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89
8.3
/338549/
80
/5429/
79
/3315/
4.4
/319779/
93
/132/
93
/5604/
100
/8/
cc age 13+

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.
poster
AMC
89
8.6
/1554694/
84
/47374/
82
/21877/
4.2
/2348349/
94
/206/
96
/34707/
90
/24/
cc age 8+

Star Wars (1977)
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.
poster
Kanopy
84
8.0
/20355/
78
/795/
78
/294/
4.0
/35108/
100
/128/
86
/104/
85
/27/

Honeyland (2019)
When nomadic beekeepers break Honeyland’s basic rule (take half of the honey, but leave half to the bees), the last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and restore natural balance.
poster
81
7.3
/215575/
72
/7468/
71
/3240/
3.8
/513165/
93
/440/
82
/313/
87
/57/
cc age 15+

Nomadland (2021)
A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
poster
Hoopla
78
7.1
/3470/
68
/47/
62
/51/
3.7
/1712/
96
/71/
70
/132/
88
/16/

Tulpan (2009)
Asa, a young and cheerful dreamer, returns from his Russian naval service to his sister’s nomadic family on the desolate Hunger Steppe of central Asia, so that he can begin his own life as a shepherd. But before he can tend a flock of his own, Asa must first win the hand of the only eligible girl for miles—his mysterious neighbor, Tulpan.
poster
78
7.4
/6547/
69
/98/
70
/108/
3.8
/2437/
94
/101/
87
/386/
81
/30/

The Story of the Weeping Camel (2004)
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
7.3
/17763/
70
/470/
70
/347/
4.1
/124082/
87
/47/
76
/166/
91
/20/

Beau Travail (2000)
Foreign Legion officer Galoup recalls his once glorious life, training troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, until the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galoup's mind.
poster
Netflix
78
7.6
/15319/
76
/737/
73
/381/
3.9
/26354/
90
/51/
85
/105/
75
/12/
cc age 15+

What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
The film chronicles Nina Simone's journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate activist, told in her own words.
poster
77
7.5
/15831/
74
/774/
77
/541/
4.1
/130217/
82
7.7
/69863/

Angel's Egg (1985)
In the ruins of a strange city, a young girl takes care of a large egg she holds carefully in her arms. She bonds with a boy who is searching for a bird he saw in a dream.
poster
The Roku Channel
79
76
8.2
/18812/
75
/286/
73
/190/
3.9
/5357/
75
/8/
93
/122/

Lion of the Desert (1981)
This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya during the second Italo-Senussi War. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives.
poster
Kanopy
74
7.1
/43304/
70
/900/
68
/653/
3.5
/31155/
82
/95/
82
/1334/
75
/28/

The Believer (2001)
A hardcore US racist skinhead who, because of his intelligence, leads a gang dedicated to fighting the enemy: the supposed American-Jewish conspiracy for domination. However, he's hiding a secret: he's Jewish-born, a brilliant scholar whose questioning of the tenets of his faith has left him angry and confused, turning against those who he thinks have a tragic history of their own making.
poster
Disney Plus
74
7.8
/208497/
78
/9492/
78
/5261/
4.0
/1086975/
87
82
/55/
cc age 11+

Isle of Dogs (2018)
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.
poster
79
74
7.6
/10813/
73
/209/
73
/165/
3.9
/6788/
93
/14/
85
/108/

Lonely are the Brave (1962)
A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.
poster
74
6.9
/3935/
68
/71/
66
/58/
3.8
/5717/
90
/20/
79
/51/

Gabbeh (1996)
An elderly couple go about their routine of cleaning their gabbeh, while bickering gently with each other. Magically, a young woman appears, helping the two clean the rug. This young woman belongs to the clan whose history is depicted in the design of the gabbeh, and the rug recounts the story of the courtship of the young woman by a stranger from the clan.
poster
Hulu
72
6.5
/1801/
69
/145/
70
/54/
3.4
/3620/
88
/34/
82
/29/
60
/7/
cc age 13+

