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10 Best Movies Like Aliya and Issam

If you loved Aliya and Issam, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Beirut Diaries: Truth, Lies and Videos

Beirut Diaries: Truth, Lies and Videos

2006★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Aliya and Issam for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

By focusing on the experiences of 25-year-old Nadine Zaidan, who was one of the thousands of activists who gathered in Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square in the chaotic days immediately foll...

#2
Girl on the Moon

Girl on the Moon

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Aliya and Issam for fans of Romance. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Someone from another planet crashed on Earth and evil is chasing him, and then love appears, and it defeats evil through an amulet....

#3
F.O.T.O.G.R.A.F.

F.O.T.O.G.R.A.F.

2018★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Aliya and Issam for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A short film based on the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. fictional universe, combining the “Picnic to the curb” of the Strugatsky brothers, “Stalker” by Andrei Tarkovsky and the “Exclusion Zone” l...

#4
Calling All Curs

Calling All Curs

1939★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Aliya and Issam for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The Stooges run a pet hospital and are the proud surgeons of Garçon, a prized girl poodle of socialite Mrs. Bedford . When two men posing as reporters kidnap the poodle, the boys f...

#5
Stripped Down: The Making of ‘Anora’

Stripped Down: The Making of ‘Anora’

2025★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Aliya and Issam for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Making of documentary surrounding the production of ‘Anora’...

#6
Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise

Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise

1939★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Aliya and Issam for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Once again, the Stooges are three hapless tramps. After nearly destroying a farmer's (Richard Fiske) pile of firewood, the boys come to the assistance of the Widow Jenkins (Eva McK...