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.
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.
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 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.
- job seeking · 3
- loser · 2
- security · 1
- corruption · 29
- bank robbery · 7
- police · 105
Reception Benchmarks
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 Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Egypt |
| Original Language | Arabic |
| Production Companies | Al Arabia Cinema |
| Runtime | 1h 34m |
| Release Date | June 1, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt2247119 |