Top-rated Kuwait movies

1 Our River... Our Sky (2023)

In a typically mixed Baghdadi neighbourhood in 2006, a community of ordinary people try to live their everyday lives amidst the threat of unpredictable violence. At the heart of these intersecting stories we find Sara, a single mother and novelist, who regains her will to write after witnessing the forced exile of her Christian neighbour and best friend Sabiha. With the news of Saddam Hussein's sudden execution shortly before the New Year, Sara and her neighbours brace themselves for an uncertain future. Yet, like a miracle, each is able to sustain a fragile sense of hope.

2 The Cruel Sea (1971)

The first feature film to be made by the state of Kuwait. It is a period piece about Kuwait before the discovery of oil when fishing was the predominant occupation. Bas Ya Bahar is the story of a crippled pearl diver who forbids his son Mussaid to go to sea to dive for pearls.

3 Manislam: Islam and Masculinity (2014)

Why does a man in Kuwait inspired by the 99 names of Allah and the Quranic stories create a comics and cartoon series about super heroes called The 99? Why does a man in Bangladesh travel from one village to another, teaching the community how to play a board game? Why does a man in Indonesia encourage other men to wear mini skirts in a demonstration? They all have the same goal. They want to change the dark side of the masculinities in their cultures by playing games. They all want to reform Islam. They are the Muslim Davids against Goliath.

4 From Gulf to Gulf to Gulf (2013)

A boat has many powers: to gather a society in its making, to distribute goods, to carry people and ideas across places that, it seems to us, are more different than ever before. From Gulf to Gulf to Gulf is a result of four years of dialogue, friendship and exchange between CAMP and a group of sailors from the Gulf of Kutch. Their travels and those of co-seafarers from Sindh, Baluchistan, and Southern Iran through the gulfs of Persia and Aden show us a world cut into many pieces, not easily bridged by nostalgics or nationalists. Instead, we follow the physical crossings made by these groups of people who make and sail wooden boats and who also make videos, sometimes with songs married to them.

5 J'ai le Cafard (Bint Werdan) (2020)

A woman with depression struggles to connect with her chirpy and driven office colleagues but an encounter with a dying cockroach in the office toilet develops into an absurd friendship

6 Falafel Cart (2020)

During a stormy night, a lonely and isolated falafel cart owner stumbles upon a mysterious flower that whirls him into the memories of his past.

7 How I Got There (2022)

Two best friends from childhood stumble on a shipment of guns, they seize a once in a lifetime opportunity to get rich quick. Way over their heads, their wild ride takes a dangerous turn onto an underground world of gun-running mercenaries and local gangs, challenging their friendship and threatening their lives. The film is an explosive journey into the social fabric of the Arabian Gulf and an unexpected window into the dark inner workings of its crime networks.

8 Akh (2022)

Feeling drained of life and purpose, Shihab plans a desert camping trip to rid himself of his dependent, wheelchair-bound brother Suhail. Upon arrival, a chain of events is set in motion where ugly truths come to light, exposing the dark side of the brotherly bond that has plagued humanity since Caine and Abel.

9 سوبر ماركت (2022)

The events revolve around a group of people inside a supermarket who went to buy their necessities, and suddenly a catastrophic event occurred in the city center that prevents them from leaving

10 بيبي (2017)