Born to Be a Criminal
2006 1h 34m movie Film

Born to Be a Criminal

وش اجرام

Synopsis

وش اجرام

Our man has about everything against him : he is short, weak, so simple, with an IQ far below the average. There is no wonder why he keeps on being teased by his friends, parents and even fiancee. But circumstances will turn him into a hero and then a vicious criminal feared by all. Half-educated and out-of-work, Taha, is kidnapped by a gang of thieves in his hometown Alexandria. Unbeknownst to them, neither Taha's mother nor his girlfriend has a fraction of the ransom

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Born to Be a Criminal. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From Al Arabia Cinema

Action + Comedy in Other Asia

20 Other Asia titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Born to Be a Criminal itself).

The 2005–2007 Other Asia Window

In the crowded 2005-2007 Other Asia release window, Born to Be a Criminal sits at #31 of 44. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

  1. M for Mother
    #1

    M for Mother

    ★ 8.1 · 2006
  2. Fireworks Wednesday
    #2

    Fireworks Wednesday

    ★ 7.6 · 2006
  3. The Yacoubian Building
    #3

    The Yacoubian Building

    ★ 7.3 · 2006
  4. Iron Island
    #4

    Iron Island

    ★ 7.3 · 2005
  5. Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame
    #5

    Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame

    ★ 7.1 · 2007
  6. Chaos, This Is?
    #6

    Chaos, This Is?

    ★ 7.1 · 2007
  7. Tarek's Situation
    #7

    Tarek's Situation

    ★ 7.0 · 2006
  8. Bab'Aziz
    #8

    Bab'Aziz

    ★ 7.0 · 2005

The 2000s Other Asia Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Other Asia, 130 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Born to Be a Criminal premiered alongside 13 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 13 other Other Asia films in 2006.

The 187th Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).

Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).

Audience Engagement

23
Reviews
67th
Review-volume percentile
37th
Popularity percentile

23 audience reviews — more than 67% of Other Asia films in our index.

Review volume (67th percentile) outruns trending popularity (37th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Born to Be a Criminal, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • job seeking · 3
  • loser · 2
  • security · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • corruption · 29
  • bank robbery · 7
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • police · 105

Reception Benchmarks

5.8
TMDB Rating
23
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

Ranked #446 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (18th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.8 points below the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.

Among Other Asia Action productions specifically: #54 of 70 (top 77%).

Production Details

Primary CountryOther Asia
All Production CountriesEgypt
Original LanguageArabic
Production CompaniesAl Arabia Cinema
Runtime1h 34m
Release DateJune 1, 2006
IMDbtt2247119