Villains

The default role: Arabs as menace. Hijackers, bombers, kidnappers, desert bandits, and scheming viziers - films where Arab characters exist chiefly to threaten, and to be defeated by, the Western protagonist.

273 films carry this label · chronological

Captured by Bedouins1912
Imar the Servitor1914
The Black Box1915
The Four Feathers1915
The Gift Girl1917
The Lad and the Lion1917
Bound in Morocco1918
Sahara1919
The Man Who Turned White1919
Son of Tarzan1920
The Four Feathers1921
The Rage of Paris1921
Beyond the Rocks1922
The Tents of Allah1923
The White Sister1923
The Sea Hawk1924
Maid in Morocco1925
Beau Geste1926
Made for Love1926
Old Ironsides1926
Two Arabian Knights1927
Beau Sabreur1928
Desert Bride1928
Fleetwing1928
King Cowboy1928
The Four Feathers1929
A Daughter of the Congo1930
Morocco1930
Renegades1930
The Jade Box1930
Beau Hunks1931
Beau Ideal1931
Business and Pleasure1931
King of the Wild1931
The Mask of Fu Manchu1932
Tarzan the Fearless1933
Chu Chin Chow1934
The Lost Patrol1934
The Crusades1935
The Last Outpost1935
The Lost City1935
The Nut Farm1935
Anthony Adverse1936
The Black Coin1936
The Garden of Allah1936
Under Two Flags1936
Another Dawn1937
I Cover the War1937
Legion of Missing Men1937
Trouble in Morocco1937
Adventure in Sahara1938
Algiers1938
Beau Geste1939
Chasing Danger1939
The Four Feathers1939
Drums of the Desert1940
The Thief of Bagdad1940
Outlaws of the Desert1941
Sundown1941
Arabian Nights1942
Casablanca1942
Perils of Nyoka1942
Adventures of the Flying Cadets1943
Assignment in Brittany1943
Secret Service in Darkest Africa1943
The Desert Song1943
Action in Arabia1944
A Night in Casablanca1946
The Razor’s Edge1946
Sinbad the Sailor1947
Casbah1948
Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc1948
Manon1949
Outpost in Morocco1949
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion1950
Tripoli1950
My Favorite Spy1951
Sirocco1951
Ten Tall Men1951
The Golden Salamander1951
The Magic Carpet1951
Desert Pursuit1952
Dreamboat1952
The Brigand1952
Flight to Tangier1953
Prisoners of the Casbah1953
Saadia1953
Slaves of Babylon1953
South of Algiers1953
The Desert Song1953
The Golden Blade1953
The Robe1953
Fire Over Africa1954
Southwest Passage1954
Tangier Assignment1954
The Black Knight1954
The Golden Idol1954
West of Zanzibar1954
Yankee Pasha1954
Adventures of Captain Africa1955
Bengazi1955
Bowery to Bagdad1955
Desert Sands1955
Pirates of Tripoli1955
The Prodigal1955
Port Afrique1956
The Man Who Knew Too Much1956
Looking for Danger1957
Nature Girl and the Slaver1957
Omar Khayyam1957
Sabu and the Magic Ring1957
The Sad Sack1957
Thunder Over Tangier1957
Desert Hell1958
I Only Arsked1958
Legion of the Doomed1958
I’m All Right, Jack1959
Mission in Morocco1959
Timbuktu1959
Blazing Sand1960
Two Women1960
El Cid1961
King of Kings1961
Operation Eichmann1961
Suleiman the Conqueror1961
The Thief of Bagdad1961
The Golden Arrow1962
Drums of Africa1963
The Castilian1963
Tyrant of Lydia Against the Son of Hercules1963
Devil of the Desert Against the Sons of Hercules1964
East of Sudan1964
Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon1964
Hercules of the Desert1964
Secret of the Sphinx1964
The Long Ships1964
Mirage1965
Mozambique1965
Requiem for a Secret Agent1965
Ship of Fools1965
The Conqueror of Atlantis1965
24 Hours to Kill1966
Beau Geste1966
Cast a Giant Shadow1966
Khartoum1966
Lost Command1966
Our Man in Marrakesh1966
The Flight of the Phoenix1966
The Naked Prey1966
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?1966
Follow That Camel1967
Maroc 71967
The Ambushers1967
The Singing Princess1967
The Vengeance of She1967
Tobruk1967
Aladdin and His Magic Lamp1968
Commandos1968
Sinai Commandos:the Story of the Six Day War1968
The Cobra1968
Play Dirty1969
The Invincible Six1969
Eagles Attack at Dawn1970
Man of Violence1970
Patton1970
Desert of Fire1971
Blazing Saddles1974
Honeybaby, Honeybaby1974
Journey Into Fear1975
The Next Man1976
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!1977
March or Die1977
The Four Feathers1977
The Last Remake of Beau Geste1977
Holocaust 20001978
Ashanti1979
The Black Stallion1979
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie1979
Up the Academy1980
Reds1981
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie1981
Airplane II: the Sequel1982
The Final Option1982
Best Revenge1983
Metalstorm: the Destruction of Jared-Syn1983
National Lampoon’s Vacation1983
Never Say Never Again1983
Sahara1983
The Black Stallion Returns1983
Best Defense1984
Cloak and Dagger1984
Tuareg, the Desert Warrior1984
Back to the Future1985
Gymkata1985
Into the Night1985
Invasion U.S.A1985
King Solomon’s Mines1985
To Live and Die in L.A1985
Firewalker1986
Iron Eagle1986
Terminal Entry1986
The Lone Runner1986
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold1987
Broadcast News1987
Ishtar1987
Lionheart1987
Surrender1987
The Outing1987
Bloodsport1988
Bulletproof1988
Frantic1988
Iron Eagle II1988
Terror Squad1988
The Naked Gun: from the Files of Police Squad1988
Troma’s War1988
War Birds1988
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown1988
Code Name Vengeance1989
Godzilla vs. Biollante1989
Riding the Edge1989
Casablanca Express1990
Ducktales the Movie:treasure of the Lost Lamp1990
The Sheltering Sky1990
Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh1991
Cover-Up1991
Eve of Destruction1991
Hot Shots!1991
Into the Sun1991
The Finest Hour1991
The Hitman1991
True Colors1991
Aladdin1992
Hard Hunted1992
The Human Shield1992
To Protect and Serve1992
Chain of Command1993
Hot Shots! Part Deux1993
Point of No Return1993
Son of the Pink Panther1993
Deadly Heroes1994
In the Army Now1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: the Final Insult1994
Nostradamus1994
The November Men1994
Bad Boys1995
Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero1995
Mirage1995
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory1995
Courage Under Fire1996
Kazaam1996
Spy Hard1996
Steel Sharks1996
A Kid in Aladdin’s Palace1997
Ernest in the Army1997
G.I. Jane1997
The Assignment1997
Croupier1998
Desert Thunder1998
Freedom Strike1998
Legionnaire1998
Passion in the Desert1998
The Big Lebowski1998
The Siege1998
Bravo Two Zero1999
Delta Force One: the Lost Patrol1999
Deterrence1999
The Insider1999
2001:a Space Travesty2000
Gladiator2000
Rules of Engagement2000
Guardian2001
The Order2001
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare2007