# The best Moroccan films of all time

From Ali Zaoua and Casanegra to The Blue Caftan and Horses of God: the Moroccan films that keep coming up in Morocco World News's picks and at the top of Letterboxd's ratings.

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- Apr 8, 2023 · matinee_old
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## Top 15

1. **The Blue Caftan (2022)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Maryam Touzani: a caftan tailor in Salé, his wife and a secret shared with a young apprentice.
2. **Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets (2000)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Nabil Ayouch: Casablanca street kids want to bury their friend like a prince.
3. **Casanegra (2008)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Nour-Eddine Lakhmari: the dark side of Casablanca through two young men.
4. **Horses of God (2012)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Nabil Ayouch: young men from Sidi Moumen before the 2003 bombings.
5. **Death for Sale (2011)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Faouzi Bensaïdi: three small-time friends in Tetouan on the edge of crime.
6. **Mirage (1979)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ahmed Bouanani: a peasant finds money in a sack of flour; an Arab cinema classic.
7. **Le Grand Voyage (2004)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ismaël Ferroukhi: a father and son drive from France to Mecca.
8. **Adam (2019)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Maryam Touzani: a pregnant young woman knocks on a widowed baker's door in Casablanca.
9. **A Thousand Months (2003)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Faouzi Bensaïdi: a boy and his mother in a mountain village during the Years of Lead.
10. **Zero (2012)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Nour-Eddine Lakhmari: a burnt-out cop in Casablanca's nights.
11. **Looking for My Wife's Husband (1993)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mohamed Abderrahmane Tazi: a Fez comedy about a man who divorces his third wife and regrets it.
12. **Marock (2005)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Laïla Marrakchi: Casablanca's well-off youth and a forbidden love.
13. **Class 8 (2003)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jamal Belmejdoub: a classroom of Moroccan teenagers.
14. **Road to Kabul (2012)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Brahim Chkiri: a comedy about friends dreaming of emigrating who end up in Afghanistan.
15. **Much Loved (2015)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Nabil Ayouch: a controversial film about women in Marrakesh.
16. **Wechma (1970)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hamid Bénani: a boy raised by a harsh adoptive father; a landmark of Moroccan cinema.

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