The Short History of the Long Road (2019)
Nola grew up living on a van with her father, Clint; two nomads against the world. When tragedy strikes, Nola must confront the reality of life on the road alone, learning to own her grief, her past and her new destination.
poster
80
71
7.6
/8782/
76
/94/
74
/94/
3.9
/4462/
85
/20/
91
/131/

The Crazy Stranger (1998)
A man is looking for a singer he had heard on cassette. He finds much more.
poster
70
6.7
/15713/
68
/417/
62
/241/
3.5
/36706/
82
/61/
68
/322/
68
/22/
cc age 17+

Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)
In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.
poster
68
6.7
/786/
65
/10/
61
/10/
74
/58/
73
/148/
66
/21/

Darfur Now (2007)
This acclaimed documentary follows the story of six people who are determined to end the sufferings in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur. The six - an American activist, an international prosecutor, a Sudanese rebel, a sheikh, a leader of the World Food Program and an internationally known actor - demonstrate the power of how one individual can create extraordinary changes.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
66
7.1
/860592/
70
/34109/
66
/15887/
3.0
/869228/
57
/341/
75
/27135/
55
/47/
cc age 12+

Man of Steel (2013)
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
poster
Kanopy
64
7.1
/40618/
73
/2341/
71
/875/
3.4
/41730/
53
/165/
70
/332/
56
/40/
cc age 14+

The Glass Castle (2017)
A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother who has no intention of raising a family, along with her younger brother and sister, and her other older sister. Together, they fend for each other as they mature in an unorthodox journey that is their family life.
poster
63
6.7
/88296/
70
/1977/
69
/1299/
3.3
/29719/
46
/162/
64
/3006/
54
/36/
cc age 14+

Hidalgo (2004)
Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous race for a massive contest prize, in an adventure that sends the pair around the world...
poster
Netflix
62
6.2
/14633/
64
/969/
62
/153/
2.4
/32354/
93
/14/
45
/45/
cc age 15+

The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker (2023)
After Kai saves a woman's life, he turns into an overnight hero and viral sensation — until disturbing truths about his erratic behavior come to light. This shocking documentary chronicles a happy-go-lucky nomad's ascent to viral stardom and the resulting steep downward spiral.
poster
60
58
5.5
/12623/
54
/345/
59
/337/
2.9
/31483/
70
/10/
64
/341/

Begotten (1991)
Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.
poster
68
57
6.8
/3021/
64
/20/
66
/40/
3.5
/2040/
74
/34/
75
/51/
64
/13/

Blackboards (2000)
Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a group of old men looking for their bombed-out village; he offers to guide them, and takes as his wife Halaleh, the clan's lone woman, a widow with a young son. Reeboir attaches himself to a dozen pre-teen boys weighed down by contraband they carry across the border; they're mules, always on the move. Said and Reeboir try to teach as their potential students keep walking. Danger is close; armed soldiers patrol the skies, the roads, and the border. Is there a role for a teacher? Is there hope?
poster
57
6.1
/65748/
65
/2079/
62
/1234/
2.9
/24282/
48
/27/
37
/725/
53
/11/
cc age 13+

The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who brings her to the Middle East, ostensibly to write a book about his life. Of course, he's up to no good, and Joan is just another pawn in his wicked game. But Jack Colton and his sidekick Ralph show up to help our intrepid heroine save the day.
poster
56
5.3
/3491/
49
/52/
55
/30/
3.2
/704/
45
/29/
60
/46/
42
/27/

The Loss of Sexual Innocence (1999)
The story of the sexual development of a filmmaker through three stages of his life.
poster
74
54
6.8
/1703/
69
/48/
66
/50/
3.7
/2857/
96
/27/
75
/20/

The Horse Thief (1986)
Devout Buddhists, Norbu and Dolma live with their young son Tashi in a clan in Tibet. Norbu is a highwayman. After Norbu is charged with stealing from the temple, he and his family are banished. Impoverished and marginalized, they can do little when their beloved son becomes ill. Tashi dies of a fever. After a second son is born, Norbu focuses his every action on keeping this child alive, seeking re-admission to the clan for his wife and child, then risking all to save them from isolation and starvation in winter.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
54
7.3
/2607/
72
/54/
69
/65/
4.1
/14551/
71
/7/
84
/16/

The Meetings of Anna (1978)
On a trip across Western Europe to promote her newest release, filmmaker Anna encounters several individuals—familiar and otherwise—and attends to their discontents.
poster
53
6.0
/17704/
57
/805/
59
/330/
3.3
/17825/
43
/14/
52
/394/
41
/18/

Hardware (1990)
Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Through a series of coincidences, the cyborg's head ends up in the home of a sculptress as a bizarre Christmas present from her boyfriend. Once inside its new home, the cyborg promptly reconstructs the rest of its body using a variety of household utensils and proceeds to go on a murderous rampage.
poster
Kanopy
76
52
7.5
/3772/
73
/74/
74
/75/
3.9
/3628/
87
/1/
73
/16/
cc age 7+

The Cave of the Yellow Dog (2005)
The little nomad girl, Nansal, finds a baby dog in the Mongolian veld, who becomes her best friend - against all rejections of her parents. A story about a Mongolian family of nomads - their traditional way of life and the rising call of the City.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
52
5.7
/49253/
68
/6361/
57
/1753/
2.5
/20919/
24
/186/
52
/852/
38
/34/
cc age 14+

Ben-Hur (2016)
A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betrayed him.
poster
Kanopy
76
51
7.4
/1517/
70
/40/
71
/35/
4.0
/6008/
91
/11/
72
/16/

Hyenas (1992)
A now-rich woman returns to her poor desert hometown to propose a deal to the populace: her fortune, in exchange for the death of the man who years earlier abandoned her and left her with his child.
poster
51
6.1
/58629/
65
/1408/
59
/913/
2.9
/14423/
30
/117/
40
/1456/
47
/28/
cc age 14+

Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flight out over the desert on the way to Beijing, Capt. Frank Towns and co-pilot A.J. are unable to keep their cargo plane, a C-119 Flying Boxcar, in the air when a violent sandstorm strikes. Crash-landing in a remote uncharted part of the desert, the two pilots and their passengers -- a crew of oil workers and a drifter -- must work together to survive by rebuilding the aircraft. Soon, low supplies and a band of merciless smugglers add even greater urgency to their task.
poster
74
50
7.5
/2933/
70
/55/
68
/88/
3.9
/3225/
82
/15/

The Desert of the Tartars (1976)
Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.
poster
Kanopy
65
49
6.3
/43754/
72
/179/
68
/168/
3.3
/1989/
58
/10/

The Legend of Tomiris (2019)
This is the story of the life of the great queen of the steppe - legendary Tomiris. She is destined to become a skillful warrior, survive the loss of close people and unite the Scythian/Saka tribes under her authority.
poster
Kanopy
81
48
7.7
/1306/
70
/23/
76
/30/
3.7
/1278/
100
/14/
91
/18/

Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925)
A silent documentary which follows a branch of the Bakhtiari tribe of Persia as they and their herds make their epic seasonal journey to better pastures.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
44
5.2
/6012/
52
/181/
48
/125/
2.5
/7770/
36
/14/
37
/66/

Nomads (1986)
One night, in a Los Angeles hospital, Dr. Flax attends to a seriously injured man who, apparently crazed, whispers mysterious and disconcerting words in French into her ear.
poster
65
43
7.2
/4193/
59
/43/
68
/41/
3.6
/3725/
57
/2/

Beyond the Hill (2012)
In the quiet foothills of Turkey, Faik lives an isolated existence. When his second son brings his boys for a visit, Faik takes the opportunity to pontificate about the law of the land, as he sees it. He shares one unsolicited thought after the next, most particularly focusing on the elusive nomads whom he suspects have been trespassing on his property. The day and night wear on, and each member of the clan takes his turn entrusting the film's audience with his own dark secret.
poster
49
42
5.3
/4427/
55
/72/
51
/61/
2.9
/1771/
54
/13/
42
/63/
33
/18/

