The Best Ziad Bakri Movies, Ranked
19 credits from 2009 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Meet the Barbarians (2024) comes out on top with a score of 80. The biggest box office hit is The Translator (2020) with $3.05M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Ziad Bakri Movies
The 5 highest-rated films Ziad Bakri is credited on. Meet the Barbarians (2024) leads with 80, followed by The Sand Castle (2025) at 74. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
Biggest Ziad Bakri Box Office Hits
Ziad Bakri's films have made $8.85M worldwide in total. The Translator (2020) is the biggest hit at $3.05M, ahead of I Was a Stranger (2025) ($3M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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The Translator 2020 · Thriller $3.05M - 2
I Was a Stranger 2025 · Drama $3M $2.01M dom. - 3
Meet the Barbarians 2024 · Drama $2.11M - 4
The Weekend Away 2022 · Drama $342K - 5
Ganapath 2023 · Action $238K - 6
Personal Affairs 2016 · Drama $39.2K - 7
Zion and His Brother 2009 · Drama $39.1K - 8
Profeti 2023 · Drama $37K
The Best Ziad Bakri Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Ziad Bakri has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 16 films, and Meet the Barbarians (2024) is the pick of them.
The Best Ziad Bakri Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Ziad Bakri's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Ziad Bakri Movies
The most recent films Ziad Bakri is credited on, newest first — starting with I Was a Stranger (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- I Was a Stranger 2025 · THE POET - Fathi
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The Sand Castle 2025 · Nabil - Meet the Barbarians 2024 · Marwan
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I Was a Stranger 2024 · Fathi -
Mar Mama 2023 · Drama - Ganapath 2023 · John
- Profeti 2023 · Drama
- The Weekend Away 2022 · Zain
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Amira 2021 · Bassel -
Tala’Vision 2021 · Drama - The Translator 2020 · Sami
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Give Up the Ghost 2019 · Ammar
The Best Ziad Bakri Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Ziad Bakri films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Ziad Bakri movie?
Meet the Barbarians (2024) is the best-rated Ziad Bakri film, with a Movie Echo Score of 80, ahead of The Sand Castle (2025) (74) and Amira (2021) (58). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Meet the Barbarians: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Ziad Bakri movie?
The Translator (2020) made the most at the box office, with $3.05M worldwide, followed by I Was a Stranger (2025) with $3M. Together, Ziad Bakri's films with box office figures have made $8.85M.
What is the best Ziad Bakri drama movie?
Meet the Barbarians (2024) is the best-rated of Ziad Bakri's drama films, with a score of 80. In other genres: Ganapath (action) and The Translator (thriller).
What is the newest Ziad Bakri movie?
The newest film on Ziad Bakri's filmography is I Was a Stranger (2025), with Ziad Bakri as THE POET - Fathi.
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