Maidens
Arab women flattened into set dressing: harem dancers, veiled seductresses, mute servants, or prizes to be rescued. Films in this category rarely give an Arab woman a name, a job, or a line of dialogue that matters.
237 films carry this label · chronological
- In the Sultan’s Power1909
- A Princess of Bagdad1913
- Antony and Cleopatra1913
- Thais1914
- The Dishonored Medal1914
- The Dust of Egypt1915
- A Daughter of the Gods1916
- Intolerance1916
- The Road to Love1916
- Aladdin from Broadway1917
- The Gift Girl1917
- The Lad and the Lion1917
- Eye for Eye1918
- Eyes of the Mummy1918
- The Demon1918
- The White Man’s Law1918
- The Fall of Babylon1919
- Kismet1920
- Man of Stone1921
- The Queen of Sheba1921
- The Sheik1921
- Anna Ascends1922
- Beyond the Rocks1922
- Under Two Flags1922
- Souls for Sale1923
- The Dancer of the Nile1923
- The Shriek of Araby1923
- The Song of Love1923
- The Thrill Chaser1923
- The Sea Hawk1924
- Waxworks1924
- A Café in Cairo1925
- Maid in Morocco1925
- The Adventures of Prince Achmed1925
- Ben Hur1926
- Son of the Sheik1926
- The Lady of the Harem1926
- She’s a Sheik1927
- Soft Cushions1927
- Two Arabian Knights1927
- Alf’s Button1930
- Dogway Melody1930
- Kismet1930
- Morocco1930
- Beau Ideal1931
- The Unholy Garden1931
- Women of All Nations1931
- Chandu the Magician1932
- Mistress of Atlantis1932
- Murders in the Rue Morgue1932
- The Half-Naked Truth1932
- The Mummy1932
- Love in Morocco1933
- The Eagle and the Hawk1933
- Cleopatra1934
- Kid Millions1934
- The Return of Chandu1934
- Princess Tam Tam1935
- Guns and Guitars1936
- Mummy’s Boys1936
- The Garden of Allah1936
- Under Two Flags1936
- Ali Baba Goes to Town1937
- Jericho1937
- Romance in the Dark1938
- Chasing Danger1939
- Man About Town1939
- The Thief of Bagdad1940
- Sundown1941
- A Yank in Libya1942
- Arabian Nights1942
- Perils of Nyoka1942
- Road to Morocco1942
- Coney Island1943
- The Sultan’s Daughter1943
- Follow the Boys1944
- Kismet1944
- Step Lively1944
- The Desert Hawk1944
- The Mummy’s Ghost1944
- A Thousand and One Nights1945
- Sudan1945
- Caesar and Cleopatra1946
- Slave Girl1947
- Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc1948
- Port Said1948
- Bagdad1949
- Outpost in Morocco1949
- The Desert Hawk1950
- Tripoli1950
- Flame of Araby1951
- Hotel Sahara1951
- Little Egypt1951
- My Favorite Spy1951
- Ten Tall Men1951
- The Magic Carpet1951
- The Prince Who Was a Thief1951
- Against All Flags1952
- Aladdin and His Lamp1952
- Babes in Bagdad1952
- Beauties of the Night1952
- Harem Girl1952
- My Wife’s Best Friend1952
- Son of Ali Baba1952
- Thief of Damascus1952
- Dream Wife1953
- Prisoners of the Casbah1953
- Raiders of the Seven Seas1953
- Saadia1953
- Serpent of the Nile1953
- Siren of Bagdad1953
- The Golden Blade1953
- The Queen of Sheba1953
- The Veils of Bagdad1953
- Adventures of Hajji Baba1954
- Fire Over Africa1954
- Princess of the Nile1954
- The Belles of St. Trinian’s1954
- The Egyptian1954
- The Saracen Blade1954
- Yankee Pasha1954
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy1955
- Adventures of Captain Africa1955
- Bowery to Bagdad1955
- Desert Sands1955
- Kismet1955
- Land of the Pharaohs1955
- Son of Sinbad1955
- The Prodigal1955
- Abdulla the Great1956
- Invitation to the Dance1956
- Pharaoh’s Curse1956
- Legend of the Lost1957
- Looking for Danger1957
- The Sad Sack1957
- I Only Arsked1958
- Rock-A-Bye Baby1958
- Sign of the Gladiator1958
- 1001 Arabian Nights1959
- Solomon and Sheba1959
- Foxhole in Cairo1960
- Legions of the Nile1960
- The Pharaoh’s Woman1960
- The Pure Hell of St. Trinian’s1960
- Cleopatra’s Daughter1961
- Journey Beneath the Desert1961
- Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile1961
- The Wonders of Aladdin1961
- Three Spare Wives1961
- Days of Wine and Roses1962
- Escape from Zahrain1962
- The Golden Arrow1962
- The Brass Bottle1963
- The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze1963
- Devil of the Desert Against the Sons of Hercules1964
- Flight from Ashiya1964
- Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus1964
- Hercules of the Desert1964
- John Goldfarb, Please Come Home1964
- The Long Ships1964
- Carry on Cleo1965
- Harum Scarum1965
- Requiem for a Secret Agent1965
- The Conqueror of Atlantis1965
- The Hill1965
- The Sword of Ali Baba1965
- Arabesque1966
- Lost Command1966
- Modesty Blaise1966
- Sands of Beersheba1966
- Follow That Camel1967
- The King’s Pirate1967
- The Mummy’s Shroud1967
- Aladdin and His Magic Lamp1968
- Angelique and the Sultan1968
- Duffy1968
- Aladdin and His Magic Lamp1969
- Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb1971
- Desert of Fire1971
- Man of Legend1971
- Antony and Cleopatra1972
- Cabaret1972
- Embassy1972
- Amarcord1974
- Children of Rage1975
- Black Sunday1977
- March or Die1977
- Oil1977
- Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger1977
- The Spy Who Loved Me1977
- Rough Cut1980
- The Awakening1980
- The Man with Bogart’s Face1980
- Up the Academy1980
- Gallipoli1981
- Nighthawks1981
- Paradise1982
- The Gift1982
- Never Say Never Again1983
- Sahara1983
- The Black Stallion Returns1983
- The Hunger1983
- Best Defense1984
- Protocol1984
- Harem1985
- Into the Night1985
- The Tomb1985
- Down and Out in Beverly Hills1986
- Half Moon Street1986
- Baby Boom1987
- Mannequin1987
- The Outing1987
- Riding the Edge1989
- Sinbad of the Seven Seas1989
- Navy Seals1990
- The Sheltering Sky1990
- Torn Apart1990
- Cover-Up1991
- Delta Force 3: the Killing Game1991
- For the Boys1991
- Naked Lunch1991
- Aladdin1992
- Deception1992
- The Human Shield1992
- Night Terrors1993
- Son of the Pink Panther1993
- Deadly Heroes1994
- Stargate1994
- Unveiled1994
- Arabian Knight1995
- Don Juan Demarco1995
- Escape from L.A1996
- The English Patient1996
- Legionnaire1998
- Passion in the Desert1998
- Sinbad:the Battle of the Dark Knights1998
- Hideous Kinky1999