Tahar Rahim

Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himself and wins the confidence of the Corsican group.

Dir. Jacques Audiard · With Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif

Months after a tragic accident, Sarah, a young pregnant woman, must spend Christmas Eve alone in her house before giving birth the next day. But in the middle of the night, a creepy visitor knocks at her door willing to do anything to get what they want, setting off a night of pure terror.

Dir. Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury · With Alysson Paradis, Béatrice Dalle, Nathalie Roussel

The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a decade and sought help from a defense attorney for his release.

Dir. Kevin Macdonald · With Tahar Rahim, Jodie Foster, Benedict Cumberbatch

From his poor childhood to his rise to fame, from his triumphs to his failures, from Paris to New York, discover the exceptional journey of an artist. Intimate, intense, fragile and indestructible, devoted to his art until the very end, here is one of the most immortal singers of all time: MONSIEUR AZNAVOUR.

Dir. Grand Corps Malade, Mehdi Idir · With Tahar Rahim, Bastien Bouillon, Marie-Julie Baup

After four years apart, Ahmad returns to his wife Marie in Paris in order to progress their divorce. During his brief stay, he cannot help noticing the strained relationship between Marie and her daughter Lucie. As he attempts to improve matters between mother and daughter Ahmad unwittingly lifts the lid on a long buried secret...

Dir. Asghar Farhadi · With Bérénice Bejo, Ali Mosaffa, Tahar Rahim

One night, a burglar in a Santa Claus costume is surprised by Victor, a young boy who believes he is the real Santa Claus. Victor then follows him, and they embark on an unexpected adventure that will change their lives.

Dir. Alexandre Coffre · With Tahar Rahim, Victor Cabal, Amélie Glenn

Alpha, a troubled 13-year-old lives with her single mom. Their world collapses the day she returns from school with a tattoo on her arm.

Dir. Julia Ducournau · With Mélissa Boros, Tahar Rahim, Golshifteh Farahani

On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay claim to the area of no man’s land between them called The Yellow Belt. In return, Nesib adopts Amar’s two boys Saleeh and Auda as a guarantee against invasion. Twelve years later, Saleeh and Auda have grown into young men. Saleeh, the warrior, itches to escape his gilded cage and return to his father’s land. Auda cares only for books and the pursuit of knowledge. One day, their adopted father Nesib is visited by an American from Texas. He tells the Emir that his land is blessed with oil and promises him riches beyond his wildest imagination. Nesib imagines a realm of infinite possibility, a kingdom with roads, schools and hospitals all paid for by the black gold beneath the barren sand. There is only one problem. The precious oil is located in the Yellow Belt.

Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud · With Mark Strong, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto

The remarkable story of how murderer Charles Sobhraj was captured. As the chief suspect in unsolved murders of young Western travellers across India, Thailand and Nepal’s ‘Hippie Trail’ in 1975 and 1976, Sobhraj had repeatedly slipped from the grasp of authorities worldwide to become Interpol's most wanted man, with arrest warrants on three different continents.

Dir. Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay · With Tahar Rahim, Jenna Coleman, Billy Howle

While Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda become a global threat, the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently sets the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the Iraq War.

Dir. Lawrence Wright, Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney · With Jeff Daniels, Tahar Rahim, Wrenn Schmidt

In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca, Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia - to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth.

Dir. Kevin Macdonald · With Channing Tatum, Mark Strong, Jamie Bell

The intersecting lives of teens on a surfing trip, a woman with a weak heart and two teams of doctors and medical experts.

Dir. Katell Quillévéré · With Tahar Rahim, Emmanuelle Seigner, Anne Dorval

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who gets them into an emergency shelter. While stealing food at a Russian restaurant called ‘Winter Palace’, Clara meets Marc, who has been given the chance to help the old eatery regain its former glory. The ‘Winter Palace’ soon becomes a place of unexpected encounters between people who are all undergoing some sort of crisis and whom fate has now brought together.

Dir. Lone Scherfig · With Zoe Kazan, Andrea Riseborough, Tahar Rahim

Samba migrated to France 10 years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowly jobs. Alice is a senior executive who has recently undergone a burnout. Both struggle to get out of their dead-end lives. Samba's willing to do whatever it takes to get working papers, while Alice tries to get her life back on track until fate draws them together.

Dir. Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano · With Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Tahar Rahim

In the first century, free-spirited Mary Magdalene flees the marriage her family has arranged for her, finding refuge and a sense of purpose in a radical new movement led by the charismatic, rabble-rousing preacher named Jesus.

Dir. Garth Davis · With Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Chiwetel Ejiofor

An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.

Dir. Ridley Scott · With Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim

In 1915, a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night, he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.

Dir. Fatih Akin · With Tahar Rahim, Simon Abkarian, Makram J. Khoury

A young unemployed man finds work at a nuclear power plant and begins an illicit affair with the fiancée of one of his senior workmates.

Dir. Rebecca Zlotowski · With Léa Seydoux, Tahar Rahim, Olivier Gourmet

Forced to confront revelations about her past, paramedic Cassandra Webb forges a relationship with three young women destined for powerful futures...if they can all survive a deadly present.

Dir. SJ Clarkson · With Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced