is a time when Rome rules the world with the power of life and death in their hands. The province of Roman Palestine is a bubbling cauldron of rebellion and control. And on this greater canvas Luke, narrates a story of wonder, amazement and impact... The world is anticipating this moment in history but no one can imagine God touching His creation in the form of a little baby named Jesus. Much is recorded in the Gospels about Jesus' miraculous birth, to a young virgin named Mary, in Bethlehem, but little is known about his quiet growing up in Nazareth. Joseph, his adopted father, seems to have died well before Jesus turns 30 and begins his ministry.

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2014-03-29 | Family / History

Cast

Zohir Al Nobani, Abeer Issa

Rating

rating icon 7.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2165 for
    impelling and reinforcing
  2. Ranked #4930 for
    equally talented cast
  3. Ranked #5521 for
    toe-curling

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10 Recycle (2008)

In a place where extremes are raised, a tough choice has to be made. An ex-mujahideen struggles to reconcile his faith and reality. But he faces setbacks at every turn as he is forced to collect cardboard in the streets of Zarqa, an occupation barely sustaining his family. As his situation deteriorates he has to make a radical decision to save himself from humiliation. Abu Amar found himself disillusioned with the chaos Afghanistan was left in during the 80's and tried to clear this confusion by writing a book on Jihad. However insightful and moderate, he has failed so far to publish his work. In the meantime his attempts to build a normal life in the impoverished town where Iraq Al Qaiada leader Al Zarqawi grew up are failing.

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2008-10-02 | Documentary

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rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #9878 for
    game changer
  2. Ranked #10553 for
    therapeutic
  3. Ranked #10911 for
    machismo

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