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Stories Set in Morocco — top stories

Rick's gin joint, Saharan crossings, Tangier's international-zone ghosts and Marrakech medinas — Morocco doubles as itself and as cinema's favourite stand-in for the desert epic. These ten famous works are the gateway; StoryTerra's map holds many more across Casablanca, Fez and the south.

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10 famous stories set in Morocco

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Browse 49 books, 102 movies, 6 TV shows and 3 games set in Morocco.

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

Thunder Road-Lionsgate-87Eleven
movie

Super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin’s guild the High Table John Wick…

Setting: New York USA; Casablanca, MoroccoTime Period: 2019
Casablanca

Casablanca

Warner Bros. Pictures
movie

In Casablanca Morocco in December 1941 a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover with unforeseen complications.

Setting: Casablanca, MoroccoTime Period: 1941
The Bourne Ultimatum

The Bourne Ultimatum

Universal Pictures-The Kennedy/Marshall Company-Ludlum Entertainment-Motion Picture BETA Produktionsgesellschaft-Bourne Again-KanZaman Services-Peninsula Films-Studio Babelsberg
movie

Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar an upgrade to Project Treadstone in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new…

Setting: London, England; Madrid, Spain; Tangier, Morocco; New York, USATime Period: 2000s
The Adventures of Tintin

The Adventures of Tintin

Paramount Pictures-Columbia Pictures-Hemisphere Media Capital-Nickelodeon Movies-Amblin Entertainment-WingNut Films-The Kennedy/Marshall Company
movie

Intrepid young reporter Tintin and his loyal dog Snowy are thrust into a world of high adventure when they discover a ship carrying an explosive secret. As Tintin is drawn into a centuries-old mystery Ivan Ivanovitch…

Setting: Belgium; MoroccoTime Period: Early 20th Century
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Lucasfilm Ltd.
movie

Finding himself in a new era and approaching retirement Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival Indy…

Setting: New York, USA; Morocco; GreeceTime Period: 1969
Spectre

Spectre

Columbia Pictures-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-Eon Productions
movie

A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible…

Setting: London, UK; Mexico City, Mexico; Rome, Italy; Austrian Alps; MoroccoTime Period: Contemporary
Babel

Babel

Babel Productions Inc.-Paramount-Paramount Vantage-MRC-Anonymous Content-Central Films
movie

In Babel a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for four families in different countries throughout the world. In the struggle to overcome isolation fear and displacement each…

Setting: Morocco; USA; Mexico; JapanTime Period: 2006
Only Lovers Left Alive

Only Lovers Left Alive

Pandora Film-Neue Road Movies-ARD Degeto-Recorded Picture Company-Snow Wolf Produktion-Lago Film-Faliro House Productions-HanWay Films-Le Pacte
movie

A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries it is tested by the arrival of her capricious and unpredictable younger sister.

Setting: Detroit, USA; Tangier, MoroccoTime Period: 2013
La Reina del Sur

La Reina del Sur

tvshow

After years of blood, sweat and tears, a woman of humble origin ends up becoming a drug trafficking legend, with all that that means...

Setting: Mexico; Spain; MoroccoTime Period: 2011
The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Paramount
movie

A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.

Setting: Morocco; London, UKTime Period: 1956

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