Being Human (1994)
One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
40
7.4
/1110/
73
/26/
68
/29/
3.9
/5653/

Letter from Siberia (1957)
A faceless traveller takes a journey through the barren reaches of a Siberia caught between tradition and modernity, imparting his philosophical musings on its people and places, wildlife and culture.
poster
Hoopla
62
40
6.2
/2950/
60
/235/
58
/127/
3.2
/879/
70
/10/

The Last Warrior (2018)
A new era is about to begin in Eastern Europe. Scythians, the proud warriors, are all but gone and most of the few remaining descendants have become ruthless mercenary assassins. Lutobor, a warrior who becomes involved in intertribal conflicts, sets off on a perilous journey to save his family guided by a captive Scythian.
poster
71
40
7.3
/683/
65
/26/
72
/36/
3.8
/3377/

The Crossing (2021)
In a small town plunged into darkness, two children, Kyona and Adriel, are separated from their parents and, facing the path of exile alone, embark on a heroic journey that will take them from childhood to adolescence, in search of refuge, peace and the hope of finding their family.
poster
59
40
6.0
/2785/
62
/66/
55
/45/
3.2
/804/
50
/14/
63
/31/

The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
Digby Geste joins his brother, Beau, in the Foreign Legion following the theft of a priceless family heirloom.
poster
37
4.3
/11654/
51
/829/
47
/381/
2.2
/3782/
18
/34/
16
/177/
42
/8/

Monsters: Dark Continent (2014)
Seven years on from the events of Monsters, and the ‘Infected Zones’ have spread worldwide. Humans have been knocked off the top of the food chain, with disparate communities struggling for survival. American soldiers are being sent abroad to protect US interests from the Monsters, but the war is far from being won.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
45
32
5.8
/4088/
56
/65/
51
/65/
3.0
/433/
7
/15/
40
/224/
49
/7/
cc age 17+

Nomad: The Warrior (2005)
The Nomad is a historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan. The film is a fictionalised account of the youth and coming-of-age of Ablai Khan, as he grows and fights to defend the fortress at Hazrat-e Turkestan from Dzungar invaders.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
37
30
4.1
/2782/
42
/77/
39
/59/
2.3
/2684/
25
/61/
33
/5/

Deathsport (1978)
1000 years into the future, after the Great Neutron Wars, the world is divided into desert wastelands and isolated city-states. Notorious "Desert Ranger" Kaz is forced to fight in the DeathSport, dueling on futuristic motorcycle "Death Machines". With the help of renegade vixen Deneer, Kaz must face his past and fight to save himself and his people.
poster
51
28
6.1
/3356/
60
/59/
60
/55/
3.2
/740/
13
/8/
48
/5/

Far North (2008)
In the arctic, as Saiva is being born, a shaman declares that she is evil and will bring harm to all who become involved with her. Saiva is cast out of her tribe of herders and grows up to live a nomadic existence with Anja, a young woman she adopts as an infant. Then Loki, an injured and starving soldier, stumbles into their isolated lives. The women nurse him back to health, but treachery, violence and doom await them all.
poster
Criterion Channel
64
21
6.5
/1213/
60
/17/
56
/19/
3.4
/947/
75
/6/

The Emigrant (1994)
The biblical tale of Joseph is told from an Egyptian perspective in this interesting character study. In this film, Joseph is called Ram. Ram, tired of his family's backward superstitious life, and tired of being picked on by his brothers, wants to go to Egypt to study agriculture. His brothers travel with him across Sinai, but then suddenly sell him to Ozir, an Egyptian who works for a Theban military leader, Amihar. Amihar is impressed by Ram's drive and personal charm and so grants Ram some desolate land outside the capital. Ram soon finds himself a pawn in the political and sexual games between Amihar and his wife Simihit, a high priestess of the Cult of Amun.


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